User: M-le-mot-dit
File: Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928).webm
Author: Charles Reisner
Publisher: United Artists
Year: 1928
PD: PD-US-no-renewal|1962|1928
Note: An American 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton and famous for a crumbling facade stunt. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Cat: Comedy film, Silent film
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00:01
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{{Center|{{Fine|JOSEPH M. SCHENKS}}<br />
{{Smaller|''presents''}}<br />
{{Xxxx-larger|{{sc|Buster Keaton}}}}<br />
{{Xx-smaller|IN}}<br />
{{Xxxx-larger|{{sc|Steamboat Bill, Jr.}}}}
{{Fine block|''A''<br />
UNITED ARTISTS<br />
''Production''}}}}
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00:13
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Smaller|DIRECTED}}<br />
{{Xx-smaller|BY}}<br />
{{X-larger|CHAS. F. REISNER}}}}
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00:18
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Fine|''Story''}}<br />
{{Xx-smaller|BY}}<br />
{{X-larger|CARL HARBAUGH}}}}
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00:23
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{{Center|{{Smaller block|''Photographed''<br />
''by''}}
DEV JENNINGS & BERT HAINES
{{Dhr|.5em}}
{{Smaller|''Technical Director''}}<br />
FRED GABOURIE
{{Dhr|.5em}}
{{Smaller|''Asst. Director''}}<br />
SANDY ROTH
{{Dhr|.5em}}
{{Smaller|''Copyright by'' Jos. M. Schenck}}}}
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00:35
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|M}}uddy Waters.}}
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01:16
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|T}}he new steamer, King.}}
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01:22
{{ft/s|
{{Block center|width=10em|{{Larger|J}}. J. King, owner.
{{Dhr|.5em}}
{{Right|—''Tom McGuire''}}}}
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01:30
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|T}}he old steamer, Stonewall Jackson.}}
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01:37
{{ft/s|
{{Block center|{{Larger|T}}he owner, William Canfield, better known as Steamboat Bill.
{{Dhr|.5em}}
{{Right|—''Ernest Torrence''}}}}
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01:50
{{ft/s|
{{Block center|{{Larger|B}}ill's first and last mate.
{{Dhr|.5em}}
{{Right|—''Tom Lewis''}}}}
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01:57
{{ft/i|
{{Fine block|'''WELCOME''' {{X-smaller|{{Dual line|STEAMBOAT|CO.}}}} '''KING'''}}
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02:00
{{ft/i|
{{Box|{{Fine|Stonewall Jackson.}}}}
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02:15
{{ft/i|
{{Box|{{X-smaller|KING}}}}
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02:24
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{{Center|{{Smaller|{{Smaller|STEAMBOAT}} '''KING''' {{Smaller|COMPANY}}{{Gap}}'''WELCOME''' {{Smaller|Steamboat Co.}} '''KING'''}}{{Gap}}{{X-larger|'''KING'''}}}}
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02:34
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{{Center|{{sc|River Junction}}<br />
{{sc|Bank}}<br />
{{X-larger|'''{{Larger|J. J. K}}ING'''}}<br />
{{Bar|3}}{{Smaller|''President.''}}}}
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02:40
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Xx-larger|{{sc|Hotel King}}.}}}}
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02:54
{{ft/i|
{{Box|KING}}
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03:10
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"This floating palace should put an end to that {{'}}''thing''{{'}} Steamboat Bill is running."}}
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03:29
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Looks like you'll have to look for a new river."}}
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03:39
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll run on this river if I'm the only passager on the boat."}}
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03:58
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Telegram from your son—it's been here four days."}}
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04:05
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{{Block center|{{Left|{{X-smaller|''subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to''}}|-4em}}
{{Fine block|{{Monospace block|{{Center|24CNY 65BXZ}}
WILLIAM CANFIELD SR<br />
STEAMBOAT STONEWALL JACKSON<br />
RIVER JUNCTION MISS
<p>DEAR DAD{{Spaces|3}}IT WAS MOTHERS WISH THAT WHEN<br />
I HAD FINISHED SCHOOL TO PAY YOU A VISIT<br />
I THINK I ARRIVE SATURDAY TEN A M{{Spaces|4}}YOU<br />
CANT MISTAKE ME{{Spaces|6}}I'LL BE WEARING A<br />
WHITE CARNATION{{Spaces|4}}REGARDS</p>
<p>{{Spaces|16}}WILLIAM CANFIELD JR</p>}}}}}}
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04:24
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"It's from my Willie, I haven't seen him since he was a baby."}}
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04:35
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Must be a bid lad by now."}}
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04:41
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll bet he's bigger'n me."}}
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04:54
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{{Block right|offset=-5em|align=center|{{Smaller|FREIGHT & PASSENGER}}<br />{{X-smaller|SERVICE}}}}
{{Dhr}}{{Cursive block|TO STEAMBOAT STONEWALL JACKSON
{{Dhr}}
{{{!}} {{ts|ac|pl5}}
{{!}}FREE
{{!}}{{ts|xs|lh9}}{{!}}BUS<br />{{Smaller|{{sc|to the}}}}<br />{{sc|Steamboat}}
{{!}}Stonewall Jackson
{{!}}}
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04:57
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{{Smaller block|Carnation{{Gap|4em}}Carnation<br />{{Gap}}Day}}
{{Dhr}}
Mother's<br />
{{Gap}}Day<br />
{{Smaller|Carnations}}
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05:21
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{{Block center|{{Larger|K}}ing's daughter, home from school.}}
{{Dhr|.5em }}
{{Right|—''Marion Byron''}}
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05:40
{{ft/i|
{{X-smaller|RIVER JUNCTION}}
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05:49
{{ft/i|
{{Smaller|BUS — THE KING STEAMBOAT CO. — BUS}}
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05:52
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{{Cursive block|TO STEAMBOAT STONEWALL JACKSON
{{Dhr|2em}}
{{{!}} {{ts|ac|pl5}}
{{!}}FREE
{{!}}{{ts|xs|lh9}}{{!}}BUS<br />{{Smaller|{{sc|to the}}}}<br />{{sc|Steamboat}}
{{!}}Stonewall Jackson
{{!}}}
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06:46
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Any of you boys looking for a father?"}}
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09:27
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Fine block|W{{Sup|{{Underline|m}}}} {{sc|Canfield}} J{{Sup|{{Underline|R}}}}<br />{{sc|Boston}}}}}}
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10:20
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{{Center|"If you say what you're thinking I'll strangle you!"}}
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12:54
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Fine block|{{sc|Barber}}<br />{{sc|Shop}}}}}}
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13:03
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Take that barnacle off his lip."}}
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14:27
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Why, Willie Canfield—what are you doing so far from Boston?"}}
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14:34
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"My father's here."}}
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14:40
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"So is mine and you'll love him."}}
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18:36
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Is that—Steamboat Bill, Junior?"}}
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19:03
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Fix him up with some working clothes for the boat."}}
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20:04-20:13
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|W}}orking clothes for the boat{{Bar|2}}<br />with her help.}}
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20:30
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"No jury would convict you."}}
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24:23
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"If I find him in this boat again, I'll personally wring his neck."}}
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25:36
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"That's what that's for."}}
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25:51
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"If anybody else is caught on this boat {{...|4}} my son'll handle him."}}
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26:23
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Show him what makes the boat go."}}
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26:40
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Keep your hands off him."}}
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28:10
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'm trying to teach you to run it{{Bar|2}}not {{'}}''wreck''{{'}} it."}}
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29:20
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|E}}ight Bells and all is wrong.}}
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30:02
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{{Block center|{{Cursive block|{{Italic block|home. I will be<br />
waiting in the salon.<br />
If you really care<br />
for me come tonight.}}
{{Center|{{X-larger|×}} ''Kitty''.}}}}}}
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31:55
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll pick the young man for you—and it won't be the son of a river tramp."}}
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32:28
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll pick the young lady for you{{Bar|2}}and it won't be a girl with a father like that."}}
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35:21
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What do you mean throwing those—cocoanut shells on the floor?"}}
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37:18
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Back to Boston you go."}}
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38:25
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|M}}orning.}}
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39:26
{{ft/i|
{{Block center|
{{Box|{{Center|[…]<br />
{{X-larger|{{Cursive|''W. E. Jones''}}}}<br />
{{Span tag|border-top:1px dashed grey}}{{Gap|9em}}{{X-smaller|Secy.}}{{em}}</span><br />
{{X-smaller|DESTINATION}}<br />
{{X-smaller|FROM}}<br />
{{Fine|'''RIVER JUNCTION'''}}<br />
{{X-smaller|TO}}<br />
{{Fine|'''BOSTON, MASS.'''}}}}<br />
{{X-larger| }}<br />
{{Span tag|border-top:1px dashed grey}}{{Gap|8em}}{{X-smaller|Signature}}{{em}}</span>
{{Center|{{X-larger|{{Cursive|''J. A. Waters''}}}}}}
{{Span tag|border-top:1px dashed grey}}{{Gap|8em}}{{X-smaller|Signature}}{{em}}</span>
}}}}
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39:37
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{{Block right|align=center|{{Smaller|RIVER JUNCTION}}<br />
{{Smaller|STEAMBOAT}}<br />
{{Larger|'''STONEWALL JACKSON'''}}<br />
{{Smaller|CAPTAIN}}}}
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39:41
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{{Box|
{{Center|{{Xxx-larger|{{Underline|NOTICE}}}}
{{Smaller block|THIS IS TO NOTIFY THAT THE STEAMER<br />
{{Larger|'''STONEWALL JACKSON'''}}<br />
IS UNSAGE AND HEREBY {{Larger|{{Font-stretch|.7|'''CONDEMNED'''}}}}<br />
UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION.}}}}
{{Block right|align=center|{{Xx-smaller|SIGNED<br />Public Safety Committee}}}}
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40:19
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{{Center|{{Smaller block|Out of Town<br />{{Larger|{{sc|PaperS}}}}}}}}
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40:25
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Are you responsible for this?"}}
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40:31
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Well, it ought to be condemned, the first good wind would sink it anyhow."}}
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41:11
{{ft/i|
{{Left block|align=center|{{Larger|U. S.}}<br />POST OFFICE}}
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41:23
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"This man not only threatened my life but has defied the law."}}
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41:56
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Smaller block|WESTERN<br />{{Larger|'''UNION'''}}<br />Telegraph}}}}
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42:16
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Smaller|ENTRANCE{{Gap}}ENTRANCE}}}}
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43:16
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"King will see that he don't get out of here for awhile."}}
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43:55
{{ft/i|
{{Block center|{{Box|
{{Center|[…]<br />
{{X-smaller|SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.}}<br />
{{X-larger|{{Cursive|''W. E. Jones''}}}}}}
{{Span tag|border-top:1px dashed grey}}{{Gap|9em}}{{X-smaller|Secy.}}{{em}}</span>
{{Center|{{X-smaller|DESTINATION}}<br />
{{X-smaller|FROM}}<br />
{{Fine|'''RIVER JUNCTION'''}}<br />
{{X-smaller|TO}}<br />
{{Fine|'''BOSTON, MASS.'''}}<br />
{{X-larger|{{Cursive|W{{Sup|m}} Canfield Jr.}}}}}}
{{Span tag|border-top:1px dashed grey}}{{Gap|8em}}{{X-smaller|Signature}}{{em}}</span>
{{Center|{{X-larger|{{Cursive|''J. A. Waters''}}}}}}
{{Span tag|border-top:1px dashed grey}}{{Gap|8em}}{{X-smaller|Signature}}{{em}}</span>}}}}
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44:02
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{{Block center|width=18em|
{{Block left|align=center|{{Box|outline=3px solid black|{{Box|'''WEATHER CONDITIONS'''<br />'''Unsetettled --- wet and cloudy.'''}}}}}}
{{Rule}}{{Rule}}
{{Gap}}VOL. XIV. No. 21
{{Rule}}{{Rule}}}}
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45:31
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I've brought my poor father bread."}}
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45:40
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Throw both him and the bread out."}}
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45:49
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Tell him I made it myself."}}
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46:30
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll just wait around until he is famished."}}
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46:46
{{ft/i|
{{Block center|{{Center|THE PRISONER'S SONG}}
{{Rule|5em}}{{Rule|5em}}
{{Smaller block|Oh! I wish I had some one to love me—<br />
{{em}}Some one to call me their own;<br />
Oh! I wish I had some one to live with—<br />
{{em}}'Cause I'm tired of living alone.<br />
<br />
Oh! Please meet me tonight in the moonlight—<br />
{{em}}Please meet me tonight all alone,<br />
For I have a sad story to tell you—<br />
{{em}}It's a story that's never been told.<br />
<br />
I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow—<br />
{{em}}Leaving my poor darling alone;<br />
With the cold prison bars all around me,<br />
{{em}}And my head on a pillow of stone.<br />
<br />
Now I have a grand ship on the ocean—<br />
{{em}}All mounted with silver and gold—<br />
And before my poor darlin' would suffer,<br />
{{em}}Oh! that ship would be anchored and sold.<br />
<br />
Now if I had the wings of an angel—<br />
{{em}}Over these prison walls I would fly,<br />
And I'd fly to the arms of my poor darlin'<br />
{{em}}And there I'd be willing to die.}}}}
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48:29
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I guess I better go."}}
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48:40
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I've changed my mind—I want the bread."}}
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48:54
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"No—I don't think you do."}}
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49:04
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Come, my boy—I was only foolin'."}}
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49:15
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I know what it is—you're ashamed ot my baking."}}
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49:25
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"You talk to him, Sheriff."}}
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49:39
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"After all, the old bum is your father."}}
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50:43
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"That must of happened when the dough fell in the tool chest."}}
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51:26
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Don't let him do that to you, Willie, bust him on the jaw."}}
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51:36
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What—this shrimp hit me?"}}
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51:46
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"If he'd ever hit you on your jaw he'd break it."}}
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52:08
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"No, I might hurt you."}}
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54:49
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Take him down to the receiving hospital."}}
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55:51
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Fine|HOSPITAL}}}}
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56:00
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{{Block center|width=18em|
{{Block left|align=center|{{Box|outline=3px solid black|{{Box|'''WEATHER CONDITIONS'''<br />'''Storm clouds in the offing.'''}}}}}}
{{Rule}}{{Rule}}
{{Gap}}VOL. XIV. No. 21
{{Rule}}{{Rule}}}}
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56:05
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Smaller|Hotel}}<br />{{Larger|King}}<br />{{X-smaller|J. J. King}}}}
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56:10
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"The pier is not strong enough to hold the boat against this wind."}}
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57:28
{{ft/i|
THE KING's FISH PALACE. {{Gap}}{{Dual line|{{X-smaller|CIGARS}}|{{X-smaller|TOBACCO}}}}
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57:36-56:53
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{{Fine|PUBLIC [LIBRARY]{{Gap|4em}}HOSPITAL}}
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1:00:11
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Larger|STAGE-DOOR}}}}
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1:03:27
{{ft/i|
{{Smaller|Stonewall Jackson.}}
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1:08:26
{{ft/i|
{{Larger|K}}ING
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1:10:15
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Xxx-larger|{{Cursive|''The''}}<br />END}}}}
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