"Jazz" from Utah papers , 1918

[James Smith]

Not an antedating, by any means.  But judging from the
articles below from three small Utah papers, "jazz"
was a pretty well known word by 1918.  Two of the
articles are plugs for movies, so maybe the film
industry was helping to spread the word.

BTW, the Eureka typesetters seemed to have avoided
using periods to end sentences.  Was this a common
practice in the early 20th century?

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[Grand Valley?] Times-Independent [Moab, Utah]
1918-07-19

...

The Milos Concert Company, a musical comedy
troupe, will give an entertainment
at the Woodman hall Friday night.  The
company consists of seven people, and
promises a high class program of vaudville and music.

Following the show a dance will be given, the music
to be furnished by the Milos six-piece Jazz orchestra.

The corpany has played in many Utah towns
and has given complete satisfaction everywhere.
The entertainment will no doubt be greeted by
a big attendance at the performance in Moab Friday.
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Davis County [Utah] Clipper 1918-02-08

PATRONS ARE THE PATRIOTS
customers of some hotels profit very
little by new plan of conservation of food supply

...

A patriot is a noble thing but isn't
it better to be one than to trim one?
The hotel keepers of Manhattan are
playing both sides of the game and the
food administration furnishes a jazz
band of statistical admiration for their
efforts.  These bonifaces who are
shrinking the meals end and swelling the
prices need something all right, but
not governmental encouragement.
Meanwhile the hotel user can feel sure
that the war has not changed his function
at all - he's the paying goat now
just as he used to be.

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Eureka [Utah] Reporter 1918-01-18

Arbuckle Coming to Star on Saturday

...

As one of the exciting episodes of his forthcoming
production, "A country hero" Roscoe Arbuckle staged
the
explosion of a Ford car in the main street of
Jazzville, where the story is laid  "Fatty" assigned
four cameramen and two graflex machines to the scene
and the results are declared to be most satisfying
This is the first Paramount picture to be made by
"Fatty" since he returned to the Coast studios, and it
is to be shown Saturday at the Star Theatre

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Eureka [Utah] Reporter 1918-02-01

Olive Thomas Stars In "An Even Break"
...
This is said to be as strong a pro
gram as The Flame of the Yukon
Olive Thomas the celebrated fol
lies beauty who made a hit in her
first screen play Madcap Madge
will appear next Tuesday at the Star
theatre in An Even Break a Tri
angle play which brings the gayety
of Broadway cafe and theatre life to
the screen

A magnificent setting said to be
the largest and most costly ever
erected on the triangle stages fur
nishes the background for the Har
rison Fisher beauty and a company
of one hundred girls who dance to
the music of a jazz band  More than
four hundred people participate in
this one cafe scene which is devised
with special lighting effects to en
hance the beauty of the selected com
pany of entertainers





James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.




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