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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1917
Page
6
New York dispatch reports the British government ordering all shrapnel and shell contracts fulfilled by March 31 with lapse of existing war material agreements. US munition firms rush day and night to complete orders due to British supply strain and German blockade. England seeks to speed munitions, while clothing and footwear orders also dwindle.
Mr. M. J. Yost has been taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment after long illness. The recent death of his wife worsened his condition, and he has long been associated with the wholesale firm of Baker and Company, a well known figure in the area.
Three vaudeville acts accompany the Empire program tomorrow along with photoplays featuring Robert Warwick in All Man. The film follows Jim Blake a rich young man who proves his worth on a Wyoming ranch, with Warwick delivering a strong performance as the ambitious son. Matinee at 3:30 and evening shows priced 10 and 15 cents.
Empire offers a three act vaudeville program for the last three days this week. The Fairfax Sisters perform a bed singing and dancing act, Gri funo the human mimic imitates nature sounds, and Franklin and Bergen present a novelty comedy with singing and talking sketches. Admission for both photoplays and vaudeville ranges from 10 to 20 cents. pictures alone cost 10 cents.
Real estate listing offers 223 acre farm near city with brick dwellings and barns, 83 acre tract with 6 rooms and bearing 1000 fruit trees at $1200, 77 acres well improved at $2100, and a double brick dwelling near city centre at $1600. GOOD & CO. Real Estate and Insurance. Bell phone.
Martinsburg West Virginia World reports J Ferrari a popular fruit dealer received letters from brothers Masimo and O Ferrari serving in the Italian army. Masimo works on office duty at the frost and predicts continued good fortune while O Ferrari has joined the army. The note describes extremely cold mountain weather in their homeland.
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