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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1916
Page
6
A parade of Sioux figures led by Chief Bull Bear and Princess Flying Bird drew notable attention on the street today. A cowgirl, manager, and interpreter accompanied them as they prepared for a one day engagement at the Empire Theater with matinee and night shows.
The Path films present Beyond Recall, a realistic photodrama about two financially pressed men torn between love and fortune, led by Anna Q Nilsson and Tom Moore. Also on the bill is a Pathe New comedy Girl and the Gam. The program promises strong drama and an end to remember.
Leaping stunts on telegraph poles and moving trains drive the action in The Girl and the Game with Helen and Spike in daring confrontations. A late Pathe News feature, plus a biliousness remedy ad, closes with a reader testimonial about Chamberlain's Tablets.
Officials instruct vigilant protection for moving troops over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from New York to Chicago and St Louis. Locomotives stay steered, a relief train ready at terminal, and an official assigned to oversee safe handling. Expert car repairmen accompany trains to prevent delays due to defects.
President Harrison reorganizes the Southern Railway agricultural service to strengthen farm product marketing. The present agricultural field agents become farm products agents as the rail line expands support beyond demonstration work. Captain and Mrs Julian S Hatch paid a visit en route from Sandy Hook to Virginia.
A weekly children matinee starts at 2 45 featuring travel news reviews bird and animal treats cartoons juvenile skits rail road Girl and the Game serial and light comedies. Admission 6 cents for kids 10 cents for adults. Organizers urge attendance to avoid heavier pictures.
Empire presents The Warrens of Virginia on July 4 starring Blanche Sweet. A Civil War drama with battles and poignant homefront scenes, billed as timely and entertaining. Admission only 10 cents.
Miss Marty E. Campbell and relatives from Prairie Grove Arkansas arrived in Winchester at 7 10 pm and were welcomed at the old homestead Stony Mead by sister Mrs W W Glass. The Campbell family altar, built by Robert Mattison Campbell over seventy five years ago, anchors a reunion that includes ten of eleven siblings living. Herbert C Campbell of Nawata Oklahoma plans further gatherings with remaining siblings later in the season.
Washington July 1 Extra pay for foreign service will be allowed to American troops along the Mexican border under Comptroller Warwick Treasury decision. Enlisted men to get 20 percent, officers 10 percent. Government employees who enlist in the National Guard may receive full pay from their civil position for 30 days of service, with combined officer salaries subject to the $2000 legal limit.
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