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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
5
A two year veteran in hell with a smile Private Peat stars in the Paramount Artcraft photoplay at the Lyceum theater next Sunday. The film adapts the Bobbs Merrill book Private Peat a patriotic tale of enlistment ruse and war service during World War I.
A photoplay titled Private Peat stars a brave American soldier who volunteers for a dangerous mission, is wounded and permanently disabled, then reunites with his sweetheart. The film features realistic battle scenes and promotes loyalty to country during a crucial time of struggle against autocracy.
The current George McManus musical comedy edition Bringing Up Father at Home proves a roaring success with the Mahoney family caricature and the famous Jiggs. It features lively incidental music songs and dances with comedians and girls for constant merriment. The production arrives at the Opera House on Sunday.
The farce Fair and Warmer by Avery Hopwood will be staged at Selwyn & Company for a limited engagement with a Broadway cast and lavish production. It drew record crowds in New York and nationwide, with S R O status and heavy box office, and became a landmark of American farce.
In occupied Coblenz, American Christmas Day religious services drew German participation. Six Catholic masses were held in major churches, with over 2,000 Americans receiving communion. The high mass at 1 p.m. featured Chaplain Patrick Dunigan. a German orphan choir led by Sisters of Charity sang. Protestant services were held in the royal palace chapel conducted by Chaplain Edmund Easterbrook with German attendees. A German organist and a Coblenz native soloist aided the music.
Morning parades in Coblenz feature Sacred songs while American troops occupy Horenbreiten summit. A luminous Christmas tree blaze seen for miles, signaling unity of soldiers and local worship. Customer testimonials tout Foley kidney pills and Foley Honey and Tar as remedies for pain and croup in Bearsville and beyond.
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