Huston, Walter
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Huston, Walter [né Houghston] (1884–1950), actor. The gruff‐voiced, Canadian‐born actor made his debut in Toronto in 1902, then first appeared in New York in
In Convict Stripes (1905). From 1909 to 1924 he toured in vaudeville in an act that never quite reached the top, but when Huston returned to Broadway he made a pronounced impression as the unyielding old farmer Ephraim Cabot in
Desire under the Elms (1924). Subsequent roles included Ponce de Leon in
The Fountain (1925), the sadistic black ruler Flint in
Kongo (1926), the glib pitchman Nifty Miller in
The Barker (1927), and the brainless baseball pitcher Elmer Kane in
Elmer the Great (1928). Huston spent time in films before returning to New York in 1934 to play the title role of the unhappy retired businessman in
Dodsworth. In 1937 he offered his Othello, then turned to the musical theatre to portray Pieter Stuyvesant in
Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), introducing “September Song.” The remainder of Huston's stage career offered little of note. His final appearance was as Sam Stover, an old farmer in love with a young girl, in
Apple of His Eye (1946).
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`The first to fall' for both North and South.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/20/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...footnotes in Civil War history. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth as a young man longed for an...due to lack of interest, but Ellsworth revived the unit with his enthusiasm...moves with musket and bayonet. Ellsworth also wrote a drill manual that...
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Prouty patriarch's story brought to life; Civil War uniform on display at museum.
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 4/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...Oleson AUBURN - When Ronald Ellsworth Prouty of 11 Marion Ave. donated...On May 24, 1861, Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, President Lincoln's friend...Confederate flag. "Remember Ellsworth!" became a Union battle cry...
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Encounter over flag kills Va. innkeeper, Yank officer.(SATURDAY)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/28/2002; 700+ words
; ...Leading the Union troops was Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, who had been born in New York...the ornate uniform appealed to Ellsworth. He also admired the Zouave...accordingly. Coming into Alexandria, Ellsworth decided to haul down Jackson...
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Tough, colorul Zoaves help occupy Alexandria.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...gaudy plumage. New York-born Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, a Chicago lawyer and close...Mansfield marched south, and Ellsworth's Fire Zouaves were transported...flying after the town fell. Ellsworth spotted the banner, entered...
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Museum accessions.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...four-year-old Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth was making his way down King...secessionist James W. Jackson. Ellsworth climbed to the hotel attic and...himself was fatally wounded by Ellsworth's subordinate Francis Edwin...
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Newsman Villard eyewitness to history; Vivid reports from field bring battles to readers.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...the readiness of the Union forces. He covered the Union Army's raid into Alexandria and felt grief when Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth of the Fire Zouaves, another friend, was slain while tearing down a Confederate flag May 24, 1861. Villard...
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MILITARY MUSEUM URGED FOR COUNTY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/5/2000; 700+ words
; ...the two Battles of Saratoga fought in 1777, the county's Civil War traditions would be highlighted. Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth of Mechanicville was a prominent Civil War hero. Born in Malta, he was the first Union officer to be killed...
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Sentry becomes first Rebel wounded; Survives clash with Federal cavalry near Fairfax Circle; second picket captured.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...Annandale. Jackson was killed on May 24, 1861, by Union troops immediately after he killed a Union officer, Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, who was in the process of removing a Confederate flag from the roof of Jackson's Marshall House Hotel in Alexandria...
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Comfort Common: soft colors and big collections of country antiques revive a late-19th-century bed-and-breakfast in south-central Texas.
Magazine article from: Country Living; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...pitcher (right) depicting the 1861 death of Colonel Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth that Jim found at an antiques show. A friend of Abraham Lincoln and a resident of Washington, D.C., Ellsworth was shot when he and his soldiers tried to remove...
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Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth 1837-61, American Civil War hero, b. near Mechanicville, N...North giving exhibition drills. A friend and law student of Lincoln, Ellsworth accompanied him to Washington in 1861. When war began, he recruited...
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Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837–61) the first...strictly speaking, in battle. Ellsworth, born in Malta, New York, first...Washington. When war broke out, Ellsworth raised a voluntary infantry in New...
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