Pittsburg Becomes a Smell Free City Amid Steel Strike
Report from Pittsburg September describes a strike dawn turning mill towns like Homestead Braddock and McKeesport quiet and clean. Children exclaim at stars as women wash lace curtains amid sudden idle days and workers harvest company gardens to cope without wages.
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Lee J. Smitts
Pittsburg
Furnace
Forge
Monongahela
Homestead
McKeesport
Duqusne
Braddock
Steel Town
Mills Organ
W. Z. Foster
United States Steel Corporation
Welfare Department
Weds to Give Her Expected Child Name Case in Court
William F Hoppe seeks annulment of his 1918 marriage to Stella Hoppe in New York circuit court claiming the wife tricked him to marry to name their child after another man. Hoppe says a physician aided the scheme and cites a pre marriage confession.
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New York
Circuit Court
William F. Hoppe
Stella
Hoppe
Old Ship Doomed
Boston dispatch notes the famous wooden warship Richmond will be towed from Philadelphia to be burned for its metal salvage. The sloop of war served the country through three wars.
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Boston
Richmond
Farragut
Philadelphia
Sloop of War
Discovery that benefits mankind
Two discoveries boosted welfare. In 1885 Newton devised the vacuum process to condense milk with cane sugar into a semi liquid. In 1883 Horlick of Racine Wis discovered dry powder milk with malted grain extract, calling it Malted Milk. Its value lies in nutrition digestibility easy preparation and climate stability. Ask for HORLICK'S.
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Newton
Horlick
Racine
Wis
Greased Lightning at the Grand Tomorrow
Charles Ray stars in Greased Lightning at the Grand tomorrow with Wanda Hawley Robert McKim Willis Marks and a capable supporting cast. The Julian Josephson story directed by Jerome Storm under Thomas H Ince supervision promises a new type of role for the actor. A UK bequest story about three London born girls receiving 60 dollar portions is also noted.
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Charles Ray
Thomas H. Ince- Paramount
Mr. Ray
Wanda Hawley
Robert McKim
Willis Marks
Julian Josephson
Jerome Storm
Thomas H. Ince
London
Senor
Pascale Favale
Women Cast 60 Percent of Primary Votes in Some NY Counties
In several New York counties a striking share of primary turnout came from women, who accounted for as much as 60 percent of the total vote in the latest elections.
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New York State
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Warns of Malaria Germs
An advertisement urges immediate use of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic after mosquito bites to destroy malaria germs and impurities. The tonic is described as pleasant to take and priced at 60 cents per bottle.
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GROVE
Hemroid internal remedy touted by Dr Leonhardt
A self described medical breakthrough claims piles are cured only by internal treatments. J B Leonhardt M D developed Hemroid after testing in 1000 cases and it is now sold by druggists with a guarantee. Bellamy's is listed as a supplier.
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Leonhardt
Bellamy’s
Druggist Everywhere
Adv
Come Along musical comedy arrives for one night
The New York produced Come Along, a musical comedy praised by critics, comes to the Acad emy of Music for a single performance on Tuesday September 30. Directed by J Osborne Clemson the show features a strong cast and lively music with Gloria Swanson Theodore Roberts Elliott Dexter Wanda Hawley and others in the cast. Tickets priced 50 cents to 1 57 go on sale Monday at Elvingtons. It opens tomorrow at the Victoria.
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New York
Academy of Music
Nora Bayes
Southland
J. Osborne Clemson
Bide Dudley
New York Evening World
John Louw Nelson
Elvington's
the Victoria
Gloria Swanson
Theodore Roberts
Elliott Dexter
Tom Forman
Wanda Hawley
Raymond Hatton
Jack Holt
Sylvia Ashton
Chestnuts Abound In Hill's Minstrels at the Academy
I F Cates notes Gus Hill's minstrel show at the Academy of Music drew a near capacity audience. The cast delivered solid singing and George Wilson's charm, though dated jokes lingered. While a few chestnuts felt tired, most numbers satisfied patrons, with several encores and a $1.50 price viewed as fair value.
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Gus Hill
Academy of Music
George Wilson
Hill
I. F. Cates
For Better For Worse Opens Vic on Thursday
Cecil B DeMille’s Artcraft feature For Better For Worse opens locally on Thursday. The film tackles the home front dilemma of men who stayed behind during the war and whether they are to be shunned as slackers or regarded as having done their duty.
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Vic
Cecil B. de Mille
France
Hell Cat Closes At The Victoria Today
Geraldine Farrar stars in The Hell Cat at the Victoria in a dramatic tale set around Pancha O'Brien a mixed heritage heroine loved by Sheriff Webb. Cattleman Dike schemes to win her while ordering a sheep massacre that Pancha thwarts.
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Geraldine Farrar
Goldwyn
Hell Cat
Victoria Theatre
Panda O’brien
Wyoming
Pancha
Jack Webb
Jim Dike
Dike
Squaw-Man
O'Brien
The Pangs of Rheumatism Cannot Be Rubbed Away
A period advertising piece argues rheumatism is a blood disease not cured by liniments. It promotes S S S blood medicine from Specific Co of Atlanta, citing J L Agnew of Mt. Vernon Ohio and urging readers to seek in depth blood treatment rather than external applications.
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J. L. Agnew
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
J. J. Agnew
E. Gambier
S.S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Andv
Ra bovsky Sues Over War Tax On Sodas
In Brockton Massachusetts on September 24 David R Ra bovsky sues George's Pharmacy claiming he was charged four cents war tax on four sodas, instead of two cents. He seeks the adjustment in court.
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Brockton
Mass
David R. Rabovsky
George’s Pharmacy
One Clean Shirt All He Needed
A testimonial from Robert R. Bellamy promoting Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He claims ten years of pain relief after one dose and compares it to a simple harmless preparation that clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in stomach and intestinal ailments. An advertising refund promise accompanies the claim.
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Mayr
Robert R. Bellamy
Adv
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