Evening Star publication note and affiliations
The Evening Star published in Winchester Virginia is issued daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. It is consolidated with the Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror and bears the publisher Harry Flood Byrd.
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Virginia
Morning News
Weekly News
Weekly Times
Weekly Mirror
Subscription Rates Usher In Mall News Era
Rates listed for subscriptions by mall include terms for one year three months six months and one month in advance. Carrier options mirror the same periods with higher totals. The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to republish news dispatches credited or not in this paper.
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Mber
Associated Press
Bible Thought and Prayer on daily Bible selections
A brief devotional urging parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections. Emphasizes the heritage of holiness and the idea that God’s house is a place of steadfast sanctity. Concludes with a short prayer for the heart to become God’s home.
Chorus Girls and the Road
A Richmond Times Dispatch column notes chorus girls in show business face shrinking work as touring road acts prefer ensemble, singing and dancing across towns. It contrasts old eras of Evangeline and Black Crook with modern producers who value broader acts over individual chorus girls.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Big
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Noise Avenue
Evangeline
Black Crook
North Carolina Debt Burden Highlighted By Maxwell
North Carolina Tax Commissioner A J Maxwell told a Lake Lure convention of county officials that state and local debt exceeds 500 million dollars. Interest costs take about a quarter of property tax revenue, and including notes would raise service to about one third. He urged tighter safeguards and centralized handling of refunding issues.
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Virginia-Pilot
A. J. Maxwell
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North Carolina
Maxwell
Lake Lure
State role in bond issues faces scrutiny and reform
The piece argues for tighter state oversight of local bond issues to curb debt growth. It discusses potential savings from timing bond sales and favorable rates, and contrasts North Carolina and Virginia practices. It stresses electorates’ ratification and voluntary cooperation over authoritarian control.
Auto Discourtesy and Public Manners in City Streets
Observers note that driving behavior often mirrors party room roughness with drivers pushing through crowds and tooting horns. The piece laments rude habits, urges better manners, and cites law alongside public sentiment as needed corrections. It calls for considerate use of right of way and yielding to pedestrians as real gentlemanly conduct.
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Chase City
Healthy Apple Market Reported In Great Britain
The report notes York Imperial apples sold at Liverpool auction for 8.14 dollars and 8.28 pounds, with Wealthies at 8.02 to 10.45 dollars and other varieties 5.95 to 7.00 dollars. Barrel and boxed apples from Glasgow bring 5.83 to 8.02 dollars and 3.89 to 4.57 dollars respectively. Shipments to England from New York for the week ending August 20 totaled 8 012 barrels and 68 466 boxes with major volumes to Liverpool and Glasgow. Pears plums oranges and other fruits also move across the Atlantic. Real estate remains the largest single national wealth item at about 64 percent, roughly 330 billion dollars.
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White's Fruit Agency
Servce
Glasgow
Caledonia
England
New York
London
Southampton
Hull
America
United States
Heavy Buying of General Motors Pushes Market Higher
General Motors common stock surged to a new high of 246, up 18 points in the past week, dominating today's market activity. Pools moved about a score of issues to new peaks but broad lists showed irregularities from shifting speculative accounts. Call money held at 7 percent. close described as irregular with about 2.3 million shares traded.
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Associated Press
New York
General Motors
Schlee and Brock Start Globe Flight From New York
Edward F. Schlee and William Brock began their attempt to circle the globe from Curtiss Field New York, heading to Old Orchard Maine on the first leg toward Harbor Grace Newfoundland. They aim to reach Croydon England and beat the 23 day record set by Linton Wells and Edward Evans, planning a 15 day world circumnavigation.
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N. Y
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William Brock
Maine
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Evans
Five Killed In Gasoline Explosion in Ohio Farmhouse
Five people died in a gasoline fueled explosion at a Greenwich area farmhouse in Huron county, near Norwalk, Ohio. The blast occurred last night after gasoline was misused on a cook stove fire, authorities say.
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Ohio
Greenwich
Huron County
Earthquake Kills Forty on Formosa Island
Tokio reports a quake on Formosa Island near Taiwan causing forty deaths at Ensuigai near the port of Taiwan. Authorities say 145 houses damaged in the district and four people injured.
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China
Japan
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Taiwan
Freckle Remover Flyte Cream Claims Fast Results
Baker's Drug Store promotes Flyte fade cream as a breakthrough freckle remover that dissolves brown pigment in four days. It promises skin texture improvements, is easy to apply and won’t stain, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Baker's
Court House and Other Fires Cause Loss
Two early morning fires in Washington Indiana destroyed the county court house and damaged stores and offices, with total losses around 759000. Court house losses were about 350000 while Temple Court fire added another 400000 in damages. Most county records were saved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ind
Davies County Court House
Court House
Temple Court
Wife Seeks Absolute Divorce for Desertion in Frederick County
In Frederick County Circuit Court, Mrs. Kathryn M. Lamberton sues Robert B. Lamberton for absolute divorce on wilful desertion. Attorney F. H. Brumback of Woodstock, Virginia, filed the petition. last known address of the defendant is Kew Gardens, Washington D C. The defendant must answer at rules on the first Monday in September.
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Frederick County
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Woodstock
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Robert B. Lamberton
Kew Gardens
Washington, D. C
Mrs Richardson to be buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery
The body of Mrs Annie Jane Richardson widow of Hugh Richardson of Winchester and Hagerstown Md will be brought to Hagerstown to be interred in the family lot at Mount Hebron Cemetery A short service will be held at the cemetery Regular funeral services will be held in Hagerstown at 930 tomorrow morning by Rev Dr Boyer The 81 year old Mrs Richardson is survived by four children and numerous relatives including Miss Mary Bush and Mrs Charles P Kremer
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New York
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Charles W. Richardson
Star
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Lavinia Bush
Charles P. Kremer
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Sutton I. Harris
Six Make Flight In a Ford Plane Designed By Stout
Toronto reports the Ford Stout monoplane with Commander Richard E. Byrd and French minister M Maurice Bokanowski landing at Leaside after a Buffalo stay. The 40 minute flight from Buffalo occurred in ideal weather with pilot Harry Brooks and mechanic Carl Wenzel aboard. Also on board were Harry D Wilshire of Ford Canada and William B Stout, the designer.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Richard E. Byrd
M. Maurice Bokanowski
Leaside
Here
Bufffalo
Harry Brooks
Carl Wenzel
Byrd
Harry D. Wilshire
Ford Company of Canada
William B. Stout
Southern History Authority Passes Away in Charlotte
Miss Cornelia Phifer, renowned across the South for Confederate history expertise, died at her Charlotte home after lingering illness. She would have turned 68 the following day.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Cornelia Phifer
South
Cosgrave Wins Two More Dail Seats In By Elections
In Dublin the Cosgrave government expands its hold by securing both by election gains. Gerald O'Sullivan and Dr. Thomas Hennessey were elected, giving the government a two seat majority in the Dail Eireann based on a today ballot count.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Irish Free State
Cosgrave
Dail Eireann
Gerald O'Sullivan
Thomas Hennessey
Middies Return From a Cruise On Battleships
The battleships Oklahoma and Nevada return to Annapolis after taking midshipmen on their summer cruise. They passed Cape Henry in the Virginia Capes late yesterday afternoon and proceeded up the Chesapeake Bay. Two marine detachments of about 30 men each will depart tomorrow for training.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Oklahoma
Nevada
Annapolis
Virginia Capes
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Henry
Greek astronomer in Egypt taught earth round two centuries BCE
A Greek astronomer in Egypt about 200 years before Christ taught his students that the earth was round. The note appears amid a long market listing of wholesale prices for flour corn and livestock.
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