The Shell Game at the Strand and Elite
The Shell Game stars Emmy Wehlen and features an elaborate hotel set built at the Metro studio. The lobby includes the clerk and manager offices a mail chute two elevators a cigar stand a grand staircase and a palm room with marble finish. Noted for its lighting and decorative hotel interiors the film adapts Kenneth L. Roberts story Good Will and Almond Shells for a striking screen romance.
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Strand
Metro
Emmy Wehlen
Strand Theater
Kenneth L. Roberts
Saturday Evening Post
United States
JAPANESE BEAUTY WEDS AMERICAN IN ELITE today
The piece reports the marriage of Cherry Blossom, daughter of Japanese merchant Tokimasa, to Franklyn of Mason, Franklyn & Abbot after a Tokyo visit and coin toss, detailing rumor of her past and social intrigue in New York. It previews later film showings at the Elite theater including Chaplin and The Business of Life.
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Rudyard Kipling
Franklyn
Miriam Faversham
Mason, Franklyn & Abbot
Japan
Young Franklyn
Tokimasa
Cherry Blossom
New York
Kate
Strand
Alice Joyce
Vitagraph
Strand Theater
Robert W. Chambers
Albert E. Smith
Baseball Scores From AP Mornings
American league results include Chicago 5 St. Louis 0 in Chicago and Detroit 2 at Washington 6. Boston Philadelphia and New York Brooklyn games were rained or unsettled. National league saw St Louis 4 Chicago 6 at St Louis and Cincinnati 7 Pittsburgh 6. Southern league reports Atlanta 3 Chattanooga 5 and Birmingham 0 Nashville 7 with Mobile 2 New Orleans 1 and Little Rock 1 Memphis 1 in seven innings due to darkness.
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Associated Press
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Boston-Philadelphia
National
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York-Brooklyn
Philadelphia-Boston
Southern
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Nashville
Mobile
New Orleans
Little Rock
Memphis
Childs Street Sluggers Defeat Baxter Demons 6 to 0
Childs Street baseball team defeated Baxter 6 to 0 yesterday afternoon. Baxter pitcher Henry Paine was knocked out in the first inning, replaced by Pot ter. Mapp pitched well for Childs Street, holding Baxter at bay. Lineups: Childs Grayson c Collins p Mapp Beacham 1b Nickerson 1b Wingfield 2b Hooper 2b Kilpatrick as Morris ss Morris 3b Snelling 3b Talmage lf Paine cf Wier rf Smith rf Lanier rf Simmons lf.
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L. B
Childs Street
Baxter
Henry Paine
Potter
Mapp
Childs
Baxter Boys
Grayson
C. Collins
D. Potter
As. Beacham
Nickerson
Wingfield
Hooper
Kilpatrick
Morris
Snelling
Talmage
Paine
Wier
Smith
Lanier
Simmons If
Remarkable Quaker Herb Extract Report From Auburn
A.B. Baker of Route 2 Auburn Alabama and his son Willie B Baker report relief from stomach trouble and sleep disturbances after short use of Quaker Herb Extract. The elder man lost fifteen pounds prior. the boy shows reduced nighttime teeth grinding. Proponent claims strong regional demand and cites proven broad benefits for stomach liver and blood.
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A.B. Baker
Willie B
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Auburn
Ala
A. B. Baker
Route 2
Willie B. Baker
Georgia
Cotton compressed to denser shipment urged by agencies
Washington April 18 approval was given by the war department agriculture department commerce and the shipping board to pressure railroad officials for an executive order mandating cotton shipments be compressed to 33 pounds per cubic foot. Director General McAdoo is expected to act on the Southern Cotton association and allied groups demand after review by traffic experts of the administration. They say higher density could cut freight cars needed to move the crop from 30 000 to 8 000. Also notes an advertising sales pitch for Quaker remedies and a local court show contest.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
War Department
Department of Agricul
McAdoo
Southern Cotton Association
Southern Commercial Congress
The
Farmers’ Union
National Council of American Cotton Manufacturers
Cotton States’ Official Advisory Board
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AT the Strand
ELITE
Liberty
Liberty Bond
Charley Chaplin
Strand Extra
Ture
Department of Commerce
Shipping Board
Citizens’ Pharmacy
Clayton and
Jackson Std
Commerce
Hardman Drug CO
Jefferson
McDonald Drug Store
Better Business
McGregor’s
France
No Man’s Land
America
Liberty Bonds
Palmer & Sons, Druggists
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