Love and Sacrifice in a Hollywood Studio Tale
Hattie Johnson, 17, works in a mailing room and is taken to Earthwide Picture for a screen test by director Armand de Brissac. She travels to California, signs a three year contract offer, and faces choice between De Brissac and Plantagenet while family pressures loom. Her career rises amid personal turmoil as the plot builds toward a dramatic film success and a risky future.
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Hattie Johnson
Lucille Overman
Earthwide
Armand DE Brissac
Hattie
California
Bagdad
Grandma
Alice
Henry O'Malley
de Brissac
Hatte
Plantagenet
Lucille
Arthur
Wattie
Henry
John
Mr. de Brissa
Napoleon
Mr. Wurtzell
Corine
Misa Jobs
Culver City
Miss John
Cgran'ma
Kory Treaven
Ten Years Ago in the City Proceedings and Local Happenings
A review of past years notes a wave of recruitment for a potential European conflict, a push to establish eastern time, health board lawsuits over pasteurized milk sales, and a campaign to charter a Uniform Bank. Local high school juniors staged an opera house entertainment. A Zionist move drew a local resident away from town. A frame building was torn down to make way for a brick block. Elyria’s water works dispute ended in a court ruling supporting local authority. Voters weighed village status and class upgrades, and local business ventures formed on avenues once served by tram. Seventy years prior, political riots and postmasters shifts marked the era, with trade caravans heading west for new opportunities.
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Mir de Brizsac
Arthur
Hattie
Alice
Gran'ma
Eva Eames
Wurtzell
de Brisac
Co. B
Germany
Thompson
Board of Health
How Children Quickly Gain Robust Health
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as ideal for weak children and those with rickets. It claims rapid weight gain and strong bones, compares taste to candy, notes sugar coating, and urges a 30 day trial with money back guarantee. Sixty tablets cost 60 cents. available at druggists nationwide.
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McCoy
McCoy's
Berlin Birth Rate Alarm Follows Low Deaths
Berlin reports a widening gap between births and deaths with a birth rate showing alarming figures while deaths keep pace. The city also records the highest marriage rate among German cities, signaling a birth control trend amid urban life.
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Herlin
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Nertin
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Warmed Public Trust Against Colds
An early 20th century advertisement touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a proven cough and cold remedy. It claims hospital use and physician endorsement, promising penetrating relief and universal healing reach. The ad urges readers to buy the two-ounce bottle and notes double-sized trial bottle offers.
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Ayer
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