Stonewall Jackson A Southern Hero and Warrior
A historical sketch honoring Thomas J. Jackson, detailing his Virginia birth in 1824, West Point education, Mexican War service, and rise to Confederate commander. It highlights the Valley Campaign of 1862, his leadership at Manassas, the Stonewall nickname, and questions how his presence might have changed Gettysburg.
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South
Thoreh
Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Virginia
Lee
Johnston
Confederacy
Jackson
Thomas
Weston
Lewis County
Military Academy
West Point
United States Army
Virginia Military Institute
Presbyterian Church
Fort Sumter
Manassas
General Bee
South Carolina
Head Found in Pennsylvania Woods Near Media
The head of Anna May Dietrich, whose dismembered body was found in the woods near Media, Pa., was discovered today beneath the ties of a Pennsylvania railroad bridge over Naylor's creek near Bywood. No marks on the head indicate how she was killed.
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Philadelphia
Anna May Dietrich
Media
Bywood
Dance Madness at Broadway Tomorrow
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer director Robert Z. Leonard explains a masked beauty drives imagination in the film Dance Madness. Conrad Nagel stars as a husband who falls for a masked dancer and then his wife in disguise, played by Claire Windsor, appears as the ultimate beauty. Windsor appears in three headdress styles highlighting fashion at the Broadway theater premiere.
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Robert Z. Leonard
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Leonard
Conrad Nagel
Claire Windsor
Miss Windsor
Orpheum Week Featuring Leroy Beauty Spots Act
The Orpheum offers Leroy's Beauty Spots as this week's attraction with a top-notch company. Bill Le Roy is billed as a standout bisckface comedian. Pat Third dazzles with spoon routines. The Beauty Spot trio adds comedy and harmony singing. A full program rotates Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday.
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Leroy
Bill le Roy
Pat Third
Older Boys Meeting To Occur In Gastonia
Gastonia hosts the Older Boys Conference of Gaston county February 26 27 and 28 with sessions led by local and visiting leaders. J T Fesperman outlines plans to pastors civil club reps and principals and delegates stay with host families. A banquet will be held at First Baptist Church with J Y Todd as general chairman and a committee led by E W Scott and others overseeing entertainments publicity and program details.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
Coun
J. T. Fesperman
Young Men’s Christian Association
Charlotte
First Baptist Church
J. Y. Todd
W. P. Grier
Wm. L. Balthis
Forrest J. Prettyman
Ernest N. Orr
Broadway Monday committee names two assistants
The Broadway Monday committee added two individuals as assistants to support the general chairman in his duties. The appointees assist with event planning and coordination for the upcoming season.
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Geneal
Winds of Chance stars loom large in Alaska frontier tale
The First National adaptation of Rex Beach’s Winds of Chance comes next Thursday with a top cast led by Anne Q Nilsson Viola Dana Ben Lyon and Victor McLaglen. The film recounts the 1897 1898 Dawson City gold rush with a thrill laden plot and rugged frontier drama featuring sourdoughs gamblers and Arctic legends.
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American Theatre
Frank Lloyd
Rex Beach
Anne Q. Nilsson
Viola Dana
Ben Lyon
Victor McLaglen
Hobart Bosworth
Dorothy Sebastian
Philo McCullough
Claude Gillingwater
Charles Crockett
Fred Kohler
John T. Murray
Wade Boteler
Mr. Beach
Our Last Frontier
Dawson City
Arctic
Indiana Company Awarded Contract For More Signals
Tokhiem Oil Tank and Pump company of Fort Wayne Indiana received city contracts for six additional 1110 suspension type signals in High Point. Western Electric supplied other equipment as part of the project costing several thousand dollars. Signals will be placed at South Main and Commerce North Main and Washington North Wrenn and Washington North Main and Lexington and two at the Main street railroad crossing. An engineer will survey the crossing to determine hanging plan with likely signals on both sides of the crossing. Some residents question the proliferation of signals, arguing they can slow traffic, though managers praise the system’s overall success.
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Jackson
Washington
Valley
Stonewall Jackson
Richmond
Culpepper Court House
Manassas
Centreville
Harper’s Ferry
Sheperdstown
Chancellorsville
Lee
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Meade
Cemetery Hill
Tokhiem Oil Tank and Pump Company
Fort Wayne
Indiana
High Point
Western Electric Company
Charlotte
South Main
Commerce Streets
North Main
Washington Streets
North Wrenn
Lexington
Main Street
Pickett
Read to me while I sew tale turns playful
A playful exchange repurposes a domestic moment as a dialogue where one asks for reading while the other offers sewing and vice versa, capturing a light back-and-forth of domestic tasks.
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Ols
Craven
Commercial Bank
Broadway
Orpheum
Indiana Company
Klondike Gold Rush
Anna Q. Nilsson
Gare
THE
Keeper
Robert Frazier
Clara Bow
Alyce Mills
Neal Burns
Vera Steadman
Matinee
Laure
Kan Dance Hall
American Theater Thursday
Winds of Chance
Leroy’s
Bill Leroy
Blackface
Agnes Clause
Soubrette
Pat
Beauty Spot
Babe Leroy
Harry
Fitzgerald
Cupid
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