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St. Croix Avis, 1920-01-22, page 1

Collection
Newspapers
Sub-shelf
St. Croix Avis
Kind
Newspaper
Island
St. Croix
Date
1920-01-22
Pages
1
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St (Croix 2 C_:/ |{\ 1\ ]|i 2 } ,*m //1 /\\Y ’,41;% \ "\\ A /d X /Y Q \// ‘: >'\ i/ -/-—\ \ \m] 4 \\',/ VN - "\/\\ A M L:;;;I : 76TH YEAR. % @ : 8.30 THIS EV . g Q- S “ W 5 FR R “§ 4. 1 i» QI C 35 S e \ 't ; Criminal Fi p i ~ «Criminal Film In 7 Parts. t t {\ . \ Most exciting film ever flashed on the screen: A Detective Story in which the detectives does not detect anythiag. i - Yl‘hg‘Stor;‘J of this famous film will be known to ¢urs patrons as having been published in (HE SATURDAY EVENING POST. . The_ex-comvic.t RICHARD HATTON hu“'i“{l' beeh lately veleased frem the California Prison where he has been learning the printjng trade together with anothe! ex-convict, ORINS, seeks a job in the Ollwel printing shop, where both of them are engaged in the morning and fired at noon the same da; without pav.for the half day s work, when Mr. Oliwel discovers that they are ex-conviets. : : i, Penniless %mc} hungry they are begging for food at the doors of more lucky people’s houses, whereby they come t> Mr. Ollwel’s private hcuse. Mrs. …

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Per title, recorded not guessed. St. Croix Avis: Brian 2026-08-22 fair game (ceased 2024). West End News (sn84037548, 1912-1973), Home Journal (sn84037503, 1951-1973), St. Croix Tribune (sn84037536, 1922-1937): Brian 2026-08-23 take. The Daily News of the V.I. (568 pages, 1955-1978): EXCLUDED - publisher active; the Library's clearance is the Library's. Pre-1930 material PD outright.

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St (Croix 2 C_:/ |{\ 1\ ]|i 2 } ,*m //1 /\\Y ’,41;% \ "\\ A /d X /Y Q \// ‘: >'\ i/ -/-—\ \ \m] 4 \\',/ VN - "\/\\ A M L:;;;I : 76TH YEAR. % @ : 8.30 THIS EV . g Q- S “ W 5 FR R “§ 4. 1 i» QI C 35 S e \ 't ; Criminal Fi p i ~ «Criminal Film In 7 Parts. t t {\ . \ Most exciting film ever flashed on the screen: A Detective Story in which the detectives does not detect anythiag. i - Yl‘hg‘Stor;‘J of this famous film will be known to ¢urs patrons as having been published in (HE SATURDAY EVENING POST. . The_ex-comvic.t RICHARD HATTON hu“'i“{l' beeh lately veleased frem the California Prison where he has been learning the printjng trade together with anothe! ex-convict, ORINS, seeks a job in the Ollwel printing shop, where both of them are engaged in the morning and fired at noon the same da; without pav.for the half day s work, when Mr. Oliwel discovers that they are ex-conviets. : : i, Penniless %mc} hungry they are begging for food at the doors of more lucky people’s houses, whereby they come t> Mr. Ollwel’s private hcuse. Mrs. Ollwel, being a good-hearted woman, can not bring it to her heart to turn the two hungry men away and so she served them with a good meal. During the meal Mr. Ollwel arrives ho'n}e with tHe intention to elope with his proof-reader, wherefore he makes himself some 200,000 Dollers Sandwiches in order notto get hungry on the way and later he discovers the two ex-convicts eating in the kitchen; half drunk and furious as he is he attempts to knock them down, whereby he tell and killed himself by knocking his _h_le;_;d agcinst the fire.place. Richard Hatton sees clearly that both he and his comrade will come to “'Swing'" cn the gallows for havm% murdered Ollwel, and, seeing' the impossibility Ot eScape, Lhey Ccll“['y the '163(1 Mme n S OOt I.V Out ln’é) Qack’.m)om) where v, I‘[.ISS diSCUVCFS th‘dt th(} (}.\'-C()E]'\’ig‘i I{]Chzud Hatton’s appearance is very much like M. Ollwel’s. Richard Hatton {: iles to change his clothes with Oliwel and pose himselt as Mr. Ollwel. : This leads to the most exci.ing and dramatic events which closes up with THE UNBELILVABLE FACL that Richard Hatton’s finger-prints arc used t 9 prove that HE is not Richard Hatton but Mr. Ollwel and—&tut no, you better come and see the balance yourself in Christiansted Theatre, Thursday Evening. . . MONLY EBACK FiLM If vou have not got satisfaction for your money snent for the ticket for this show, you can reyuest your money back after the performance is over. ' ‘ : This film is given in one show, in spite of that it was intended for two performances, at usnal vrices. Reserved 5eat5....... oo T T Aoe. Gol bl B hfice .. . s e s s CHRISTIANSTED, V. 1 U’S. A., JHURSDAY. 22nD - JANUARY 1920.. Ne 17