Evening Star Publication Rates and Contact Information
The Evening Star is published daily except Sunday by Bees Star Publishing Co Virginia with Morning News Weekly News and Weekly Mirror. Telephones Bell 33 and United. Subscription rates listed: one year in advance four dollars. six months two dollars. three months one dollar. one month forty cents. Weekly Retake and other notes appear truncated in the text.
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Ra the Bees Star Publishing Co
Virginia
Associated Press Copyright Notice
The notice states that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited to the paper and its local publisher. It asserts AP ownership over content and reuse by the local press.
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Fading War News and Bolshevik Advances Reported
A fragmentary notice notes Bolsheviki activity near Poland and Roumania with claims of arms and food aid to bolster their campaigns. It references Russia’s situation, disrupted production, and a sense of ongoing conflict across Europe.
Theme of Prohibition Echoes in Walt Mason Verse
A Walt Mason poem rails at prohibition and its effects, contrasting thirst with restraint while mocking those who boast of drinking. It frames the era’s drink ban as a social context and uses vivid, rural language to evoke feigned humor and longing amid dry times.
Minnie Wood Locals Report Social and Obituary Notes
Minnie Wood section records visits and events in Chapel Virginia January 22 with M P Ebert from Stephenson calling upon John Rutherford family. Berryville Baptist Church hosts a Sunday afternoon talk by George Eppard and Miss 1xth of Shepherdstown. Families gather for funerals of Mesmere and Louthan. King’s Daughters meet at Walter Broth home. Nearby residents Keeler and Rutherford families hosted visitors. Edyth Lee Hook and others noted. Many local farmers face water shortages.
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Minnie Wood ‘Chapel
P. Ebert
Stephenson
John’ Rutherord
Berryville Baptist Church
George Eppard
Shepherdstown
Van
Rutherford
Walter Broth
Charles Keeler
Winchester
J.C. Rutherford
Mesmere
Louthan
John Rutherford
Walter
Anna” Frye
M. Rutherford
Shepherds
Dr. J M Allen Hosts Cattle Breeders Luncheon
The Shenandoah Valley Shorthorn Breeders Association enjoyed a luncheon Thursday at Dr. J. M. Allen’s Clifton home near Berryville Virginia. Attendees included W S Bromley C O Writt J T Burwell George H Burwell Jr B O Randoph James Lampton John Crown Walter T Gore and P Koiner secretary of Augusta County Breeders Association. The event celebrated Dr. Allen’s cattle and he was praised as a booster for pure bred stock and as association president.
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Shenandoah , Valley Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
J. M. Allen
Clifton
Berryville
Messra
Dr. Allen
Virginia
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Growth and Shine
An advertisement urges girls to use Danderine to beautify hair by restoring life color and vigor. It claims a 36 cent bottle improves thickness shine scalp health and reduces fading. The copy emphasizes long thick gleaming hair and a quick revival of vitality.
Late Conveyances Of County Realty Admitted To Record
The county clerk records conveyances of real estate. J L Carpenter et ux to Charles A Rentier for two lots in Linden Heights for 1000 dollars. Joe Selina C Crone to J H Newcome for a lot in Stonewall district for 1 dollar. M B Richards et ux to J H New Comer for lots in Stonewall district for 1080 dollars. D H Sencindiver et ux to William T Morton for Tanquary mill property in Brucetown for 5500 dollars. J M Orndorff et ux to J P Fisher for 29 acres on Martinsburg pike north of Winchester for 20038.87 dollars. J H Lockhart et ux to Russell C Patton for a lot in Shawnee district for 500 dollars. E L Good et ux to J Lockhart and G C Miller for a lot in Shawnee district for 500 dollars. Godfrey Miller to L L Hockman for 88 acres near Kernstown for 7500 dollars. Mrs Alice McCabe Pilcher to William H Arthur for her one half undivided interests in 114 acres in Shawnee district for 1 dollar.
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J. L. Carpenter
Charles A. Rentier
Linden Heights
Joe Selina C.’Crone
J. H. Newcome
Stonewall District
B. Richards
J. H. Newcomer
Stonewall
D. H. Sencindiver
William T. Morton
Tanquary Mill
Brucetown
J. M. Orndorff
J. P. Fisher
Martinsburg Pike
Winchester
J.H. Lockhart
Russell C. Patton
Shawnee District
Sales Directory entries for farm stock and implements
A local sales directory lists dates and locations for farm stock and implements sales near Berryville Wadesville and Summit Point. Entries include Harry Lewis Robert Ley Lee Clarke Harry Flowers and many others with farm names and roads such as Senseney road Clearbrook and Lemon Fries farm. The note also announces a recruiting office in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank building inviting enlistment and explaining benefits for ex servicemen.
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Geo. Baker
Wadesville
Hugh Carper
Ben. Smallwood
Berryville
John Benner
Welltown Pike
Winchester
Adams Bros
White Hall
James Berlin
Stock
R. Foley
Stephensons
W. W. McDonald
Berrys
A. Bunion
W. Smith
Woodcock Lane
Brent DeHaven
Boyce
W. C. Shade
Otis Howe
John Vorous
Briggs
Buckner
Wim. Chamblin
Harvey Yeakley
Ben Locke
Lemon Fries
Senseney Road
Hardy .Bros
White Gall
Adams Farm
Boyd
Summit Point
M. M. Vorous
Valent
Jacob W Haildeman
Has
Saunders
John W. Shewbridge
Summit
Miss Genevia Shade Hosts Birthday Supper in Siler
Miss Genevia Shade celebrated her birthday with a supper at her parents home in Siler. Guests included Misses Marie and Mabel Bowman and Mr Raymond McDonald of Wabash Indiana, Mr Walter Shade of Winchester and Miss Ethel Shade of De Haven. Bowman siblings are visiting at De Haven with Philip Shade family.
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Siler
Genevia Shade
Robert Shade
Marie
Mabel Bowman
Raymond McDonald
Wabash
Ind
Walter Shade
Winchester
Ethel Shade
DeHaven
Génevia Shade
Philip Shade
Music Tonight and Army Recruiting Nearby
Tonight features the regular cinema program with a musical added attraction. A recruiting party led by Lieut Joni D. Eason arrived and will depart for Riverton and Front Royal. They display a Browning machine gun and Browning rifle for exhibition and remind ex service men they may enlist for one year in engineers, chemical warfare, or artillery.
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Joni D. Eason
Riverton
Front Royal
McBride
Focal
Phil
Eason
Wood
Engineers
Artillery
Army
Eelworm Pest Threatens Virginia Wheat Yields
The eelworm is a serious new pest of wheat causing heavy damage in Virginia and to lesser extents in West Virginia Maryland and California. It can be spotted in threshed grain by hard dark galls about half the size of a wheat kernel. Farmers are urged to plant clean seed and avoid infested fields. Losses in some Virginia fields reached up to 40 percent.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
California
Oudoun
Upper Loudoun
State Road
Leesburg
County Road
Blue Ridge Mountains
National Capital
Buell Farm Agency
Herndon, Va
Horseradish as a Profitable Winter Crop
Horseradish offers good profits to growers who prepare the grated product and sell to retail customers. The process of preparing and bottling can be done in winter when outdoor work is limited.
Roofing Cement Paints Salesman Wanted in Cleveland
Advertisement seeks salesmen earning under six thousand dollars annually to join Security Mutual Paint and Varnish Works. Offers a 90 day trial with pay if unsatisfied and a prospect of selling six to 100 barrels per week in productive territory from Station A Cleveland Ohio. Also includes a war era reference to Victor Hugo and the Battle of Wa?an mot with faded prose.
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Security-Mutual Paint and Varnish Works
Station A
Cleveland
Ohio
Practice Cheerfulness Inspires Youth and Aged Wards
A fragment quotes Colton urging cheerfulness as vital to life from youth to old age. It compares life without cheerfulness to a sunless Lapland winter and notes time makes later stages mellow while early joy sours to vinegar.
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Lapland
Coltom
Fragmentary item notes a misleading phrase
A short readable line mentions a licker and airwash, with garbled OCR text implying a misprint. The fragment lacks clear names, places, or dates to identify a broader event or context.
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