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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
4
The Star urges readers to renew or subscribe before January 31 1915 at an annual discount of $2 paid in advance. It promotes The Star as Virginia's only daily paper with full telegraphic coverage of state and national news and urges sending the paper to friends to strengthen ties and civic awareness.
The text argues that profit lies in building a good home, valuing family over large bank accounts. It notes that wealth alone cannot fill the Wilt and that a wife and daily work ease contribute to a happy home through practical comforts and utensils.
The Fruit Grower and Farmer urges farmers to attend the annual Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting in Winchester on January 14 in order to broaden viewpoints improve farm practices and view neighbor methods.
A Richmond Journal editorial critiqued toll gates and supported broader road funding. The piece notes hotel groups seek lower tolls to boost travel and hotel patronage, while warning about speed damage and tax issues. It recalls Virginia Valley roads and asks for earnest discussion on abolition.
Patrons of the North Frederick Grade must identify themselves when passing the gate in closed vehicles. The notice appears to urge vehicle occupants to call or reveal their names to pass through security.
The article argues toll roads in Virginia are essential, with tolls charging users by miles and vehicle type. It notes land value near toll roads rises, toll collection costs justify user fees, and maintenance quality depends on toll revenue, while proposing light traffic yearly passes and tax-based maintenance as alternatives.
Fragmentary OCR text reads as a stray fragment about erection or construction across multiple parts. The readable portion provides no clear event, person, organization, place, or date to anchor a factual card.
Fragmentary lyric appears as a drinking song urging revelry at night while acknowledging sorrow and danger. It references Bacchus, memories of home, and a plea to keep spirits up as dawn nears, with lingering hints of warning and mischief.
William Watson, the English poet, writes a poem to America upbraiding neutral UK stance amid the European war. The verse questions America's neutrality and suggests tension between a powerful ally and a hesitant child, using imagery of lamps, oceans, and a tiger.
A nostalgic poem links Winchester’s battle history to Shawnee waters that lure wanderers home. It contrasts city growth and a barroom curse with the gleaming Evening Star and festive wishes for patrons. The piece ends with seasonal blessings in quaint verse.
A historical note reports that two pounds of wood roughly equal one pound of coal in heat. It lists wood types with high heat values and roughly describes cords needed to match a ton of coal, noting variability among species and general heat-value trends.
Fragmented verse from 1914 Winchester Virginia praise notes Shenandoah Valley town. Describes streets with tradition, mountains surrounding with blue haze, and pride in the city loved by its people. Poem evokes local landscape and heritage.
Ed J Richards formerly of Clarke County has been appointed assistant manager of the American Issue Publishing Company official paper of the Anti Saloon League in Westerville Ohio. He resides with his family at 78 South Vine Street. Mer Henry L Seay and family left today for Lynchburg Virginia to spend the holidays with Mr Seays parents.
The London Dairy Express reports a new volume titled The War Lotfi collecting brief sayings from the German emperor. The snippets praise obedience discipline and military power with stark assertions about the emperor as sole master and the army as the unifying force of Germany.
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