Hindu Rope Trick Thrills Scranton Lyceum Crowd
LeRoy Talma and Bosco headline at the Lyceum with the famed Hindu rope illusion revived after fifty years. The trio also perform other feats including ghosts in a cage and a Nero era lion tableau, drawing strong audience interest as new acts join the Billy Allen company lineup.
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Scranton
India
LeRoy
LeRoy, Talma and Bosco
Lyceum Theater
Mr. LeRoy
Lyceum
Bosco
Mlle
Talma
Mr. Bosco
Nero
Brutus
Lion
Sweetheart
The Old Homestead on screen at Liberty Theatre
The Famous Players Film Company presents Denman Thompson's The Old Homestead at the Liberty Theatre today. The rural classic, long beloved on stage, is adapted for the motion picture by the company and is said to have drawn over twenty million viewers in the U S and Canada across three decades.
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Denman Thompson
Old Homestead
Famous Players Film Company
Paramount Picture
Liberty Theatre
Frank Thompson
United States
Canada
Josh Whitcomb
Billy Allen Opens Engagement Monday
The Billy Allen Musical Comedy Company, on the road as a leading organization, will perform all next week at the Maryland Theatre in Cumberland. The show features new scenery costumes and effects with a large company for this season’s tour.
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Place
New York Journal
Johnny Ray
Wintergarden
New York
Billy Allen Company
Allen
Billy Allen Beauty Chorus
Billy Allen
Cumberland
Maryland Theatre
Mr. Allen
Mr. Aller
Seaon
Actress Clara Kimball Young sued for alienation of affection
James Young, husband of actress Clara Kimball Young, sues Louis H. Selznick for 100000 dollars claiming he alienated his wife. Mrs. Young also sues for separation.
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James Young
Clara Kimball Young
Louis H. Selznick
Young
Neis Boy Regains Hearing After Five Years Deaf
Joseph P. Neis age 17 son of Officer Andrew Neis recovered his hearing yesterday after more than five years of deafness in the left ear. He works for Habig Brothers on North Centre street and is under care of Dr. R. Y. Fechtig.
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Joseph P. Neis
Andrew Neis
Habig Brothers
North Centre Street
R. Y. Fechtig
Four Die in Boiler Explosion at Maryland Sawmill
Four men were killed and three injured when a boiler exploded at John W Hurley’s sawmill near Salisbury Maryland. The dead include William Phillips Webster Robinson Charles Seabrease and Emory Coulbourn the latter being colored. Workers were nearby at the mill when the blast occurred.
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Salisbury
John Whurley
William Phillips
Webster Robinson
Charles Seabrease
Train kills manufacturer in Wheeling West Virginia
W C Stewart of Cleveland president of the American Stamping and Enameling Co died in a hospital from injuries after a street car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad engine in West Virginia. A dozen others were injured and recovering.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. C. Stewart
Cleveland
American Stamping and Enameling Company
Bellaire
Ohio
Massillon
West Virginia
One Hundred Years Ago and Other Historic Moments
A compact history column recounts milestones from 1816 ice on the East River to 1915 World War I events. It notes 1841 Chinese British tensions, 1866 death of Louisiana lawyer Isaac Edwards Morse, 1891 U S senate seat shifts in Idaho, and 1915 Allied advances and German submarine concerns.
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East River
New
Brooklyn
Keshen
Isaac Edwards Morse
Congress
Louisiana
New Orleans
F. T. Dubois
William H. Claggett
George L. Shoup
U. S
Idaho
Senate
Dubois
United States
Lodz
Alsace
Larg Valley
Notre Dame de Lorette
la Bassee
Squire Vance Claims First Wild Cat Scalp in Petersburg
Petersburg reports Squire B. C. Vance collected his first wild cat scalp on Wednesday. The creature was trapped by John G. Harness and destroyed by burning in a witness’s presence. The bounty stands at five dollars.
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Petersburg
W. Va
Squire B. C. Vance
John G. Harness
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monsland Theatre
Famous Players
Burton Holmes
Easy Chair
Paramount
Emory Coulbourn
Attenica
Paramount Feature Today
Aramount
Daniel Frohman
The
Washington, D. C
Frederick
Washington
Knabe
Hardman
Chickering
Strich & Zeidler
Haines Bros
W. F. Frederick
E. B. Heyser
Francis Bacon
Ludwig
Smith & Barnes
Autotones
Angelus
Price & Teeple
Sai
W. F. Frederick Piano Company
Baltimore St. Cumberland, Md
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