War Stories of Tragic and Comic Frontline Tales
United Press report from Rome recounts Italian front humor and tragedy. Story details nightly searchlight duels near Podgora west of Gorizia, wooden guns mistaken for real ones, and a captain killed in a brave but doomed mission. It also covers Lieutenant Finizio freeing 46 convicts, arming them with knives, and leading to rewards and renewed patriotism.
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United Press
Rome
Podgora
Gorizia
Leutenant
Milan
de Iso
Italy
Finizio
Thas
Thas Just Been Given A Month's Leave of Absense
Ministry of War
Ponza
Coutti
Gaeta
Camden Cha tanga Circle Hosts Meeting At Mrs Miller Home
Camden Alabama Friday gathering hosted by Mrs John Miller featured a business program and refreshments. Next meeting planned with Mrs W P Burford on Oct 15. The Teenyson Chautauqua Circle met at Rock Rest with Mrs Fleet Hollinger. Local children celebrated James Whitcomb Riley's birthday. Visitors Mr and Mrs Leo McConnell visited Selma. Crops reported nearly all gathered with good corn peanut and sugar cane harvests.
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Camden
Ala
Camden Chatanga
John Miller
W. P. Burford
Teenyson Chautauqua
Fleet Hollinger
Rock Rest
Grammar School
Janes Whitcomb Riley
Leo McConnell
Selma
Balkans Welcome American Money Sparks Independence Push
Bulgaria Serbia and Greece open to US loans and trade as American locomotives rolling stock and business agents flood the Balkans. Officials say new ties promise freedom from European powers, with Serbia Greece and Bulgaria negotiating with American firms to replace wartime losses.
Consul General in Munich to resign over war remarks
The United States consul general at Munich will resign at Washington’s request due to partisan statements on the European war. Gaffney's remarks offended the British at Munich.
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Gaffney
Munich
U. S
United States
Germany
Washington
Balkans Embrace U S as Economic Liberator
Serbia has broken away and Standard Oil supplies all coal oil while American autos power army transport. Balkan leaders including Prince Regent Alexander and Prime Minister Patchitch seek US financial and commercial relations, echoed by King Constantine and Bulgarian Prime Minister Radoslavoff as American traders are welcomed as liberators.
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Serbia
Standard Oil Company
Balkan States
Alexander
Patchitch
United States
Constantine
Greece
Radoslavoff
Bulgaria
Balkan
Balkans
Turnerville Personal Notes And Local Sketches
Miss Elvin Parnell and Kirby Smitherman visited A. B. Lewis’s home Sunday. A storm caused minor damage to trees in the area. School opened last Friday with good attendance and more expected. Mrs. Masingill is ill and feeble. A large group of young people attended the negro baptizing at Chunchula last Sunday.
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Turnerville
Ala
Elvin Parnell
Kirby Smitherman
A. B. Lewis
Masingill
Chunchula
Big Point Personals Sunday Socials at Big Point
Big Point Mississippi items note visits and meetings. Leon Everhardt and Mr Roberts called on Geo Duncan’s family while Ralph Morgan and wife visited Warren Sun day. Charles Montgomery and family spent Sunday night with J W Tree. Fred Kemmerling returned from Michigan. Rev David preached at the M E church. Mr Nelson of Alabama and Mrs Anna Koff were married at her home.
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Big Point
Leon Everhardt
Roberts
Geo, Duncan
Ralph Morgan
Warren
Charles Montgomery
J. W. Tree
Fred Kemmerling
Michigan
David
M. E. Church
Nelson
Alabama
Anna Koff
On the Run and Quick Quips on Public Life
A collection of wry quips on war, gypsies, common fears, and public entertainments. The fragments critique wartime myths, child safety folklore, everyday cleverness, and the practicality of chautauquas in communities.
Prosecution Sought Over Congressman Wilson Slur
St Louis Oct 9 Kurt von Reppert attorney who branded President Wilson as a crook and jackass at a closed rating of German Americans last week has vanished after an interview in which he claimed he knows how much I have. Federal prosecutors seek legal grounds to prosecute him and defend the government against threats.
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ST. Louis
Kurt von Repspert
Wilson
U. S. Distr Attorney’s Office
A Family Divided and Italian Romance Play At Empire
At the Empire Monday Edna Mayo and Bryan Washburn star in A Family Divided a three act Essanay drama about a wife’s baseless suspicion breaking a home. A later reunion and moral lesson follow. Also the Lubin one act Italian romance shows trials of love and prison break.
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Edna Mayo
Bryant Washburn
Italy
America
Worth of a Woman and Barriers of Prejudice at the Empire
Vera Lisson and G Raymond Nye star in The Worth of a Woman a Biograph two act feature with Jose Ruben Madge Kirby and Carleton Weatherby Marguerite Reid in Barriers of Prejudice a Vitagraph two act drama. The double bill follows a ruined eastern businessman seeking fortune west a saloon lovers cautionary tale and a wealthy family marriage clash with a hopeful ending.
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Vera Lisson
G. Raymond Nye
Jose Ruben
Madge Kirby
Vitagraph
Carleton Weatherby
Marguerite Reid
Cupid
Vitagraph Company
Edna Mayo Sprains Ankle Finishing A Family Divided
Edna Mayo slips and sprains her ankle during a scene in A Family Divided but continues filming without delay. Despite medical advice to rest, the Es sanay leading woman finishes the photoplay with Bryant Washburn and is laid up briefly afterward.
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Edna Mayo
Essanay
Miss Mayo
Selig Jungle Zoo Hosts Grand Pacific Coast Celebrations
The Selig Jungle Zoo in Los Angeles draws thousands as Pacific coast residents celebrate Labor Day Italian Red Cross picnic and a pageant play titled The Beginning of the World. Dorothy Clifford stars as Eve while 300 society members perform. Mexican independence anniversary draws hundreds of attendees including the Los Angeles mayor.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
William A. Selig
Selig Zoo
California
B.cc
Queen Hyther
Dorothy Clifford
The Man in Irons at the Grand Hotel Mystery Two Act
A Kalem drama unfolds with counterfeiter gangs and a quick witted newspaper reporter exposing the gang. Love complicates the unraveling as skillful action uncovers the real counterfeiters in this two act mystery. The Deception presents a Lubin one act tale about an author seeking a theme and the plot that follows.
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Grand Hotel
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Conover
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Sophia
Cavalla
France
Macedonia
Austria
Russia
BIG Point Personals
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Kurt von Repperp
Empire Theatre News
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Emire
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Edith Storey
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Hughie Mack
Gertrude McCoy
Robert Conness
Phillips
Imlay Taylor
Edison Studios
Augustus Oe
Margaret Pruassing
Edison Players
Miss Prussing
Chicago
the Empire
Edna Mayo and
Bryan Washburn
Tony and
Marie
Vera Lisson and
Earle Williams and
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Anita
Stewart
Harry Mestayer and
Eugenie Besserer
Selig
Harry Mestayer
Roy L. McCardell
Fins Inne
Selig Jungle Zoo
MR. Selig
Jungle Zoo
Lottie Pickford
Irving Cummings
John Powell
Esther
Quabba
Homer Graydon
Helen Holmes
Hairen
Hearst-Selig News
Brin
Red Sox
White Sox
Elks Convention
New Jersey
New York State Fair
Marie Sais and
William H. West
Jean Dumar and
Raymond McKee
Jean Dumar
Walter Hitchcock
Ethel Clayton
Hurston Hall
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Empire
Souls Enchained
Lyda Borelli
Alba
Eve
Penpreese
Romero Fanelli
Romero
Alka
Shanea
Venice
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