The Price of Victory at the Orpheum
At the Orpheum on Saturday two part feature shows The Price of Victory, a melodrama of love patriotism and sacrifice. Col Robert Craig and Lorena Gray are torn by a quarrel then rejoin as he is mortally wounded. she carries out his mission and blows up a key bridge, paying the ultimate price.
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Lubin
Robert Craig
Lorena Gray
Chance
Earth
Sho
Bien Bridge
Sokiler
Walt
Vitagraph
Maurice Costello
Clara Kimball Young
Miss Marbury
Tom Fiske
Miss Chal
Papes Dispepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement extols Pape's Dispepsin as a rapid cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims relief within five minutes, prevents stomach distress after meals, and promotes calm digestion. It urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from any drug store and keep it in the home.
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Pape
Phantoms Melodrama Shows Genie Beaserer Lead
A two part melodrama titled Phantoms features Eugenie Beaserer as the lead who is convincingly portrayed as a genius by makeup and acting, culminating in a beatific insanity scene where life becomes phantoms. Also listed are a reel of Lubin comedies Her Sick Father and The Last Switch plus a separate tale A Proposal From Nobody with a Maine halfbreed suitor and a dramatic rescue.
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Eugenie Beaserer
Mary
Maine
Reacuer
Cosy Presents Musical Lassies and Duo Acts This Friday
Cosy features Ketchner's Popular Novelty Trio of Musical Lassies with two acts and a full change of songs for Friday night, Saturday matinee, and Saturday night. Miss Thornton, formerly a moving picture actress, appears with Vance and Vance, presenting songs and stories with a finale song request. The program includes three acts over two days with complete shows, plus The Filly two reel Irish story and other comedies.
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Ketchner
Miss Thornton
Vance
Domino
Keystone
Thanhouser
Alta Theater Ad Presents Special Change of Program
Special tonight at Alta Theater: entire program changed to straight pictures with a song during intermission. No vaudeville.
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Alta Theater
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Darker Hair
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a ready made solution to darken faded or gray hair. It claims natural, even coloring, stops dandruff and shedding, and offers a bottle for about 46 cents. Users dampen a brush and apply strand by strand to darken hair after one or two uses.
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Nowailaye
Wyeth
The Temptation of Jane Gale in Our Film Review
The listing praises a reeler titled The Temptation of Jane Gale and The Animator Weekly current events. A noted burlesque from Nestor Co. titled His Harum is highlighted along with an advertisement for Aromo Quinine laxative, claimed to cure a cold in one day and grip in two days, 5c.
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E. W. Grove
Dickens hair duty dispute bogs down New York customs
In New York on December 11 a lock of Charles Dickens hair valued at 200 amid a consignment of 5000 rare books sparked a duty clash. Officials insist the hair is not an antiquity and must pay 35 percent duty. the dealer disputes and seeks release of the books and return of the hair.
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New York
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Bryan Boom Begins For 1916 Presidential Run
Lima Ohio December 11 A boom for William Jennings Bryan for president in 1916 was begun at the Ohio State Grange meeting and was endorsed by about 600 delegates present.
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Lima
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
Ohio State Grange
Hawley Proposes Oregon National Park Bill
Congress man Hawley introduced a bill to create Oregon national park by setting aside 400 acres in Josephine county. He also introduced a bill to place all veterans of Indian wars before 1880 on the pension roll at twenty dollars monthly.
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Washington
Hawley
Oregon National Park
Josephine County
Federal control approved for all U S port fronts
In New Orleans on December 12 speakers at the National Association of Port Authorities session urged federal or municipal supervision of water fronts in all United States ports, signaling a national standard for port area policing and management.
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New Orleans
United States
The
National Association of Port Authorities
Dangerous Catarrh Stopped by Hyomei
Catarrh claims head congestion and throat irritation until treated. Hyomei is advertised as a guaranteed remedy sold with inhaler and liquid for $1.00. The ad claims quick relief and specific uses for bronchitis and coughs and urges readers to ask Tallman & Co. about Hyomel.
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Tallman & Co
Less Meat If Back And Kidneys Hurt
A popular health claim says eating meat regularly leads to kidney trouble as uric acid from meat overworks kidneys causing back pain headaches and urinary issues. It recommends Jad Salts, four ounces nightly in water before breakfast, to flush kidneys and normalize urine acidity, promising relief and safe cleansing of urinary organs.
West outlines plan for reorganization in Oregon
Governor Oswald West proposes a statewide reorganization of fish and game duties separating master warden from hatchery oversight. He urges a capital-based administration with a secretary, distinct hatchery superintendent under the commission, and formal budgeting and records. The letter to the State Board of Fish and Game Commission dates December 12 from Salem.
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Salem
Ore
Muster
West
State Fish and Game Commission
Flah and Game Departments
State Board of Fish and Game Commission
Yeon Building
Portland
Commission
Oswald West
Teachers and Parents Meet in Hermiston
Hermiston Oregon December meeting of the public school teachers and parents drew near sixty mothers and all teachers. Mrs Lambert opened with a paper on The Home In Connection with the School, followed by discussions on What the School Did for the Home and Home Credit. Next meeting will include more men and an extra ordinary program with outside speakers. Also notes on local travel and visits by residents to Portland Pendleton and Alaska.
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Hermiston
Ore
Hermiston Public School
Mra
W. T. Lambert
McKeen
Miss Rowe
Co. S. McNaught
Portland
J T. Hinkle
Pendleton
Beulah Reid
Alberta McDonald
Ina Wattenburger
Mabel Manerud
Waddington
al Larson
Wm. Roberts
W. F. Kinnley
O. G. Sapper
Dale Hinkle
E. E. Cotant
Stanfield
D. C. Brownell
Umatilla
J. T. Hinkle
C A. Fitcknell
Alaska
The
Eastern Star
Hermis
Ton Elects Officials In Annual Tuesday Election
The town held its annual election on Tuesday evening naming Mrs J D Rice as W M Mrs Geo Cressy as W P Mrs E B Littler as A M Miss Prann as Conductoress Mrs Rhett Agnew as Assistant Conductoress Mrs Geo Cressy as Treasurer and Mrs Katherine Garner as Secretary in a local civic tally.
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Ton
Mra
J. D. Rice
W. M
Geo, Cressy
W. P
E. B. Littler
A. M
Prann
Rhett Agnew
Geo. Cressy
Katherine Garner
Dr Hobsons Eczema Ointment Claims Cures Eczema
Dr Hobsons Eczema Ointment is promoted as a cure for eczema tetter salt rheum and related eruptions. A Mendota Illinois man cites long illness and civil war era eczema improvement after one box and the ad pledges a money back guarantee if not helped. Sold by Pfieffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis priced 65 cents.
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Hobson
Geo. W. Fitch
Mendota
Pfieffer Chemical Co
Philadelphia
St Louis
Largest Sun Spot Reported By Santa Clara Rector
San Jose California December 11 Father Jerome Ricard of Santa Clara University reports no sun spot, the largest seen in two years. The find concerns solar activity and its potential effects on Earth and weather.
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San Jose
Cal
Jerome Ricard
Santa Clara University
California Syrup of Figs Promote Child Health Advice
A parent guide promotes using California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children's constipation. It urges mothers to check tongue coating and symptoms like fever or poor appetite, claiming a teaspoonful clears bowel waste in hours. The ad warns against counterfeit syrups and instructs buying the 60-cent bottle with clear labeling by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Sunspot Details Show Large Central Molecule Event
A long fragment notes a heliocentric conjunction of Earth with Saturn on December 7. It mentions a new sunspot with an area of 409,826,709 square miles and dimensions 33,013.16 miles by 12,806.26 miles, located near longitude 9:17:24 east of the central meridian.
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Saturn
Gift battleship New Zealand ends world tour in port
The British battle cruiser New Zealand, a gift from New Zealand to England, arrived at Davenport sealing a 40000 mile world tour that included Australia Canada South Africa and four equator crossings. Surf bathing remains a popular pastime at Wheeler Oregon as December weather holds for coastal visitors and locals alike.
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England
New Zealand
London
Dominion of New Zealand
Davenport
Equator
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Wheeler
Ore
Mid-Winter Ocean Splash At North Pacific Beaches
Beachgoers along the North Pacific coast embraced a rare mid-winter dip with several dozen people braving the chilly water. Surfers rode small waves as gray skies kept the air cool, while families watched from the shoreline enjoying the unusual winter seaside scene.
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North Pacific Coast
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Back Pain Relief
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Oil as a fast remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatic pain. It claims a small trial bottle applied to the back relieves soreness in fifty counts and ends misery with a harmless soothing effect.
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St. Jacobs
Elys Cream Balm Promises Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as instantly opening nostrils and clearing head cold or catarrh. It claims rapid relief from stuffed nose, headache, discharge, and throat irritation, with a promise of disappearance by morning after applying a small amount in the nostrils.
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Ely
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