Portrait of a Cherub Sparks a Grandfather Moment
Joel Dorkins derides a baby photo then witnesses his granddaughter Virginia’s warm welcome at the Driggs home. The scene turns emotional as the child’s affection shifts his view, prompting him to cancel a costly neck chain order and fund a sav ings plan with a five hundred dollar check.
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Joel Dorkins
Eunice
Brampton
Joel
Virginia
Cherub
Vunice
Driggs
Drig
Joel Dorking
Joan
Twiggs
Anson
Virginia Stelle Driggs
Bunice
Mrs. Dorkins
Sheep on the Hillside
A hillside scene shows gray rocks that move, which are sheep grazing among sagebrush. A smiling shepherd dog watches over lambs and the flock, preventing wanderers, in a lighthearted nature vignette from the Christian Science Monitor.
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Christian Science Monitor
Motion Pictures Show Time Lapse of Building Work
A moving picture sequence shows the United States Bureau of Standards industrial building rising from ground to top in ten minutes. Short daily film exposures over ten months compress construction into an instructive time lapse. The piece illustrates modern building methods in a public showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Standards
Popular Mechanics Magazine
French Brides for Portuguese Soldiers in France
A wry exchange notes Mr Bliggins fakery of ego, while a historical fact reports about 700 Portuguese officers and soldiers in France during the war marrying French brides. The scene mixes satire with a brief wartime social trend about marriages across nations.
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France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otillia F. Pfeiffer
Western Newspaper Union
Joe J. Campbell
E. E. Hewitt
S. C. Steele
Geo. L. Douglass
Asst. Cashier
Homer City National Bank
Homer City, Pennsylvania
Gibson-Clark Co
Indiana, PA
Birmingham Age-Herald
England
Geo. D. Leydic
Philadelphia St
Wayne Avenue
Bell
Pathe Phonographs
A. T. Taylor & Son
Mr. Bliggins
Miss Cayenne
W. P. Shepard
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
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