Vitagraph Features and Early 1918 Film Listings
A collage of film notices and schedule items including Edith Story and Vetonte Mercono in The Tarantula, Bryant Washburn in Skinner's Dress Suit, a comedy adaptation of a vaudeville story, and the France war pictures loaned by the French government to the NY World. Also listed are times for Lillian Walker in The Blue Envelop Mystery, theater admissions, and Liberty Loan patriotic appeals with Liberty Day on October 24.
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Vitagraph Blue Ribbon
Edith Story
Vetonte Mercono
Bryant Washburn
Skinner
Errs Tevacy
Phadee
Saturday Bovenena Post
France
NY World
Lillian Walker
Woman's Home Companion
Sophie Kerr
Henry Irving Dodge
Spies Active Behind Several Major Warehouse Fires
The article notes German spies at work in the United States with a sequence of fires. A large fire hit East St Louis stock yards and destroyed the area. A grain elevator in New York burned. Yesterday a major incendiary fire struck the Kansas City stock yards, killing 11,000 cattle and 3,300 hogs.
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East St Louis
New York City
Kansas City
Coal Miners Strike Halts 40 Mines Across Maots State
More than 40 central and southern Maots mines shut yesterday affecting 12 000 to 15 000 miners. Union demands include 10 cent per ton rise, a five dollar per day flat wage, and 15 percent yardage increase. The strike cripples industry and risks civilian disruption, army and navy alike. Government urged to end strike immediately and suppress any armed resistance.
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Maots
Marshall church revival prayer service announced
A Sunday schedule lists prayer service at 7 15 am and a 10 30 am breaching at Bananasi church with a revival meeting Bow in progress. All lovers of Zion are invited and Sunday school at 9 16 am. Pastor JL Buyer invites all attendees.
Regiment of Women Offer To Serve In France
An organization of women in Texas and Oklahoma formed to join the U S forces as a regiment to go to France and serve in trenches if needed. They are wives of soldiers in the regular army national guard and men entering the national army. They seek 1500 members to train and enter arms or serve in guard duty patrol and scout work while awaiting War department action.
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Bank Antonio
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
France
National Army
War Department
Bolles'ng
Cat Found After Three Days Hidden in Church Roof
Walter F. York's cat wandered and hid in partitions of the Universalist church in Woodfords Maine. After three days of searching by the family boards were ripped up to reach the animal. The cat was discovered and returned home after a hungry march. The Sharon Canton and Norwood Street railroad plans to sell rails for junk. Residents urge a Public Service Commission appeal to keep the railway open.
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Woodfords
Walter F. York
Universalist Church
York
Seil Road
Junk Sharon, Masa
Sharon
Hemming Tip for Trouble Free Seams
A sewing tip explains starting hems from the end by placing two pieces of paper under the needle and sewing for about two inches before continuing the hem. This prevents thread and needle clogging, and tearing away the paper leaves threads ready for tying off.
Gold Has More Weight Than Land in War Context
Article argues wealth in gold outweighs land in wartime strategy. Describes monetary impact, resource control, and geopolitical leverage as economies mobilize for conflict. Notes shifts in alliances and trade tensions tied to gold reserves and currency stability.
Bumstead map projectors aid accurate warfare maps
Cartographer A H Bumstead donates three projector devices to the U S War Department to redraw France and Belgium maps with unprecedented precision. The brass projectors, unpatented, reduce plotting time to twenty minutes and limit error to forty inches on a mile scale, ensuring exact battlefield depictions for multiple fronts.
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France
Belgium
Uncle Sam
Arn Sy
Meryd
Fehl
National Geographic Society
Bumstead
Baltic
Black Sea
Trentino
Marines and Army Rivals in World War I France
A field dispatch contrasts U.S. Marines and Army camps in France. Marines bought 60,000 dollars of French war bonds and maintain distinct HQ billets and instructors. A Boston chiropodist treats both services, while marines tout cleaner streets and better manners as they fundraise and keep a separate line from the army.
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United States Marines
France
Boston
Philadelphia
Food bids show huge supply needed for Texas soldiers
Fort Sam Houston feeds troops at Fort Sam Trouston and near the Mexican border with September and October deliveries of 4 305 000 pounds of potatoes and 549 500 pounds of onions. Distribution plans include Fort Sam Houston and several Texas cities across the region.
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Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Texas
Chief Quartermaster
National Guard
Fort Sam Trouston
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Eagle Pass
McAllen
Mercedes
Bam Fordyce
San Benito
Sam Fordyce
End of War Hopes District as British Officers Arrive
Six British officers led by Sir Stephenson Kent arrived in New York to assist Lord Northcliffe. A Maer crew member believed the war could end within a year if winter hardship and Allied blows continue, aided by the American export embargo. Notable passengers include Lieutenant Ernest Hargett and Lieutenant S. Lady Metcalfe, with medals earned for frontline action.
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New York
England
Stephenson Kent
Lord Northctffe
France
Ernest Hargett
Washington
Lady Metcalfe
Hundred Candles On Cake For Fulton Countys Oldest Man
Lucius Palmer Taylor of Pike township near Wauseon celebrated his 100th birthday at home. Born August 18, 1817 in Buckland Massachusetts, he moved to Fulton county seventy four years ago and helped found the Fulton county fair. He raised a large family and two of his sons served in the Civil War.
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Wauseon
Lucius Palmer Taylor
Fulton
Pike Township
Winamer
Noah
Taylor
Tust
Buckland Township
Franklin Coll
Mass
Fulton County
Shooting range atop hotel to open for winter club
The roof of a renowned New York hotel will be converted into a rifle range next winter. A mixed club of men women and youths will operate the range with Miss Martha Maynard in charge and Miss June Haughton supervising firing. An architect will outline an English style shooting ground and lodge with safety measures. Fox dog returns to Oscada after a long absence.
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New York
America
Martha Maynard
June Haughton
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J I O'Neal
Matinee Daily
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Douglas Fairbanks
Evangelical Church
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A. H Bumstead
Marines
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Oscada
Mich
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the City Drug Store
North Side Square
E. M. Duncan
Postoffice
Federal Reserve Banking System
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