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Library of Congress1902

Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 15, 1902

I If I r r There arc only two essentials of Btisiness Successin any business First adequate capital Second a fair price for your goods with a reasonable profit A newspaper like any other commodity should be sold at a profiteach individual copy Any newspaper which is not thus sold is not independentits dependence is upon its advertisers or some other contrib utory powerand this dependence is inconsistent with abso lute honesty FRANK A MUNSEY U A Newspaper Devoted to intimate Information as to Their Important Interests THE SUNDAY TIMES Tomorrows issue will be so well worth its cost so valuable to every resident of this city that it would be an offense against common sense as well as business wisdom not to call attention to it in every possible way It will be beautifully illustrated contain thirtysix pages and be full of strong able authoritative ar ticles on important subjects interesting to every member of the family The price of the Sunday Times tomorrow and thereafter will be FIVE cents because it is worth FIVE cents and so good a newspaper cannot be sold for less Since its former price was set it has grown from eighteen pages to

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Library of Congress1904

Image 14 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 23, 1904

DECENT JOURNALISM Newspapers That Are Not Yellow Still Prosper THE EDITORIAL PAGE GOOD RESULTS TO FLOW FROM THE PULITZER SCHOOL High Standards Among Washington CorrespondentsJohn Hay as Journalist An Addrraa IVllTfrwl by frothy 8 Noyea Defer the Worlda Preaa Parliament KeallTal Hall Inulalana Iurrhaae Kiixialtloii 81 Ixula Uii 21 1804 The great International exposition which the brains energy and grit of the men of Bt Iiouls have created hu Irresistibly drawn to It many men of many minds In oonventlon assembled and among them the worlds Journalists The Interchange of facts and opinions among the delegates to th Worlds Press Parliament In the course of this weeks meetings naturally develops much discussion with the newspaper as a text and pertinent practical comment con cerning the conditions and tendencies of newspaperdom In the various nations here represented may reasonably be expected There has been muah speculation as to the form and character of the newspaper of the future Some maintain that It will be In magazine form capable of being held in one hand and easily read with news and other mat ter compressed sufficiently to meet the re quirements of this form of publication The present Indications however are not

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Library of Congress1908

Image 23 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 31, 1908

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Business Office 11th 8t and Pannsylrani Avenue Th Evening Star Newspaper Company Eunpcu Office 8 Hejent St London England New York Office Tribune Building Chicago Office First National Bank Euiliiag The Erennjr Star with the Sunday morning edit Ire In delivered by carriers on tlielr own ac count within the city at 50 cent pr month without The Sunday Star at 44 cents per month Br mall postage prepaid Ta11y Snnday Inrlnded one month H cpnts Pally SundaT excepted one month r0 cents Saturday Star one rear 100 8anday Star one year 150 T Pages 118 Part 3 WASHINGTON D C SATURDAY OCTOBER 31 1908 Character of a Store People identify the character of a store with the character of the paper in which they see the stores advertisement nminHnnmi REMARKABLE BUILDING ACTIVITY To those who have not kept in touch with the marvelous development of that remarkablv beautiful and picturesque sec tion a visit to SAULS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF W ASHINGTON will indeed be a revelation ALL CITY IMPROVEMENTS are already installed in cluding CITY WATER CITY SEWERS CITY GAS AND ELECTRICITY All the streets are being macadamized and provided

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Library of Congress1912

Image 11 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 18, 1912

AUCTION SALES THIS AFTBRXOOM AT Ai A WESCHLER AUCTIONEER TmiUTEFJT SALE OF LOTS 11 AND 43 IN BLOCK 2 WHITNEY CLOSE AND IM PROVEMENTS KNOWN AS 436 KENTON STREET NORTH WEST Bv virtue of a certain deed of trust duly re corded In Liber No 3417 at folio 2VJ of tho and records for tke DNtrtct of Columbia and at the request of the party secured thereby we the undersigned trustee will sell a public auction n front of the premises on WEDNESDAY MAY FIFTEENTH 1012 AT HALF PAST FIVE OCLOCK PM the following described hind and premises situate In the county of Washington Tistrlct of Columbia known and diatlnguMicd a lot eleven 111 In B H Warners subdivision f block two i2 Whitney Close as per plat re rded In County Book 6 pages 2 and R3 In the surveyors office for the piitrlft of Columbia and lot fortyfive i43i Id Elizabeth W Voorheea subdivision of lota In Mock two 2 Whitney Ciose us per plat recorded In Book 40 pipe i2 In said surveyors office together with Improve ments known a No 438 Kenyon t nw Terms of ssle All cash above first trust of j 2350 A

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Library of Congress1913

Image 49 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 27, 1913

WASHINGTON D C SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 27 1913 30 Serge Outfit 1875 Steins Great Combination Offer Famous Guaranteed Sunproof Serge Suit and Extra Pair of Fine White Flannel or French Striped Serge Trousers The Whole Outfit steinsTo Measure For t wdl SjriyrM I SUNPROOF A _ __ _ _ 11175 Sen A For a limited time only we make this extraordinary offer of the Finest Sunproof Serge Suit in America and an Extra Pair of Fine White Flannel or French Striped Serge Trousers to wear of evenings the whole outfit made to measure and guaranteed to fit at 1875 Other Stylish Suits to Order 1475 to 4000 Browns Grays Pin Stripesthe largest variety of the best quality woolens shown in Washing ton Call for samples Make comparisons M STEIN CO Largest Tailoring Establish ment in the United States IP Six Stores at 8tb and F Sts All Kinds of Talking Machines Victrolas Grafonolas taken in exchange for New and Used Pianos balance on easy terms Pianos for Rent Rent applied if the instrument is purchased Sole Agent for the Following Highgrade Pianos EMERSON SOHMER BLASIUS LAUTER HOWARD REGENT LINDEMANN SON We Make a Specialty of Rent Applied If Piano Renting

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Library of Congress1914

Image 56 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 11, 1914

I amactt 1 Newspapermen Who Cover Foreign Embassies in Search of Information on War MovesHow News Is Received and Handed OutWireless Messages to Ambassadors Sometimes T ransmitted More Speedily Than Ordinary News Matter on Account of Rigid Censorship in Europe fP f3 ASHINGTON ha f an aual zone o iLTjf I European war T V fltf I is true that n Im I hostile armies op VQ I erate therein anc I that the zone ii Vf I as yct free rori I y I the shriek ol I shells and the bel aV azr V V guns but there it an alert and active corps of war cor respondents operating in this territory and it is through their activitiei that many important messages having to do with the checkerboard movei upon the war ground across the Atlantic have been given to the public some times many hours in advance of th censored and obstructed message which too often snails its way over th commercial cables Washingtons war zone is widelj scattered It is comprised of manj bits of property which in the eyes ol international law if not in the sighi of astute and literal geographers an really bits

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 5, 1915

AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters the plants devoted to the manufacture of ammunition cables and messages through various sources containing e 1 1 j heartbroken appeal prayer nd plea from the people of our for nabons at war to immediately cease mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers making powder shrapnel and cartridges destined to have concluded to place this appeal before the great American destroy our brothers widow OUT sisters and mothers people on behalf of our readers I7 The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost Orphan their children as well as destroy forever the without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European priceless possessions handed down by our ancestors nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or rela tives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the We appeal particularly to the American manufacturers and American people as a whole is not vitally affected but our read their workmen engaged in manufacturing any of these articles to ers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relation

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Library of Congress1915

Image 19 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 4, 1915

FARMS FOH XALR THE LIFE OP LUXURY FARM LIFE IN VIRGINIA Affluence cannot buy the same quality mind ease and comfort anvwhere else I SELL FARMS AND ASSIST FINANCIAIXY Farms of every sortdairy stok poultry and general lauds J M KINCIIELOE 45 Pa ave nw Washington D C FR SALE OR ETI ANGETRU K AND POULTRY FARM within D C line 7 ares ellar hot water heat screened porch fruit large stable one car fare price 4550 easy erms At once Ilx Star office MR SAlECHEAPSEVERAL SMALL FARMS and modern home near city excellent car service l et lis know yonr wants WILLIAMS CO East Falls Church Va 1000 BARGAIN HOMES AND FARMS Dandy fruit garden and poultry farm 10 acres Sr dwelling barn poultry plant 1000 liens Only S50OO l mile D C In Md near cars BOOTHS FARM AGENCY 70 10th Ft n w 4 MY 5000 NEARBY VIRGINIA FARM home of 40 acres 10room dwelling porches barn fine orchard best of soil near Vienna and trllev pHTHS FARM AGENCY 700 lOth at n w 4 FOR SALEFARMS AND COUNTRY HOMES In northern Virginia and Maryland conven lent to National Capital high and healthful free from malaria lowest

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Library of Congress1915

Image 10 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), December 12, 1915

SIXTYFIVE MEN IN CONGRESS HAVE WORKED ON NEWSPAPERS Of These Twelve Are Senators and Fifty three Are Members of the House of Representatives Sixtyflve members of Congress have served as newspaper men in one ca pacity or another according to the Congressional Directory Of these twelve are senators and fiftythree are members of the House Their newspaper jobs have ranged from typesetter to editor and owner Senator Henry F Ashurst of Arizona served as a reporter on a Williams Arizona newspaper Ever is A Hayes of the eighth Cal ifornia district with his brother is publisher of the San Jose Daily Morn ing Mercury and Herald and Charles H Randall the new member from the ninth district was a newspaper editor and publisher Edward Keating of the third Colo rado district started in at the age of fourteen as copyholder in a proofroom He served on Denver newspapers for twenty years as reporter city editor and managing editor In 1912 he pur chased the Pueblo Leader P Oakey Davis of the first Connecticut district for four years was connected with the Hartford Courant Senator James H Brady of Idaho acknowledges that he edited a paper for two years Clyde H

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Library of Congress1916

Image 19 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 22, 1916

AUCTION SALES THIS AFTEKWOO ADAM A WKSCHLER AUCTIONEER TDUTIES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE PREMISE8 419 O STREET SOUTHWEST By virtue of certain deed of truat duly recorded In Liber No 2758 folio 138 et acq of the land record of the District of Columbia and at the request of the party secured thereby we the underpinned truateee will eell at public netion In front of the premises m MOSDDAY THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY AD 1918 AT HALFPAST FOCR OCLOCK PM the followingdescribed land and premises situate In the city of Washington in the District of Columbia and designated as and being lot M of Benjamin Bradleys subdivision of the east IS feet of original lot 6 in square 503 aa per plat in Book 12 page 149 in the office of the surveyor for said District together with the improvements consisting of premises 419 O St sw Terms of aalc tinethird of the purchase money to be paid in cash and the balance in two equal installments payable in one and two years with interest at six per centum per annum payable semiannually from day of sale rtirei bv ded of trust mton the Dronertv sold

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Library of Congress1916

Image 2 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 11, 1916

Senator Warren G Harding of Ohic chairman of the convention Mr Fairbanks will be notified by i committee headed by Senator W11 liar E Borah of Idaho Leaders All Talk Harmony At 201 pm the convention ad journed There were expressions o harmony from all the leaders an among the delegates The delegation which on the final ballot had cas votes for others than Mr Hughes mad statements declaring their loyalty t the nominees Six months ago said Chairmai Charles D Hilles of the republican na tional committee I said the nom inee would be born in the convention and he was T am very much pleased of course said Mr Hitchcock It means a re united republican party and victor In November The nomination of Mr Hujrncs was mad possible so soon by an overnigh breakup of the allied favorite sons combination which early this morninj released its delegates practically al of whom were known to favor Mr Hughes when freed from their instruc tions Favorite Sons Withdrawn When the convention began business shortly before noon the withdrawal o the favorite sons was announced fron the platform one after another ant the votes began flopping into th Hughe column

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Library of Congress1917

Image 17 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 23, 1917

AUCTION SALES THIS AFTERNOON THOS J OWEN A SON AUCTIONEERS inromcEs sale of valuable improved REAL ESTATE NOS 319 321 323 323 AND 327 14H STREET NORTHEAST By virtue of a certain deed of trust duly re _ urili il In Liber No S401 folio 322 et seq of tlM land record of the District of Columbia and al the request of the party secured thereby the BBdertlgBed trustee will sell at public auction tat front f the premises on MONDAY THE TWENTYTHIRD DAY OF APRIL AD 1917 AT HALTTAST FOUR OCLOCK PM the fol lowingdescribed land and premises situate in tha city of Washington District of Columbia and dsalfnated as snd being lots numbered one hun dred and twenty Are 125 to one hundred and twentynine 12 inclusive In Mayse and Clark trustees subdivision of square numbered ten hundred and fiftyfour 104 as per plat re corded la Liber IS at folio 27 In the surveyors office for the District of Columbia together with the Improvements consisting of five twostory brick dwellings Soa 319 321 323 325 and 327 144 street northeast Tarns of ssle Onethird of the purchase JMney to be paid in cash balance in two equal

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Library of Congress1919

Image 5 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), July 18, 1919

r National Newspaper Advertising How When and Where to Use It BY WILLIAM H RANKIN President Wm H Rankin Co New York Washington Chicago COMPETITION to secure na tional markets has become so keen that individual business firms are eagerly searching for new methods by which to domi nate the attention of the public and to dominate it first searching for methods that will give more intensive sales results that can be obtained by any usual form of advertising This method has been found it is National Newspaper Advertising As is invariably the case the new method was found not only to be an acceptable substitute for the old but to have certain superiorities over the old meth od of magazines plus newspa pers The ability of National news paper advertising to create large volume national sales has al ready been demonstrated Many million dollars have already been spent for the United States Government in this way helping to bring to the Government bil lions of dollars in return Mil lions more have been spent in this sort of advertising by com mercial firms and the results they have obtained have been highly remunerative The thing has been tried out

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Library of Congress1923

Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 25, 1923

WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and tomorrow probably local thundershowers Temperature for twentyfour hours ended at S pm today Highest 93 at 380 pm yesterday lowest 74 at 6 am today Full report on page 7 i Closing N Y Stocks and Bonds Page 20 Vo 9ft 000 Entered as secondclass matter p os t office Washington D C PRESIDENT SERVES NOTICE OF A FIXED DETERMINATION TO ENFORCE DRY LAW Declares in Denver Address Readiness to Assume Bur den If States Continue to Shift It to U S Shoulders CONVINCED PROHIBITION WILL NOT BE REPEALED Cites Spectacle of a State Nulli fying Own AuthorityScores Buyers of Illicitly Sold Liquor as Arousing Resentment of Millions Less Rich BY DAVID LAWRENCE DENVER Colo June 25 President Harding today appealed to the Amer ican people to stop drinking intoxi cating liquors And the President went further than he has ever gone in any prohibition speech arguing that there are literally American millions who resent the lawful pos sessions of the few the lawless prac tices of a few and rebel against the denial to the vast majority Mr Harding made himself 101 per cent dry politically and otherwise in his formal

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Library of Congress1924

Image 3 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), March 4, 1924

The True Story of Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE CHAPTER IX The Private Life of Woodrow Wilson and the Whispering Campaign Os no phase of Woodrow Wilsons life was there less actual knowledge and at the same time more mlsrepre i sentatlon than the personal side The true story has never appeared In print largely because there never was an occasion to take public notice of that which originated in partisan politics Almost from the beginning of his political career Mr Wilson could not bring himself to believe that what he did in the privacy of his home what the members of his family did whom he entertained and whom he did not was of any business to the newspapers or the public On more than one occasion he exhibited indig nation over the inquiries of the press relative to his personal plans from day to dayhe never did become ac customed to the fact that Just as the secret service men were constantly in the company of a President of the United States so also the repre sentatives of the large press associa tions must keep their eyes on their President or at least know where he is every

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Library of Congress1924

Image 4 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 20, 1924

4 NEW YORK HOSTILITY DISTURBS MADOO press and Eastern Leaden Bouse j His Resentment by Attacks will publish own paper Reporters Seek to Smoke Him Oat on Kan Issue Sty a Staff Correspondent NEW YORK June 20William Tlibbs McAdoo Is not enamored of th reception which so far has been ac corded him in New York it appears From his headquarters emanated an atmosphere of dissatisfaction with the attitude of the New York newspapers some of which it was said ap parently are trying to put Mr Mo Adoo in a false position and to stir tip trouble for him If Mr McAdoo had realized six months ago how enthusiastically un friendly New York City can be to a westerner it does not like he prob ably would have fought to a bitter and against agreeing to the Demo cratic national convention being beld here Mr McAdoo has decided to with hold himself for the time being at least from further newspaper con ferences He is not seeing the press today it was said He did not see the press yesterday KUo Issue Intense The Ku Klux Klan issue is becom ing intense The effort to smoke Mr McAdoo out

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Library of Congress1926

Image 59 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), December 9, 1926

AUCTION SALES THIS AFTER NOON j TROV T OWEN A SON AUCTIONEERS j Business Property Large Brick Store and Garage No 3706 Fourteenth st NW At Auction B T authority vested tn us w will ml publi suction m front of the premise on THURSDAY THE NINTH HAT OF DE CEMBER 1926 AT FOUR O CLOCK Pt lot 40 tn oui 2692 improved ns shove Terms Sold suhjeot to a first deed of rit sot sioon 00 due in shoot two and half years with interest at 6 W per rent thp purrhasp prie above said trust to he paid onehslf rash and halanrp as second deed of trust payable 7500 per month with Interest at 61 per rent tn mature in two rears A deposit of 30000 required Conreranrin recording etc at purchasers cost Sale to he closed within thirty days or deposit forfeited THOfl J OWEN A SON Allots d4dds etSu ADAM A WESCHIER A SON Aiisuoneers Trustees Sale of a Twostory Brick Dwelling No Eye Street Northeast By virtue of a certain dead of tru4l re corded in Liber No 5443 folio 14 one of the land record of the Histrirt of Columbia and default havint been

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Library of Congress1927

Image 52 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), November 18, 1927

52 AUCTION SALES TOMORROW SHANNON CALDWELL CO Large Sale of Household Effects 5 S Every Description At Public Auction X AT SHANNONS f 304 10th NW SATURDAY Nov 19 1927 at 10 AM C SHANNON CALDWELL A CO Buick Touring Willys Knight and Chevrolet Sedans for Trustees and other Automobiles By Auction At Weschlers 920 PENNA AVE NW SATURDAY November 19th 10 AM This ale also Included several stand rd make late model ears by order Inanee Company to be sold in good i order nr no sale C G Sloan II Co Inc i jg Aucts liGISTEREB 715 13th St Household Furniture Opalite Tables Bentwood Chairs Steam Table and Counter Water Cooler Etc At Public Auction AT SLOANS GALLERIES 715 13th St Saturday November 19th 1927 At 10 AM And at 12 M j Podge Sedan by order of E C Snyder U S Marshal and Others Terms Cash n017i8 Automobiles By Auction Saturday Nov 19th at 12 oclock f 462 Pa Avc NW V All MakesAU Models V A Car For Everybody t GUS EICHBERG V Auctioneer Official Auctioneer tor IT S JS Government V A Remember the Number VL t 18 V ADAM A WKSCHIKK SON Auctioneers

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