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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
2
Sherman, a crowd favorite, appears in his first Poli’s production Always in the Way. The audience applauds as Charley Chaplin’s new film Winsome features generate laughs and a “scream” work.
Delightful summer entertainment features four pretty girls, Jack Russell, Lotta Ba deer, and a lively set of songs and dances with merriment. Jack Symonds delivers comedy lines while George Lacie performs a college football scene and a thrilling fire sequence. Charlie Chaplin headlines the two reel Keystone comedy with Chester Conklin, followed by The Born of the Vase.
The company’s latest in a string of successful performances delighted locals with witty scenes and rapid entrances. The cast included Arthur Burkisy as Pierre Le h, Florence Mackie as Alma, Laura Millard as Theobald’s wife, and Nell McGeene as Louise, with Germaine played by Helen Larkins and Wanette by Ira Cattrell. The director appeared as Count Ivario, delivering sharp entrances behind a pistol, while Harry Lack supported as My shange de meena. Musical numbers were plentiful, bright, and well sung.
A local company presents Alma Where Do You Live with multiple principals in solo numbers. The show is described as the most popular of the troupe’s popular musical comedies and features strong performances by all leads.
A child narrator and friends stage a mock arbitration over a street seat they claim by right. The scene unfolds with bids and interruptions as they declare a “committee” to settle the dispute and exit via a back route, proving how arbitration can resolve a minor quarrel.
Washington reports quote Joseph P. Tumulty secretary to the President denying rumors he opposes William J. Bryan and William F. McCoombs. He says he has no campaign for the DNC chair and remains devoted to the President's causes, calling the allegations false and unfounded.
An advertisement urges women to treat melancholy or blues as a sign of organic illness and endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy backed by testimonials of women restored to health over decades.
Geneva reports from Laibach that on the night of the 39th Italian forces gained ground 12 miles from Gorice and captured two forts and trenches near Plava with two machine guns found. Artillery duel along the Isenzo favored Italy. a war council met at Laibach on the 19th. Archduke Ferdinand hoped to arrive on the Gorizia front by the 28th.
A discussion on how June weddings attract newspaper sleuths and public speculation. It notes that 공개 of facts by families or officials often ends gossip, while suppression fuels sensational coverage. The piece mentions public interest, privacy, and a side remark about the Supreme Court adjournment.
Guam celebrates flag day as 12 517 residents observe the occasion. The piece traces Guam’s annexation in 1898, the Charleston's role, and the transition to a U S naval station. It notes the island’s strategic value, population shifts, literacy, agriculture, and fortifications planned to make Guam a mid Pacific Gibraltar with San Luis d Apra harbor and a large Marine presence.
The piece traces Persian rulers from 1795 founding by Aga Mohammed through a succession of shahs up to 1909 and Ahmed Mirza, noting depictions of Western influence, a 380 000 annual Odessa allowance, and foreign powers Russia Britain and Germany seeking influence as the modern era begins.
Sixty two years ago today June 21 1853 Martin Koszta a Hungarian patriot in the 1848 revolt was seized in Smyrna and imprisoned on an Austrian ship He carried a US passport and sought protection from the US warship St Louis Captain Ingraham demanded Koszta s release issuing an ultimatum and the prisoner was freed before the afternoon deadline Congress awarded the captain a medal for averting war.
The Fraternal league closed its bowling season with a third annual banquet at the Hotel Lorraine. Postmaster Charles F. Greene presided as toastmaster and several speakers including George M. Barnes John Fitzgerald Stanley Sherwood Joseph McCann Albert Peterson Dave Musante Frank Conway John N. Grant and Murray Perkins addressed the gathering. Eleven Austrians were arrested in Vancouver for violating internment rules while the Descartes landed sailors at Cape Haitien to protect lives and property after Haiti’s city fall. Funeral designs and bouquets John Beck and Son.
Mohammed Ali Mirza, the deposed shah of Persia born June 21 1872, remains in exile hoping ongoing war conditions create a chance to recover his throne and honors. The article notes the modern Turcoman dynasty in Persia.
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