Farce Playlet Leads Majestic Bill of Vaudeville
The Majestic opens Wednesday with a strong vaudeville bill headed by the farce playlet The Corner Store by Fred Ardath. Acts include Violet MacMillan on moving pictures, The Midnight Rollickers, California Song Birds, and European trapeze duo Binn and Burt, plus Marie Ireland and Fred Whitfield in The Belle of Bingville and a strong company led by Eva Taylor and Lawrence Grattan.
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Majestic
Fred Ardath
Hiram
Frankie Heath
John
Winnie Hennings
Violet MacMillan
Universal City
Harry Slatko
the Majestic
Leach Sisters
California
Europe
Binn
Burt
Eva Taylor
Lawrence Grattan
Food Spoilage and Cooking Tips From an Early 20th Century Text
The piece discusses how undercooked cereals and poorly seasoned meals turn households away, urging careful preparation of cheap foods to boost consumption. It warns against soggy vegetables and burned fats, noting improved meat and fish flavor with proper cooking and exploring hybrid potatoes as a potential market opportunity.
Grand Opera House to Feature Miss Wiseman Duo
Manager Scott announces the Grand Opera House summer season with Miss Mil dred Wiseman violinist and Miss Lucile Wiseman singer appearing Friday and Saturday as part of a large double motion picture bill. The program includes British War films and Mary M Meblen in The Mysterious Mrs M.
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Scott
Grand Opera House
Wiseman
Mil
Dred
Miss Lucile
Mary MébLeren
Mrs. M
Fertile Anatolia Promises Great War Era Growth
Turkish and German-backed irrigation and modern machinery transform Anatolia and Cilicia. Large capital from Anatolian Railway Company and Anatolian Society for Commerce and Industry funds irrigation and farming gear, aiming to turn Asia Minor into a European granary. Large-scale railways, drains, power plants, and docks planned along Euphrates and Tigris to unlock abundant grain, cotton, and cattle production after the war.
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Constantinople
Turkish Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture
Asia Minor
Europe
Germany
Anatolian Railway Company
Anatolian Society For Commerce and Industry
Dresden
Cilicia
Adana
Konia
Angora
Anatolia
Karaman
Nidge
Caesarea
Josgat
Eskishehir
Mesopotamia
Euphrates
Tigris
Hohe Schneid Peak Captured Amid Alpine Blitz
Austro-Hungarian Alpine troops seized the Hohe Schneid peak in the Ortler group on Italian soil. The 10,200 foot summit four miles south of Mount Stilvio gives control of the surrounding ridge and Stilvio pass after months of tunnels and bombardment by heavy Austrian guns. The feat is described as among the campaign’s greatest, with brutal winter conditions and dangerous tunnel work.
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Fee
Hohe Sechneid
Stilvio Pass
Stilvio
Monte Scarluzzo
Hohe Sehneid
New Zealanders and armored cars battle 5000 Turks in Palestine
A British dispatch from Southern Palestine recalls a clash where eight armored cars faced about five thousand Turkish troops. New Zealanders seized a ridge, captured a gun battery with 200 men, and used guns against a house, killing occupants. The armored cars, under heavy fire, fought a long pursuit, suffering minimal casualties while claiming hundreds of Turkish losses.
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London
Palestine
Huj
Grain Sorghums Poised to Expand in Western Plains
Prices for grain sorghums hint at a regional acreage rise in Western Kansas Oklahoma and Northern Texas. Growers may replace winter wheat on damaged fields and shift to dry areas where corn and small grains falter. Once mainly poultry feed these grains hold potential for human consumption too.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
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Majestic Bill
Lawrence Taylor
Bingville
Fred Whitfield
Marie Ireland
Lew Murdock
Newton Newkirk
Ernest Evans
Bradley
Ardiné
Willing
Jordan
Mr. Willing
Thomas Trip
Clommedy Rampourt
Miss
Red Whitfield
Santi Bn
Jordon
E Thomas
Mildred Wiseman
Lucille Wiseman
Strand Theater
Ollie Debrow
Boy With the Blues
Charlie Chaplin
Helen Holmes
Miss Holmes
E. K. Linken
Jimmy Dale
Harry Watson
Red Feather
England
Tuesday Brady
Alice Brady
Marjorie Rambeau
Powell-Mutual
Manhattan Girls
Duncan
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