Stage Folk Flocking to New York for Season's Opening
NEW YORK July 12 Stage folk from across the country flock to New York as the season opens. Early arrivals include veteran actors and young hopefuls chasing work, with many faced with meager funds and shifting to moving pictures for steady pay. The moving picture boom offers year round salaries and refuge from unstable stage work, while a grand film exposition at Grand Central Palace draws crowds eager to see the evolving industry.
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New York
America
Broadway
Camille
East Lynne
Washington
Moving Picture
Miss Blank
Moving Picture Company
Grand Central Palace
Arctic
Antarctic
The Tomb of Flame Headlines Royal Theater Show
Thousands of San Antonians watched AT THE ROYAL as scenes and acting in a three reel feature The Tomb of Flame drew praise. The production boasts grand scenery, a woman bandit, and costly sets, alongside other first run titles from Reliance Majestic and American studios. A four reel art piece The Miracle is also teased.
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Death Valley
Grossley
Morton P. Harvey
the Royal
San Antonio
Royal Theater
Reliance
Majestic Studios
Glasseley
Wigwam to screen refined Battle of Flowers fiesta reel
The Advance Motion Picture Company of Chicago will show the Battle of Flowers and Coronation pictures at Wigwam No. 1 tomorrow during the fiesta. The reels have new titles and have been refinished since last shown, and are in addition to the regular program. Philadelphia finishes the largest car barn, covering 611x8777 feet of ground.
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Advance Motion Picture Company of Chicago
Philadelphia
Plays and Players Highlighting Minor Watson and Harry Benham
Minor Watson of Essanay Eastern Stock Company in Chicago shines as a fire scene hero earning real rescue acclaim. Harry Benham, praised as a Thanhouser Eltinge, features in The Eye of Krishla as a detective who outsmarts a female-cutup role while smoking a dark cigar.
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Minor Watson
Essanay Eastern Stock Company
Chicago
Watson
Essanay
Harry Benham
Benham
Krishla
Miss Benham
Keystone Star Mabel Normand to Play Diving Girl
An alliance of Klaw and Erlanger with Biograph will produce large scale motion pictures in which Mabel Normand may star as a diving girl. Known for swimming and high diving, she has medals and has outpaced many competitors, becoming the Keystone showcase at Coney Island last summer.
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Klaw & Erlanger
The
Biograph Company
Mabel Normand
Keystone
Venus de Milo
Annette Kellerman
Keystone Company
Coney Island
Mabel
Cynosure
Hearts and Flowers tests Irving Cummings in epic role
Irving Cummings faces the severest test of his career in Hearts and Flowers a Reliance feature by Marion Brooke The film follows a youth of 20 in 1861 through each year of the character s life up to 1913 as staged by Oscar C April The story promises a dramatic unprecedented feat for stage and screen.
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Irving Cummings
Marion Brooke
Mr. Cummings
Oscar C. April
Diamond Crown Launches Edison Detective Series
The Thomas A. Edison Company starts a new detective series written by J. Searle Dawley and featuring Laura Sawyer. The first installment is titled The Diamond Crown and promises mystery and suspense in classic Edison fashion.
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Thomas A. Edison Company
J. Searle Dawley
Laura Sawyer
Doyle Meets Burns at Kalem London Office Visit
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle met Mr Burns in person during a Kalem private screening of Detective William J Burns in the Exposure of the Land Swindlers in Kalem's London office. Burns was abroad on cases and was then introduced to Doyle by a Kalem representative. He later stayed several days at Doyle's country home.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Kalem Company
London
William J. Burns
Mr. Burns
Sherlock Holmes
Kalem
Burns
Sir Arthur
Kleine Refuses State Rights for Quo Vadis Touring
George Kleine, proprietor of the Quo Vadis photo drama by the Cines Company, refuses to sell state rights or lease the property. Fifteen companies will tour the United States and Canada by September 1. The eight reel, three act presentation features specially composed music and the full Sienkiewicz story with noted features.
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George Kleine
Cines Company
Italy
Kleine
United States
Canada
Mr. Kleine
Cines
Sienkiewicz
Mary Fuller Featured in Edison Company Series
Mary Fuller will headline an Edison Company "Mary" series starting July 26 and continuing for six months, expanding the program with new episodes and appearances.
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Mary Fuller
Edison Company
Mary
King Orders Picture Theater Fitted in Buckingham Palace
Following the Kaiser and King Alphonso, King George orders a picture theater at Buckingham Palace. It is noted the king is fond of watching motion pictures.
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Kaiser
Alphonso
George
Buckingham Palace
Rosa V Koch Debuts as Picture Player in New York
Rosa V Koch joins the ranks of picture players from the speaking stage. She has charm and expressiveness and is an enthusiastic baseball fan who spends Saturday afternoons at Handsome Hop Hadley’s grounds in New York City rooting for the home team.
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Rosa V. Koch
Eclair Company
Miss Koch
Handsome Hopp Hadley
New York City
Ford Sterling Rediscovered on Circus Lot After Absence
Ford Sterling once known as Keno the Boy Clown drew crowds with sawdust scent and marching band as a three day one-ringer tour rolled through town. A search by Keystone studios locating him on the circus lot where he shed his coat and hat to coach the white face comedian in old laughs.
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Ford Sterling
Keno
Keystone Force
Ford
Unusual Civil Suit In West Virginia Ends In Damages
Dr J L Sameth was awarded 100 with interest after suing George D Kendrick whom he claimed promised 100 to marry before January 1 in 1911. The two men had known each other 15 years and Sameth had planned to marry in January. Kendrick maintained it was a joke.
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Welsh
W. Va
J. L. Sameth
George D. Kendrick
Kendrick
Sameth
Dr. Sameth
Bane
Grand Opera House Sees Big Week With Stars and Giveaways
Attendance topped 14 000 as San Antonio's Grand Opera House featured Pa Jama Girls and Ragtime acts. Florence Talbott returns for a single day with three new songs while Roy Rogers opens a two week engagement. The schedule includes Country Store with furniture giveaway, home talent night, a San Antonio Battle Royal, and performances by Grace Ellis and Justine Segel with new ragtime numbers.
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Grand Opera House
Florence Talbot
Roy Rogers
Chicago
Country Store
Justin Segel
Grace Ellis
San Antonio
FlorenceTalbott
Grand
L . Peck Furniture Company
Wittels
Texas Oil Mystery Riddle as Someday Prospects Grow
The article muses on petroleum origins from ancient myths to scientific theories, noting Texas rich oil potential. It describes varying oil forms, historic misperceptions, and Somerset field prospects near San Antonio with anticline rock suggests vast future drilling. It mentions East Texas surface signs like sulfur wells and gas.
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Somerset
San Antonio
Beaumont
Texas
Sour Lake
F. F. Collins
Bexar County
Eagle Attack Foiled by Brave Mother in Chenango County
In Chenango County New York a large bird believed to be an eagle grabbed 4 year old William Gunniker by the hair as he played near home. His mother Mrs Martin Gunniker rushed to defend him with a wooden stick forcing the bird to release and fly away. It is reported as the first eagle sighting in the area. Separate note reports Kansas City merchants unhappy with railroad freight rates forming a boat line to St Louis. Boats are in operation and three 500 ton barges are being built in Pittsburgh.
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Herodotus
Pliny the Younger
Roman Empire
Babylon
Sicily
Confucius
China
Marco Polo
Francis Bacon
Walter Raleigh
Pennsylvania
Arctic Circle
Rockefeller
New York City
Texas
Spitzbergen
New Zealand
California
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Binghamton
N. Y
Martin Gunniker
Chenago County
William
Kansas City
St. Louis
Pittsburg
First Aid Rethink Debunks Alcohol Belief
Harvard Medical School lecturer Dr. Howard A. Lothrop declares the common idea that alcohol is a primary first aid in emergencies is false. He notes alcohol is rarely used in medicine today and often harms patients more than it helps, with only varying resistance among individuals limiting universal harm.
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Cambridge
Mass
Howard A. Lothrop
Harvard Medical School
Summer School Aids Rutland Pupils in Promotion
Rutland Vermont reports a ten year summer program for students who lag in regular classes. Eighty percent of attendees have made up deficiencies and earned promotion, with nearly all promoted students continuing to do well in the following year.
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Rutland, VI
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Galveston
S. A
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