The Train It's Cut to Pieces
Agatha Warren confronts Ned Burton over a forbidden kiss as war news disrupts their lives. Arthur Warren returns bearing grim news that the train is captured and supplies were lost. General Warren rages at his son for disobeying orders, setting the stage for a dramatic confrontation.
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Agatha Warren
Ned Burton
Burton
Ned
Agatha
Dad
Arthur
Agathe
Warren
Father
Warren House
Tom Daheny
Old Warren
Beaver Cam Bridge
Breach of Promise Settlement In Mountain Cabin
A Tennessee mountain squatter stories a unique breach of promise settlement. Joe Kerr records a handwritten receipt freeing Jim Renfen from marriage to Linda for two dollars and allowing him to wed another, with all parties satisfied.
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Jim Renfew
Linda
Jim
Jim Renfen
Joe Kerr
When Tip Drives Home the Cows
The farmhouse sits on a hill as the hermit thrush sings. Tip guides the herd home across hills and bogs with a loyal dog at his side. Cows enter the barn, calm and grateful, while the farm journal praises Tip and his cows.
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Tip
Walt
Farm Journal
Relays of wreaths mark family memories at relatives
A pair of speakers recount hanging wreaths at relatives' homes. One describes delight in placing splendid wreaths at his aunt's, the other recalls doleful sentiment while hanging a splendid watch at his uncle's.
Enroll This Week For Varied Civil Service Posts
Enroll this week for day or night positions including clerical and administrative posts. Training and examination steps offered to applicants for roles such as telegrapher private secretary and related civil service duties.
Rich or Poor Happiness Depends on Character
The essay argues happiness stems from character not money, noting jealous and bitter attitudes in wealthy women versus the cheerfulness of those with modest means. It urges cultivating love, kindness, and gratitude as true riches, warning wealth alone cannot ensure joy.
Microbes to Fight Rats War on Pests Turns to Bacteria
Technical World Magazine describes a wartime pest solution using bacillus strains harmless to humans but fatal to rats. Dr Jean Danysz of Paris and Dr Neumann of Arlborg report success infecting black brown and gray rats, with death in eight to twelve days and scalable cultivation for over a decade.
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Hamlin
Jean Danysz
Pasteur Institute of
Paris
Neumann
Arlborg
Danysz
Laboratory of Agricultural Biology
Home Style Cabbage Bake and Irish Potato Soup
Half a boiled cabbage chopped and baked with a sauce of butter flour and milk until thick, then topped with buttered cracker crumbs and baked until brown. Also a potato soup made from eight potatoes and a large onion, pressed smooth, thinned with milk and finished with butter.
Grand Mr. Bond and Fre Mont Benton Offer Handkerchief No. 15
Veteran showman Mr. Fred Bond and Miss Fre mont Benton present Handkerchief No. 15 at the Grand this week. Bond has helped launch Frances Starr and many other stars from Proctor stock and Smyth and Rice comedies to major stages. The program features Paul Sandor's Miniature Circus from the New York Hippodrome as the headline act.
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Fred Bond
Fremont Benton
America
Frances Starr
Belasco
Proctor
New York
Miss Starr
Fifth Avenue Theater
Amelia Bingham
Charles Richman
Charles Dickson
David Belasco
Bond
Christopher Columbus
Edwin Arden
Jessie Bonstelle
Malcolm Williams
A. H. van Buren
Miss May Vokes
John Rice
Sally Cohen
Mr. Bond
Shubert
New York Casino
Benton
the Grand
Paul Sandor
Miniature Circus
New York Hippodrome
Wizard of Oz comes to the Park theater in a lavish production
The Bark Theater presents The Wizard of Oz at the Park theater Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with a full stage spectacle including a cyclone and snowstorm. William Baker portrays the Tin Woodman and George Stone the Scarecrow as Hap Ward and Harry Vokes headline The Promoters at Park theater starting Monday Jan 18 with Lew Kelley Lucy Daly and a large chorus. Gus Edwards School Days musical follows for three days starting Monday Jan 3.
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Park Theater
Frank Baum
William Baker
George Stone
Gus Edwards
New York
Forepaugh Stock Opens Week at Majestic With A Bunch of Keys
The Forepaugh Stock Company starts a week of jollity at the Majestic with two performances this afternoon and evening featuring Hoyt’s comedy A Bunch of Keys. The show blends brisk humor with vaudeville turns and song and dance numbers, promising continuous laughs and versatile performances.
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Majestic Theater
the Majestic
Hoyt
Majestic
The
Empire Theater Presents The Merry Maidens in Unique Vaudeville
Empire Theater hosts The Merry Maidens with a troupe of show girls dancers and comedians led by Sam Rice. The program features Cafe Boulevard and At Coney Island burlesques with lively scenes costumes and strong chorus voices.
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The
Empire
Coney Island
Sam Rice
Pyramids Speak of Past Humanity and Present Progress
Rev Thomas B Gregory argues the pyramids reveal the rise and fall of ancient Egypt and the harsh slave labor behind their construction. He contrasts past despotism with modern progress, noting slavery has diminished though injustice remains, and America now enjoys greater happiness than ancient times.
Lillian Russell Plans Two Volume Love Letter Publication
New York reports Lillian Russell will publish her extensive collection of love letters from her stage career in two volumes. One volume will cover serious correspondence and the other humorous pieces, with selections read aloud as she travels and bids readers a glimpse into her private life. The letters reveal ardent admirers and unusual entreaties from across the country.
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New York
Lillian Russell
Miss Russell
Lilian Russell
Stormy Atlantic Crossing Inspires Zangwill Anecdote
On a rough Atlantic voyage Israel Zangwill recalls a Venice tale of an elderly spinster who says half her youth dream is fulfilled after a wedding journey. the remark follows a stormy crossing and mingled pleasures and pains.
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New York
Israel Zangwill
Atlantic
Venice
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