New Marshfield Boy Wins Coolidge Prize At Kern Karnival
John C. Herron won the Coolidge prize for the best display at the Kern Karnival held at New Marshfield High School. The sophomore's Waterloo Farm exhibit impressed judges with a profusion of farm products and by products. A formal presentation came from Principal W. Merritt with a message from Congressman Thomas Jenkins.
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New Marshfield
Coolidge
John C. Herron
Kern Karnival
Ohio
Joe Herron
Waterloo
John
Washington
W. ©. Merritt
H. R. McVay
Thomas A. Jenkins
Waterloo Farm
Nellie the half horse foretells weather at Booth theater
The Booth theater in New York houses Nellie, a half horse that acts as a weather barometer. When air dampens Nellie tilts head toward the northwest, and as air dries she tilts southeast, a natural effect of the rope system observed by stage staff.
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Neliic
New York Theater
NEA
York
Jan. B
Richard VII
Pegasus
Grandmother
Sparke Plug
White House
Synasium
Paul Revere
Sysonby
Dan Patch
Booth Theater
New York
Winthrop Amex
Nellie
George al
Booth
Phillip Barry
George Ali
Iaugh
Wiliam Postance
Edgar Selwyn
Selwyn
Possession
Welio
NetHe
Benny Miller
Ames
Nickelodeon Founder Charles Bochert recalls origin of name
Charles N Bochert recalls his role as godfather to the first Nickelodeon and its evolution from a five cent walkout theater to a national name. He credits Harry Davis of Pittsburgh for early film exhibition and explains the origin of the nickname and its spread, noting Davis stayed in legitimate theater.
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Horterse Saunders
NEA
York
Charles N Bochert
Nickelodeon
Goebert
Harry Dwin
Pittsburgh
Housia
Europe
Pathe and
Luvin
Davis
Total Film
Bochert
Robert
Lily Langtry Remains A Fashionable Enigma At 76
In a London hotel birthday gathering, the elder Lily Langtry is mistaken for Lady de Bathe. The piece notes her enduring beauty and fame, her Jersey birth in 1852, and her role in high society as a famed “Professional Beauty.”
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Lily Langtry
Milton Bronner
Ondon
London
Lady de Bathe
Edward VII
Emily Charlotte le Breton
Isle of
Jersey
Edward Langtry
Emily
Langtry
Try
Moat
Millais
Mrs. Lengi
Truth
New Zenith in Noahs Ark Film Scenes Shown
The article highlights a new high point in the Biblical film Noahs Ark with Dolores Coastella as a tavern maid in modern scenes and George OBrien as Noah. Director Michael Curtiz is praised for the production blending Biblical and modern eras.
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Dan Thomas
Nea
Warner Brothersater
Dolores
Orlof Japhet
Noah
Beery
Nephilim
Guinn
Grauman
An O'Firien
Dorsi
Louise Fazenda
Michael Curtiz
Paul McAllater
Curtiz
Cecil B. de
Dolores Coastella
Neon Sign from Portland Lights Up World Largest Display
A three story electric sign near Portland, Oregon, built to mark the neon era, shines with 735 thousand letters visible from over twenty miles away. The sign promotes the company behind it and marks the thirtieth neon anniversary.
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Portland
Oregon
Ymienster
Stfont
Manners
H. C. Davis
Popular Science Monthly
Poand
William Ramsay
Aveland
Sansa
Scartat
Trick-taking Puzzle Promises Six Tricks for North and South
The article presents a bridge puzzle where Hearts are trumps and South leads. North and South must win six of seven tricks against perfect defense, with a diagramed layout and a solution promised elsewhere on the page. The text notes the challenge lies in spade play and the need to preserve the high trump jack.
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Uth
Uith
Fat singer warns excess weight harms voice says Hallie Stiles
Miss Hallie Stiles of Syracuse the Opera Comique star says a singer need not grow fat to protect the voice health is key and too much flesh hurts singing while she has trained in Paris and notes Adelina Patti as a model for longevity and range.
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Hite
Mary Garden
Eady
Malisande
Minutte Saunders
NEA
Aris
Jun
Hallie Stiles
Syracuse
Opera. Comique
Paris
Guile
Forsook Society
Prince George Dances All Night With Lily Damita in Hollywood
Hollywood buzzes as Prince George of England dances with Lily Damita over a long night, then tours Montecito and Gloria Swanson’s home. Rumors of romance swirl. a later report cites confinement to quarters aboard H M S Durban after the visit.
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Yatty” Arbuckle
Plattation Cafe
Lily Damita
Prince George
Gloria Swanson
Prince of Wales
Hollywood
Prince George May
Dan Thomas
Ollywood
Calif
H Jo
England
Britain
Windisor
Colony
H. M. & Durban
Monterey Bay
San Francisco
Miss Damita
Monterey
Duke Louis of
Allambrosa
Lily Demita
Prince
Duke
Lily
Miss Damitta
Durban
William Slater
Montecito
al Ruse
Slater
Elliott Rogers
Douglas Fairrbanka
Mary
Arbuckle
Arbucks
Fiat
Gloria's
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America
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Vandpoint
O'Brien
Miss Costglia
Excampie
Reaves
University of Chicago Totom Af Logical Laboratories
Wréete
Pulee
Wensler
Helore
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