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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1920
Page
6
Clara Kimball Young stars in Eyes of Youth returned for a final Empire showing. Audience praise calls it her finest screen appearance as the revival offers 11 17 and 22 cent admission, down from 30 cents.
The Ha gerstown Frederick Railway and Waynesboro Electric Light Company met in Waynesboro with President Emory L Coblentz. They reported a 750 horsepower boiler installed at Security and work begun on a 6000 kilowatt unit at Millville West Virginia, part of the Northern Virginia Power Company line. Completed by May 4, the upgrades aim to boost light and power along the line and reduce outage risk.
In New York Herbert Hoover declines to discuss politics, says he is busy, notes Penrose Bryan Hearst call him not their kind of Republican or Democrat or patriot. He agrees with the distinctions as illustrative and constrained to call safely attention to them. Signed I. M. Welton Winchester Feb. 27, 1920.
Salvation Army hall hosts weekend services led by Commandant Mark Newman of the Industrie Home in Baltimore. Events include gospel meeting Saturday at 7 45 with officer elections for the Adult Bible Class, Sunday activities at 2 30 and 3 20, a song service, and a final 7 45 battle for souls. Public invited.
A wounded man, held in a Cherokee hospital, is believed to be the intruder who entered A H Woodard's Fort Dodge residence. Woodard awoke, fired after the figure near the bed, and pursued him until a mouse’s trap noise diverted his chase, allowing the thief to escape.
IRA'S. CAPPER criticizes Sheriff Smallwood for alleged failures to enforce laws and laments police eyesight and sidewalk snow clearance. He notes whiskey selling as a difficult target and mentions Virginia’s law on public intoxication, urging stricter application by local authorities. Written Feb 27, 1920.
Examinations for teachers' certificates will be held at the Berryville and Winchester courthouses on Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1, 1920. The Reading Course exam will be on Saturday afternoon May 1, based on Phillips Fundamentals in Elementary Education. Classics exam will cover Scott Lay of the Last Minstrel and Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield. No high school teach exams this spring. summer schools will offer these. May 1 notice deadline for teachers to participate is April 1.
Readers praise Foley's Honey and Tar for quick bronchitis relief and cough reduction. A Detroit section writer claims it stopped a lingering illness, while a Oneida correspondent notes its healing effects on a serious cough. The letters highlight its non opiate formula and suitability for children.
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