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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1915
Page
6
Matinee at 3 with Metro Pictures latest The Right of Way in five reels starring Faversham. Evening shows at 7.20 and 9.15 promise magnetic screen work and strong drama. Admission ten cents. Metro Pictures praised for plot, acting, and staging.
William Faversham for his first screen appearance in The Right of Way appears tonight at the Empire in a five part Metro program. Jane Grey supports with two hundred cast members as this motion picture advances cinema dignity. Admission is 10 cents with showings at 7 30 and 9 15.
At the re Theater on Wednesday October 27 a revival of Uncle Tom’s Cabin is advertised. The Burgess version features thirty characters in four acts and twenty eight scenes with plantation and slave trade imagery. Tickets listed 35c gallery 50c balcony lower floor 50c last three rows back 35c.
Col E E Stickley a Woodstock Shenandoah county veteran and lawyer underwent surgery Friday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Reported greatly improved today. doctors expect return home sooner than planned. Brother Dr S M Stickley of Stephens City visited and noted his substantial breakfast and good appetite.
Rev. Dr. A S Hammack of Day ton Virginia and superintendent of the Virginia conference of the United Brethren Church arrived Saturday. He held a quarterly conference for Rev. George W Stover, preached at a county church Sunday morning and at Winchester church Sunday night. He departed for Reliance Warren county Virginia to hold quarterly conference for that charge.
A marriage license was issued a few days ago in Hagerstown Maryland to William H Pearson and Miss Carrie Owens both of Upperville Loudoun county Virginia. Messrs H W Boyd Pierce Wathy Howard Lantz and Samuel Orndorff of Kernstown and R N Boyd of Winchester motored to Washington on Sunday and spent a delightful day.
Burt McClure who killed his wife and cousin and wounded another woman and maid at Christian West Virginia was shot and killed by a deputy sheriff at Oceana Wyoming county yesterday.
Mr Tracy Hi Lintz and Miss Grace QO Hovermale of Morgan County West Virginia were married today by Rev W H Sampsell at the parsonage on National Avenue in Winchester. Business visitor H B Kline of Vaucluse called in town. Mrs Nannie Fay returned to Washington after visiting her son in law and daughter at West Cork.
A newspaper snippet notes a home tip: shave fine pieces of onion and mix into starch. The result purportedly yields a smooth finish on collars and cuffs and reduces iron sticking.
A Syracuse preacher proclaims the world will end soon in a forecast echoed in a Canadian Courier excerpt. The brief item notes the prediction amid general talk of apocalyptic times.
A fragmentary, archaic sounding reflection compares competitive debates to chronic dyspepsia. It mentions Judea and references keen contest, with unclear attribution and context. The text reads like a philosophical musing rather than a clear report.
A concert audience reacts with strong applause to familiar pieces as a speaker asks why listeners applaud so eagerly. The dialogue hints at a playful exchange about enjoying favorite melodies and the performers.
The State Corporation Commission will hear on November 4 at 10 a m in Richmond the Express Companies request to standardize Virginia charges for shipments under 100 pounds as ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The proposal would raise first-class rates by about five cents for one to five pounds and smaller increases for heavier sub 100 pound shipments, with seventy five percent of the first-class adjustment applying to second class traffic. No per hundred weight rate changes are involved. Adams Express Co George L Craig Agent.
Mr. J. Low Harriman has arrived from White Sulphur Springs and will spend several days at Powhatan before moving to his Berryville Virginia country home. Mrs William H Baker returns home after visiting her son Cadet Bryns at Lexington Virginia.
J W Nix of Cleveland Gu reports his two children suffered severe croup and could hardly breathe. He treated them with Ripley's Honey and Tar only, noting complete cure with no opiates. Mr and Mrs J Parr of Baltimore stayed at Hotel Jack for the week.
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