Chaser heads Fair program with Langdon in homemaker comedy
The Fair theater features The Chaser with Harry Langdon as a harried benedict in a domestic comedy hailed as his most uproarious screen venture. Gladys McConnell and Bud Jamison co star along with many bathing girls, delivering rapid fire laughs and a breezy mood.
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Nida
Harry Langdon
The
Fair Theater
Harry
Benedict
Gladys McConnell
Bud Jamaison
Hollywood
Gordon's stomach antiseptic discovery brings $80000 rights
G M Gordon, twenty years in developing Gordon's internal antiseptic for stomach and bowels, sold rights for $80000. The formula aims to stop fermentation souring of food matter, soothe irritated digestion, and relieve peptic troubles. Sold as a liquid, available at druggists for three cents a dose.
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G. M. Gordon
Penne
Gordon
Owsley Campaign Manager Shifts Support in Senate Runoff
Ballard W. George of Corsicana, manager of Alvin Owsley’s senate bid, announced he will back Congressman Tom Cornwell of Marlin in the runoff. The move comes as campaigns realign ahead of the Dallas, Texas election-day.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Ballard W. George
Corsicana
Alvin Owsley
United States Senate
Senate
Tom Cornwally
Marlin
Serum Rush Fails To Save Child At Prairie Lee
The Associated Press reports that despite air transport from San Antonio, seven year old Lawrence Love died of lockjaw after a foot splinter. The incident occurred near Prairie Lee Texas on August 1.
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Associated Press
Prairie Lee
Tex
San Antonio
Lawrence Love
Vitaphone and Vitaphone stars in Hollywood notes
Henry B. Wathall notes unusual European style in A. E. Depent’s direction for a Variety feature. Fox’s None But the Brave stars Edna Semida. Catalina Island filming. Helene Costello earns praise in Lights of New York. Warner Bros signals big growth with Ali Jolson Fanny Brice and Ted Lewis under contract.
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Hollywood
George M. Cohan
Pictures
Warner Bros. Vitaphone
Richard Bennett
New York
Robert McWade
Cohan
Doris Kenyon
Robert Edeson
Stanley Taylor
Henry B. Wathall
A. E. Depent
Oea Edna Semida
Fox
Natons
Catalina Island
Cal
Helene Costello
Dolores
Warner Bros
Jack L. Warner
Ted Lewis
Warners
Warner
Lewis
East
al Jolson
Fanny Brice
Flapper Wife Is Mother at Heart Says Census Chief
Sacramento reports L B Ross California infant census chief says modern wives limit families but remain mothers at heart. In California 65 percent of marriages are not childless, births lower overall due to smaller families, with 32 percent of mothers having one child and typical families at two to three children.
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International News Service
Sacramento
Calif
L. B. Ross
California
Ross
Shelf of Texas Literature Here at Potter County Free Library
A Texas shelf exists at the Potter County Free Library featuring works about Texas or by Texas authors. Newest volumes include The Mexican Side of the Texas Revolution and Sam Houston, A Callback in Buckskin. Additional shelves highlight the Writer's shelf and the Short Story shelf.
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Texas
Potter County
Fort Worth & Denver Route Favored For Quick Altitude Travel
A railway ticket office notes a preference for Fort Worth and Denver tickets, seen as the most direct route to higher altitudes with less smoke and dust. The piece presents travel as a remedy, likening it to a soothing balm and frost, while stressing ticket accuracy for best relief.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Changes to Mexico Police System Start Under Ries Zertuche
General Ries Zertuche announced radical police reforms in Mexico City succeeding General Crus after the assassination of President-Elect Obregon. No prisoner will be held incommunicado and basement cells will be abolished. Suspects must be handed to the courts within 72 hours.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Antonio Ries Zertwede
Roberto Crus
Obregon
Rie Zertuche
Crus
Irate Officer Halts Workmen on Power Line
Georgetown Texas reports city marshal C. J. Brady stopped workmen from stringing a power line across the I G N railroad right of way and a Negro corn field. The line would have tied to Texas Power and Light transmission lines not serving Georgetown. Brady warned the crew to leave, amid talk of an injunction against the city by H C Doering owner of the Georgetown gin and Bear Creek operation seeking fuller power service.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Power and Light Company
Georgetown
C. J. Brady
H. C. Doering
Bear Creek
Wailburg
Doering
Georgetown Municipal
Local Utility Board Row Over Power Line Tie In
W B Head chairman of Tekat Power and Light said a would be link to Deering failed to serve the town but he would agree if Deering built its own line to connect to company transmission lines. Deering’s earlier hookup refusal led to crossing a Black farmer's corn field and the railway right of way and a construction contractor was hired to build the line. The Tuesday scene stemmed from those actions.
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W. B. Head
Tekat
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