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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1915
Page
6
The Commonwealth Ninth presents a tale of Ellis Mason forced by Bell to overlook law violations in a dive. Mason seeks the DA seat while a high church dignitary tones down the vice ring. Claire Adair is hired to trap him as his bid falters and his sweetheart turns away.
Former Baltimore mayor Thomas G Hayes died suddenly of apoplexy in Oakland Garrett County Maryland after walking from Mountain Lake Park where he had summered with his sister He served as Baltimore mayor from 1899 to 1903 and was known for calling the city without graft Hayes born January 5 1844 in Anne Arundel County served in the Confederate army and held several public posts including Maryland House of Delegates State Senate US District Attorney city solicitor and mayor He had connections with Winchester and once lectured here
Mr C E Cougill of Stephens City was elected a member of the board of directors of the Shenandoah Mutual Fire Insurance Company at a Woodstock Virginia meeting held yesterday afternoon. The election was necessary due to the large increase of business in Frederick County. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs Mason Ambler and Judge and Mrs Hunter Moss of Parkersburg W Virginia staying with the Misses Baker on North Market Street.
Elaine masquerades as a man to chase clues at the wireless station in Empire Knight. She enters a cave and floodgates unleash water, triggering a perilous struggle. Comedy vaudeville and singing accompany two shows priced 10 cents up and 15 cents down.
Ford cars sold and delivered since Tuesday of this week include buyers in Winchester and nearby towns such as Mt. Falls and White Post. Notables listed are R L Boyd F A Robinson Dr Walter Cox Harry Hardy C HH White J W Boyd 1 W Magruder John W Lodge W M Shade Wa C Hook John Kater G E Funkhouser and Mrs Jack Martin with Edwin Harold Smith visiting South Braddock Street. Edwin H Diffenderfer family hosts and John L Woodley of Suffolk is registered at Hotel Evans on business.
An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel for bilious symptoms. It claims calomel harms the liver and may cause salivation, urging readers to buy Liver Tone for quicker relief without sickness.
In Burnt Factory Virginia on August 28 the Modern Woodmen of America held a picnic and tournament in William Rutherford woods. The event drew a large regional crowd, featured a queen coronation, maid of honor titles, knight contests, and prizes including a soap pole climb won by Walter Allamong Jr and a greased pig catch won by Shirley Grove.
Joshua Coling Reeves, a real inventor with three daughters, unveils a device he calls a resonator to hear kissin g sounds from the parlor. He explains the machine picks up and amplifies noises from Sunday night visits, likening them to a train, wind, and cannon shot. He jokes he needs a machine to stop the activity.
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