Polys presents Harry Leebert and famous vaudeville lineup
Amusements at Poli's feature Harry Leebert, a top character comedian with Broadway pedigree, and Ray Gordon Dooley in a lively vaudeville variety. Valeska Buratt appears in The Way five part photoplay, with Ys Pictorial News and a dancing novelty by Coyne. Holden Harron sing and dance, plus Barnon's Midget Horses provide unusual equine novelty acts.
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Harry Leebert
Poli
Leebert
Mr. Seebert
Ray & Gordon Dooley
Dooley
Valeska Buratt
Ys Pictorial
Coyne
Holden & Harron
Barnon
Rumnty at the Plaza A Triamph drama for a busy week
Wilfred Lucas stars as Rumnty a scholar and judge in the Triamph play at the Plaza. Pauline Starke co stars with a tale of a fast rising newspaperman whose marriage woes drive him toward ruin and a riverward escape. The program also promises a lively comedy with Mingaged Married and Divorced and a Keystone spoof for laughs.
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Rumnty
Wilfred Lucas
Triamph
Steward
Pauline Starke
Lucas
Veuseritie
Staine
In Walked Jimmy at Lyric Promises Modern Comedy Drama
Lyric will stage In Walked Jimmy next week a contemporary comedy drama with a strong dramatic kick. Jimmy, cheerful optimist, steps into the Cinderella Shoe Company amid danger and poverty to bluff a town with humor and happiness, blending sermonizing and modern wit to lift spirits and end in laughter.
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Jimmy
Jim
John Trelleven
Cinderella Shoe Company
Himelf
Jimmy Twhco
Wallingford
Fighting the Flames sensational outdoor fire show
Bridgeport fire department will stage Fighting the Flames at Avon Field next Saturday. Tickets are selling fast with advance sale the largest for any outdoor event locally. A four story hotel will burn as rescues occur with life nets and daring jumps by city firefighters and volunteers.
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America
Bridgeport Fire Department
Dick Ferris
Avon Field
Hartigan’s
Fairfield Avenue Drug Store
Bridgeport
Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport Firemen Rehearse Spectacle Amid City Events
Firemen rehearse thrilling stunts as a large crowd anticipates a major spectacle near the field. The event will precede sports and games and a state employment report shows Bridgeport and Hartford handling thousands of applications with high placement rates for both male and female job seekers.
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Hartigan’s
London Taps Dance Debuts in Bridgeport
London Taps wins New York attention as a ballroom craze brought to Bridgeport by C. J. Collins. The dance will premiere at the Masonic Temple ballroom with Collins’s class starting October 18, joining London Taps and Hawaiian steps in his eighteenth season of teaching.
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London
New York
America
Evelyn Abbel
Castle House
Times
Bridgeport
C. J. Collins
Collins
Masonic Temple
Bridgeport Tops State in Jobs Granted to Applicants
Bridgeport led the state in the number of situations procured for applicants, according to a monthly report. Hartford filed the largest number of applications for employment during September, but Bridgeport showed the highest output in job placements.
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State Bureau of Labor
Bridgeport
Hartford
Public
Y M C A Boys Division Plans Year Activities
The Y M C A boys division delayed its opening due to an epidemic among children. Bible class suppers start Oct 16 with speaker Mr Smith from Bridgeport vocational school and new physical director Arthur J Lord will share plans. Bible clubs begin Oct 18 for Sees school boys with supper at 6. High school Bible group opens Oct 20 with possible speaker and 6 o’clock supper.
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Smith
Bridgeport Vocational School
Arthur J. Lord
John D. Brock
Bible Pol
Father John’s Medicine Praised by New York Family
Mrs. John Kelly of 5 West 101st Street, New York City, says Father John’s Medicine keeps her family well. She lauds its tonic properties after five years of use and notes she relies on it for her own health. The ad touts the medicine as safe, alcohol free, and nourishing for the weak and run down.
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Father John
John Kelly
W. 101St St
New York City
Peons Ready to Fight Villa If Americans Move South
El Paso report from a Mexican missionary says peons in Villas district would rise to defend him if the American punitive expedition advances south of its base. Refugees leaving the interior are warned by Carranza recruiters at Chihuahua City to enlist to avoid crossing American inspectors.
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el Paso
Villa
Mexico
Interior
United States
Chihuahua City
Carrariza
Navy to test huge guns on old vessel
Navy ships will soon fire their 14 inch rifles at the aging hull Katahdin lying at the Chesapeake near the Rappahannock. The Pennsylvania Nevada and Oklahoma will perform tests against the latest armor plate now covering the hull.
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NAVY
Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Oklahoma
Chesapeake
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