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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
3
Public Sale of a Valuable Limestone Farm in Berryville
The Executor will sell at public auction in front of the Berryville Courthouse at 1 30 p m on Saturday Oct 20 1917 or earlier if sold privately. The 203 acre limestone farm of Jacob H Rinker lies near the Charles Town Road one and a half miles from Wadesville and seven miles from Berryville with a residence barn and outbuildings. The land can be sold as a whole or in two parcels 113 acres with buildings and 90 acres without improvements. Possession and crop shares are detailed with a one third cash payment and two equal annual installments secured by bonds deed of trust and insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Virginia
Sturday
Jacob H. Rinker
Charles Town Road
Wadesville
John M. Fishpaw
Jacob H. Kinker
Massey House and Lot FOR SALE in Winchester
Public auction on Monday November 12 1917 at 11 a m in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. The property fronts 31 5 feet on South Market Street and runs east 84 feet 4 inches with improvements including a double frame dwelling long occupied by Mrs Elizabeth Virginia Massey. One third cash balance secured by two bonds due one and two years after date with 6 percent interest and a trust deed plus fire insurance policy. Special Commissioner R Gray Williams. Clerk J B Beverley. (11-4w)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
Chambery
William R. Hillyard
William Massey
County Court House
South Market Street
Copenhaver
Bowman
Schiuter
Elizabeth Virginia Massey
A. Moore, JR
Joseph F. Moore
R. Gray
Marshdatal McOrmige
Circuit Court of
Clarke County
Rirdy Williams
Lugene Glover
How Japanese Sleep On Puffs And Velvet Collars
The text describes Japanese sleeping habits using thick puffs piled as bedding and covers. It mentions that the Japanese emperor owns about 20 of these puffs, one shaped like a kimono with a velvet collar, and speculates about its use on cold nights.
Local market prices for grains butter and livestock
The report lists daily offered prices from local buyers for winter and spring wheat flour, cracked corn, middlings, bran, timothy and mixed hay, butter varieties, young chickens, potatoes, and hams. Prices are given in retail and wholesale figures with several entries incomplete or garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GCOFT
Market summaries corrected as of prior close
Butter nearby creamery price 42. Choice creamery 39. Virginia prints extras 38. Nearby SGGs loin off 40. Live poultry prices list chickens young 28 old hens heavy 29 dog mall to medium 28 old roosters 14. Corn cob corn 9.50. Hay timothy 26.00 clover mixed 24. Cattle choice steers 12.25 good butcher 10.25 to 11.50 choice heifers 9.75 to 10.50 medium 7.35 to 8.60 calves 8 to 15. Hogs heavy 19.00 pigs 18.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wnearby Cremery
Choice Creamery
Virginia and
Deiry
Vrexinia
Doctors Urged to Educate Public on Medical Reserve Plan
Frederick Clarke Warren Loudoun Fauquier counties and Winchester to host enrollments and examinations for the medical reserve corps. Major Nelson and Lieutenant McKinney will receive applications October 17 18, at 8 30 PM in the library lecture hall. Notables including R Gray Williams Robert M Ward and Rev Dr W D Smith expected to address the meeting with local physicians and the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Loudoun
Fauquier
Winchester
State Council of Defense
Nelson
McKinney
Major Nelson
R. Gray Williams
Robert M. Ward
W. D. Smith
What Keeps Us Warm
The article explains that sunlight travels as vibrations through space without warmth. Heat arises when sunlight strikes the Earth's surface and is transformed, warming the ground. The ground then warms the air by contact, creating air currents that distribute warmth through the atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Freak Inventions At The Patent Office
A newspaper note describes strange inventions filed at the patent office and hints that the eagerness of inventors led to rapid filings. It jokes that genius may resemble insanity and that many odd devices reflect the lunar brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
Owever
Historic dentistry advances and future outlook
The article notes 1855 as the year gold substitutes for teeth were perfected by Dr. Robert Arthur of Baltimore and 1884 as Prof. A D Nuller of Lin in a bacteria origin theory of tooth diseases. It highlights lactic acid’s role and suggests research may push toward dental extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Arthur
Baltimore
A. D. Nuller
Lin
Expressmen Robbed of $6,000 in Hoboken
Five masked robbers held up two Adams Express Company workers at a loading station in Hoboken New Jersey, securing $6,000. One employee was shot as a police pursuit began. A policeman exchanged fire, another bandit was wounded, and three hours later Joseph Good, a laborer, was arrested after mud tracked on his trousers suggested involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N.J
Adame Express Company
Joseph Good
Wagons Upset When Engine Went Wrong
A trainload of Steck apples near Winchester toppled after a dropped pin caused the engine to stop and reverse on Cedar Creek grade. A tractor pulling two wagon loads of about 150 barrels was pushed back onto the wagons, overturning them and scattering barrels. Engineer Moore and Fireman High escaped injury as the roadway resembled a freight wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steck
Winchester
Moore's Hill
Cedar Creek
Moore
High
Bride and Groom Visit Parents Here
Winchester announces the marriage of Mr. Charles David Arthur of this city to Miss Frances Gillespie of Columbia South Carolina. They were wed in New York City on October 8 with only Mr. J Porter Allen present. The couple visit Mr. Arthur’s parents at Linden near Winchester and will reside in City Point Virginia after October 15. Mr. Allen also visiting Linden. Arthur works as a foreman at Dupont’s City Point plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Charles David
Arthur
Frances Gillespie
Columbia
South Carolina
New York City
J. Porter Allen
City Point
Virginia
Mrs. Arthur
Mr. Arthur
Mrs. B. F. Arthur
Linden
Northwestern Pike
Mr. Allen
Dupont
Missing Husband Found After Reports From Lebanon Church
A letter from Mrs. M. L. Hottel of Lebanon Church Va states her husband who had been reported missing has been located. It is believed he worked in apple orchards near Winchester and had not written home. The Deadly Mosquito notes new US Public Health Service findings that a malaria carrying mosquito can infect multiple people without refeeding, remaining infective for at least 25 days. The discovery underscores stamping out breeding sites to prevent malaria transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Service
United States
McGuire Farm Auction at Berryville Virginia 1917
Special Commissioners announce public sale of the McGuire farm known as Woldnook near Berryville Clarke County Virginia. The 100 acre limestone property includes a brick house and out buildings with possession April 1 1918 and terms one third cash and two equal annual payments secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy.
Most Dangerous Poisons and Fatigue Toxins
The article states fatigue toxins from muscle and nerve work are poisons that build in blood, causing tiredness. Rest, sleep, food, or quitting work neutralize or burn off these toxins, which are expelled through breathing.
Read Trash and Its Influence on Society
A fragmented editorial cites Chesterton on reading quality versus cheap lit. It argues that cheap literature shapes cheap mentality and society, warning young readers about the dangers of low-value publications and their impact on life portrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesté
Kansas Editorial Association
Why Rattlesnake Is Dangerous
The article explains rattlesnake venom destroys blood tissue in about ninety five percent of bites while five percent result in shock. It notes other snakes like moccasin and copperhead pose dangers but compares venom effects. It mentions coral snakes as possibly less dangerous and discusses limited habitats and nocturnal behavior in the country.
Not Guilty and a Charged Carriage Car Confrontation
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald depicts a tense exchange on a trolley car. A passenger challenges a conductor over newspaper slicing and claims of injustice, while the other cites stomach cramps and frustration with the news being read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birtmingham
Anxious student asks about best method for sermon prep
A young man asks Henry Wn C for the best way to prepare a lecture. The reply urges inner focus on the subject and then action. A general note on hygienic dieting follows, advising a liberal table and allowing appetite to caper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wn C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Massey House
I. J. B. Beverter
J.B Beverley
City of Winchester
Market Report
Baltinore H Markets
Wire
Tober
the Star
Herbert Hoover
Who
The
United States Food , Administration
M. L. Hot
Tel
Lebanon Church
Prank
Emimert & Oo
Ryan & Orndoff
Society
Footer
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland, Mob. Co. A. Heller & CO
Thomas Circle
Vermont Avenue
14Th Street
Capitol
Union Station
Frederic H. Hoover
McGuire
Berryville, VA
Circuit Court
John Digan
Thomas
Smith
D. H. McGuire
Court House
Gerryville
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