Starving songwriter lost to love and a midnight return
Synopsis follows Al Stone a singing waiter at Blackie Johns New York club who loves Grace Farrel the cigarette girl but remains unaware. He marries Molly Winton a ballad singer whose fame as a songwriter rises until Molly elopes with Al's best friend John Perry and they run away with their child Junie to France. Al sinks into a derelict life on Broadway until a chance sight of Grace awakens memories and he slips back to the club to talk with Blackie Joe until a patron interrupts.
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al Stone
Blackie Jon
New York
Grace Farrel
Molly Winton
Junie
Molly
John Perry
Perry
France
Joes
Broadway
Blackie Joe's
Blackie
Yrace
Blacke
Jost
Grace
Grace Rose
Brackie
Grace Targets Al For Comeback In Emotional Confrontation
Grace Farrell confronts Al with stark truth about his son and his talent, urging him to reclaim his gift and face his past. Blackie leaves Grace to persuade alone as Al wrestles with shame and the urge to quit, while Grace uses a fierce maternal appeal to spark a return to song.
To Kill You Becomes Al Stone Threatened
Gropped in wonder, anger rose in his eyes as Grace urges Al Stone to reveal all about him. Al trembles, Grace edges closer with a deadly warning, and the scene ends with a vow to kill.
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Grace
Gracie
Junior
al Stone
Grizzly Gift Heads to Paris Museum Exhibit
The Canadian National Railways donate a cedar grizzly bear carving from Niskinwatk to Paris Trocadero Museum. Paul Coze oversees the ethnological hall restoration for North American Indians. T. B. Campbell arranged shipment after sourcing totem-pole roots in British Columbia. the 20 foot pole stands tall.
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Paris
Niskinwatk
Canadian National Railways
Trocadero Museum
North America
Paul Coze
Coze
Kitt Hazelton
B.C
Canada
T. B. Campbell
Canadian National Railway
Skeena River
British Columbia
France
Growth Of Airplane Express Service Rapid
In August 1919 the world’s first aeroplane express service began between London and Paris. Captain E. H. Lawford piloted a 360 hp biplane carrying two passengers. Imperial Airways now operates London Paris flights with 1000+ hp airliners carrying 20 passengers plus crew. By end 1919 Europe had about 3,000 miles of organized air routes. now 59,000 miles in Europe and 90,000 worldwide.
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London
Paris
E. H. Lawford
London-Paris
Imperial Airways
Europe
Asthma Remedy Promises Relief and Inventions Highlighted
Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy touted as the ultimate cure with testimonials from many users. London Exhibition showcases domestic inventions including a patent hook and eye, a spill prevention saucepan device, and a bedroom cord fire starter. The violin's design remains largely unchanged for three centuries.
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London
Burning Bush and Gas Plant Wonders
The article describes eight real gas plants including the Dictamales or Burning Bush whose flowers emit a brilliant scarlet flame when lit and burn up the stalks’ etheric oil glands. It notes legends of luminous plants in Afghanistan and mentions the Kew Burning Bush, a three foot high plant with pink flowers and ash like leaves.
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Nature
India
Afghanistan
Safed Koli
Kew
Miniature Writer Creates Tiny Texts In U S
Hugo Reichner a German living in the United States crafts miniature writings on postal cards. He duplicated his work from ten thousand to twenty thousand words, reproducing the Constitution and other major documents in pages two inches by one and a half inches. He also notes a miniature Bible page count and other projects. Miller's Worm Powders claim to expel worms and improve health, easing a child’s restlessness and discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hugo Reichner
Coolidge
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Kansas City
Canada to lead empire growth and population, says statesman
A prominent Canadian statesman foresaw that by century's end the British Empire would centre its power in Canada and that the land would boast a population rivaling the United States. He credited Canada with vast arable spaces, strong loyalty to Britain, and a climate for unrestrained private enterprise fueling industrial and commercial expansion.
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Canada
United States
Fragmentary Notes Include Pets Milk and Film Employee Count
The readable fragments mention Minard's Ointment for chapped hands and a dialogue about smashing a car with a pig me for smash ing up. A weather line contrasts to three cakes from four cheeses and three gallons from four cows. It notes U S film companies payrolls exceed 325000 employees.
Soviets Decree Declares Exiled Citizens Outlaws Abroad
Central executive committee of the Soviet Union enacts a retroactive decree declaring Soviet citizens working abroad who refuse to return to Russia as outlaws and traitors. They face arrest, immediate trial, prison, and execution within 24 hours after identity is established. Property is confiscated and cases go to the supreme court. names may be broadcast.
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Russia
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
M. Bessadovs
Paris
Moscow
Supreme Court of the Union
Keeping babies happy by keeping them well
A promotion for Baby's Own Tablets highlights its safety and ease in treating infant ailments. Testimonials from Mrs. W. E. Forsyth of Dover, NE praise its effectiveness for fretful babies with colds or sour stomach. The product claims to regulate digestion, relieve constipation, aid teething pains, and reduce fevers. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box via mail order from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
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W. E. Forsyth
Dover
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
French aviator Elton lands flawless at Lympne England
A wind propelled Ancirpame airwheel windmill aircraft piloted by M Elton of Paris completed a Europe tour and achieved a steady flight over Lympne England. It circled several times before making a straight descent from a few hundred feet for a perfect landing.
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Europe
Lympne
England
M. Elton
Paris
Fragmentary Snippet on Chesterton and Travel Time
A garbled passage cites G. K. Chesterton joking about a secretary and a factory noise. It adds a comparison of travel times from London to Berlin, noting twenty hours by land and water versus nine and three fourths by air.
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G. K. Chesterton
Berlin
London
Little Helps For This Week And The Pope See Of Iceland
A collage of short items includes a devotional note on cheerful giving by Rose Terry Cooke and Jean Ingelow ideas, a health ad for Holloway's Corn Remover promising root-killing action, a terse boxing quote about a nose and jaw, a comical remark from a wife, and a historical note that after 379 years the Pope reconstituted the See of Iceland following 16th century Danish reformers who beheaded Bishop John Arason.
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Iceland
John Arason
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Regina
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