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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1920

Page

5

Art Craft Revue at Polls Opens with Bite of Grand Opera

The new Poll's bill features the Art craft Revue with Bite of Grand Opera, lauded singers, lively patter by Rogers and West, and strong dancing by Gold and Edwards. Vittorio and Georgette perform acrobatic feats, while His Temporary Life with Rubye De Remer adds a solid story. Plaza and Lyric also showcase varied acts, newsreels, and popular productions for the week.

Artcraft Rogers and West Gold Edwards Roberts and Boyne Mr. Roberts Miss Boyne Vittorio Georgette Rubye de Remer Pathe News and Review

Empire theatre and Park theatre offer a diverse bill

The feature tonight is a major attraction dealing with domestic problems and happiness. The Rent Dodgers’ two reel Big V comedy also screens. Wallace Reid stars in The Dancin Fool at Park. Bryant Washburn appears in What Happened to Jones at Empire, a satire on bootlegging in a dry town. Barney Gerard’s Follies of the Day opens a three day run at Park with jokes and character impressions including Bryan and spoofed figures.

Powgett Albert Payson Terrin Wallace Reid Dancin Solti Joshell House Peters Empire Bryant Washburn Empire Theatre Jones Paramount Artcraft George Broadhurst

Singing and dancing draw large eager audience

The show pleased the crowd with strong singing and dancing, well staged scenery and excellent costumes. Attendance was large and enthusiastic, promising similar reception for the rest of the engagement.

Ponzi Assets Revealed as Receivers Probe Hanover Assets

In Boston on August 26 receivers at Ponzi's Hanover Street branch uncovered assets totaling 14,270 dollars including 11,370 in cash and Liberty bonds and a 3,000 dollar note. Ponzi attended with the receivers as deposit boxes were examined and 168 noteholders filed claims at the attorney general's office boosting liabilities to 35,030,247 dollars. Twelve individuals have fled their claims. Bank Commissioner Allen said the Hanover Trust company reopening remains uncertain.

Boston Hanover Street Ponzi's Middlesex County Ponzi Attorney General's Allen Hanover Trust Company

Constantine Hopes to Regain Throne Returns to Greece

Paris dispatch reports former King Constantine of Greece insists he never abdicated and remains sovereign in the view of a Greek majority. He claims Premier Venizelos cannot restore Greece’s rightful place among nations and denies involvement in any assassination plot against the premier.

Paris Constantine Greece Lucerne the Excelsior Venizelos

Fakir Collects "Taxes" From Women

Pittsburgh August 27. Allegheny county women were defrauded by a bogus bonus tax collector who posed as a poll tax agent after the suffrage proclamation. He visited homes, demanded payment to vote in November, issued receipts, then vanished, per district attorney H. H. Howard.

Pittsburgh Allegheny County Colby H. H. Howard

Dandering Promises New Life for Hair With Danderine

Vintage advertisement claims a few cents buys Dandering as an application of Danderine to restore hair. It asserts no fallen hay or Vaanaruff, and promises each hair shows new life vigor brightness and thickness.

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