Photoplay Made in Arabian Desert
Henry Roussell directed The Sheik's Wife and filmed in Arabia to capture authentic desert beauty. An Arab visitor Ben Mendoz Dahna inspired the project after suggesting real location filming. The Paris club premiere sparked the idea of a mammoth desert spectacle poised for wide viewing.
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Henry Roussell
Rex Theatre
Arabia
Paris
Ben Mender Dahna
M. Henry-Rousell
Henry-Rousell
Mohammed
France
Henry Rousell
Ben Mendoz Dahna
Evolution Echoes In Army Talk On Cars And Beliefs
An army man murmured about Mr. Bryan and evolution saying he’d rather start with a Ford and work up to a Packard. He joked that if someone gave him a Packard first he would be in treble lilt, reflecting humorous attitudes toward progress and status symbols.
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Mr. Bryan
Robinson Crusoe
Old Man Recalls Fighting Days In The Primal Law
Photodrama starring Dustin Farnum booked for Rex Theatre next Friday and Saturday June 16 and 17 features rugged contests for land. Old Gerdine Hawley, a longtime region resident, recalls real rough work and dismisses the on screen battles as too real for his taste.
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Dustin Farnum
Rex Theatre
Gerdine Hawley
Gerdine
Willow Ranch
Sweet Spring Echoes in a Wry Verse Sketch
A playful poem about the arrival of spring filled with rural sounds and comic observations. The speaker notes frogs, birds, and budding trees, while a young man admires fashion and romance. The verse blends humor with seasonal longing and light self deprecating tone.
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Jane
Nancy
Boston
Mining Scheme Exposed in Promoter's $50,000 Cash Out
A friend questions the mining scheme as the promoter admits taking $50,000 last month. The exchange implies funds were diverted from stockholders rather than from the mine itself.
The Sheik's Wife at Rex Theatre Monday and Tuesday
The Sheik's Wife a major Strand production shot entirely on Arabian deserts will be shown at Rex Theatre on June 12 and 13. Marcel Vibert and Emily Lynn star with thousands of native Arabs in authentic locations. the film explores inter racial marriage amid desert life and Arab customs. The piece is followed by public health notes urging cattle TB testing in Gogebic County and surrounding areas, highlighting a June 27 Land Clearing School in Bessemer.
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New York
Rex Theatre
Arabia
Henry Rousell
Marcel Vibert
Hadjid Ben Khedim
Emmy Lynn
Eradication Campaign in Bessemer Township
Dr. J J Mitchell state veterinary inspector began tuberculin testing of cattle in Bessemer on Monday. Fifty livestock owners have applied for tests and more are expected. About 3,000 cattle tested in Gogebic County with 85 animals reacting. Appraisals cap at 70 for grade and 200 for purebred. State pays 50 percent indemnity and federal covers one third of the difference to salvage value.
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C. E. Gunderson
J. J. Mitchell
Bessemer
Gogebic
Federal Department
Altho
Exchanging Barbs Over Cultured Sets Priced at $200
A customer challenges a seller offering sets to cultured buyers at $200. The reply hints the customer cannot afford such a price and suggests he may be deemed uncultured. The exchange underscores class and value perceptions in a sales scene.
Views of One. Flubdub's fortune and a wife's unhappiness
An implied social vignette contrasts a rise from fifty a week to ten thousand a year with a wife's unhappiness. The focus is on the cost of prosperity beyond money and the strain on domestic life. The piece suggests income alone does not determine happiness in the marriage.
Covered With Snow Hen Goes On Laying Chickens
A spring note reports a hen enduring cold storage conditions without halting egg laying. The brief item notes surprising persistence by the bird, implying resilience across seasons and generations.
Marenisco community notes and events summary
Local notices list several residents making trips and conducting business in Wakefield Ironwood and Iron Belt. Highlights include Oratorical contest results Frank Swartz buying a new Dart car and plans for a school picnic and examinations next week.
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Clarence O'Brien
Antigo
Dan O'Brien
Hellena Schultz
Marenisco
Iromweed
Tom Bright
Lansing
State Constabulary
Christian Christennsen
Wakefield
Goldman
Baldus Pool
J. E. McNicholas
W. PF. Traettner
Bessemer
Judge Baird
Chicago
Ladies Aid
Town Hall
Charles Adams
Fullers
J. A. Pratt
N. Jermain
FE. Knabe
Esther Pratt
Tronwood
Tom McNicholas
Oliver Christensen
Perling
Bergland
Schultz
Hellenia
Ironwood
Miss Schultz
Jennie Hill
Dunham
Larson
Winegar
Pence
Tony Smith
Presque Isle Camp
Soom
Montreal
Gile
Sterling
Iron Belt
W. P. Toomer
Frank Swartz
George Bittner
Bridge
Henner
Theresa Sitar
Miss Sitar
Henry Hill
A. Rahn
Margaret
Rhimelamder
Bruce
Noah Sharkey
Lake Gogebic
Pole Avoids Car Collision in Self-Defense Remark
A garbled note quotes Frank stating a telephone pole never hits an automobile except in self-defense, reflecting unclear reporting on the incident.
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Frank
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Candy News
Minn
John J. Frick
Ana
Hood Hood Rubber Products Co. Inc
Watertown, Mass
Lenox Sport
Ocafore
Arthur Brisbane
Chicago Herald Examiner
Mitchell
Bessemer Township
Marenisco News
Frank Graves
Arthur Rhody
Scott & Howe Lumber Co
Quirt
Crystal Falls
Don Keeler
Bovee
George Hunt
Ashland
Keelers
Ma Afc R Romence
Desert
Rex Iheatre
Dustin
Farnum
West
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