Eddie Cantor Stars in Special Delivery at Colonial Theatre
Eddie Cantor stars in Special Delivery at the Colonial Theatre, his second Paramount postman comedy. The film pairs Cantor’s endearing, human deliveryman with a string of humorous mishaps from packing rooms to a theatre stage. Supporting cast includes Jobyna Ralston, William Powell, and Jack Doucherty under William Gomerich’s direction.
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Eddie Cantor
Colonial Theater
Vostman
Paramount
Colonial Theatre
Kid Boots
Cantor Postman
Cantor
Ciry
Station 12
South America
Daisy the annual vacationing Kokomo mail horse
In Kokomo Indiana the 23 year old Daisy the old bay mare continues a rural mail route tradition. She has twice saved her owner Ben Boughman from train crossings and rarely misses a day of work aside from 18 days lost over a career. Each summer Daisy takes a pasture vacation but returns in the fall to resume the route.
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Kokomo
Ind
Daisy
New York
Chicago
Ben Boughman
Main Street
Women study international affairs says Dawes clan
Washington reports that club women nationwide study international relations to aid peaceful settlement of disputes. Mrs. Rufael Dawes of Evanston heads the General Federation of Women's Clubs department noting the need for stronger organization and education based on Coolidge's philosophy of peace.
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Washington
Rufael. Dawes
Evanston, Ill
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dawes
S Hée
Coolidge
Cocoa By Products Good Plant Food
Soil experts for Uncle Sam declare that cocoa by products provide fertilizer value. Cocoa press cake cocoa shell and colvent extracted cocoa form potential nitrogen sources, with about 25 000 tons of cocoa press cake produced annually yielding roughly 1 000 tons of organic nitrogen.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Bank Opens Doors with Public Invitation
Officials greet friends between 11 and 1 p m inviting the public to visit the bank. Robert S. Graham, formerly of Tazewell, serves as president of a institution with assets over 1 000 000 and capital and surplus of 226 000. Other officers include Vice Presidents H G Gilmer J B Fleming Dr R P Carr and G C McCall cashier FE D Ruch is superintendent in charge of construction.
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Robert S. Graham
Tazewell
Capital Rock and Curplus
H. G. Gilmer
J. B. Fleming
R. P. Carr
G. C. McCall
Cashier
FE. D. Ruch
Norton Bank Opens In New Southwestern Virginia Home
Special to Daily Telegraph Norton Va June 4 thousands of dollars in currency and securities moved from the First National Bank of Norton to its new $75 000 home without incident. The modern stone building houses banking rooms on the first floor and offices on the second with a latest design vault protected by a sound wave burglar alarm. The bank opens Monday morning with a formal opening planned for next Saturday.
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Daily Telegraph
Norton
First National Bank of
Virginia
Special tea room for apes in London
London June 4. A raised netted tea room is to be built for chimpanzees at the zoo. Keeper Shelly will train four demonstrators Jack Jimmy Clarence and Bibi to conduct a formal tea party with seats head of table and fruit salad. Jack leads Bibi to her stool and oversees the gathering.
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London
London Zoo
Shelly
Jack
Jimmy
Clarence
Bibi
Lord Chesterfield
Dimity Frocks Appear on Morning Hostesses
Smart hostesses are appearing in morning frocks made of dimity gingham and other plain cotton fabrics.
Pipe smokers push to lift pipe ban in London theatres
Pipe smokers press an active campaign to abolish the ruling forbidding pipes in London theatres that permit smoking. About half of first class theatres allow smoking, but most limit patrons to cigars and cigarettes. Pipes are allowed only in music halls and cheaper theatres.
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London
Mueic-Halla
Hosiery Display in Gallery Shocks Manchester Officials
In Manchester England on June 4, hosiery displays by women spectators in the city council gallery provoked anger among aldermen. To avert further embarrassment the council decided to drape the lattice work so legs would not show. The city is famed for strict standards on bare limbs and chorus girls often avoid the gallery. After initial protests, more leg displays appeared prompting the draping action.
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Manchester
Eng
Menus for the Family Breakfast and Dinner
A 1927 NEA service menu list outlines a family breakfast with rhubarb sauce cereal cream scrambled eggs bacon cinnamon coffee cake toast milk and coffee. Luncheon includes tomato sauce corn loaf bread radishes onions pineapple cake milk tea. Dinner features a mutton casserole beet greens rhubarb and strawberry pie graham rolls currant jelly and milk. A two piece meal reduces dishware and emphasizes simplicity. Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe with ingredients and method is provided. A note claims workers in Japanese rice fields wear stockings made of human hair as cold prevention.
Japan Awaits Verdict on 1000 Japanese Cele Goldfish
Tokyo reports Japan awaiting Americane ruling on the inertta of 1000 Japanese cele shipped to the United States with five fighting cocks and 12 pedigreed goldfins. The royal strain aims to spark American interest in goldfish farming and boost Nipponese business opportunities.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Nippon
Simple suits charm Paris fashion as ready-made loses favor
Simple black tailleurs paired with white crepe de chine blouses dominate Paris fashion in the Gritiah navy. Ninety percent of callers make their own clothes, keeping ready-made suits from gaining popularity.
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Paris
Barefoot Boy Grows to Be Commissioner
Pedro Guevara, barefoot as a student in Manila, becomes commissioner in the Philippines. He recalls wearing one worn pair of shoes long enough, wrapping them in newspaper to extend life and going barefoot to school except on special occasions.
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Washington, Jones
Whittier
Pedro Guevara
Philippines
Guevara
Manila
Washington
Four Walls Can Make a House but It Takes a Woman Home
Readers recount health improvements from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Fansy Dix pont of Lancaster Ohio and Sturgis Michigan credit the remedy with restored energy, easier housework, and smoother childbirth, urging others to try it.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Fo Tiea
Michigan
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lancaster
Ohio
Sturgis
Lydia
Forbes
Mrs. Bowarn
Sturgis Ave
Sturgis, Michigan
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Harold Lloyd
Laghy
Wiese
Garamount
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Barefoot Boy
Frank Dindore
Jordon
Motor Sales CO
Bluefield Ave
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