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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1917
Page
6
A five reel drama titled Pride features Holbrook Blinnne and Miss Mason in a climactic leap. Shirley flees in a motor car and plunges into a lake when the car skids over an embankment. The plot revolves around Miss Mason in a skirtless bathing suit during the accident and includes a behind the scenes controversy over costume changes.
Henry announces Seven Serious Sins drama Pride at the Empire Theater. A five reel feature set in a boarding house and on a trans Atlantic liner follows a girl who believes herself wiser than her lover, spurning him for a Count and a banker. Mr Blinn stars with Shirley Mason and George Le Guere in a tale of temptation and downfall aboard the Carpathia.
A prize speaking contest is set for Mt Zion M E Church in Middletown on Friday April 6 at 8 PM for students from Douglass graded school Winchester and Middletown public school. Admission 16 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. A baseball game between tenth graders from the two schools is expected that afternoon. Mountain View Nursery Co Williamsport Maryland offers apple and peach trees on short notice and requests orders.
The article discusses challenges to a new dry law allowing Virginia residents to receive whiskey for medicinal purposes. It notes proposed test cases to the Supreme Court and claims by dry advocates that the law may fail in court. Prohibition leaders, including Rep Webb, doubt the act will withstand judicial scrutiny.
The Empire presents the popular military serial after fourteen weeks with final episodes tomorrow night. Coburn's Minstrels appear as the last act. The plot reveals the Silent Menace and the Colonel's orderly, leading to Pearl's marriage and a national call to wakefulness and defense.
J A Coburns Big Minstrels perform at the Empire Theater on Wednesday April 4 with a new production. The program promises updated acts, costumes, scenery and a royal India themed first part ensemble. Tickets range from 25 to 1.00 and the show offers clean comedy singing and dancing.
In Deerfield on April 2 Mr. Conley Glaize and family visited Mrs. Sarah Snapp. C C Bauserman and Latt Bowman hosted a day at Poplar Ridge. John Miller visited Middletown and Bliss. Mrs. J B Hovermale returned to Berkeley Springs. Clara Terault visited her sister in Berkeley Springs. John Snapp and Alonzo Snapp visited Mrs. Sarah Snapp.
Tobe Funkhouser of Mount Jackson has recovered rapidly after an appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital in Winchester. He is progressing well and is expected to be entirely well soon.
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