Pavlova Commands Huge Cash for Portici Role at Rialto
Universal star Anna Pavlova signed for The Dumb Girl of Portici, receiving 50000 pounds upfront and a half interest in the film, with her earnings tracked by a stopwatch to show dollars earned per second. She also acquired a half interest in the Boston Opera company and coordinated a studio setup beside Midway Gardens in Chicago during production.
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Rialto Theater
Pavlova
Boston Opera Company
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Books on war influence in new reading list
A review of new books inspired by war covers poetry and drama. It highlights works by Frothingham, Ingpen, McLane Harper, Putnam, Stuart, Brown, Hazard, and Verhaeren among others. The piece situates war's impact on thought, suggests readers explore Shelton Wordsworth and Shelley, and notes publishers and poets shaping postwar culture.
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Haag
Spear Atnons Pee
aJmes MU
Pyonn Stuart Mill
Shelley
England
Roger Ingpen
William Wordsworth
George McLane Harper
Wordsworth
George Haven Putnam
Putnam
Americ Tuth McEnery Stuart
Alice Brown
New England
Sarah Orne Jewett
Miss Stuart
Mrs. Brown
Drama League
Mile Verhaeren
Carolyn Hazard
Binyon
Laurence
Cause
Brown
Alice
Castaly
Chapman
Arthur
Flecker
James E
Fuller
Henry B
Greenwood
Julia W
Hazard
Caroline
Yosemite
Naidu
Sarojini
Broken Wing
Peabody
Robert
Pickthall
Marjorie
Shepard
Odell
Hospital Stern
Stuart
Ruth McEnery
Verhaeren
Emile
Potatoes May Drop To Ten Cents A Bushel In Crop
St Paul report cites Tierney forecast of potato prices falling to ten cents per bushel as harvest oversupply looms. He notes past floods, bumper crop hopes, and global efforts to boost yields, with millions in Europe affected by war.
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St. Paul, Minn
John A. Tierney
Tierney & Co
Europe
WWI War Report Broadside From Front Lines
AP dispatch notes limited fighting along Soissons to Rheims region with French forces recapturing much of Vauxail region, while German efforts at Hurtebise Graome and Mont Carinel faced strong French artillery. Haig's operations focus on repelling raids and gunfire. Italian front quiet on Trentino, Cordevole valley sees Austrian attack repelled with heavy casualties. Russia Galicia patrols intensify. entente shelled Lake Presba area. A provisional cabinet replacing Count Clam-Martinong reportedly to be led by Dr von Sevdier as premier and agriculture minister.
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Indication that Russians are fighting once more
Petrograd reports lively scouting actions along the Russian and Austrian lines in Galicia. An enemy party near Grabkovee tried to gather positions but was dispersed by a Russian company. Near Presovee an Austrian unit surrounded a scouting force, but Lieutenant Muravcev and his men fought back with bayonets and grenades, returning to trenches without losses.
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Galicia
War Office
Grabkovee
Presovee
Muravcev
Frontline Wounds Report and Economy Plea
Lieutenant Murancey sustains serious wounds as front and Romanian front see fusillades. The piece argues against panic driven “economies” and urges sane buying, noting plentiful money and a prosperous country, with more money expected in coming months.
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Murancey
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