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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
6
Local enterprise financed by fruit growers announces free insurance for apples and storage rates as low as other facilities. Modern facilities and ready for business. Also notes Miss Bertha Kline’s illness at her Ridgeway home.
The Hyomei antiseptic inhaler claims rapid relief from catarrh bronchitis sore throat croup coughs and colds. The portable rubber device uses antiseptic gauze and Australian ecalyptos to kill germs and promises a lifetime lasting effect with a complete outfit sold by druggists.
The article praises the production "A Good For Wething band" with an enthusiastic cast chosen by Mr. Sherman. Audiences are assured of a lively performance tomorrow night with tickets priced 25 35 50 and 75 cents.
Mrs Bessie Sowers of the H P Stowe Company militia department married Tuesday in Charlotte to Claude M Showalter of Winchester Virginia. Rev Dr W M Vines officiated. The groom, a prominent druggist of Winchester, will return home tonight while Mrs Showalter remains with the Stowe Company through the season.
Mr R B Carter and family and Mrs Lucy Brown drove to new Tatinsburg on Sunday and visited Mr and Mrs Raymond Catro. Miss Mattie Windigier and Mrs Lucy Brown spent Wednesday with the Carters. A surprise party honored their grandson Hag Ty Mills at Carson Yeakley’s home with games music and refreshments.
Theaters will charge a government war tax starting November 1 on tickets for road shows and films. Ticket prices rise by specified amounts, and theater managers must file daily tax forms with the internal revenue department. The law makes buyers responsible for the tax, with penalties for noncompliance.
Indications show he will be required by the film exchanges to pay the tax on each film he receives from now on. The measure appears to impose ongoing costs on distributors and could affect future handling of film imports and receipts.
Winchester residents will see a stock company returning next week after a three year gap, with The Colonels Little Daughter and The Fatal Ring in competition with moving pictures. Miss Marley Southwell leads a strong cast with vaudeville interludes and a potential free opening night for ladies. Rest, Virginia notes visit updates from Shanghai and Jones Spring. Mrs Harry Moulden and daughter, along with Mrs A S Bowers and Miss Ethel Bowers, spent time away through midweek.
A Good For Nothing Husband played at the Empire Theatre on Wednesday October 24. Tickets ranged from 25 cents to 75 cents.
The Star urges Winchester to continue dustproofing streets with tar via. the benefit includes cleaner clothing, reduced soap and water use, health advantages, and lower city water demand. Officials note tarvia tracks fade over time and automobiles no longer spread dust, reflecting progress for the town.
Mrs. J A Sullivan of Moundsville West Virginia counted twenty three relatives in the present war as enlisted in allied armies. The group includes grandsons and nephews with twenty one serving on the firing line in Europe. Five brothers from Wales and the rest from England are among the volunteers. The Star prints all the news.
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