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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1915

Page

5

Shadowlawn at Poli's Elberon features stars in cinema style

Amusements notice describes Poli's program with Shadowlawn in The Unfaithful Wife starring Ebert Mantel, plus vaudeville acts The Female Clerks and The Manicure and the Bride. Mayme Remington and Four Art Favorites, plus the Moral Sisters, perform songs, dances, and electric effects.

Wilcome New Shadowlawn Elberon N. 9 Ebert Mantel Poli's Es ‘Tate Ives Manis Edwards Mansfield

Plaza Theater to Feature Triangle at Plaza and More

The Plaza presents a two part program headlined by Triangle and The Lily and the9n with Lillian Gish Rogsittu My and Jack Van Normen in lead roles. Wilfred Lucas and others star in supporting turns while a lively vaudeville adds acts by notable performers. Disturbing the Peace and Rinus provide additional comedy.

Lillian Gish Rogsittu My Jack van Normen Vandeville Mark Mengsters Tunis McCree Ryan Rinus the Lily Rozsika Dolly the Rose Wilfred Lucas Jack van Norman

Lyric to Stage Kentucky Tale Mrs Spooner Leads Cast

The Lyric in Bridgeport presents a notable holiday production of Mrs of the Cabbage Patch featuring Cecil ner and her company with Mary Gibbs and Miss Spooner in a leading role. A special souvenir photo group distributed each performance highlights the cast, promising a refined theatrical event for patrons.

Cecil Ner ramaHic Players Mary Gibbs Speaner Cecil Kentucky Mrs of Alt Mies Spooner Mary Miss Spooner Mary Gibba Coner Mra Gibbs Ming Spooner Bridgeport wWeek

The Up and Tahivars Broadway Feature At Tahivars- Broadway

The feature attraction today is a two part drama of High politics intrigue titled The Up featuring actor George Paw tt. The Mtest Paramount News Weekly will be shown with dates and the four corners of the An and an alto pleasing and entertaining botoplay bill. Fannie Ward in The Mut said.

West End Theatre Presents The Explorer and Two Part Shorts

Tonight at West End Theatre near Clinton Avenue, Paramount showcases The Explorer with PauIe Frederick and Tellegen in The We Share, a two part Vitaphone feature. Also on the program are Zyza and Pars Tel. Moviegoers face a storm and powerless streets as a trolley disruption is noted.

West End Clinton Avenue Lou Tellegen international /eiar

Christmas Eve Union Service Promises Joyful Choir

Four cooperating Congregational churches invite all to a Sunday night Christmas service led by Prof Henry al and Dr Swain with a 200 voice choir, a 12 piece orchestra, and speakers Gallaudet Tamblyn. Doors open seven, service starts 7 20.

J. EH. Crogsiey Henry Beard Park Street Congregational Church Swain South Congregational Church Gallaudet Betlehem

Turner Elected Head of Selectmen and Quintal Clerk

James Turner was re elected president of the board of selectmen and Charles H Quintal was elected clerk at a board meeting held last evening in city hall. The budget for next year totals 976 with 750 for salaries 150 for clerk hire 40 for advertising 16 for supplies and 75 for meals. Arrangements were made to rent rooms in the Masonic Temple building for next fall voting needs.

James Turner Board of Selectmen Charles H. Quintal Cil Hall

New York Death Blow Remembered From 1825 Fire

An 1835 business leaders view New York as doomed to fade behind Philadelphia and Boston. A massive Dec 16 1825 blaze in Merchant Street roared through the city with freezing winds and frozen water, leaving a pall over New York as survivors fought flames into the next day.

New York Manittan Philadelphia America Boston Chicago San Francisco Comstock’ & Andrews Merchant Street

Figures on a Great Fire and Labor Reforms Across Nations

A historical passage recalls the 1835 New York fire that devastated Wall Street, ruined businesses, and caused a nationwide panic with wide unemployment. It contrasts a rebuilt metropolis with a potential darker side of lawlessness during disasters. It also highlights Canadian labor reform leader and minister King, noting the Industrial Disputes act, strides against sweating in contracts, opium abolition, and improved labor laws, plus his role with the Walsh Commission and Rockefeller Foundation work.

Labor Gazette Canada King Walsh Commission On Industrial Relations Walsh Rockefeller Foundation

M Laurent praised as war-time Paris police chief

M Laurent, war chief of the Paris police, is credited with a calm city, low crime, and strict control over theatres liquor laws and foreigners. His 1,600 former policemen now at the front, yet crime remains minimized and espionage deterred under his supervision.

Paris City of Light M. Laurent M- Laurent

Mackenzie King Turns Forty One Tomorrow

Hon William Lyon Mackenzie King, former Labor Minister and longtime head of the Rockefeller Foundation's industrial relations department, reaches forty one tomorrow. Born in Berlin Ontario to a law professor father and a mother descended from Toronto's first mayor, he rose as a journalist and reformer. His career includes leading roles in industrial issues and a 1899 Canadian commission on sweating practices.

William Lyon Mackenzie King Laurier Rockefeller Foundation King Rockefeller Dominion Mr. King Berlin Ontario William Lyon Mackenzie Toronto Upper Canada England University of Toronto University of Chicago Harvard University

Portugal Strikes and International Exchange of Gifts

Brief notes report a general strike across Portugal with clashes between police and strikers. Henry Ford gave the captain of the peace ship Oscar II one of his motor cars. Boxing bout prompts signed articles in Chicago for Willard versus Fulton in New Orleans on March 4. Texas anti trust fines total 40000 by Swift Armour and Morris. A Philadelphia hotel death is identified as Clarence Winter, a New York lawyer, after a self inflicted shooting. A second unidentified body found in a trunk buried in quicklime during demolition on Kensington Avenue.

Henry Ford Oscar II Philadelphia Clarence Winter New York Kensington Avenue

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