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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1926
Page
6
An advertisement touts Creomulsion, a creosote emulsified medicine, claiming two fold action to soothe inflamed membranes and inhibit germ growth. It warns of persistent coughs and colds turning into pneumonia and promotes guaranteed relief with refund if not relieved after following directions. Atlant a Ga ad.
Start mornings with California lemon juice in hot water before breakfast to improve taste, headaches, and energy. The natural acids aid digestion and relieve indigestion and constipation. a ten-day test with a dozen lemons promises fresh breath and clearer mornings.
Fred Clark presents Lets Go with Man ny So Long Kir opening at the Park theatre tomorrow. The two act 25 scene show features Walter Pep Smith John O Grant Frank Chicarello Babe Heily Madeline Lane Nan Paton and many others. Evening attractions include a country store pies for 190 ladies and a nightly surprise. Also the Cameo hosts Blessed Sacrament minstrels for a three day booking with Dunn brothers and radio duo Vance and Day plus Jim Muney and others. Fifth Avenue style showcase with Marguerite de la Motte Allan Forrest in the Vig Nol a picture at Cameo for three days. Plus Too Many Babies and a Warners cartoon at Cameo with final show Tonight.
Next Monday to Wednesday the Park theatre presents a new comedy drama titled tush Money written by Al G Jackson a renowned Bridgeport journalist and desk man now branching into playwriting. The cast features Justine Johnstone a noted beauty star of stage and screen recently seen in Palic vaudeville. Bridport readers are urged to give the hometown production a warm welcome.
Elizabeth Brice headlines a strong Palace bill with Frank Kessler's Music Weavers and the Walter James Revue. The program includes The Torrent with Greta Garbo in her first local screen appearance, plus Rigardo Cortez and others. Tomorrow features Billie Regay in Courting and Mile. Juliette Dika, with Five Mousters and Billy Walsh. Morals For Men leads the film lineup with Conway Tearle and Agnes Ayres.
A new bill opens today at the Lyric featuring The Overland Limited with Alice Lake Malcolm McGregor Ralph Lewis Olive Borden and Ethel Wales in star roles. Also A Little Girl in a Big City with Gladya Walton Niles Weldht and Mary Thurman screens. Tonight’s Charleston contest semi final selects three winners to Friday’s final. Young Fiddlers Contest enrollment ends soon with violinists urged to sign up at Button and Olf ascant and Gilman stores.
Poll theatregoers will enjoy a weekly amateur night led by Joey Whaten with Anthony Dayton and Mickey Carrano. The program features The Million Dollar Handicap racing tale adapted from The Thoroughbred with Vera Reynolds Ralph Lewis and Edmund Burns, plus Helen Lewis and the Dixie land girls in a musical revue and Sydney Taye. The bill also includes Sydney Grant in Things Are Different Now Lew Price Karterts Komedians The Thief of Bad Bags and The Great Love with Viola Dana, closing the engagement with Al Tucker and the Vogues orchestra and a variety of acts.
The Majestic showcases Alfred Savoir’s The Grand Duchess and the Waiter starring Adolphe Menjou and Florence Vidor. Miss Vidor plays a Paris grand duchess who flees to a hotel, and Menjou, a bribe-enabled waiter, falls for her, leading to comic misadventures and a happy ending. Also on the bill are Galloping Photography and Tom Mix in The Best Bad Man.
In Framingham Massachusetts on February 16 AP reports special police officer Anthony Cumbra was found not guilty in district court of shooting Arthur A. Blake another special officer during a New Year s Eve revel at the Wayland Inn. Judge Seward A Bloggett commended Cumbra for doing his duty rather than punishment.
Yale and Harvard students receive rival reports in a two-vehicle edition from the Yale News and the Harvard Crimson. The Crimson portrays Harvard’s first hand study of Yale chapel attendance as reform and notes Beebe’s Yale to Harvard transfer. The Yale News coverage frames the campaign as a critique of Yale’s compulsory chapel and church influence among administrators and affiliates.
EN YAO NAN DEAD HAOW China Feb 16 AP says General Hatao ao Nan governor of Hugh province is dead from influenza. General Hsiao a follower of Marshal Wu Pei Fu moved at Hupeh, a key province since it contains Hankow since 1921. He was ranked among five or six most powerful malig chieftains in the country.
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