Stray white steer seen at farm in Va. May 1–15
A white two year old steer with the right ear cropped wandered onto a farm between May 1 and May 15. Owner must prove property and pay charges to claim. Address for contact is Char Snapp Pawetts Gap Va.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
3
A white two year old steer with the right ear cropped wandered onto a farm between May 1 and May 15. Owner must prove property and pay charges to claim. Address for contact is Char Snapp Pawetts Gap Va.
Joseph Long won the guessing contest at Bushnell's drug store for the exact bean count. He guessed 7397 beans, earning a round trip ticket to Buffalo or $10 cash. Second place went to C William Gibbons with 7402 and Herman HHe with 7391. over 2500 guesses were received. Long is the son of J Miller Long of North Braddock Street.
Veterinarian fights to save valuable mare owned by Mr. Jonah Rees of Applepie Ridge after a moccasin bite left the leg swollen and the horse in serious condition. The mare is nursing a suckling colt. Mr. W. M. Swimley of Lake View recently showed support for newspaper men by delivering a large basket of apples to The Star office.
Baltimore & Ohio will sell tickets from all points east of the Ohio River for the G A R encampment in Cleveland from September 10 to 14 at one fare for the round trip. Tickets are valid on trains September 8 to 12 and may return by September 15 unless deposited by noon September 15 with a 50 cent extension fee, then valid to October 8. Call your B and O agent for tickets and details.
Norfolk and Western Railway offers special excursions via Pennsylvania Railroad to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City Sea Isle City Avalon Anglesea Wildwood Holly Beach in August and September 1901. Tickets valid on select trains and returnable within sixteen days with a ten day Philadelphia stopover allowed on going trip.
The Cumbrland Valley Railroad with the Pennsylvania Railroad offers seven day special excursions to Buffalo for the Pan American Exposition. Round trip from Winchester at 7 30 a m on specified July August and September dates 1901. Tickets $10, iron clad signature form, valid only in day coaches. Baltimore Ohio Railroad also runs $10 Pan American excursions August to September with P R and Lehigh Valley roads.
In Frederick County Circuit Court on August 12 1901 Maggie L Fryatt sues G L Dodd John Dodd and others to attach G L Dodds half share in two Stonewall district tracts totaling 114 and 108 acres to satisfy a 2000 debt with interest. Defendants nonresidents must appear within 15 days after publication. Publication planned in Winchester Star for four weeks.
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