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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1915

Page

2

Public Sale of Amos Foreman Farm in Frederick County

By deed of trust dated September 6 1912 Effie Orndorff and J Riley Orndorff to J M Steck the trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia on October 16 1915 at 12 M. the Amos Foreman farm near Gore containing 170 acres with dwelling and timber. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in one and two equal annual installments with bonds at 6 percent and deed of trust plus fire insurance. Debt due 700.07 plus interest from 1912.

Effie Orndorff J. Riley Orndorff J. M. Steck Frederick County Virginia Court ‘House Winchester Gore Amos Foreman John M. Steck J. H. Willis T. W. Steck Circuit Court of Frederick Court House A. J. Tavenner Chancery M. M. Lynch Jno

Public Sale of Valuable Realty in Frederick County Virginia

Public auction to be held in front of the Winchester Court House Virginia on a 123 1 2 acre tract near Bethel Church. The property includes a dwelling barn and outbuildings. Purchase price paid in two equal annual installments with bonds and Deed of Trust securing the property. Debt as of October 1 1915 totals 1962.82 with interest on 133.28 from that date.

Combing Won't Rid Hair Itchy Dandruff Solution

An advertisement promotes using four ounces of liquid argon applied nightly to the scalp to dissolve and destroy dandruff. It claims rapid results by morning with continued use, reducing itching and improving hair texture and appearance at low cost.

Lynnwood Wheat Family Home Burns Near Winchester

News from Winchester reports Lynnwood the Wheat family home near Lynwood post office in Rockingham county burned early yesterday with contents. John C Wheat owned the colonial era house valued at six thousand dollars with insurance coverage pending details. Mrs Wheat and three children escaped in night clothes, neighbor help arrived too late to save furnishings and silverware worth about one thousand dollars.

John A. Wheat Winchester Lynnwood Lynwood Rockingham Country John Co. Wheat

Home remedy promises big cough relief at low cost

A home cough syrup recipe uses a pint of syrup mixed with 2 1/4 ounces Pinex and sugar syrup to create a pint of cough medicine costing about 54 cents. It claims quick relief from coughing, bronchitis, and chest colds, touting Pinex as a pine extract with guaiacol and offering a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co.

Pinex Co Ft. Wayne, Ind

37, but she has 17 children in Connecticut

Mrs. William Bishop, 37, has given birth to her seventeenth child. Eleven daughters and five sons survive, with one set of twins William and Wilbur. The family, married twenty years, moved from a Prospect Street tenement to Mooreville for more space. the latest arrival is Walter.

William Wilbur Wal Prospect Street Bishop Mooreville

Bids Invited for Winchester Electric Street Lighting

Winchester Virginia issues bids for five year supply of street lighting. Three separate lots cover 75–100 lamps, 25–100 incandescent lamps, and 150–200 incandescent lamps with nightly or near nightly operation. Bids due October 29 with certified $1000 bid bond. franchise option for nonlocal bidders. right to reject bids.

Winchester Virginia Council John Steck Commo Council

M. C. Richardson Dies in Warren Virginia Confederate Veteran

M C Richardson Sr longtime Warren county treasurer died at his Front Royal home on Saturday at age seventy He served as commander of Company D Twenty third Virginia Cavalry and is survived by his wife and son M C Richardson Jr cashier at Front Royal National Bank where the elder Richardson was second vice president He had been a Democratic candidate for reelection when the nomination occurred

Front Royal M. C. Richardson Warren County Twenty-third Virginia Cavalry M. C. Richardson, Jr Front Royal National Bank

Excursion Train Takes Winchester Residents to Washington and Baltimore

Eighty four Winchester people joined a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad excursion yesterday traveling to Washington or Baltimore. The trip started from Winchester at 6 30 a m, with about 190 passengers aboard as the train departed from Harpers Ferry.

Winchester Washington Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Harpers Ferry

Chronic Constipation Relief Reported by Mrs Newton

Mrs John Newton of Irving New York reports relief from stomach trouble and chronic constipation after using Chamberlains Tablets. She states her health has been fine after taking four or five bottles and recommends the remedy as obtainable everywhere.

Chamberlain John Newton Irving N. Y

Claude Miley Dies Suddenly In Shenandoah

Claude Leroy Miley aged 40 died at his Shenandoah home Friday evening of heart trouble after months of illness. He lost the August Democratic sheriff primary by ten votes. A Standard Oil Company employee and Christiana church Sunday school superintendent, he is survived by his widow Pulliam Miley and four children Tirzah Ruth Paul Verl, plus siblings and in-laws.

Woodstock Claud Leroy Miley Standard Il Company Christiana Church Christan

Milton O. Rouss To Store Apples

Mr. Logan B. Shutt, owner of orchards near Kabletown, sold his Yorks and Ben Apples crop to Milton O. Rouss who will store them in his cold storage at Kabletown. About 3 000 garrels of fruit, 35 percent No 1, remainder No 3 with few calls. Rouss also bought the interest of Shannon Will orchard tenants.

Logan B. Shutt Kabletown Milton O. Rouss

Wreck on Southern Rail Line Injures Twenty-Two

Twenty two people were injured in a head on collision near Arlington Virginia on the Southen Railway. The New York Limited, the railroad's crack train, hit a Charlottesville Danville local as the line was being double tracked near the Tye River. The most seriously hurt is railway baggagemaster Ry 9 Hughes of Lynchburg who may die.

Southen Arlington Charottesville New York Limited Southern Charlottesville Danville Hughes Lynchburg Southern Railway Washington Tye River

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Urged by Mrs Bright

Mrs William Bright of Ft Wayne Ind recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy for a bad bronchial cough. She used a bottle last winter and felt relief immediately. She was cured before finishing the bottle and urges friends to try it. Obtainable everywhere.

William Bright Ft. Wayne Ind

Raspberry cluster exhibited by Clarke county visitor

Mrs. Thornton Goode of Clarke county visited The Star office Saturday and displayed a large cluster of ripe raspberries from her garden. The berries were described as luscious and excellent.

Thornton Goode Clarke County Star Office

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