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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
6
John W. Vogels Big City Minstrels offers an extraordinary feature with celebrities and opera fans filling two thirds of its seats. The vocal standard equals major operatic presentations, driving unprecedented demand as the only minstrel show in town this year.
A light war related tale recounts a young woman buying three grim wartime books Armies and Navies in the World War The Beginning of the Great European Struggle and Battles of the War on Land and Sea Another anecdote recalls four British tourists in Paris ordering dinner and reacting to a kitchen miscommunication when the waiter shouts Cat soup in French cat soup their startled departure highlights language humor from the period.
Mrs George Forsyth arrives from West Hoboken New Jersey to assist her sister in illness. She will nurse Mrs C T Ritter and later visit her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harry B Keckley at their new home on North avenue.
An advertisement warns pneumonia is a winter peril and claims Amyl-Kijo and Kijo-ine prevent and cure germ diseases. It urges nightly inhalation, use in baths, and Germicide Jelly for catarrh, citing the Amyl-Kijo Chemical Co. at 7 South Loudoun Street and Winchester, Virginia, with prices 50 cents and $1.
Mise Belle Faulkner returned yesterday from an extended visit in Baltimore and Roundik. Mrs Bertie Boyer has returned from a visit to her brother and sister in Roundik and Towns, Washington. J W Lloyd returned to Philadelphia after a vial at the home of Mr and Mrs W Ricé. Mrs Henry Nott came from Albemarle county Va to visit her mother Mrs James Baker. Mrs James Streit and her daughter returned from a visit to the Streit home on Dupont Circle Washington. Mrs John Graham of Newville Pa arrived to visit Mr and Mrs W A Baker at their Mairmont avenue home. Henry M Alexander in charge of Orleans cut off work near Cumberland Md is at home in the city.
The John L. Reh Company concludes a three day engagement at the Empire tonight with a new program including the Royal Marionettes by request. The Midget Mother and babies, the Mutual Girl, and Margaret with Pewpies appear plus The Cocoon and the Butterfly with William Garwood and a full cast under Sydney Ayers. Two shows at 7.15 and 9.10 enabled families to enjoy the varied bill.
Albert EB Walker of Charlottesville Virginia who managed The Star's Thanksgiving issue has gone to New York for several weeks. He made many warm friends here and will be glad to return.
For sale account of installing running water offers a number of good washstands at very cheap prices. Hotel Evans, 8 10t.
The article urges readers to mail early to ensure delivery before Christmas. Officials warn heavy volumes and possible delays. following guidance promises satisfaction, while ignoring it risks disappointed friends and late presents.
A Burlington suburban train in Chicago yards exploded from a parcel containing moving picture film. Twenty passengers suffered facial and hand burns as the smoking car caught fire, and many commuters crawled through windows to escape. no fatalities reported.
Honor roll list for November from Cross Roads Public School includes Miss Salah Shearer Towise Hillyard Edna Sarah Ballinger Elizabeth Hauptman Julia Goightly Edna Golightly Lydia Golightly and Master Lawrence Ginn.
Mrs W R McClain of Blairsville Pennsylvania writes that Aime Chamibériain's Cough-Remedy cured her child’s croup quickly and reliably. She states it is a positive cure and keeps it on hand at all times. Sold by all dealers.
For sale a 25 acre orchard mostly in bearing includes an eight room dwelling and a barn. Attractive price to good buyers with small cash payments. Well located property offers strong cash flow potential.
Jacob H. Hillyard of 606 Kent St Winchester Va reports severe backache worsened by damp weather. After using Dean's Kidney Pills he found great relief and endorses the remedy, priced 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY team banner.
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