Under the Red Robe on Screen Delights Old Fans
William Faversham praises the film adaptation of Stanley Wyman’s novel as a vivid swashbuckling tale. John Charles Thomas Alma Rubens Robert Mantell deliver strong stage to screen performances set against the chromatic backdrop of a bygone era.
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Wiliam Faversham
Rea
Cosmopolitan Theatre
Gil de Berault
Stanley Wyman
PRS Ds
John Charlies Thomas
Thomas
Alma Rubens
Viola Allen
Chas. Frohman
America
Obert
B. ‘Mantell
Mantell
Sign Check for Repaint Ad of H Elmer Griffin
A brief note advises inspecting storefront signage and repaint needs. It notes Prosperous-looking places attract patrons and is signed by H Elmer Griffin with address 175 J.
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H. Elmer Griffin
February Departed From Normal With Cold, Cloudy Weather
February was notably colder than normal in Hayfield Virginia with reduced sunshine due to cloudiness. The meteorological report shows high temps near 59 and low around 10, plus a long daylight trend and a strong sun deficit, while also noting bird feeding appeals and one two-fold reward for farmers who protect birds.
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Hayfield
Woman Divorces One Husband as She Remarries Same Day
A San Francisco woman divorced her first husband William Cloudman De Vinney and married him again the same day. She later learned Cloudman was alive and had committed bigamy. She is now divorced from Cloudman and her remarriage to De Vinney was annulled the same day. Once the divorce decree becomes final she plans to remarry De Vinney.
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William Cloudman de Vinney
San Francisco
Cloudman
de Vinney
James O Grady May Be Named British Envoy to Soviet Russia
London reports James O Grady M P likely to be appointed by Premier Macdonald as British envoy to Soviet Russia. O Grady, MP for Leeds, has studied Russian affairs and visited Moscow in 1917 and again in connection with the Trade Union sample relief movement.
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London
James O'Grady
M. P
Macdonald
Russia
O'Grady
Leeds
House of Commons
Moscow
General Ames Famous Civil War Vet Keeps Golf Crown
General Adelbert Ames, 89, longtime golf champion linked with John D. Rockefeller, remains unmatched in age for a 36 hole challenge. The famed veteran is photographed at his winter home in Ormond Beach, Florida.
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Adelbert Ames
John D. Rockefeller
General Ames
Ormond Beach
Fie
Notable Odds in Oddities and Local Snippets
A collage of humorous vignettes and curiosities from local life and travel. Jokes about gambling on chess races, a mourning department gag, a note about feeding a neighbor’s cat, a Yorkshireman’s Swiss holiday quip, and a brief history remark on the Castle of Chapultepec with Maximilian.
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Chapultepec
Maximilian
Mexico
Bargain Gift Sparks Tears In Quarrel
A fragment shows a tense moment where a woman consoles John saying she bought a birthday present. The exchange hints at financial strain and wit about money value amid a domestic dispute. The text then shifts to a World War I era note about France using nearly 6 million tons for munitions and massive steel iron and explosive needs.
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John
The
Continent
France
Man as a Battery Maze Says Dr Crile
Dr George W Crile of Cleveland describes man as a mechanism run by electricity and chemical reactions, a machine composed of twenty eight trillion electric cells.
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George W. Crile
Cleveland
Sites Motor Bus Case To Be Appealed In Court
A Virginia man fined in a Winchester magistrate court for operating a motor vehicle for hire without a license plans an appeal to the Corporation Court. Attorney Harry R. Kern will pursue the appeal alleging magistrate jurisdiction lack. Bonds posted, and the case hinges on whether substitute cars required a state permit, with questions over the attempted testifying and secretary’s ruling.
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Staunton
Sheetz
Richmond
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T. J. Cooper & Sons
Winchester Orchard Supply Co
John D
Worthy Podman
Mirandy
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Kasper
Stockholn
Switzerland
Seaving
Purina Hen HC
J. Jos. Sullivan
Winchester, Va
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Circuit and Corporation
Christiam
Babe Brothers
Kent and
Water Streets
International Harvester Company of America
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