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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
5
Train times and connections for Elkton Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York and Washington with Pullman sleepers. Officials J H Tonge and H A Rowe listed. Arrivals to Winchester and other towns noted with daily and Sunday exceptions.
Local and limited trains run daily serving Washington Alexandria Strasburg and Harrisonburg. No 218 arrives Washington at 10 30 am and 2 15 am with buffet parlor car. No 28 delivers local service to Washington arriving 9 15 pm. No 216 runs Harrisonburg to Strasburg arriving at 8 30 pm.
For sale 16 horsepower Fairbanks gasoline engine advertised as cheap to quick buyer. Apply to the address listed in the office notice.
The ordinance imposes a 50 dollar license tax on insurance companies for doing business in Winchester with 25 dollars if licensed after November 1 1914. It requires quarterly sworn statements of premiums and assessments to the Commissioner of the Revenue and a 1.5 percent tax on premiums collected within Winchester or via Winchester agents.
The document outlines license taxes for various trades including job printing junk dealers land agents laundries livery stables and lightning rod merchants. It details abatement rules and the merchant tax based on purchase totals with rates ranging from five to twenty cents per hundred dollars and caps at higher purchase levels. The text notes reporting duties for premiums from insurance companies and a quarterly reporting penalty of 50 dollars.
An advertised home remedy suggests mixing garden sage with sulphur and alcohol or using Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. The tonic is sold for about 50 cents a bottle and claims to darken gray hair naturally in a few applications while reducing dandruff and scalp itching.
Property at Mondell Ima 11 miles south of Hagerstown on the N W R R comprises about 6 acres with a 9 room dwelling store room warehouse and other buildings. Possession August 1 1914. Includes profitable general business in grain hay and store with a post office connection. Address CHAS R JONES 68 W Washington St Hagerstown Md.
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