Merger ties First National to 350 theatres under new alliance
First National Pictures Inc joins with Stanley Company of America and West Coast Theatres Company in a major merger uniting about 350 theatres across New York Pennsylvania New Jersey D C and on the Pacific coast. The merged firms will be directed by a joint committee with First National star roster including Richard Barthelmess Leon Ert for Colleen Moore and Harry Langdon.
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Motion Picture
New York
First National Pictures, Inc
Teading Motion Picture
Famous Players-Lazhy
Richard A. Rowland
First National
Stanley Company of America
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
West Coast Theatres Company of California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Richard Barthelmese
Leon Ertal
Colleen Moore
Rillie Cave
Harry Langdon
Cakes That Are Different Butter Sponge Cake
A dated recipe note describes a butter sponge cake with sugar water vanilla and flour, instructions to sift, whip eggs, fold in hot butter, and bake as a sheet, roll, layers or muffins with a jelly-roll option. It also includes a caramel prune cake method with brown sugar butter prunes and batter poured over.
Prune Cake Instructions From A Faint OCR Fragment
A fragmented recipe describes baking a prune cake in a moderately slow oven for about 45 minutes. It mentions creaming butter and sugar, adding egg yolks and stiffly beaten whites, folding in flour with baking powder, and folding in prunes and lemon rind.
Siamese Princess Goes to Manila for Nursing Study
Princess Phon Diskul, relative of the Siamese king, arrives in Manila on March 4 to study nursing. It marks the first time a royal woman member has been allowed to leave Siam for education. Her Red Cross work impressed her parents, who hope she will aid her people.
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Manila
Phon Diskul
Siam
Red Cross
SAVE APPLE BLOSSOMS PROMPT FOLIAGE USE ADVICE
Washington reports the agriculture department warns that using apple blossoms as bouquet decorations requires thirty to forty healthy leaves per apple. The guidance aims to prevent stripping trees of foliage during the budding season. A second item notes Opjah the pigmy elephant in London received splints for crooked front legs and has been returned to its usual haunts after a year in braces.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
London
Opjah
Pigging Aged Six Years Builds Strength For Weight Bear
A six year old pig teaches resilience as its legs grow stronger to bear its weight, illustrating patient animal development. The note highlights the creature’s age and the gradual strengthening process.
Bandits Busy in Cleveland
A Cleveland incident report notes about $2,654 in cash and $1,000 in checks and merchandise stolen from individuals and stores. A brigand barged into the public square district, detaining Charles Wallace of Chicago on the post office steps and taking $130 from him.
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Public Square
Charles Wallace
Chicago
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