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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
6
One of the season’s biggest successes, Robert Sherman’s new play, A Good For Nothing Husband, comes to the Empire next Wednesday October 24. The drama promises clean morals and sparkling comedy with an adequate stage setting and affordable prices.
A sensational review notes Wine, Women And Song and The Derelict featuring Stuart Holmes. The piece urges audiences to see a tale of temptation that pulls a man from his home into the seductive whirl of hedonism.
A light vaudeville style program features a Pa West Chaplain comedy act on stage for patrons. Tickets priced at fifteen cents with children admission at ten cents.
The Harmony Trio arrives in Winchester for a three day engagement at The Empire from New York. The act features timely comedy singing and talking with strong harmony, backed by manager Chas Thropp of the Eastern Vaudeville Association. Also featured is Dont, Miss the Sailor, the Soldier and the Red Cragg Nurse and a Paramount program with Fannie Ward in The Winning of Sally Temple.
Chicago reports that prices of staple foods were about 129 percent higher in early Civil War years than at present. An 1862 invoice from S Hamill and Co of Keokuk, Iowa to retailer R Jacobs lists sugar at 58 dollars per barrel, rice at 31.38 per barrel, tobacco more than double today, and tea at 101.52 for the quantity.
A comparison shows a 25 pound chest and 25 pounds of tea selling for $18.90 today versus higher costs in the past. Coffee costs are nearly four times the present price, and a previous $644.14 grocery bill would cost about $281.61 now.
A scmo product from E. W. Rose Co. in Cleveland promises relief for eczema blotches ringworm rashes and similar skin troubles. Sold at drug stores for 5 cents or 1.00 for a large bottle it claims instant relief soothing cleansing and quick healing without greasiness.
Due to rising costs for coal labor and materials the Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company will seek approval from the Virginia Corporation Commission on November 8 1917 at 10 am for a new gas rate schedule in Winchester. The plan lists monthly consumption rates from 1.75 per 1000 ft up to 1.40 with varying prompt payment discounts and a 25 cent minimum monthly charge.
The War Department announced transfer orders for 78,400 men from National Army cantonments to National Guard divisions to reach war strength. State quotas depend on congressional representation and drafted men from a state will, where possible, join Guard units from the same state, with 2,000 drawn from Camp Lee in Virginia, anticipated to come from Pennsylvania troops there, keeping Winchester and Frederick county soldiers at Camp Lee.
A historical health column warns that kidney disease can be fatal and lists symptoms such as backache and dizziness. It promotes drinking water and using Anuric double strength from a drugstore, endorsed by Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, to dissolve uric acid and restore kidney health.
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