Ambitious opera star mystery pulls Courtlandt to Paris and Como
Eleanora de Toscana and Flora Desimone dominate a tangled tale of abduction alibis and phantom admirers. Courtlandt travels from Paris to Lake Como where Nora Harrrigan, the singer’s daughter, and her confessor sense a concealed link. Jimmie Harrigan befriends Courtlandt as Nora avoids him, while suitors press their claim amid rising intrigue.
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Eleanora de Toscana
Paria
Edward Courtlandt
Paris
Kamchatka
UN Cafe
Flora Desimone
Toscana
Flora
Eleanora
Courtlandt
Pariaa
Eleanora Courtlandt
Lake Como
Como
Jimmie Harrigan
Nora Harrigan
Harrigan
Nora
Harrigan Family Turmoil and a Mysterious Visitor
In the Harrigan villa, tensions flare as Harrigan quarrels with Molly over social pressures while Nora manipulatesaffairs with Courtlandt and Herr Rosen. The scene shifts to a music filled gathering revealing envy and hidden motives amid arrivals and a looming clash.
Emerald gleam reveals Nora’s tense awakening
Nora’s heart tightens as she beholds a beautiful uncut emerald shining with unexpected promise and mystery.
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Nora
Odds Were Too Great at Jackson Court
Walter McQueen, a person of color, faced Justice Howard in Jackson Tennessee police court on an assault and battery charge against Lily Belle Hopper. Three of Hopper’s friends testified for the prosecution. McQueen, in a moment of tension, declared his guilt when asked to repeat the warrant’s opening line.
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Walter McQueen
Howard
Jackson
Tenn
Lily Belle Hopper
City of
Four Precepts to Live By Hawthorne Quotation
A concise four guiding precepts attributed to Hawthorne advise breaking old customs shaking off ill disposed spirits meditating on youth and doing nothing against one s own genius. The lines reflect a Transcendental era emphasis on inner truth and personal liberty.
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Hawthorne
The Elite Hardware Emporium Theft Mystery
Ned Thompson’s shopping trip leads to a counterfeit note swindle at The Elite Hardware Emporium in Portland. A hunter knife purchase triggers a sting that uncovers a Chicago man posing as a buyer and nearly harms the clerk. The case ends with the thief captured and jailed while the shop owner is left counting the odd twist of fate.
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Ned Thompson
Thomas Hadley
Portland
Maine Woods
Hadley
Ned
New England
Police
Boston
Mr. Hadley
Green's
Scott
City Hospital
Emporium
Hardware Emporium
Leutenant
Philip Wingate
Chicago
Wingate
Shaw
Augusta
Thrills at Sea On Set Endanger Actors In Exploding Ship Scene
A Popular Mechanics writer notes film makers use real fire explosives and peril to heighten realism. A producer staged a burning and sinking craft with turpentine soaked hull and dynamite, sending actors into the sea as the ship blew apart to create convincing danger and dramatic last appearances.
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Popular Mechanics
Ethel Clayton Shines in Stage and Screen Honors
Ethel Clayton, a famed Eastern leading lady, is described in glamorous contrast with humble scenes. Born in Champaign Illinois and raised in Missouri, she rose to notable stage and film honors by age twenty one and even runs her own car.
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Ethel Clayton
Billy Burke
Champaign
Ill
Missouri
Chicago
Minneapolis
Films Race of African Dwarfs Captured on 21000 Feet
Naturalist James Barnes returned with 21000 feet of Africa film after 5000 miles travel from Congo to East Africa. He met old Stanley guide Lobo and filmed Pygmy tribes of Du Challlu in the country of the dwarfs. The dwarfs were shy, but Barnes gained trust to film them and some later became expedition guides.
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James Barnes
Africa
Mr Barnes
Congo
Stanley
Livingston
Lobo
du Challlu
Barnes
Biblical Films Barred by Prussia High Court
Prussia’s top court upholds Berlin police ban on biblical films. It ruled productions depicting the life and sufferings of Christ threaten public order and insult religious sensibilities, especially when shown with light or humorous works.
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Prussia
Berlin
City Beautiful stage scene in motion picture studio
In a forthcoming production titled The City Beautiful a comedy drama, a studio scene shows a green country boy wandering into a bustling stage. The entire star of two moving picture studios participates as players, property men, carpenters, and others work in their varied vocations.
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Moving Picture Studios
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RHOD
Abbey
Seneca
Abbott
James
Molly
Munl
Harrigans
Celeste
Barone
Olympus
Hemming
Padre
Eve
Herr Rosen
Jill
Rosen
Cadenabbia
Ivor M. Lowrie
Mer
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