King of Wild Horses at Community Theatre Sunday
Hal Roach brings Rex the Morgan in The King of Wild Horses to the Community theatre on Sunday Aug 3. Rex once was outlaw and dangerous, chained in a stall, but vet trainer Chick Morrison earned his trust over two weeks and the horse now performs like a seasoned trooper. Edna Murphy and Leon Bary star in a romance wrapped around the horse’s tale.
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Hal Roach
Rex
Morgan
Roach
Fred Jackman
Chick” Morrison
Morrison
Edna Murphy
Leon Bary
Real Thriller in When East Comes West at Strand
During filming of When East Comes West at the Strand next Thursday August 7 a horse driven buckboard scene spun out of control. Peters and Mary Brennan acted. the horses bolted but driver Peters Kortman halted the pair. No one injured and cast safe return praised by director Eason.
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Franklyn Farham
Strand Theatre
Peters
Heavy
Mary Brennan
Marcella Pershing
Robert Kortman
Eason
Miss Pershing
Mr. Kortman
Charlie Chaplin in the Ministerial Hat at the Strand
Charles Chaplin appears in The Pilgrim as an escaped convict who dons clerical garb, shifting from tramp and soldier roles to a ministerial persona in a Strand screening on August 5. The article notes his wash of stagecraft from film triumphs to the parson’s hat and frock.
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Charles Chaplin
Strand
Charles
The Pilgrim Chases Comic Elopement in Chaplin's Reel
A parson in disguise, eloping lovers, and a forced pulpit scheme fuel a Chaplinist comedy. The Pilgrim, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, unfolds over four reels and draws comparisons to The Kid in wit and pace.
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The
Chaplin
Richard Barthelmess Stars in Modern Romance at Strand
Richard Barthelmess headlines Twenty-One a John 8. Robert son production at the Strand next Sunday Aug 10 Dorothy Mackaill plays the factory girl who wins his heart and urges him to leave home to become a taxicab driver The cast includes Joe King Dorothy Cumming Elsie Laurson Bradley Barker Ivan Simpson Nellie Parker Spaulding and Helen Tracy The tale marks Barthelmess return to a modern story after costume adventures Fury The Bright Shawl and The Fighting Blade and he now sports a hair cut for the role.
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John 8. Robertson
Richard Barthelmess
Strand
Dorothy Mackaill
Joe King
Dorothy Cumming
Elsie Lawson
Bradley Barker
Ivan Simpson
Nellie Parker Spaulding
Helen Tracy
Barthelmess
Fury
Richard
Playtime as Life: Santayana on Work and Leisure
The passage cites Santayana arguing that material competence supports life while true living comes from play. During work one is servant to facts, but in holidays and passions one becomes master, embracing literature philosophy love religion patriotism as spiritual uses of experience.
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G. Santayana
Yale Review
Origins of Sheep in America Through Conquest Era
The text traces sheep in America to Spanish conquest in Mexico during the early 1500s and notes Castile roots for Mexican flocks. It suggests English colonists imported sheep to Virginia in 1609 and states American breeds derive from European stock, with Asia as the initial source for ancient sheep.
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America
New World
Cortez
Mexico
Castile
United States
Virginia
Asia
Europe
When Forks Were New In History
The passage notes the four pronged fork emerged after 1725 and by 1788 silver forks were used only by nobility and foreign ambassadors. It mentions three prongs on knives, broad ends for peas and catching juice, and that dessert spoons were not yet used.
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George III
Americans Praise Serbia Health Work After War Aid
New York report credits the Serbian Child Welfare Association of America with rapid postwar public health gains in Serbia. It cites establishment of a nurses training school, a health workers program, a hygiene textbook with King Alexander’s intro, domestic science courses, and large donations totaling 850,000 dinars, aiding 25,000 orphans and 800 schoolhouses amid severe postwar hardship.
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New York
Serbia
Serbian Child Welfare Association of America
William J. Doherty
America
Alexander
Ministry of Health
Medical Association
Serbian Red Cross
Balkan
Food powder urged to boost human stature in Japan
Victor Heiser of the Far East Rockefeller foundation says Doctor Suike of the Japanese Institute of Nutrition is about to reveal a fish powder that allegedly increases height. Heiser notes animal tests succeeded and humans will be tested, asserting the discovery is genuine and practical despite anti American sentiment. The foundation plans a research hospital in 37 countries to show diet and prevention cut death rates.
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Tokyo
Victor Heiser
Far East Rockefeller Foundation
Suike
Japanese Institute of Nutrition
Mr. Heiser
Foundation
Mr. Helser
Japan
Giants of the Frontier: Masterson and Joe Beaupre's Feats
Tales of rugged frontier strength recount Dodge City marshal 'Big' Masterson lifting a pony and rider after a fall, alongside Joe Beaupre a compact French Canadian famed for brutal power and legendary eating. Beaupre once toppled a dead horse and pulled a sledge, then devoured 58 pounds of buffalo meat plus pork lard bread and a raw turnip for dessert.
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Etree Cae
Lincoln
Masterson
Dodge City
Kane
Mr. Masterson
Joe Beaupre
Buffalo Plains
Red River Country
Dakotas
Saskatchewan
Joe
Beaupre
Odd nest materials used by birds in unusual builds
A bird’s improvisation with handy scraps led to odd nests. A crow at a Simla central office used wire clippings to connect lines, while on a wrecked ship a cormorant built a nest from steel wire and rope, lined with seaweed. the nest and eggs were later museum pieces.
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Simla
India
H. M. S. Sybille
Lambert's Bay
Africa
Eleven Years in Mail Reveals Long Lost Christmas Card
A Christmas greeting mailed December 23 1912 from Feeding Hills to Miss Olive H Causey arrived after eleven and a half years and six years after sender George Hudson death. Postal officials are unsure where the card has traveled during its long journey.
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Springfield
Mass
Feeding
Lla
Olive H. Causey
George Hudson
Causey
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Charlie Chaplin
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Pauline Garon
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U. S
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Montague Love
Anacortes
Wash
Skagway
Alaska
Linden B. Pentz
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