Evening Star Advertising Rates And Delivery
Advertising rates are available at The Star Office located at 47 and 19 East Water Street. The Star is delivered citywide for 5 cents per week. Subscriptions: one year 2.60 prepaid, six months 1.25 prepaid. Officers include F. Byrd president and GM Vernon B. Garton secretary treasurer D. B. Conrad city editor. Mail rates: one year 2.00 prepaid, six months 1.00 prepaid, one month 0.20, postage prepaid.
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Ran Tion
Star
East Water Street
F. Byrd
Vernon B. Garton
Sec
Treas
D. B. Conrad
Culpepper Tragedy Victim Remembered in Tragic Tale
The piece laments the Culpeper tragedy focusing on the unnamed woman who lost her lover and bears the slain man’s name. It notes the brothers’ vengeance and questions what solace remains for the girl whose honor was central to the tragedy.
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Stern Brothers
Riots and Martial Action Reported in Mississippi
Conflicting dispatches from Jackson and Meridian describe race riots in Mississippi escalating beyond initial fears. Governor Vardaman leads troops near Meridian and Scooba as lynchings and arson persist, with Kemper County listed for multiple deaths and missing persons.
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Washington
Mississippi
Jackson
Meridan
Scooba
Vardaman
Rumsey Monument Site Secured by Railroad in Shepherdstown
A Rumseyan Society committee reports Norfolk and Western Railway agrees to transfer land at the bridge site in Shepherdstown for a Rumsey monument. Deed filed, mortgage constraints prevent donation. quarry lot may be donated. Plan to form park and recreation area overlooking the river with the monument as centerpiece. Senator Campbell to seek state funding for a handsome monument to James Rumsey.
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The
Rumseyan Society
Shepherdstown
William Campbell
Bright Program At Union Chapel Christmas Event
A large crowd gathered at the Valley Union Chapel Martinsburg for a Wednesday Christmas celebration by the Sunday school. The program included Singing Praise Him by the school reading by T N Conway prayer by W B White choir singing Son of the Angels recitation Bessies Christmas Party by Emily Reynolds and Snowflakes by the choir.
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Valley Union Chapel
Martinsburg Pire
T. N. Conway
W. &. White
Bessie
Emily Reynolds
End Endless Chain Prayer Urged Across Nine Sendings
A mail item from Quantico Virginia transmits an endless chain prayer: to recite the prayer daily and mail it to nine different people, with a claimed ninth day joy and protection from calamity during a Jerusalem festival. The missive asks readers not to break the chain.
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Quantico
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Desperate Illness of Little Jack Greenwalt
The bright young son of Mrs. Maude McKenzie, master Jack Greenwalt, is critically ill at his mother’s East-Piccadilly street home. His hip injury worsened and doctors report he has contracted St Vitus dance.
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Jack Greenwalt
Maude McKenzie
East
Piccadilly Street
St. Vitus
Roads and convicts push rural progress gains cited
An address by Joan Craffio argues good roads cut cotton costs and boost state prosperity. He cites Indiana Maine and Ontario examples, noting convict labor as an economical road-building method with high return to families and reduced crime. Provincial and state road bond plans illustrate broad public investment.
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Joan Craffio
Craft
Hare
Georgia
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Oil and straw roadmaking methods across states
In southern California a roadbed is built by mixing oil into soil to a depth of eight inches with a powered roller that prongs and compacts the mix until it resembles cement. The process costs about $20,000 per mile. In Oregon straw is spread over muddy roads each fall to a depth of a foot or more to ease travel.
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California
Oregon
Gravel Road Upkeep Tips for Frequent Repairs
To keep a gravel road in good condition piles of gravel should be placed at intervals for easy access by workers. When ruts appear, add fresh material and stamp or rake until it is properly consolidated.
Recipe for lime wash paint mixture from historical text
To make ten gallons mix twenty five pounds of common lime with boiling water. Add five pounds of wood ashes ten pounds of melted beef tallow two pounds of common salt and half a pound of dissolved gle. Include dry mineral paint like burnt umber yellow ochre or mineral red. Stir while hot and apply warm, keeping it well stirred.
Moon Blindness in Horses and Pig Breeding Tips
The text explains periodic ophthalma also called moon blindness in horses and prescribes iodide of potassium with eye coverings. It also advises uniformity in pig breeding by keeping pigs of one breed and similar age.
Silage Car for Barn Feeding Improves Efficiency
Prairie Farmer describes a portable three wheeled silage car with a rope operated rear door and a sliding trap for easy output. The 3x4 foot base supports a load for about twenty cows, enabling corner turns and saving labor in dairy barns.
Horse Care Rules From German Expert Advised for Stablekeepers
A 19th century note summarizes ten horse husbandry tips from a German expert named William. Advice covers stable comfort, ventilation, and weather care, daily exercise, avoiding wet fodder, clean water, reducing ammonia exposure, and hoof care including shoeing schedules and spike requirements on icy roads.
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Éhevening Star
EB. Clayden
World Building
New York
City, New York
Culpeper
Govern
Com
Bywaters
Mephistopheles
Faust
Margaret
Donna
Fancy
Strother
Winchester
Hotel Evans
Taylor House
McDonald’s Inn
Baldwin House
Harry K. Benham
Washington, D.C
Commonwealth
Kemper
Law
Mary Eberet
Florence’ Allen
D. H. Kern
Rumsey
Railroad
Potomac
W. Va
George M. Beltzhoever, 4 Jr
H. L. Snyder
Rumseyan Society, Have Return
Philadelphia
Joseph
L. Doran
the Nor
Folk and Western Railway
Monu
James Rumsey
Steamboat
Union Chapel
Maine
Indiana
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Missouri
Ontario
Canada
Boyd’s Drug
Henry Baitjik
G&g
Tess
Henry Bretjer
BOK
Empperer William
Germany
Bese, Va
Hafisenourg
Disunwne
Harrisonburg
Lexington
Harper's Kerry
Hagerstown
Mtasions
Roderich
Washingtoe
Jepart
Bibm
Martinsburg
Chicago
Columbus
Wheeling
Pittsburg
T. B. Patton
Stryker
West Water Street Market
Ori Field
Biryke
Baker’s
Sii Des Prs
Kranch Baker & Son
Wichester
Varics
Geo. E. Bushnell & Co
Southern Railway
Bluemont Branch
Southern
Railway
Bluemont
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