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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
3
The passage extols S. S. S. as a long trusted blood purifier sold across the country for more than fifty years. Druggists report its reliability in cleansing the blood of impurities and invite readers to write to the Medical Director at 28 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga, for medical advice without expense.
A continuation lists numerous names with small monetary amounts totaling 610 800. Individuals named include Mrs sfusan Van Fossen Augusta Conrad and William A. Forney beside many others with each amount shown in the surrounding column. The document appears to be a loan or bond listing reflecting totals and participant names.
Remains of Mrs. William Jennings, who died yesterday in Brunswick mid after pneumonia following influenza, were brought to Winchester on the Baltimore and Ohio train and taken to Kurtz’s undertaking establishment. Funeral planned for tomorrow pending grave completion in Mount Hebron Cemetery. She was 28, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sager, born at Star Tannery, with husband, parents, four brothers, and two sisters surviving.
Aerial leaflets dropped over Winchester and Frederick County urge full participation in the fourth Liberty Loan. The message claims aviation’s role in liberty and calls on citizens to provide funds for the war effort, signed by M B McCormac, chairman for Frederick County.
Miss Strickler the district nurse asks that no calls be made for her services unless absolutely necessary as she now has three times as many patients as she can humanly care for.
A fragmented line notes love and flirtation tying to a Freemen buy bonds and a slave. The text reads as a stylistic snippet without clear event or reporting context. No identifiable persons or organizations are definitively stated.
Luther J. Jones aged 24 died yesterday morning of pneumonia at 106 Swartz Street Martinsburg West Virginia. The body will be brought here tomorrow at 9 45 o clock over the Cumberland Valley Railway and interment will be Mount Hermon Cemetery. Funeral services were held in Martinsburg before the body was brought to Martinsburg. He was born Cedar Grove and was a fireman and Church of Christ member.
A nostalgic exhortation favors California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative for children and adults. It warns against castor oil calomel and cathartics and urges buying the genuine product from the California Syrup Company to avoid counterfeits.
Public sale offered in Winchester Virginia by decree of the Corporation Court in the Sarah Theresa Henton vs Dimer Thompson et al chancery cause. Two building lots on Valley avenue and James street to be sold at public auction November 23 1915 in front of the Court House. Lot 1 45 by 100 feet Lot 2 139 by 95 feet triangular. Bids a third cash with two later installments secured by deed of trust. M Lynch Special Commissioner. Beverley Clerk.
By deed of trust from A B ee and wife dated October 31 1910 the property in Frederick County near Rest Village and Ridgeway area is offered at public auction in front of the Court in Winchester at 12 M on Saturday One third cash and the remainder in two equal yearly installments with interest and security by deed of trust and insurance policy. Trustee M M Lynch with Duvell and Dunn as auctioneers.
Public sale ordered in Grace Holtig versus Richard A Marks et al for the property at 5018 S Main St Winchester to be held November 9 1918 at noon. The two story dwelling fronts Main St 44 ft 2 in and runs 158 ft along Leicester with terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and property insurance. Special Commissioner M M Lynch Auctioneers Duvall & Duna.
Norfolk and Western rail timetable fragment lists connections to Roanoke Shenandoah lines. It notes trains toward Winston-Salem Raleigh and Philadelphia with departure times and sleeper services. Indicates schedule details for connecting routes and managerial contact.
The notice lists train numbers and times for routes between Washington and Harrisonburg and Strasburg. It mentions daily and weekend service, parlor car availability, and buffet car options on specific trains with arrival and departure points and stations including Strasburg and Harrisonburg.
An advertisement seeks a competent white man with a small family to supervise Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville Virginia. The role includes a brick lodge house five rooms and cellar furnished, a garden spot and stable cow. Liberal wages with yearly hand paid monthly. Applications due by October 31 or first Board meeting. GEO CC THOMAS Mgt Green Hill Cemetery Go
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