Farm Sales around Winchester Chronicle
A list of farm sales near Winchester with dates in late October 1916 notes buyers and locations. Items include horses cattle hogs implements harness household goods furniture poultry fodder and crops. Listings name sellers A J Sager Mrs Elizabeth Finnegam G Hunter Yeakley Amnite Bierer and Bessie Rhodes and Star office contact for terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Star
Sfice
B.C. Roberts
Swimley Station
A. J. Sager
Wm. EB. Branson
Clearbrook
Elizabeth Finnegam
Stephenson
G. Hunter Yeakley
Amnite Bierer
Bessie Rhodes
White Post
Ely's Cream Balm Provides Fast Cold Relief
Fragments describe Bly's Cream and Ely's Cream Balm for nasal relief from head colds and congestion. The ad touts instant opening of clogged nostrils, relieved headaches, and easier breathing after applying the fragrant ointment.
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Ely
Public Sale of Valuable Realty in Frederick County Virginia
Trustee Herbert S. Labrick will sell at public auction on November 2 1916 at 11 AM in Winchester Virginia a 5 acre 3 rood 34 pole lot on Hite Road adjoining Penjamin Massie Ashby Wiggin ton and others. The property formerly belonged to W R Brown and includes high grade limestone land with an orchard though fruit is reserved. Terms: one third cash with balance in two equal yearly installments secured by purchaser bonds and a deed of trust plus a building insurance policy.
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Merret Rhodes
Frederick County
Winchester
Stephens City
Hite Road
Penjamin Massie
Ashby Wigginton
W. R. Brown
Herbert S. Labrick
Mount Williams Notes Distill Local Social News
Mount Williams Virginia notes describe visits by Mr. and Mrs. Turner Anderson and family from Prone and Mrs. Dessie Berr improved after hospital treatment. Local residents James Burner C A Fawer drove to Strasburg to see Dr B F Maphis family. Martha Moore from Lebanon Church stays with her sister for school and Mrs. J M Clowser visits Mr A L Brewers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Williams
Turner’ Anderson
H. A. Clowser
Dessie B
Winchester Memorial Hospital
James Burner
C. A. Fawer
Strasburg
B. F. Maphis
Martha Moore
Lebanon Church
Henry Orndorff
J. M. Clowser
A. L. Brewers
Fake Cold Remedy Ad Promises Quick Recovery
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Cough R and claims it cures a cold quickly. It emphasizes that there is no opium or other narcotics and that the remedy has a long-established reputation and is widely available.
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Chamberlain
Local Family News Notes Visits and Health Updates
Mrs J M Orndorff shows a slight improvement after illness. Dorothy Sager visited. Elmer Bucher stayed with Simon Snapp’s family. Frank Smith of Front Royal visited David Baker. W Orndorff of Marlboro visited his parents. Mrs Walter Brill of Opequon spent time with her mother Mrs William Brill. Neighborhood seeding and corn cutting near finished. Esten and Lloyd Williams spent Sunday with Mr J H Keckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Bucher
Mrs
Simon Snapp
Frank Smith
Front Royal
David Baker
W. Orndorff
Marlboro
J. M. Orndorff
Walter Brill
Opequon
William Brill
Messrs
Esten and
Lloyd Williams
J. H. Keckley
Snapp
B. HH. Swart
Tyan
Fidiu ‘Robertson
Washoe
Allied pressures and unrest in Athens threaten royal flight
The Athens dispatches report Allied military authorities pushing to stamp out pro German influence amid uprisings. King Constantine pledges no hostile action, as mobs surge and marines patrol streets and Greek troop movements are halted.
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Athens
Constantine
Dispatch
United States
England
London
House of Commons
Parliament
Ireland
Costs Mere Now To Run Railroads
The Railway Age Gazette reports sharp cost increases in materials for railroad maintenance and operation over the past two years. Increases range from 25 to 75 percent for staples, with some items jumping hundreds of percent due to long-time contracts and financial strain on roads unable to secure favorable terms.
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Railway Age Gazette
Albemarle Girls Organize Pippin Club at Normal School
Albemarle county girls attending the State Normal School at Harrisonburg organized the Albemarle Pippin Club named for the famous local apple. Officers were elected and bylaws drafted to govern the group whose motto is Bat a pippin a day and keep the doctor away. Parents without pippin orchards would support daughters with piping while at the normal school.
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Albemarle County
State Normal School
Harrisonburg
Albemarle
Bars Radium Examinations
A thip sheet of lead suffices to bar the emanations of radium and other radioactive substances.
Heavier Than Water
Gold weighs nearly twenty times as much as its own bulk of water, illustrating its high density and making it a symbol of wealth and value in historical markets.
Markets Record: Baltimore Prices and Dairy Rates Noted
Prices for butter eggs poultry and produce listed with yardage for barley corn hay and livestock. Markets show figures for creamery butter eggs chicken and hogs with notes on quality and regional sourcing from Virginia Pennsylvania and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosters
Bardem
Salt Mines Worth a Visit in Maramaros Sziget Hungary
The salt mines of the Maramaros Sziget district have been worked for centuries. Americans touring this part of Hungary have seen deep galeries with rock crystal walls glittering with iridescent jewels under electric lights. Bonaszek mine hosts a great subterranean salt lake nearly 300 feet deep.
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Maramaros- Sziget
Hungary
Bonaszek
Peculiar Russian Dish Pashka Feasts Highlight
A description of the Pashka, a tall Easter cake in Russia, crowned with a sugar cross. The dish stands about a foot and a half high on a tall base and marks the Easter feast when the fast is broken. It takes about 60 eggs to make the Pashka, with the rare taste reserved for natives.
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Russia
How to Preserve Blueprints From Fading
Instructions from Popular Mechanics explain washing blueprints in clear water to remove emulsion, then placing the print right side up to dry on a smooth surface. A paintbrush coats the print with hydrogen peroxide to intensify the blue background and white lines, yielding a durable print.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Cutting Wide Slots With Hacksaw
Mechanics describe cutting wide slots in metal using two or more hacksaw blades aligned in a single cut. By straightening the pins that hold the blades, multiple blades can be tensioned to achieve a broader cut as needed.
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Popular Mechanics
Unwritten Poet and the Poetry in Everyday Beauty
A quotation attributes poetry to natural beauty and daily life rather than books. Hazlitt argues poetry arises in waves of the sea, blooming flowers, and the sunlit world, wherever beauty, power, or harmony is felt.
Lutherans Plan Big Reformation Celebration in Valley
Lutherans in the Valley plan a quadricentennial Reformation festival to be held next warmer month at a central location. A joint Virginia Synod and Tennessee Virginia Conference committee structure was formed with officers J A Hatford Hufford Link and Miller guiding program time place publicity display and finance committees to mobilize participation and support from all Lutherans in the region.
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Aeade
Christ's Church
Synod of Virgin
Virginia
Tennessee
Virginia Synod
J. A. Hatford
Synod
Virginia Conference
J. J. Sherser
Richmond
J. A. Morehead
D. D. Roanoke College
A. D. R. Hancher
Staunton
J. W. Link
Strasburg
George S. Bowers
D. D
Winchester
I. D. Worman
Shepherdstown
W. Va
J. Is
Gray
Culpeper
BR. G. Coiner
T. J. Cooper
S. B. Miley
Toms Brook
Wm. J. Finck
D.D
Paul Stirewatt
Now
Market
L.“L. Hoffman
Toms
C. O. Miller
E. M. Minnick
New Market
St Paul's Church
J.‘H. Hufford
J. W
Adventist Service to Be Held at South Main Street Home
Elder Hovtle of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will preach Friday evening at T. E. White’s home on South Main Street. The public is invited to attend.
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Hovtle
Seventh Day Adventist Church
T. E. White
South Main Street
Child resists washing face and hands at home
A mother tries to wash Esther's face and hands and the child cries. She explains she fears admitting she did not wash at kindergarten every morning when asked by the teacher.
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Esther
Death of Lettie Oelson in Winchester
Lettie Oelson died Tuesday night around nine at her home 116 West Cecil Street after a long life in Winchester. Funeral services were held today and the remains were interred in Orrick cemetery.
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Lettie Oelson
West Cecil Street
Winchester
Orrick Cemetery
Farmers Too Busy To Harvest Apples In York County
Hundreds of bushels of apples go to waste as farmers busy with corn harvest lack time to pick and market fruit. Some sell apples at 25 cents a bushel to those who harvest them from the ground while choice fruit brings 75 to 76 cents per bushel. Frank Grove harvested turnips and, amid potato scarcity, reaped profits from a five thousand bushel crop shipped to Pittsburgh at 45 cents a bushel. A neighbor with three acres of cabbage earned about 900 dollars.
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York County
Frank Grove
Pittsburgh
Walter Whately Daughter Weds in Crozet
Miss Lucy Margaret Whately daughter of Walter Whately Crozet Albemarle county wed Mr A Lance Holmes of Flat Rock North Carolina at St George s Church Crozet Rev Archdeacon Neve assisted by Rev Campbell Mayers. Attendants included sister Mrs R B Holberton matron of honor and Miss Louisa Higginson maid of honor with bridesmaids Margaret Chew Norma Adams Mrs James Clarke and Mrs W B Larsen. Best man was John Silcock Holmes with ushers R B Holberton Jack Higginson Hamilton Holmes and Roy Mackreth.
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A. Lance Holmes
Flat Rock
N. C
Lucy Margaret Whately
Walter Whately
Crozet
Albemarle County
St. George's Church
Archdeacon Neve
Ivy
Campbell Mayers
R. B. Holberton
Louisa Higgins
Hamilton Holmes
Tyron
Roy Mackreth
Fairfax News Notes highlights and births
Fairfax Virginia notes report Mrs. RB W Wrey visiting a friend on Tuesday evening. The stork visited Mr. and Mrs. George Sherwood bringing a bouncing baby girl. Lorne Jerman and Lester Funkhouser spent last Sunday in Manassas with Jerman’s brother.
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Fairfax
RB. W. Wrey
S. 8. Swahtz
Stork
George Sherwood
Lacre
Messrs
Lorne Jerman
Lester Funkhouser
Manassas
J. H. Swart
R. W. Riley
A. R. Sherwood
Public Sale Notice of Suburban Property by Herbert Larrion
Public sale of valuable suburban real estate in the western suburbs near North side, featuring a two story frame home. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two installments with note secured by deed of trust and property insurance policy. Trustee Herbert S. Larrion and Mrs J H Swart mentioned amid local social notes.
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James G Smith
Herbert
Larrior
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Boot Shop
Huntsberry’s
the Wideawake Shoe Store
Dorothy Sager
Wardeans
New York
Copenhagen
Kirkwell
Boston
Wey
Choice Creamery
Wae
Timothy
Clo
Strasburgg
Adventist Services
HOTEL
Powhata
Penn Ave
18Th and
H Sts
N. W. Grounds
Weite
Owen
Ryan & Orndoff
Duane St
G. P. Read, Inc
Fairfax News
Washington
Westington
Capitol Park
Washingtom
Bayot
Union
Lee
Regina
W. T. Knight
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