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“THEFIRL-FLINGERS” AND “THE S[Ll_{-LINED BURGLAR”
is showing her best acting
in ‘‘Paid in Advanee’’
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SELEN IS
GOLD DUST
8ARKER................FRANK
BROWNLEE.
BREGAN. -s
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FLABJACK. .. ...
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ev.........HARRY
DE MORE.
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:
A Splendid Dramatic
story of Canada
and
Alaska by the Produeer
of ‘‘The Hearth
of Humaity”’.
\
The Story:
_
In
‘‘Paid
In
Advance’”’ JOAN GRAY, Daughter
of
a Gavnadian‘,Furtrader,
finds
herself
the subiect
of malicious
talk.
and decides
to go with her father
to Dawson City.
who has
had
a
business
offer from two men from the gold fields.
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Joan’s
father
dies
on the long trip
to the gold fields, and.she
arrives alone at
the
pleasure
palace
of Gold Dust
Barker,
her father’s supposed
friend.
.
The girl finds
her-
self
a virtual
prisoner
among
Rough
Men and
Fast
Women
Bhe
learns that
Barker’s
offer to her father had
been
a lure to bring her to his’place.
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Barker
offers Joan the ‘‘choice’’ of giving herself to him or:to'‘The Crowd’’.
Joan
rebels
and fight for a month
to retain
her virtue, but Barker
persist
and sh 2 finally con
fronts
‘‘the crowd’’ inethe wine
room
and offers tomarry
the
highest
bidder.
One-
man,
a drunken
miner known
as
‘‘The Cur’’, still retains his
respect for womankind,
and
he bids A
HUNBRED
THOUSAND
DOLLARS for her,
and
wins.
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But
in
his
efforts to hold her he finds it neeessary
to kill Barker
and others.
:
A Picture
in which Tense
Situations
are Raised
to' Extreme
Dramatic
Heights
by
the Wonderful of a Cast Composed
of Screen
Favorites.
so
e
A’ Wonderfully
Dramatic Story of
a Good Woman
Amid
Evil Surroundings
who
Takes
a Degenerate
Miner to Avoid a
Worse Fate.,
;
:
ADMISSION:
L
Reosorved
Sed's
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;
Two first and
two last
rows of reserved
seats
...
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... .30e.
General
Entrance. ...
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iRoBTe
_
"Children
20 and
10c¢.
:
DIED at her
residence
in this
town at
4.15
this
morning:
Miss
LouisaA
WAL-
DRINA
FUREY.
The
funeral
will take
place
at
5 o’clock this afternoon
to
the
Anglican Church..
The Korona finished
working here
last
night
and
left
for
Frederiksted
this
morning.
’
It is learned that
Sergeants
Ebbersen,
Naughton
and Prince of the Police Force
have
been promoted
to the
rank
of
In-
spector,
and
Constable
Henneman to that
of
Sergeant;
all
natives,
these
men
must
be congratulated
on their advanee”
ment’
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The
theatre
was
well patronized
last
night, visitors
from
the
ships
in the
harbor
-swelling
the
audience.
which
went
away
well
entertained
with
one
of
the
most
interesting
. prograwmes
presented
in a long while.
"
In
a
Danish
announcement
published
in this
issue,
members
of
the Shooting
Club
are
invited
to
be
present
at
the
unveiling
of
a
monument
to
the
late
Chairman
of the Club
the
deceased
Col-
Do danske Skytteforeninger
-;
paa
St. Groix °
afslgrer
ONSDAG
DEN 11’ DS. KL.
5
"EFTM.. paa
Christiansted
Kirkegaard
et Mindesmaerke
over
den
tidligere Fo:-
‘mand
~for Centralbestyrelsen
Toldforv.
"MARCUS ANDERSEN.
~
:
!
Alle tidligere
Medlemmer
opfordres
til at mode.
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»
:
,
Fri
Automobiltransport
kan
faas
ved
telefonisk Henvendelse
til Toldinspektgr
PETERSEN,
Frederiksted.
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.
.
CENTRALBESTYRELSEN.
~ Post Office Notice:.
REVISED
CONVERSION
RATES
FOR
INTERNATIONALMONEY ORDERS,
-~ EFFECTIVE AUG.
15, 1920.
.
Because
of the decided
and long-contin-
ued
depreciation
of the currency
of
cer-
tain
European
countries
as, compared
with the United
States
dollar, the
Post-
master
General has ordered
that
on
.and
-after. August
15, and until further notice,
in issuing money orders,
the money
of
the United States
shall
be
converted
in
accordance
with
the following schedule:
GREAT 8R1TA1N......£1
=~
=§4
NETOBRLUANDS. ....1
floiin —oB cents
5WEDEN:...........1
krone
=24 cents
DENMARK..........1
krone =2O eents
NORWAY..
. ..........1
krone
=2O cents
FRANCE.
.
%1
=10.30 francs
BELGIUM..
.....sl_.
=lo.3ofrancs.
ALY
... ol
=10.30
franecs
DISCONTINUANCE.OF
HOLIiDAY
SERVICE; CHRISTIANSTED
- FRED-
ERIKSTED, EFFECTIVE AT ONCE.
"
Hereafter,
and until further,
the daily
mail-service between
Christiansted
and
Frederiksted,
St. Croix, will not
be
per-
formed on holidays.
Should
the exigen-
cies
of the service require
the
exchange
of mails
between
the towns
on
holidays,
such service will be performed
under the
conditions
now applicable
to service
on
Supday.
,
U.
S.
Post Office,
Christiansted,
St.
Croix, V.
1., August 9, 1920.
.
.
B. R. LARSEN Postßaster.
sJector of Customs
Marcus
Andersen,
in
the
cemetery
in this town
at
§ o’clock
tomorrow
afternoon.
:
The
Industrial -Band
will give a
con-
cert
on the wharf. this evening.
;
#a¥
No telegrams
yet reeeived.
Frederiksted,
August
9th..
1920,
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The mail schoener
“Virginia’’ arrived
at
2 o’clock vesterday
meorning
wi h
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