Sale of Louisa Martin estate in Frederick County Virginia
Special Commissioner to auction two 2 acre tracts on the west side of Apple Pie Ridge about 2.5 miles north of White Hall in Frederick County. One tract improves with a dwelling and orchard, the other unimproved with timber. Sale at Winchester Courthouse at 12 noon by decree of the Frederick Circuit Court March term 1902. One third cash, balance in two equal yearly installments with bond and deed of trust.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
P. C. Gore
Louisa Martin
Court House
Winchester
Louiga Martin
Apple Pie Ridge
White Hall
M. K. Jw Ynoh
Private sale of Winchester house and 74 acres land
Executor M. M. Lynch, attorney, Winchester VA, offers for private sale the desirable house and about seven and one half acres on the west side of the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike, just north of Winchester city limits. Land described as excellent quality with a yard water well and good neighborhood. terms on request. T. A. McVicar, executor of Catharine McVicar decd.
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Catharine McVicar
Winchester and
Martinsburg
City of
Winchester
M. M. Lynch
T. A. McVicar
R. ‘of
Bold Captain Bets on Tea Trade Victory
The aging steamer captain bet on a record voyage home after engine repairs, claiming speed would beat rivals. Merchants sent tea to his ship, hoping a fast passage would prove profitable, but the vessel arrived late yet still yielded a substantial profit for the owners after public bets.
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China
England
Blackwood's Magazine
Morphine, snakes and a Bohemian orchestra tale
An elderly dealer discusses morphine fiends handling deadly snakes with calm technique and restraint. He notes charmers avoid alarms and stroke the reptile. In a separate anecdote Hans von Bulow conducts a concert where seventy pencils signal the composer’s directions and seventy India rubber erasers remove them.
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von Bulow
Hans von Bulow
Safe mushroom test from onion and salt warnings
The article cites two simple tests to distinguish wholesome mushrooms from poisonous lookalikes. Boil with an onion and if the onion stays white the dish is safe. if it blacks, discard. Salt on the pink undersurface turning black signals danger, while yellow signals danger.
No Interference and the Anarchist View on Rule
Excerpt outlines anarchist resistance to domination including opposition to czars kings nobles and democrats. It cites William M Salter and William Morris, stressing self rule and rejection of any form of authority and interference. The piece also touches thrift and time saving, treacle’s shifting meaning, and a cartoonish vignette about speech and gendered roles.
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William M. Salter
Atlantic
William Morris
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