Majestic premieres new bill led by Fred J. Ardath
The Majestic resumes with a strong lineup headed by Fred J. Ardath in The Country Store. Doris Wilson and Company, Franc es Kennedy, Mayo and Tally, Force and Williams, Rhoda and Crampton, McIntosh and His Musical Maids, The Four Newsomes, and Others provide acts ranging from song stories to acrobatics. Violet MacMillan appears as a surprise film/stage star with Blair Treynor and Eben Littlefield backing Miss Heath. The Lead Sisters and Midnight Rollickers close a varied program likely to run into mid summer.
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Majestic
Doris Wilson
Mayo
Tally
Force
Williamis
Rhoda
Crampton
McIntosh
Fred J. Ardath
Hiram” Fame
Hiram
Frankie Heath
Blair Treynor
Miss Heath
Eben Littlefield
John
Winnie Hennings
Binns
Bert
Violet MacMillan
California
Midnight Rollickers
German Intrigue in Cuba Alleged by Cuban Minister
London dispatch reports Cuban minister to Britain Garcia Valez accusing Germany of decades of influence in Cuba. He cites a large German merchant colony, tobacco and sugar traders, bankers, and intermarriage with Cuban families. He notes a continuing Cuban revolution with German involvement and claims many colonists have fled to Mexico as Cuba builds a 25,000 strong, ready army.
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London
Cuba
Garcia Valez
Great Britain
Germany
Mexico
War Benefit Film Showcase For Red Cross in San Antonio
San Antonio Red Cross selects Fighting in France for a Majestic benefit show Monday and Tuesday to enlighten the public on real war conditions. The seven reel photoplay, edited by Marshal Joffre, mirrors front line warfare in France and follows French government practice and a Washington screening for officials and President Wilson.
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San Antonio
American Red Cross
France
Majestic
Marshal Joffre
America
Red Cross
United States
Germany
Washington
Wilson
Austin
The
Joe T. Wooten
Austin Red Cross
J. W. Graham
Louise Haynie
F. Maxey
G. E. Kinsolving
Bishop Kinsolving
People of
Joffre
Majestic Theater
Joe S. Wooten
T. W. Graham
Daughters of the Republic F Texas
Thisenefit
Mary Burleson
Burleson
Sevier
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
English Girls Milk Wooden Cows For War Service
London April 28. Three thousand English girls begin training on farms to learn milking using dummy cows and goats before working with Jersey cattle. The program, overseen by agricultural committees, uses home farms and a bailiff system to instill discipline. An injunction of perseverance, embodying the motto Quand Meme, frames a broader meditation on pursuing worthy goals.
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London
National Service
Jersey
England
Meeting Difficulties
Ada Patterson describes a remarkable visiting woman as a paradoxical wonder of the world, unique like the pyramids, both ancient and powerful, a great grandmother yet a girl in spirit, visiting this country in a combination of strength and fragility.
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Ada Patterson
Father Not Efficient Excerpt Gag and School Absence
A Topeka State Journal brief recounts Johnny B- who loves hockey, has eight summers past, and faces a school demand for a father written excuse when absent. The boy quips that his father cannot make excuses, as others learn of them.
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Johnny B
Johnny
Topeka State Journal
Report of Landing on Ararat Described in Mock Dispatch
A London dispatch notes a spoof from the Syrian Gazette about a landing on Mount Ararat and Ark evacuation. It parodies military verbosity with creatures trading roles and a Taube recon helicopter that never returns.
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Ararat
London
British Admiralty
John de Robeck
Gallipoli
Noah
A. O. M. Antediluvian Order of Mariners
Mount
Commissariat
Flying Corps
Taube
Shem
Ham
Diplomacy in Sunday teaching as a boy shows resolve
Jerome S. McWade cites diplomacy with children in a Sunday school address. A 9 year old lad returns home rosy from cold and boasts he saved a wad for the evening. The father bets the mother a quarter the lad will finish the task before supper, and the boy resumes work with renewed zeal.
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Jerome S. McWade
Philadelphia
War fuels growth at American Museum of Natural History
New York May 12 The American Museum of Natural History reports heightened war driven activity and attendance. Trustees outline plans to expand public health exhibits and extend connections with Carnegie and Rockefeller funds. Endowment needs rise as exploration programs grow and a southeast wing hopes to open in 1919.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Aguinaldo
Philippine Hall
United States
Professsor Osborn
Our Republic
Italy
Carnegie Corporation
Carnegie Institution
Oceanographic Museum
Monaco
America
Wilson
Hamilton
Harvard
Flagstaff
Rockefeller Foundation
Board of Education
Court of Ocean Life
City of New York
Board of Trustees
New York City
Morris K. Jesup
Arctic
North America
South America
Asia
Congo
Roosevelt
Paraguay
Brazil
George K. Cherrie
Frank M. Chapman
Nicaragua
Clarence R. Halter
L. A. Mannhardt
China
Roy C. Andrews
Osborn
North
Brothers Reunite After Forty-Two Years in Columbus
James Marshall of Columbus aged eighty four and Hugh Marshall of California aged seventy seven, Civil War veterans and brothers, met here for first time in forty two years after Hugh learned James was alive during a Pension Office visit in Washington and caught the first train to Columbus.
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Columbs, Kas
James Marshall
Hugh Marshall
California
Sevety
Washington
Pension Office
Russians Meet Britons in Mesopotamia Alliance Described
A British correspondent recounts an alpine descent to Kizil Ribat where Russian Cossacks and British Indian Lancers exchange salutes. He notes arduous marches from Hamadan through a barren zone, near famine, with nearly 2000 graves at Kermanshah. Cossacks share rations and mingle with allied troops.
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London
Mesopotamia
Kermanshah
Kizil Ro
Hamadan
Khanikin
Old Money Order Found in Grass Valley
Grass Valley reports a twenty year old money order shown for payment during spring clean-up. Officials search records for payment status and apply to Washington for a duplicate. A contractor dismantling the old post office uncovered letters hidden for eighteen years in a box crack.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Washington
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Department of Public Health
National Archives
King Albert
King George
Poincare
Lord Kitchener
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