Government document sales rise sharply under Brinker
Reports from the superintendent of documents show sustained growth in government publication sales. Through March 1 1914 sales and mailings soared, signaling broader public interest and higher cash receipts compared with ten years ago, while staffing remains tight and funding may need expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Sam
Government Printing Office
Josiah H. Brink Ni
Brinker
Superintendent of Documents
Uncle Sam
Faith and Forgiveness Turned on a Missing Note
Antoinette Dewey suspects her husband Jim of infidelity after finding a love note in his coat. She discovers the message is from her own past fiancé written during their Sea Sands engagement. Jim reveals he preserved the note from their early days, and Antoinette seeks forgiveness for doubting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O McClure
Wey
Antoinette Dewey
Jim
Antoinette
Edith
Edith Delano
Mrs. Delano
Jim Dewey
Antionette
Antoinette ‘Bearcely
Nora
Mike
Chickle
James Dewey
Chickie
Sea Sands
A Future In Art Ticket Speculator Ambition
A conversation reveals a parent planning for his son’s future in the theater. He rejects actor or producer roles and aims to train him as a successful, prominent ticket speculator.
Weather Poets and Optimism Stitch Tales of Warmth
A weather expert nicknamed Gentle Optimist forecasts warmer days with hopeful verse. Citizens hear playful tales of sunlit skies as forecasts mingle with poetic warmth.
British Judge Rules Cinema Inside Baths Is Not Prohibited
In a chancery division ruling Justice Eve declined to stop Hoxton Public Baths from being used as a cinema theater. The Shoreditch corporation had leased the baths in Pitfield Street for winter use and faced an injunction over healthful recreation being fulfilled by drama. The judge noted that entertainment by drama can be wholesome recreation and allowed the cinema use to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Division
British Law Courts
Justice Eve
Moving Pictures
Corporation of Shoreditch
Hoxton
Pitfield Street
Maugham
Horton Cinema Limited
Great Elmendorf dairy estate to star in film near Lexington
The Elmendorf estate near Lexington Kentucky will be filmed for a major motion picture. The site features 9000 acres valued at 2 250 000 with a thousand thoroughbred cows and 2 000 000 invested in breeding stock. It includes a grand mansion, extensive gardens and hothouses, a modern bakery laundry ice plant and other wonders to be captured on film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmendorf
Lexington
Child Star Brooks McCloskey Shines in Silent Roles
Laurence Brooks McCloskey, a six year old student, is praised as a finished actor in motion pictures after early success in The Social Secretary. The New York Herald notes his lack of self consciousness, skilled villainy, and leading man status in a series of kiddie melodramas including The Doctor's Romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Brooks McCloskey
Brooks
New York Herald
Sailors At Brooklyn Navy Yard Embrace Motion Pictures
Sailors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard prepare to join the fleet at Guantanamo Bay for maneuvers aboard the battleship Michigan. The ship recently used a Powers Cameragraph No 6 A and carried film reels including footage of the West Point Annapolis football game. Government workers at the Nicholas Power company routinely study projection techniques.
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New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Guantanamo Bay
Michigan
Felix Diaz
Vera Cruz
Mexico
West Point- Annapolis
New York Polo Grounds
Nicholas Power Company
Army
Navy
Tea Rooms Now Open Signals at Glasgow Picture Theatre
Ornamental glass sign above the entrance on Sanchiehall Street announces Tea Rooms Now Open. Varying messages on different days warned passers-by with phrases like In the Midst of the Jungle and The Struggle, blending theater signage with cafe notices.
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Sanchiehall Street
Glasgow
Laughing at Pollard film stirs usher crackdown in Chicago
Actors Harry Pollard and Margarita Fisher were escorted out of a Chicago theater after laughing at a Pollard picture. An usher warned them to respect the film, as others still wish to see it, before they left in a haste. Photoplay Authors League formed in Los Angeles with charter members including Hettie Gray Baker and Lois Weber, aiming to protect authors and secure legislation, not set prices. membership $10 annually for those with ten produced scripts.
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Washington
State Department
Harry Pollard
Margarita Fisher
Chicago
Mr. Pollard
Pollard
Photoplay Authors’ League
Los Angeles
Hettie Gray Baker
Wallace
Cilften
James Dayton
Marc Edmund Jones
W. M. Ritchey
Russell E. Smith
Lois Weber
C. E. Ewing
Richard Willis
Frank Woods
Motion Picture Machines Reach State Prisons
Prisons Auburn and Clinton in New York have installed Powers cameragraph projecting machines. Inmates look forward to Sunday showings, mainly current events, alongside regular film releases. Similar installations also occur at St James Methodist Church in New York City and St Rose of Lima Church in Brooklyn.
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Power
Auburn
N.Y
Clinton
Dannemora
St. James Methodist Church
New York City
Church of St. Rose of Lima
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Star Sees Many Lands In Photoplay Career
Miss Edith Storey, star of The Christian, tours widely for film work. She shoots scenes in Hogland and New England coast for The Christian, stars in Captain Alvarez in California, then Florida moonshine pictures, and heads to North Carolina mountains and Labrador for future roles. The piece notes industry travel, labor needs and the rise of colored posters, with broader reflections on cinema's impact on actors and crafts.
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Edith Storey
Gloria Quayle
Chriaan
Hogland
New England
California
Captain Alvarez
Florida
North Carolina
Labrador
Mavles
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United States
Fincal
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Argentina
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Uruguay
Wm. J. Bryan
His Voice
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Forest Service
Clarissa Mackie
Judge
Corporation
Laurence Brooke McCloskey
Broadway
New York
New York World
Napoleon
Kremlin
Moscow
Arthur
Sherrie" Mackley
Broreti
Billy
Mr. Foote
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