Extra Added Attraction and Paramount Feature Lineup
The program announces Slater and Finch Ragtime Harmony Singers in The Act Beautiful with costumes and patter, plus Sessue Hayakawa in Alien Souls five acts. Friday features Hazel Dawn in The Fetid Girl five acts, Patria serial, Pathe News, Luke's Busy Day, Katzens Jammer Kids, and Montana six reels. The price is a small admission with a special family offer and a money back guarantee.
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Slater and Finch
Paramount
Sessue Hayakawa
Hector
Margaret Turnbull
Hazel Dawn
Efficient Gas Stoves Offer Cheap Fuel Savings
City gas service promotes a durable iron burner stove that reduces fuel costs by a quarter and cooks with a blue flame. It promises quick hot meals in cooler kitchens and lifetime durability with prices starting at 15 dollars.
War Progress and Policy Amid Global Turmoil
Reported events describe Turkey declaring war on the United States while Britain seeks to shape America’s war role. Congress passes a large bond issue and debates the draft, with Wilson pushing for a draft while volunteers are considered. Heavy fighting continues in Amves region as Allies press gains and wartime measures rise, including possible prohibition during the war.
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Amves
Tague
Imation
Roosevelt
France
Rhine
Wilson
United States
Washington
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Servia
Montenegro
H.C Bell
Recruit 1200 From City Prisons If War Breaks Out
New York Commissioner of Correction Lewis says he has discussed with General Leonard Wood and General O Ry an the idea of forming a regiment of workhouse and penitentiary inmates for possible war with Germany. He cites Paris apaches and blue devils as examples of bold discipline under strong officers.
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New York
Paris
Burdette G. Lewis
Correction
Leonard Wood
United States
Germany
Lewis
O'Ryan
National Guard
Boulevards
Commissioner of Correction
Postoffice Aids Air Race With Aerial Mail Route
Washington reports that a cross continental air race next June will feature delivery of U S mail by aeroplane as the route is designated an aerial mail route by the post office department. Otto Praeger notes 37 practicable routes and asks Aero Club cooperation to designate aerial mail stations and landing places.
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Post Office Department
Slates May Return In South Jersey Schools
In Pennsgrove New Jersey and Salem County the use of both paper sides is ordered to save supplies amid paper shortages and rising costs. Churches and organizations collect and sell old paper to fund various efforts while Du Pont villages run a salvage program with wagon collection and 100 pound bale presses.
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Pennsgrove
N. J
South Jersey
Dixon
Salem County
Nervy du Pont
Bear from Caucasus Serves as Mascot on French Front
A huge bear from the Caucasus mountains serves as mascot for a Russian regiment on the French front. The bear accompanies troops to the trenches for six days of duty, assists sentries at night, and shares in the soldiers' rations as a sign of Allied solidarity.
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Petrograd
France
Caucasian
Cougars Eating Dogs Stirs Mountain County Worries
John B. Miller of Southern California Edison reports mountain lions near Liveoak Canyon north of Pomona. Lions allegedly use live dogs as bait, with tracks as large as a man's hand and leaps of about fifteen feet, prompting county authorities to consider dog usage as bait policy.
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Los Angeles
John B. Miller
Southern California Edison Company
Liveoak Canyon
Pomona
Miller
Hannibal Receives Mark Twain Chair
A willow chair once Mark Twain’s favorite seat has been presented to the Mark Twain Boyhood Home in Hannibal Missouri by a donor. The gift honors the humorist as the town preserves his early life and writings.
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Hannibal
Mark Twain
Washington crowds greet British delegation and flag display
The writer recalls a day in Washington with flags and clashes of cheers as the British delegation led by Balfour arrives. A grand motorcade, film crews, and public elation mark the event, while warnings about submarine dangers and wartime risks surface in daily notes.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Stella
Lewis E. Rogers
Trixy Ford
Rogers
Massachusetts Avenue
16Th Street
Franklin McVeagh
Balfour
Wood
Taft
Lansing
Lfe
Coun
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Ethel Clayton
Carlyle Blackwell
Helen
Emmett Campbell Hall
Herbert Rawlinson
City Gas
Cole Bros
Detroit
Turkey
Bretish Hish
America
House
Senate
Draf
New Jersey
Teddy
Gen Hart
Marshall
Vandalia
Hart
McVeagh
Thoussands
Tom Scholfield
Judge Booth
de ‘Laval Cream
de Laval
L. A. Shawler
Weat Union
D. C. Shotwell
West Unies
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Black & Hutchinson
the Herald
Ford
Heinze
Albert Sockler
Agt
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