High and Dry opens at Wilbur Theatre in Gouldville satire
The Wilbur Theatre debuted the comedy High and Dry by Lewis B. Ely featuring Clara Bland a Washington correspondent and Colonel Luther Trapp a prohibition advocate turned alcohol producer. The Blade editor Dick Marvin and the village crew rally to expose Trapp with clues and proofs. The play shows a small town fight for a woman’s good name ending in triumph and restoration of the newspaper. Edna Baker Frank Sheridan Pell Trenton Esther Howard lead a solid cast and the comedy amused the crowd with Missouri type characters.
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U S Denies Aid to Semenoff in Siberia and Liberia
In Vologda on May 25 the Associated Press reports Ambassador Francis released Secretary Lansing's denial that American consuls aided General Semenoff or planned a counterrevolution in Liberia. The US refused Semenoff's request for US engineers and ordered them not to assist in any civil war.
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Volunteers Launch $10,000 Fund Drive for Soldier Lodge
Final plans outline a $10,000 campaign by Volunteers of America to fund a sailor and soldier lodge offering home cooked meals at cost and beds at a minimum price. The drive will begin Monday with rallies featuring speakers from the Red Cross and Liberty Loan efforts, and funds will be managed by Exchange Trust Company.
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Vanderbilt Heiress to Wed Mint Director in Lenox Wedding
Mrs Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt and Ray T Baker director of the mint will marry at Mrs Vanderbilt's Lenox Massachusetts estate early in June announced by her father Captain Isaac E Emerson of Baltimore.
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Wedding of Mr Baker and Mrs Vanderbilt at Homewood
After the ceremony at Mrs Vanderbilt's Homewood estate, Mr Baker will take his bride on a California and West tour. They plan to live in Washington on return. Baker is Nevada origin from mining and business. four years ago he served as secretary to the American ambassador in Petrograd, later appointed Mint director by President Wilson. He is active in White House circles and has traveled with the President and Tumulty. his father was a California lawyer and chief counsel.
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Vanderbilt Heiress Wedding Quiet Affair at Homewood
Southern Pacific railway system figure and Nevada Attorney General’s brother are linked to the wedding. Best man will be Senator Key Pittman of Nevada. The bride’s attendants are not announced. Mrs. Vanderbilt has dedicated time to charity and war work since Lusitania death of Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt. Captain Isaac F. Emerson, a Baltimore capitalist and manufacturer, is her father. Secretary McAdoo, Secretary Tumulty, Admiral Grayson, and the President’s aide will attend at Homewood.
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Williams College Golf team nets first win of season
The Williams College golf team defeated the Second Naval District team by five points in a Nassau system match at the North Adams Country Club, marking their first team victory of the season.
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Decoy Leads to Man's Arrest in Extortion Plot
Lawrence Jackson and his wife were jailed after confessing to writing a threatening letter to Mrs. Clara Luce demanding $100 on a tree near her home. A package was left, and authorities say the couple, recently arrived with four children, are in destitute condition.
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81st Division Renamed Stonewall Division At Camp Sevier
General Bailey issues order from Camp Sevier naming the 11st Division the Stonewall Division after Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. The motto will be Obedience, courage, loyalty with an unofficial wildcat insignia.
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German flood to be dammed as reserves arrive
Paris reports a semi official note on Allied progress between Rheims and Soissons. It says German advance paused as French reserves arrive and promise to restore balance, stating confidence in the resources and valor of French soldiers.
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