Billy Allen Delights Maryland Audiences With Return Show
Amusements page notes Billy Allen Musical Company returns to Maryland with A Hot Time. Allen leads a strong company. chorus is attractive and capable with notable Japanese lanterns number. Living pictures in act two, clean entertaining fare expected to draw large crowds this week. Schedule includes Night of the Wintergarden and several themed matinées and a Chaplin contest Thursday.
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Maryland
Billy Allen
Mpany
Allen
Wintergarden
One Million Dollars at Grande Theatre
William Faversham stars in a five act drama at the Grande Theatre tomorrow afternoon and night. Richard Duvall meets Grace Ellicott in an adventurous tale blending romance and mystery as a crystal globe reveals astral travel and perilously true-to-life scenes.
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Metro Picture Corporation
William Faversham
Grande Theater
Richard Duvall
India
Duvall
Grace Ellicott
Far East
America exports bulk wheat and meats during December crisis
Department of Commerce reports December exports of wheat to 12,619,927 bushels valued at 15,219,221 dollars and flour to 1,695,588 sacks. It also lists pork, beef, lard, ham, corn, and other foods shipped abroad as the calendar year closes with large totals.
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Department of Commerce
America
Dodging the Law at Victoria Theatre Tonight
Victoria Theatre shows Pathe's The Red Circle episode Dodging the Law. The plot centers on Lamar aiding June Travis while detectives seek Charles Gordon. a fire erupts in Gordon’s shack as June alarms him.
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Pathe
the Red Circle
Victoria Theater
Max Jamar
Sam Hagen
Charles Gordon
Lamar
June
Gordon
Sam
June Travis
Mary
Young analyzes Goldsborough boom in Hughes nomination
In Cumberland on February 14, MR YOUNG critiques The Daily News for backing former Governor Goldsborough as a path to delegates favoring Justice Hughes. He accuses Hitchcock aligned figures of using Hughes as a cover for old-boss power and spoils distribution, recalling Goldsborough’s 1912 convention conduct.
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Goldsborough
United States
Chas. EF. Hughes
Frank H. Hitchcock
Maryland
Hughes
Justice Hughes
Old Guard
Old Self Interest
C. Bascom Slemp
Virginia
North American
Slemp
Hitchcock
Republican
Justice
Taft
Mr. Goldsborough
Roosevelt
Maine Battleship Maine Disaster Memorial Observed
Observances marked the eighteenth anniversary of the sinking in Havana harbor. Patriotic groups and U S troops including marines and sailors attended at Arlington National Cemetery. Floral tributes from President Wilson and Cuban President Menocal were laid on the Maine anchor and mast.
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Washington
Havana Harbor
Arlington National Cemetery
United States
Wilson
Menoccal
Cuba
Derby Army recruits answer duty call in Britain
London February 1 recruits aged nineteen to twenty two gathered across England under Lord Derby's enlistment plan. They reported to Whitehall for medicals and shifts and began training to march salute and handle weapons. Many will stay in Canada or Australia after the war. hundreds of thousands will be issued uniforms from today onward. A separate feature notes a study by Helen C Moller on natural dancing and the pose to admire a growing plant.
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London
England
Derby
Lord Derby
Great Central
Whitehall
Willie
Canada
Australia
Kitchener
Uncle Sam Cannot Keep Cooks Long in Marines
New York report notes persistent cook desertions in the U S Marines. Officials say cooks seek civilian work for better pay and hours, despite offers of travel and duty, and contend the Corps would otherwise have a near clean record without cooks.
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New York
Sam
Jersey
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Knights of the Frying Pan
Freddie SpindleShankle Sings Star Spangled Banner With Soup
In Coptetown Indiana Freddie Spindleshankle, son of Hank, wowed patrons at the Chop and Steak cafe by inhaling soup, then yodeling Where Is My Little Dog Gone and playing The Star Spangled Banner on a plate of broth. A New York vaudeville manager offered him a potential act after witnessing the performance.
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Coptetown
Ind
Hank Spindleshankle
Freddie
New York
Preddie
Chop & Steak Cafe
Main Street
Automobile Tires Offer Miller and Racine at 1915 Prices
W. N. Eyler markets large stock of Miller and Racine tires bought before the advance. Tires claim 4500 to 5000 miles guaranteed and sold at bargain prices. Location listed as 30 North Centre Street in Williamsport.
Silo drink wine from corn silos used by bootleggers
West Virginia dry law crackdown faces a new problem as Hagerstown reporters describe a farmhand siphoning fermented corn silo juice into a bottle and drinking a near pint. The liquid proves to be potent alcohol with a strong kick, creating intoxication rivaling whiskey and hindering enforcement near the Maryland border.
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Hagerstown
West Virginia
Maryland
Drink German Beer Absolutely Fore
An OCR fragment references drinking German beer with emphasis on a warning or instruction. The readable text is limited and lacks clear dates or named entities to confirm a full news item.
Root presides at unofficial convention amid talk of candidate for presidency
New York on February 16 Former Senator Elihu Root celebrated his birthday by chairing an unofficial state convention to back four debates at large and four alternates for the Republican national convention in Chicago His age 71 is noted as a potential factor in renewed speculation about a presidential bid If nominated he would be 72 at inauguration, older than any prior president.
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New York
Elihu Root
Chi
Root
Wilson
William Henry Harrison
James Buchanan
Beard Record Holder Wilcox Surpasses Length in Nevada
Zachary T. Wilcox of Carson City Nevada, Civil War veteran, has not shaved for 32 years and his beard measures eight and a half feet. The growth averages about three inches annually, with slower growth recently. He keeps the beard wrapped around cardboard under his vest to stay inconspicuous.
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Zachary T. Wilcox
Carson City
Nev
Wilcox
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MR. Young
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Uncle Sam
Rolfe Photoplays, Inc
Freddie Spindleshankle
Victoria
Pathe’s
Ruth Roland
Frank Mayo
W. VA
Iver
Caro
Winter Garden
The
Maryland Theatre Today
D. W. Griffith
Henry B. Walthall
Blanche Sweet
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