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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1916
Page
6
Last performances of St Elmo this afternoon and tonight at the Orpheum. Tomorrow the Orpheum Players present Kentucky Sue a lively comedy with strong Western flavor and a new song tie in. Matinees Tuesday and Wednesday. starting Thursday The Woman in Black to headline the stock season.
Whitaker road overseer for Taylor Quincy district said on Saturday automobiles could easily go over the Taylor road today and from Taylor to Palmyra the road is good, providing access to Marion county rock road. The steamer Dubuque arrived from St. Louis around 6:30 PM Saturday and departed at 9 PM for Burlington and Keokuk with a good freightage.
A sequence of names and ages appears for residents of Quincy and nearby towns including Henry George Kreager, Frances Mueller, Percy C. Henry, Laura A. Bitter, Ralph C. Hansen, Ella M. Boyer, Hamilton Bell, Nora B. Ware, Jerome Hollender, Mildred Mackey, Paul Owen Maupin, Lucile Edith Wingate, Wilbur Lange, and Mrs. Mabel Duesdieker. Values listed resemble ages or numbers, with multiple entries marked legal or unclear.
Eastern division picks Phylis Curl Roxbury and Lucille Satterthwait Waynesville. Eastern-Central lists Estelle Claire Judy McKeesport and Helen Arnold Louisville. West Central names Claire Butler Lee Wichita and Mildred Lee Kansas City. Western division selects Florence Gray Seattle and Lucille Zinthee Spokane. Southern division names Alana Marton Dallas and Peggy Bloom Orlando. Canadian division honors Vivian Suckling Winnipeg. At Hippodrome New York a Billie Burke appeal raises 20000 for European war relief. Viola Dana debuts in The Flower of No Man's Land. Fox adapting East Lynne with Theda Bara.
A store window displays a notice about football results. A man carries a young man who appears injured from a deadly encounter. The clerk confirms they receive football results, and the man jokes they may keep the injured person until he recovers.
The latest Quincy cinema listings feature Pauline Frederick in Bella Donna at the Princess on Thursday and Friday. Other notable titles include Marguerite Clark in The Goose Girl at the Prin cess, Mollie King in Fate’s Boomerang at the Star, Mary Boland in The Price of Happiness at the Belasco, Sunshine Dad with DeWolf Hopper at the Savoy, The Butterfly on the Wheel with Vivian Martin at the Star, and The Sacred Oath at the Bijou. Billie Burke and Henry Kolker continue weekly appearances at the Savoy. Gem presents its usual lineup of comedies.
Puccini tried to stop La Boheme film production with World Film featuring Alice Brady. Ince tours New York to launch Civilization while Chicago hosts an upcoming film convention. Kitty Gordon spends big on clothes and will appear in The Crucial Test. Trilby tours theaters worldwide. Alias Jimmy Valentine played in Liege when Germans captured the city. film escaped damage. Clara Kimball Young stars in The Dark Silence under Albert Capellani at World Peerless in Fort Lee. Edison aims to build a camera and projection device. a model is finished. Limberg racing shot deemed too gruesome for exhibitors. Argentine exhibitors offer picture shows in sections. six cents per half hour. Stock companies abandon firm rosters. casting now from director-chosen applicants. Chaplin loses suit with Essanay. suing for millions. wardrobe costs tally two dollars twenty cents. mustache twelve cents. shoes fifty cents. Firing of box cars across a ravine used to film Whispering Smith for realism. Chaplin works long hours, few breaks, among the hardest workers. Barbara Gilroy of Thanhouser Mutual trains voice, eyeing grand opera. Signal Mutual members voyage to Hawaii and the Orient to shoot The Diamond Runners. 12000 miles, two months. 14 people led by Helen Holmes and director J P McGowan.
The Quincy Theater showcases The Heart's Tribute in three acts and a love story, plus Weber and Fields in The Best of Enemies, a 2 reel Mack Sennett Keystone comedy. Marv Page's next feature, Ann Drew in The Broken Promise, and Tender Hearted Boy with Robert Harron Mae Marsh. Also Ham and Bud in The Tank Town Troupe and weekly Benard Selig Tribune. Tuesday includes Triangle Kay Ree Aloha Os¢ with Willard Mack Enid Markey, Ince production in five acts, Pretty Pearl White in The Spotted Warning.
This excerpt lists daily features across venues Orpheum Belasco Star Princess Savoy Gem Colonial Quincy and more. It mentions actors such as Mary Boland Vivian Martin Charlie Chaplin Billie Burke and Dorothy Gish, with titles including The Mummy and the Hum ming Bird The Floor Walker Gloria s Romance and The Sacred Oath.
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