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In 1903, Jones organized children who were working in mills and mines to participate in her famous "March of the Mill Children", a 125-mile trek from Kensington, Philadelphia, to the summer house (and Summer White House) of President Theodore Roosevelt on Long Island (in Oyster Bay, New York). They had banners demanding "We want to go to school ...
July 7 – "Mother" Mary Harris Jones starts a "Children's Crusade" ("March of the Mill Children") from Kensington, Philadelphia to Oyster Bay, New York, the hometown of President Roosevelt, with banners demanding "We want to go to school and not the mines!" [1] [2] July 23 – Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago becomes the first owner of a Ford ...
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Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical Christmas film released on November 30, 1934. The film is also known by the alternative titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet (the 1948 European reissue title), and March of the Wooden Soldiers (in the United States), a 73-minute abridged version.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes After Dark; or, the Policeman and His Lantern: Alice in Wonderland: Cecil Hepworth: May Clark: At Work in a Peat Bog: Automobile Explosion
The Magic Lantern (La Lanterne magique), directed by Georges Méliès – (); Mary Jane's Mishap, directed by George Albert Smith – (); The Melomaniac (Le Mélomane), directed by Georges Méliès – ()
1903 program. After a three-month tryout beginning on June 17, 1903, at the Grand Opera House in Chicago, followed by a tour to several East Coast cities, the original New York production opened on October 13, 1903, at the Majestic Theatre at Columbus Circle in Manhattan (where The Wizard of Oz had played) and closed after 192 performances on March 19, 1904.
Laurie was born on 25 March 1897 in Dumfries [5] to William Laurie (1856–1903), a clerk in a tweed mill and later a hatter and hosier, and Jessie Ann Laurie (née Brown; 1858–1935). He attended grammar school at Dumfries Academy , then abandoned a career in architecture to serve in the First World War as a member of the Honourable Artillery ...