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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1915
Page
2
A compact financial fragment lists numerous numbers including 10 000 00 7 000 00 162 61 775 00 267 75 and totals 68 934 76 301 09 1 000 00 926 38 50 328 67 with additional digits 22 20 30 20 1 385 43, suggesting an itemized cash or accounts ledger snippet.
Heirs of Jesse Fries offer six Frederick County farms and four houses in Frederick County and Winchester Virginia at public auction on three dates. Listings include the Home Farm near Winchester with 45 acres orchard and 40 timber, Gol Tract, Star House tract, Bat Run tract, Bell land, and several Winchester houses with dates November 6 13 and 20 1915. Terms: one-fourth cash sale day, balance in three annual installments with notes and trust, possession March 1916, tenants may occupy until March 1 1916 with rent starting December 1 1915. Contact D Lemon Fries and others for details.
European war brief notes the ultimatum to Bulgaria expired with no decision announced. British and French troops land at Salonika while a Russian fleet appears off Bulgaria. Greek government seizes the Macedonia railways as 250000 German-Turkish troops mobilize on the Serbian frontier.
An old advertisement extols a liquid dandruff treatment claiming it dissolves and stops itching by nightly scalp application. The text then describes a November Shenandoah Valley train tour from Roanoke to Berryville showcasing livestock, dairy products, seeds, and domestic science lectures led by Miss Ella G. Agnew, with multiple cars and three hours per stop for demonstrations.
Woodstock Va. Oct 5 News of the death of Rev George Moore reached Woodstock from Portland Oregon where he died September 21 after a long illness He was a former local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and is survived by his wife Miss Sarah Taylor two daughters and three sons including George John and Oliver Moore He lived near Woodstock before moving to Portland seven years ago
The Norfolk and Western Railway with its agricultural and industrial department partners the State Agricultural College Blacksburg and federal farmers demonstration work will operate a better farming and demonstration train across Virginia from October 26 to November 24. The train will stop at about ninety stations where men will deliver lectures and demonstrations.
The Gooney Manor copper Company in Warren county has installed new machinery at its Front Royal plant to crush green silicate ore for shipment. The stone, quarried in the Blue Ridge near Bentonville, is used for concrete floors and other construction purposes.
Mr and Mrs George A Hott and sons Omar G Hott and Ernest W Hott left Berkeley county for their former home in Hampshire county to spend the week visiting relatives. The senior Mr Hott was formerly a member of the house of delegates from Hampshire and is well known there. Mr Charles Smith formerly of this city now of Strasburg Va spent yesterday with his mother Mrs William H Smith on West Peyton street.
Bert Perry visits Jane Tenny at her Piney Roads venture and learns the road book mix up hid a profitable possibility. Jane contemplates farming while Bert proposes a partnership to run the inn and abandon Wall Street for a country hotel business.
Miss Ellen McGill Baker of Berryville visited the city yesterday, staying for a time as a traveler and social guest.
A fragmented notice describes a remedy called Chamberlains Cough Rem used for distressing coughs in children and adults. It claims rapid relief within minutes and months of proven use, noting soothing sleep and recovery after illness.
Mr. Hugh Lewis son of Mrs. Jnc K. Lewis has gone to Lynchburg Virginia where he may have accepted a position.
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