Buster Keaton's Go West debuts at Strand
Critics hail Buster Keaton's Go West as his most ambitious western comedy blending pathos and farce. The film follows a drifting youth who travels by boxcar through the South and North, takes a cowboy job, befriends a cow named Brown Eyes, falls for a rancher's daughter, and features large-scale scenes on a 1.5 million acre Arizona ranch.
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Strand Theatre
Keaton
Buster
Dixie
Atlantic
United States
Arizona
America
Howard Truvsiak
Rashieen Myers
Ray Thompson
Gloria Swanson Arrives to Film Stage Struck in New Martinsville
New Martinsville WV declares a holiday as Gloria Swanson with Allan Dwan and the Paramount crew arrive to film Stage Struck. The town floods streets with welcome signs and a band plays as 4500 residents greet the star at the station.
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New Martinsville
West Virginian Hills
Gloria Swanson
Paramount Company
Allan Dwan
Paramount Picture
Orpheum Theatre
Gloria
Frank Clark
Miss Swanson
Kiwanis Elub
Star
Martinsville
Sylvia la Varre
Lawrence Gray
Ford Sterling
Forrest Halsey
Earthquake Felt Along Coast Near Redding and Red Bluff
A light quake at 10 05 a m rattled dishes and chandeliers at Redding, north of Sacramento, with felt reports from Kennett and Red Bluff. It resembled a distant explosion, with the last peak obscured by clouds, and authorities could not confirm a volcanic eruption amid recent activity.
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Redding
Here
Sacramento Bee
Kennett
Red Bluff
Link the Industrial Slave to Prominent Citizen after Death
A satirical tale follows Link, an anonymous laborer in a city, whose life totals a single census gain and routine workmen’s existence. After death, the widow spirals into debt, inflates his status, and purchases an extravagant coffin and plot, reflecting society’s pretensions.
Funeral extravagance and moral in a vaudeville death tale
A widow stages a lavish funeral for Link with an ornate tuxedo disguise, operatic soprano, motor hearse, and parade, extracting expense from grieving kin. The piece ends with a Morals note: die and you get a grand send off. Also reports a San Francisco taxi merger sparking possible coastal consolidation rumors.
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Link
Pepa
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Pine Mills Weekly Output And Shipments Report
The Western Pine Manufacturers association reports weekly totals from 36 mills in Portland. Production reaches 33,940,000 feet with shipments at 25,600,006 feet and new business totaling 1,962,900 feet.
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Portland
Western Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Chevrolet Expands Zone Organization for 1926
Chevrolet Motor Company expands its field organization with three new zone offices in New York City Cleveland and Omaha and four new zone distribution buildings in Des Moines Minneapolis Charlotte and Jacksonville. The move includes direct rail service for rapid car and parts distribution and 20 Chevrolet service schools for dealer technicians, doubled in 1925.
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Chevrolet Motor Company
New York City
Cleveland
Omaha
Des Moines
Mini Minn
Charlotte
N. C
Jacksonville
Pla
Chevrolet
Nummer
Demand Hits Record Levels for Liverpool-More Makers
Maat reports orders at manufacturers near yearly peak with gains from jobbers and department stores recovering after holidays. The surge reflects broad consumer demand and ongoing inventory restocking across sectors.
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Maat
Liverpool
Ant Apatinn
Fort Worth Cattlemen Buy Heavily for Restocking
Fort Worth reports suggest winter grazing is unusually fine with cattlemen purchasing large herds for restocking. The healthy forage in local ranges prompts wide interest as farmers and ranchers look to replenish stock.
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