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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1919
Page
8
Captain Tony Miller leads Southern Homestead Quartette in a matinee and evening show at the Empire with old Southern melodies and prewar humor. Dorothy Gish's Paramount comedy Nobody Home plays after 7:30 and again after the concert, with tickets 22c to 33c including tax.
From John Cort comes Flo-Flo a forty to fifty person attraction with a perfect 36 chorus and four piece orchestra. The cast includes Mariam Mason Joe Scott Sam Howard Carl Fletcher Len Leonard Andrew Francis John Ross Guss Vaughan Hazel Wood Marie Casmere Helen Ross Germaine Bourville. Sale now on with prices 50c 75c 1.50 and 2.00.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 16 miners from Hudson Coal attempted to enter a shaft but a lawless striker faction hurled stones and clubs to block them. Police arrested six rioters and the colliery closed for the day as 14,000 Lackawanna Company strikers plan to return to work tomorrow.
Washington reports show August retail prices rose across most regions despite government efforts to curb costs. In fifteen key cities prices for ham sirloin steak butter eggs potatoes and pork chops climbed by up to eight cents per sale unit while prices paid to producers fell about 3.4 percent. Wholesale prices also declined from July according to the Agricultural Department.
The last night a warehouse No. 4 of J. T. White Engineering Corporation at Muscle Shoals, the government nitrate plant, was destroyed with losses estimated at $100,000.
The sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows opens its annual meeting in Baltimore tied to the order's centennial. Thousands parade in bright Patriarchs Militant uniforms as competitive drills begin with the parade scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Fragmentary text notes the Patriarchs will basing in the Regiment Armory tomorrow morning.
About 50 to 60 steel workers union organizers met in Pittsburg to review conditions in local plants ahead of a looming strike planned for next Monday. The meeting aimed to report findings to the national union president and coordinate actions if advised. Dr. S H Trimble and daughter Maud Trimble from Staunton Va visited, then continued to Gettysburg Pen Mar and Monterey Pa.
The speaker contemplates finishing education at Winchester School and considers possibly continuing at a college or university after leaving the Hand. The choice hinges on whether to pursue a complete school course or seek further higher education.
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