Merchant of Venice and Bazaar at King’s Daughters
Local events highlight a busy period with a Kings Daughters Bazaar drawing crowds and a triumphant Merchant of Venice production in Winchester. Readiness for a big football game, social weddings, and a community oyster supper accompany reports on theater, athletics, and civic life.
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Merchant of Venice
Winchester
Martin’s Drug Store
Wesleyan
Transylvania
Jessica
Clay Croxton
Shylock
Hats at Cost In December Stock Sale Event
A newspaper notice promotes a two day sale offering ready to wear hats and children’s caps at cost on Friday and Saturday December 11th and 12th. The passage also notes a dining table display with cut glass and silver and lists attendees including Miss Clara Tandy and Mesdames Cassius M. Clay Brice Steele Robert Talbott Solomon Van Meter James Pickrell Ella Rounsavall Strother Goff John Reese Nelson Gay and William Gay.
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Mrs. Jones
Clara Tandy
Como
Mesdames Cassius M. Clay
Brice Steele
Robert Talbott
Paris
Solomon van Meter
Lexington
James Pickrell
Ella Rounsavall
Strother Goff
John Reese
Nelson Gay
William Gay
Social Roundup of Local Visitors and Travel
Mrs. Ella Hardwick of Stanton visits her mother Mrs. Talitha Grigsby. Clara Tandy leaves for Virginia after a week with Mrs. Henry M. Jones and Mr. David S. Gay. Mrs. Watts of Lexington visits Rev. J. R. Peeples family. Numerous residents travel to Lexington and Richmond for visits and church events. Rev. J. W. Porter preaches the ordination sermon at the Baptist church.
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Ella Hardwick
Stanton
Talitha Grigsby
Clara Tandy
Henry M. Jones
David S. Gay
Virginia
Watts
Lexington
J. R. Peeples
Will Haggard
Jouett
Louisville
J. W. Ishmael
J. W. Poynter
Skinner Kerr
Winchester
Nellie Faris
Flemingsburg
T. E. Barnes
Bryan
North Middletown
Olande Hoskins
Logan Bryant
James Halloway
J. A. Davis
Versailles
Steve Davis
Gertrude Price
George Tomlinson
George Attersall
Texas
John Stevenson
J. M. Benton
J. Smith Hayes
Richmond
Peter Pan in Real Life Quote
The piece from London Field reflects on a man who remains a boy at heart through years, sharing boyish amusements with others while embodying adult experience and patience indicating a lifelong blend of youth and maturity.
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Peter Pan
London Field
Greek Architecture and the Builder's Reach
The text argues that students of Greek literature and thought lack training in Greek architecture. It asserts that knowing only the literary expressions of ancient Greece, though impressive, covers only half of the achievements of the supreme Caucasian "The Builder," implying a broader understanding of Greek culture beyond text.
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Greece
Dangerous Operation vs King's New Life Pills Claim
An advertisement extols King’s New Life Pills as a remedy that prevents risky surgical removal of the appendix by promising painless cures. It claims the pills work quietly, curing constipation headache biliousness and malaria and are sold for 25 cents at Phillips Drug Store.
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Phillips Drug Store
True Hero and the Handkerchief in a Street Car
A quote from the New York Press reflects on heroism as a man who can pull a handkerchief with a hole in it from a street car and not hide it, a smallpox flag metaphor for public courage.
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New York Press
German Old Age Pensions Statistics Reported
The latest figures show Germany paid about 30 million dollars in a year as old age pensions to 87,000 unemployed workers.
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Germany
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Socletix
Fanny Hampton
Matthew ‘Lyle Spencer
Lois Aull
Spartansburg
N. C
King’s Daughters
Winn’s Furniture Store
Geo. Stalgety
Antonio
Roscoe Faris
Gratiano
Nerissa
Chas
Bassanio
Portia
V. S. Moore
Walter V. Cropper
Walter B. Taylor
Prof
Sweingenhaugenblumenheimer
Jas. Phillips
Launcelot Gobbo
Transylvania Wesleyan
Sousley Center
Hunt
Caudle
R. G. Foskett Ruggles
L. G
Witherspoon
Ramsey Cox
Frank Ramsey
Amos Cox
E. Main Street
I. J. Spencer
Breeze Hill
Miss
Stamper
Elkin
The
Winn Furniture Co
N. B
Baldwin Bros. Ewelers and Opticians
Hoosier
Henry H. Hall
Rtis & Turnbull
Directoire
Childen
Artis & Turnbull
Winchester Opera House
New York
Devil
Franz Kolnar
Dorothy Dix
New York Evening Journal
Martin Cook’ Drug Store
Benefit College Athletic Ass’n
Winchester Quartet
H. H. Phillips
Old
Sheffield
Just
C. H. Bowen
Merry, Merry Christmas
Perrin
Madame Howe
Clifton B. Ross
Court House
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