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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1917

Page

6

Women and Girls To Be Employed by Cumberland Valley

Auditor C M Davison of Chambersburg invites applications from women and girls to act as clerks for the Cumberland Valley Railroad. The plan follows a Pennsylvania Railroad example to fill positions vacated by men to the colors. Many women already work in Philadelphia at Broad Street Station and in the general office as typists and stenographers.

C.m.davison Chambersburg Cumberland Valley Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad i Cumberland Valley Road Broad Street Philadelphia

Illness Calls Philadelphia Resident to Winchester

Mr Flavius Farmer of Philadelphia is in Winchester called by the serious illness of his daughter Mrs Lee Boxwell. There is slight improvement in Mrs Boxwell's condition. Mr Farmer formerly resided here but has lived in Philadelphia for years. His son in law Mr John McIntosh is at his home here. Reid Moling and Seals Matting ad on 5th page.

Flavius Farmer Philadelphia Winchester Lee. Boxwell Boxwell Farmer John McIntosh

No Excursion to Harpers Ferry Cancelled

The Baltimore and Ohio excursion to Harpers Ferry on Sunday May 20th has been cancelled.

Harpers Ferry Baltimore & Ohio

Douglas Fairbanks Empire Tomorrow

Fairbanks, now producing his own pictures under Artcraft, earning fifteen thousand dollars weekly, will headline a Triangle release titled The Half Breed. The program includes a Keystone comedy and a vaudeville act at the Empire tomorrow with 10c up and 15c down seats.

Douglas. Fairbanks Artcraft Mary Pickford Triangle Pictures The the Empire

Newsboys Annoy Churchgoers During Sunday Deliveries

Newsboys annoy churchgoers by crying out Sunday papers at church doors. The city ordinance bans selling newspapers on streets on Sundays. sales to houses are allowed but street vending and crying papers are prohibited. Agents and boys face prosecution for violations.

California Syrup of Figs Tells Mothers How to Cleanse

An old time advice piece warns against calomel and castor oil for children and promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle effective laxative. It claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels, sweetens the stomach, and is loved by children. The ad urges buying the genuine 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company and warns against counterfeits.

California California Fig Syrup Company

Expensive Show At Empire Tonight

A HY production of Kick In stars William Courtney as Chick and Millie King as Mollie Hewes at the Empire. The drama is a big human story with stage and screen appeal, part of a double bill with Mrs Vernon Castle in Patria. Miss King will appear in Mystery of the Double Cross starting Saturday.

Wil the Empire William Courtney Millie King Chick Mollie Hewes Croook Vernon Castle Patria Miss Mollie King Pathe

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