West Quincy Echoes of Fugitives and Old Toll Roads
The article recalls West Quincy history with tales of slave fugitives and underground travelers, toll gates on the Toll Road, and figures like French Henry and Capt. Bill Patters. It notes the Sherman hotel legacy, a shooting incident, and a ferry that keeps the town lively with a dozen homes, plus a reminder of tile works and six east and west streets as the town’s layout.
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Quincy
West Quin
Taylor
Missouri
Henry Ke
Bill Patters
T Sherman
Brinson
Gossi
Roman
C. B. Adams
West Quincy
Quincey
Thomas Adams
Sherm Park
Water’s Edge
We Quincy
Stich
Ma Quin Cyans
Good Bill At The Orpheum Promises Variety Act
The Orpheum Monday vaudeville bill features a William Mack sketch with full scenic production, the Mystic Hanson Trio with new tricks, the McGoodsTate Co. novelty act touring the circuit, Dupe Vernon singing and violin, plus Friend & Downing providing comic interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mack
Hanson
McGoodsTate Co
Orpheum
Dupe Vernon
Friend & Downing
Obstine Tayontes
The Unborn to Be Shown at Gem and Savoy
The Unborn, a five reel film on birth control, will be shown at the Gem and Savoy theaters Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It has stirred Chicago and is now being distributed nationwide. The film aims to serve a moral purpose and is described as unobjectionable and enlightening for parents with Gertrude Bondhill in the principal role.
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Gem and Savoy
Chicago
Gertrude Bondhill
Padavic Buys Specialty Film Service Plans New Series
Anton Padavic who sold the Gem and Savoy theatres to Peter Pinkelmann has acquired the Specialty Film Service of St. Louis with offices in Hannibal. His son John Padavic will run the business. A new fifteen chapter series The Perils of Our Girl Reporters debuts December 28 by Mutual Film Corporation starring Margarita Fischer. Miss Jackie of the Navy and other Fischer titles shift release to December and next weeks. Clara Kimball Young’s The Rise of Susan debuts December 11 on the regular program separate from her service.
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Anton Padavic
Gemend Savoy Theaters
Peter Pinkelmann
Specialty Film Service of
St. Louis
Hannibal
John Padavic
Mutual Film Corporation
Metropolitan Daily
Miss Jackie
The
Navy
Mutual Star
Margarita Fischer
Miss Jackie of
Tarquizzi
World Film
Clara Kimball Young
Susan
Clara Kimball] Young
Nance O'Neill
Galaxy of Mutual Stars
Frank Powell Producing Corporation of
New York
Miss O'Neill
Private Secretary
McKee Rankin
Sydney Drew
Judith
Magda
Hedda Gabler
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Meg Merrilles
Mona Vanna
The Vagabond Prince and Weekly Film Lineup
This week presents multiple film features and serials across days and venues. Titles include The Vagabond Prince with episodes Shielding Shadow and Fifty ifty, The Unborn, The Iron Woman, Romeo and Juliet with Theda Bara, and performances by Mary Pickford, Louise Glaum, and Mary Pickford among others, with notable dates December 12 13 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nance Oneil
Iron Woman
June Caprice
Ragged Princess
Through the Wall
S. Hayakawa
Theda Bara
Juliet
Chaplin to Star in The Rink for Mutual on Dec 11
Charlie Chaplin will be seen December 11 in another Mutual Chaplin laugh provoker titled The Rink. It marks his eighth Mutual release under a $670000 contract.
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Charlie Chaplin
Mutual
West Quincy’s Storied Past Haunts Modern Revival
West Quincy once thrived as a river crossroads with ferries, a hog depot, and lawman legends. Tales center on French Henry’s tavern, Squire Prague’s tragedy, a child in a gold braided coat, and the underground railroad era linked to West Quincy’s eerie end.
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West Quincy
Col. W. G. Brown
H. A. Brown
Taylor
Missouri
Quincy
French Henry
Marie Henry
Prince Charming
Illinois
Diana
Theodore Prague
Charley
Rachel
West Ely
Mary
Palmyra
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Savoy
Belasco
Hidden Valley
Pathe News
Florence Rose Fashions
Bavoy
Florence T Mer
Ambrose
Mack Swain
Romeo and Juliet
Kathryn Williams
Frisco
Mary Pickford
Mary Anderson
Selig Tribune
Grace Cunard
Francis Ford
Pat Rooney
Claire Mersereau
Gale Henry
Jackie Saunders
Mammon
Moloch
Lonesome Luke
Marie Empress
Tom Mix
Runt
Marguerite Clayton
Grant
Ham and Bud
Star
Ethel Clayton
Helen
Peppina
Owen Moore
Marlyn Arbuche
Thos. A. Brown
Herbert Brenon
Mme, Nagzimova
Marguerite Clarke
Famous Players
Robert Warwick
Selznick
Garden of Allah
Selig
Roubert Hichen
Mme. Petrova
Metro Features
H. B. Warner
California
Warner
J. G. Hawks
Princess
Norma Talmadge
J. W. Johnston
New Triangle
Matlon County
Mystic Housen
Magic Man
Magical Maids
Willard Mack
Les Morgan
Beryl Gray
Friend & Downing Natural Comedians
Hope Vernon
Tate Co
Nance O’neil
Jimmy Valentine
Prince
Francis X. Bushman
Pokes
Jiabes
Universal
Sam Summerville
Peg Pearce
Florence Turner
Mutual Master Picture
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