First News Reel on Release Night in Winchester
Hearst presents a historic first as a news reel debuts on release night at the Empire in Winchester. The program features Gloria's Romances starring Billie Burke with lavish gowns, Beatrice Fairfax with Grace Darling and Harry Fox, and a trio of N Y Journal cartoon short subjects. Admission is 10 cents with two showings at 7 15 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
the Empire
Gloria
Rupert Hughes
Billie Burke
Miss Burke
Grace Darling
Harry Fox
Beatrice Fairfax
N. Y. Journal
Extremes Meet At Winchester Hotel
Dr. Nicholas J. Worthington of South Africa and Miss Mary Worthington share a visit at the Winchester Inn with Mr. Veldemar Sorokoumowsky secretary of the Russian embassy in Washington and Lieut. and Mrs. Stewart of London on a Shenandoah Valley motor trip. Stewart, now retired from British service, earned a bronze cannon medal from 1870 for valor on the European battlefields.
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Winchester Inn
Nicholas J. Worthington
South Africa
Mary Worthington
Veldemar Sorokoumowsky
Moscow
Russia
Washington
Stewart
London
Shenandoah Valley
Worthington
Sorokoumovsky
Lieut
Europe
France
Fred M Affleck Serves With Marines In Haiti
The Winchester native Fred M Affleck enlisted at Hagerstown Maryland on May 24 1916 and serves with the United States Marines in Haiti protecting American interests. He and fellow Marines help stabilize the island during reconstruction after military duty overseas.
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Fred. Affleck
Haiti
Mr. Affleck
Joseph E., Affleck
Wincheser
United States Marine Corps
Hagerstown
Tropics
Marines
Uncle Sam
Faiti
Young Affleck
Winchester
Miss Nina Wylie to Wed William Morton in Baltimore
Announcement from Baltimore dated September 25 reports Miss Nina Campbell Wylie engaging to William Robert Morton. Morton, former Baltimore resident, now in Charlottesville, Virginia, is connected to the Morton family of Chicago. The wedding is planned for November at Mrs Wylie's residence with a reception to follow.
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Nina Wylie
Wm. R. Mortos
Baltimore
Nina Campbell Wylie
William Alexander Wylie
Wylie
St. Paul Street
William Robert Morton
Richard Morton
Miss Wylie
Robert Young Conrad
Winchester Va
S. Blount Mason, Jr
Henry Bogue
William Bruce Wylie
Hagh Pass
Fifth Regiment
Morton
Charlottesville
Mary G. Morton
Walter Morton
Chi
Moral Fabric at Empire Tomorrow in Five Part Triangle
Frank Mills leads a strong cast in The Moral Fabric at Empire Theatre with Howard Hickman and Edith Reeves supporting. The five part Triangle society play centers on two free thinkers and the fate woven by centuries of civilization.
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Seredee Jane Soins
Chas. Murray
Keystone
Frank Mills
Triangle Society
Rank Mills
Kalamazoo
Mich
Amirican
Fiske
Leste Carter
Mills
Annie Russell
Beerbohm Tree
Patrick Campbell
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Lena Ashwell
Olga Nethersole
Cyril Maude
America
Howard Hickman
Pdith Reeves
Miss Baetjer Leaves for Wellesley College
Miss Katharine Baetjer daughter of Mr and Mrs J George Baetjer of this city left Saturday for Wellesley Mass to matriculate at Wellesley College She graduated last June from the Girls Latin School in Baltimore.
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Katharine Baetjer
J. George Baetjer
Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Miss Baetjer
Girls’ Latin School
Baltimore
President Wilson Aide Visits Local Hosts
Lieut. Edwin Watson of the United States Army, a military aide to President Wilson stationed at the White House, arrived Saturday afternoon and was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Snyder at their South Washington Street home.
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Edwin Watson
United States Army
White House
Washington
President Wilson
John M. Snyder
South Washington Street
Mose Seeks License to Open 28 Grog Shops
Mose pleads for a town license to run 28 grog shops. The commissioner agrees on a fee of fifty dollars and requires consent from 75 percent of block residents. Mose challenges the calculation noting only six named residents exist in that block.
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Mose
Jim
Terre Eee E and the Itch for Results
A fragmented line from a local page hints at a group or event named Terre Eee E pursuing tangible outcomes. The text remains incomplete but suggests focus on achieving specified results.
Winchester Officials Take Oaths of Office
City of Winchester officials elected last June appeared in the Corporation Court to qualify for their posts by taking the prescribed oaths and signing them. Each swore to uphold the U S and Virginia constitutions and to renounce dueling. Qualified were Dr JF Ward mayor. councilmen Herman H Hable W E Jones Hunter B Grim from the first ward. W A Baker Lewis F Cooper and W Ramsburg from the second ward. and F A Krebs J H Lacy Jr magisters at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Corporation Court
United States
Commonwealth of Virginia
JF. Ward
Herman H. Hable
Hunter B. Grim
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S. H. Hable
Virginia
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
U.S. Bond
N. Market Street
Commercial and Savings Bank
Main
Piccadilly
Brill & Bitter
Chapman’s Auto Supply CO
Main St. Bell Gicne
Faulkner Building
United Phone
Acvertiae
Hearst News
Winchester Hotel
Billy Burke
Hearst International News Service
Tad
MeHamus
Triangle
Frank My Howard Hickman
Th Reeves
Fred. M. Affleck
United States Marines
Little Isle
Cago
Empire
Adam Forney
Alice M. Chapman
West Piccadilly Street
Woodward’s
S. Main Street
W.M. Fletcher
C. V
Fair Grounds
Stephens City
Good & GO. Real Estate
Anstrance
H. F. Byrd
Huntsberry’s
Gray & Sheetz
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
Farmers & Merchants
Newlin’s
Boyd P. Newlin
Bell
W. Water Sr
C. I. Brumback & Bro
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