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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
5
Trains arrive in Winchester from the stations manned above at 9 20 am daily except Sunday 4 15 am and 7 22 pm daily. Superintendent B A Rrvpre General Post Office.
Timetable notes No 13 9 18 a m Bristol Roanoke and intermediate stations with Pullman sleep ers dining car and parlor car Roanoke and Bristol No 1 2 27 a m Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Welch and intermediate stations with Pullman car Bee Winston Salem cafe car Shenandoah Gary connects at Roanoke with Megaphil special south No 27 6 38 p m Shenandoah and intermediate stations No 28 9 32 a m Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with connections at Shenandoah Junction or Washington
The trustee offers 26 acres near Winchester about 4 1/2 miles northwest and one mile from Chambersville in Frederick County. Improvements include a four room dwelling, outbuildings, orchard, and a never drying stream. Sale Sept 30 1916 at noon with one third cash and balance in six and eighteen months. Immediate possession. J W Fisher Strasburg VA contact.
The undersigned will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House at Winchester at 11 o'clock A M on a limestone farm of 147 acres more or less. It lies about three miles from Winchester adjoining Char Grim's estate S M Chiles and others and stretches to the Valley Pike East to West to the Middle Road and South to Kernstown State Road. Improvements include a large mansion house tenant house barn and outbuildings and a 20 acre orchard of standard winter varieties five years old. Land quality location and roads make this a desirable farm and it includes landlord's share of grain sown this year.
Mrs. E. M. Schwab Mrs. Catherine McMullen Miss E. McMullen and Mr. William J. McMullen of Pittsburgh were among the motor guests at Hotel Jack on Wednesday.
Mrs Nellie Williams of New Albany Indiana reports relief from back pain bloating weakness and yellowish skin after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy treats female stomach issues that resist ordinary treatments and improves color strength and ability to work.
The text outlines legal procedures under the act including associate counsel rights, appeals, and severability. It specifies monthly examinations by Commonwealth attorneys, enforcement duties, and penalties for selling or distributing ardent spirits. It also details intoxication definitions and license revocation rules for hotels and related establishments.
A one acre property with a five room residence in Bridgeport, Winchester to be offered for sale at noon on Saturday November 4 1916. The sale is by Lynch trustee under two deeds of trust dated 1907 and 1912 with terms: one third cash and balance in two annual installments, secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy. Auctioneer William M Boweth conducts the sale in front of the courthouse.
An old advertisement claims big eaters provoke kidney trouble and urges use of Jad Salts or Rad Salts. It describes symptoms such as back pain cloudy urine and nocturnal trips, advocating four ounces daily in water before breakfast to flush kidneys. It touts safety and pleasant effervescent intake.
A large group of Mennonites from this section travel to Rockingham County for the Virginia conference session at Zion Church near Daphna and Broadway. The gathering, renowned for pacifist views, is expected to address peace efforts and may influence votes for re electing President Wilson. The conference also plans to elect a Moderator to replace the late Bishop Christian Good of Rockingham County.
Mrs Catherine Rife Driver, aged 68, died yesterday near Timberville in Rockingham County. She is survived by her husband Rev John F Driver of the Church of the Brethren and six children. Oscar Cornwell returns from a long business trip in the west and will stay several days at his West Cork street home.
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