Mary Pickford’s Hollywood commandments vow cautionary creed
Mary Pickford addressed a Pershing Square crowd on Mary Pickford Day in Los Angeles. She urged youth to plan careers in film, gain experience, bring photos and costumes, and test talent locally, warning that few succeed in Hollywood. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce backs a national education push to curb rush to the screen colony.
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Hollywood
Mosés
Moses
Mary Pickford
America
Pershing Square
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern
California
Mary
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Prisoner Chosen for Christmas Pardon at Leavenworth
A Virginia ex-soldier, Alvin E. White, named as the warden’s first choice for one of two Christmas pardons at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. White is listed only as from Virginia and his release follows lengthy consideration and tradition of annual pardons.
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Washington
Virginia
Federal
Leavenworth
Kansas
Alvin E.white
Hard Winter Foreseen by Goose Bone Prophets
Goosebone weather prophets near Reading Pennsylvania say a working agreement on winter forecasts predicts mild early month conditions then a colder spell before year’s end. They warn of severe weather late February into March with blizzards and heavy snow extending beyond St Patrick’s Day.
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Reading
Penn
Elias Hartz
Railway Case in Clarke County Court Continued
The case of C. W. Gray versus the Norfolk & Western Railway was postponed to April 14, 1924 due to a missing material witness. Judge F. B. Whiting presided in Clarke County Court with attorneys Smith and Wray for Gray and W. T. Lewis and Judge Staples for the railway. Gray alleges burns from electric wires while painting a bridge at Old Chapel and a swinging scaffold incident drew many spectators before the court recessed. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
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C. W. Gray
Norfolk & Western Railway
F. B. Whiting
Court of Common Pleas
Clarke County
Smith & Wray
Berryville
Col. R. F. Leedy
Luray
Ww. T. Lewis
Walter R. Staples
Roanoke
Old Chapel
Gray
Northern Virginia Power Company
Strange Tales About German Marks In Wall Street Circles
The rapid Berlin exchange depreciation spurred fanciful stories and calculations. An American consular officer in Belgium allegedly reported the Belgian government sought to redeem six billion marks after the armistice to influence the rate, prompting Belgians to buy marks in Germany and sell here for profit. The stored marks required guards and cost Belgian francs per year, while the Belgian treasure reportedly values at under one dollar in American money at current rates.
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Associated Press
New York
Berlin
Ameri
Wall Street
Belgium
Germany
Serbian custom builds thick walls with stoves set inside
A fragment notes a Serbian practice of constructing partition walls very thick and embedding stoves halfway through the walls to serve as heating within houses. The terse observation hints at traditional building methods and domestic ingenuity.
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Serbia
Winchester Bank Opens New Emblem of Progress
The Commercials and Savings Bank unveils a modern facility on the former Hotel Evans site. A mezzanine guest area overlooks tellers and departments while a walnut directors’ room, new Binck lighting, concealed electric lighting, and vapor heating promise comfort and security. Architect Stuart Edmonds of this city plans the project with J L Crouse of Greensboro as contractor. opening marked by March 6 1916.
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Binck
Winchester
Stuart H Dmonds
Fauquier National Bank
Warrenton
Edmonds
J.L. Crouse
Greensboro
N. C
Handley
W. S. Hammond
Wuilding
Miller’s Body Taken to Augusta for Burial
Relatives take Aljourne Miller’s body from Winchester to Augusta West Virginia for burial in the family graveyard. Miller 77, native of the area, died of brain hemorrhage in his Highland avenue room after moving to Winchester in September to work apple picking and packing. Survived by second wife eight children two granddaughters. One son Ralph Miller resides with Madison Rosenberger at Hayfield.
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Miller
Highland Avenue
Augusta
W. Va
Winchester
Ralph Miller
Madison Rosenberger
Hayfield
This County
City
Ethel Hott
Pearl House
Public Sale of Harris Addition Lot in Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank announces a public sale on Saturday January 5 at 11 am in front of the county courthouse Winchester Virginia Lot No 84 Block 9 Harris Addition Elm Street frontage about 203 feet to an alley Desirable lot Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall credit H D Fuller cashier
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County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Harris Addition
Elm Street
Skaters Soon to Abandon Enfield Shaker Settlement
Five last members of the Enfield Shaker community will move to Canter bury this winter after decades of decline from about 150 to five. The group, founded in 1782, ends with barns closed and doors locked. Celibacy was mandatory and the colonists produced garden goods and wooden wares.
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Associated Press
Enfield
N. H
Canterbury
Shaky Quaker Colony Faces 1788 Legislature Appeal
The text notes a sect guided colony held communally with gender separation under calm religious discipline. In 1788 the legislature was appealed to over alleged actions by the “Shaking Quakers,” but directors overruled and colonists continued peaceful industry. It mentions Yakima Fruit Growers Association testing apples across four varieties with nine boxes per lot and a control, claiming the treated Delicious retained flavor while the untreated lot failed last year.
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Yakima Fruit Growers Association
Paraffined Apples Tested for Shelf Life in Yakima
In Yakima Washington on December 14 a new method to extend apple shelf life is being tried. The process uses paraffin dissolved in volatile oils to treat apples for a longer keeping period during the second season.
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Yakima
Wash
Starching Origin Traced to Tudor Era England
A history notes starching rose to fashion in England during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign in the mid 1500s. Aims to smooth and hide blemishes on the neck using starch applied with precision.
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England
Elizabeth
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