Portugal and Aviators Features of A. D. 910
James A. Edgerton surveys 1910 highlights with Portugal’s republic birth, British elections, Chinese parliament beginnings, aviation feats, and notable deaths. It notes King Manuel’s fall, Gaby Deslys’ Paris links, and advances in flight records, along with political shifts in the United States and abroad.
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North Pole
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Perambulating Theater Brings France Stage to Towns
A 1500-seat movable theater will tour France, traveling by eight automobiles for a road show. Firmin Gemi er leads the plan to decentralize culture by erecting a tent theater with complete scenery, lighting, and heating for each town. Forty machinists and twenty actors will stage classics and modern plays, with seats 20 to 60 cents.
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France
Moliere
Firmin Gemier
Fine Arts
Paul Goncourt
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford at the Olympic Theatre
Chicago critics call Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford a clever, entertaining comedy by George M. Cohan based on George Randolph Chester stories. The plot follows Wallingford and Blackie Dan as they exploit a Virginia town to fund a fake carpet tack venture, spurring a trolley boom and real estate hysteria.
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Wallingford
Olympic Theater
George M. Cohan
George Randolph Chester
Sleepy Burg
Blackie
Dan
Virginia
Universal
Walingford
Paris Exquisite Andre Fouquieres to Decorate Kapurthala Court
The Parisian dandy Andre Fouquieres resigns from French society status after accepting an invitation from the maharaja of Kapurthala to preside over and organize nuptial festivities. The transfer follows the maharaja's earlier marriage of a Spanish dancer to his household.
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Kapurthala
Paris
Ityis Seid
Europe
France
Intercollegiate aviation contest set for next spring
Harvard Avro club has challenged Columbia to a gliding contest at Belmont Park. Columbia’s faculty approves the plan and may push for motor driven devices. If adopted, Columbia students will begin biplane construction under Phillip W. Wilcox supervision with student labor only.
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Columbian
Belmont Park
Harvard Avro Club
Columbia
Aeronautical Reserve
Columbia Club
Phillip W. Wilcox
New Puccini Premiere and Week of Opera at Globe
The western premiere of Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West by the Chicago Grand Opera at an extra Dec 20 show features Carolina White in the title role. Week bills include Tosca Les Hutsierots Tales of Hoffman Louise Thais Traviata and Aida. Globe Theater also hosts Paid In Full Aero song play Two Men and a Girl and a new staging of The Genius with Edna Goodrich and Len ny Woodruff.
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Puccini
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Carolina White
Tosca
Carmen Melis
Gadskil
Tales of Toffman
Louise
Milwaukee
Thais
GLOBE
Globe Theater
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Hubbard
Eugene Walter
New York
AERO
Bailey
Austin
the Cort
Chicago
Holland
Star 18
Matchmaker
Lenny Woodruff
Edna Goodrich
Harvard
Woodruff
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
Miss Goodrich
New Woodruff
Mort Singer
Scientist Warns Earth May Freeze. Warmth From Air Then Fuel
Dr Harvey W Wiley, chief chemist, predicts earth will cool and humans may freeze to death in the distant future while air could supply heat and power with fuel supplied by future companies. He asserts the idea is based on actual conditions and natural laws.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Forseo
Secular League
Washington
France to census war assets including aircraft
The French government has conducted a census of horses and automobiles to mobilize them for war. It is drafting a law to census aeroplanes so it may requisition monoplanes and biplanes if needed.
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France
Sign of Danger Zigzag Arrow Adopted in Germany
A zigzag arrow has been adopted in Germany as the official danger sign for high tension electrical apparatus. The marking aims to warn workers and the public of live electrical hazards and to promote safety procedures around high voltage equipment.
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Germany
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