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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
6
A draft set of questions from Senator Byrd seeks detailed data on 1915 state and local contributions to road funding, bond issue proceeds, and expenditures. It asks who audited vouchers, whether costs exceeded estimates under the road law of 1908, and how convict labor compares to ordinary labor in efficiency.
If Edgar Allan Poe were alive today he would write a tale like The Man Who Couldn t Beat God. Maurice Costello embodies the role in all moods from defeats to triumphs delivering a flawless performance. A Vitagraph Blue Ribbon program plays a special matinee for 10 cents at Empire tomorrow with Keith vaudeville at 10 and 20 cents tonight and tomorrow.
Mr and Mrs C D Beard of Harrisonburg announce the approaching March wedding of their daughter Miss Millie Shaver Beard to Rev Cecil H Smith a Presbyterian missionary in China. Miss Beard will be married in China where she serves as a missionary.
Senator H F Byrd of Winchester introduces bills in the General Assembly on Tuesday. One tax proposal targets intangible personal property of a deceased person until distributed in the decedent’s home taxing district. A ringed necked pheasant hunting ban in Shenandoah county after November 1 is proposed. Also a repeal and reenactment of road and bridge statute sections to improve public roads and navigation, referred to committees.
The Summit Point circuit holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. at St James Smithfield service features Rev James J Thornton of Inwood W Va as night preacher. Rev J Edward Taylor will preach at Union Teel Mt Pleasant in the afternoon. J Luther Martin, Pastor.
Subscriptions due in January may be renewed at two dollars per year. Pay now at Faulkner Dry Goods Store located at 4 cue east site of South Main Street Nos.12. Hansbrough & Carter.
In Luray Virginia on January 27 William E Burner a wealthy Massanutton farmer escaped death when three horses bolted a loaded wagon. He was thrown under the wagon the wheels passed over him breaking ribs and causing internal injuries. He was taken home by automobile and doctors fear pneumonia may follow.
Mr M H Reardon of White Post Virginia spent yesterday in the city as the guest of his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Faere P Reardon at their home on South Stewart Street Star Want Ada brings results.
A bill introduced in the General Assembly by Delegate Leedy of Page would require pharmacists seeking licensure after July 1 1920 to be at least 21, have two years of supervised practice under a registered pharmacist, graduate from a recognized school or college of pharmacy, and pass a board examination.
A D Worth a Staunton hotel clerk received a conditional pardon from Governor Stuart after serving more than half his five year term for a murderous attack on Luther B Bosserman. Bosserman, wounded in February 1913, recovered after surgery. Worth’s co-defendant and charges against others ended in hung juries.
A reader from Lost Valley Ga lauds Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as most effectual for hacking coughs and colds. The ad notes multiple bottle success and a claim that coughs disappear after use. H B Kline, from Vaucluse, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, spent yesterday in town on business.
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