High School Girl Becomes Overnight Movie Star
Beverly Bayne, a Chicago Hyde Park High student, rises to film fame after an offhand invitation to audition for The Loan Shark. She accepts with parental consent. Francis X. Bushman plays a pickpocket in The Master Thief, an Oliver Moronco production, with Bayne billed as star.
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Master Thief
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Chicago
Miss Bayne
Banyo
Oliver Moronco
Bushman
Miss” Bayne
Man Fined For Wearing Uniform Fraudulently
In Berkeley on January 2, Harlen Allen a former U U A private wore a captain’s uniform. He pleaded guilty to the government after investigation. Assistant U S Attorney C W Thomas Jr said the man claimed a rank he did not hold. Federal Judge H Rudkin fined Allen and ordered future proper attire at social events.
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Textile towns rake in the coin in new prices
Bradford Jan 2 The Puntiah textile towns are wallowing in money as demand for clothes drives woolens up. Fabrics that once sold for 50 cents now bring 2.25 dollars, signaling a sharp rise in textile prices and profits.
South Hampton to become regular port for world’s largest ships
South Hampton, Jan. 2, will soon serve as the regular British port for the five largest steamships in the world the Leviathan Imperator Olympic Mauretania and Aquitania.
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Mauretania
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Papes Diapepsin touted as fast indigestion relief
The ad extols Pape's Diapepsin as a quick remedy for indigestion and stomach upset. It claims the tablet neutralizes stomach acids, ends discomfort after meals, and is inexpensive and candy tasting for easy use.
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Mexico protests U S over alleged killings and mistreatment
Mexico lodged a protest with the United States over alleged murders and abuse of Mexican citizens in the United States. Officials see a tit for tat approach aiming to pressure Washington while diplomacy continues.
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Mexico
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Texas
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Lansing
Bonillas
Carlow Melend
Clemenceau Declines Senate Candidacy and Hints at Presidency
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau told Draguignan voters he will not seek a Senate seat and will not confirm a presidential bid. He urged tax payment and large families, adding he will always be France’s devoted son and will continue to do his duty.
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Tax Dodgers Targeted by Roper as Jail Time Rises
Commissioner Daniel C. Roper intensifies anti evasion drive with jail terms for big and small tax dodgers. Boston magnates William A. English and John H. O’Brien sentenced to 14 months and $10,000 fines for double bookkeeping and tax fraud. Roper’s audit push has recovered hundreds of millions and aims for half a billion more in 1920.
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Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Ropers
William A. English
John H. O'Brien
Boston
Roper
Uncle Sam
Crucible Steel Co
America
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Boy Wear Quality Fabrics and Styles From $7.50 to $27.50
A retailer advertises durable clothing aimed at boy customers highlighting fabrics from Heather Mix to Norfolk Models with waistline styles half round and all round belts. Prices range from seven fifty to twenty seven fifty per item.
Oliver Twist and Junior Norfolk Suits for Young Boys
Delightful models for boys aged 2 to 6 in a wide range of styles. Prices in this Upstairs Store are remarkable, matching other garments for value and appeal to shoppers seeking quality children's wear.
Clothing Store Promises Wide Range and Savings
The ad touts a large selection of fabrics colors and sizes with prices from five to fifteen dollars. It emphasizes easy matches and big savings, suggesting new life for suits thought ready for discard.
Lund Lilly's and Lundquist Lilly Offer Boy Mackinaws Hats and Caps
The store promotes warm overcoats for boys with plaid wool Mackinaws priced from 8.50 to 15.00 and popular styles in all wool fabrics. Mothers are urged to buy for value. The Hat and Cap Department offers caps from 2 to 3.50 and hats from 2.50 to 7.50 with savings on every item.
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Lund Lilly’s
Northwest
Lundquist. Lilly
Low Exchange Rate Helps German Trade, Report Says
Berlin dispatch notes Germany’s low exchange rate aids commercial ties with Central Europe. Despite harsh winter credit needs, German industry exports glass, china, potash, instruments, and toys while and American goods only pre war stock. Occupied zones boost French British commerce. Germans depend on allies for shipping and credits as they rebuild.
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Europe
Germany
America
Old-Time Cold Cure Tea Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Hamburg Breast Tea as an inexpensive, vegetable remedy. It claims brewing a tablespoon of Hamburg with boiling water and drinking a cupful relieves congestion, opens pores, loosens the bowels, and breaks a cold or grip. The product is sold in pharmacies.
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France
England
Hamburg
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