Orphan Boy Letter Challenges War and Wealth Power
A wartime letter from a thinker at odds with pro military aims condemns capitalism and the sale of war materials. He recounts experiences at Jefferson Barracks and in St Louis, laments miners, Homestead and Ludlow clashes, and argues for a future free from poverty and oppression. He cites Wilson, Carranza, and religious issues while urging a universal, peaceful era.
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U. S
Jefferson Barracks
South St. Louis
Seventh and Market
Walnut St
Ludiow
J. D
Homestead
Jack London
Solomon
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Mexico
Villa
Birds Exhibit by School Kids at Skagit County Fair
At Mount Vernon the Skagit County Fair features a school kids bird exhibit. Young students display domesticated and songbirds, sharing projects and care routines with visitors.
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Skagit County
Mount Vernon
Caddies Strike On Citys Links
Fifty golfers used Beacon Hill municipal course while caddies, paid 20 cents a nine holes, walked off the job. At 3 pm Caddy Master Fred Dolphin met with the grievance committee and the strike ended temporarily. Caddies plan to petition the park board Friday to adopt a 20 cents per hour rate.
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Beacon Hill
Fred Dolphin
Minister of Peace Named In Row C Clash Over Stationery
C. L. Baxter of the civil service commission is appointed minister of peace to settle hostilities between the commission and the re classification committee. The committee seeks $40 for stationery, which the commission refuses to grant unless Mayor Gill approves. The council agrees to allow the expenditure if the mayor consents.
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C. L. Baxter
The
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Civil Service Reclassification Committee
Gill
Radio Across Nation Enables Continental Telephone Talk
A historic broadcast linked New York and Mare Island by radio telephone, allowing Theodore N. Vail and officials to converse with John J. Carty across the continent. The experiment proves voices traveling coast to coast are audible, with future Atlantic and Pacific links seen as possible through upgraded apparatus.
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San Francisco
London
Paris
New York
John J. Carty
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Theodore N. Vail
Telephone Company
Carty
Mare Island
Vail
Arlington
Atlantic
Europe
Pacific
Japan
The Majesty of the Law at the Alaska and more film entries
Myrtle Stedman stars in The Majesty of the Law at the Alaska with George Fawcett. The Colonial features The Melting Pot with Walker Whiteside and Valentina Grant. Alhambra presents Under Southern Skies and a local cast finale. Liberty shows Playing Dead with Sydney Drew. Mission belts The City Tigress alongside comedies. Melbourne screens The Pretty Sister of Jose. Clemmers offers The Wonderful Adventure starring William Farnum.
Colonial Ending Saturday Night Features The Melting Pot
A periodic listing announces the Colonial cinema program with shows including The Melting Pot by Walker Whiteside and Seeing America First, alongside Clemmer’s ending feature The Wonderful Adventure with William Farnum. Melbourne screens The Pretty Sister of Jose starring Marguerite Clark and Jack Pickford, and The Majesty of the Law with George Fawcett and Myrtle Stedman at Alaska. Liberty presents Playing Dead with Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Drew, plus The City Tigress with Julia Swayne Gordon, Billy Joins the Navy, and The Romance of a Handkerchief with Maurice Costello and Leah Baird. Alhambra shows Under Southern Skies with Mary.
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Goggs
Julia Swayne Gordon
Leo Delaney
Zena Keefe
Billie Reeves
Billy
Walker Whiteside
America
Melbourne
Jose
Marguerite Clark
Jack Pickford
Alaska
the Majesty of the Law
George Fawcett
Myrtle Stedman
Navy
Maurice Costello
Leah Baird
Navy War Game Off Norfolk Tests Lessons From Europe
The U S Navy at Norfolk conducts a full scale war game with over 80 ships under Admiral Fletcher. The Atlantic fleet simulates a defense of Charleston and nearby yards against an imaginary foe to test submarines battle cruisers and hydroplanes and to train under real war conditions.
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Norfolk
Europe
United States Navy
Fletcher
Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Charleston
Navy Yard
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Fortress Monroe
Chesapeake
Local Theater Plays and Curtain Calls Highlight Weekend
Fuller closes the Saturday show The Great Question and The Woman, the Lion and the Man, with Wild Birds of Scotland as a scenic piece. Madison ends Thursday night with Stop Thief by Della Connor, and Jerry's Busy Day a comedy by George Ovie.
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Scotland
Madison
Della Connor
Jerry
George Ovie
Broadway Week Finishes With Mixed Fate Shows
The house closes Thursday featuring two part dramas The Broken Coin in No 8 and Out of the Flames, and comedies A Maid and a Man and Their Happy Honeymoon. Ye College offers The Romance of Elaine in No 32 two parts and The Substitute Widow in two parts.
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Ye College
Elaine
Zeppelins Sighted Headed Toward England Over Belgium
Six Zeppelins were sighted moving westward over Aerechot Belgium today. The craft appeared on a course that would carry them toward England if continued.
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Amsterdam
Aerechot
Belgium
England
Learn Piano or Organ in Hours by New System
Detroit musician introduces a Numeral Method Music Co system claiming any person or child can learn piano or organ in one or two hours. Send name and address to 126 Trussed Concrete Building Detroit Mich for a free guide and three sheets of music.
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Detroit
Numeral Method Music Co
Mich
Electra-Vita
Electra-Vita Co
Empress Theatre
Spring Beattie
Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otion Pictures
Seattle
Mary Fuller
Savannah
Georgia
Gm UV
Ome
Jesus Christ
C. c
William
Farnum
Dorothy Green
Clemmer
Tomene Aigiat
Bet
WACO
Western Automobile Company
Pike Elliott
the Great
Lion and the
Wild Birds OF Scotland
New Yorker
Miss Stedman
Chicago
Virginia
Fawcett
William Desmond
Charles Ruggles
Jane Wolfe
John Oaker
Misa Valentine Grant
Israel Zangwill
Colonial
Alhambra
Milton Sis
Paul Panzer
Charles Ogles
Liberty
Sydney Drew
the Liberty
Spain
Mar
Guerite Clark
Allstar
Coquette
Spanish Town
William Farnum
Mrs
Mary
Atlantic Fleet
Fuller
Paramount Pictures
Geo. Fawcett
Fay Tincher
KR Binyon, JR
Binyon Optical CO
First Ave
Seneca ST
Second
Vames ST
Copenhagen
Cape Cod
Basket Honey
New Cam
Strainea
Yakima
Gertle
Malaga
Jonathan Winter
Dellelows
Gravenstein
Loal Gravenstein
Grimes’ Golden
Godwin &@ Co
Une
California
Eeree Walla Walla
Washton
Wisconsin
Washington Twins
Young America
Puget Sound
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