Uncle Sam Aids Santa in Big Christmas Mail Rush
Post Office officials outline the fig of the season with the simplified mail sort scheme and special handling stamps to speed Christmas letters and packages. Foreign parcels face strict timelines and ships like Berengaria and Paris carry last mails from New York City. Domestic deadlines vary by distance with wrappers marked Please do not open until Christmas.
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Bartlett
Christas
Spanish Guinea
Tristan da Cunha
England
France
Germany
New York City
Cherbourg
Southampton
Roosevelt
Bremen
Plymouth
Paris
Havre
Republic
Ile de France
Berlin
Hamburg
Minnekahds
Baltic
Thoman
All Star Cast Presented in Abie's Irish Rose Comedy
Anne Nichols' record breaking Abie's Irish Rose opens at the Saenger Theater on December 15. The play blends humor and tenderness as a Jewish boy and Irish girl navigate parental opposition before a happy ending. An all star cast and artistic scenic design support the production.
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Anne Nichols
Abie
Saenger Theater
Broadway
Letty
Charlotte Greenwood
Allstar
Chicago mayor criticizes press on crime coverage
Mayor Thompson of Chicago complains about how papers outside the city report Chicago crime. He tells The World during a transit from Boston to Washington that New York nets large sums from people who would spend money in Chicago if not discouraged. He questions liquor sources and notes ships off the coast fly English flags.
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Associated Press
New York
Thompson
Chicago
Boston
Washingto
England
Otto H. Kahn Joins Phi Beta Kappa at William and Mary
Otto H. Kahn the New York banker and music patron has been elected a Phi Beta Kappa member by the William and Mary chapter. In his initiation he argued America should value spiritual homes art science and culture over the almighty dollar.
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Associated Press
Williamsburg
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Phi Beta Kappa
College of William and Mary
America
Colonel Scott Receives Machine Gun Gift
Colonel Hugh Scott received a machine gun from friends in Muskogee Oklahoma for protection at a farewell banquet. He has been transferred to a veterans hospital in Chicago.
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Chicago
Hugh Scott
Muskogee
Okla
Dumb Dora in Casey at the Bat at Wallace Beery film
Wallace Beery stars as a likable bungler in Casey at the Bat a new comedy set in a small New York area town Beery appears in baseball batter disguise with Ford Sterling ZaSu Pitts and Sterling Holloway among the cast a Giants scout and a village barber figure in the plot
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Wallace Beery
Casey
Beery
New York
Ford Sterling
Giants
ZaSu Pitts
Shanghai Bound and Ben Hur in Saenger and Lyceum Shows
Saenger features Shang hai Bound with Richard Dix as Yangtze river steamer captain amid riots and pirates. Ben Hur stars Ramon Novarro and Esther as a romantic epic with sea battles and chariot race praised for plot and romance. Lyceum promises laughs and thrills with pretty girls.
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Saenger
Richard Dix
Paramount Picture
Shanghai
Yangtse
China
Dix
Miss McAvoy
Grizel
Tommy
Esther
Merchant of Antioch
Ramon Novarro
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Monroe News-Star
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Tropics
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Australia
Premier Syndicate, Inc
Chic
Frank Currier
Prof. Edwards
Crystal
Hart Street
AMED
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Grand Street Frencie’s Cafe
Paramount
DR. Quack
Pathe Review
Kot of
Croivs
Monroe
N.Y
Saenger Theatre
Rus
Gen
Lew Wallace
Betty Bronson
May McAvoy
Carmel Myers
Francis X. Bushman
Cypress and
Vernon Streets
West Monroe
Wallace
J. W. Wallace
Knowles
Free Road Service
L. J. Hart Ouachita Bank Lobby
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