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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1909
Page
2
Pony and runabout for sale. Pony weighs about 500 pounds, sound and gentle, safe for a child to ride or drive. Runabout in first rate condition. Outfit priced at 100 dollars. See at 117 North Market Street Winchester. 26 61 EO. W Bowly.
A reader from Adrian Georgia claims suffering from a female weakness improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols the remedy as a standard treatment for female ills dating back thirty years, listing ailments and inviting confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Arthur H. Pleasants and Picas Santis spoke at the YMCA Building on The Psychology of Advertising. They urged using newspapers to reach broad audiences, stressing truth in ads and tailoring pitches to educated and less educated patrons.
The report highlights steady growth in road and bridge building in Virginia during the past year. It notes strong support for state aid, county borrowing for road projects, and the use of convict labor as a key factor in progress. The commissioner's statistics cover miles built, miles under construction, and cost per mile.
Lynchburg officials announce the Elks Club board will keep its liquor license until April 30 despite the Byrd local option law. Attorneys say the term club is not included in the saloon closing clause, allowing the buffer. Piedmont Club decides to close rather than risk losing its charter.
The fourth organ recital in Winchester will be held at 8 pm at Christ Church with no admission fee though a silver offering will be taken. Frederick Richens of St. John's Church Hagerstown and Kee Mar College will perform, with Miss Estie G. Main of Hagerstown singing three contralto solos.
Miss Gladys Dinges returned this morning from Middletown where she spent Sunday with friends. Mr. C. B. Cougill of the Stephens City Milling Company was in town today on business.
The listing details two 4 horse wagons, horses, a wide array of farming tools and harnesses, grain sacks, and canvas cover. Everything described is nearly new and well cared for. Terms require cash under $10 and credit terms up to 12 months for higher sums, with a negotiable note payable at Bank of Clarke County. Sale conducted by Thos M Reynolds with Kettlebower & West as auctioneers.
Decree from the February term 1900 of the Frederick County Circuit Court directs a public auction at the County Courthouse in Winchester at 1 o clock on Saturday March 20 1909. The property includes a warehouse near Cumberland Valley Depot fronting Water Street with leasehold rights and is conveyed from J W Miller et ux to Herbert S Larrick Trustee. One half cash at sale with balance in six months secured by deed of trust and building insurance. Bond filed as required by the decree.
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