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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1916
Page
16
The Grand Opera House books two main features. Where Are My Children a photodrama on birth suppression streams for five days starting August 6. The Dumb Girl of Portici with Pavlova debuts on screen for five days starting August 13.
The drama The Victoria Cross starring Lou Tellegen will be the second photodramatic appearance on Paramount. His first screen appearance soon to be seen is The Victory of Conscience. Richard Walton Tully has assembled a cast for an as yet unnamed labor day New York production including John Cope Violet Hemming Peggy O Neil Robert Paton Gibbs Richard Gordon Albert Tavernier Ann Warrington George Le Soir Byron Russell Bill O Day Dean Raymond Maude Cooling Augustus Post and Helen Bell. George C Tyler plans two to three weeks fishing in Maine before returning to supervise Brandon Tynan’s The Melody of Youth opening September 2 at Hollis Street Theatre. Billie Burke wraps film acting and F Ziegfeld Jr will stage her in a New Year’s Eve drama. Chauncey Alcott is finishing a Cohan project with Cohan providing two acts and Alcott completing the finale. Frances de Coppee’s The Guilty Man, adapted by Ruth Helen Davis and rewritten by Charles Klein, will star Irene Fenwick next season after a prior inventory label calling Klein’s estate play “worthless.”
Governor Philipp pardoned J. A. Jenks of Eau Claire allowing him to rejoin Company He after a three year reformatory sentence for bigamy from February 19. The move drew opposition from Miss Katherine Williams of Milwaukee who warned of precedent. A related tale described a faithless husband exposed when a deafening wedding music lured a missing wife to the scene.
Rotterdam papers condemn Britain's naval order curbing Dutch shipping and export of Dutch goods. They warn of economic strangulation and compare Holland to Greece, calling for resistance and declaring Holland will not become a British colony.
Popular Mechanics reports a Canadian inventor has patented a wireless telegraph musical instrument. The rotor drives annular pole rows to generate tones as sparks pass, with pitch controlled by rotor speed and disc arrangement. An organ setup with multiple rotors and a rheostat pedal enables dynamic volume.
On a recent day British aircraft fought thirty separate air combats over France and Flanders. French and Belgian aviation activities are noted as ongoing alongside the British actions.
Officers of the National Guard stationed at the Brownsville border reception were hosted by Mrs. John H. Muncaster at the Brownsville Country Club. The photograph from the event features Major General James Parker, Brigadier General William S. McNair, Major Cornelius Vanderbilt, Major Edward Olmstead, Captain L. P. Butler, and Lieutenant J. H. Muncaster.
Dr. Alvin 8. Johnson lauds W. J. Knox and the Navarro school on South Presa as a beacon for Mexican children in San Antonio. The article argues a contiguous Mexican civilization is possible if given fair opportunities, noting Knox’s humane approach and the steady progress of Mexican students in local schools and work.
A humorous riff on an early daylight saving bill described through nursery rhyme imagery. It satirizes supporters and critics by pairing a maid, cow, cock, and reasoned objections with the notion of the House passing the daylight bill and the ensuing debate.
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