Public sale of Jefferson County estate parcels in 1918
Special Commissioner Rest W Brown will offer for sale at Charles Town the three parcels of the Martin Swimley estate. Parcel details include 99 acres near Henry Hout and woodland areas. Sold as three parcels or as a whole with terms of one third cash, balance in one and two years, interest, notes for deferred payments, and clear title upon payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
J. Swimle
Charles Town
Martin Swimley
Jab l L. Swimley
Jacob L. Swimley
Henry Hout
W. Brown
Twelve Acre Farm and Store to Be Sold at Winchester
Public auction of a twelve acre tract with dwelling and store building in Frederick County Virginia. The sale follows a trust deed from I N Conner dated 1904 and recorded in Book 124 page 563.auction slated for September 18, 1913 at 12 noon at the County Courthouse in Winchester. Funds: one third cash, two thirds by two bonds and insurance on buildings. Shirley Cartner, Trustee. Contact attorney R Gray Williams for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. Conner
Frederick County
County Court House
Winchester
Opeqion
John Orndorff
Shirley Cartbpr
R.gray Williams
Mioney
James P. Ruardon
Lynch
Robert A. Hutchinson
R &M Ward
George
Harrison
Publication Order in Clarke County Chancery
Clerk's order in Clarke Virginia circuit court directs defense appearance within fifteen days after notice. It concerns Charles E Rafferty Emily Rafferty and Blue Ridge Heights Company over a judgment for sixteen thousand dollars with interest and the setting aside a deed of trust from Rafferty to Graves and Gould, with trustees and alleged fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Clarke County
Gharigs
Heath
Hs Raffertys
Mily
Rafferty
George
Lda
Clarke
Opurity
John’ F. Gould
Herdi
Chancery
Charles E. Rafferty
Lee J. Graves
John F. Goulman, Jr
Charles EB. Rafferty
Blue ‘Ridge’ Heights
Voldu
Charles E. Neler
Emily A. F. Raff
Blue Ridge Heights
George Glass
Wes Beane
Costly Treatment Ends in Relief With Chamberlain Tablets
C H Hines of Whitlow Arkansas faced constipation and indigestion and spent hundreds on medicines without cure. After visiting St. Louis and New Orleans hospitals he returned home and used Chamberlain's Tablets which gradually worked. He is now all right and the tablets are sold by dealers.
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C. H. Hines
Whitlow
Ark
St. Louis Hospital
New Orleans
Chamberlain's
Making the Farm By Co Diversified Dairy Operation
A historical note on diversified farming at Stall farm in Chicago district. It describes hiring a man for principal work, monthly wages of 100 to 125 dollars, and milking as the core activity. The dairy sells by the gallon, furnishes cream, uses a small separator, and markets to private customers, hotels, and middlemen. The operation relies on milk and cream sales, with a ready local market two miles from town for milk butter eggs poultry and scraps for feed.
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Chicago
Tas
Small Farm Guide Promotes Intensive Diversified Livestock
The article advocates keeping quality cows only and using an intensive system. It prescribes stocking about ten to twelve cows on forty acres, plus eighteen to twenty-four hogs, 200 chickens, 1200 ducks and geese, 300 to 500 broilers, bees, and varied vegetables. Aimed at spreading labor, it lists crop rotations such as strawberries cucumbers potatoes onions and corn to sustain a profitable year.
German Hot Water Treatment Found Effective in Tests
A recent report details tests on loose smut in barley and wheat. Soaking grain in tepid water then immersing at 50 to 63 degrees for five to ten minutes greatly reduces infection with minimal effect on germination and yield. Winter wheat shows 98 99 percent germination and near zero infection. summer wheat 97 percent germination and 0.88 percent infection. barley 98 percent germination and 0.27 percent infection.
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Nee Seport
Reading for the Bee Man
The passage discusses bee supplies and savings on purchases. It notes a reported sound and relief as a beekeeper works the apiary and stresses keeping vegetation down to avoid interference with hives. It also mentions the window frame super as a complex but efficient design for producing fancy honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monig
Farm Waste Sparks Fires Hit Soil Health Claim
A Farm and Fireside remark notes the leachfitty manure heap on the farm acts as a breeding ground for fires, reducing production and undermining the soil rejuvenation expected from manure.
Fine Muscle Saver for Unloading Grain for Poultry
A Rural New Yorker correspondent praises George A. Cosgrove's poultry house and its grain bin design as highly labor saving. Cosgrove concedes the system offers substantial efficiency and discusses its novel arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Cosgrove
New Yorker
Mr. Cosgrove
Platform for unloading grain aids henhouse workers
A farmer explains a grain unloading platform built into a henhouse to dump wagon loads directly into a grain bin, reducing lifting. A weatherproof, downward opening door aligns with the wagon, and the setup keeps out storms.
Alsike Seed for Wet Land Pastures
Alsike thrives on land too wet and sour for red clover and pairs well with timothy for seed. Stock prefer red clover fresh but eat alsike when cured. As a perennial, alsike seeds annually and needs no reseeding. About six pounds of alsike seed per acre.
Hogging of Corn Featured by Minnesota Institute Official
A. D. Wilson, superintendent of the Minnesota farmers institute, says there is no better hog fattening method for profit than turning hogs loose in corn fields to pick the corn themselves, a practice he calls hogging of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Wilson
Minnesota Farmers’ Institute
Virginia Valley Central Christian conference reelects Walters
The sixty fifth annual Virginia Valley Central Christian conference concluded with Rev. William T. Walters of Winchester reelected president and Rev. R. L. Williamson as vice president. Officers remained secretary and treasurer. Next meeting set for Antioch Church near Harrisonburg in August 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walters
Virginia ‘Valley Central Christian Conference
L. L.‘Lassiter
William T. Walters
Winchester
R. L. Williamson
A. L. Hook
J.H. Carnecy
M. &.Bryant
Committee On Foreign Missions
RE. M. Carter
Flon College
N.gc
Low College
Antioch Church
Harrisonburg
Baltimore wholesale prices list August 18 19th century markets
The Baltimore wholesale market summary reports prices for wheat corn hay bees butter live poultry and pigeons. Notable figures include No 1 timothy $18 No 1 clover-mixed $16 creamery butter 28 1 2 cents per pound and chickens at 16 cents per pound old hens and roosters at 10 to 18 cents per pound ducks 3 to 4 cents per pound and pigeons 25 cents per pair.
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Star
Baltimore
Virginia
Prices From Wholesalers In Major Cities
Quoted today by local buyers and shippers in touch with wholesale markets in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and other cities. Prices listed include Timothy hay 14.60, mixed hay 12.50 to 13.00, flour retail 4.50 to 6.76, dried peas 10 to 12, young live chickens 13 to 14, potatoes per bushel 60 to 68.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Engocbe
Otis Eterno
Ledar Eembes
Desirable Frederick County Lands Sold at Public Auction
Trustees and Special Commissioners announce a public sale of 365 acres known as the Birmingham and Randolph farms southeast of Winchester Virginia. The property offers two large parcels and a combined tract with multiple houses, barns, wells, and timber. Sale is July 18 1918 at the Frederick County Courthouse with terms including one third cash and two bonds, held under a Virginia chancery decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Virginia
V. M. Cushwa
Ambrose C. Painter
Winchester
Sones
Frederick
Birmingham
Randolph
Scellent Bank
Cellent
Stepher City
Front Royal
Aspion
P. Reardon
Fort Loudoun Seminary Fall Program Opens In Winchester
Fort Loudoun Seminary announces a fall program opening Thursday featuring courses in music languages arts and commercial studies taught by a Parisian. Various departments highlight music expression gymnasium tennis and practical studies under experienced teachers. Contact Catherine Glass president for catalogues in Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine K. Glass
Winchester
Vas
Good Reasons For His En When a man has suffered forev
A mis-typed ad style note extols Chambers Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It claims rapid cure after bowel complaints and severe attacks. The text emphasizes enthusiasm and universal druggist availability.
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C. L.eatheon
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Dunsmore Business College —and Institute of
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J. G. Dunsmore
Footer
Panama
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
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Annie Grim
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Swimley Station
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