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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1918

Page

6

Pickett Stock Co presents Twenty-Four Hours of Truth

The Pickett Stock Company performs a farce and vaudeville program led by Miss Lilian Pickett and Ralph W Chambers. Buddie Rosey, five, returns in singing and dancing numbers with a feature on Thursday Her Born Child. Matinee Saturday at 2:80 with Buddie and Baby Carol.

William Collier Longacre Theater New York Lillian Pickett Ralph W. Chambers Buddie Rowsey Buddie Mary Temperance Xcellent Company Creat

Xmas Cards From Rev W D Smith

Christmas greetings from Rev Dr W D Smith rector of Christ Church Winchester now serving as chaplain with the American Expeditionary Force in France were mailed to church members and friends dated November 22 from France and bore the Y M C A emblem.

W. D. Smith Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of Winchester France Christ Church

New Loading Orders Set for Baltimore and Ohio Routes

New Loading Order No 4 affects the Baltimore and Ohio and the Cumberland Valley railroads at Winchester. Effective today, it supersedes the January 1918 order and later changes with freight closing at 4 pm. Merchandise moves in cars per schedule with specific daily transfers, including Brunswick and Kennettown via B&O and Lenore via CV. Also notes Mr Irvin Snapp visiting in Mississippi College of Agriculture family home, and a wartime food relief plea urging Belgium and France to be fed this winter.

Baltimore and Ohio Cumberland Valley Winchester Brunswick Kennettown-Strasburg Irvin Snapp Mississippi College of Agriculture G. O. Snapp Fairmont Avenue

Red Cross relocates headquarters to War Chest Society office

The Home Service Section of the American Red Cross moved its headquarters from 215 West Cork Street to the War Chest Society on Rouss Avenue. The chairman will be on duty 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm. Bell 111 J. Mrs H Clay de Grange is chairwoman.

Home Service the American Red Cross West Cork Street The War Chest Society Rouss Avenue Tre Bell 111 H. Clay DE Grange

Pickett Stock Company Opens at Empire Theatre

A packed Empire Theatre audience greeted the Pickett Stock Company last night for its opening. Miss T4jtiyn Pickett starred with Ralph Bradley as leading man in The Girl Without A Chance. Five year old Little Buddy Rowley impressed, and high class vaudeville accompanied the play. The crowd’s praise promises full houses during the run. Merchants urged to invest in government bonds.

Pickett Stock Company Empire Theatre T4jtiyn Pickett Ralph Bradley Girl Buddy Rowley

Means To Combat 17 Year Locusts For Orchardists

The Seventeen year cicada threatens young apple trees one to three years old. A L Quaintance notes little can prevent attack but offers post invasion care: prune injured wood, encourage new growth, netting for small trees, and hand picking near woods, with twice daily collecting advised.

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers Reward

A vintage advertisement touts one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces, promising health improvements after short use. It urges readers to start now and send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.

Hall F. J. Cheney& CO Toledo Ohio

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S. H. Hable Shenandoah Valley R. R Bruce Capper Commercial & Savings Bank Commercial & Savings Bank Safety and Service ARROW ABODY Jones’ Creamery W. Miller Fletcher Woodward’s S Main Sweet Pickett Stock Co Seavea Banes Rev Lenore Hingerstown C. V. Railroad Stepenson Harpers Ferry Belgium Lilian Pickett Bill Ptf Chance H. F. Byrd A. L. Quainitance Department of Agriculture Washington the Evening Star al L, Quaintance Fred L Glaize Mae Gil Hable’s Gray & Sheetz Farmers & Merchants Nat.Bank Virginia Union Bank of Winchester
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