Palace patrons praise Winter Garden Girla and vaudeville acts
Jack Grant’s Winter Garden Girla opens at the Palace to strong audience response with a standout black and tan specialty by Grant and Miss Tola Van. Eva Hurley and Douglas Fleming receive encores for their numbers. Also on bill, Kolb and Dill’s Million for Mary at Bijou and Ince’s Civilization heads to Robinson Grand for Christmas showings.
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Jack Grant
Winter Garden
Palace
Mr. Grant
Tola van
Every
Eva Hurley
Douglas Fleming
Fred Hurley
Overworked Mother Finds Strength in Vinci Tonic
Mrs. Ann Becker of Collinsville Illinois describes nervous breakdowns and fatigue eased within two weeks by Vinci tonic. Ad claims a blend of tonics, beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese peptonates, and glycerophosphates. Stone and Mercer, Druggists, Clarksburg WV advertise availability and money back guarantee.
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Collinsville
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Vinci
Ann Becker
Tri angle-Fine Arts presents The Microscope Mystery at Orpheum
A musical score by Victor L. Schertzinger amplifies a tale praised for its excitement. The film teams Wilfred Lucas and Constance Talmadge in a mystery drama likened to Poe and Conan Doyle, shown today at the Orpheum theater.
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Victor L. Schertzinger
Triangle-Fine Arts
Orpheum Theater
Wilfred Lucas
Constance Talmadge
Poe
Conan Doyle
Lucas
Austin
Freezone corn remedy advertised amid a cinema schedule
An advertisement touts freezone as a quick corn cure using a ether compound, claiming immediate drying and painless removal. The piece also lists a string of upcoming film attractions at the Grand and Robinson Grand theaters, mentioning stars like Olga Petrova and Sessue Hayakawa and noting musical comedy origins.
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Cincinnati
Metro
Olga Petrova
Aaron’ Hoffman
Burton’ King
Petrova
Hearst International
Jesse L. Lasky
Sessue Hayakawa
Myrtle Stedman
Pittsburg Collegians Star Center Excels as St Marys Opponent
Diffenbaugh, a former University of Pittsburg player, anchors the Pittsburg Collegians in a Wed May night game against St Marys All State. The center stands well over six feet and jumps with notable speed, hailed as one of the district’s top centers.
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Diffenbaugh
Pittsburg
Wast Increase Peters for Railroad Clerks in Martins Ferry
Unorganized clerks in the freight offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Martins Ferry and Bellaire have petitioned for a twenty percent wage increase.
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Martins Ferry
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
J and
Bellaire
County Salaries Law Takes Effect January First
The 1915 legislature enacted the county salaries law set to take effect January 1. It fixes salaries for sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, county clerks and circuit clerks across counties while current clerks keep their offices until 1921. All fees and perquisites in these offices go to the county treasury. The act also fixes salaries for county assessors and outlines payment from the county fund based on vote totals. Provisions limit assessor pay between 1000 and 2100 annually.
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Sas
Charleston
United States
I .Greee
Harr
West Virginia
Ferndale Mine Rescue Station Planned in Pennsylvania
Coal operators from Cambria and Somerset counties met in Johnstown to establish a large, modern mine rescue and safety station at Ferndale. The facility is slated to open January 1 and will be among the state’s most complete stations.
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Amy
Preba
Johnstown
Cambria
Indiana
Somerset Counties
Ferndale
Wage Advance Hits Five Thousand Coke Workers in Region
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on December 19 a ten percent wage increase was announced by the W J Rainey Company the Washington Coal and Coke Company and other independent coke operators affecting more than five thousand workers in the region.
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Connellsville
W. J. Rainey Company
Washington Coal and Coke Company
Second annual highway conference at Pittsburgh
The second annual conference on highway maintenance and construction will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from January 29 to February 3. A joint committee from the state highway department and the university faculty is preparing the program.
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Associated
Pittsburg
University of Pittsburg
State Highway Department
Banking firm to grant year end bonuses to employees
The Bankers' Trust Company in New York announces Christmas bonuses for workers ranging from ten to seventeen percent of annual salaries. This adds to the regular five percent bonus and pension contributions totaling about six thousand dollars into employees' pensio funds.
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New York
Bankers’ Trust Company
Pensio
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