Fine Line Pictures This Week at the City Auditorium
The People's Playhouse presents top quality screenings this week. Wednesday features The Man Who Dared with Win Russell, Thursday showcases William Farnum in Drag Harlan, Friday brings Corine Griffith in The Broadway Bubble, and the week ends with Pearl White in The Thief. Short subjects and a vaudeville act accompany each evening.
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City Auditorium
People's Playhouse
Man
Win
Russell
William Farnum
Harlan
Mr. Farnum
Corine Griffith
Pearl White
New York
Paris
London
Seven teen men discharged in Quaker Market bombing case
Seven teen men arrested in connection with a garage bomb at the Quaker City Taxicab Company were discharged today for lack of evidence. The Philadelphia murder squad continues to hunt those responsible amid a driver strike and related violence.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Man Who Dared At Auditorium Tomorrow
Patrons will see William Russell in a Western drama at the Auditorium tomorrow night with Eileen Percy. The screening includes The Black Secret episode and Fox News. Admission 10 15 20 cents.
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Wiliam Russell
William Fox
William Russell
Eileen Percy
Pearl White
Fox News
The Man Who Dared at Auditorium Opens Tonight
A William Fox photodrama stars William Russell as a man in conflict with a sheriff and in love with the sheriff’s chosen girl set in the California Redwoods. The rugged locale features real lumberjacks and dramatic confrontations likely to shock audiences. The second item reports the Boy Scouts edging Penn State Forestry 15 to 13 in a close basketball game highlighted by Potts Haines and Anderson and refereed by R. H. Pope.
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Big Jim O’kane
William Fox
William Russell
California Redwoods
Boy Scouts
Penn State Forestry
Mont Alton
Ae Cs
Penn
Potts
McCauley
Een
Haines
Anderson
R. H. Pope
Penn State
Paul Massey
Fistal
Two Die in Bellows Film Co Blast at Bayonne Plant
At Bayonne New Jersey the Bellows Film Co plant exploded wounding fifteen and killing two. A woman’s body was found near the Central Railroad tracks along with another charred figure. Fire, sparked by ignition of films, quickly engulfed the building and nearby structures but was contained by rapid fire department action.
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Associated Press
Bayonne
N. J
Rae
Bellows Filnt Co
Central’ Railroad
Civilians and Troopers Clash in Galway Ambush
Four civilians were killed and seven Black and tan auxiliary police wounded in Galway county Ireland after a Black and tan patrol was ambushed near Galway city. Reports from London dated January 18 describe the clash as the fighting erupted during the ambush.
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Associated Press
London
County Galway
Ireland
Galway
Banks Close On Lees Birthday
Virginia declares Gen Robert E Lee day a legal holiday. Local banks will close and notes due January 19 may be paid the following day. Public schools also observe the holiday while Handley Library remains open for public access. Post office hours stay unchanged except for national holidays.
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Robert EB. Lée
Virginia
Handley Library
Funeral services for Mrs Edward J Evans
The funeral for Mrs. Edward J Evans who died Saturday afternoon was held from her North Main Street home at 3 oclock. Rev Dr Duffey formerly of Braddock Street Church assisted by Rev M Richardson led the rites. A large crowd attended with many floral tributes as the Braddock Street congregation sang Come Ye Disconsolate Abide With Me and I Would Not Live Alway. Burial followed at Mount Hebron.
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Edward J. Evans
Iate
North Main Street
Ean
4. Duffey
Rockville
M. Richardson
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Braddock Street Church
Kraus Jot
Mount Hebron
Steins
Stock Exchange Firm Ernest E Smith and Co Fails
The Boston and New York stock exchange member Ernest E Smith and Company fails today. The firm cites a $643,731 loan to Century Steel Company of Poughkeepsie as the cause of trouble and cites no ties to Earnest Smith Nobre in New York.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Ernest E. Smith and Company
Stock Exchanges of
New York
Mr. Smith
Century Steel Company
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Earnest Smith and Company
Earnest
Straburg Junction connection woes prompt traveler complaints
Traveling men and others complain of missed connections at Strasburg Junction Virginia with the Southern Railway, hindered by a 10 minute wait rule. The Baltimore and Ohio schedule also risks misalignment, as delays affect arrivals at Manassas and connections to Winchester.
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Strasburg Junction
Southern Railway
Manassas
Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce of
Winchester
Southern
Baltimore and Ohio
Strasburs Junction
Fatal Benzine Fire Kills 86 on Russian Train
Helsingfors dispatch reports 86 people burned to death when benzine carried as freight exploded wrecking a Russian railway train from Luga on the Gulf of Finland to Novgorod southeast of Petrograd. The incident occurred near Copenhagen on January 18.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Luga
Gulf of Finland
Novogorod
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Berlingske Tidendete
U. S. Clothing Sold At Song In Shipping Board Sale
Excess clothing for United States Shipping Board officers and crew stored in Boston was sold for 80000 dollars from a 244000 dollar inventory. Byron C. Baker district controller testified before the Walsh committee investigating the board. He said he protested to a superior office but received no relief. Previous similar sales fetched higher prices.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Shipping Board
Boston
Byron C. Baker
Walsh
Another Sinn Fein Leader in Belfast Jail
Belfast on January 13 reports David Kent Sinn Fein member of the British Parliament was arrested yesterday making seventeen Sinn Fein MPs in jail. Six Sinn Fein members sit in the U S Parliament while two are in Europe and two have died with one resigning. A constable was shot dead in a Cappathwaite saloon, Vipperary, as the assailant fled.
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Associated Press
Belfast
David Kent
Sinn Fein
House of Commons
United States
Cappalthwaite
French Cossacks Engage Russians Near Constantinople
French troops in Constantinople region clash with Cossacks disarming officers. Russian forces return fire, killing about 100 and wounding 20 with two trench officers hit. General Wrangel’s former army positioned 25 miles northwest of the city after the engagement on Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Troops Ordered to Break Steel Strike Claims
Charges from the United Mine Workers in Indianapolis assert state troops in coal fields near Jagper Alabama are present solely to break a miners strike. The statement was issued January 18.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Jagper
Ala
United Mine Works of America
W C Horsey Dies in Baltimore Former Winchester Merchant
Telegram reports the death of W C Horsey at his Baltimore residence 2617 North Charles Street after a brief illness. He was 62, formerly of Winchester where he ran Horsey and Atwell and later clothing and haberdashery. Services were held at Steward and Mawen chapel. burial planned in Crisfield Md. He held real estate in Baltimore, served on the Calvert Bank board, and owned stock in Brotherhood Mercantile Roanoke Va.
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W. C. Horsey
Winchester
North Charles Street
Baltimore
H. D. Puller
Mr. Horsey
Franz Oelim
Samuel R. Atwell
Horsey and Atwell
Virginia
Atwell
Horsey
Gray and Sheetz
Equitable
The
Calvert Bank
William C. Page
Brotherhood Mercantile Company
Roanoke
Land Directors Plead Guilty In Sand Monopoly Case
Four a and greve corporations and their officers and directors pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Hand to an anti trust indictment tied to a Cow Bay Sand monopoly. They agreed to dissolve the sand and travel board they served on and were fined a total of 40000.
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Associated Press
New York
A and Greve
Cow Bay
Sand and Travel Board
Corn Rheumatism Linked to Root Rot in Corn
Des Moines Iowa Jan 18 United States Department of Agriculture chemists report root rot in corn is caused by insufficient acidity. Secretary E T Meredith says early matured ears used as seed spread rheumatic weakness, though the disease cannot be seen in cured ears.
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Associated Press
Des Moinds
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
E. T. Meredith
Department
Meredith
Suspected in $100,000 Warehouse Thefts
Edward O'Connor and Thomas Henderson, New York drivers, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in warehouse thefts totaling $100,000. They were turned over to federal authorities.
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Associated Press
New York
Edward O'Connor
Thomas Henderson
Holdings of US and Canadian stocks in early 1921
A compiled report shows United States holdings in barrels falling from 30 013 827 to 8 736 547 between December 1920 and January 1921 while Canada drops from 812 490 to 597 218. The document lists December 1 1920 and January 1 1921 figures for both nations with notes on December decreases and year over year changes. It also records actual barrels and boxes in the US, with December declines and January 1921 totals, plus cold and common storage figures and a January 22 report from Winchester and various February notices across multiple towns.
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United States
Canada
Marriages and social notices in Berryville and vicinity
On February 28 to March 16 various residents from Berryville White Post Stephens City and nearby towns announced marriages and social events. Notables include Mrs Harry Russell hosting a dinner for guests such as Miss Isabel Beverley and Miss Virginia with Marshall party members in attendance.
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Winchester
Paper Mill Road
R. H. Marshall
Ridgeway
A.M. Lauék
Berryville
Barrick
Kernstown
James Fling
H.B. Kline
Vaucluse
George Branner
S. M. Ashwood
Millwood
Stipe
Brucetown
C. H Light
L. C. Snapp Jr
Swimsley
George Swartz
Stephen
W M. Crampton
Harry Warden
Geo
Wallaham
Cedarville
W. H. Messiner
H. F. Hughs
Post
J. C. Allen
Mary Point
W. &. Dutterer
Harry K. Russell
South. Street
Meph Marx Barton
Philip. Williams
H. Russell
Isabel
Bailrrances Beverley
Miss Williams
Virginia
Virginia Dee
Paul QO. Gaylorton
Hark Lewis
Jul Don Lacy
Victor Arne
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HS Stae
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Alma Rus Bens
Paramount Aircraft
Empire
Humoresque
Washington
Oan
Mayo
Salisbury Field
Margar
Dorothy Dunn
Free Women
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