Edison Features at Orpheum and Shocked Tales at Willow Tree
Edison educational reel on New York State barge canals from Hudson to Lake Erie spans 460 miles with $105 million cost and shows machinery seeming alive while man operates it. Also on bill Vita graph Willow Tree shows home and mother memories, The Passing of Dappled Fawn features a tribal romance with tragedy, Tin Mines and Foundry in Malacca educates, plus comedies The Burglarized Burglar and The Physician's Monkey offer laughs.
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New York State
Hudson River
Lake Erie
Edison
Vitagraph
California
Dappled Fawn
Pathe
Big Bear
Hutl Dapple Fawn
Malacca
Dad's Girls and Divided Interests on Tuesday bill
A vivid western silk and a Lubin comedy feature lead the Tuesday bill. Dad's Girls follows a pioneer father, his two daughters, and a crafty card sharp amid accident and escape. Divided Interests centers on John Converse choosing between two women, with a small boy and a moral test. An Arctic Night and Art industries in Kabylie complete the program with thrills and instruction.
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Selig
Dad
Rose
Madge
Andy Thomas
Andy
Anity
Sharp
Bill
May
Bil
Mix
Lubin
John Converse
Lester
Mike Stone
Margie
Kabylie
The Vagabond Rex Hopkins in a western stage lineup
A western program features The Vagabond Rex Hopkins as a hob0o who seeks work at Editor Lee’s newspaper and is briefly employed before discharge. He warns of a night rider plot, repays kindness, and departs into a shiftless, explosive plot involving an inventor and his wife in The Inventor’s Wife.
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Rex. Hopkins
Lee
Night Rider
Jiala
Thies
Heshand
Kickup Gulch
Edith
Wife’s sleep utterance sparks Chicago divorce suit
Charles Breitung sues Anna Breitung for divorce charging habitual intoxication and stating she repeatedly yells the name Jerry in her sleep. He alleges she frequents saloons and a downtown cafe, cares poorly for their three daughters, and disturbs his rest by calling out Jerry, a police detective.
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Jerry
Chicago
Anna Breitung
Charles Breitung
Smong
Breitung
Wilkin, Breitung & Co
Weet van Buren Street
Mrs. Breitung
Tom
Police Department
Confederate Dead Shaft Unveiled in Pennsylvania
A nine foot six inch shaft erected by the United States to honor 184 Confederate soldiers buried in Pittville National Cemetery during the Civil War was unveiled in Philadelphia. Representatives of both Blues and Grays attended with John Shepard Beard delivering the address and mintleans from the Philadelphia navy yard providing music.
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Blues
Grays
John
Philadelphia
United States
Pittaville National Cemetery
John Shepard Beard
Stauinton
Musse
Mintlelans
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Chester
Glenwood
Pope's Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Cure
An advertisement claims Pope's Cold Compound will end a cold or grippe after two hour doses, with three successive intakes ending the illness. It asserts no quinine is used, three years of research cost over fifty thousand dollars, and that no other medicine cures as promptly without after effects.
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Pope
Pape
Papa
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Cited For Children Health
An old ad touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as safe and effective for children with colds. The copy warns prudent adults to treat minor illnesses promptly, emphasizing safety and reliability in over the counter use.
Sex Decides Fortunes Grant Estate Ruling in Belleville
Judge Perrin in Belleville probate court cites an old English precedent to determine the settlement of the Schuyler C. Haul estate after a Beard, I, wreck last year. He rules the wife, as the weaker sex, died first, directing the $5,000 to Hull’s relatives.
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Perrin
Probate
Schuyler
C. Haul
Ruth Hill
Ellen Sawyer
Beard
Hull
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