Lumber Shipping Arrangements Form Northern Conference
A special lumber conference committee is formed at Norfolk Virginia by Atlantic Coast Line Chesapeake and Ohio New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Norfolk Southern Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania Seaboard Air Line Southern and Virginian railways to accelerate domestic lumber shipments from the south to eastern and northern destinations. The panel will act as a clearing house for embargo modifications and aim to facilitate permits when conditions permit while acknowledging current congestion and yard limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk, Va
Atlantic Coast Line
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Virginia Railways
Eastern Railroads
Atlantic Coast Lime Railroad
A. Stockard
H. L. King
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
E. P. Goodwin
Norfolk Southern Railroad
J. F. Dalton
Special Lumber Conference Committee
Theatrical Gossip From Gotham Debuts And Returns
New York theatre news covers Comstock Elliott musical comedy Oh Boy at Princess with music by Kern and lyrics by Bolton and Wodehouse. Highlights include Mary Shaw reviving Mrs Warren's Profession for charity and Irish Players tours under Whitford Kane. Major film moves feature Maxine Elliott, James Cruze joining Fox, Joan Sawyer in Love's Law, and The Inspiration of Harry Larrabee serials optioned by General Film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Hal Forde
Anna Wheaton
Tom Powers
Marie Carroll
America
Whitford Kane
Abbey Theater
Elsie Ferguson
Shirley Kaye
Hudson Theatr
W. Somerset Maugham
John D. William
England
Chrystal Herne
Leonore Harris
Rose Goghlan
John Flood
Fritz Williams
Arthur Chesney
Fred C. Whitney
John Craig
E. H. Sothern
the Garrick
James Barrie
Mary Garden
Paris
Miss Sawyer
Stuart Holmes
General Film Company
Harry Larrabee
Howard Fielding
The Fool's Revenge photographed by A Tdoyd Lewis
A. Tdoyd Lewis photographed the William Fox production The Fool's Revenge. The text notes Lewis was a magazine illustrator before entering photoplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fox
A. Tdoyd Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Danville Child Severely Bitten By Setter Dog
In Danville Virginia March Mary Page Waddill six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Waddill was attacked by a large setter on her way to school. The dog struck her on the cheek and arm before a porter and bystander could intervene. Citizens pursued the animal and a store clerk killed it with two bullets. The head was sent to Washington for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Mary Page Waddil
Walter Waddill
Washington
Health on the Border Shows Gains From Sanitation
The state board of health notes strong returns for border troops in early 1916 due to modern sanitation. Typhoid cases totaled 24 with no deaths among 170000 troops. regular vaccinated men avoided typhoid, while volunteers had 14 cases. Dysentery deaths rose to eight from 1898, and measures like mosquito netting, baths, soap, clean water, and waste disposal reduced sickness, even as distant regions faced smallpox and typhus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
University News
Siv
Ice Cream Without Cream in Alaska and Local Oyster Supper
The article notes Alaskan Native diet rich in meat and fish with raw servings in winter and berries added in summer. It describes courtesy in hosting meals and the practice of taking food home. It mentions ice cream made from snow with berries and possible fish. It also advertises the Ladies Aid Society oyster supper and chicken salad at Gray's old market on South Main Street Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
M. P. Church
Gray’s Old Market
South Main Street
Davis Pushes Close Ups Over Long Takes in The Fool's Revenge
W. S. Davis, director of The Fool's Revenge, says audiences prefer scenes broken by close ups rather than long unbroken sequences. He cites heightened suspense and clearer character focus as benefits of rapid cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ragan
Rankin Street
Hish Point
N. G
J. Lewis Woodson
Railroads of the
South
Gotham
Mary Shaw
Maxine Elliott
Miss Elliott
Europe
Thacker’s Men’s Store
Southern Workman
DR. L. S. Fox
Wachovia Bank
L. S. Fox
Pharmacists
Rexall
United States
North Carolina Public
N. State
Matton Drug Company
Matton’s
M. C
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