The Orpheum Friday Veiling Features Vitagraph Dramas
At the Orpheum the Vitagraph feature The Heart of the King’s Jest er, a tale of love and repentance set in the sixteenth century, depicts the jester betraying a shepherd’s fate and aiding a young couple to flee. Also shown are The Maid’s Double, Jimmie on Guard, Crossing the Alps In a Motor, The Cowboy’s Adopted Child, He She and It.
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Orpheum
Vitagraph
Kalem
Europe
Jimmie
The Pastime Presents A Quartet Of Short Subjects
The Pastime shows The Younger Brother a Vitagraph English military drama set during Kirchner’s campaign with desert horseback pursuit and a dervish disguise rescue. Also on bill Object Matrimony a Lubin comedy of a Jack Nancy mixup. The Higher Toll Kalem romance of sisterly sacrifice. Hearts May Be Broken Kosmik tale of deception and rescued heart. The Crater Industry Lubin educational short.
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Good Pictures
Vitagraph
Soudan
Kirchner
Lubin
Jack
Nancy
Hess
Tom
Besa
Kosmik
Deafness Cure Claim by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promoting other products from F. J. Charney & Co.
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Hall
F. J. Charney & CO
Toledo
McNamaras at the Pastime Saturday presents trial feature
F K Blackadar of Los Angeles will lecture on the dynamite outrage and McNamara trial with actual scenes of the Times Building bombing. The Pastime screens the trial footage and dynamite events to capcity crowds. Admission remains 10 cents.
The Cattlemen's War and Western Features on Screen
Friday and Saturday programs preview sensational westerns with The Cattlemen's War featuring dramatic riding and brand work. The bill also includes When First We Met, a power kid story, and The Musician's Daughter, all promising sentiment and happiness.
A Night of Two Reels and a Submarine Feature
A lively old film page previews several attractions. Matt and Jeff and the Black Hand promises heart strings and glittering wealth gone wrong. The Tell Tale Parson features Powers in a village comedy with a jealous wife. Nestor offers Romiance and Uppercuts a country comedy of love and brawls. Coming is From the Bottom of the Sea a two reel submarine feature.
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Matt
Jeff
Black Hand
Nestor
Powers
Romiance
Nester
Motion Picture Program and Variety Acts at The Ground
At The Ground on Friday and Saturday, The Lost Freight Car, a Kalem film, shows a real railroad wreck. Lieutenant Grey of the Confederacy, a Selig film, presents Grant. The Foolishness of Jealousy, a Vitagraph film, revisits the same old tale of a wife suspecting her husband. Miss Francis Dainty and company, novelty slack wire and bicycle artists, join the program and has been a feature with Ringling Bros. They sail on the Sierra on March to Honolulu then to China, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Lieutenant Grey
Confederacy
Grant
Miss Francis Dainty and Company
Miss
Francis Dainty
Sierra
Honolulu
China
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Free Book On Piles Promises Internal Cure
A pamphlet questions causes of piles and asks if it is inward or external, skin disease, and if salves cure. Dr J B Leonhardt claims an internal cure and offers the booklet free by mail from Buffalo New York or Pendleton Drug Co. sells HEMROID at one dollar per large bottle with a guaranty. Available at all drug stores.
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Dr. J. 8
Leonhardt
Dr. Leonhardt Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pendleton Drug Co
Turks Solve Problem of Huge Theatre
In Constantinople a theatre notice proposes a radical solution to back-row view obstruction. It states that to make performances agreeable to all, drastic measures are taken to ensure clear sightlines for every attendee, surpassing polite earlier cautions about large hats.
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Constantinople
Theatre seating policy sparks amusement and tragedy hint
The management announces seating rules assigning the first three rows to recline, the next three rows to kneel, and all others to stand so spectators can enjoy the play. A follow up note implies the Turkish woman’s lack of romance, warning that laughing is forbidden as a tragedy unfolds.
Feud leader slain in Kentucky. father and son die
Pikeville Kentucky and Shelby Gap scene as famed feudist Lewis Hall is shot dead by George Johnson beside Pine mountains. Morgan Hall is killed moments later as Johnson reads a warrant for Morgan. The deadly exchange ends with Johnson felled by no one. Fearful locals warn of a feud revival.
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Pikeville
Lewis Hall
Big Sandy Valley
Shelby Gap
Pine Mountains
George Johnson
Hall
Morgan Hall
Johnson
Burdet lever traction aims to cross ocean in two days
London reports a British inventor Burdet claims a new marine locomotion system the Burdet lever traction. A large horizontal fin sits flush with the water to push the boat forward by slow fin flapping. A child operated small boat built with one fin reached high speed, suggesting the principle could scale to ocean vessels, potentially transforming transatlantic travel.
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London
Atlantic
Burdet
Mauretania
Town Man Shocks Residents With Hair and Beard Cut
A resident astonished the town by entering a barber shop and having his long beard and hair trimmed. His beard extended to his waist and his hair hung nearly to his back, creating a striking transformation.
Girl of Court Is Thief of Twenty Dollars
Marie Werr, daughter of a physician to Emperor Francis Joseph, was arraigned in a New York West Side Police Court for burglary. She confessed stealing $20 from Mrs. Emily Johnson, with whom she boarded, and seemed unaware of the seriousness. The magistrate offered to send her to Vienna if friends would arrange it. she was remanded to the Florence Crittenden home.
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Francis Joseph
New York
Marie Werr
Vienna
West Side
Emily Johnson
German Prince to Come for US Visit with Squadron
June has been chosen for the German squadron visit to the United States to repay Kiel’s earlier visit by the U S North Atlantic squadron. Prince Adalbert, the Emperor’s third son, will accompany the squadron on the trip.
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Adaulberg Whs
United States
Berlin
Baptism in Ice River At Mount Zion Church
In Brownsville Pa at Mount Zion AME church a January revival baptized seventeen Black converts. With the thermometer four degrees below zero, twenty seven men and women were immersed in the Monongahela River through a 30 by 30 foot ice cut. One reported resister was ducked after icicles in the preachers’ whiskers frightened her. A crowd of about three thousand watched for two and a half hours.
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Brownsville
Mount Zion
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Monongahela
Thief Tenoeres Silver Arrested After Home Break-In
Baltimore patrolman Daly spotted a broken window at the home of John B R Brown on 340 North Sticker Street. The suspect, described as larger and valuing eggs over jewels, was arrested after an attempted entry linked to James Frisby, a local resident.
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Baltimore
Egge
James Frisby
John BR. Brown
Sticker Street
Daly
Brown
Connecticut Man Dies Keeping Bryan Vow Forty Years
John H. Widney of Stamford, a man who vowed not to cut his hair or beard until William Jennings Bryan was seated in the White House, has died at the Soldiers' Home in Noroton at age 79. He kept the pledge until a year ago.
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Connecticut
Stamford
John H. Widney
William Jennings Bryan
White House
Noroton
Piles Cured On 6 To 14 Days Guarantee
A druggist promises refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days. The ad asserts quick relief and money back guarantee for sufferers seeking relief from hemorrhoids.
Revolver Used Over Egg Payment in Theft Case
An investigation led to a confrontation where a man demanded payment in eggs. Realizing the high price of the commodity, he drew a revolver on the victim and arrested him.
Professors abandon McKinley trip after ice jam forces retreat
In Seward Alaska on February 15 professor Herschel Parker of Columbia University and Belmore Browne of Tacoma began a dory journey from Kern Creek toward Mount McKinley to join their expedition. Three miles from the ice pack they faced heavy ice and turned back their boat became jammed at night. They left Kern Creek today with dog sleds to trek overland to Sulisma where the rest of the party awaits.
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McKinley
Seward
Alaska
Herschel Parker
Columbia University
Belmore Browne
Tacoma
Kern Creek
Knick
Mount McKinley
Sulisma
Army Adjutant Disciplined for Insulting Letters
Washington February 15. Major General Ainsworth adjutant general of the army was relieved of duties and held awaiting orders as a disciplinary act on orders of President Taft for sending insulting letters to the secretary of war and General Wood chief of staff.
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Washington
Wood
Ainsworth
Army
Taft
Colonist Fores Daily Mail Route Bulletin 1912
Trade notice outlines a mail and passenger route from the Middle and Eastern United States and Canada to the Northwest, covering a period from March 1 to April 15 1912. It lists distribution areas and indicates service to frontier points across the region.
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Middle
United States
Canada
Northwest
Rail fares advertised for Oregon Washington routes
A colonial era rail notice from the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co describes westbound fares from Chicago St Louis Omaha Kansas City and St Paul with specific prices and the option to prepaid by ticket value. It promotes direct service over multiple lines and auto block signaling, plus mailable home building materials and a request to address WM McMurray Portland Oregon for printed matter.
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ST. Paul
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
McMurray
Portland
Oregon
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uUran
F. M. Downey
G. E. Marsh
Grand Theater
Constable
Thtep
Icy River
Tenoeres Silver
Bryan Fanatic
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Nav. Co
ST. Louis Omaha
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