Marking an Epoch at Boston Motion Picture Exposition
The National Motion Pictures Exposition opens in Mechanics Building Boston on July 13 signaling a new epoch in theater. It showcases growth from its start to a major US entertainment industry with stars, executives, and vast profits. President Wilson may address delegates while governors attend and bodies like the Exhibitors League and Society of Engineers participate.
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Mechanics Building
Boston
United States
America
Wilson
New England
Motion Picture Exhibitors’ League of America
The
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry
Associated Motion Picture Advertisers
Society of Motion Picture Engineers
OUR MEN IN ACTION IN FRANCE AND AMERICAN HEROES
The article extols American troops in France praising their valor and enduring rough-and-ready qualities. It contrasts past frontier vigor with modern warfare, noting physical and athletic improvements among today’s young Americans and their expected success in battle.
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France
America
Toul
Israel Putnam
Bunker Hill
Pennsylvania
No Man's Land
Plains of
Picardy
Europe
Texas cotton mills could shift to state growth
The author argues American soldiers prove superior hand to hand fighting, noting raw physical training from sports. He posits Texas can rival New England in cotton goods, aided by war shifting demand and policy. Ambitions: establish large Texas mills across cotton regions, creating skilled jobs and reducing eastern reliance.
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Texas
New England
Europe
Massachusetts
Texas cotton mills emerge profitable after wartime shift
Texas cotton mill operators report a pivot from losses to profits as transportation has improved and raw cotton prices stay favorable. With several mills weathering early downturns, new investment could expand plants and support local labor rather than importing workers.
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Texas
New England
Texas Y Cotton Mill
Difficulties of Holland and Allied War Straits
The Dutch minister Dr August Philips has returned to the Netherlands for an indefinite stay due to frail health. The article argues Holland faces pressure over neutrality and the US seizure of Dutch ships, while Germany pressurizes Holland to avoid war. It suggests Holland is using the minister’s recall to justify its stance and that the U.S. action may aid American war efforts in Europe. Port Aransas seeks a ship plant. Beaufort sites questioned. Includes notes on Liberty Bonds and Civil War era slogan imagery.
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August Phillips
Netherlands
Hague
Washington
United States
Holland
America
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
The Majestic and Royal Theater Bills This Week
Bert Baker in Prevarication and Williams and Wolfus in Hark Hark Hark lead a strong Majestic program with Ocean Bound at the Royal, plus The Donals Sisters acrobatics Ernest Rackett and Nayyon’s trained tropical birds providing varied acts and laughs.
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Baker
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Majestic
Bert Baker
Ananias
Majestic Theater
Williams
Wolfus
the Royal
Royal Theater
Donals
Ernest Rackett
Naynon
Film Attractions Dorothy Dalton at the Empire
The Empire features Paramount’s Love Me starring Dorothy Dalton with William Conklin and Jack Holt. a breezy tale of a daring wife winning over a wealthy family. The Grand shows The Manx Man with EHnor Hancock and Elizabeth Risdon, praised for a pivotal baby role from the Isle of Man film adaptation.
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Dorothy Dalton
the Empire
Paramount
the Empire Today
Miss Dalton
William Conklin
Villan
Robert McKim
Jack Holt
Dorcus Mathews
Ehnor Hancock
the Grand
George Loane Tucker
Hall Caine
Isle of Man
Trish Sea
Elizabeth Isdon
Kate
Man
Ireland
Scotkind
Singhind
Kensington Gardens
London
Rospos Surveyor Rospos dies at 98 in New York
Neilson J. Rospos, a surveyor and engineer once a friend of abolitionist John Brown, died in New York at 98. Born in Elizabethtown, New York, in 1820, he served as Troy's superintendent of schools in 1860 and later moved to Tommie Kansas before Brown’s famous clash. He aided efforts for the Union Pacific and the Missouri Kansas Texas railroads.
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Kansas
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Union Pacific
Missouri
Mansas
McAdoo Orders Rail Injury Suits Brought Locally
William G McAdoo director of railroads issues a rule requiring personal injury, freight and damage claims against railroads to be filed in the plaintiff residence county or in the county where the action arose. The government warns against remote suits to harass carriers and says such practice disrupts wartime rail operations and troop movement.
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William G. McAdoo
Jobs for 15 Negroes in Naval Reserve
Uncle Sam offers 15 positions for Black men aged 18 to 43 in a naval reserve mess hall with pay 32.60 per month plus keeps. Recruits will be sent to Hampton Roads Virginia for training at the naval base. white skilled workers also sought with pay from 65 to 145.70 per month and keeps.
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R. W. Stuart
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Moore Building
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Hampton Roads
Naval Training Base
Naval Service
Repetition of Passion Play Thought Doubt Fol
Cincinnati Ohio Miss Mayer who played Miss Magdalene last Passion Play says doubt there will be another Passion Play at Oberammergau. Many participants have fallen in Europe battles or serve as soldiers, including Anton Lang who played Christ in 1910 now with the Red Cross in the field.
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Ohio
Oberamavergiu
Ee Mayer
Magdalene
Europe
Letters to The Light policy on signed submissions
Letters intended for publication must be signed by the writer and the name will not be published unless requested. Anonymous communications receive no attention. Typewritten signatures and stamped ones are considered anonymous. Publication of a lector does not imply endorsement by the publishers of the Light.
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Praises for General Carey From The Light
A critic extols General Carey for halting a British pause that blocked Iluns from reaching channel ports. The piece recounts his Guernsey origins, links to a scandalous Zulu War figure named Carey, and notes his later wealth as a sheep rancher in Patagonia. It closes with a poem on rain and renewal attributed to Cone Ten Eyck.
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Carey
Guernsey
English Channel
South America
G. B. Is
Pepper Hinders Fire Fighters In City Store Blaze
Firefighters battled a West Bottoms blaze at the Ridenour Xiker Grocery building. Pepper dust in smoke on the third floor caused severe irritation as crews fought the flames and spectators nearby wiped eyes and sneezed.
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West Bottoms
Ridenour Xiker Grocery Company
Nansas
Question of shut up headline in Laredo Record closing order
The compilation notes various city papers commenting on wartime policies, shortages, and political opinions. It cites headlines about a six o clock closing order, price rises, and opinions on suffrage, long range guns, and war plans from papers in Dallas, Beaumont, Waco, Fort Worth, Galveston, and other Texas cities. It references inflation worries and social programs during the era.
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Laredo Record
Comfort News
Ste Ot
Waco Times
Herald
Beaumont Enterprise
Y. MG
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
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Waco Times-Herald
Roosevelt
Comanche Vanguard
Austin Statesman
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Wyle News
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Grimes County
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