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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
6
For sale land and dwellings offered near factories with prices per acre and full descriptions. Also mentions a dairy farm of 223 acres three miles from a Sanrick dwelling with price per acre. Bell phone Miss Gasah Paxton leaves for Washington after visiting family on North Braddock Street.
December issue lists 259 proprietary preparations banned as alcoholic beverages under Virginia prohibition. None are Virginia made. two originate in West Virginia and one North Carolina chill tonic. Several are beef iron and wine compounds and Jamaica ginger. many are bitters.
Sixty five thousand garment workers walked out in New York Brooklyn Manhattan Ridgewood and New Jersey amid wage and 48 hour week demands. The Amalgamated Clothing Makers of America led by Sidney Hillman says manufacturers refused concessions. about 2000 shops affected as rival United Garment Workers negotiate. The Amalgamated Manufacturers Association led by Herbert Armsoge faces disaffections and interunion disputes. Donald Weems heads to Washington to visit relatives.
Theda Bara stars as Carmen under R A Walsh direction in The Crime of the Stain. The program includes Maurice Costalla and the canine trick act by Montana Carvin with a penny ten cent admission.
Rev. Charles D. Gilkeson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Moorefield for about 12 years, resigns to become superintendent of home missions for Winchester Presbytery. Mrs. Melvin Green, Sr., leaves her county home for a winter apartment at Hotel Jack. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bell of New York register at Hotel Evans while motoring in Virginia.
The Masque of Life draws crowds at the Academy of the Seven Part Smashing Melo Drama. Evelyn’s daring rescue on a 365 foot chimney ledge and a royal romance with a circus twist headline the three day engagement. Tickets are 25 cents for adults and children admit for 25 cents matinee and night. Cumberland and Wheeling showings follow with similar pricing.
Mary Pickford stars in Less Than Dust shown at the Empire Xrilas cinema. The program highlights the renowned actress in a dramatic feature drawing crowds and praise for her performance.
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