Hollywood Life of Athens High Grad Reveals Real Hollywood
Harold K. Wells of Athens, former Messenger city editor, recounts life in Hollywood over three years. He dispels myths about parties and excess, notes high living costs, and stresses hard work and discipline among actors. Wells highlights Ruth Roland and Pola Negri as successful peers and offers a cautionary tip for hopefuls: save money for at least a year before chasing stardom.
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Hollywood
Priscilla Dean
Gloria, Swanson
Clara Bow
Harold K. Wells
Athens
the Messenger
Ells
C. E. Wells
Kurtz Street
Hal” Wells
Athens High
Ohio University
Wells
Ottis
Ruth Roland
Pola Negri
Douglas Faire Danks
Mary Pickford
Terrises
Maga F
Fkckis
Junior Coghlan
Miss 1928 Romance Sparks In Shanghai Hotel Meeting
In Shanghai a 26 year old American, Harry Warren Palmer of Kansas City, meets a Chinese beauty and her father at a hotel restaurant on his first night abroad. He ignores etiquette, seeking romance, sparking a budding cross cultural intrigue amid a backdrop of East West encounters.
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Rudyard Kipling
Harry Warren Palmer
Kansas City
Shanghai
Harry
U.rk
Brown
Farlmer
Palmer
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Coun
Ming Tan-sze
Mme
USN
Pape Chiang Kiik
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China
Japan
Majestic Hotel
U. S
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Translulu
Shin
Brides in knickers spark wedding debate in Durant
Teresa Jones and Jack Hudson faced a Baptist minister’s shock when the bride wore knickers for their ceremony. The minister demanded a dress, the couple pursued a justice who would marry them in bathing suits, and a Kansas City pastor praised knickers as suitable wedding attire amid the couples’ honeymoon plans and a controversial dispute over tradition.
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Teresa Hudson
Durant
Miss Jones
Hudson
H. M. Young
Dee Okta
Justice of the Peace
Burris A Jenkins
Yanwood Boulevard
Kansas City
Forest fire rules for campers in the West
Campers in government areas are prohibited from smoking except at camps and habitation sites. Each camping party must carry a shovel and an axe to fight fires, establishing specified fire safety requirements for forest areas.
Oldest Saloon in Nation Now Has No Tenant
In New Orleans historic Vieux Carre the Old Absinthe House on Bourbon and Bienville Streets stands empty after Prohibition and padlock. The building, 145 years old, remains in the Juncadella family while the Vieux Carre Association now oversees preservation efforts.
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Nation
New Orleans
Hy WM. EB. Neely
United Press
Orleans
NWP
Bourbon and
Bienville Street
Vieux Carre
America
Francisco Juncadella
City Park
Tuncadella
Vieux Carre Association
Intermission and chatter drive Lima cinema trends
In Lima intermissions are a city custom as patrons demand time to chat and smoke between reels. Theatres with two projectors still use one. A daily free feature drawing crowds at a cafe film venue reflects local taste for social cinema life. Regular prices range from 2 cents to a dollar. Nearby college life highlights a 1 to 4 pm nap aiding study. Norman teachers resist limited dating and dancing. Vernon collector preserves 11 000 eggs from 600 bird species.
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Lima
Peru
Moving Picture Houses
Gymnasium for Women Built in 1908 at Ohio University
The second installment traces the 1908 construction of the Women’s Gymnasium at Ohio University, its initial use by men, the drive to modernize equipment and curriculum, and the growing professional structure led by Douthit Olson and Bird. The piece outlines staffing, costs, and evolving aims from early 1900s through 1920s, including the shift to separate men and women facilities by 1924 and the 1925 catalogue detail.
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Ohio University
Lewis Rosenleb
Lie University
E. M Douthit
Atheretics Nam
Ufe
J. H. Cathett
Walter Allen
George BR. Kaler
Ohio Unversity
C. M. Douthit
Arthur Hinaman
Bienniel
Douthit
Arthur
Hinaman
Olson
Banks
United States
Q. C. Bird
Miss Carson
Army Training Corps
Columbia
Graver
Finsterwald
Gullum
J Uly
Wee Wee
Cation
Tric
Bryan
C. Bird
C. D. Giaugue
BR. T Grover
William Trautwein
Thorwald Olson
Don C. Peden
W. H. Herbert
Miss Rogers
Miss Beise
Misa Faye Farmer
Ann Avery Smith
Ewing Hall
Natives vie with each other to find the largest pearl
On a porch in Iowa a narrator and a boy named Chub read a Saturday Enquirer supplement about clam dredging along the Hocking River and merchants selling shells for buttons. They imagine earning big money by finding pearls, plan through days of digging, and discuss words, gadgets, and future buys.
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Saturday Enquirer
Chubb
Edwin
Iowa
Chubby
Av Jones Davis
Canaanville
Beauemont
Harmony
Chub
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