Gallow crane misidentified in wartime photo claim
William P. Cowles, an American Expeditionary Forces engineer, says a photographed device labeled a gallows was actually a 10 by 8 foot beam crane used in France to unload gasoline tanks. He saw the image near Glevres depot and noted it was merely a lifting beam, not an execution apparatus.
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Minneapolis
Wiliam P. Cowles
Thomas Watson
A. BE. F
France
Oor
Cowles
All Round Round New Comedy at The Columbia Theater
Bennie Kirkland leads a new comedy at the Columbia All Round Round while Mennie delivers the familiar humor Kennedy and Smythe supply supporting acts include Billie and Blanche in solo turns and an added Ha waiian exhibition. Eddie St Clair and the Unknown box in three rounds as Wall cheers boxing and notes sport improvements. New Year's Eve Sapphire Girls announce a midnight frolic with confetti and favors. Seats are on sale at the Columbia box office. Baby Mine Sunday show touted as Kennedy’s next big hit.
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Bennie Kirkland
Columbia
Mennie
Kennedy
Smythe
Billie
Beauty Chorus
Blanche
Wall
Eddie St. Clair
Tex Rickard
Sapphire Girls Company
Ziegfeld
New York
Dairy shop gets lease in new Lyric Building
A contract grants Lytic Theater company space in the new Lyric Building front east area to be sublet to L. E. Winter. The butter shop will sell cheese milk products including cottage cheese and buttermilk with attractive windows and sanitary refrigeration.
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Lytic Theater Company
F E. B. Palmer
Mr. Palmer
L. EK. Winter
Natrona Butter Shop
Winter and Henthorne
Ots
Union Strikers Return to Work in St Louis
Fifty union packing house employees, on strike, returned to work Friday at the Carondelet Packing Company, among 11 independent firms affected in St Louis. It is the first instance of strikers returning to work locally since the strike began.
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St. Louis
Union Packing House
Carondelet Packing Company
Vuirik¢Ra
Churchill Praises Washington Conference At English Speaking Union
Winston Churchill secretary for the colonies presided at the English speaking Union gathering in London and praised the Washington conference and Secretary Hughes for a great act of faith that moves naval competition and war risks in the Pacific toward removal from practical events.
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London
Associated Press
Winston Spencer Churchill
Washington
Hughes
Ten Day Sale at OrAR Features Discounted Jewelry
The advertisement promotes a ten day sale at OrAR offering diamond platina pins scarfs, enamel buttons and brooches marked at the lowest prices with additional percentage discounts below the marked price. It targets customers near the Exchange Building and mentions Faw J. M Milor as a contact.
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Orar
Guralore
Faw J. M Milor
Exchange Building
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