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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1916
Page
6
The Triangle brand presents moving pictures with Keystone comedy at two reels and a five reel feature The Moral Fabric a society drama about marital indifference A Broadway star cast led by Frank Mills Howard Hickman and Edith Reeves headlines The price is low with two shows at 7 18 and 9 Admission 10c
Tri angle pictures presents two reels of Keystone comedy Gypsy Jbe starring Joe Jackson, followed by a five part society drama The Raiders with H B Warner and Dorothy Dalton. Warner known for Merely Mary Ann Alias Jimmy Valentine The Ghost Breaker and Under Cover. Admission ten cents.
Washington September 26 Brigadier General John J Pershing was promoted to major general for his services leading the punitive expedition into Mexico Secretary of War Newton D Baker announced the new rank after meeting with President Wilson in Baltimore He also elevated four colonels to brigadier generals Eben Swift Francis H French E St John Grebel and Charles G Treat receive promotions to fill retiring or vacant posts
Advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a non calomel remedy for biliousness and constipation. It claims calomel makes readers sick and offers a money back guarantee if the product fails to improve liver function and digestion. The tone targets workers and children, promising no salivation.
The Wilson Business Men's National League seeks a strong board of earnest business men to represent the league in Virginia. They will meet President Wilson at Shadow Lawn after state directors organize and request early wire confirmation of attendees. The group plans booklets and double reply post cards to promote permanent prosperity under Wilson. A local performance of The Princess Pat by Victor Yerbert will entertain music lovers with a Cort Theater run from New York.
Frederick Orin Bartlett debuts a new serial titled The Thrller with a gripping theme. The opening chapters read like his prior success The Wall Street Girl, promising sustained tension and readership appeal in the October 1 Washington Sunday Star.
John Fox aged 18 of Quicksburg was shot in the leg above the ankle while walking in New Market on Saturday afternoon. The shooter is unidentified and it is unclear if the shot was deliberate or an accidental discharge.
Large numbers of travelers from Strasburg to Harpers Ferry spent Sunday in Washington and Baltimore on a Baltimore and Ohio excursion train. Winchester station sold 247 tickets and the train returned around 11 o clock Sunday night.
Mr and Mrs Ford Carper living off Senseney road receive congratulations on the birth of a son several days ago. Mrs Carper formerly Miss May Capper, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Capper of this city.
The afternoon service at the M. E. Church South featured a large attendance with pro cessional hymn prayer and welcome by Rev. W. C. Talbert. Virginia Jr delivered greetings, a cradle roll reception occurred, and certificates were awarded in beginners primary and juniors departments. A Golden Rule Bible Class group photo was taken before services in front of Frederick County Court House.
Waterford and Leesburg public schools closed for three weeks due to scarlet fever outbreak. Three cases in Waterford and two in Leesburg. Churches and Sunday schools shut. Strict quarantine in effect with no children under 16 on the streets.
James L. Ruckman aged 76 died recently near Ruckman in Hampshire County. He served in the Confederate army in Pyle's company Eighteenth Cavalry. Survivors include his widow and two daughters Mrs Imboden Parks and Mrs James Parks.
As Rev. Mr. Vishanoff of Thessalonica Macedonia Europe did not speak last Friday night in Macedonia due to rain he will speak there on Thursday evening September 28 at 7 30 o'clock W Brubaker Pastor.
The third annual fall festival in Charlestown will occur October 26 and 27 in the business district. The event centers on an apple show and displays of agricultural exhibits.
17 year old Imer Brooks of Martinsburg is held for grand jury after being charged with entering C. B. Lewis store at Darkesville and attempting a gunpoint hold up of the proprietor’s son. Mr and Mrs Henry R Shaver Save returned from a visit to Mount Sidney Virginia.
Three large crates of racing pigeons sent Saturday afternoon by W. F. Dismer secretary of the Racing Pigeon Association of Washington were released by Luther More of the Wells Fargo Express. The birds circled gaining bearings and then headed toward Washington.
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