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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
6
A program featuring Fred Stone in Johnny Got Run and Doug Bee in cowboy comedy. Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms is promised if audience demand remains high. Show dates listed for July 25 and 26 with admission 22 cents to 22 cents.
Pearl Shepherd a leading young screen actress appears at the Empire Saturday in Break the News To Mother a story of small town life and mother child love. She recently won a Madison Square Garden beauty contest and will be seen with a children's chorus performing the song Break the News To Mother.
Select Pictures presents Break the News To Mother about mother love and sacrifice shown by Gertrude Berkeley as the mother in a small town. The film promises heartening tears and smiles with a two part Mack Sennett comedy His Last Bottle and Chaplin's Shoulder Arms if time allows. Admission ranges from 11 to 22 cents.
A plea for names and addresses of all officers soldiers and sailors at Winchester including race white and colored to be sent to C Ver non Eddy at the Virginia War History Commission Handley Library requesting rattles and unit details for archival records.
Dr. J. W. Shull and his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Courtney returned from a visit to the Shenandoah Valley Monday evening. Marry H Cookins brought them from Winchester in his automobile. D W Lupton of Winchester came with them and spent the day. Romneh ey West Virginia Review.
The Washington Star reports the marriage of Flora Ameila Briggs to Charles Kanagie cover of Winchester Virginia will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the bride’s parents home. Rev. H F Ace and Rev J Phelps Hand will officiate. Attendants include Mrs Walter Hamilton and Mrs Willard Haynie as matrons of honor with Miss Emily Briggs maid of honor. Best man is Robert D Burbank. ushers include Page Etchison Major Walter Hamilton and A Pendleton Hoover. Music by Clarence Lewis and Mrs Page Etchison precedes a 6 30 to 7 o'clock reception. Relatives fear for the worst after Ada Tyler fracture in Raleigh.
An advertisement touts a new remedy for freckles claiming sun and wind cause spots and promising a full refund if it fails to remove them. It urges readers to buy double strength ethine from a druggist and applies a guarantee of clear skin after few applications.
A brief aphorism notes it is wiser to pursue the good than to rail at the ill, echoing Tennyson’s sentiment on virtue over complaint. The line frames a moral stance urging constructive action.
Mr and Mrs W. W. McClaine and their son Clarence drove from Winchester to spend Sunday with friends in Romney West Virginia, as reported by the Romney Review.
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