Polls Amusement Week Bright with Stars and Films
Amusements at Poll's promise a lively week with John F Conroy and the Dig Jing Models featuring aquatic acts. June Caprice stars in The Ragged Princess along with a five part film. Pathe News and a Comedy drama The Scoop share the bill, with Olga and Olada offering operatic novelty and Black and McCone a comedy acrobatic act. R. C. Faulkner has a key role teased for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Conroy
Mr. Conroy
June Caprice
Poli
Olga
Olada
Black and McCone
Plaza Presents Fifty Fifty Starring Norma Talmadge
The mid week Plaza program features Fifty Fifty with Norma Talmadge as star. The plot centers on a husband lured by a siren who aims to frame his wife. The Triangle film promises intense action and a memorable climax. Also on the vaudeville bill is The Surprise Party with nine performers. Daddy featuring Clem Bevins and company rounds out the stage lineup alongside musical acts ta Capitola and The Youngers. Keystone Mfarce completes the program.
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Norma Talmadge
Cosy Playhouse
Triangle Studios
Clem Bevins
Mr. Bevins
America
Merry Makers
Capitola
Keystone Mfarce Ia
Dance Feature Race for Life at Colonial Ball Room
Bridgeport readers are invited to a midweek dance at the Colonial Ball Room on Fairfield Avenue featuring the Race for Life. Murray’s Orchestra will provide music while the popular Thursday dances draw youth crowds. The McEnellys also perform next Monday at the Coldfial Bell Room 271 Fairfield Avenue for a concert and dance until midnight with admission at the usual figure.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield Avenue
Murrray
McEnellys
McEnelly
Coldfial Bell Room
Adv
Colonial Ball Room
Macedo Roumanians Form Red Cross Aid Society
Macedo Roumanians in the city met at 1358 Railroad Avenue to form a Red Cross society aiding Romanians in Europe. A drive raised up to 400, with Dumetrusimu presiding and speakers urging relief. A committee led by Dumetru Bimu Eftimie Bey Sperry Petty Theodor Cinfecu will collect funds at Sperry Petty 559 Hancock Ave.
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Railroad Avenue
Red Cross Society
Europe
Aimee Every Ri
Macedonia
Dumetrusimu Wh
Roumania
Sperry Pettu
Theodor Cinfecu
Eftimie ‘Bey
Dumetru Bimu
Eftimie Bey
Roumanian Red Cross
Sperry Petty
Hancock Avenue
Cure for rupture without operation advertised by carpenter
A Manasquan New Jersey carpenter, Eugene Mr. Pullen, claims a non surgical rupture cure. He states years of work since with no recurrence and offers details by writing for full information. He urges readers to share the notice with others suffering rupture.
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Eugene Mr. Pullen
Carpenter
Marcellus Avenue
Manasquan
N. J
Modern doctors turn to stars for medical aid
Physicians consider medical astrology as a potential aid noting that some doctors in America, Germany, England, India and beyond claim astrology informs diagnosis and prognosis. The article urges cautious, evidence-based evaluation rather than outright dismissal.
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America
Germany
England
India
Donation Day At Orphan Asylum Draws Hundreds
The Bridgeport Protestant Orphan asylum held Donation Day at its Fairfield Avenue and Ellsworth Street building from 8 a m to 6 p m with hundreds visiting to give for the coming year. The event featured a bazaar atmosphere with sale tables, chrysanthemums, music by the Golden Harp orchestra, and tea provided by the Thimble club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum
Fairfield Avenue
Ellsworth Street
Golden Harp Orchestra
Thimble Club
W. A. Grippin
Frederick 8. Seeley
J. Francis Lewis
Edward K. Sterling
Lewis B. Curtis
Clinton Barnum Beeley
DeVer H. Warner
N. H. Heft
E. W. Harral
I. W. Birdseye
Samuel C. Shaw
George H. Edwards
Louise Warren
E. A. Innings
Stagestruck Women and the Broadway Lottery of Fame
Chicago critic William A. Page argues in Woman's Home Companion that many women drawn to the stage drift into frivolity on Broadway. Some retreat to dull lives, others endure meager roles or obscurity, while a few persist in disillusioning careers before fading from the lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Page
Chicago
Wo Man's Home Companion
Broadway
Marlowe
Adams
No Limits Exchange Sparks Pinhead Remark
A terse dialogue exchange features a jab about a pinhead and a reply that the same person knows his limits, hinting at a debate over restraint or boldness. The brief quarrel centers on perceived boundaries in behavior.
Very Set In His Ways Beard Resists Shaving In Fitchburg
Fitchburg residents protest Joseph Palmer beard as he resists shaves and is jailed for unprovoked assault. His son says Palmer stayed past sentence to pay for food coal and drink and refuse freedom until carried away in his chair. Neighbors upset by his stance and mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Joseph Palmer
Atlantic Monthly
Thick crust bread fueled by poplar heat sparks crust claim
A collection of short snippets notes crusty French bread baked with poplar wood as fuel giving a thick crisp crust. Various jokes and quips follow about burglars thrift ozone drugs time money and witty one liners from multiple papers.
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Macedo
RED Cross
Orphan Asylum
Stusaing
Iconroy
Daring Eee
Caprice
R. C. Faulkner
Pathe News
Olga & Olada
Black & M
London
Roger North
London Graphic
William Lawrence
Westminster Abbey
London Standard
Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Washington Star
Weu
Detroit Free Press
Maria
James
Baltimore
Opnion
St. Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Wwe
Walton
U. A
Eagles Hall
Morr’s
Lithuania
Joseph L. Dulbis
Main St
City
Rev
M. A. Pankov
Park Ave
Bridgeport Committee
T. L. Watson & Co
CIA
Gomunt
Chichester
Everymiere
Addison
Great Britain
Newport
Monmouthshire
Georgette
Capitola Pais
Lyric All Star Stock Players
Modern Motion Pictures
Subi
Gamal
Jacobs & Jermon
Big Burlesque Review
Harry K. Morton
Quilty
Barnum
Charles E. Stielow
Court of Appeals
Sing Jing
the University School
Kelly’s Cigar Store
Fairfield Ave
James H. Kelly
Lyttle
Pottsville, Pe
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