Walter L Main Circus Comes to Winchester with Big Pageant
The Walter L Main circus arrives in Winchester with a large troupe including the DeLong Sisters and Mille Rebras. Performances start at 2 and 8 p.m. with a street pageant at 11 a.m. and a full menagerie opened an hour before showtime.
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Orient
Walter L. Main
DeLong Sisters
Royal Circus
Brussels
Mille Rebras
de Martin
London Hippodrome
Lillian DeJarnette
Parthenon site and Athens work ethic echoed in quotes
Fragmentary lines describe Pen le material from outside Athens for the Parthenon and the untries providing resources for modern Athens. It notes that hard work is harder to endure when denied toil and that illness makes us value work.
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Parthenon
Les
Athens
Virginia Prohibition Inspectors Seize 152 Stills in April
State inspectors seized 152 stills and arrested 251 violators of the Layman act in April, with additional federal and local actions. They confiscated 36 automobiles, 160,695 gallons of mash, 2,430 gallons of distilled liquor, and property valued at $74,219. Fifty inspectors operated, including 20 regular and 30 special. Regulars: 122 arrests, 90 stills, 122,850 gallons mash, 1,854 gallons liquor, 22 automobiles, $51,641. Specials: 139 arrests, 62 stills, 37,845 gallons mash, 576 gallons liquor, 14 automobiles, $22,578.
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Saunders
Tucker Files Candidacy for Congress in Virginia District
Representative Henry St. George Tucker of Lexington filed his declaration with the Democratic committee for the Tenth Virginia district. A petition with 500 voters' signatures accompanies the filing. Tucker, a Winchester native, has served in Congress fourteen years from 1889 to 1897 and since 1922, and currently faces no opposition for the nomination.
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Henry St. George Tucker
Lexington
Congress
Democratic Committee
Virginia
Tucker
Winchester
Special Ascension Day Service At Sacred Heart
Tomorrow is Ascension Day the Catholic feast with special services at 6 15 and 8 00 in the morning at the Church of the Sacred Heart led by Rev Father Thomas B Martin.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Thomas B. Martin
Will Scratch Many From Voting Lists Fredericksburg Drops 500 Names
The Fredericksburg city electoral board orders removal of about 500 names from the voting list. Registrars in each ward will remove deceased voters who have moved, transferred, or not paid poll taxes for years and cannot be located.
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Fredericksburg
Peaches Higher Up Not Injured in Timberville Estimate
Timberville grower J. A. Garber states that the peach crop is uninjured except in lower ground. He is confident there will be at least a two thirds crop.
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J. A. Garber
Timberville
Tomato Acreage Down Across Virginia and Maryland
The weekly market review from the U S Department of Agriculture reports tomato acreage in Virginia and Maryland will be about one fourth lower than last year. Overall acreage is expected to drop roughly 6 percent to 23 5000 acres with a few reports indicating increases.
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Virginia
Maryland
Weekly Market Review
United States Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Berryville Man Found Dead Along Railroad Tracks
William K. Bonham of Berryville Virginia was found near the Chesapeake and Ohio line at Staunton. A patient at Western State Hospital he reportedly took his own life by leaping in front of a moving passenger train last Friday. Attendants had searched for him since his disappearance.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
William K. Bonham
Berryville
Staunton
Bonham
Western State Hospital
Asylaia
Bonham Coroner Reports Suicide Attempt During Train Tragedy
Dr. T M Parking coroner states Bonham man tried to kill himself by gashing his throat but died instantly when struck by a train. The force of the impact threw his body clear of the tracks, indicating death at the scene.
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T.” M. Parking
Bonham
Fast Clever Show Opens At Colonial Tomorrow Evening
Al Barlow presents Rainbow Revue at the Colonial Theatre in Winchester for a three day run starting tomorrow. The show features a versatile miniatures cast, vaudeville acts, and new talent like Ralph Halston and Mae Carol Smith with daily film attractions at the paired Empire Theatre.
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al Barlow
Winchester
Colonial Theatre
Ralph Helston
Helston
Florence King
Mae Carol Smith
Soubrette
Jack Goodwin
Jimmie Mills
Gus Harris
Beau Brummel
Buck
Wing
New England
Marie Prevost
Reno
Empire Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks
Pampas
South America
Fairbanks
Doug
Memorial for a Departed Husband and Father
A wife and children publish a brief memorial noting the happy hours once shared with their husband and father, describing how the world cannot fill the ache of his loss and marking the date 5 16 11 with solemn love.
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