Sunshine Through the Dark Home Courage of Sorts Some Mother in Law at Orpheum
The Orpheum presents a Friday and Saturday program featuring four Biograph Edison Vitagraph and Lubin shorts. Sunshine Through the Dark portrays a mistreated housemaid tempted to steal a ribbon sash. Home appeals to family sentiment through a tale of reach and heartache. Courage of Sorts shows a doctor risking flight to save a child. Some Mother in Law delivers a farcical twist with a son in law tricked by a peacherino mother.
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Orpheum
Edison
Lubin
Friday Film Program at The Pastime Tonight
The Pastime offers several features including A Woman Scorned a tale of jealousy and revenge, The Man in the Taxi an elopement and pursuit sequence, A Tennessee Love Story a romantic drama, Incendiary Indians a Pathe comedy, and Glimpses of San Francisco a scenic western view.
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Good Pictures
Lubin
John Mason
Betty Brown
Selig
American Pathe
San Francisco
The Breach of Faith and Five Comedies at Rex and American
A Friday Saturday bill presents The Breach of Faith at Rex with a dramatic tale of treachery and lost love. The Horse Thief's Bigamy follows on American with outlaw pursuit and a daring escape across a railroad. A Temporary Millionaire on Solax imagines a hobo receiving a million dollars. A Quiet Evening at Home features O'Sullivan in Pat O'Brien's comedic lead. Winning Papa's Consent on Reliance shows a couple maneuvering to secure a father's blessing.
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Rex
Solax
O'Sullivan
Pat O'Brien
Papa
A Trip to Coney Island shines at Grand show
Last night the Austin Co presented A Trip to Coney Island drawing laughs and applause. Austin and Bates dominate as the two gay detectives at the beach with a strong cast. Singers and dancers deliver standout numbers and the motion pictures are strong features. Tonight is amateur night with cash prizes for the top two contestants.
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Coney Island
Austin Co
Austin & Bates
Millionaire Hobo Howe to Quit Presidency
Cincinnati delegates of the Brotherhood Welfare Association will meet on January 20 without James Hades Howe as presiding president. The longtime head resigns in a telegram from St Louis. Taft Carnegie Rockefeller and others are to be invited.
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Millionaire Hobo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Brotherhood Welfare Association
James Hades Howe
Howe
St. Louis
Taft
Andrew Carnegie
John DP. Rockefeller
Kentucky Girl Becomes Chippewa Squaw in Washington
Katherine Green of Henderson Kentucky has become an officially adopted Chippewa squaw in Washington. Her sponsor Leonidas Merritt of Duluth, a Chippewa by adoption and chief of the Nikkannis band, conferred the honor as all elders in the band are deceased.
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Kentucky
Squaws
Duluth
Minn
Katherine Green
Henderson
Samose offered to thin people by Koeppen Bros
Pale and thin individuals are urged to use Samose with claims it aids digestion and builds strength. Koeppen and Bros offer to pay for treatment if results are not achieved, urging consumption for those suffering malnutrition and seeking rosy cheeks and plump health.
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Drugelst Koeppen & Bros
Ramage
S Q
Koeppen & Bros
Wifes Leg Saves Man After Bone Graft
In St Louis a wife donated a four inch by one and a half inch bone graft from her leg to aid Fred Bottenhoff who was recovering from a car crash and leg fracture. Surgeons chose the donor bone after splintered bone near the break resisted removal.
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Wonan
Crippie
St. Louis
Fred Bottenhoff
Bottenhoff
Bottenhoffe
New Life Pills Promoted At Banquet in New Orleans 1848
An 1848 banquet in New Orleans paid Henry Clay $100 per plate. The ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as remedies for stomach trouble indigestion liver and bowel disorders. Easy safe sure. Only 25 cents at Koep pens.
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Henry Clay
New Orleans
Dr. King
Koeppens
Weston bank officers elected at annual Weston meeting
At the Farmers bank of Weston annual meeting William MacKenzie was elected president J H Price vice president C Turner secretary I M Kemp cashier E M Smith assistant cashier The bank declared the usual 10 percent dividend and added 10 percent to surplus A note promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup with prices 25c 60c and 1 00 per bottle sold by A C Koeppen & Bros
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Weston
Farmers Bank of Weston
William MacKenzie
J.H. Price
C. Turner
I M. Kemp
E. M. Smith
Ballard
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Richest Policeman Cromwell Retires in Philadelphia
George W. Cromwell, reputed nation's wealthiest police officer, retires after 48 years of service in Philadelphia. Aged 71, he leaves with over $250,000 from real estate investments, noting his lifetime earnings averaged under $1,000 annually. He adds a remark about women and daily news.
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Philadelphia
Cromwell
Polly of the Circus at the Oregon Theatre tonight
The Oregon Theatre presents Frederic Thompson's Polly of the Circus with Miss Iria St. Leon starring in a tender three ring production. The show includes a circus parade with clowns, acrobats, ringmasters and animals set amid stage scenery praised as among the finest on the road. The piece blends humanity with humor and features a sermon within the plot.
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Polly
Iria St. Leon
Frederic Thompson
Oregon Theatre
Iona Park
Coney Island
New York City
Mabel Taliaferro
Frederick Thompson
Kansan bets on rain in Thomas county to win big
Topeka reports Kansas wheat king Jim Fike wagers 76 000 that rain will fall in Thomas county between March 1 and May 1. He previously lost a 50 000 bet last year and aims to profit as he persists betting on timely rain while planning travel and future ventures.
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Kansas
Topeka
Europe
Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla for Blood Disease Relief
Readers are urged to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla citing a vast amount of testimonial support for its effectiveness in treating blood diseases. The ad-style language promises relief and encourages taking the remedy promptly to regain health.
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Hood
French Move To Cities In Official Census Return
Paris reports the national census shows 4,601,509 residents, up from 39,252,245 in 1906. The data indicate a continued rural-to-urban shift, with 15 cities over 100,000, led by Paris at 2,858,110, Marseilles 550,619, Lyons 692,796. France’s population grew about 3.5 million in the last four decades.
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Paris
Marseilles
Lyons
France
Walnut Log Found Deep Underground Near McPherson
A walnut log in fine preservation was discovered 260 feet underground near McPherson Kansas, suggesting remarkable preservation conditions and prompting investigation into the dig site and surrounding geology. Local officials and researchers are examining the find for age, origin, and potential historical significance.
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McPherson
Kan
Ancient log found beneath Kansas farm soil in McPherson area
A farmer near McPherson unearthed a wooden log while drilling a well. The tree, over a foot in diameter, likely grew on an ancient lakebed that once covered central Kansas. Local scientists estimate 350 feet of soil and sediment cover formed over thousands of years, leaving the log untouched.
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Here
C. W. Bachelor
Kansas
McPherson
Buried Together: Wichita Couple In One Grave
Wichita Kansas mourns as Mr George Bailey Civil War veteran and his wife, born the same day, died within four hours and were buried in a single grave. Both died recently, one at home and the other in an asylum at Osawatomie Kansas, unaware of each other’s fate.
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Wichita
Kans
Geo. Bailey
Bailey
Osawatomie
In-Growing Toenail Fatal for Salem Woman Miss Martha Rogers
Salem, Mass. Miss Martha L. Rogers, 70, died from tetanus after an in-growing toenail. The illness developed despite treatment and proved fatal.
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Salem
Mass
Martha L. Rogers
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