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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
2
The readable bits reference a December date and items issued to a specific area. Names like James appear in partial form. The text is damaged, with stray words and unclear context about an event or memorandum.
By authority of a deed of trust dated October 18 1913 and recorded in Deed Book 30 page 204 the trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester Court House at 12 noon on Saturday December 5 1914. The property is a frame dwelling and storehouse on the southeast corner of Kern Street and Highland Avenue fronting 40 feet and 97 feet deep. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments with bonds bearing six percent interest and insured fire policy. William A Bailey trustee. William Bowen auctioneer.
The Catiness-Cili Film Company of Toronto requests Emma Howard Wight of mid town to submit a moving picture scenario set in the local area during a wartime period. The project aims to capture scenes here and nearby locations for potential production.
James E. Chapman of MRONE Virginia died November 21 1914 at age 65 after long illness. He leaves a wife Jannie S Chapman a son J Frank Chapman a brother John Chapman of Keyser and half-brother Thorton Newlin of Winchester. Funeral at Bethel M B Church South with Rev C W Stump officiating followed by burial beside the church.
A testimonial letter from Mrs. John Nordquist of Galeton Pennsylvania praises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for back pain and kidney trouble. She recounts personal recovery after using the remedy and notes her husband also improved after taking several bottles.
A drug advertisement urges sending ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. for a sample bottle of Swamp Root and promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder. The Winchester Star is asked to mention, and regular bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar are advertised at drug stores.
Fort Loudoun Seminary reports top class leaders led by Dorothy Stuart with 93.11 average Lois Albert 91.98 Jane Logan 91.08 Helen Cross 90.414 Jean Aird 90.36 and Frances Capper 90. - Others with 9x averages to 96x are ineligible for highest honors due to absences. Mr Charles B. Dooley spent yesterday in Mestown West Virginia on business.
Ridgeway School in Bunker Va reports November enrollment of 40 with 34 on average daily attendance. Honor roll includes eighth grader Bur nice Smithey Mary Puitz Grace Schack Mae Seblack Rath way. sixth grade Clara Smithey Clendening Thelms Fagane Janney Bromley. fourth grade Mary Ridge way. third Ina Gchlack. second Pva Smithey. first Virginia Clendening and Virginia Smithey. A social center Thanksgiving entertainment raised funds for new library books. Program featured recitations plays songs and tableaux by students with titles The Pilgrims The Cat's Thanksgiving Soliloquy Good Night Ladies and others.
Senator Edward Echols of Staunton is critically ill at home. A message from Mrs. Echols to her brother in Richmond urged him to come at once, as efforts to locate him continue. Echols has long been a Virginia public figure and once served as lieutenant governor.
Trustees announce sale of brick house and outbuildings at 515 North Main street Winchester Va by public auction December 31 1914 at 11 am. Property fronts 40 feet on Main with 185 feet depth. One third cash. remainder in two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Court decree governs. bids to be presented to Circuit Court of Frederick County.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy for croup claiming it cuts thick mucus, clears phlegm, stops the strangling cough, and provides easy breathing and quiet sleep. The copy notes it is sold by all druggists and mentions Mrs. G. A. Lewis returning from McKeesport Pennsylvania.
An advertisement proclaims large discounts on coats suits and millinery at Grove Brothers Department Store. The text also contains a lengthy legal notice from the Frederick County Circuit Court concerning the Mary Jane Feight estate, with orders for a Master Commissioner to oversee heirs creditors and administration and notices to interested parties in Winchester and Chester Virginia, dated November 19 1914.
Miss Eva B. Jackson departs Wednesday for her Williamsport Maryland home after a two month stay with her aunt Mrs. Brown.
Clarke county near railroad station store and school offers 50 acres with a new 4 room house and new barn at 3200 dollars. 100 acres near Berryville listed at 90 dollars per acre with no buildings. 50 acres near Berryville unimproved limestone land one mile from town at 100 dollars per acre. Seller Chas R Jones Hagerstown Maryland.
J C Hale of Winchester Tennessee advertises the largest peach nursery in the world selling 4 060 000 trees direct to planters at wholesale prices. No agents travel, catalog and price list available before placing orders elsewhere. Stock guaranteed true to name.
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