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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1917

Page

6

Fatty Comedy at Empire Tonight Features The Reckless Romeo

The show headlines Fatty Ackie as The Reckless Romeo in two parts from the Paramount release The Butcher Boy. Also on the bill are Wm. Hart in The Mysteries of the Double Cross and a Pathe News reel. Premium 10 cents admission.

Fatty Ackie Paramount Picture Corporation Arbuckle Romeo Empire Tonight Wim. Hart Double Cross Pathe News Fatty Arbuckle

Confederate Reunion Highlights at Empire Tuesday Night

Read about the Confederate Reunion held in Washington with veterans in camp and at the National Cemetery, the Parade of the Veterans, the Daughters of Confederacy, and the unveiling of Virginia's Gettysburg Monument. Old flags from battles are featured.

Washington National Cemetery Veterans Daughters of Confederacy Virginia Gettysburg

Dinner Honors Miss Bryson Smith and Mary Miller

Mrs. Tanquary hosted a Thursday dinner at Amherst Street in honor of Miss Bryson Smith and Miss Mary Miller who departed for Clarksburg W Va to attend a house party hosted by Miss Hart. The table featured rose and lilies of the valley centerpieces. Guests included Mary Miller Bryson Smith Elizabeth Err Louise Cooper Irene Keller Winifred Swimley Peyton Marshall Seddon Lacy George Barrie Devereux Bowly William Arthur and George B Roszel.

Elizabeth Lupton Tanquary Amherst Street Seddon Lacy George Barrie Devereux Bowly William Arthur George B. Roszel

Mary Pickford in Fanchon the Cricket at Empire

Mary Pickford stars in Fanchon the Cricket a Paramount five part feature at the Empire Monday Read the week schedule as the Cricket captivates audiences with a mischievous girl who matures morally and wins the heart of her suitor. the film is a 10c matinee bargain with the late release tied to Pickford’s prior production era.

Mary Pickford Fanchon Paramount Empire Cen Ene E Holmes Miss Pickford Artcraft

Garden of Allah at The Empire Next Thursday

Patrons are urged to reserve seats now for the Garden of Allah at The Empire with matinee and night shows next Thursday. No seats held for matinee. regular show tours open for reservations at the Empire box office.

Garden of Allah Empire

Many Recruits for Fourth Virginia Coast Artillery

Captain Marshall Milton of Roanoke and Berryville spent days in Winchester enlisting for the Fourth Virginia Coast Artillery. He secured eleven recruits from Winchester and Berryville, seven from Harrisonburg, bringing total to 87 men with 22 more needed to muster for war strength. He then proceeded to Staunton and Lexington.

Marshall Milton Roanoke Berryville Winchester Fourth Virginia Coast Artillery Harrisonburg Milton Staunton and Lexiregton

In Memoriam Martha Jane Ata baugh

In sad remembrance of Martha Jane Ata baugh who died June 20, 1917. The writer notes a year of heartache and longing, recalling the last farewell and wishing for her mother to come home. Daughters Virginia Castleman and Rosa Butler sign the tribute.

Virginia Castleman Rosa Butler

Funeral Services For Mrs. Taylor

Funeral services were held yesterday in Washington for Mrs. Mary Taylor widow of Major Thomas Peyton Taylor of the Confederate army. The rites were led by Rev. J Henning Nelms at the Taylor home attended by family including Mr Peyton Randolph Taylor and Mrs Mary Louise Glass. The body departs for Appomattox for Monday memorial at the Presbyterian Church.

Washington Mary Taylor Thomas Peyton Taylor Peyton Randolph Taylor Taylor J. Henning Nelms Church of the Ascension Appomattox Wear Presbyterian Church Robert P. Glass Opequon

In Loving Remembrance of Our Mother June 19 1916

In sad loving remembrance of our dear mother who departed this life one year ago. The verse recalls a flowered tomb and a grave kept by grim death while her spirit rests in heaven. By her daughters May and Lula Lauck.

Moother Martha Jane Atabaugh Tight May Lula Lauck

Gainesboro Depot Roof Nears Completion in Virginia

The Winchester and Western Railroad station at Gainesboro Va is nearing completion with the building now under roof. It measures eighty by forty feet, with part of the structure two stories high. A long list of local residents visited family and friends across the area, sharing Sunday gatherings and weekday calls.

Gainesboro Winchester and Western Railroad Walter Adams Carrie Adams E. Dean Adams

Fragmentary Classified Ad Teases Local Opportunity

A damaged advertisement fragment hints at a local offering or service in the area with partial wording and unclear details. Names, places, and precise terms are unreadable, leaving only a general sense of an opportunity appearing in the classifieds.

Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Promoted

A reader from Huntingdon Indiana urges preparedness for cholera morbus noting the medicine’s quick relief for two sick children in 1911. The ad claims the remedy should be kept in every home and is available from local druggists.

Couht Chamberlain Charles Enyeart

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