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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1920

Page

3

Warsaw War Front Sees Poles Hold Key Defenses

In early reports the Polish forces defend Warsaw with left wing at Modlin and Narew Bug forks, center behind fortifications, and right wing along the upper Bug. Bolsheviks retreat from the Bug. Polish attacks from Modlin push toward Mlawa. Red cavalry patrols near the Polish Prussian frontier. Thorn and Grandna hold the Danzig railroad. Local notes include Porter visiting White Sulphur Springs and Mrs Isles staying with the Griffins.

Eppite Warsaw Modkin Noye Georgivak Narew Bug Asie Modlin Mlawa Lower Red Cah Thorn Grandna Danzig Danube

Radical Shore Acres ending mystifies 1892 theater men

James A Herne faced rejection for the pantomimic finale of Shore Acres which critics call a peak of heart touching pantomime. The ending was tested secretly at the Boston Museum with Herne and the stage director. Edward Connelly, who played Uncle Nat Berry, praises the finale while noting Chicago and Boston engagements banned it.

Shore Acres Pat “Punch James A. Herne Boston Museum Connelly Nat” Berry Metro Screen Classics Field Boston Edward A. Rose Mr. Herne

Gertrude Atherton Adapts Storm for Eminent Authors

Gertrude Atherton author of The Eminent Authors presentation Out of the Storm is adapted from The Tower of Ivory for Goldwyn Pictures. She joins Eminent Authors to bring her works to the screen after studying the motion picture industry and praising Goldwyn's adaptations.

Gertrude Atherton Eminent Authors Tower of Ivory Goldwyn Eminent

Conventions Opening Today Across North America

A series of regional conventions opens today including Ottawa Canadian Dental Association Des Moines Iowa Municipalities Corpus Christi Texas Post Masters Association Northfield Minnesota W F Gs. News notes Mrs M L Julian heads to Shreveport then Ozark Mountains for several weeks with her daughter Mrs J W Selby. Miss Sarah McLeod returns from Ruston with social attention. Miss Elizabeth Daniels of Met Rouge improves after recent operation to finish convalescence at home. New York prohibition agents ordered to question John McGraw about a report he bought liquor at the Lambs Club in Slavin investigation.

Des Moines League of Iowa Corpus Christi Texas Texas Postmasters’ Association Northfield Minn Minnesota W. F. Gs Elizabeth Daniels Met Rouge Vada Laye Farmerville FP. K. Ham New York John McGraw New York Giants United States District Attorney's Office Lambs Club

Poles Gain Ground in Bug Valley Battle Gains Reported

Warsaw reports uninterrupted fighting along the Bug from source to Narew confluence. The new battle along the river favors Polish forces with heavy enemy losses and crucial positions recaptured. In Galicia, Poles face no pressure.

Warsaw Valley of the Bug Narew Galicia

Newman Family Plans Chicago Visits After Detroit Trip

Mrs. P. J. Newman and her son P. J. Jr. and mother Mrs. Virginia Newman left Saturday night for Detroit Buffalo and Niagra. From there they will return to Chicago to visit relatives before coming home.

P. J. Newman Virginia Newman Detroit Buffalo Niagra Chicago

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Fred Sutter Jesse L Lasky Cecil B Paramoun Alice James A. Hearne New England Sessue Hayakawa Prince Pathe Daredevil Jack Es Harris Chaplin Pathe Ews Just Foux Edgar A. Guest Chalmers Service Wm.d. Keith Motor Co APGAR Marmon Maxwell Grand Street Howe Hrubieszow A. Porter White Sulphur Springs Aubrey Isles of Pitkin J. G. Griffin the “Lyceum Lyceum Theatre Tomorrow Lyceum Theatre Ottawa Ont M. L. Julian Shreveport J. W. Selby Ozark Mountains Sarah McLeod Ruston Miss McLeod Southern Pine Association Parlor City Lumber Company Monroe Central Savings Bank & Trust Company France Out O. D. Raincoat Alice Joyce Winchester Dungan William Russell Mrs. T. Wood Smith and Children Center, Texas E. 0.Smith West Side P. A. Pong Meridian Guy Gallagher Mer Rouge Asheville N. C
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