Silk Weavers from Orient Turn to Americans in La Crosse
A Harlem of pages details the Syrian community in La Crosse Wisconsin. About sixty families totaling ~550 people mainly from Mount Lebanon area work as silk weavers and small businessmen. They own homes, run shops, attend Our Lady of Lourdes and St Elias churches, and integrate through schooling and English learning. The piece notes post Chicago fair arrival, early peddling, property value around 150000, and a shift from Arabic to English among youth. It also humorously highlights La Crosse poultry aristocracy with a large Western Wisconsin Poultry show and substantial breeding stock valued up to thousands of dollars.
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la Crosse
Orient
Tower End
North la Crosse
Mount Lebanon
Asia Minor
United States
Our Lady of Lourdes
St. Elias
Mill Street
Phillip Salmone
Dr. Salmone
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Texas
Chicago
Selim Giz
Abraham Sleiman
Ellis Skaaf
Alois Asfoor
Aboud Faris
Dubuque
Westing Pot
Capital D
Republic
Western Wisconsin Poultry Association
Milwaukee
Noah
U. S. Ark
Poultry Association
Akes Chicken
Birthday Note for S. Y. Hyde Missed in La Crosse
A long time La Crosse businessman S Y Hyde misses his seventy-ninth birthday while living in damp Los Angeles after retirement. Born 1837 in Allegheny county New York Hyde helped build the grain and tobacco trades across Minnesota North and South Dakota and served in the Wisconsin legislature in 1869 and 1871. He remains connected with several companies including Wheeling Can Park Region Lana and Wind River Sumer while aging in retirement.
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la Crosse
S. Y. Hyde
Los Angeles
California
Mrs. Hyde
Hyde
Gateway City
Land of the Rose and Orange
Mr. Hyde
Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Company
Western Tobacco Works
la Crosse Can Company
Pierce-Stephenson Elevator Company
Wheeling Can Company
Park Region Lana Company
Wind River Sumer Company
Oregon
la Crosse Grain Company
Allegheny County
N. Y
Warren
Ann Hyde
New York
Berlin
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Batavian National Bank
The Tale of Mike Powers and the Funeral Ride
An Irish farmer Mike Powers contests a rival’s speed in a snowbound funeral procession. The race ends with Powers proclaiming the foe cannot pass him, then jokes about the corpse as he turns the sleigh around.
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Mike Powers
Manston
Joe Murphy
Tim Murphy
Jerry Brown
Dan Patch
Mike
Tom Reed
Mr. Powers
Movieland offerings brighten La Crosse theaters
Local critics praise La Crosse film houses for high quality programs. A Gentleman From Indiana, Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts, Between Men, A Disciple of Nietzsche, An Alien, What the River Fortold, and Chaplin in Work headline the week.
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Bijol
Indiana
Casino
Nietzsche
Florence Landie
LA Crosse Theater
George Beban
Chaplin
Mark Twain Stories Ahead at La Crosse Theaters
The La Crosse theaters plan to start showing Mark Twain stories announced by Harry Burford of the Bijou. M Williams of the Casino endorses adding Germany on the Firing Line for the next two hours, after scheduling mix ups and censor concerns.
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la Crosse
Harry Burford
The
Bijou
Mark Twain
M Williams
Germany
Pictures At Casino Show Nietzsche Theme And Film Stars
Florence La Badie stars in a Nietzsche based film at the Casino along with Emily Stevens in The House of Tears Week features include Charley Chaplin titles Wallingford Neal of the Navy Seeing America First and Germany on the Firing Line noted as a frontline war film. The program runs Wednesday through Friday with matinees and evening showings and critics call the films Wonderful.
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Nietzsche
Florence la Badie
Tphanhauser
Emily Stevens
America
Charley Chaplin
Wallinford
Neal
Navy
Chaplin
Metro
Miss Stevens
Germany
Europe
Bijou Attractions Get it used Pallas that's it
A note about Bijou attractions adopting a new picture company now leasing through Paramount. Pal pictures are said to meet the high standards and attract audiences with renewed offerings.
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New Picture Company
Paramount
Mark Twain Films Set for La Crosse Run
Paramount will present Mark Twain stories in La Crosse this winter. The first film, The Prince and the Pauper, stars Marguerite Clark and opens at the Bijou for three days starting Sunday. Additional Twain pictures are planned.
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Mark Twain
Puddyhead Wilson
Huckleberry Winn
Tom Sawyer
la Crosse
Paramount
Marguerite Clark
Bijou
Prince and the
Pauper
Paramount Adds Variety to Big Company's Outfit
The Bijou shows new releases including A Gentleman From Indiana starring Dustin Farnam and The City by Clyde Fitch. World Film Corporation presents the film, with The City told through the screen as a late-week attraction.
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Paramount
Indiana
Dustin Farnam
Clyde Fitch
Orld Film Corporation
Bitch
Mr. Grex
Monte Carlo
Theodore Roberts
Between Men at Majestic feature Hart Peters and Markey
At the Majestic today William S Hart and House Peters star in Ince production Between Men with Sid Markey in the cast. Dicey Heights and other acts cap the program in a local film listing.
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William S. Hart
House Peters
Sid Markey
the Majestic
Ince
Dicey Heights
Let Katy Do It Leads Majestic Week Program
The Triangle-d Keystone comedy Daring Hearts opens the program with Let Katy Do It starring Jane Grey as a modern Cinderella. Tully Marshall plays the lead masculine role as the tale follows Katy, a foster mother. The first act is a family drama then an uncle takes her to Mexico for scenic sets. Sam Bernard designs gowns in The Great Pearl Tangle while Fatty Arbuckle and Mable Normand headline Fatty and Mable Adrift. The Corner with George Fawcett and Willard Mack appears, alongside Arbuckle, in a strong billed week.
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Katy
Jane Grey
Tully Marshall
Mexico
Sam Bernard
Pearl Tangle
Arbuckle
Norman Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Mable Nornang
Fatty and
Mable
New York City
Cr. Gardner Sullivan
Triangle
George Fawcett
Willard Mack
Fawcett
Beban Stars In The Alien At La Crosse Theater
The New York World lauds Beban in An Alien at the La Crosse theater today. The actor, famed for The Italian and The Sign of the Rose, conveys the Italian immigrant life on stage and in movies, drawing audience from tears to laughter.
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New York
la Crosse Theater
George Beban
Sheban
Bijou
Thomas Ince
Beban
What the River Yor Told at The Star this week
Kythe Sterling and Sherman Bainbridge appear in What the River Yor Told at the Star today and tomorrow. The program includes a thrilling car plunge into a stream from a high bridge, a comedy, and The Man Inside a Broadway Universal feature on Monday and Tuesday. The Star promises a stronger chapter this week along with more dramas and comedies.
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Kythe Sterling
Sherman Bainbridge
Star Today
Strand Theater Adds Thrills and Classics for Today
Strand offers Apples and Egg Beaters and The Rolling Terror plus Neal of the Navy chapter this week. Charley Chaplin appears in a picture and Mack brings When the Lions Escape. Essanay Biograph comedies and Helen Hazards return. Saints and Sinners drama and One Plus One Equals Two feature.
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Wallingford
Neal
Navy
Charley Chaplin
Mack
Jackson Street
Helen
Strand
Maurice Costello
Vitagraph
Edison
Western Wisconsin Poultry Association Members Describe Chickens as Hobby
Local fanciers in the Western Wisconsin Poultry association are business people and officials who share fond, costly stories of chicken raising. They discuss expenses, roasts, coop cleaning, and the time spent in hobby upkeep as part of their community pastime.
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Western Wisconsin Poultry Association
Ford story teaser sparks playful car talk
In a light exchange about starting a Ford vehicle, Alex Moll’s piece features Mason and Jason joking about how to start the car with a witty back and forth. The dialogue focuses on humor around self starters and tangential ideas.
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Alex Moll
Mson
Mason
Jason
Wisconsin Finance Inquiry Sparks Political Fallout and Satire
During a legislative probe into Sen Isaac Stephenson's election graft and a $100000 campaign fund, Dr Charles McCarthy recited a humorous parody in the chamber. The episode drew attention to political deals across the state and referenced forthcoming public services amid civic unease.
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Isaac Stephenson
Charles McCarthy
Wisconsin Reference Library
Roosevelt
Napper
Tandy
Wisconsin
Mark of the movies a censorship board poem
A verse lampooning a film censorship board member who wields rusty shears to trim art and life. The speaker boasts of power to shape truth and youth, claiming unconditional control and an irresponsible fate over what the public sees and thinks.
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The
Board of Movie Censorship
Birthday milestones and political shifts noted in history
A jumble of historical dates covers January events from Thomas Paine’s birth in 1737 to U S and European political moves. Included are McKinley’s 1843 birth, 1861 Kansas statehood, Brazil’s 1890 recognition, and 1915 suffrage and government resignations amid wartime actions.
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Thomas Paine
Congress
William McKinley
United States
Buffalo
Czar
Kansas
Brazil
Duke of Connaugh
Earl Greernor
Canada
China
Tennessee le
Ministry of
Peru
Preston
New York
Galicia
Western Front
Post Office Stamp Window Bargain Queries
A thrifty farmer asks for postage cards at the village post office. He learns postal cards cost one cent each, card and stamp included, with the clerk confirming the price and refusing a six for a cent deal. The moment ends as the farmer decides to buy.
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Karper
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John Schmidt
Patrick O'Flaherty
Andrew McDonald
Donald McPherson
William J. Fries
William Horschler
Poultry Assoce
Ciation
Edward H. Hopfman
Bow
Pacific Coast
F. McGovern
M. A. McGarty
Farnum Street
Zanzibar
Babylon
Sapphire Bay
By N. D. Tevis
Bijou Attractions
Remem
Howard Mumford Jones
Mark OF the Movies
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