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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1929

Page

2

Barker's First Talking Role in The Barker at Capitol Theatre

Milton Sills stars in The Barker his first talking role at Capitol Theatre adapted from the stage hit about carnival folk with Betty Compson Dorothy Machaill and Doug Fairbanks Jr. The program also includes A Chat With M G M Stars and runs today and tomorrow. My Best Girl Mary Pickford comedy romance shines at Colonial Theatre with praise for naturalness and charm last show today.

Milton Sills Capitol Theatre the Barker Sills Mr. Sills Betty Compson Dorothy Machaill Doug Fairbanks, Jr Spieler Mary Pickford Colonial Theatre You

More Rolling Stock Building For the N. and W.

The Norfolk and Western Railway shows robust profits and strong finances in southern Virginia and the east valley. It will build thirty 18 000 gallon locomotive tenders at its Roanoke plant, a second order in six months, with the first to be completed by July and work to start immediately.

Norfolk and Western Railway Southern Virginia East Valley Norfolk and Western Roanoke

Rail car orders add to steel industry output

The report notes orders fulfilled in the prior year including rebuilding 1,000 all steel 90 ton gondola coal cars, constructing 250 all steel automobile box cars and 50 locomotive tenders with capacities of 16 000 and 18 000 gallons respectively.

Passover Feast Celebration Begins Lasts Seven Days

Beginning last evening and continuing for seven days the Jewish people worldwide observe Passover the Feast of Emancipation. Originally a spring festival marking barley harvest offerings at Jerusalem, the holiday evolved from agricultural rites to a humanitarian observance as Jews dispersed from their ancestral land.

Jerusalem

Uratabs Promise Quick Relief for Bladder Issues

Advertises Dr Southworth Uratabs for bladder weakness with a money back guarantee. Claims relief within 48 hours and ten days improvement, urging readers to buy from Bakers Drug Store or their local druggist.

Passover Celebration Echoes Path to Freedom

The article reflects on Passover as the yearly reminder of Israel's redemption from Egypt. It notes Moses leading the Israelites to Mount Sinai and the founding of a holy people, emphasizing enduring Jewish memory of freedom amid oppression and its message to Jewry and the world.

Israel Egypt Moses Mount Sinai

Whitacre Brevities Apple Blossom Festival tales

Residents from Whitacre and surrounding areas attended the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester last Thursday and Friday. Visitors included J. W. Brannon, Landon Whitacre from a military school, Miss Georgia Collins, Mildred Unger, and many others from Hampshire and nearby regions.

Whitacre Winchester J. W. Brannon Clyde Loy P. W. Loy Hampshire County Landon Whitacre Lewisburg Georgia Collins State Teacher’s College Harrisonburg Mildred Unger Stottler’s F. A. Whitacre Norman Whitacre Betty Lee Hollis Braithwaite R. E. L. Whitacre Ellis Haines Capon Bridge Monessen Nettie Boxwell Winona W .Va A. W. Binns W. Va Straub Akron Ohio J. P. Fletcher Annie Johnson Washington Wilbur Strother George Bowman H. W. Stickle

McCoy's Tablets Promise Weight Gain Guarantee

Advertisement urges underweight men and women to gain weight with McCoy's Tablets promising at least five pounds and full satisfaction. Ironclad guarantee offers refund if not satisfied after using sixty cent boxes or two one dollar bottles. Distributors include McCoy's Cod Liver Oil with Baker's Drug Store as a point of sale.

Erie Baker’s Drug Store McCoy's Laboratories

London Suburb Housewives Open Club Room for Servants

Housewives in a London suburb establish a club room where domestics spend Sundays and are served by their mistresses, creating a social facility for staff within a domestic setting.

London

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