29 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
1
A two part Domino story The Last of the Line centers on an old Indian and his renegade son. The Bijou offers Friday January 1st a new Harold MacGrath serial Zedora described as the biggest most elaborate motion picture production with an exceptional cast led by Marque.
Marguerite Snow stars in a two reel weekly serial with Harry Benham and Jas Cruze. The play unfolds over twenty episodes of two reels each and debuts Friday with the premiere Story No 1 inviting audiences to watch Snow solve the mystery.
The Virginian shows Hiawatha a four reel production directed by F. E. Moore over two days. It is praised as a beautiful, dignified drama with artistic value for all ages and is presented with other good features.
The palace hosts a two day engagement of the five act production Ready Money featuring Edward Abeles. A large matinee crowd expressed strong approval of the performance and urged patrons not to miss the show.
The Cockade presents three reel box office entertainment Crom Night tonight. Also showing Heart Selig News Pictorial promises the news of the world in motion pictures. A big tomorrow special is teased.
Newark detective notes centenarian John Ernest Bach is 100 and hearty. He lives with granddaughter Mrs. Frank J. Brehm. Once chased relatives up stairs, now avoids stairs as undignified for a man of his years. He had hoped to write a book about aging but was busy celebrating his centenary and never learned to use a typewriter.
New York December 28 Governor-Elect Whitman announced he will appoint Assistant District Attorney Charles Albert Perkins as strict attorney after taking office. Perkins, son of Dr. Charles A Perkins, heads the Adelphi College program and previously led the indictment bureau in the prosecutor's office during his father’s tenure.
Ball and Ware, a former Wall Street figure and prominent tennis player, died today at his home in Elizabeth New Jersey after a several days illness from pneumonia. He graduated from Harvard in 1899 and was once a leading player in the United States.
Fragmentary report from New Orleans describes a maritime tragedy with a captain and crew. Details are unclear but indicate a British ship and an incident at sea with fatalities.
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