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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
6
Fragmentary report notes a Sunday show at the Orpheum with mention of injuries to a grandson linked to Captain Lionel Hallam Tennyson in a wartime context. The wording is garbled but points to a wounded relative of Lord Tennyson amid a France-related conflict reference.
Marie Doro appears in the stage production of The Tau written for her by Punt Went and prepared for the screen by Georgy Dubois Proctor. The setting centers on an isolated island where a ruler called the Perfect enforces cruel custom, including whipping women, as Doro’s character falls in love with a visitor and marries him.
A verbose review fragment praises a stage drama for daring but non obscene treatment of its subject. It highlights strong performances by Elliott Dexter and James Neill, notes moral themes, and quotes several critics from Columbia College Spectator to the Moral Review of Review, urging broad audience appeal.
A dramatic production titled Where Are My Children arrives for three days next week, praised as a bold, heartful realist work. Critics from New York papers call it significant, powerful, and thought provoking, with notes on its impact on audiences and social signals.
Mrs. Jonni Moyer of Thinn Ohio reports her daughter was saved from cholera morbus at fourteen months using Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The doctor advised its use after initial failure of other medicines. rapid improvement followed as the bowels settled and health returned. Sold by all denters.
The Orpheum Theatre restarts under a wartime policy era with afternoon performances of In Old Kentucky, a comedy drama long a local staple. Manager Charles S. Salisbury aims to attract top touring acts like Air and Warner, bringing legitimate drawing power and two carloads of scenery aboard for the season.
The article notes W. H. Thompson, famed as the “Jean of the American stage,” creates a distinctive screen presence in Tribble plays by Themes H. Ince. Thompson’s initial screen effort for Percy the Scotch comedy drama features him whispering lines to preserve character nuance, shaping his on screen persona.
A Berlin conference will bring together all teaching ministers from the German federal states to address the empire’s potato provisioning for winter. Invitations were issued by Imperial Chancellor Dr Von Rothman-Holmes. The meeting, announced via London, opens today in Berlin at 11:05 a.m.
The drama features Eliott Dexter and James Nol in a tale of octal contrasts as Mixx Dore and fisher maid Drittany enter modern society amid temptations. Rex Reach hails the production as among the best on screen. Tickets warn to leave children home for three days.
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