Tre ne A Most Charming Play at the Empire
Review of Irene at the Empire Theater praises Miss Mary Moore in the title role and the strong cast. The production is commended for its plot, singing and dancing, with a funny male comedian, charming child dancers, attractive chorus, and stunning gowns. The show features a full orchestra and is marketed as one of the era’s best musical comedies.
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Empire Theater
Mary Moore
Miss Moore
Lucy
Helen
Jane
Irene
Empire
Red Pepper Rub Promises Quick Chest Cold Relief
An old advertisement touts Red Pepper Rub as fast relief for chest congestion and aching muscles. It claims tingling heat within minutes and near immediate comfort, urging use for backache stiff neck and sore muscles.
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Rowles
Christmas Seals Promise Health Through Giving
The message urges buying Christmas Seals as a humane deed that aids tubercular patients. It frames seal purchases as a double benefit for giver and recipient, noting every cent funds health restoration and happiness and encourages repeated purchases during the season.
Pleasant Grove United Brethren Church Christmas Eve Event
Cross Roads Virginia telegram notes a Christmas entertainment at Pleasant Grove United Brethren Church on Sunday December 24 starting at 7 30 p m. Local residents including Mrs W E Nelson and daughter Ruby Miss Ellen Oates and Mr Lester Oates were guests of J B White G J Lockstampfer visits Cedar Creek then Govans Md. many locals spent Saturday in Winchester. social visits among Hicks Millers Oates Carpenters and Willies are listed.
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Cross Roads
Pleasant Grove
John Lockstampfer
Govans
Baltimore County
I. T. Miller
D. S.miller
W. H. Oates
W. V. Carpenter
H. C. Miller
Grace Miller
Buleah Miller
J. B. White
Winchester
Addison McKee
Near Capon Bridge
W. W. Hicks
Unclear Dialogue on Gymnastics and Marriage War
A fragmented transcript shows a woman claiming girls study gymnastics to prepare for an imminent "war of marriage." Dorothy defends her sister, noting she lacks mature language and resorting to crying.
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Dorothy
Bostop
Open Saturday for New Road to Martinsburg 10
Unofficial notice from Martinsburg says Winchester pike conversion into a cross road from Inwood to the Virginia line will open for through traffic Saturday. Bridge at Bunker Hill to be ready, with a plank floor this winter and concrete next spring. Road grading reduces ascent near the bridge. crews work in Bunker Hill and expect completion by the stated date.
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Martinsburg
Winchester Pike
Inwood
Virginia State Line
Bunker Hill
Pocket Flasks in Brisk Demand Across New York Stores
New York reports a boom in pocket flasks as Prohibition fuels demand. Merchants note threefold sales rises since enforcement, with shop windows flaunting large flasks for coats and smaller models for hips. Hollow canes decanters and novelty cocktail shakers also popular amid dry conditions.
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New York
Bahamas
Parisian man jailed after failed stove powder explosion
Monsieur Thomas aimed to blow up his mother in law by dumping gunpowder into the coal stove. The attempt fizzled with a blue flame, drawing police attention and his arrest. His wife cites the incident in seeking divorce.
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Monsieur Thomas
M. Thomas
Monongahela Power Offers Baby Benefit to Workers
The Monongahela Power and Railway Company announces a year 1923 Christmas gift of five dollars for every baby born to an employee. The plan applies to workers across West Virginia where the company operates traction lines and power stations including Parkersburg Fairmont and other cities.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Monongahela Power and Railway Company
West Virginia
Monongahela Company
Fairmont
Dope Hidden in Fish Barrels Seized in Brooklyn
Customs officials aboard the French steamship Fenchurch seized drugs valued at $100,000 hidden in fish barrels at Brooklyn pier. The ship arrived December 8 from Malaga Spain and the discovery was made when an automobile truck accidentally knocked over a barrel.
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New York
Cadteees
Fenchurch
Brooklyn
Malaga
Spain
Speed of Light Factoid From Clock Ticks
A historical note states that between clock ticks a ray of light travels about eight times the earth’s diameter. The concise comparison illustrates light’s immense speed using planetary scale imagery.
Ice Comparatively Hot
Ice shows extreme heat in comparison to liquid air with startling temperature differences. The unusual contrast highlights cooling properties and rapid heat transfer behavior under varying conditions.
Norfolk and Western Schedule Pages Berryville 1922
Train timetable notices from Berryville Virginia outline April 30 1922 schedules for through routes to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton Shenandoah Junction and Philadelphia with Pullman sleepers parlor cars and connections. Agents MH Burks Berryville and W C Saunders Roanoke listed for fares reservations and information.
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Bristol
Pullman
Broiler
Roanoke
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Welch Norton
Williamson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Sheradoah
Roanoks
Memphis
Bonth
Shenandon
Hegerstow
Morris
Philadelphia
New York
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
W. C. Saunders
Pass
Roanoke. Va
Grimes Local Notes Highlight Apple Picker and Hog Yield
Rev. D. B. Groves of Bunker Hill W Va tops Grimes season apple work at Forty Oaks orchard of C S Shepherd picking up to 52 barrels on some days and totaling 800 barrels. C S Shepherd recentl y killed seven hogs netting over 2300 pounds. Local residents James Hart Frank Fisher Irvin Zinn Hugh Crim mentioned with nearby activity as butchering continues.
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Grimes
D. B. Groves
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Forty Oaks
C. S. Shepherd
C. S. Shepard
James Hart
Carpers Valley
Frank Fisher
Elizabethtown
Charles Finfrock
Irvin Zinn
Stephenson
Executed Train Robbers in Dublin County Kildare
Four railway workers and three laborers were executed in Dublin after being tried by a military committee. They were sentenced to death on charges of interfering with trains and train wrecking and are reported to have been members of the Republican Army.
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Associated Press
Dublin
County Kildare
Republican Army
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Valley Avenue
Durant
W. I. Hicks
Sas
Roadate
H. W. Ebert
Buick
Cadillac
Wright & Keffer
Water St
Rouss Engind
Stockholders’ Meeting
S Ee
Odd Fellows’ Mall
Market and Water
Elecof
Sloat
Thomas & Messer Company
W. Balto
Baltimore, Md
RY A
Don Mar‘Quis
The
New York Sun
Tle Associated Press
Eia Ae
Francker and Son
Daddy
H. R. Willis
North Market Street
Norfolk & Western
Berryville
Chapman Auto Sales
Braddock St
Postoffice
Denby
Ers
Jack
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Winchester Auto Sales Co
W. W. Dellinger
Mgr
Huntsberry
West Leicester St
Newlin & Co
Star Office
S. G. Runkle & Company
Woodstock
Timothy Day
Cumberland Valley Ry
Ghichester
Fox
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