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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1926

Page

8

Miss Bridgeport 1926 Draws Big Vaudeville House Crowd

Amusements notes tell of Miss Bridgeport 1926 eloping with Miss Bridgeport of 1926 act and Ritz Band, with Malone, Anden, and McCormack. New acts include Mike New Haven of 1926 and The Jolly Thref, plus Bargain Days and Footloose Widows film. Poll's Vaudeville Theatre adds extra dates and amply showcases

Annala of Bridgeport William Malone Ritz Lorraine Hobby Anden Wah Messra McCormack Atry Connecticut Vaudeviln Bilts McCormack Barry Mike New Haven Molla Burnet

Ford Sterling Stars in The Show-off at Tulip Majestic

Ford Sterling headlines the Paramount comedy The Show-off at Tulip Majestic, playing Aubrey Piper the egotistical clerk. The film, adapted from George Kelly’s Broadway hit, follows Aubrey’s bumbling schemes as Amy Fisher and her family unfold a tale of love and clever comeuppance.

King Aubrey Piper Tulip Majestic Theatre Ford Sterling Filmhorm George Kelly Philadelphia Sterling Aubrey Erring Amy Fisher Lork Wilson Amy Joe Gregory Kelly

Elizabeth Friedmans Elidas Top New Palace Bill

Elizabeth Friedmans Elidas headline a new Palace vaudeville bill starting today with Adele Jeanne premier danseuse. Highlights include Clarence Rock and Edythe Blossom in Has This Happened To You by Hazel Archibald Moran and Barron Anne Fuller Al Striker and Billy Abbott in The Thief. Perils of the Coast Guard with Cullen Landis and the International News also roll.

Elizabeth Friedman Elidas Billy Abbott Coast Guard Cullen Landis

New Attack on Nickel Plate Railway Merger

Minority stockholders of the Hocking Valley petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to deny the New York Chicago and St Louis railway project to connect Chesapeaka and Ohio with Hocking Valley, a move tied to the Van Sweringen consolidation. The petition argues the new line would be necessary only if Nickel Plate Railway plans are approved, with ICC decision not expected until next fall.

Hocking Valley New York Chicago St Louis Interstate Commerce Commission

Expert predicts synthetic foods gleaned from air

Williamstown August 18 AP expert Dr H W L Barnard president of the American Institute of Baking predicts synthetic foods will solve world hunger as population grows. He cites sun and air derived food as feasible and notes yeasts can produce substantial daily output in a single city block plant.

Williamstown Mass HW. LE. Barnard American Institute of Baking Institute of Politics

Intended Bride Weds Another After Engagement Breakup

In Worcester Massachusetts August 18 1923 Armand Proluxax twenty two laments the end of an engagement with Miss Rosilda Larcchelle of Southbridge who was to marry him next Monday. She wed Albert Laseeville a marine in Watervliet New York last Saturday nine days before the planned ceremony. Proluxax says he is glad the break came before the wedding. He calls her "a good kid" and wishes her luck.

Worcester Maes Armand Proluxax Rosilda Larcchelle Southbridge Ls Nving Spencer Albert Laseeville Watervellet New York Proulax

Man Pushed Companion From Bridge Into River

New York August 18 Police search for the body of a man believed thrown from a taxi by a fellow passenger off the Manhattan Bridge into the East River Edward Frisch a post office employee is held on homicide charges According to taxi driver Cuniff Frisch and the dead man together rode in his cab and decided to eject the unwanted passenger Two witnesses said Cuniff and Frisch shoved the other man over the rail into the river Cuniff was questioned and released

New York Harbour Manhattan Bridge East River Edward Frisch Post Office Willam Cunif Frisch Cuniff

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