Salvation Joan at The Empire Brightens With Star Edna May
Edna May returns to the screen in the Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature Salvation Joan directed by Albert E Smith and J Stuart Blackton. The film follows a society girl who joins the Salvation Army to aid the poor while hiding her identity, with supporting turns by Harry Morey, Roger Lytton, Donald Hall, Dorothy Kelly and Robert Connely. A Frank Daniels comedy accompanies the feature, with 10c and 15c admission and two showings at 7:15 and 9.
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the Empire
Whem Albert E. Smith
J. Stuart Blackton
Edna May
Joan
Shey
Salvation Army
Frank Daniels
Blackton
Albert E
Plame
Davidson Estate Gift to Washington and Lee University
Mrs Clara Davidson Estill agrees to convey the four teen acre Beautiful Estill estate on East Washington Street Lexington to Washington and Lee University for a memorial residential park. The university will provide an annuity and a life residence to Mrs Estill in return. The property, once James D Davidson’s, lies on both sides of the street and will be laid out for faculty residences by landscape planners.
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Clara
Davidson Estill
Washington and Lee University
Estill
Washington Street
Lexington
James D. Davidson
Davidson
Bheen
Rockaoe
Kington and Lee University
University
Flag in Front of Home Signals Patriotism and Homefront News
Mr. Morton Harlee of 626 South Main Street received a pleasant card from Milford Bonner now with Seat Brownsville Texas. Milts at Snapps Foundry says they are having a good time but very hot with lots of grubbing. Harlee hung a large American flag out on the day soldiers were called and will keep it out until the boys return.
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Morton Harlee
South Main Street
Milford Bonner
Brownsville
Texas
Milt
Snapp
How Germans Came to Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Public Ledger asks what drew Germans to Pennsylvanian settlement. It notes Germantown as America's first German settlement and cites Penn’s ad distributed along the Rhine after the Thirty Years’ War as a key factor in the German exodus to William Penn’s colony.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pennsylvania
Germantown
America
William Penn
Germany
Leedy Denies Sensational Virginia Soldier Report
Col Leedy denies a sensational report that a Virginia soldier faced a harsh sentence for an alleged officer affront. Gen William W Sale adjutant general forwarded the Brownsville Texas telegram to Governor Stuart on July 28 1916 stating letters show no truth and no general court ordered.
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William W.sale
Stuart
Robert F. Leedy
Second
Virginia Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
Virginia
Leedy
Liddy
Notes of Gainesboro and Nearby Visitors
Gainesboro Virginia August 1. Mr and Mrs T S Adams and Mrs M CG Pine of Washington spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs S E Brown. Miss Jennie DeHaven visited relatives in Martinsburg and Winchester last week. Mrs Spoke of Baltimore is visiting her sister Mrs Valley Van Der Linden. Mr Thomas G Adams of Martinsburg visited his brother Mr Ernest Adams here last week. Mrs M S Eliott and grandson Master Frank Moore visited her sister Mrs Belle Pope at Greenwood Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Watté Waitson William Nail of Milton Pa arrived recently on a visit to relatives.
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Gainesboro
T. S. Adams
M. CG. Pine
Washington
S. E. Brown
Jennie DeHaven
Martinsburg
Winchester
Spokee
Baltimore
Valley van der Linden
Thomas G. Adams
Ernest Adams
M. S. Eliott
Frank Moore
Belle Pope
Greenwood
Watté Waitson
William Nail
Milton, Pa
Field Day at Scouts Camp Highlights Troop Winners
Field day at Boy Scout camp featured Troop 2 tallying 50 points to beat Troop 1 43 and Troop 3 6 in a close event. Aiken led individuals with five firsts and two seconds totaling .2923 points. Taylor won the 100 yard dash and contributed as a top scorer for Troop 1.
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Caipon
Troop 2
Winchester
Aiken
Taylor
Potts
Fansler
Troop 3
Marshall McCauley
Aldeen
Tayor
McCann
Beneficial Anecdote on a Respected Remedy
Mrs Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven New York cites her seven year old son being cured of cholera morbus by Chamberlains Selic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She reports family use for colic and bowel trouble with good satisfaction and endorses it as an exceptional remedy accessible everywhere.
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Sidney Simmons
Fair Haven
N. Y
Government study notes industrial work in wartime
A fragmented government report discusses wartime industry and the role of women workers. It references the United States government and efforts to read of work themes to assist women wage earners.
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United States
Wola Hearn
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Main
Water
Shenandoah Valley
ROUND
Glaize & Bro. Sele Agent
Commercial and Savings Bank “Safety and Service
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Piccadilly
Muresco
Isitat
Bell Phone
Jessie Hillyard
East Water Street
M. Fletcher
Boyd P. Newlin
C. R. Grubbs
Bo'etock
Railroad Station
Good & CO. Real Estate
Optimiatia
Lso
Joan” Fine Production
Empire Theater
Clara Davidson Estill
Ee Capon Springs
E. S. Fletcher
Capon Springs
W. Va
Pathe News
Thursdey
Gold Rooster
Triangle
Chas. Chaplin
Carmen
Col
Brubaker
Dan
Knight
Tird
Pirst
McCauley
U. S. Government
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
Agt
N.market St
Iver Johnson
Baltimore & Ohio
Niagara Falls
City
Woodward's
S. Main Street
Wood’s
C.K. Peery
Winchester Inn
G. C. Shepard
Ladies of Macedonia Church
Church Grove
Fairview
Lloyd Watson
New Church
Summit Point
Pleasant Valley
Little Mountai
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