Passion Play Opens in Nancy After War Interuptions
Nancy France August 9 France's Passion Play opening in the Passion Theater after five years of war. Directed by M Pettit with parishioners as cast. 160 scenes depict Bible events from Birth to Resurrection. Performances daily through mid October with tableaux interludes and music from various sources.
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Nancy
France
Oberammergau
Passion Theater
M. Pettit
Tabelaux
Christ
British Shipyards Build Vast Tonnage, Surging Since 1919
London reports that UK yards showed 3,578,183 tons of merchant shipping under construction at end June 1920, with 941 vessels. The rise contrasts with a halving in US output over 15 months, as Britain’s totals leap from 254,845 tons to a record 3,578,153. Global totals reach 2,199 ships and 7,720,094 tons, with major shares from the United States, France, Japan, and other nations.
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London
United States
Lloyd Resister
United Kingdom
America
British Dominions
France
Japan
Holland
Denmark
Italy
Spain
Sweden
British government profits from Russian flax and seed trade
London August 3 British government operations in Russian flax and seed up to March 31 show a profit of 12 500 000, according to a recent report to the Fox Contret Beard Sabha by Bora ortfforth.
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London
Bora “Ortfforth
Firefighting on Marica Ends Eight Day Battle Aboard
Captain Eugene McCarthy and crew of the United States Army transport Marica fought an eight day blaze in a cargo hold full of munitions. Explosions and heat forced cooling and flooding as sailors moved cases overboard and battled the fire until it was extinguished. The ship had earlier arrived from Manila and explosives were landed at Hoboken in March.
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Honolulu
T. H
Eugene McCarthy
United States Army
Manila
Philippines
McCarthy
Bowman
Hoboken
Plan Concert For Thursday By Harvey Hubbell Band
The Harvey Hubbell band plans a Thursday August concert in honor of Industrial Bridgeport. Dr G F Centerne argues music aids peace amid industrial chaos by providing diversion from daily material concerns. The program spans operatic, secular, descriptive and popular numbers, reflecting a cosmopolitan festival tone.
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Harvey Hubbbell
Bridgeport
G. FE. Conterno
Centerne
Nolle Campion Case Ends in Fairfield County Court
Through State's Attorney Homer S. Cummings recommendation the Fairfield county superior court nolled the case against John Campion of 88 Grand Street. He was arrested in the last election on charges of Megal voting in the Sixth district. Campion to pay 50 dollars costs.
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Homer S. Cummings
Fairfield County Superior Court
John Campion
Grand Street
Megal
Campion
Thomas M. Nilan
Frank Street
Gaverike
Ilegal Votune
Memory returns after 25 years missing in Indiana tale
Alexander Bell vanished from Tell City 25 years ago while seeking his brother in Chattanooga. He resurfaced in Haskell Oklahoma and reunited with a son, Andrew Bell, after a spinal adjustment restored memory. His wife, Mrs. A R Barr, had remarried during his absence.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Alexander Hell
Tell City
Haskell
Oklo
A. R. Barr
Alexander Bell
Ben Bell
Chatttanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga
Sance
Mr. Bell
Oklahoma
Mr. Barr
Andrew Bell
Bell
Obituary and Local Drowning Tragedies in City
Obituary details Aurilla Southard 65 of 144 Logan Street who died by suicide after long illness. Survived by husband Daniel W. Southard six sons and three siblings. funeral at August G. Baker mortuary chapel with burial in Wascassett, Maine. Also reports James Meehan ten, son of Patrolman Meehan, drowned at Bruce's Brook after struck by a rock. funeral pending with services at St Charles church. Includes civic notes and local anecdotes.
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Aurilla Southard
Logan Street
Daniel W. Southard
Maine
Ada Southard
Frank
Herbert
Guy
Daniel
Parker
Dexter Southard
Georg Ross
Bradford Pashard
Hildora Rines
August G. Baker
Trafford Avenue
William H. Jepson
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Wascassett
James Meehan
Bruce's Brook
Thomas Meehan
David Goldsteen
William Richter
New England Ice Cream Company
Goldstein
Patrolman
Frances
Jeanette
Maris
Dorothy
Albert
East Avenue
St. Charles’ Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Hoover rug cleaning ad promises powerful suction power
An advertisement extols Hoover sweeping and rug cleaning abilities. It claims the machine lifts rugs section by section, cleans thoroughly, and reaches through fabrics. It emphasizes time savings, versatility for curtains and pillows, and offers payment plans with delivery from the fourth floor.
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Hoover
Howland Dry Goods Co. Note From 1692 B C Found
Unpaid four shekels note bearing 40 percent annual interest for nearly four thousand years was discovered at the University of Pennsylvania Museum by Dr. Leon Legrain. The document dated October 1692 B C cites Bur Mama and I Sinnutum with four witnesses and seals, likening ancient commerce to modern money values.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Leon Legrain
Bur-Mama
B. C
Rim-Sin
Dur-Damigilisha
Legrain
Germans Begin Large Scale Emigration From Germany
German workmen mainly metal and building trades leave from Stettin to Reval toward Kolomna near Moscow. Daily batches of 1,000 to follow in weeks as emigration permits are issued after negotiations. A Trade Union Commission will go to Russia to verify jobs and housing. Strasbourg reports surrender of 36 old cannons under Article 145 of the Versailles treaty.
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Stettin
Reval
Kolomna
Moscow
Tageblatt
Euch
Russia
Straasbourgh
Strasabourg
Etree City
Fresh Voile Dresses Arrive In New Stock
Fresh arrivals and regular stock feature voile dresses in dark two color prints. Tunic models with handsome draping and careful expert workmanship. Stock items priced at 10, 12.50, and 15 dollars. new arrivals match in beauty and value with one price for any choice.
Arkansas primary shapes a bitter race for senator and governor
Little Rock Aug 9 Democratic primary in Arkansas shapes as one of the most contested in state history. Nine candidates seek the governorship, a fierce U S senator contest pits William F Kirby against T H Caraway, with Democrats dominating. Other district races and many local contests fill the slate as party lines decide the general election. Notable nominees include Wallace Townsend for governor’s Republican nomination and J H Blount as the Negro Republican candidate, with Sam W Buesler representing the Socialists. The field includes ex-congressmen J C Floyd and T C McRae, circuit judge George R Haynie, and secretary of state Thomas J Terral among nine contenders to succeed Charles Hillman Brough.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
United States
William F. Kirby
T. H. Caraway
Kirby
James P. Clark
Clark
Democratic State Central Committee
Wallace Townsend
Republian
J. H. Blount
Helena
Sam W. Buesler
Springdale
Charles Hillman Brough
J. C. Floyd
Yellville
T. C. McRae
Prescott
George R. Haynie
John R. Riggs
Hot Springs
Smead Powell
Camden
Henry Stroupe
Old Second Arkansas Regiment
Paris
Thomas J. Terral
Magnolia
Harry Walsh
Frank M. Wells
Hamburg
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