Selig-Tribune, No. 16 - Production & Contact Info

Selig-Tribune, No. 16 (1916)
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Selig-Tribune, No. 16 (1916)

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San Antonio, Tex: The regulars at Fort Sam Houston demonstrate by their superb horsemanship that long training is necessary to become an efficient soldier. East Weymouth, Mass: "Fanny," the new 250-horsepower rotary snowplow, clears the ...See moreSan Antonio, Tex: The regulars at Fort Sam Houston demonstrate by their superb horsemanship that long training is necessary to become an efficient soldier. East Weymouth, Mass: "Fanny," the new 250-horsepower rotary snowplow, clears the surface line tracks after the heaviest snowstorm in this locality in ten years. Portland, Ore: Young and old alike participate in the ground-breaking ceremonies for the new Auditorium to be erected here. Boston, Mass: The Hotel Lenox provides an innovation for its "fresh air" guests in the form of skyscraping sleeping quarters with wind-proof tents and arctic sleeping bags. San Francisco, Cal: Miss Pauline Marron, a society belle of this city, dances for the Selig-Tribune after making her debut as a professional classic danseuse. Fall River, Mass: At least a third of the business section of this city is wiped out by a fire with a loss that will exceed $l,500,000. Washington, D.C: Chief of Police Pullman talks to school children with the idea of bringing about a better understanding and more friendly relations between the children and the police. San Francisco, Cal: U.S. transport Sherman arrives here with one thousand American soldier boys, released from duty in our far eastern possessions. Cambridge, Mass: The annual winter carnival held here provokes keen competition and much excitement for the large crowd of student spectators. Saratoga Springs, N.Y: Frank Moran, who has been training here, does not permit the winter weather to interfere with getting into condition for his match with Champion Jess Willard. Selig-Tribune feature picture: An Ethiopian wife must be, "All things to him," like Caesar's; But noblest Roman of them all pulls his whiskers out with tweezers. Brooklyn, N.Y: Fierce flames, believed to be of incendiary origin, sweep the waterfront here, destroying three big munition liners, a nine-hundred-foot pier, and entailing a loss of $3,000,000. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less