Anita Stewart Debuts as Vamp in The Yellow Typhoon
Anita Stewart stars in The Yellow Typhoon at the Rialto, playing twin sisters Berta and Hilda Nordstrom. She describes vamping as new to her, yet she embraces the chance to portray a wicked woman while also showing the contrast with a wholesome sister.
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Anita Stewart
Harold McGrath
Rialto Theater
Berta
Hilda Nordstrom
Miss Stewart
New York
Paris
Europe
Orient
Montana to honor W A Clark with bronze tablet at Capitol
Gen Charles S Warren and Prof Clinton H Moore of the Montana Society of Pioneers chose a viewing site in the state capitol rotunda for a bronze tablet honoring former U S Senator W A Clark. Funded by private subscription, 32 donors contributed. the tablet, four by two feet, will be formally presented next Wednesday with Professor Moore delivering a brief address and Governor Stewart accepting for the state. The ceremony should attract many prominent Montana citizens.
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Helena
Charles S. Warren
Clinton H. Moore
Montana Society of Pioneers
Butte
State Capitol
United States
W. A. Clark
Stewart
A. F E. Spriggs
James J. Sanders
State Society
Anaconda
General Warren
Moore
Charles W. Hoffman
Bozeman
D. Leggat
New York
Bleibtrey and Ross Win Olympic Swimming Finals
Ethelda Bleibtrey of the Women's Swimming Association of New York won the 200 meter freestyle final in Antwerp. Norman Ross of the Illinois A.A.C. claimed the 400 meter freestyle final on the same day, marking decisive victories in Olympic swimming events.
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Antwerp
Ethelda Bleibtrey
Women’s Swimming Association of
New York
Norman Ross
Illinois A
Rioting in West Belfast Wrecks Barracks and Fires on Crowd
Fierce rioting broke out on Cullingtree road between Falls and Grosvenor road districts in West Belfast. Police barracks on Cullinstree road were wrecked and troops fired on the crowd. Many gunshot victims were admitted to the Royal Victoria hospital.
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Belfast
Cullingtree Road
Falls
Grosvenor Road
West Belfast
Cullinstree Road
Royal Victoria Hospital
Soviet Leaders Shot In Poland Recaptured Cities
Warsaw Aug 25 Soviet committees formed in Polish cities taken by Reds and later retaken by Poles will be tried by field courts martial. Several committee members have already been executed by firing squad after convictions.
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Universal Service
Warsaw
Cupid Sparks Ousted From County Marriage Bureau
Los Angeles on August 3 1926 Robert S Cupid Sparks who issued a secret license to Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford was removed from his position as head of the county marriage license bureau by the county clerk in a sudden personnel action.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Robert S
Cupid” Sparks
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Assassination Theory Put to Rest On Ekaterinburg House
Two independent investigators conclude the 1918 murder of Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and their family at Ekaterinburg involved 11 victims including children and servants. Accounts by the London Times and Captain Francis McCullagh agree on the sequence, with Jailer Yurovski arranging the act and 12 soldiers carrying it out, though names of the assailants differ.
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London
Nicholas of Russia
Ekaterinburgh
London Times
Petrograd
Robert Wilton
Francis McCullagh
Ekaterinburg
Hotkin
Yurovski
Times
McCullagh
Living costs rise in six months figures show jump
Washington reports Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing a measurable rise in the cost of all staple goods from December 1919 to June of this year. Food costs led with San Francisco Oakland at 93.3 percent, Los Angeles 90.8, and Portland Spokane at 104 percent.
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Universal Service
Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
San Francisco
Oakland
Los Angeles
Portland
Spokane
Swedish Baptist Conference Backs Independent Mission Drive
GO IT ALONE. WORCESTER, Mass. Aug. 28 The national Swedish Baptist conference today voted that instead of joining the $100,000,000 world movement drive by the northern Baptist convention, the conference put on a campaign of its own for increased offerings for home and foreign missionary and school work.
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Worcester
Mass
National Swedish Baptist Conference Today
Northern Baptist Convention
Clearing House Banks Reserve Rises This Week
The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies in New York shows a reserve of 14,283,050 dollars in excess of legal requirements, an increase of 12,804,520 dollars from the previous week.
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Clearing House Banks
New York
Emergency Hospital Weekly Report Totals Seven Surgeries
The city emergency hospital treated seven surgical cases during the week ended August 27. Also reported were three medical cases four hospital cases nine detention cases four lost children cared for and one death in the hospital.
Bethel Baptist Choir Concert Postponed
The sacred concert by the Bethel Baptist church choir at the corner of Mercury and Idaho streets is postponed due to the lead soprano’s illness.
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Bethel Baptist Church
Mercury and
Idaho Streets
Bethel Baptist Sunday Services and Meetings
Bethel Baptist church at Mercury and Idaho streets hosts Sunday school at 2:30 p.m. led by A. J. Henson, Bible class at 2 p.m. under Mrs. J Wesley Brown, BYPU at 6:30 p.m. led by Hiram C Dunn with topic Religious Stations, reports of auxiliary chairmen at 8 p.m.
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Bethel Baptist
Mercury
Idaho Streets
A. J. Henson
J. Wesley Brown
Baptist Young People’s Union
Hiram C. Dunn
Treasury Mint Director predicts silver price action aided by Pittman act
Director of the Mint Baker says the Pittman act can curb a silver surge and protect subsidiary coinage. He notes Europe’s bullion melting and argues treasury resale could stabilize markets if silver climbs beyond $1.42. Baker cites repurchases near 10 million ounces and a reserve of 50 million silver dollars for coinage use and potential new sales.
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Treasury
Baker
Boston News Bureau
Far East
Germany
Austria
Pittman
United States
Mint
Three Killed in Moonshine Raid Near Arcadia Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Aug 28 Home Adrean deputy sheriff Stanley P Weiss federal agent and Charlie Chandler an alleged moonshiner were killed and Claude Tyler deputy sheriff wounded when officers attempted to raid a still two miles north of Arcadia twenty miles northeast of here A posse left for the scene Chandler was reported to have other Negroes armed with rifles guarding all approaches to the still.
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Oklahoma City
Home Adrean
Stanley P. Weiss
Charlie Chandler
Claude Tyler
Arcadia
Here
Chandler
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