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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
6
A classified notice from Good & Co advertising real estate and insurance services tied to Bell phone offerings. The item markets property services and phone based insurance packages to readers seeking combined coverage and property deals.
Miss Teresa Murphy of Wadesville goes to Waynesboro Pennsylvania to stay with her sister in law and brother A E Webb at their home. Mrs Webb suffers a severe nervous breakdown from grief over the death of her daughter who died December 4 from measles. Also visiting is Mr Harry Sloat of Washington at his mother Mrs Walter D Sloat's home on South Market Street.
The Boston Traveler praises Mary Pickford’s new feature Less Than the Dust, showing at The Empire on Monday with matinee and night performances. The seven part drama set in India stems from Hector Turnbull with a plot inspired by the poem Less Than the Dust, with pricing 15 to 25 cents and a matinee at 3:00.
Miss Helena Knight arrived last evening from Wellesley College in Massachusetts and will spend the holidays at the home of her parents Dr and Mrs B M Knight on Father Mount Avenue.
Community program planned for Monday at 10.80. The event aims to entertain all children regardless of race. Candies and oranges will be given to all attendees after the program, with special attention to those not yet visited by Santa Claus.
A 1916 letter from A B Gilliam of The Tyman FH Howe Attractions to J Henkel Henry proposes altering seating prices for a Winchester show to 5 cents and 50 cents, with a suggested division of downstairs and upstairs seats, plus bids for 15 25 and 25 cent tiers. The note promises a strong program and asks for endorsement and confirmation ahead of December 27.
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