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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1915

Page

3

Northwestern Turnpike Company Report for Quarter Ended Sept 20 1915

Report from Winchester Virginia details receipts and expenditures for the Northwestern Turnpike Company quarter ending September 20 1915. Includes balances toll receipts gate payments labor materials and miscellaneous expenses totaling 2220.06 dollars with detailed line items for gates growth and repairs.

East Ceesiveen - Mae Northwestern Turnpike Company Ind Esceree Ees Seeenres

Portia Baker obituary notes long Winchester life

Miss Portia Baker dies at age seventy nine in Winchester after a long life marked by cheerful disposition and resilience. She outlived her nephew William H. Baker and leaves a wide family network. funeral at Grace Lutheran Church with burial in Hebron Cemetery.

Miss Baker Minnie Baker William H. Baker The Star J. Few Brown Winchester Catherine Streit Christian Streit Old Lutheran Church Mount Hebron Evangelical Lutheran Church United States of America Baker Christian Streit Baker Staunton Grace Lutheran Church George S. Bowers D. D. Buria Hebron

Fire Ruins in Ardmore Caused by Santa Fe Blast

A catastrophic blast wrecked thirty Santa Fe freight cars and blasted the Whittington Hotel roof. In the ensuing chaos, many at Maddin and Company faced possible deaths as workers and shoppers endured heroic efforts. A mother with two children escaped flames as firefighters and bystanders battled the blaze. Ardmore was cut off for hours by shattered lines and downed poles.

Whittington Maddin and Company Ardmore

French Advance Continues Amid Heavy Casualties Reported

The article traces ongoing Allied gains in the Argonne with reported 20 000 prisoners and German counterattacks. It notes over 70 captured field guns, mixed German losses, and warnings of heavy overall casualties as Germans reinforce the front.

Argonne la Fille Morte Berlin England Paris

Washington Sufferer Relieved After Mayr Remedy Trial

William H. Lacy of Washington DC reports three years of stomach and digestive trouble ended after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He avoided surgery, took one bottle, and says all discomfort disappeared and he feels as well as ever. The ad promises permanent relief for stomach liver and intestinal ailments with a money back guarantee.

William H. Lacy Washington, D. C Mayr

Local Market Prices for Wheat and Hay Reported

Daily market roundup lists prices offered by local buyers for wheat at Stephenson and various feeds. Notable figures include wheat around 4.40 to 4.50 per bushel, cracked corn about 0.95, timothy hay 16.06, mixed hay 15.00, bran retail 1.50, millfeed 1.65, middling 1.75, butter wholesale 0.25 and store packed butter 0.16 per pound.

Stephenson

Baltimore Markets Report Prices and Livestock Listings

Markets close with No 2 red wheat at 1.0734 and corn prices noted. Butter values, eggs, and poultry rates listed. hay grades and prices for timothy and clover mixed noted. Sheep and lamb values provided for choice fat, fair, and spring lambs with per pound figures.

Virginia Timothy Hi

Market livestock price listings and grade notes

The report lists prices for cattle by grade and weight. Medium grade at eight eight and one to two per pound, calvbhS heavy smooth fat per head quoted at fifteen to twenty dollars, heavy rough ten to fourteen, small rough and thin seven to nine dollars.

Nightmare causes first Page county death in Springfield district

A child of farmer B. B. Sedwick died at four miles north of Luray in Springfield district. Physicians report death from fright caused by a nightmare, describing heart disease as the underlying cause and noting 18 other reports in the district.

Page County Luray B. B. Sedwick

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