Evening Star Publication Details and Affiliations
The Evening Star is published daily except Sundays in Winchester Virginia by The Evening Star Publishing Co. The paper consolidates with Morning News Star The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror. Office and mailing matters appear to be standard post office routing for a regional paper.
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Virginia
Morning News
Stem
The
Weekly News
Weekly Times
Weekly Mirror
Rates for Subscriptions and Carrier Delivery
A pricing snippet lists annual three dollars fifty cents, six months one dollar seventy five, three months ninety, and one month thirty. Carrier delivery offers one year four dollars fifty, six months two twenty five, three months one twenty, with some text garbled.
Ember of Associated Press Dispatch Attributed In 1926 Report
A brief AP dispatch from December 28 1926 notes exclusive republication rights for the Associated Press and local news items published in this edition. The notice emphasizes AP credit for stories whether credited or not.
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Associated Press
Christ for All All Poem Excerpt and Prayer Passages
A religious text fragment presents verses from Job 3 about life, death, and rest, followed by a prayer trusting in God. The lines emphasize God as sovereign over times and fate, with phrases about wickedness ending and the weary finding rest.
A Double Benefit of Christmas Savings Clubs
The originator of Christmas Savings Clubs helped banks and the public by distributing the largest year end deposits yet. Checks mailed before Christmas aid early shopping, ease bank strain, and teach thrift, showing savers how small weekly sums grow into meaningful balances for future needs.
Youth and the Dollar The AMA Study of Young Men's Ideals
The International YMCA surveyed 50 000 boys in 38 countries to learn their aims for the next decade. Results show a focus on economic independence and secure positions in commerce and society, with business, law, and engineering among favored fields. Some question whether the ideals reflect a shift from service to wealth, yet warn many seek honest work and social contribution.
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International Young Men’s Christian Association
New York World
Ing
Aching
Oreen
Pena
A Mellower World Cincinnati Times Star
Fragmentary item notes a claim about a surgeon and a person named William Rochester with uncertain context and wording. The readable text hints at a medical or professional disagreement but provides no clear event, date, or outcome. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
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Cincinnati Times- Star
Serther
William Rochester
Actenca
Life extension reshapes society and aging norms
The piece argues that longer lifespans will shift society toward older, venerable citizens. Septuagenarians will lose their privileged exception status, youth will no longer be prioritized, crime may shift to mellow maturity, and cultural tastes will favor reflective themes, with whiskers gaining renewed admiration.
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Wadsworth
Cowper
Kipling
Another Christmas Passes Roanoke Times Reflects on Christmas 1926
A reflective column notes that Christmas Day 1926 was serene for most, yet painful for some families facing loss. It urges gratitude and a return to church worship as the year ends, recalling cherished memories and hopeful greetings for the New Year.
Open the Doors Cincinnati Enquirer
A nationwide study by the American Foundation for the Blind seeks to open factory doors to 100000 blind people. It aims to find suitable occupations without handicap barriers and assess wages and career opportunities in industry and professions.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
America
American Foundation For the Blind
Stephens City stock shipment notice 1927
Notice of stock shipment by George R. Green of White Post Virginia for Stephens City Middletown and White Post communities. George Gibson and Walter Fishpaw will represent in their areas to handle stock sales and prices on grain and hay.
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Walter Fishpaw
Middletown
Bank Closings for New Year's Day Holiday Notices
Several banks announce New Year’s Day closures due to the holiday. Shenandoah Valley National Bank and Farmers and Merchants National Bank state payments and maturing paper dated Jan 1 will be payable Jan 3. Commercial and Savings Bank and Union Bank of Winchester note closures as legal holiday with follow‑up on Monday.
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WM G. Hardy
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Fuller
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
John L Sloat
Commercial & Savings Bank
Les Summers
Union Bank of Winchester
Renewant For Elusive Kettlefoot In North Carolina
The annual hunt for Kettlefoot, a 600 pound black bear famed for eluding capture, is under way in the Black Mountain district of Boone North Carolina. Hunters say he moves with great speed and avoids shots, while locals report looted barns trampled gardens and damaged hen roosts as signs of his visits. His name comes from the kettle shaped footprint he leaves.
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Associated Press
Boone, N. C
Black Mountain District
Kettlefoot
Black Mountain
Big Bear
Like Tastes Attract In Marriage Says College Teacher
Lexington Ky Dec 28 In a University of Kentucky study Prof J E Adams finds that similarity of tastes attracts in marriage. Questionnaires from 109 men and 159 women show men prefer wives 65 inches tall 125 pounds with brown eyes light complexion and teaching education while women favor husbands 70 inches tall 165 pounds brown eyes light complexion slender and two years older also with teaching education.
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Associated Press
Lexington
J. E Adams
University of Kentucky
Paris Hairdressing Federation Opens Membership to Women
The Paris Hairdressing Federation votes to admit women as members and allows them to shave and cut hair for male clients, signaling a shift in professional roles within the industry.
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Shenandoah Valley Bank
The annual meeting of stock holders will be held at the banking house at 11 oclock on Tuesday January 11 1927 for the election of directors and other lawful business. Shenandoah Valley National Bank Winchester Virginia. By William G Hardy cashier. (12-7-4wks.)
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Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Virginia
Wm. G. Hardy
Cashier
Suit to perfect lien priorities in Chiles trust
In Frederick Virginia December 8 1926 the court orders defendants The Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank Shenandoah Valley Joint Stock Land Bank Staunton and The Southern Chemical Company to appear within ten days to protect interests in a deed of trust dated November 11 1926. A weekly publication for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star and posting at court door by December 20 1926 are required. Teste C Brannon clerk Ward Larrick p a. 12-8-4 wks.
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Circuit Court
County OF
Frederick
Herbert
Larrick
Samuel M. Chiles
Herbert S. Larrick
Frederick County
Virginia
Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank of Charleston
Shenando
Winchester
Court orders probate action in Frederick County
On December 16 1926 the Frederick County Circuit Court Clerk orders the will of O D Braithwaite deceased construed and estate administered. Defendants John W Braithwaite Ida Fulkhouser and Ily Hiett must appear within ten days of publication. notice posted by December 20 1926. Deputy Clerk Blanche E Noonan Ward Larrick PA.
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Lin
Circuit Court
County OF Frederick
Commercial and Savings , Bank
O. D. Braithwaite
Blanche E. Noonan
Ward & Larrick, P. A
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Evening Star
Marry Flood Byrd
Eteren
Youth and the Dollar
Roanoke Times
Ste
Phens
Geo. Gibson
Stephens City
Tme
George R. Green
White Post
North Carolina
Paris Hairdressing Federation
Stockholders’ Meeting
Rona
Drugstore
Brooks’ Pharmacy
F.R. Crane Jeweler
South Main St
Edna M. Braithwaite
Als
John W. Braithwaite
Ida © Fulkhouser
Nee Braithwaite
Ily Hiett
Winchester Evening Star
FuRvuer
Tures
Frank Gearing
East Piccadilly Street
Virginia’loan & Thrift Corp
Winchester, VA
Farmers & Merchants, Bank
Aay
Aisa Tan A
S. Main St
North Main St
Baker’s Drug Store
Northern Virginia Power Company
Leader
Northern VA. Motor CO
South Main Street
Griffin Paint and Sign CO
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