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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
6
Keith Voolvil Thursday presents a refined vaudeville bill between Chambersburg and Winchester. The Sisters perform pretty harmonies and a light dance, rivaling Miss Allie White the dancing violinist for high class entertainment.
Mrs Theodore Pietsch Miss Helen Griffith and Miss Violet Yakel of Baltimore stayed at Hotel Jack after motoring through the Virginia Valley. Various local residents and guests are noted leaving for Washington Newark Philadelphia and Baltimore with several others visiting Harrisonburg Woodstock and Berryville for business and court duties.
Sunday marks the season of Advent a period of fasting and abstinence to prepare for Christ’s coming. Advent’s celebration dates back to early centuries with church law set in the sixth century. The season spans from the nearest Sunday to St Andrew’s Day to Christmas and begins the western ecclesiastical year. Te Deum and Gloria in Excelsis are not sung at mass during Advent except on feasts, and the celebrant wears colored vestments except on the third Sunday.
Rumors that the Security Cement and Lime Company led by L. A. Cover of Winchester will enlarge its plant by one third are confirmed. Work has begun and is expected to finish by March 1 without extra financing, funded from earnings. Upon completion a larger workforce will be needed and a branch line by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will improve southward outlets.
W. C. T. U. meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 o clock. Full attendance of members and friends requested. Meeting of interest may be expected. Secretary.
The Hagerstown Globe reports Special Officer John M. Massie will resign from the C V R R in Hagerstown today after nearly five years. He plans to move to farming in Virginia, negotiating to buy a farm two miles southeast of Winchester. He leaves on amicable terms and his successor in Hagerstown has not yet been chosen.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick and safe cure for stomach discomfort including acid stomach sourness and gas. It claims relief in five minutes, with the stomach becoming regulated and ability to eat favorite foods without fear. The copy urges purchasing a large bottle from any drug store.
Relatives travel to Tappahannock on Thursday for the marriage of Margaret Della Wright daughter of Mrs Thomas Roane Barnes Wright and Eve Kidder Meade of Clarke County New York. The ceremony occurs Thursday evening at 6 o clock in St John’s Episcopal Church and promises a brilliant affair.
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