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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1916

Page

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Helen's Desperate Bid For Love Ends In Public Spectacle

Burton confronts Helen as she rebels against return to poverty and a loveless home. After a tense clash and her brother's bribe attempt, she flees to a cabaret. There, in a reckless act to earn money and affection, she surrenders to a stranger amid cheers, signaling a doomed romance and personal ruin.

Helen Ray Tenement Alice Martin Alice Marquis Burton John Wright

Virginians Join Ambulance Corps to Fight War

Charlottesville Virginia August 17 4Robert Kent Gooch former University of Virginia football star sails from New York to rejoin the American Ambulance Corps. He travels with Clarke E Lindsay Douglas Bolling and Colgate W Darden Jr all former UVA students who spent weeks at the university with his parents Judge and Mrs W S Gooch.

Charlottesville

Peach and Apple Orchard Plans Attract Labor Force

The article notes 0 000 peach trees and three apple varieties Stayman Winesaps Grimes Golden and John. Trees are just starting to bear and when fully mature 3000 workers will be needed for two months to gather and attend the crop per Mr Crawford.

Stayman Winesaps Grimes Golden Crawford

French surge on Somme fronts as guns roar across 1,500 yards

On the Somme front French troops pressed ahead under fierce German artillery fire all night while French guns replied in a violent duel. The French north of Maurepas stormed German positions over a 1500 yard front as organizing work accelerated on newly gained ground.

Somme War Office Maurepas German East Africa London Bacamojo Mapua Smuts Gorizia Teutons Carso Nto Undine Trieste House of Commons Robert Cecil

Anti-Saloon League Questions to Seventh District Candidates

The Anti Saloon League of Virginia asked congressional candidates four questions on prohibition views. They seek replies on supporting a constitutional amendment for prohibition, DC prohibition, broader prohibition legislation, and general stance on future measures. Replies will be published for voters in the seventh district.

Anti-Saloon League of Virginia Congress Virginia Antti Saloon League Tme United States District of Columbia Seventh Congressional District

British Gains Near Guillemont As Assaults Continue

Allied forces attacked from Pozieres toward Guillemont and gained ground last night. The war office reported 200 yards of German trenches captured in the sector with continued progress to encircle Guillemont and west and southwest advances of British lines.

Pozieres Guillemont War Office

Just the Thing for Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed by Druggists

A Buford North Dakota man details a severe diarrhoea attack lasting over a week. After a druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the first dose gave relief and he recovered within two days. Drugstores widely recommend its reliable relief.

W. C. Jones Buford N. D Chamberlain

Big Apple Orchard in Maryland Cited as Largest in U S

The article notes a vast apple orchard partly run by former Green County Sheriff W. A. Crawford. Located in Alleghany County Maryland along the Potomac River, the 19 by 14 mile tract holds about 700 000 trees near Elkton as Crawford travels home across the Blue Ridge.

Morgan A. Orndorff Frederick County Virginia Winchester John Wotring United States W. A. Crawford Green Couny Elkton Blue Ridge sAlleghany County Maryland Potomac River

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Etta Anna Grim Unniversity of Virginia Head of Public School System of Virginia Colllege Howard Winston 2M University Herbert S. Larrick Middleway Charlestown Pike Court House Charles‘Town W. Va Harry Keiter C. F. Keiter Kearneysville Circuit Court Frederick R. W. Jones Cuatotolapan Sugar Co. (Inc Winchester Star County of Phil. H. Gold Ocean Ave South Carolina Tennessee Ave Atlantic TV N. J Dunlop Hotel R A. Stryker Capon Springs E. S. Fletcher Istle Ae Ee Pathe George Ray George Blackguard Ambulance Yours Sincerely James Cannon, JR Anti-Saloon League of Castor Nus New York Bears Castoria Rrr Company Fromm Orry J. L. Gardner Refuge Geo. A. Sampsell Stephens City Winchester Steam Laundry Winchester Gas Company S. Washington St Reservoir Park Bartow & Barton, Attys G. P. Read, Inc Duane Vere
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