One Girl's Heart and Stage Dreams in New York
Bettina Browning leaves her hometown at twenty for New York City to seek acting success. Lucile White introduces her to actor Gordon de Coverly, who flirts and boasts of a glamorous life while urging courage for a girl chasing the stage. The trio plots meals, outings, and possible introductions as Bettina contemplates a future in acting.
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Bettina Browning
New York City
Lucile White
Lucile
Gordon de Coverly
Gordon
Top
Bettina
Conflicted Wife Faces Dicky's Guest in Upset Home
In a Long Island setting, Lillian debates how to handle Mrs Meredith's visit as the wife of a renowned doctor and her wife’s guest arrive. Tension rises when observations about wealth and status are voiced and the hostess struggles to keep dignity amid a stripped living room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian
Katie
Mrs. Meredith
Lucia Meredith
Katherine
Fanny Powell
Dicky
Dr. Meredith
Meredith
S. Graham
Long Island
Frank Lewis Sworn In as County Clerk and Top Deputies
Judge Caldwell swore in Frank Lewis as County Clerk and William Hayes as Chief Deputy. Lewis and Hayes bring long service from the Court of Appeals since 1913. Louis Howe presented a walnut table and bronze lamp as gifts from office staff. Edward Lowenstein becomes Court of Appeals clerk. Herbert Fischer moves to Domestic Relations Court. Margie Groneman fills the vacancy created by promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Caldwell
Common Pleas Court
Frank Lewis
William
Lowenstein
Margie Groneman
Up-To-Date Fall and Winter 1925 26 Pattern Book
Ladies dress and apron frock patterns offered in several bust sizes with yardage requirements. Paper patterns mailed to any address via 10 cents silver or stamps. Includes instruction for 34 to 48 inch bust measures and 36 inch material options. Fall and winter fashion book advertised.
The New Dance Frocks of the 1925 season
The article reviews two piece dance frocks inspired by the jumper, highlighting cape and one sided cape styles. It notes new versions in blues and added trims such as chiffon and brocaded velvet, with novelty metal cloths and tulle. Paris fashion tweaks include low flower placement and fuller sleeves above the wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Fairchild
Eleanor Gunn Fashion Editor Solves Clothing Dilemmas
Readers of The Commercial Tribune are invited to mail self addressed stamped envelopes to Eleanor Gunn Fashion Editor for assistance with clothing problems and style tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Eleanor Gunn
Interurban Bus Owners Elect Officers and Support Terminal
Permanent officers were elected at a Cincinnati dinner of the Interurban Motor Bus Owners Association. Jack Shosie was named President, Louis Niederman Vice President, William H. Schmidt Secretary-Treasurer, Sylvester Hickey general local counsel, and Herman W. Santen executive secretary. The group favors building its own terminal and formed a legal committee to study the project. A vote of thanks was given to city authorities for Government Square and to the local chambers for terminal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Interurban Motor Bus Owners’ Association
Gibson
Jack,Shosie
Indianapolis bus +lines
Louis Niederman
Queen City
Hamilton
William H. Schmidt
The
Valley
Reading
Sylvester Hickey
Herman W. Santen
Chalmer Havill
Akron
Harry Wowell
W. Gilbert Thompson
Lebanon
Sylvester
Hickey
Cincinnati
Government Square
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
St Louis Sheriff Yields City Jail by Court Edict
A temporary restraining order from Circuit Judge Kopf forced Sheriff Schuler to relinquish possession of the City Jail. City Jailer Lefman remains in charge under city administration, with the case likely to go to the Supreme Court after a Friday hearing.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Kopf
Schuler
Lefman
Supreme Court
Wife Sues M. A. Spellacy For Decree Enforcement
Mrs. Emma P. Spellacy files suit in New York Supreme Court to enforce a 1922 California separation decree against oil operator Michael A. Spellacy. She seeks equal community property valued at 400000, 3000 arrears, and permanent alimony of 350 monthly. Spellacy, briefly jailed then released, sailed to South America with bail set at 2500. They married in 1888 and have a 16 year old daughter, Winifred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emma P. Spellacy
Supreme Court
Michael A. Spellacy
Los Angeles
Spellacy
California
South America
Hubbard
Justice Guy
HOTEL MAN DIES AFTER 1916 GOP CONVENTION INJURY
Paul Gores a Chicago hotel manager who was trampled in the 1916 Republican National Convention crowd died at 67 from a general breakdown. He endured amputations of both feet after lengthy hospital stays but remained cheerful and continued hotel work with artificial feet, supported by friends including presidents and senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Paul Gores
Gores
Denver slayer targets couple. three killed in picnic party
Bloodhounds pursue a coatless, collarless robber who shot dead Miss Marie McCormick Mrs Julia Stearns and Fred Funkner after forcing the four on a deserted boulevard car ride. Carl Perry survived wounded as police seek the suspect tied to a string of hold ups near Denver. A $500 reward is posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Marie McCormick
Julia Stearns
Fred Funkner
Carl Perry
Perry
Funker
Berry
Michael Keller
Soldiers From Ft Bliss Fight Rio Grande Flood For Texas Cotton
Two hundred soldiers from Ft Bliss were ordered out by Brigadier General Castnor to aid farmers, businessmen, and reclamation service workers against the Rio Grande flood threatening lower valley cotton fields. The troops, led by Major Hixon of the Eighth Cavalry, answered an appeal from L M Lawson, Elephant Butte project manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Ft. Bliss
Castnor
Reclamation Service
Rio Grande
Hixon
Eighth Cavalry
L. M. Lawson
Elephant Butte
Believed to be slain man found by railroad tracks
The unidentified 135 pound man about 35 years old and five feet eight inches tall was found dead along New York Central tracks west of Clyde Ohio. Coroner Booth said he appeared stabbed and died about eighteen hours earlier. A Monroeville hat and glasses sold by an Akron physician were found with the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fremont, O
New York Central
Clyde
Booth
Monroeville
Akron (O
British scientists deny stealing cancer germ discovery
Drs W E Gye and J E Barnard deny German charges that they appropriated a cancer germ discovery by Prof Franz Keysser. Gye and Barnard insist they have not Read anything by Keysser and would acknowledge verified results if published. The issue is treated as a serious scientific matter, not a personal dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
W. E. Gye
J. E. Barnard
Franz Keysser
Barnard
Gye
N. Y
Rayon Plant to Begin in Johnson City
A $17.5 million American Bemberg Company rayon plant will start in Johnson City Tennessee led by international bankers and German industrial partners. The project foresees 10,000 jobs and about $10 million in construction as part of a five year plan.
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Associated Press
Johnson City
Tenn
New York
American
Bemberg Company
Maryland
J. W. Ring
Chamber of Commerce
France Eyes Dawes Plan as Key to Reconstruction
William Masson of Credit Lyonnaise told the Institute of Politics in Williamstown that France relies chiefly on the Dawes plan to fund postwar reconstruction. He cited progress in factories and agriculture, 140000 homes yet to be rebuilt, and about one third of reparations paid, with total expenditures around 9.5 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Williamstown
Mass
France
Robert Masson
Credit Lyonnaise
Institute of Politics
Hope for Traylor Death Row Stay Fades in Ohio
Ohio Governor’s clemency advisory rejects intervention as Lenny Traylor’s hope to escape the electric chair for the Portsmouth station attendant murder last winter dwindles. The State Clemency Board concluded no grounds exist for clemency.
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Traylor
Associated Press
Columbus
Lenny Traylor
Portsmouth
State Clemency Board
Doriahey
Modish Winter Gowns To Cost Double Last Season
Paris advance fashion shows predict twice the cost for refined dress this winter as tailored suits and gowns dominate. Poiret showcases 200 fall and winter models with velvet and silk, airy dancing frocks and heavy fur details. Bright sashes, gold and silver lace, and high or low natural waistlines mark a shift toward corseted shaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Paris
Paul Poiret
Grande Semaine
Paris Couture
Expressing Willie at Cox Theater a Corking Comedy
Albert E. Thompson reviews the Walker Company production Expressing Willie at the Cox Theater. Rachel Crothers writes a satirical comedy about a rich young man, his social circle, and a rural girl, with sharp wit, risque implications, and lively performances by Earle Larimore Minnie Whitcomb Judith Lowry and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Walker Company
Cox
Cox Theater
Rachel Crothers
New York
Ann Davis
Minnie Whitcomb
Earle Larimore
Larry Fletcher
Leonore Sorsby
Peresa Dale
George Alison
Judith Lowry
Aldrich Bowker
George Kinsey
Pauline Breustedt
Albert E. Thompson
Rockaway Land Rush Nets Many Fortunes
Thousands of speculators flooded Rockaway Beach as a boardwalk proposal spurred a land rush. Paper gains ran into millions with front foot lots jumping from 40 to 10000 dollars, and turnover reports topped 1.5 million for the day. Brunner reportedly moved over 1 million in property, while Mrs. Balmuth left her store to sell lots and allegedly earned 600000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockaway
Ocean Front
Assemblyman Brunner
A. H. Balmuth
Gas Explosion Rocks Durance Colliery Killing Three
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania three miners die with a fourth later at a hospital after a gas explosion in the Hillman vein of Durance colliery, Lehigh Valley Coal Company. Thirteen others suffer severe burns at road 274 under the Susquehanna River near Kingston. A fire followed the blast. In Ohio, James W. Ralph, 45, dies in a Muskingum Coal Company mine south of Zanesville from a fall.
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Wilkesbarre
Hillman
Durance
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
James Linther
Andrew Polacher
Michael Elich
Edwardsville
General Hospital
Susquehanna River
Kingston
Zanesville, O
James W. Ralph
Muskingum Coal Company
Here
Union Silent On Results Of Bricklayers' Strike
New York Aug 3 Accurate information was scarce tonight on the bricklayers strike that involved $20,000,000 worth of construction in New York Chicago and Washington Union leaders called the action defensive and retaliatory in a dispute with plasterers and would not release reports on member response The Building Trades Employers Association said about a dozen men left four large projects and no contract progress was blocked George A Fuller Construction Company officials feared delays but would not release figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Washington
Plasterers’ Organization
Building Trades Employers’ Association
George A. Fuller Construction Company
Excursion Visit Notes From Three Indiana Towns
A brief item records an excursion stopping in Bonnell Weisburg and Sunman Indiana with spades and Morris noted as part of the itinerary. The fragment emphasizes local travel or civic group activity in Indiana communities.
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Bonnell
Ind
Weisburg
Sunman
Spades
Morris
Half Fare Details for Young Children on Specific Trains
Children five and under twelve can ride at half fare. Tickets valid only on Train No. 1 from Cincinnati at 7 30 a.m. Central Time and on Train No. 14 from Batesville at 5 52 p.m. Central Time. City Ticket Office address is 108 Dixie Terminal and Union Station.
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Cincinnati
Batesville
City Ticket Office
Dixie Terminal
Union Station
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Ritz
Gorde
Pillar
Browning
Finny
Larry
By Press Publishing Co
Adele Garrison
Toonerville
Fontaine Fox
Z Peter
Granpa Futtyy
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Fas
Cincinnati, C
Mase
CICK
Prins Yee
Bai
Gtizens National Bank & Trust
Fourth & Main Sts
the Commercial Tribune
Interurban
Favor Building
M. A. Spellacy
Texas
Milady
Arno Dosch
Jean Patou
Poiret
Batesville, Mnd
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Eden Park
J. H. Gest
Neptune Sales Company
West Fourth St. Main
the New England Hat Co
East Sixth Street
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