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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1917
Page
6
Mount Williams Virginia jan 8 report recalls a previous Mountain Falls season ending tale. Mountain Falls defeated Mount Williams with an unpracticed nine and despite fielding only six players, Mountain Falls achieved a notable victory for the home team.
Mountain Falls toured to Mount Williams for a Christmas day game but played at St. John’s grounds on Christmas Eve. The Mount Williams squad, mostly inexperienced, faced a better practiced Mountain Falls and lost. both teams had disorganized prep. Dorothy Carr departed for Cambridge, Mass., after visiting her mother in the city.
At Empire Tuesday and tomorrow night a program titled Her Vow Futrified will be shown along with Last of the Lumberslands and other pictures. Admission remains ten cents, offering two nights of features in one.
D. W. Griffith presents Intolerance, his first and only production after Birth of a Nation. The colossal two million dollar spectacle arrives in Winchester for two days, following runs in New York and ahead of other major cities. A large orchestra and heavy equipment accompany the film.
Chief M A Doran reminds all automobile owners to display 1917 licenses on both front and rear of their cars by February 1. Fines range from 10 to 20 dollars for noncompliance with each day without a license counted as a separate offense. Maryland licenses due by January 1, Virginia drivers entering that state face possible arrest without a 1917 Virginia license. Social notes mention Samuel P Morton Jr and Charles Goldsborough registering at Hotel Jack. Irena Knight leaving for Wellesley College after holidays.
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