The White Raven and Other Portraits of Stage Life
A chaotic collage notes multiple films and stars including Ethel Barrymore in The White Raven at Clemmer, Vivian Martin in The Wax Model at Coliseum, Mildred Harris in The Bad Boy at Liberty, and The Tiger Woman with Theda Bara on Coliseum. It hints at revue and street scenes with Bowery types and dramatic plots.
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Ethel Barrymore
Clemmer
New York
Alaska
Mildred Harris
Dr. Griffith
the Liberty
Vivian Martin
Vivian
Tiger Woman
Theda Bara
Coliseum
Germans Took Most of Her Money in London
Crowding about funding refugees, American residents in Copenhagen report 500 awaiting transport home. Many are United States officials. Miss Marie Haviland of New York says German officials took nearly all her money, claiming a rule limits sums for those leaving Germany.
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London
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Copenhagen
United States
Marie Haviland
New York
Two Americans Survive Dalbeattie Sinking After Exposure
London Feb 21 Two Americans survived the Norwegian steamer Dalbeattie sunk by shell fire from a German submarine. They endured hours at sea before rescue. Survivors are Frank Wood 26 of Keene New Hampshire and John Guerrera 26 of Los Angeles California. The Dalbeattie carried coal from Gibraltar to Glasgow and was sunk on Saturday.
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Max
London
Dalbeattie
Frank Wood
Taylor
Clearing of Tide in Major Contract Tangle
Plans for sale of 50 million Bethlehem steel notes announced reveal that a snag delaying a 70 million shell contract with the Russian government has been cleared. Charles M Schwab says the loan is secured by 20 million Bethlehem bonds and 40 million in short term notes deemed good on gold. The notes were the subject of a Federal Reserve Board warning to banks.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Charles Mo Schwab
Bethlehem
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Pink Teas Not For Chamber Secretary
Mrs Alta D Marshall is described as the only woman secretary of a chamber of commerce in the U S She works in Venice California and aims to eliminate the pink tea atmosphere in her office She advocates practical commercial training for every girl regardless of its immediate use.
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Alta D. Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Venice
Cal
Japanese tea exports slump despite overall gains
Tokyo reports a puzzling decline in tea trade. five months of exports from Yokohama Shimiden Yokkaichi and Kobe total 32,994,595 pounds, down from the same period last year despite rising other exports.
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Tokio
Japan
Yokohama
Shimiden
Yokkaichi
Kobe
What Conductors Do In Spare Time
Decatur February 21. Charles Conklin Wabash conductor is on the last lap of a self imposed task playing 160000 games of solitaire. He has about 7000 more to play since 1897 averaging half a game daily. He has won 499 of the 95000 games played so far. Conklin is unmarried and spends most evenings with the cards.
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Decatur
Charles Conklin
Conklin
Mystery at Summit Avenue Loop District Sparks Youth Prank Suspicions
A local PD club plans to investigate a mystery around the Summit Avenue loop district as a series of pranks attributed to a group of youths is suspected. The exact identities of the presumed "D D" members remain unconfirmed while authorities prepare to clear the case and reveal findings.
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B. PD
Summit Ave. Loop
Seattle Adopts 100 French Fatherless Children
Seattle citizens answer a call from France for orphans and have provided homes for 100 of these children. Four hundred more remain, part of a national effort to care for 150000 French orphans with Seattle contributing 500 of the allotment.
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Seattle
France
Purse Snatcher Found Guilty After Chasing Suspect
Mitchell Doyle was convicted of grand larceny for snatching a purse valued at 45 dollars and its contents on January 27 from Miss Hessie Kington. The crime occurred as Kington screamed and chased the man, with Judge Ronald presiding.
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Mitchell Doyle
Hessie Kington
Ronald
Doyle
Strongest Man in the World Noah Young Named
A reader asks who is the strongest man. Noah Young of Los Angeles is identified as the world’s strongest, 25, 6ft1½in, 215 pounds, with record lifts at the San Francisco exposition. The letter also includes reader tips and advice columns by Miss Grey on health, jobs, and relationships.
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A.—Altho
Noah Young
Los Angeles
Cal
San Francisco Exposition
Miss Grey
Veda Hunt
Hogs Set Record As Market Opens In Chicago
Hogs beat all records with open market at 1295 dollars per hundredweight and pigs selling at 11 dollars per hundred. The prices mark the highest level since the Civil War.
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Chicago
Senators Object as N G War Orders Stir Iowa Senate
Hotly worded resolutions, debated in the Iowa state senate today, protest National Guard measures including a war department plan that would require Iowa infantry to pay for their uniforms. Dies in Des Moines amid a charged session with warnings of extended debate.
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Dies Moines
War Department
Iowa Infantry
State Senate
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Hubert Warwick
Robby Vernon
Teddy
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the Strand
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Sennett
HU Mart
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Kipling
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GEO Arisy
Pike
Max Linder
King of
Parson
Comedy Company
Pretty Girls
Reels of Fun
Phil Dunham
Doings IN Filmcom
Chamber
Thomas Ince
Allace Arlitzer
Mee
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Cynthia Grey
Hood
Mies Grey
Uncle Sam
Grey
Altho
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