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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
6
The state adopts a compulsory first aid program for public schools with a new manual prepared by educational and health authorities. One hundred thousand copies have been printed for distribution, covering accident prevention, resuscitation, poisonings, fire drills, and railroad safety.
Dr Miller urged adherence to natural laws and questioned the lax enlistment standards of recent decades. Elder G B Thompson highlighted Adventist progress overseas and Sabbath school offerings rising from 10 000 yearly to about 400 000 annually since 1887. The Star want ads.
Growers expect higher prices on later shipments as the year’s fruit colors well and grades strongly. Buyers from across the country arrive daily while the West Virginia State Horticultural Society led by secretary Carleton C. Pierce aids farmers. Pierce will be in Romney during the season offering grower lists and packing tips.
Miss Ella Faupel from Baltimore has returned from the San Francisco exposition and arrived in the city last evening to visit her aunt Mrs. Walter D. Sloat at her home on South Market Street.
The Goddess continues as a literary and visual showcase produced by Vitagraph. Audiences are promised chapters that compare to celebrated works and feature top authors, actors, and a brainy director.
Wm. S. Hart stars in Darkening Trail tomorrow at Empire as Yukon Ed a virile western type. Enid Mackey plays Ruby McGraw a leading role with human appeal. The drama shifts from New York to an Alaska mining town with Hart proving his manhood in a tale of love and courage.
Virginia legislature's investigation into charges by Delegate S P Powell against Judge R H L Chichester was postponed due to the absence of Delegate Walter Tansil Oliver of Fairfax. Many witnesses are present and court records will be used. Powell accuses Chichester of political influence, conflicting salaries, partisan judgments, and nepotism.
W. C. C. T. U. will hold a meeting Thursday morning at 9 30. A full attendance is requested. Secretary notes Mr B H Puryear of Hisonburg Va is visiting town several days on business and staying at Hotel Evans.
Yearly tolls for pleasure wagons may be issued during August for travel from September 1, 1915 to August 31, 1916. Apply at once to the undersigned. No tolls will be issued after August Shirley Carter Director.
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