Norma Talmadge Stars in The Passion Flower
Norma Talmadge announces The Passion Flower as a premier Spanish role directed by Herbert Brenon. The film version of Jacinto Benavente’s La Marquerida centers on Acacia, a daughter, with themes of love jealousy and conscience versus the town. Screen debut of the drama promises a costume spectacle at Hefley Theatre December 23 and 24.
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Norma Talmadge
First National
Miss Talmadge
Spain
Jacinto Benavente
Norma
Herbert Brenon
Hefley Theatre
Daec
Nance O'Neil
Miss O'Neil
Raimunda
Acacia
New York
Exclava Walton
Jose Echegary
America
William Faversham
Don’t Use Calomel Warns Against Mercury Promoter
An 19th or early 20th century ad-style warning attacks calomel as dangerous mercury that sours bile and harms bones. It promotes Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy, claiming quick relief with no salivation, and suggests giving it to children for harmless effect.
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Dodson
First Christmas Dinner at the White House 1800
Abigail Adams hosted the first White House Christmas in 1800 with a venison feast gift from Mrs. Washington. Guests saw a rough Oval Room, a view of a morass beyond the Capitol, chipped stone sidewalks, a wooden Black Tiber Creek bridge, and six brick houses on Pennsylvania Avenue built with lottery funds.
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White House
Joh Adams
Abigail
Pennsylvania Avenue
Twenty-second
Afraid of Santa brings gifts to mission children in Africa
An American missionary wife in Bailunda, Africa recounts how Santa Claus terrified local children at a Christmas visit. The missionary Mr. Stover dressed as Saint Nick, causing shrieks and fear before he shed beard and hat, distributed gifts, and the crowd settled into laughter and shared treats.
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Santa Claus
Bailunda
Africa
Mr. Stover
Saint Nick
Banta Claus
Perce Maud Hints Engagement Ring Wish on Limited Salary
Perce Maud hopes for a handsome present this year and suggests an engagement ring, though I can only afford a plain one. Ford laments indulgence in a diamond ring passion on a ten dollar salary.
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Perce
Maud
Ford
Crowd Interprets Santa Claus as Biblical Figures and Satan
Report of onlookers at a holiday event who forge turbans from handkerchiefs and hide bread needles and soap while debating who Santa Claus resembles. Some insist the figure is John the Baptist Elijah or Satan, as voices rise among the crowd.
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Santa Claus
Hanging Pictures for Proper Eye Level
The guide warns against eyeing by tilting and says a picture should be hung so its center aligns with the level of an average height person. It emphasizes avoiding overshoot and recommends measuring at eye level for optimal display.
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Benavente
Calomel
Hunt
John Adams
Santa
African Mission
Henne @ Meyer
Cameron, Texas
For All
John de Baptist
Elijah
Satan
Hancing Pictures
Minerva
Rice School House
Wm. R. Rogers
Milam County Hardware Co
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