Birth of a Nation thrills Elvington crowds with record sale
Elvington Pharmacy opens the seat sale for the Christmas day return of D. W. Griffiths The Birth of a Nation. The film breaks attendance and length records in major cities and promises continual touring splendor with five thousand changing scenes. Matinee tickets run 50 cents to 1 dollar while night showings are 50 cents to 1 dollar fifty.
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Elvington Pharmacy
D. W. Griffith
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Baltimore
Washington
San Francisco
Los Angeles
London
Buenos Ayres
Petersburg
Sherman
Lee
Grant
Paris
Rome
Munich
Greece
Griffith
Elvington’s
The Prince of Pilsen Revival on Tour in City
The Prince of Pilsen musical comedy, on its thirteenth year, plays at the Academy of Music on January 1 with Gustav Luders score praised for its musical effect. Also on the bill, Danny Lund Triangle Girls perform The Fixer in a refreshed show with new numbers and wardrobe. Tomorrow the Grand screens Chaplin's The Count with Edna Purviance, offering a, several new stunts and a full bill of features for a bargain night.
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Danny Lund
Funny Charlie
Grand
Charlie Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Chaplin
Changes in Italian school system proposed by Minister
Rome December 22. Leonardo Bianchi proposes readapting public schools and universities to national life after the war. He urges suppressing examinations, using universities to industrialize science, and making education build character with duty and perseverance.
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Rome
Italy
Public Instruction
Leonardo Bianchi
Romance on the Italian Front Through Rebuilt Railroads
The Italian Army reports 450 miles of front using 2,448 miles of railroad rebuilt or repaired and 590 miles of new rail. Telegraph and teleferica lines extend 30,000 miles of wire, 10,000 new troop and hospital buildings rise, 200 miles of narrow gauge laid, and 110 bridges built for 2,040 miles of operating road. Civil engineers, army engineers, 200,000 workers, and 100,000 mules support 50,000 wagons.
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Teleferica
Government Department of Public Works
Army Engineers
Feeding Students at 7 Cents Per Meal at Berea
Berea College in Kentucky reports its fourteen hundred students are fed at seven cents per meal with a net boarding-hall gain of 559.49 dollars. President Frost cites economies of scale and simple fare as reasons, noting many students skip tea coffee and butter to cut costs. The balance ration is added to ensure adequate nutrition.
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Berea
Berea College
Kentucky
Frost
Roseboro postmaster nomination noted in congressman report
Congressman George Hood recommended James M. Hall for Roseboro postmaster as the Roseboro office was raised to third class on October 1. Hood supports bill H. R. 18086 funding a Coast Guard Cutter at Beaufort and will back its passage.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D.C
George Hood
James M. Hall
Roseboro
Hall
Hood
Coast Guard
Beautfort
Pardon Application For Timothy Clemmons Named
Application to the Governor of North Carolina seeks a pardon for Timothy Clemmons of New Hanover County for an assault on Katie Warren and a fifteen year prison term. Protests must be forwarded to the Governor.
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North Carolina
Timothy Clemmons
New Hanover County
Katie Warren
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Brother
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