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51
YEAR
CHRISTIANSTED,
V.I. U.B.
A.,
THURSDAY.
4tH
DECEMBER
1919.
1E
ST,
CROIL
AVIS
i 3 printed
wnd published
daily (Sundays
and Holidays
excepted)
by G.
Johansen
at the Avis Office.
|
S i 5---50 cents
monthly vn advance,
2 cents
per single copy.
Entered
as
second-class
matter
May
26th
1917 at
the Post
Office
at Christian-
steq,
St. Cyoin,
V. L ofthe U.
S. A.,
un-
der the Act of March 3.
1879.
Contribution
to this paper will be glad-
ly received
when the same
deals with mat-
ters of general
interest,
and
is
accompa-
nied with
the
author’s
name,
as
a
quar-
antee of good faith.
The editor cannot
be
responsible for the vizcws of his correspon-
dents nor does
he necessarily
endorse them.
St. Thomas
News.
1 hanksgiving
Day--Thupsday
27th.
!
inst.—was
generally
observed
as
a holi-
|
iday.
During the
morning;
most
of the
|
churches
heid services
in tonour
_f
the
d:y.
There
was
to have
been
a
cricket
|
ma.ch
played
beiween
the ‘New
Era”
U.
U. and the
"'Dauntless’
(. C.,captain-
ed
resprectively
by .
Creque
and
A,
!
Lloyd; but the inciemenz;
of the
weath-
er prevented
same.
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Both
the
‘‘Grand
Hotel””
and
the
|
**American Soda Fountain’”’
were
active
with Thanksgiving
dainties
on
Wednes-
|
day and Thursday evenings.—St.
Thomas
|
Muil Notes,
Nov.
29th.
|
On Weduncesday
evening.
at about
9.40
|
o ciock,
the
alarm
of
'’ re’’
was
sound- -
|
ed.
On ’wshing out,
the
scene
of danger
was found
obe
at
the ‘‘New
Apollo,”"
|
where
a
bzauuful
play,
‘‘Danger
Go
Slow,”’
was
being.
screened,
with
Mac
|
oMurray in
iul! splendour.
Just
exacily
|
how ilt was
caused
we
have
not
as
yet
|
been
able
to ascertain;
but
it was
some-
thing wrong
with
tae
maczhine.
It was
a lucky circumstance,
howecever,
that
ow-
|
ing (o the unsczitied
state
of the weather,
blended
with the
fact
that
intermission
was on,
that
no
one
was iajured.
In consideration,
howev:r,
that
Sun-
day evenings
sece
the
thcoaire
crowded
with
an
eager
crowd
to
witness
the
fascinating
'‘The Lion’s Claw,”” it would
be well thos=
in
authority
see
to it
that
all exits be
so fixed as to be easily loosen-
-
ed in case
of another outery.—lbid.
,
Yesterday,
at all
Saints,
at
both
the
morning and evening
services,
the
Rev.
|
Jonn Levo—of Tortola,
was the princival
|
functionary.
At the
morning
services,
takitg his sermonal
text from the
127th.
No. 27?
CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE,
|
8.30
THIS EVENING
8.30
A
\
Screen
Magazine
7l
.+ More startling chapters
of the exciting serial.
“The
Lion’s
Claw.”
e
Lion's Claw.
The episndes
to be exhibited
surpass
all previous
ones
shown.
A big
night in store for all.
‘
Episode
11 Chapters
21 &22
“CAUGHT IN THE COILS”
Episode
12 Chapters
23 &24
‘‘THESPIES CAVE”
Comic.
Wise
Wives
ADMISSION.
ADULTS
Reserved
Seats
40
cents,
General
Entrance
20
cents.
CHlLDßEN—Reserved
Seats
20
cents,
General
Entrance
10
~ents,
iny:
“The Kaiser,
the|
Berlin.”
- Coming:
“lhe
Kaiser,
the Beast of
Berlin.
I———————
T
————
.
Psalm.
‘“Except
the
Lord
build
tue
"
house,
their labour
is but vair that
build
.
it,”’ he delivered
one of the
finest
home-
"
lies in connection
with this Psalm,
thatit
|
'
has
ever
been
our privilege to
hear.—St.
.
Thomas
Mail Notes,
Dec.
Ist.
|
:
;
yF
|
A relic and souvenir
of the late
war
on
exhibition in Corneirn’s
Store
is
in
the
form of a vase,
hammered
out of
an
ex-
ploded 75 French
shell picked
up
on
the
.
battle field of- Chateau
Thierry,
France,
|
and sent
to Mrs. Robert Stride
from
her
.
nephew
Lieutenant
J.
W.
Thompson
|
when
he
was in a French
hospital.
This
|
shell
was beaten
into its graceful form by
a wounded
French
peasant.—lbid.
|
Extract of letter received by the Bureau
of Information from
the
Quebec
Steam-
|
ship Co., N. Y.:
4
|
‘“‘We have
just purchased
a fine Ameri-
can steamer
for our New York-West
in-
|
~
dia route,
with accommodations
for sixty
|
first-class
passengers,
and
one-hundred
~
steerage.
This steamer
the "‘Shoshone’
is scheduled
to sail for
the
West
Indies
~
December
10, and betore
long we
expect
to have
the
ss.
"‘Kamarima’’ which
we
|
"
have also purchasea
rfor
our
West
India
|
'
route,
that will be fitted for one-hundred
|
first-class
2nd one hundred
steerage
pas-
|
sengers.””
lbid.
'
e
e e
e
e
_
At' present,
there
is
quite - erowd
of
immigrants
from
the
neighbouring
is-
lgmds
1n our
midst, awaiti~g
transporta-
~
tion
to Cuba.—St.
Thomas
Mail Notes,
Dec.
2nd.
We
understand
that the
fire that start-
ed
at
the
New
Apollo
on
Wednesday
~evening
came through
the carbon
being
dropped
on
the
films
by
the
operator.
We are,
however,
glad to be able
to state
that
Steps
have
been
taken
to
render
such
accidents
impossible
in the
future.
lbid.
Call At This
Offi
AND SEE
OUR STO”K OF
simas
and
Now
Year
Cart
Ghrig'mas
and
New
Year
Cards.
FOR SALE
®
.
delivered
in
Wl'ilt@ lee
town
from
Estate
Southgate
Farm at
60 cents
pr.
barrel.
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CATHRINE LUDVIG