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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
6
William S. Hart stars in Reno Bates Liar a two part reissue shown with Mollie King in The Mysteries of the Double Cross and The Grip of Evil featuring Jackie Saunders and Roland Bottom Jey all for 10 cents admission.
A lively recap notes The Dead Man Comes Back chapter of The Double Cross with action suspense and Mollie King delivering remarkable work. It also mentions Pathe News offering current events for viewers tonight.
A film program features Elsie Janis in Nearly a Lady and Helen Holmes in The Railroad Raiders. The plot follows Helen aiding her father, wrongfully jailed after Steve Arnold impersonates him and commits theft. Helen joins a railway secret service, battles a gang and labor strife, and a Wall Street clash to control her corporation, ending with a pardon and romance. Free matinee at 3 30. eight reels cost 5 to 10 cents.
Empire presents Helen Holmes in The Railroad Raiders a five part series following The Girl and the Game and The Loss of the Lumberlands with supporting actors from previous photo novels. Two daily showings 7 30 and 9 00 and a matinee 3 30 feature new subjects and additional acts including Elsie Janis and Chaplin. Admission 5c to 10c.
Actress Helen Holmes performs a daring four attempt leap from a dock in San Pedro California. She finally clears a barge in the Railroad Raiders Mutual Signal Photonovel screening at The Empire starting Monday.
Local market report lists retail and wholesale prices for flour corn oats butter live poultry and hay. It notes prices for butter eggs live poultry cattle sheep and lambs with ranges for steers heifers cows and other categories and mentions quotations are corrected as of the prior day’s close.
The text praises Miss Holmes highlighting her performances in Girl and The Game Lass of the Lumberlands and announces her present bold production with Spike and other favorites supporting her.
Garden of Allah will mark a big night at The Empire on Thursday June 28. The ten part dramatic love story now finishing a two weeks run at Fords in Baltimore will be shown at The Empire from 10 to 35 cents with all seats reserved. Matinee net reserved. Just pay as you go 10 cents and 15 cents up and 20 cents down. Many requests for seats have already been laid aside and reserved.
A Peru Indiana woman reports Chamberlains Cough Remedy loosened coughs and eased expectancy for her two daughters with whooping cough. The notice encourages trial and states it is for sale by all druggists.
The passage notes exceptionally large cuttlefish whose suckers can span the girth of two half frozen humans when stretched. It presents vivid yet nontechnical speculation on the animal's size and anatomy.
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