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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1914
Page
6
An old advertisement touts a blood purifier as successful in purifying and enriching the blood. It claims to remove impurities and build up the system, urging readers to take it and give it to all family members to avoid illness.
Warren county apple growers report strong overseas demand. Kenandoath Produce Company shipped 155 barrels of York Imperials to England with prices around 3.47 per barrel for top grade and 2.32 for seconds. Ben Hoover of Front Royal shipped three carloads and two more of Winesaps and Yorke to England with similar profits. Both exporters hold large cold storage stocks and expect prices to rise further.
The early Vita five reel film A Million Bit was shown here at the New York Theater. It marked a notable event for our town with prices from one to one dollar. The review notes it as a remarkable production and historically significant for New York screenings.
Miss Nelle Leah Graham daughter of Mr and Mrs James Graham of Quantico Maryland married Dr Jacquelin Smith Cooley son of Mr and Mrs Leith Cooley of Rockland Frederick County Virginia last Thursday Thanksgiving Day at the bride’s parents home. Dr Cooley a Virginia Tech graduate and pathology authority now of Middletown will reside at 2 Euclid Street Washington DC after December 5. Their friends wish them happiness.
Virginia flour shipments to Europe grow as Dunlop Mills in Richmond sell 10 000 barrels with 8000 bound for Bordeaux and 2000 for Glasgow. H S Saunders of Upper Shirley sends a load of hay for Allied armies in France and Flanders via Newport News.
In a discussion on writing short stories a practical publisher urges imitating the slapstick style of Gussie Gazooks. Mr. Penwiggle responds that he reads Balzac for pleasure and Gussie Gazooks for education, highlighting a mix of high and popular literary tastes.
A shipment of 1 026 Virginia horses left Newport News aboard the Radbound for France to serve in the cavalry and artillery. The sale, arranged by Harold & Ket ham and London firm Parsona & Co, reflects continued Richmond purchases for army use with saddles harness blankets and other supplies also bought. Prominent English observers Beresford and an associate praised the horses saying Richmond offers premier stock.
An Irish soldier in a past war is found in a hole by his sergeant during a time Tim should have been in active service. The sergeant orders him out, but the stubborn soldier replies that he discovered the hole first, asserting rank differences do not apply. The piece captures humor in rank and ownership.
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