JUNKING FREDERICK THE GREAT STATUE IN WASHINGTON
The statue of Frederick the Great, a gift from the Kaiser, has been removed to storage. The piece by piece packing reflects a judgment that he opposed America and violated treaties, foreshadowing parallels with modern German policy. The piece urges discarding the statue as inappropriate for the United States.
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Frederick the Great
Washington
Kaiser
Roosevelt
America
United States
Frederick
Prussia
Belgium
Maria Theresa
Austria
Silesia
Railroads curb advertising in timetables and folders
Western railroad officials issue a circular ordering purely informative folders with no luxurious train ads or extraneous matter. Timetables to be standardized and distributed sparingly, suspending ads for resorts and pictured trains. Public notices emphasize essential information over promotional material for the approaching vacation season.
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K. J. Aishton
Western Regional
Railroad Administration
Sherman
Vacation travel woes and social pretenders in wartime rail era
The piece rails at inflated travel hype and fake aristocrats amid war. It laments ruined vacation plans from Chicago to Los Angeles and Southern California’s tourist reliance, mocks Riviera gossip, and warns that railroads will shift to pure information while urging savings in Liberty bonds.
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Mountaintown
Paris
London
Lakeville
Chicago
Los Angeles
Windy
Southern California
Atlantic Seaboard
Fraudulent nobility breaks into New York society
A Paris style spy ring and a string of social pretenders are exposed as they infiltrate American high society. Bolo Pasha is executed for treason and other agents masquerade as foreign nobility to gain access to New York hotels, clubs, and financiers. Social leadership in America is warned.
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Wall Street
New York
France
Bolo Pasha
America
Russia
Italy
Tels Island
Countess de Beville
Madam Storch
Marquis de Castillo
Morgan & Co
Americas
Newport
England
Haly
Ireland Must Aid Britain or Suffer German Rule
Ireland resists conscription and trails in war mobilization compared with other dominions. Its independence or home rule hinges on Allied victory to guard against German conquest. Leaders urge Ireland to support the British war effort, warning defeat would endanger its future status and security. The piece cites political unfairness from Britain’s past and calls for unity and sacrifice at home.
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Ireland
Wales
Canada
Australia
Germany
England
Scotland
Commonwealth
France
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Majestic and Royal Theaters Present Varied Vaudeville Week
The Majestic features Bert Baker in Prevarication and the duo Williams and Wolfus in Hark Hark Hark sharpening laughs for local vaudeville fans. Also on bill Ernest Rackett returns to the Royal with new and old songs. Other acts include Carl Byal Dora Early in Scotch Highball the Donalds sisters Nayons tropical birds and Joe Phillips headlining Ocean Bound a light operetta in two scenes.
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Majestic
Bert Baker
Majestic Theater
Williams
Wolfus
the Majestic
Ernest Rackett
the Royal
Richard Carlie
Royal Theater
Rackett
Carl Byal
Dora
Donals Sisters
Naynon
Joe Phillips
Film Attractions at the Empire and Elm Hire Today
The Empire screens Tire Wired Man, while The Hired Man starring Charles Ray opens at the Elm. Stay’s Stay Paramount release The Silver Man features a dramatic fire scene filmed with a full house burned to the ground. Charles Ray plays a hero farm hand. Doris Lee, Gilbert Gordon, Charles French and Lydia Knott also star. The Manx Man at the Grand is described as a bold, original novel-to-film adaptation by W. W. Jacobs. Virginia Pearson headlines at the Pearl in A Daughter of France, with a French girl role amid German army depredations and Pearson’s strong performance.
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Empire
Charles Ray
Elm- Hire
Stay
Paramount
Thomas Hhince
Victor L. Schertzinger
Charlies Ray
Doris Lee
Gilbert Gordon
Charles French
Lydia Knott
Caine
Wessun Cy
Mr. Caineine
Virginia Pearson
Pearl
Virginia
Pearson
France
Willam Ox
Frances
Miss Pearson
Fair Carrie Onn at Pearl Theater Sparks Stage Fight
The portrayal shows Fair Carrie Onn facing a German officer in a dramatic clash within the Pearl Theater production. Her fierce contest with the amorous foe showcases the courage and fire of a true war-time heroine, drawing attention to the intensity of the performance.
Summer romance at Glen Echo Hotel ends in reveal
Lilian Ramsey arrives at a summer resort hoping for excitement but finds mostly middle aged guests until a handsome stranger named Jack Abbott appears. Aunt Maude uncovers his deception as the son of a Hartford acquaintance, but Lilian and Jack insist they are drawn to each other despite the ruse.
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London Times
Lilian Ramsey
Aunt Maude
Glenische Hotel
Lilian
Aunt Maule
Jim
Lilien
Evho
Luke
Mr. Abbott
Jack Abbott
Tom Abbott
Abbotts
Lillian
Glen Echo Hotel
Mrs. Ramsey
Mrs Ramsey
St. Paul
Fathers Lumber Company
Dan Abbott
Palm Beach
Sad But True A Safety Poem
A cautionary verse recalls a man who risked crossing a track to beat a train and a veteran rail worker who lost two feet. Bill Jones on the repair track ignores warnings and dies when a car shifts. The poem ends with tragedy as another worker dies in a similar peril.
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Bill Jones
Bill
Fragments and Odds in a Humorous Texan Page
A garbled mash of humor and commentary from a San Antonio context covers political jabs, war era notions, social quips, and local color. It mentions deposed monarchs, the Desert Sons, a rooster, a Louisiana candy, barber shops, motor cars, robin sightings, and a critique of profiteers, ending with a humorous verse about digging in a lawn.
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Junking
Charles
Alsace and
Lorraine
Supreme War Council of Three
Senate
Chiergo Herald
Boston Globe
Fair Carrie Onn
Pearl Theater
Carrieonn
The
Katherine Hopson
Noisil
Mike
Reeult
Mexico
San Antonio
Bay Ruins
Wisconsin
Sons of the Desert
Louisiana
Republican Party
Automobilist
Illinois
Texas
Camp Travis
Houston Street
Maude Mac Lezey
By Briggs
Hugo
the Tribune Assoc
New York Tribune
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