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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
6
A romantic tragedy stars Robert Be Mento in his screen debut under William Fox management. Count de Carnay woos and marries Renee Delacroix for wealth while Pierre Cavereaux, a young soldier, falls for Renee during a visit, leading to a thrilling dramatic climax. Admission is 10 cents with two nightly showings at 7.15 and 9.00.
The Birth of a Nation company brings thirty foot wagons loaded with crystal crates drums and strange devices to simulate five thousand scenes. A smoke wagon carries the orchestra and twenty musicians while a special baggage car and coach transport the company to the Empire for two days starting tomorrow night with a Thursday matinee.
The Empire hosts Bringing Up Father In Politics next Monday October 25. Based on George McManus cartoons, the 1916 17 season features Jiggs Mahoney as a senator and delivers brisk laughs with new scenery costumes music and faces. Tickets are 25 50 75 and 1.00.
Burnt Factory Virginia October 3. Miss Anna Cunningham has gone to Bluefield West Virginia where she will take a two year business course at the business college.
A local missionary rally at the church raised about $80 and inspired broad support from friends. The community proudly notes strong representation at the Hagerstown fair with many traveling by road. Superintendent Russell leads a large crew paving the Winchester and Berryville pike. Thomas Sawyer recovers from mumps and shows improvement.
New York October 17 reports indicate Great Britain will float another war loan of 250 million dollars in the United States. It will be handled by J P Morgan and Company. This adds to over a billion dollars borrowed by England France and Russia since the war began.
The Birth of a Nation reservations policy warns seats not paid for by 1 p.m. tomorrow may be released. Call the box office to pay for held seats as many are already sold and uncalled seats cannot be guaranteed. patrons may be turned away.
The text argues against wholesale denouncement of proprietary medicines and supports reputable physicians and remedies like Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It notes forty years of use alleviating women's ailments and complements the physician's efforts in addressing sex-specific health issues.
A fragment recounts a boy named Bobbie who loves a wool lamb on wheels. He travels to visit his uncle in the West where he finds a flock and jokes about their missing wrists, reflecting a child’s playful mischief with toy livestock.
According to Professor Henkey the Earth's greatest diameter is not at the equator but from the summit of Mount Chimbo razo to the opposite side in Sumatra, yielding a diameter of 7,929 miles.
A Washington Star quotation argues that dancing can be preferable to heeding song lyrics, asserting music motions often convey meaning more effectively than words. The remark reflects views on expression through dance as an alternative to lyrical interpretation.
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