Shaw cigar humor stirs London debates across papers
London readers saw Shaw mocked as he is named godfather to a German cigar, with columns weighing the fate of his fame and a dig at German propaganda. The piece contrasts British satire with other remarks on fashion, theater lore, and public curiosities.
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London
A. P
Eorge Bernard Shaw
England
Manchester Guardian
Shaw
Guardian
Earl of Sandwich
Morning Post
Ancient Roman arena in Paris hosts bull fight show
In Paris the Roman arena reopened for a bull fight spectacle advertised as rivaling Seville and Madrid. Prominent Spanish matadors were to perform with bulls not to be killed, organized by Paris press for Moroccan war wounded with help from the French Red Cross. Seats ranged from 400 francs for a four seat box to 20 francs.
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Paris
A. P
Seville
Madrid
Spain
Press
Morocco
French Red Cross
Berlin stage shaken by Marie craze across venues
Berlin critics note a Marie mania as operettas and revues flood stages. Rose Marie draws nightly applause in music halls while Thalia presents Anne Marie and Marie in a revue at Comische Opera features From A to Z and Goodnight Marie closes the show. An Admiral's Palace scene touts You Have the Most Beautiful Neck Marie and a Berlin paper asks who will rescue audiences from this Marie epidemic.
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Berlin
A. P
Rose Marie
Thalia Theater
Anne Marie
Grosse Schauspeilhaus
Marie
Comische Opera
Clairvoyant teacher on trial for occultism in Bernburg court
In Bernburg Anhalt a teacher Drost claims to be an occult detective and is charged with illegally practicing occultism for money. His trance aided deductions match details of a Calbe laundry theft leading to a confession, raising questions about clairvoyancy cases. Consumption of cordials in Germany fell to a third of pre war levels due to price and economy. Light wines rise as imports from depreciated currencies like France increase.
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Donmergue
France
M. Doumergue
M. Schramek
Interior
Parliament
Securty
Bernburg
Anhalt
Drost
Dr. Hellwig
Calbe
Germany
Hunting Laws Made Clear for Sportsmen
A summary of state game laws prepared by J W Pope of the Izaak Walton league outlines open seasons, bag limits, and special exceptions for game birds mammals and non game species. It lists daily and seasonal limits for geese ducks quail dove woodcock wild turkey and more with regional and parish specifics and notes outlaw birds and allowed hunting periods.
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J. W. Pope
The
Izaak Walton League
Coast Parishes
Orleans
St. Charles
St. John
St. James Parishes
Pupils Describe City Water Plant Visit and Purification Process
A Sixth B grade class from Barkdull Faulk School toured the municipal water plant guided by J Brothers. John B Halstead’s essay details pumping to a south plant reservoir, alum clarification, and chlorine purification, noting a future filter and daily health analyses. The report compares Monroe to Cleveland Ohio tests and cites tastes from El Dorado oil field saltwater.
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Barkdull Faulk School
J. _ Brothers
John B. Halstead
Barkdull Faulk
Monroe
el Dorado Oil
Julia Wossman
Barkdall Faulk School
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Bulletin Reveals Similar School Investigation
A Cleveland bulletin shows that local pupils conducted nearly the same work as the investigating school, suggesting parallel conclusions or methods in the inquiry.
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Cleveland
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Associated Press
Torquay
Winifred Blackler
Richard Munn
Hyde Park
Queen Bess
Fraternity of
Britain
National Federation of Master Tailors
Knights of the Needle and Goose
United States Department of Labor
United States
Frank Elliot
America
Park Bench
Europe
American Aid Society
DE Wolf Hopper
Lillian Glaser
Oakland
Cal
Tona
Rith
Temple Annex
David Marx
Saenger ‘Theatre
Casion
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