The Evening Star Publication Details
The Evening Star is a Winchester Virginia daily published except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Company. It lists consolidation with Morning News Irom Weekly News Weekly Times and Weekly Mirror and notes post office mailing and subscription rates for year six months and three months and one month in advance.
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Evening Star Publishing Company
Winchester
Virginia
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The article argues the United States must push Mexican bandits on American soil while not firing on Carranza troops, warning that current rules give Mexico the initiative and risk soldiers in death traps. It urges the president to safeguard national honor and safety despite uncertainties.
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Carranza
Carrizal
United States
Carrwal
Boyd
Ahumada
Gomez
Mexico
Eviction Blues as Sheriff Expels Family from Home
A narrator laments eviction after mortgage lifestyle ends, recounting debt and luxury pastimes. The sheriff arrives to force them from their residence, while wife Mirandy and children Bess and Andy react with sorrow and worry.
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Jane Mrandy
Tittle
Andy
Mirandy
Bess
Great Persistence Needed to Rid Fields of Quack Grass
Wisconsin station notes there is no easy method to exterminate quack grass. Small patches respond to smothering with tar paper, while large fields require persistent effort, summer fallowing, and root removal to prevent green growth and eradicate the weed.
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Wisconsin
Douglas County
A. I. Stone
Farewell to a Sweetheart Soldier's Parting Song
A lyric farewell to a sweetheart as a soldier goes to war. The speaker bids goodbye with roses in spring and drums in marching, promising dreams and nightly memories beside her window while the soldier marches off. The poem blends longing with hope, urging endurance through sorrow. The tone is earnest, intimate, and period-tinged, reflecting wartime devotion.
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April
Rosenberger Daily Notes Social Visits in Town
Rosenberger Virginia reports several visitors: J. B. Snapp and son Mina visiting Sedan West Virginia relatives. Mrs. Harry Huff and children with Mrs. C. H. Snapp’s parents. Mrs. Herbert Frye and Edna Frye from Winchester visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Frye. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frye and Walter Frye with Edna Frye visiting Mr. and Mrs. Guy Frye. J. M. Fawcett of Fawcett Gap also visiting relatives.
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Charles Frye
Walter
Herbert Frye
Edna
Guy Frye
J. M. Fawcett
Fawcett Gap
Jean Webster Dies in Childbirth At Age Forty
The Atlanta Georgian reports playwright Jean Webster author of Daddy Long Legs and Dear Enemy died at age forty during childbirth. Her death is tied to her ideals she championed girlhood love and motherhood and she married for love. The Norfolk Virginian notes Charles Evans Hughes asserts he is an American and predicts a distinct voter will appear after the first Monday next November.
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Jean Webster
Wom
Atlanta
Charles Evans Hughes
Norfolk
Virginian
Northwestern Turnpike Board Endorsed by State Commission
A letter from Robert R. Prentis, chairman of the State Corporation Commission, expresses full endorsement of the Northwestern Turnpike Company Board of Managers led by Dr. J. F. Ward. The correspondence covers receipts and disbursements for quarters ending June 20 1916 and year ending June 20 1916, noting continued activity and satisfaction with management.
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Julian F. Ward
Northwestern Turnpike Company
Thas
Robert R. Prentis
State Corporation Commission
Northwestern Turnpike
J. F. Ward
Board of
Front Royal soldiers barred by medical exam failure
A large portion of the Front Royal military company failed the U S army medical examination in Richmond this week, disqualifying them for military service. Many members did not pass the examination.
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Front Royal Military Company
United ‘States
Richmond
Examination of Ernest Swan and local remedies mention
The text notes Mr. Ernest Swan of Winchester and Front Royal, a military company member, and warns travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, claiming attacks are sudden and severe and the product is unavailable on trains or ships.
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Ernest Swanson
A. G. Swanson
Winchester
Front Royal
Remark on Young Choll Sappington's Help In City Car Trouble
In a festive mood a speaker recalls how Young Choll Sappington improved opinion by aiding a motor car breakdown twenty miles from the city. He walked with party ladies to a spring and offered a chance for swearing, influencing perceptions of his prudence.
Tomato Worm Control Methods Advised by Kansas Entomologist
Professor George A. Dean of Kansas State Agricultural College recommends hand picking for small patches and arsenate sprays for larger areas. Use two and a half pounds of dry lead arsenate per fifty gallons of water, and one pound lime per pound Paris green to prevent foliage burn. Apply Paris green with care.
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George A. Dean
Kansas State Agricultural College
Dean
Advice on Harvesting and Protecting Small Fruits
The note urges quick cooling of picked berries, avoiding wet fruit for market, and monitoring currant and gooseberry bushes for a second currant worm brood. It recommends netting to protect ripening berries, warns nets or strings may fail, and suggests Bordeaux arsenate spray after fruit set, with timing. It also advises bagging grape clusters when berries reach shot size.
Still Fighting the Austrians In Italy Trenches Postcard
The Star reports a postcard from M. Ferrari from the advanced trenches in Italy describing fighting the barbarians Austria and sending regards to friends in Winched. He states he is quite well.
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M. Ferrari
Italy
Ex-Congressman Flubdub Seeks Notable Writeup
In Sanctum the magazine publisher debates how to portray the former congressman. The exchange hints at a minimal, neutral mention of his career with no clear stance or notable deeds.
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Flubdub
Congress
Ve's Try a Want Ad in The Star
A brief notice promotes trying a want ad in The Star newspaper for classified listings. It highlights accessibility and local reach for readers seeking to buy sell or trade.
Maxwell Car For Less Costs Says Maxwell Leader
Walter B. Flanders, president of the Maxwell Motor Company, explains the price cut on the Maxwell car. He credits economies in materials and improved manufacturing, including bulk steel orders before price surges, for delivering a higher quality vehicle at a lower price. He notes rapid industry progress due to close research and planning.
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Walter B. Flanders
Maxwell Motor Company
Maxwell
Troy
Jit
Automobile Damaged as Horse Bombards Middletown Street
In Strasburg a horse bucked and kicked an automobile owned by Ernest Cooley injuring rider Robert Dyche and frightening two Miller sisters. The car, stopped before P Gerber's store, suffered extensive damage while Dyche was thrown and bruised. Doctors Crawford and Duncan treated him. he was later taken home by Douglas Mitchell.
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Middletown
Ernest Cooley
Frank Cooley
Strasburg
Robert Dyche
Frank M. Funkhouser
Mr.Cooley
P. Gerber
Crawford
Duncan
Douglas
Mitchell
Capon
Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Appeal
An advertisement extols Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer use. It urges every family to keep the remedy on hand during hot weather and promotes its value and lack of superior substitutes.
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Chamberlain
Winchester Woman Praises Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs J W Stryker of Winchester reports back pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says the medicine quickens recovery when kidney function falters and recommends it to others at 50 cents a bottle. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sponsors the ad.
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J. W. Stryker
Adalal Street
Winchester
Dean
Doan
Stryker
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Verdu n Meuse Fighting Continues as German Attacks Repulsed
British dispatches describe rapid troop movements hindering captive reports. Austrian regiments surrounded by Russians surrendered without resistance where trapped. At Verdun on July 1, Terrific night fighting persisted with four German assaults on the Meuse east to west bank, all repulsed.
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Paris
Verdun
Meuse
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