Week of New Silent Films With Star Casts
Friday offers Charles Blaney in More to Be Pitied Than Scorned with Alice Lake and an all star lineup plus Giants of the Open and a comedy. Saturday features Bebe Daniels in Singed Wings with a romance and lavish gowns, plus Art Acord in In the Days of Buffalo Bill and Aesop’s Fables. Monday presents Shadows with Lon Chaney in Ching Ching Chinaman tale. Tuesday and Wednesday show Monte Cristo with Gilbert and Taylor, plus The Radio King and A Pair of Aces and Fox News.
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Charles
Blaney
Alice Lake
Rosemary Theby
J. Frank Glendon
Philo McCullough
Gordon Griffith
Josephine Adair
Universal
Art Acord
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Ching
Lon Chaney
Harrison Ford
Marguerite de la Motte
Lon Chan
Dumas
Ames O’neil
Princess Haydee
Orge Seigmann
Luigi Vampa
Spottiswoode Aitken
the Abbe
Roy Stewart
Jane and
Katherine Lee
Fox News
The Aging Workforce and the Call for Pensions
A. Epstein argues that longer lifespans worsen old age destitution as machinery and youth bias push aged workers out of industry. He describes poorhouses as bleak, urges immediate establishment of an Old Age Pension system to ease fear and poverty among seniors.
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A. Epstein
Pennsylvania Old Age Pension Commission
Frank E. Hering
Old Age Pension Commission
Order of Eagles
United States
Roman Relire in England Reveals Roman Camp Artifacts
Workmen digging for a new arterial road near Ramsgate uncover Roman occupation remains below turf. They reveal trenches in chalk, a well preserved urn and pottery including two water bottles and ornamented earthenware. Brass coins include one from Emperor Vespasian era, died AD 79.
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England
Ramsgate
Vespasian
London Times
Shakespeare Voyage Metaphor in Flowing Wealth Imagery
A concise reflection on Shakespeare’s grand imagery, noting sails purple and perfumed and a prow of beaten gold. The comparison suggests wealth enhances speed and directness of his journey, per Francis Jeffrey’s observation.
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Shakespeare
Francis Jeffrey
Stunt King Jack Hoxie Dares Glass Crash On Set
Star Jack Hoxie famed for real west stunts performs his own risk scene in Barb Wire jumping Inuo through a large glass window. Early onlookers and neighborhood kids witness the dramatic break, as Hoxie delivers a non double stunt for the audience.
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Jack Hoxie
Inuo
Jack
December Donations to Children's Home From Community Groups
December gifts to the Children's Home include candy from Candy Clarke Manchester and Four Leaf Clover Club Providence with donations from Mrs Buffington Mrs F E deWolf St Michaels Sunday School Brotherhood of St Michaels Church and Order of Eagles. Local supporters such as Mrs S Munroe Mrs H R DeWolf Newman Bros Hayes St Albans Lodge Roswell Colt and others contribute candy fruit nuts toys money goods and services.
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Candy
Clarke & Manchester
Buffington
Four Leaf Clover Club
Providence
F. E. deWolf
St. Michael’s Sunday School
Brotherhood of St. Michael's Church
Order of Eagles
S. Munroe
H. R. DeWolf
Frankforts
Rolls
St. Alban’s Lodge
deRocha
Senator Colt
Roswell Colt
Russell Colt
Barrows
Gross
Anthony
W. J. Munroe
Newman Bros
Mr. Hayes
Money
George Leighton
Phyllis Hammond
Margaret Hammond
Charlotte Manchester
Emily Osterberg
Gladys Osterberg
S. Kinder
Hodgdon
Howell L. Williams
O. L. Bosworth
Elzabeth Stafford Brady
Wm. Tucker
Turkey
Robert Lanphear
Merriman
Dr Church
C B_ Rockwell, Jr
A, Levy
Camels Live a Century in Turreted Deserts
The article notes camels can reach ages around a hundred years under harsh desert conditions. It highlights their long lifespan compared to other livestock and mentions adaptations that support longevity in arid environments.
Bristol Girl Scouts Install Tenderfoot Troop Members
Five candidates passed the tenderfoot tests and were invested at a Bristol Girl Scout meeting held Wednesday afternoon in the John Post Reynolds School auditorium by Capt. Alite DeWolf with Lieut. Anha G. Coggeshall assisting. They will join the joint installation of officers of Babbitt Post G A R and Bab bit Women’s Relief Corps this evening at G A R Hall. The group will assemble in uniform at Reynolds School at 7 30 and march to the hall. A dress rehearsal for the play Carretty Nell to be presented by the scouts Monday evening will be held at 2 30 o clock Saturday afternoon in John Post Reynolds School.
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Bristol Girl Scoutm
John Post Reyfields School
Alite DeWolf
Anha G. Coggeshall
Babbitt Post
Babbitt Women’s Relief Corps
G. A. R. Hall
Reynolds School
Distances Across Continents Measured by Rail Routes
The distance by the most direct railway route between Halifax Nova Scotia and Vancouver British Columbia is 8646 miles, 615 miles longer than the London England to Constantinople Turkey trans European railway distance.
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Halifax
N. S
Vancouver
B. C
London
Englands
Constantinople
Turkey
Paris First to Teach Blind
Paris in 1784 established the first public school for the blind. The milestone marks the origin of organized blind education and highlights Paris as a pioneering center for inclusive instruction.
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Paris
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