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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
5
Advertisement listing 45 acres near Wharr Post with 12 acres of winter apples in full bearing at 80 dollars per acre. Includes 6 percent store room and lot adjoining Boyce State Bank in Boyce Virginia. Describes town in the valley and 7 percent.
New six room frame house on North Market street with large lot and garden priced at 1300 dollars. A cottage with bath and building lot on west Watt street priced at 2500 dollars. Limestone farm of 120 acres with orchard and running water seven miles from Winchester priced at 7000 dollars. 117 acres one mile from Bartonsville with apple and peach trees priced at 3000 dollars. Two slate farms below Brucetown suitable for grazing with timber and wood land along the Martinsburg pike, terms.
Physicians hail a skin parasite theory for eczema and endorse a topical oil of wintergreen thymol lyc h erin compound called D D D treatment. Dr Folkerts cites patients with fourteen year eczema and rheumatism relief after first applications, claiming lasting cures when used with D D D Soap.
Cedar Grove notes report family visits across town on Sunday March 23. Mrs Martin DeHaven visited her son Ross DeHaven while E and Carpenter traveled on Whitacre business. L Crim and Edwin Barrett visited White Hall. Several ladies called on including Mrs C M Barrett, Mrs Edna Smith, Mrs L O Fries, Mrs James Fries, Mrs E E Carpenter and Mrs Oscar Miller. A stork left a daughter for Grant Clark on Saturday.
Dr Beale of Berkeley Springs West Virginia visits his son and daughter in law Reverend James W Beale at the parsonage of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Hugh Barr arrived in Staunton, Virginia, yesterday afternoon after spending time with relatives and friends in the city.
A Missouri bill would establish a four member Board of Control to regulate poker. The board would license players and licensees, funded by a percentage of jackpots. Unauthorized play would be a misdemeanor and an emergency clause pushes the measure into effect once law. The governor would appoint the board with limited party representation.
Rev J C Myers officiated a double wedding at the Headley home near Refuge. Grace Headley married Miller of Reliance and Kate Headley wed Benjamin White. Family and friends extend best wishes for happiness. Several local residents are noted as ill or improving.
Winchester reader W Horner credits Doan's Kidney Pills with restoring health after a kidney complaint. The advertisement warns of signs like unhealthy secretions and sediment, and urges use to ward off Bright's disease or diabetes. Sold by dealers at 50 cents. Iester Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is the U S sale agent.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Pierce hosted a refined gathering at Glenmoor in Clarke County on Monday evening March 15. Music featured vocal and instrumental performances by Miss Carnen, Hugh Vance, and Dudley Pierce with Mrs. Carter and Miss Pierce. The dining room showcased white and green decor with shamrock for St Patrick as guests enjoyed refreshments and Virginia hospitality. Notable attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Will Tanquary, Mr. and Mrs. William M Carter, and numerous friends and family members.
Daily except Sunday schedules to Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Washington Baltimore Martinsburg Chicago Columbus Wheeling Pittsburg Cincinnati Louisville and major eastern cities. Trains depart 6 00 to 6 65 a m and 9 28 a m with arrivals late night 12 06 and 1 15 5 55 p m 6 65 p m and 7 25 p m indicate pattern of long routes and Monday exceptions.
All persons desiring toll by the year on the Northwestern Grade will meet at Mrs. Andersons March 29 and 30 and at J. W. Parishs on March 31. All who fail to take toll by the year on these days must pay by the trip. Jno We Larrick Supt
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