Great Achievement In Motion Pictures Actor Who Made Holmes Famous On Stage
William Gillette, famed for Sherlock Holmes on stage, finally appears in film with Essanay after repeatedly turning down offers. The feature, shot at heavy expense, screens as a special matinee tomorrow at 2.45 and at 7.15 and 9 p.m., with strong anticipation from Photoplay readers nationwide.
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William Gillette
Sherlock Holmes
Gillette
Essanay
Secret Service
Mr. Gillette
Social notes of Winchester guests and travelers
Social notes detail informal entertaining at the Barrie home on Amherst Street and a luncheon at Montana Hall for guests including Joseph A. Massie of Newport News and Mrs Stotesbury of Hampton. The column lists numerous out-of-town visitors, motor trips to Winchester and surrounding towns, and several residents visiting Baltimore and Charlestown, with an Optimistic Thought on work and rest.
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Alexander Barrie
Amherst Street
Joseph A. Massie
Newport News
Stotesbury
Hampton
Martha Hyslop
Gardner W Brown
New York
Charles Reid Riley
Clarke County
Holmes Allen
Richmond
Montana Hall
White Post
Winchester
R. Gray Williams
Want Ad In The Star Sparks Classified Interest
A brief want ad note from The Star invites readers to place classified inquiries. The snippet signals a traditional want ad format with concise wording and contact details likely to follow in the classified section.
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Ance
Visitors and guests stay at Hotel Evans and local homes
Mr and Mrs B P Weedon and family and Mr R I Wright of Baltimore registered at Hotel Evans. Messrs W W and W D Grossman of New York were Sunday mot orists at the same hotel. Mr and Mrs R I Lebengoor of Ow insburg Pa were at Hotel Evans en route south by motor. Mr and Mrs H C Saylor and children of Royersford Pa were motor guests. Pr Victor W Crossman of Brooklyn N Y was a guest at Mrs C T Owen s home on National avenue.
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B P. Weedon
R. I. Wright
Baltimore
Hotel Evans
Messrs. W. W. and
W. D. Grossman
New York
Evans
R. I. Lebengoor
Owinsburg
H. C. Saylor
Royersford, Pa
Hotel
Victor W. Crossman
Brooklyn N. Y
C. T. Owen
National Avenue
City
Staunton Imposes Quarantine on Children Under Sixteen
Staunton Virginia will quarantine all children under sixteen arriving from Richmond Philadelphia New York and other plague areas. Accompanying adults must stay on trains or face twenty day quarantine on detrainment. Police will monitor trains and roads with possible extra officers sworn in to enforce restrictions. Quarantine duration indefinite until plague epidemic ends. Educational institutions expect to open in September despite restrictions.
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Staunton
Richmond
Philadelphia
New York
Life on the Border No Pink Tea Party
Letter from Charles Hewitt Browneville Texas 1916 rebuts claims of a pleasant border duty. He says National Guard troops face hard conditions on the Mexican border and insists Company I remains ready and disciplined. He urges Winchester residents to trust the mission and honors the commander Captain Conrat.
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National Guard
Winchester
Conrat
Stern
Charles Hewitt
Browneville, Tex
Ave. 4
1916
Hodgson Brother and Sister Visit Winchester Before Detroit Move
Mr. Samarel Hodgson of White Post Clarke county traveled to Winchester with his sister Miss Hattie Hodgson. He is moving to Detroit Michigan for a new position with the Studebaker Automobile Manufacturing Company. They will visit brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs J H Boyles in Winchester.
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Samarel Hodgson
White Post
Clarke County
Winchester
Detroit
Mich
Studebaker Automobile Manufacturing Company
Men of Co I in Review continued from page one
A review of Company I notes more floor space and comfort, with the regimental exchange defraying the expense. The regiment fields a baseball team a glee club and a matreil of course Company I is represented. All is well with the men from Winchester.
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Men of Co. I In Review
Regimental Exchange
Wight
Winchester
Blacksmith Opens Shop at Old Dunlap Stand
Ames Rehill announces a new blacksmith shop on East Piccadilly Street and offers all kinds of metal work with horse shoeing as a specialty seeking public patronage.
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Dunlap Stand
Piccadilly Street
Ames Rehill
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S. H. Hable
Shenandoah Valley
Natl. Bank
Virginia
Comen
John W. Rice
William G. Hardy
J. Few Brown
R. Gray Williams Lewis F. Cooper
A. B. Richards
Wm. S. Hiett
John W. Rice M. Lohr Copper Stewart Bell
E. V. Weems
W. A. Baker
ROUND
Glaize & Bro
Commercial and Savings Bank
Main Street
Piccadilly
Jones
Creamery
W.M. Fletcher
Boyd P. Newlin
Bell
W. Water Sr
Valley Pike
Glarke County
Iaie
Good & CO. Real Estate Insurance
J. A. Nicodemus
Lenore
Millwood ‘Pike
Vibra de Reyce
Macedonia
Huntsberry
O Ae L. A. Lamp
Wm. Gillette
Social
Thomas B. Byrd
Richard
Evelyn Byrd
K. W. Hudgins
Hampton, Va
Mary B. Campbell
McCarty
Delaplane, Va
Hotel Jack
BE. A. Schenk
Mary C. Schenk
Harold L. Scchenk
Wheeling
W. Va
Wiliam M. Atkinson
Charlestown
W. Vai
M. H. Canady
Misses Canady
Miss Quinerly
Henry Canady
Dee Harvey
Kinston, N. C
Motel Jack
Rest
Dora Hauptman
Alther
Manila
P. L
Mollis Cookus
Gainesboro
Ralph Whitmire
M.S. Taylor
Clifton Forge
L. C. Snapp
Joseph Feagans
Mary
Marjoris Reardon
Mary McGrath
Lancaster
Tom Moore
Anna Nilsson
Girl
Helen
Late Pathe News
Azad Essanay
Rich ‘‘ Daniels
City Health Board
Staun
Sptember
Life ON the Border
PINK
The
Star
Studebaker C
Lancaster County
Penn
Kansas
H. H. Baker's
E. Piccadilly St
Castoria
Sas
S. Hable
Palm Beach
Gray & Sheetz
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
H. R. Willis
Agt
N. Market St
Rambler
Iver Johnson
Dorsey Brill
Marlboro
Fred. H. Winkfield
N.-Market St
N. W. Solenberger
Melly
Woodward’s
S. Main Stre
Winchesterini
I. G. C. Shepar
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Viginia
Washington, D.C
Handley
Katherine R. Glass
Calciumumback & Bro
Carbonate
Stephens City
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