Sidelights on the Fair and Mission Theaters
The Fair theater opens Gow a gripping Solomon Islands film by Capt. E A Salisbury who will appear in person. Two Arabian Knights debuts at the Mission with William Boyd and Mary Astor in a postwar comedy of two soldiers.
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Captain Salisbury
William Boyd
al Russell
Davy Crockett
Alamo
Virgil Proctor
NID
Othok
Boyd
Mission Theater
Mary Astor
Arabia
Louis Wolheim
Captain Flagg
DeMille
France
Ely's Cream Balm Advertisement Claims Instant Relief
An old style ad promises Ely's Cream Balm clears nasal passages from catarrh and colds. It urges applying a small amount in the nostrils to soothe swollen mucous membranes and provide instant relief, ending congestion and nighttime breathing struggles.
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Ely
New York Board Clamps Down on High School Fraternities
New York City education leaders tighten rules banning members of secret societies from athletics or scholastic honor roles. Critics call fraternities breeding grounds for snobbery and immorality, while Alpha Phi Pi threatens legal retaliation.
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International News Service
New York
New York Board of Education
Alpha Phi Pi
Board of Education
John L. Tildsley
Department of Education
Lib erty Theater Shows Both Davy Crockett Film and Serial
The Liberty theater screens With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo today along with the regular serial, inviting audiences to a double feature style program.
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Davy Crockett
Liberty Theater
Four Lion Cubs Arrive at Oklahoma City Zoo
A zoo announce three cubs born to Mama Lion at the Oklahoma City Zoo as 1928 opens with winter weather. Park superintendent Ek B. Smith notes the four cubs and jokes about future complaints while hinting at a possible larger population plan with federal approval considered by Colonel Haines.
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ZOO
Oklahoma City
United Press
City Zoo
Ek. B. Smith
Smith
Brisk Cattle Trading Reported at Brady
Brady Texas January 4 brisk cattle trading at high prices in Brady area. One hundred pure bred Hereford yearlings on the F M Richards ranch brought 75 dollars each. Richards held bids of 100 per head for two year old Hereford heifers and 1250 for a three year old bull but did not sell. G R White and associates sold 6000 steers to a Kansas buyer for 500000 dollars.
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Brady Brady
Texas
Brady
F. M. Richards
Richards
G. R. White and Associates
Kansas
Amarillo seeks federal approval for 45000 population figure
The City Development Board considers spending 2000 dollars for an official census taker under a federal rep to secure a 45000 population figure for Amarillo so Eastern funds for bonds can be accessed. Colonel Haines criticizes census methods and costs and urges a practical path without local expense.
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Board of City Development
Census Bureau
Amarillo
Colonel Haines
Bureau
Bureau of Census
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