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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
6
Rev. Mr. Bridgers praised the splendid meeting last night and expressed hope the tabernacle would be crowded again this evening. Afternoon services showed the tabernacle filled to capacity with attendees.
A theater ad touts a very large and vital production by a company of about 75, with a strong chorus and excellent principals. The show is billed as a $140 attraction, priced above Watch Your Step, which plays the section at higher prices.
Stop Look Listen a three act musical by Irving Berlin with music and lyrics adapted from the Globe Theater New York. Presented at the Empire Theater on December 6 with a sunny strand scene and a Kate Greenway farm scene noted for beauty chorus and bathing melody Take Off a Little Bit More. Call for reservations.
Listing shows ticket tiers by venue level with prices 75c for first three rows 50c for next five rows 35c for gallery and $1.50 for orchestra seats and $2.00 for boxes. Encourages securing seats now.
Poneys with Irving Berlin show at Empire on December 6 with ticket prices listed. Meanwhile Winchester reports a large Golden Rule Bible Class gathering at Braddock Street Methodist Church with Rev. Bridgers delivering a strong sermon from Numbers 32 23. Also noted is a children s service by evangelist O W Stapleton at Union Tabernacle with candle demonstrations and a later cottage prayer plan and offerings to support the tabernacle and evangelist work.
A frail woman, Mrs. Burke, learns that Charles H. Wax known as Oliver Osburn confessed his identity at Chicago headquarters. He allegedly used multiple aliases in a nationwide scheme to defraud women. Burke, once an orphan, vows she cannot believe he engaged in widespread flirtations.
The second chapter of The Lasse of the Lumberlands unfolds with Helen Holmes as a leading factor twenty years after the first. A foggy voyage aboard the Marathon ends in disaster off the California coast as survivors flee by boat while others fall into the sea. Dawson rescues Helen and Little Bear at a high trestle. the chapter ends with them fleeing on a shortcut to the recorder's office. An installment of The Crimson Stain Mystery and two other photoplays complete the 10c program tomorrow with no matinee.
The Empire program features scenes from the Verdun Front, Yale defeats Harvard before 78 000 in attendance, Footlights and Fashions with Miss Regina Wallace star of Rich Man Poor Man, Santa Monica motor races, Atlantic Battlefleet in the Hudson, and a Army Naval game at the Polo Grounds. War news from the Western Front and other items complete the reel.
Arrangements completed for a one day event tomorrow December 5 featuring Mathew World of Wonder and a brass band. Street performances by a girl wonder trombone player. An hour long vaudeville style show at 8 45 with pictures before and after. Admission 10 15 20 cents.
Fundraiser sale and refreshments at Kernstown Manse on Wednesday December 6 1916 from 2 to 10 pm to aid church societies. Local residents invited to attend and support the cause.
For sale an unimproved 68 acre tract mainly wooded suitable for fruit, priced at 1500 dollars. Also a 1 room dwelling with well near a good location priced at 1300. Additional acres of truck land near the city priced at 850. Good & Co Real Estate and Insurance advertises city and country real estate with inspection available.
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