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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1916
Page
6
Filmed at Empire Monday the production Fileria's Romance features Miss Burke earning four thousand dollars a week for twenty weeks. The installment titled The Shadow of Scandal showcases her in notable work. Beatrice Fairfax newsreel and fashion review complete the green 10c show with matinees at 3.15.
Jucy Gaunt five years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Gaunt of Hoyce Clarke county, was badly burned yesterday while playing with matches near home. Her clothing caught fire but a man named Jackson quickly put out the flames with his coat. Dr Robert C Randolph of Boyce treated her and she rests easier today.
A mass meeting at Clarke County Court House in Berryville elected officers for The Women’s Club of Clarke County. The organization aims at intellectual improvement social enjoyment and community welfare with departments in Civic Educational Philanthropic Art and Literature. Meetings set for the second Thursday monthly and an annual meeting in April. Officers include President Mrs John D Richardson Gaylord Vice President Mrs Jacqueline Smith Wicklife Second Vice President Mrs John Sowers White Post Corresponding Secretary Mrs G N Hardesty Recording Secretary Mrs W T Lewis.
Announcement of Miss Pisie S Lemaster daughter of Mr and Mrs Maurice D Lemaster Chambersburg Pa marrying Jenner H Devyer also of Chambersburg. Ceremony conducted at noon Thursday at the bride’s parents home by Rev J Howard Ake of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The bride is niece of Mrs Charles Fuller Winchester.
A vintage testimonial ad touts tonoline promising rapid weight gain with assertions from P. G. Clark and Chas Bracket. The copy offers a free 50 cent box to prove results and requests a 10 cent postage payment, directing readers to American Proprietary Co and Harry B. Livick as sellers.
The text notes Miss Henrietta Fuller, a bright amateur actress in Chambersburg with musical talent, attended the wedding of a couple where the groom, Mr Dever, an electrical engineer with the Wagner Company, will make their home in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Piedmont pack pursues foxes through Middleburg Loudoun County as the subbing season thrives and hounds excel. The next hunting season opens early in November with many followers noted including Mr and Mrs Harry Frost of near Millwood Clarke County and Miss Marie Chittenden of Burlington Iowa who have leased Pink House for entertaining.
The passage extols Middleburg as a premier hunting region while noting other areas in the United States with rich hunting traditions. It frames Middleburg as a recent magnet for hunting enthusiasts and contrasts it with broader American hunting heritage.
The card promotes Chaplin’s The Pawnshop two reel release with his comic stunts and a six two reel serial The Scarlet Runner At the Masked Ball. Admission is 10 cents up to 15 cents down with a sixty dollar program and $25 Chaplin subject paid.
The tenth Beatrice Fairfax tale at Empire Monday stars Harry Fox and Grace Darling with Oliver Thomas and Nigel Burre as US val. 18 000 New York fans witness the play alongside the Giants and Yankees. Billy Burke appears in Gloria’s Romance with a fashion review cartoon comedy and Hearst News reel. Matinee at 3 15.
In Lexington Virginia the Synod of Virginia in session at the Presbyterian Church reports 209 members present with officers swelling to 225. A campaign aims to raise 200000 dollars for an endowment at Hampden Sidney College. Dr Armstrong of Nashville Tennessee and others spoke on foreign missions while Dr Miley led a morning evangelism conference.
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