Finest Picture at Empire in Months
A five reel drama titled Via Wireless comes to The Empire presented by Gail Kane and Bruce McRae. The plot follows marsh a gun factory draughtsman duped by Pinkney whose schemes border on murder and graft. Frances Durant is rescued after a mine strike as a U. S. cruiser arrives to save her in time. A double bill with vaudeville and comedy follows. Admission 10 and 15 cents.
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Empire
Gail Kane
Bruce McRae
Winchell Smith
Paul Armstrong
Marsh
John Durant
Edward Pickney
Durant
Gestal
Pinkney
Frances
Witt
Lieut. .Somers
A. Somers
Durant Tron
Somers
Lieut
U.S
Grasty Elected to New Mining Geology Department
Washington and Lee University trustees elect Dr John Sharshall Grasty to head the new mining geology department. Grasty, assistant state geologist and former UVA geology associate professor, is a Virginia native son with education at Washington and Lee and a PhD from Johns Hopkins.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
John Sharshall Grasty
University of Virginia
Grasty
Thomas Grasty
Power Company sets More Power at Millville Dam
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia approved Northern Virginia Power Company raising the Millville dam near Charlestown to 21 feet 3 inches. The order grants a 50 year franchise with renewal if possible and the right to condemn three acres flooded by the higher dam, boosting capacity by 1500 to 2000 horsepower.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Northern Virginia Power Company
Millville
Sudden Death and Kidney Health Advice Ad
An advertising warning urges individuals to be aware of kidney symptoms and risks before life insurance exams. It promotes a physician’s non specific guidance to keep kidneys healthy, limit meat salt alcohol and tea, and drink water. The ad pitches Anuric tablets from Dr. Pierce of the Invailds Hotel Buffalo NY.
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Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N.Y
Indian Hollow Recalls Shawnee Past and Mexican Refugees
Old Reminiscences recount the Shawnee lineage of Indian Hollow near Shenandoah Valley. Two Mexican refugees, Henry McVicar and J N Swain, plus George McCain, arrive to work in lumber and furniture after escaping turmoil in Mexico. McCain notes starvation and long travel from Mexico City to Tampa. All three hope to return if conditions improve in Mexico.
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Shenandoah Valley
Mexico
Henry McVicar
Indian Hollow
Mexico City
J. N. Swain
Southport
Tampa
Mia
Virginia
Winchester May Be In Movies
The Famous Players Film Company of New York offers 1000 dollars per word for a 1000 word synopsis for a five reel photoplay. Synopses must avoid crime war suffrage politics and foreign settings. Emma Howard Wight of Middletown is invited to submit synopses and may place scenes around Winchester with a star part.
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Famous Players Film Company
New York City
Emma Howard Wight
Middletown
Wight
Winchester
Man saved from drowning in Shenandoah river by Page county lifeguard
Philip Henry nearly drowned while bathing two miles below the Hudson brothers and Richard Berry burial site. Amos Ruffner of Page county dived after Henry reemerged and found him on the river bottom, dragging him ashore to rescue him. Mr and Mrs W Luther Wise of White Post visited Winchester today.
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Philip Henry
Shenandoah River
Amos Ruffner
Page County
Henry
Hudson Brothers
Richard
Berry
Ruffner
W. Luther Wise
White Post
Winchester
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Jessie Hillyard
East Water Street
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W. M. Fletcher
C. R. Grubbs
Star Want
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Resnite
Empire Tomorrow
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Power Company
Jackie Saunder de Adams
Bottomley
Pathe
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Essaney
Vernon Howe Bailey
Paris
Gail Cain
Triangle
Bethel
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Ava
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Church Grove
Railroad Station
H. R. Willis
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Chambersville
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Hayfield
Ladies’ Aid Society
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Main
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Gray & Sheetz
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G. C. Shepard
Woodward’s
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Grimes
Daniel Leight
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White Hall
Peery
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