Divorce Filing Over Hair Curls and Cowed Ward Affair
Mrs. Sarah J. M. Dean files for divorce in New York City from actor John Worcester Dean once supporting Miss Fannie Ward in Madame President. Ward named as co respondent. prior $100000 damages suit for alienation of affections noted.
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Sarah J. M. Dean
New York City
John Worcester Dean
Fannie Ward
Ward
Farlier
Miss Ward
Toseph Lewis
London
Pneumonia Fatal To A Little Girl in Virginia
Helen Ernestine Funk infant daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Hugh A Funk died at home near Stephens City Virginia at age one year three months and two weeks after a four week illness. Funeral services were held at the Funk home conducted by Rev C W Cassell with interment at Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included Haller Beaver Courtney Hook Jacob Pifer and Clark Shenk.
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Bartonvilile
Helen Ernestine Funk
Hugh A. Funk
Stephens City
Joseph
Jack
Dick Funk
Margaret
Mary
Virginia
Martha Funk
Wise Wombat Invites Audience to Reflect on Wombat’s Rhetoric
A Louisville Courier Journal note presents a witty excerpt about Wise Wombat’s frequent praise of his wife. The cartoonish dialogue hints at self aware humor and a dictograph gag as a playful device.
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Wombat
Louisville Courier Journal
Remembered Prohibition Child Befriended Organ Grinder
A three year old girl named Dorothy was warned not to talk to strangers but befriended an organ grinder and his monkey on the parkway. Her mother called out and Dorothy replied in dialect that she was not mixing but getting acquainted with the monkey.
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Dorothy
Max’g
Ozarks
Jack
Arkansa
Rampus Ridge
Jack Gap
Kensas City
Line Up of Police Headquarters at Empire Feature
A New Year attraction at the Empire presents Gus Hill’s 6 reel study on police work with George 8. , commissioner, providing data from police records. A romantic subplot follows a millionaire’s daughter and a chauffeur who becomes a hero. The picture, shown with Zadora, is praised as highly interesting and instructive.
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the Empire
Gus Hill
Police Carters
New York
George 8
Dougherty
H. D. Fuller
Zadora
Prince of Tonight draws crowds in advance buzz
Readers note heavy interest in the upcoming smiusical fantasy Prince of Tonight as chatter grows about the show. Local fans anticipate a standout blend of music and spectacle tonight and beyond.
Prince of Tonight draws crowds with Le Comte and Flesher
The production by Le Comte and Flesher promises good music and clever performances led by baritone Tom Arnold. Chicago approved with a prosperous 260 night run, and the road tour has kept business capacity since it began. Empire hosts the show Monday, Jan. 4.
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Tom Arnold
Chicago
Empire
le Comte
Flesher
Metropolitan
Madelee
Eva Prelps
Vera LaVere
Frank Harsh
Leni
Charles Corwin
Pony Ballet of Wonderful Dancers
Remarkable reversed phonograph experiment and ant communal life
The Strand describes a curious phonograph trick by reversing the sound box to play recordings backward, producing backward singing and bells with muffled tones. Separately, the article notes ants' highly organized communal life with slave labor, door-tenders, head-stroking salutations, and ant mushroom cultivation.
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Phonograps
Monsters of the Deep and Parlor Ethics in Ozarks
A chaotic collection notes a 1908 whale attack near Port Townsend and a Liverpool whaler returning with a 38 foot octopus arm. The piece shifts to a comic scene in Arkansas with townsfolk debating marital nerves as rain looms, capturing a newspaper’s mishmash tone.
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Port Towsend
Wash
Liverpool
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Belle Travers Musical Com. Co
Steve Graham
Fancher
Stonewall Jackson
Mabel Taliaferro
Cinderella
Shenandoah Valley
Nat'l. Bank
Winchester
Thos. P. Graybear
West Water Street
National Avenue
Piccadilly Street
Childrens Express
R. M. Swimley
Brill’& Ritter
M. I. Barmont
White Post
Sponger
South
Pir
Alco Film Corporation
St. Elmo
Keystone
Pire
Gus. Hill
the Theatricale Magnet
Detective
Cmmissioner
Geo. S. Doughe
N. Y
Cutis
Bret Cabetes
Chinatown
Rae
Zudora
Wilkins and Burch
Washington Florist CO
John M. Miller
The
People’s Bargain Store
H. Hable
Gray & Sheetz
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
E. Bruce Capper
J. P. Haddox
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