Splendid Bill at the Majestic
A week of comedy interspersed with fancy dancing and acrobatics at the Majestic offers Keystone film humor and a vaudeville program. The Cardownie Sisters perform classic dances, The Act Laughable features Roberts and Fulton, The Medoras present pantomime, The Three Bondies showcase gymnastic novelty, and Elliott and Mullen of the Georgia Blossoms provide blackface comedy and song.
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Keystone
Cardownie Sisters
Europe
Roberts & Fulton
England
Bondies
Georgia Blossoms
Elliott and
Mullen
Woman Cop Arrests Janitor In Chicago
Tessel Wendt a janitor testified before the court that he would not resist a policewoman. Policewoman Mary Boyd ordered him to quiet and come along. She pulled him from a platform and dragged him three blocks to a police station amid his protests.
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Chicago
Tessel Wendt
Wendt
Mary Boyd
Duluth Cow Pear Sets Two World Records
Pear, a red polled cow owned locally in Duluth, holds two world marks after a year of record production. The cow yielded 13,001 pounds of milk and 605 pounds of butter in the period.
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Duluth
Duluth, Minn
Boy Drowns After Thin Ice Breaks In Shawano Creek
Twelve year old Joseph Wavrunek son of merchant Thomas J. Wavrunek drowned after breaking through Shawano creek ice in Shawano Wisconsin. The body was recovered in fifteen minutes but efforts to revive him failed.
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Shawano, Wis
Joseph Wavrunek
Thomas J. Wavrunek
Shawano Creek
When Aunt Polly Warns Fred on Engaged Life
Fred Landers engaged to Maggie Travers seeks Aunt Polly’s blunt advice from Michigan about wives and opinions. Polly’s stories warn that disputes often arise after marriage, suggesting a test of leadership, deferring to disagree, and the perils of a wife challenging a husband’s view.
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Fred Landers
Maggie Travers
Chestnut Grange
Miss Travers
Polly
Michigan
John Truelove
Sarah Woodhouse
Fred
Reuben
Atlantic Ocean
Free Cure Ads and A Story of a Michigan York Girl
An advertisement promises Dr. Miles free neuropathy treatment and a new book for many ailments. The narrative then shifts to a dialogue about a Marietta aunt’s misread advice and a mixed romance on a rural road with a fisherman and a misunderstanding about a fish and a girl from Michigan and New York.
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Fred
Gloucester
Mr. Wanders
Maggie
Polly
Nature Talk Bee Sting Joke
A teacher asks a primary class how a bee sting occurs and Johnnie, a seasoned student, replies with a vivid, humorous answer about the sting being awful.
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Johnnie
School of Experience
Spaniards to Make Call on Huerta
Officiers of the Spanish cruiser Carlos V prepared to sail to Mexico City to confer with General Huerta and Senor Cologan the Spanish minister. The Carlos V reached the harbor with 2000 in the crowd and an envoy invited the officers to the capital.
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Huerta
Vera Cruz
Carlos V
Mexico City
Senor Cologan
Cop shoots four to make arrest in Superior gun battle
In Superior Wisconsin Patrolman Carl Huber faced four armed Italians as he attempted to arrest a man for threatening a woman with a razor. The men opened fire while he escorted the suspect to the patrol box. Huber returned fire, shielding the prisoner and engaging the attackers.
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Superior
Wis
Carl Huber
Huber
Notice of Application to County Court 1914
State of Wisconsin announces a probate proceeding in La Crosse County. Christiana Larson as administratrix with will annexed seeks approval of her final account and distribution of the estate of Mette Anderson at a special County Court term on January 20, 1914 at 10 a m. John Brindley, County Judge, oversees. Otto M Schlabach represents administratrix.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Christiana Larson
Mette Anderson
John Brindley
Otto M. Schlabach
Less Meat If Kidneys Hurt Or You're Backachy
An health note urges reduced meat intake when kidneys ache or back and rheumatic pain arise. It says meat creates uric acid that weakens kidneys, causing dull kidney pain, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, rheumatic twinges, and cloudy urine. Recommends Jad Salts to cleanse kidneys by taking four ounces in water before breakfast for a few days.
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Chas. A. Beyschlag
Main Street
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Koppelberger
Lacrosse
Fourth Street
the Tribune
By Grace Kerrigan
McClure Newspaper
Abigal Hastings
Will Barnes
Will
Aunt Polly
Louise
Franklin Miles
W.ii
Miles
U. S
Dept. NB
Elkhart
Ind
the Grange
York State
Horlick's
Horlick’s
Horlick
Soda Foushaine Oaomec
Ben
Carl Ed
Neee
TREN
Tuer TesBo
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