Farmington chosen as scene for Griffiths film in ice dam scene
Hartford area town awakens to D W Griffith filming on Farmington river for a Uncle Tom burlesque with Lilian Gish and Dick Barthelmess rumored. Crew constructs an ice prop on the river and Griffith plans winter scenery shot while promising future valley use for pastoral settings.
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Farmington River
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Trinity Colter
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Hartford
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Griffith
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Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Earthelmess
Simon Legree
Trinity
Barthelmess
Harriet Beecher Stowe
First Electric Chair Execution Sparks National Trend
The article recalls William Kemmier, electrocuted on August 6, 1890, as the first American condemned to die by electric chair. It notes New York’s 25 year-old electrocution law, court upholding it, and Kemmier’s death through Sing Sing’s death chamber. It cites states adopting the method as more merciful and reliable than hanging or shooting.
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New York State
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Sing Sing
New York
Kentucky
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ohio
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Parties Play for Position In Austrian Politics
Vienna reports elections for a new National Assembly set for the first week in October as parties maneuver. A nonpartisan cabinet persists to push wealth levy and constitutional reform, but compromise appears unlikely as Social Democrats demand a compulsory fortune tax while conservatives resist radical measures. The goal is to avoid blame for legislative stalemate amid shifting alignments and potential gains by the Big Germans. In Knoxville a hosiery mill contract is awarded to Aberthaw Construction of Boston for Holston Manufacturing at about 300000 dollars.
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Germany
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Tenn
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Aberthaw Construction Company
Boston
Atlanta
Fat Man Teaches Sunday School Class
A corpulent man leads a Sunday school session on sin and the afterlife. In closing he asks what would happen to him after death for living a bad life. A boy replies, The fat would be in the fire, after thinking about the lesson.
U. S. Threatens Coal Monopoly Across Europe
Newcastle report notes America and Australia boosting coal output and markets. W. J. Noble cites U S exports nearing 21 million tons to Europe and South America last year, with 2013 1919 shifts and embargos cited as opening for renewed competition.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
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Europe
W. J. Noble
Tyne Improvement Commission
United States
Australia
Scandinavia
South America
United Kingdom
Mediterranean
Noble
Advanced Sinn Fein Attitude Shown in Local Councils
Dublin reports reveal Irish Local Councils pledging allegiance to Dai Eirrean and displaying advanced Sinn Fein attitudes. Actions include cutting water to military and police barracks in Cavan,拒絕 allowing police inspectors under the Food and Drugs Act in north Tipperary, delaying Vaccination Acts in Longford, and resisting income tax returns. Many officials are magistrates ordered to resign as justices of the peace. In Rome Walter Damrosch hosted a cordial reception, toasting Toscanini and La Scala, prompting praise from Ambassador Robert Underwood Johnson for Damrosch’s generosity.
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Dai Eirrean
Sinn Fein
Cavan
North Tipperary
Longford
Dall Eirrean
Milan
Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Damrosch
Italy
Signora Toscanini
America
Toscanini
la Scala
Robert Underwood Johnson
Rome
Civil aviation progress outlined by Sir Frederick Sykes
A British report by Sir Frederick Sykes details postwar civil flying progress in many nations. Germany Austria Hungary build civil aviation departments despite bans while Belgium France Italy expand air networks and aircraft facilities. The note ends by contrasting automobile wealth with aviation growth.
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London
Frederick Sykes
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Frederick
Belgium
Paris
Essa
Belgian Congo
France
Italy
Roosevelt completes Navy tenure in Maine cleanup and farewell
Washington reports Franklin D Roosevelt spends his last day as assistant secretary of the navy clearing Maine visit details and preparing the office for a successor. He plans a world radio farewell, informal reception for Navy staff, and departure for Dayton then Hyde Park for notification ceremonies. He will travel to Chicago Tuesday for a westward speaking tour.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dayton
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Chicago
West
Russian status is most tragic says socialist deputy
Rome August six Signor Dugoni a socialist deputy who just returned from Russia says the situation there is most tragic and shocked every Socialist delegation member Leonine's experiment is a complete failure Industrial production is down 50 percent transports are disorganized trains run at 20 miles an hour the locomotives burn wood Filth and pauperism are visible everywhere Dugoni says the Italian proletariat is least fitted for such an experiment Serrati editor of Avanti publishes a leading article confirming Lenine arraignment by Dugoni.
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Russia
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