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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1933
Page
5
Market notices from Chicago Baltimore Philadelphia show bid and ask levels for wheat corn oats rye barley timothy and clover seed with No 2 red winter prices and delivery notes. Prices for eggs poultry and dressed poultry also listed with receipts and regional denominations.
Several large real estate holdings changed hands Saturday on the auction block around Winchester. The Baker warehouse on North Cameron sold to Shenandoah Valley National Bank for 30000 dollars. I H Zinn estate near Stephenson brought in 10500 dollars for 400 plus acres. Farms totaling 211 133 40 34 acres and several small lots were included. Gray Beverley residence on Leicester street sold for 3000 dollars. John Myers property on Purcell avenue went for 1200 dollars. A Sul livan farm two miles east of Sere resting 206 acres sold at 800 dollars per acre. All properties were paid for by lien holders.
Will Larrick Owings of Middletown and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Owings, a freshman at the University of Virginia, is in University Hospital with strained neck muscles after a physical education class accident on Saturday. His parents traveled to Charlottesville and reported the injuries not serious.
Old Clarksburg Texas recounts the Bryarly family running the R T Bryarly packet on Red and Little rivers. The new Louisville built boat, captained by Noah Scovill with T J Howard as clerk, linked Kiomitia Shreveport and New Orleans via Hood s Landing. The service bore bills of lading for cotton and produce to aid cotton raisers.
Pompeii had about 85 000 inhabitants before its destruction by a volcanic eruption on August 24 79. The city stood near the Bay of Naples at Mount Vesuvius and was part of a wealthy region with nearby Herculaneum and Stabiae. The swastika is noted as an ancient Aryan symbol linked to Buddha’s heart.
A few people exhibit hypersensitivity to tobacco triggering a rare vascular blood disease.
Apple markets at Martinsburg field office show demand slow and prices about steady. Carloads for Friday from Winchester and Martinsburg listed with barrel and basket prices for Yorks and Hubbardstowns, including storage movements and some consignments.
Frosty mornings bring chill as furnaces fire up and stoves return from summer storage. Early lows around 43 degrees push homes to warm quickly, while daytime sun cools the flames to a low smolder rather than extinguishing them.
Eckols Brothers of Staunton arrived with road machinery to begin work on 9 miles of Valley Pike through Stephens City. The project will widen right of way to 40 feet and relocate grades to fix sharp dips, likely delaying work by about a week. Eckols said 40 workers are needed, 30 laborers and 10 truck drivers, with local re employment Bureau coordinating the quota.
John J. Davis suffered chronic constipation for six years. After using Adlerika he quickly relieved the condition and feels like a new person. Adlerika is quick acting safe. Baker's Drug Store in Stephens City advertises it from Steele and Brother, druggists.
Assam India reports a world record rainstorm with nine inches of rain falling in 35 minutes. Locals record extreme rainfall and rapid flooding as authorities assess damage and meteorologists analyze the event.
Local notices recount visits and social events in White Post Virginia. Items include Carter Hook visiting an aunt, a bridge party for Mrs. Gwynne Jones and sister Mrs. Thomas Whittaker, and dinners or visits by multiple area residents. Births and parties are noted with attendees and venues.
Obituary notices the death of Eliza beth Ridgeway widow of John J. Ridgeway a valued Payne's Chapel Church benefactor who died September 22 1933 after severe suffering and heroic resistance The article praises her devotion to church loyalty home and neighbors and notes her life of service and inspiration with a biblical verse about peace and rest.
The partnership Miller & Massey at 111 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia is dissolved by mutual consent. Joseph P Miller will continue the business and assume all indebtedness as of October 4 1933 signed by Joseph P Miller and Joseph Lee Massey
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