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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1925
Page
2
Good Companion These Stormy Days
An unsigned note from W V January 12 1925 accompanies a check enclosed for your use. The brief missive mentions a companion through stormy days and is attributed to A A Brill of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Brilly
W. Va
Barrett
Colored couple wed in Berry week county marriage
A colored French farmer from Berry week county married Daisy Law of Winchester last evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Washington Johnson at his home on North Kent Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Berrywek
Daisy Law
Winchester
Washington Johnson
North Kent Street
Two Wedding Guests Die From Metal Polish Poison
At a Maizeville wedding near Pottsville Pennsylvania a metal polish poisoning killed Joseph Levella and George Alek konis and left four others seriously ill. Authorities said some guests believed the poison was mixed with liquor as a joke or deliberately, while others thought a guest had mistaken metal polish for gin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Maizeville
Joseph Levella
George Aleckonis
Rotary Club misstatement on band fund donation
The Star corrected a recent report saying the Rotary Club turned over 700 dollars to the Handley School boys' band fund. The actual amount was several hundred dollars, about 350, due to copying errors in dictation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Rotary Club
Handley School Boys
New Caverns Chamber Deemed Bigger Than All Known Rooms
New York Explorers Club team led by Carveth Wells reports a vast new cavern in Endless Caverns three quarters of a mile beyond prior chambers. They descended 80 feet on ropes to reach the chamber, filmed 700 feet of footage, and note fossil coral implies Virginia's Shenandoah Valley was once under the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
New York Explorers Club
Carveth Wells
Lapland
Collins Walsh
Explorer’s Club
Dr. Redes
American
Wells
Shenandoah
Virginia
Walsh
Lake Titicaca Facts From The Readable Text
Lake Titicaca lies partly in Peru and partly in Bolivia in South America. It stands at about 12 644 feet above sea level and is among the highest lakes in the world. Its greatest length is 188 miles and its breadth 69 miles. The lake covers about 1 960 square miles and drains its fresh waters through the Desagadero river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Titicaca
Peru
Bolivia
South America
First Metals in Human Use Copper and Gold
The article notes gold was likely the first metal used by humans and found in streambeds. It states gold served ornamentation before other metals, while copper was the earliest metal put to practical use for knives and tools around six thousand years ago.
Public Sale of Two Frederick County Lands in Virginia
Special Commissioners will offer for sale at public auction at the Winchester county courthouse at noon on February 7 1525. Two parcels on Gainesboro Pike the Home Place sixty acres with a seven room dwelling and outbuildings and parcel two forty acres with timber. Both tracts formerly of James E Lewis. Terms: one half cash sale day, remainder in one and two years with six percent interest. Deed of trust and insurance required. Brannon clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Ruble
Frances Virginia Lewis
Winchester
Virginia
Frederick
Gainesboro Pike
Frederick County
Ab Pingley
James E. Lewis
Borah Seeks Extra Session To Enact Farm Relief Bills
Senator Borah of Idaho urged an early extra session of Congress to pass farm relief legislation. He blamed persistent farm troubles on Europe crop failures and Dawes reparations, while colleagues debated government relief versus market and natural adjustments. Commission recommendations for livestock relief were to be sent to President Coolidge next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Congress
Europe
Germany
Bruce
Maryland
Pryce
Agricultural Commission
Montrose Orchard Property Sells At Greatly Reduced Price
Montrose orchard, 3700 trees, produced 8400 barrels of apples this year. The 1000 acre property includes 30 acres clear, timber, packing house, stables, and extensive buildings with gravity water. Owner lists reduced price of 50000 dollars with possible terms, enabled and ford, 207 ninth street, Lynchburg, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sommes
Oss
Es Elgy
Montrose
Enable & Ford
9Th Street
Lynchburg
No Use Small Boy Wash Hands Before School
A reader quotes a mother scolding a boy for not washing his hands before going to school. the boy retorts that he is not among those who constantly raise concerns. The fragment reflects everyday domestic humor and parental expectations.
Protection Sought By Many Short Line Railroads
The American Short Line Railroad Association asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to oppose the Van Sweringen brothers eastern trunk line consolidation. B B Cain told the Senate committee that key short lines would be excluded unless paid at physical valuation, risking losses to smaller roads across the system. The proposed merger includes Nickle Plate Chesapeake & Ohio Hocking Valley Erie and Pere Marquette. Cain urged Congress to change policy to protect smaller lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Short Line Railroad Association
van Sweringen
Chesapeake & Ohio
Hocking Valley
Erie
Cain
Congress
Short Lines
Trains Crash in Westphalia Kills Many in Herne Station
Berlin dispatch reports the Berlin to Cologne express rammed a stopped train at Herne Westphalia today. More than twenty bodies were recovered and three cars were demolished. Dozens were injured in the high speed collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Howard Carter Plans Return to Tut Ankh Amen Tomb
London January 13 Howard Carter the Egyptologist has reached an agreement with the Egyptian government to resume work on the tomb of Tut Ankh Amen. He took over exploration after the death of Lord Carnarvon and now proceeds with the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Carter
Associated Press
London
Carter
Lord Carnarvon
Cairo
Splendid Rule of Life in a Fragmentary Query
A fragmented historical text ponders life’s purpose and mutual aid, asking what value remains if life cannot be awakened or made easier for others. The garbled passage hints at existential reflection and shared humanity amid obscured context.
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Kent and
Water Streets
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REO
FORD
Sampson
Winchester Garage
J. W. Cammer & Sons
Star and Durant Cars
Paris
Kernstown
Jas. P. Reardon
T. Russell Cather
I. C. C. Brannon
Circuit Court
James P. Reardon
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County of
Westphalia
H. W. Ebert
Auto Insurance
Mea Oe Solow
J. Vic Arthur
Willard
RADIO
Zucker
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Baker Street
Man & Market
Schumacher Feed
H. D. Albin
Jewelers
Hodgson & Brown
Parlett & CO. Inc
Braddock and
Piccadilly Sts
W. O. Parlett
R. A. Cather
Willys-Knight
Rouss Garage
Braddock Street
North Main ST
Brook’s Pharmacy
East Piccadilly St
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