Latest Moves in Silent Film World Stir Big Star Shifts
The column lists Stamey The Cure and The Railroad Raiders as new serials, notes Lois Weber staying at Universal, Dressler forming a $2,000,000 company, Mace’s death, Intolerance opening in London, Williamson submarine pictures, and multiple star moves across Fox Mutual Keystone and other studios. It mentions Chaplin contract rumors, high salaries, and industry gossip with many names and future projects.
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Helen Holmes
Lois Weber
Universal
Marie Dressler
Fred Mace
New York
Biograph
Keystone
London
Dury Lane
Williamson Brothers
West Indies
Billie Rhodes
Christie
Nestor
Mutual
Betram Grassley
Manuel
Fox
Jim” Cruze
Army
Doris Rawe
Mary Garden
France
Goldwyn Pictures
Crane Wilbur
Geraldine Farrar
Beatriz Michelena
California
Ford Sterling
Chaplin
Roscoe Arbuckle
Keystoners
Charles Murray
Charles Chaplin
Keystones
Essanay
Nat Goodwin
D. W
Griffith
Mr. Inquirer
Law
Vitagraph
Harry Morey
Douglas Fairbanks
Artecraft
Rhea Mitchell
Fort Lee
N. J
Bill” Russell
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie
F. Ford
Henry King
Balboa Star
Winston
North Carolina
Valeska Suratt
History of Motion Picture Industry by Beatriz Michelena
Beatriz Michelena traces early seeds of film, noting pioneers like Griffiths and Laemmle, the 1893 World's Fair, and Edison's Kinetoscope, which sparked public curiosity despite modest exhibition. The piece previews a larger origin story of cinema’s rise at Chicago’s fair and the first steps toward a new industry.
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Beatriz Michelena
California
David Griffiths
Davy
Carl Laemmle
Eastman
Walker
Christopher
Lake Michigan
Columbus
New World
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Actua m
Humphville Times Local Office Notice and Ads
The Humphville Times announces irregular weekly publication from a small city office near the pumping station. Subscription costs five dollars per year in advance, with six month and other terms unclear. Obituary poetry and various local notices appear at nominal rates, while schedules and lines for advertisements drift with the paper.
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Offige
Potatoes offer at cut-rate price in Humptyville column
In Humphville a satirical ad by John Skinflint hawks Irish potatoes at 1.98 a bushel. He boasts frost-bitten stock, offers to sell at 90 cents a peck if observers stop watching, and promises delivery or pickup with a free extra potato. The piece rides a local editor's humor about prices and community life.
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John Skinflint
Amerika
Antigood Roadster
Free and Brave
U. S
Uncle Sam
P. S
Aunt Samantha Kindfried Declared Local Heroine After Hatchet Wound Incident
Amid neighbors such as women’s groups opposing and men backing, Aunt Samantha Kindfried becomes the town heroine after she reattached her brother’s severed toe with soap and water and axle grease following a hatchet wound. Some claim the toe was reattached upside down, while others praise her swift, if unconventional, aid.
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Samantha Kindfried
Maria Goahead
Samantha
Teeth Without Plates A Local Rumor and Missing Teeth
A humorous note on false teeth steals and a Philadelphia offer for any set of dentures. The piece mentions Aunt Samantha Kindfriend and the Humphville police asking questions. It jokes about people sleeping with teeth in place to avoid loss and warns against swallowing them in sleep.
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Samantha
Humphville
Philadelphia
Lighthearted note on going to movies in hard roads
A Humphville educated girl replies to a question about going to the movies last week saying she did not want to go and could not have reached the theater anyway. The piece ends with a quip about fortunes knocking while people quarrel with neighbors in the yard.
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Humphville
Gwine
The Rooter and Yell Master at College Football
A historical portrait extols the college rooter as the driving force in football morale. It describes the rooter as a lung-rich figure who endures hours of cold and shouting, aided by a yell master who choreographs the chorus to spark team victory and campus spirit. The piece emphasizes rooting as essential to football success and the collective effort beyond individual players.
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Triahout
Providence
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of Motion Picture
Lumphville
Ketchum GolNg
Boss Squyr
Ketchum Koming
Ditoe
Editoryals and Lokals, &cforTh
Della Gasweight
Parson Longtalk
Anna Belle Sophronia Hazelburg
Constable Doolittle
Horace Eee
Sia
Horace S
Constable D
Humphville, N. C
A. d
Joan Sxinflint
Fortune
Feene Aylo
Ohio
Bellefontaine
Vinci
J. F. Lawporn
Matton Drug Co
High Point
N. C
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Flasrine
B. Nulory
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Chicago
Mayr
Hart Drug Co
Parker
Peleips
Ceadicate
Denaraii
Santy
Hindercorns Mersoves Corus
Callousex
X Chemical Works
Frank Ford
High Point Marble CO
D. R. Raper, Propr
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