Pliable film quest shaped motion picture history
Beatriz Michelena introduces a weekly feature on the race to develop a pliable film for cinema. The piece outlines early failures with gelatin and paper, the persistence of inventors like Walker and Eastman in Rochester, and the shift to celluloid amid manufacturing challenges and funding limits.
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Beatriz Michelena
Especiai
California
Walker
Eastman
Rochester
New York
Pearl White at the Broadway Monday
Pearl White headlines Broadway showings this Monday with details of screenings and venue notes provided by editor Paul A. Stamey.
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Paul A. Stamey
Pearl White
Lost and Won news girl sparks studio scraps
In Paramount's Lost and Won Marie Doro plays a ragged news-girl who separates two male rivals after a real fight. While calming the pair she cradles the smaller boy and the larger fighter sighs Gee, he's lucky, he gets everything signaling comic studio reaction.
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Paramount
Marie Doro
Miss Dero
Humphville Times Local notices and misc schedule details
The Humphville Times edition notes near weekly publication on Thursdays with editor in charge. It mentions the city pumping station location and safety at a gas tank, plus subscription rates and classified lines. Obituary and groom schedules are referenced with unclear details about rates and formats.
Humphville Tymes Delivers Local Whimsy and Diamonds
The Humphville Tymes chronicles small town doings from a stork delivering a baby boy to Aunt Miranda Kindfriend spotting a robin as a spring sign. A lively spoof about a fake diamint tale ends with neighbors debating a toe injury and a Buick rescue, all told in rambling hometown tone.
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Miranda
Humphville
Samantha Kindfriend
Johnny Golahead
Maria
John Skinflint
Sarah Goahead
A Lump of Epsom Salts Leads to Promising Rock
A man unfamiliar with minerals asked for help and was guided to a jewelry store. The jeweler described the specimen as a pretty rock close to the real thing but lacking hardness and unlikely to cause market excitement. It might fetch about twenty four red coppers if bought for paper.
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Anna Belle Sophronia Hazelburg
Hogan's Way
Horace Stamplicker
John Skinflint
Andy Antigoodroadster
John Skipflint
Lovejoy
Anna Belle
Highpint
Ford and Buick lovers clash over a girl and mud
In a small town incident B A Antigoodroadster drove to meet a girl in his Ford while Horace Stamplicker followed in a Buick. Both men pursued the same girl leading to jealousy and a muddy mishap as Stamplicker became stuck near the four o clock meeting.
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Bill Antigoodroadster
Ford
Horace Stamplicker
Stange
B. A
Anyi
Stamphicker
Chain letter scam inflates figures with vast Fibonacci like totals
A pasted chain letter tale involves Frank Witherbee of Minnesota and traveling men like N M Redfern and L Middle ton. The scheme promises $2 500 raised but the purported payoff if the first letter remains unanswered would total astronomical sums reaching billions and beyond.
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N. M. Redfern
D. L. Middleton
Frank Witherbee
Minnesota
Wetherbee
F. S. Lucan
Steubenville
Ohio
Benjamin Casey
Toronto
Frank Wetherbee
St. Paul
Monroé Enquirer
The Humorous Banter on The Noisy Furnace This Winter
A satirical piece lampoons the furnace as a temperamental hot box in a plain home. It mocks overpromising ads for No. 13 furnaces and warns readers how heat, pipes, and misdirected optimism mix with winter discomfort. The quip about false heating claims concludes the humorous critique.
Vinol Heals Stomach Woes And Boosts Health, Claim
A woman recalls years of stomach trouble and poor appetite until Vinol advertisement claims to have cured her. The message includes a testimonial from E L Hall and mentions Vinol’s guarantee. The Greensboro report notes Guilford County Cooperative Swine Breeding association organized to promote well bred hogs in Guilford County North Carolina.
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E. L. Hall
Vinci
Matton Drug Co
High Point
N. C
Guilford County
Greensboro
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