Announcement of Next Year Lyceum Course
Sarah Mildred Wilmer billed as the Sarah Bernhardt of the lyceum closes this season with a French wartime entertaining program. The course includes Noah Beilharz and Gregory Myson with lectures, Josephine Martino and Vitali Podolsky with music, Miss Josephine Brougher on piano, and the Fisher Shipp Concert Company. Child and adult tickets offered with pledge drive Saturday night at West Side Drug Store. overall plan aims to raise support for a stronger, next year’s course.
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Sarah Mildred Wilmer
Sarah Bernhard
Lyceum
Wilmer
France
West Side
Hengué Hte
Noah
Beilharz
Mr. Bei
Hoozler School
Gregory Myson
Outlook
America
Europe
AstallAn
Africa
Josephin
Martino
Washington
Caruso
Metropolitan
New York City
Edison
Vitali Podolsky
Petrograd
Leopold Auer
Josephine Brougher
Fisher Shipp
So Prano
The Girl in Gray on a Texas Train Hold-Up
On a northbound San Antonio to Dallas train Miss Alamo and three men scenes unfold as a bandit raid turns deadly. Garrett and a handsome stranger intervene resisting robbers while the Fatted Calf and Prodigal Son watch, and the gunplay ends with the outlaw trio dead.
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San Antonio
Sherman Garrett
Gray
Dr. Parvin
Ami
Pervin
Parvin
Garrettingly
Garrett
Garret
Anthes
Laredo
Dallas
Lite Rock
Texas
Miss Alamo
Prodigal Son
Menger
New York
Vassar
Carrett
Misa Alanso
Mise Alamo
Adrick
Col
Cody
San Marcos
Miss Alarno
Garret Eprung
Mies Alamo
Righ
Egg-Eating Snakes Eye-Snatching Specimen Described
A queer African snake feeds on eyes and has a toothlike spike on its backbone just behind the head. When it swallows an eye the spike breaks the shell and the fluid contents are tossed as the eye passes along the body.
Human Discontent in Maecenas’s Reflections
The text ponders why people find contentment in their chosen path while others praise contrasting routes. It suggests contentment depends on individual circumstances and chance rather than universal rules.
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Maecenas
Zurich Sechseläuten Festival Parade Ushers Winter’s End
In Zurich the Sechseläuten ceremony marks winter’s end with a torchlit ritual. A 1090 child procession escorts the goddess of spring to the lake while the wooden figure Boegg is burned amid bonfires and fireworks. Guild houses open to visitors as night falls.
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William Tell
Zurich
Boegg
Bolne
Limmat
Horses on Farms Decline as Motor Cars Grow
The United States saw a steady drop in farm horses since 1915 with 21,109,000 on January 1 this year, down 373,090 from last year as motor vehicles rise. Value per horse averaged 94.39, down from 98.45, with strongest demand in the South and declines on the Western ranges.
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Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bureau
Bureau of Crop
South Dakota
Tennessee
Horsepower shifts as mules rise in southern farms
The report notes mules remain in demand and fetch high prices in the South where prosperity supports mule use. It cites a per head value of 147.10 dollars vs 155.82 the prior year and 120.20 two years ago, with total mules on farms and vehicles reaching 4,995,000, up 41,000 from last year.
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Washington
The Beggar Prince and Boxcar Prince At Graham Theatre
Sessue Hayakawa stars in The Beggar Prince playing dual roles as fisherman and prince to show a kingly path of tolerance. The Boxcar Prince debuts at Graham Theatre on March 2 with a picturesque set and modern treatment, featuring Denishawn dancers in an exotic throne scene.
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Sessue Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Graham Theatre
Robertson-Cole
William Worthington
Haworth
Denishawn
Ruth St. Denis
Ted Shawn
Prices in Early New York Under British Rule
During the Revolutionary era in New York the method was wholesale sales at public auction and retailers received licenses. Flour cost 14 a barrel, bacon 12 cents per pound, beef 18 cents per pound. Wares ran under 60 cents a day.
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New York
Soviet government not awarded army shoes in U S sale
A War Department circular misread as stating the Russian Soviet government was the high bidder for army shoes in New York. Officials explained no awards would go to unrecognized Soviet representatives and that bids from the Soviet commercial bureau were rejected. Sales were for American use only and not for export.
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Washington
War Department
New York
Sover
United States
Officeis
Ooe
Asia plans war on Japs and Korea revolt
A Peking report quotes a Tribune dispatch on Sino Anglo alignments and Korea revolt. The text hints at a broader far East conflict with China and Siberia pressing for action against Japan, with tensions rising as Japan faces regional resistance and potential allied moves.
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Peking
Tribnune
Penn
Siverda
Korea
Chins
Far East
Ko Mack
Ching
Koren
Siberia
Joopeon
Rainshortage cited in crop failures across the nation
The article notes insufficient rainfall as a key factor behind crop failures in about one third of the country, affecting agricultural output and farmers.
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Dy Alexander Black
Shortstory Pub. Co
New Mexico
Utah
Proud Prince
Sessue Hayyakawa
Mme. Carrel
Carrel
Asia
China
H. J. Ward & Co
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