Roxie Hart heats up the Chicago stage at the Fair
The piece reviews Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart in Maurine Watkins operetta Chicago at the Fair. It highlights Haver as the era’s emblem of feminine fury and notes the strong supporting cast and the director’s reputation. It also mentions other Paramount and Vitaphone features showing or in production at that time.
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Nida Heil
Roxie Hart
Jaze Slayer
Maurine Watkins
Chicago
Phyllis Haver
Mies Haver
Mine Watkins
Miss Haver
Victor Varcon
Robert Edeson
T. Roy Barnes
Virginia Bradford
Julia Faye
May Robson
Sidney D’ Albrook
Otto Lederer
Clarence Burton
Josephine Norman
William Humphrey
Richard Dix
Malcom St. Clair
Gertrude Olmsted
Hollywood
Victorville
California
Mohave Desert
Dix
Paramount
Sporting Goods
Mission
Sahara
St. Clair
Claude King
Myrtle Stedman
Maude Turner
Lige Conley
Tom Maguire
Ford Sterling
Wade Boteler
Philip Strange
Plan Monument To Honor Uncle Sam Nickname Origin
Indiana congressman Rep David Hoge introduces a bill seeking 25000 to fund a Merriam Indiana monument for Samuel Wilson the man behind the Uncle Sam nickname. The piece traces Wilson birth Wilmington Delaware May 4 1775 and his various roles from explorer to naval gunner and militia serviceman.
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Internations News Service
Congress
Uncle Sam
David Hoge
India
Merriam
Indiana
Samuel Wilson
United States
Sam
Hoff
Wilmington
Delaware
Philippe Appears In Films From Child Adoption To Stardom
Philippe, adopted in the United States by Edyth de Lacy, rose to film fame starting in 1920 with The Kiddie Women alongside Geraldine Farrar. He later starred in Anna Karenina, Beau Geste, Don Juan, Flesh and the Devil, Way of All Flesh, The Magic Garden, Blue Boy, and The Tigress where he plays a deaf and dumb gypsy boy opposite Jack Holt and Dorothy Revier.
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Edyth de Lacy
United States
Philippe
Geraldine Farrar
Jack Holt
Dorothy Revier
Columbia Pictures
Liberty Theater
Rexall Orderlie Eases Constipation Says Local Doctor
A Battle Creek physician promotes Rexall Orderlie as relief for constipation. The tablet draws water into the colon to soften waste for a gentle natural movement without habit. Chew at night and wake to relief. 24 for 25 cents at Rexall Drug Stores.
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Battle Creek
Rexall Orderlies
Rexall Orderlie
Rexall Drug Store
Elbert Anderson era and Uncle Sam cartoons in 1844
A fragmented passage discusses Elbert Anderson's story about a young soldier misinterpreting KE. AUS as United States and a longshoreman who thought U. S. stood for Uncle Sam Wilson. It notes 1844 cartoons in English papers ridiculing US power with a pompous Uncle Sam figure.
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Elbert Anderson
United States
U. S
Sam
Wilson
Uncle Sam
United
Indiana land grant tale and emigration motives retold
The article discusses Hogg stating that Wilwon adopted a sobriquet as his personal alias and hid the story of Ele Sam until near his death. It mentions the Ridiewlé motive for emigrating to Indiana to pursue a land grant and related circumstances.
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Wilwon
Ele
Indiana
Wilson farm in Noble County Indiana Seeks Heir
The Wilson farm in Noble County Indiana is described as being farmed by a descendant named Hogg.
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Wilson
Noble County
Indiana
Ays Hogg
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