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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
6
Hart film The Tiger Man opens at the Empire for two days with William S. Hart to be shown again tonight along with Daughter of Uncle Sam and a Curtis Sisters vaudeville act. Showtimes begin at 7 and 9 with admissions 41, 17 and 22 cents.
Benjamin Chapin stars as Abraham Lincoln and Tom Lincoln in The Son of Democracy episode My Father about the building of America for Americans. The program combines two part features plus a Keystone comedy and travelogues, starting at 7.45 with admission 19 cents, or 9.15 for late show.
Mr and Mrs H Elmer Griffin Walter G Hurdle Mr and Mrs M White and Elmor have come back to Washington from a stay with Mr and Mrs C J Athey on National avenue. Griffin is in the War Department ordnance bureau and White an attorney in the navy judge advocate general office.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages by treating the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with retail price 75 cents.
Text notes Major Drum joined the Marine Corps after being part of Co. H Capron Cadets in the District of Columbia National Guard. Both Mr and Mrs White are prominently connected with Washington's musical circles.
Teachers' State Examinations will be held on Thursday and Friday July 25 and 26 in Winchester Court House and Berryville High School. Applicants for high school subject exams must notify the Division Superintendent by July 17. The Reading Course exam for certificate renewal is on the afternoon of July 26. Grade subjects require an application by July 22. Exams start at 9 a.m. Leslie D. Kline, Division Superintendent.
A Portsmouth 13 year old girl Miss Fidessie Thomas of 809 Chestnut street credits Dreco with restoring her health after three years of liver trouble nervous affliction heartburn and insomnia She says the herbal medicine from roots leaves and berries was inexpensive easy to take and effective from the first dose Miller's Drug Store in Winchester sells Dreco.
The Golden Rule Gospel Team will hold religious services on City Hall Plaza Sunday at 7 pm. The public is invited and Rev. F M Richardson of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will speak. The service will last about thirty minutes. Bring a friend.
Mr H C Conway of Baltimore Md visits at the home of Mrs M William W Glass Sr. He is the grandson of Major Thomas Cramer who had an office in Winchester bank in the last century and rode to and from Stony Mead five miles away. Major Cramer moved with his family to near Fairmont West Virginia before his death. Miss Nan Keating returns from Richmond visit.
Several items available at Boyd's Drug Store for the Red Cross benefit. Readily saleable pieces include a pewter teapot of unique design, a silver ice water pitcher, a gentleman's Waltham watch, an electric stove in good condition, and a small brass kettle. All proceeds go to support relief efforts.
Lieut Col Bryan Conrad of this city now in Fort Og lethorpe Ga has received notification of his promotion to colonel of his regiment. Conrad has served over twenty years in the regular army with postings mainly in the west and saw action in the Spanish American War the Mexican disturbances and on the plains. He entered as a private and rose by merit. He is the son of Mrs Georgia Bryan Conrad and has a brother Capt Robert Y Conrad now with the army in France.
An ad extols life enjoyment through health, claiming clogged bowels cause headaches and indigestion. It recommends Chamberlain's tablets to move bowels, aid digestion, and restore real joy of living, noting availability from all dealers.
Miss Alma Gills of Richmond is visiting Miss Eva n Harlee in this city. Miss Laura Fansler visits relatives and friends in Harrisonburg.
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