Wallflowers and The Wedding March Shine on Local Screens
The Fair presents five vaudeville acts on Interstate bill including A Billion Building Blunders and Father’s Come Back. The Mission shows Erich von Stroheim’s The Wedding March with synchronized sound. Uncle Tom’s Cabin opens at the Mission amid big studio promotion and color, while Wallflowers and Three Weekends headline at the Fair and Deandi theaters with Buzz Barton and Clara Bow in notable roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich von Stroheim
Deandi
Buzz Barton
Marty Young
Nida
Willie, West and McGinty
Ziegfeld
Thomas J. Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Dan Diamond
John Kely
Mary Richfield
Mike Ames
Union Opera Company
University of Michigan
Alan Parade
du Ponts
Luxembourg
St. Stephan
Vienna
Paramount
Mission Theater
Hallowe’en
Carl Laemmlee
Temple Bailey
Hugh Trevor
Clara Bow
Elinor Glyn
Paramount Studios
Clarence Badger
Mmne
Glyn
Neil Hamilton
Mixs
Tanlac Promises Relief From Indigestion and Gas
Advertising copy touts Tanlac as a remedy for indigestion gas and related ailments. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Albert B. Greer of Little Rock Arkansas claiming two bottles let her eat freely and work fully. The ad claims Tanlac is a pure medicine of roots barks and herbs and offers a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Greer
W. Markham St
Little Rock
Ark
United States Ph
Midol promises relief for painful periods
An old advertisement touts Midol as a non narcotic remedy that ends period pain quickly. It claims small tablets ease the cramps and discomfort within minutes and suggests preemptive use prevents pain. Available at drugstores in a fifty cent aluminum case.
Pinkham Compound Aids Fairhaven Woman During Change of Life
Mrs ApA Besse of 196 Washington Street Fairhaven Massachusetts reports using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during menopause. She says it calms nerves relieves tiredness and helps sleep and would benefit others following directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhaven
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mus
Apa Besse
Washington Street
Fairhaven, Mass
Slang Guide for a Crime World from a Bygone Era
The passage explains criminal slang terms such as dip pickpocket moll bumping to kill hop head rap for prison pinched scratch forgery and spring with a mouthpiece. It links offenses to penalties and depicts a lurid street lexicon with references to money grands and electric chair.
Four Mexicans Face Murder Charge in Houston Shooting
In Houston October 29 four Mexicans charged with assault to murder were upgraded to murder after the death of David McReynolds a 60 year old Harris county probation officer. McReynolds was shot October 21 near a house in the Mexican district after pursuing the four in an automobile and he identified two suspects in jail and partially identified the other two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
David McReynolds
Harris County
McReynolds
Beer Gangster Shot Dead in Pistol Duel
Otto Kosteneck also known as George Darrow, a leading lieutenant for the Joe Saltis mob, was killed in a saloon skirmish with Detective Thomas Curtin in Chicago. Darrow fired four shots before Curtin fired three, ending the gun battle at John Corcoran's saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Otto Kosteneck
George Darrow
Joe Saltis
Thomas Curtin
Darrow
John Corcoran
Curtin
Russian Fliers Show High Safety Margin
Moscow reports Soviet air officials announce no accidents in 1927 and 1928 as rapid commercial flying grows. A Russian company works on six new lines about 5,000 miles, another extends into Persia over 2,509 miles, and a joint German Russian group plans Moscow Berlin and Leningrad Riga routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Moscow - Berlin
Leningrad
Riga
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Wall Flowers
Interstate Vaudeville
T Josef
Amarillo
Janet Graynor
Tristram Tupper
Holland
William K. Howard
Fox
Charles Morton
Miss Graynor
Rudolph Schildkraut
Harry Cording
David Butler
Continent
Europe
Nick Stuart
Vesuvius
Mabel Julienne Scott
Jean Arthur
Lola Todd
Charles Stevenson
Mrs. Temple Pigott
Craufurd Kent
Reginald Simpson
Deandi Theater
Buzz
Charles Francis Coe
Saturday Evening Post
Fox Films
Paramount Picture
Taniac
Globe-News
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
Edwards Studio
Polk
Matinee
City Auditorium
Tri-State Fair Association
Anne
Nichols
N. Y
New York
Eee
Erich
Paramount Theater Symphony Orchestra
Hallowe'en Midnight
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Hudson Bales CO. Dept
Liberty St
N.Y
Fc. Worth
Dallas
R. Brame Vhone
T. B. Gallaher
Keith-Orpheum Interstate Vaudeville
Willie
West
McGinty
Thos. J. Ryan
Hazel Harrington
Mikes Ames
Bob
Margie
May Day
Jay Hallick
Anno Grantland Rice
Moscow
Saltis Beer
Heer
Dept
Baltimore, Md
Guy A
Carlander
BC Wisk Medical & Professional Ride
Kerr & Walsh
LL Kinus
Southwestern Public Service Co
Helena
Mont
W W. Baker
Amarill
Bigmon Furniture Mfg CO
Fillmore St
Florists
Cunningham Flower Shop
West Listh St
Nan L Gilkersonn
M.D. Kye
Fisk
Pha
Chiropractors
I. M. Black
D.C
Palmer School of Chiropractic
SF Bromert
D-C C
Amarillo Western
Carrie M. Hitchcock Carver
Osteopathic Physicians Osteopathic Physician
Oliver Bakle
Transfer and Storage Co
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