Trustee's Sale of Desirable Small Farm in Frederick County
By virtue of a deed of trust from B. Rice and wife dated August 1905 the trustee will offer sale at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia on Saturday July 10 1959 at 12 o'clock. The 32 acre tract lies one mile east of Winchester on the north side of the Winchester and Berryville turnpike with 50 apple trees 500 peach trees 250 grape vines. The improvements include a dwelling and outbuildings. One third cash with balance in two annual installments by bonds. Property secured by deed of trust and building insurance. M M Lynch Trustee. Duvall Auctioneer. August 6 1959.
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B. Rice
K’s
Frederick County
Court House
Winchester
Inia
Win Hes
Winter and
Berryville
Josiah L. la Ss
Yale
Uaily
M. M. Lynch
News Notes From Nineveh Vicinity
Local notes from Nineveh and nearby areas record social visits and gatherings. Miss Anna Jett and brother John Jett stayed with Mr and Mrs A S Jett, while Louisa and Cecelia Miller from Stephens City visited Wheat Intel with Miss Shirley Miller.
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Ininibvigh, VA
Anna Jett
John Jett
A. S. Jett
Louisa
Cecelia Miller
Stephens City
Wheat Intel
Shirley Miller
Sallie Cabell
Jacob McFees
Emma Elkins
John Civenger
Miuude Brown
White Post
Ashtley Powers
Mit
Airs
Joecgh A. Miller Ars
Local Social Visitors Report Weekend and Weekday Calls
Misses Nannie and Mary Kerns spent Sunday with Miss Ella Rouzee. Miss Lucy Hicks visited in Front Royal on Thursday. Mr. Thomas B. McKay visited friends in the neighborhood last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie
Mary Kerns
Ella Rouzee
Lucy Hicks
Front Royal
Thomas B. McKay
Gilbert W. McKowan
Martinsburg
Isaac Johnson
R. A. White
Nannie Belle Gilkeson
Winchester
Local Fruit Growers to Form Frederick County Division
M F Gilkeson of Staunton and Grattan Crawford of Kernstown visited Winchester to promote a local division of the Shenandoah Valley Fruit Growers Association. They expect the Frederick county group to handle commercial fruit farming, with other regions already finding local societies beneficial. E Osborne of Canal Denver, Ohio, was among the arrivals at Jist Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Gilkeson
Staunton
Shenandoah Valley Association
Roanoke
Winchester
Grattan Crawford
Kernstown
Frederick County
Soba Gilkeson
Try
E. Osborne
Canal Denver
Ohio
Evans
St. Paul Line Construction Surmounts Bitter Root Hardships
General Manager Battin reports progress on the St. Paul line through Taft with crews crossing the Bitter Root divide. A mile long electric cable way ferries timber over a 4100 foot rise, using a 414 inch diameter main cable and a smaller auxiliary line. Twenty trestles and bridges, up to 200 feet high, rise along the mountain, two steel and cement structures planned, 500 carloads of timber from the Pacific coast, work continues day and night toward spring.
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Battin
Winston Bros
Taft
St. Paul
Bitter
Marent
Reid
Evaro
Taft Tunnel
Missoula
Mont
Missoulan
Premonitions Stir Rail Workers Yet Heroes Endure
The piece reflects on railroaders who read stories of foreboding and expect danger. It notes engineers conductors firemen and brakemen often save passengers in fiction and real life, while failed omens are forgotten for lacking drama.
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Aitout
Locomotive Axles Replaced After 240000 Miles
After the engine logs 240000 miles and completes a second hospital trip, its nine inch steel axles will be removed from the drivers and replaced. Despite apparent soundness, the axles show fatigue from global service and webbing and forging are planned to restore fit for locomotive frames.
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Amvtal
Rails Reach St Maries as Transcontinental Line Advances
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail line has laid through St. Maries and freight is moving. The rush continues and by spring top transcontinental trains will traverse the town. A branch from St. Maries will tap a vast white pine timber belt in the United States.
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Chicago, Milwaukee
First Steam Locomotive Rogers Runs in Illinois
On November 8 1838 the Rogers became the first steam locomotive in Illinois running on the Northern Crossrail now part of the Washington system.
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Rogers
Illnois
Crossiailroad
Birthday Party for Miss Griffith in GWARARDSTPOWN WV
A birthday party was hosted at the Griffith home in GWARARDSTPOWN West Virginia for Miss Laura Ruth Griffith on her seventh birthday. Attendees included Daisy McCormack Mary Denny Nether Hutton and others. several relatives visited Martinsburg Winchester and Mountain View areas amid general social notices and sickness reports.
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Pinkie MccKown
R. A. White
Gilkeson
Mountain View
Kildears
Ada Busey
Bunny Meade Farm
G. W. Groff
J. P. Stump
Middletown
Ruth McKown
Bunker—Hill
Sallie Johnson
Darkesville
Isaac Johnson
Anna Shroades
W. P. Coe
Coe
Harry Pitzer
Mamie Pitzer
Allen Cushna
Tusca
Reason for Wedding Ring
A historical note explains why a husband gives a ring to his wife as a sign of trust. It cites the left hand as weaker than the right and the third finger as connected by an ancient superstition to a vein running to the heart, symbolizing the wife’s bond and confidence.
Sleighs Used Year Round in Madeira
In Madeira sleighs are used all year as lehens grow on stone streets. The lichens make streets slippery and curb dust. A suggestion to solve dust problems is to cultivate these lichens elsewhere.
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Madeira
Oldest continuous city history in the Near East
The Tel el Amarna tablets mention Jerusalem around 400 B C and Damascus is noted in Genesis 14 15 as existing in 1933 B C. Damascus appears as a place of considerable note, while Jerusalem is described as having the oldest continuous history among Syrian cities in ancient times.
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Jerusalem
Tel el-Amarna
Damascus
B. C
New York American
London Clergymen Density Report Sparks Debate
In London a study notes a clergyman for every two thousand people, highlighting unusually high clergy concentration and drawing public discussion on parish staffing and community services.
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London
Railroad Schedules Baromarr Otis May 30 1909
Rail schedule lists daily trains to Harrisonburg Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Washington Baltimore Martinsburg and long routes to Chicago Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and New York. Times show departures 600 928 am 115 pm etc and arrivals late night and noon with several exceptions noted for Mondays and Sundays.
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Harrisonburg
Uipanton
Eearrisonburg
Lexington
Harpers Ferry
Hagerstown
Frederick
Washington
Baltimore
Martinsburg
Chicago
Columbus
Wheelng
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Philadelphia
New York
Leber Rel Capreeereemmeneartes de
Winchester
Wee Martinsburg
Eernee Eenee Bas
Ingerstown
TA Jroencaatio
Hamberaburg
Shippensburg
Umo
Vetun
Mechanicsburg Esboseer
Harrisburg
Ata
Kennedy J
Tokar
Southern Railway passenger schedule highlights for Washington to Hamilton
The timetable lists outbound trains from Washington to numerous stops including Alexandria, Bararo, Glencarty, Torrinon, Falls Church, Dun Lorings, Hunter, Herndon, Leesburg, Clarke's Gap, Hamilton, and ninemont with arrival times ranging from 6:00 am to 11:87 am.
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Scoaca
Sun Saavaty
Washington
Alexandria
Alexandriasle
Cowden
Lorings
Wedderburn
Lenna
Pak Hunter
Wiehte
Herndon
Sterling
Ashburn
Netmont Park
Leesburg
Clarke's Gap
Preonian S'ge
Hamilton
Parcelivne
Hound HU
Ar Ninemont
Itoam
Horfolk and Western Train Schedules to Key Cities
Rail lines list Pullman sleepers and buffet cars for Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with connections at Shenandoah Junction. Timings show No 13.9 3 a m service to Knoxville and intermediate stops and No 14 7.45 p m service to New York with a 1.57 a m Hagere town run. Bevill M F B Bragg, Roanoke VA issued.
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Bristol
Pullman Buffet
Knoxville
Roanoke
Bluefield
Pocahontag
Norton
Welch
Pullman
Gary
Shenandoah
Hagere Town
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
Hagerse Town
Buffet
Aleeper
Bevill
M. FB
Bragg
Gen. Pass
Trav. Pass
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Ivan B. Nordhem Co
Roy
U.S
Patent Office
Scheuer’s
Fron Royal
Virginia
Rustee’s Sale
Mall Farm
Tab Service
W.il
McIlwee
Pth
Lewellyn Baker
Ft. Sudoun Seminary
John W. Rosenberg
Hotater
Trentin
Electric Light
Stell Sa
Nineveh
Ari
Natinore Wutter
Valley Fruit Growers’ Association
Postim Cereal Nee Limited
Mattis Cewek
Popular Okg
Postuim Creal Co . Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Montana
Illinois
Miss Griffith
Frank Coe
W. P. Doe
Willis Busey
Lester Busey
Nellie Shroudes
Louie Gra
Ham
Rora
Mrs. Grantham
Shanghai
D. S. Griffith
Richard Shroades
William Miller
Welltown
Helen Cushway
W. T. Pitzer
Anna Shroudes
Killbears
Anna Sherard
Gladden
Arthur Aiking
Mary du Collis
Ganotown
Charles Collis
Baromarr & Otis Railroad
Southern Railway
Bluemont
Horfolk and Western R
Dyeing Valley Railroad
Va “Pain
nxCeer
Glaize & Bro
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