Poli's presents Birth of a Nation and late vaudeville shows
Amusements at Poli's feature The Birth of a Nation with Pavieva in the title role and Russian ballet allure, shown in eight reels with two nightly screenings. Vaudeville acts include The Silea Singers, Harry and Eva Puck, Fred and Eldray Fisher in Perseverance, Jeanne in character songs, and the Maline Twins. The Bride Shop musical comedy returns tomorrow with Andrew Toombes Lola Wentworth Basil Lina and a 20-strong company.
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Portici
Pavieva
Poell
So Ieists
Harry
Eva Puck
Fred
Eldray Fisher
Jeanne
Comedienne
Maline Twins
B. A. Rolfe
Poli
Andrew Toombes
Lola Wentworth
Basil Lina
Empire Theatre Presents Spell of the Yukon and Adventures of Peg in the Ring
Kee nneys Empire theatre hosts a triple feature headlined by The Spell of the Yukon with Edmund Breese as the star. The Adventures of Peg in the Ring, fourth episode, stars Francis Ford Grace Cunard Ruth Stonehouse and Eddie Polo. A Sydney Drew comedy and a Universal feature are also on the bill for the evening show.
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Keenney
Empire Theatre
Yukon
Edmund Breese
Mr. Breese
Sydney
Drew
Tinder Cover at Lyric A Cecil Spooner Comedy Flourishes
The Cecil Spooner Players present a lively revival of Tinder Cover at the Lyric with strong ensemble work. Ethel Cartwright and Helen Tilden earn praise, while Pell Trenton’s new play Her Two Weeks Honeymoon promises deep moral themes and a complete production next week.
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Roi Cooper Megrue
Cecil Spooner
Ethel Cartwright
Cecil Bpooher
Jane Komray
Amy Cartwright
Miss
Triala
Pelly Trenton
Steven Denby
Frederic Clayton
Monty Vaughn
Genteman
Spooner Players
Helen Tilden
Nora Rutledge
Pell
Trenton
Lgrit
Pell Trenton
Misa Spooner
New England
White Light
Broadway
Pell Trenton Mats
Lyric Hall
W. H Isham
Screen Favorites in Rainy Life Play and New Dramas
Francis X. Bushman leads a company in The Wail Be tween with a rainy life theme, while Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew star in System Everything and the dramatic sensation The Evil Eye. Bentley's complete orchestra with special soloists complements several other important pictures.
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Francis X. Bushman
Sidney
Bentley
Blue Blood and Red at West End Show Tonight
Western drama with Doris Pawn and George Walsh features Algy Dupont who, after college dismissal, leaves home in a racing car with his family butler as valet. They journey to Montana where Algy fights for 100 dollars and defeats a heavyweight. Also showing Sin's Penalty and Freddy the Fixer. tomorrow Pauline Frederick in The Moment Before.
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Fox
Doris Pawn
George Walsh
Algy Dupont
Martin Kinney
Montana
Algy
Sin
Mary Anderson
Webster Campbell
Freddy the Fixer
Pauline Frederick
Paramount
Ady
Primal Lure With William S Hart At Plaza Today
William S Hart stars in The Primal Lure a five part Triangle film at the Plaza today. The program also features The Seven Colonial Belles a Colonial garb musical act Hess and Hyde Cahill and Homine and The Leonards offering singing and dancing variety acts in a lively motion picture bill.
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Throse
William S. Hart
the Plaza
Hart
Triangle
Hess and Hyde
Cahill and Homine
High
the Leonards
An Oily Scoundrel Keystone Comedy Plugs Season
Fred Mace stars in the Keystone comedy An Oily Scoundrel as part of the season lineup. The silent short delivers vaudeville flavor with rapid gags and playful capers characteristic of the era.
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Fred Mace
Taylor Named State Commander Of Knights Of Maccabees
Charles F. Taylor of Stratford and former Bridgeport resident is slated to become State commander of the Knights of the Maccabees at the Hartford convention and election June 22. Retiring commander L K Wilkinson, Taylor has long served in leadership roles, including eight years as record keeper of Bridgeport Tent No 4, and has worked as an engineer at Spring Perch Co for 15 years after earlier service at A. W. Burritt Co.
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Charles F. Taylor
Stratford
Bridgeport
Knights of the Maccabees
Hartford
L K. Wilkinson
Taylor
Society
Spring Perch Co
A. W. Burritt Co
Salvation Army Institutes Campaign Opens This Weekend
The local Salvation Army corps launches a special campaign with officers from New York and Connecticut arriving to participate. Colonel J E Margetts and Brigadier William Andrews lead national and divisional teams, with music from a 20 piece band and talks in eight churches. An outdoor service is planned at Myrtle Beach if weather allows, spanning Saturday Sunday and Monday.
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Salvation Army
J. E. Margetts
Young People’s
New York
William Andrews
Connecticut
Thomas Seaver
Armstrong
Hartford
Ensign Perrett
South Manchester
Myrtle Beach
Examinations Continue For Jurors In Orpet Murder Trial
In Waukegan Illinois May 24 the sixth venire for Will H Orpet charged with Marian Lambert's murder faced juror questioning. About 636 have been examined, many rural residents harboring fixed opinions. A new venire drawn from city residents aims to speed selection and reduce bias. Four jurors sworn. four more expected for the defense. Reported frost disaster damages winter crops across northern and middle Russia.
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Waukegan
Ills
Will H. Orpet
Marian Lambert
Legend of Hapsburg Castle Defense by Follower Pact
Legends tell of Hapsburg Castle near the Rhine founded in 1020 and briefly without walls until the lord’s followers formed an impregnable circle for defense. The tale notes the loyal subjects as the castle’s shield when danger arrived. An Arctic explorer describes extreme cold dulling touch, making knives hard to locate and shaving impractical as skin irritates and freezes.
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Hapsburg Castle
Hapsburg
Rhine
Ax Head Money of Ancient Trade Described
The text notes olden practice of currency shaped as ax heads in gold silver and lorenge forms. It explains buyers offering a set number of axes to purchase property and compares to modern money in gold silver and copper. The passage cites De Schiiemgnn as discovering many such artifacts.
Ancient ax head money and porcelain origins told
The piece recalls relics like bronze ax heads found in ruins and their coinage memory in Tenedos, notes an ancient jade toward Jericho’s wedge of gold, then shifts to Dresden china via Bottger who, in 1710, discovered porcelain from Aue clay after a lucky clue. It ends with brief quips about fashion and morals.
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Tenedos
Dresden
China
Frederick Bottger
Saxony
Bottger
Passage Through the Persian Gulf Warns of Hazards
A navigation note describes the Gulf of Persia as dangerous and difficult to traverse. It notes the area is only partially surveyed, lacks any functioning lights beyond Kara Chi, and warns that currents are erratic, requiring great caution for mariners.
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Gulf of Persia
Persian Gulf
Karachi
Big Spring Carnival and Festival Week at Newfield Park
Twelfth District Republican Club promotes a three day Big Spring Carnival at Newfield Park Dorman Krause shows headline 15 big shows 50 concessions and free attractions including Sir Errico's Royal Italian Concert Band 20 soloists plus a high diver act. Also notes accidental safety incident and a dated anecdote about indigo production accuracy.
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Republican Club
Newfield Park
Dorman-Krause
Billy Kline
Sir Errico
Royal Italian
Twenty Thousand Delegates Attend Opening Session at Armory
About twenty thousand delegates will attend the opening session in the Seventh Regiment armory today, inaugurating the 18th biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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Seventh Regiment Armory
General Federation of Women's Clubs
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