West Point Woman Victim Of Old Swindle
A colored woman in West Point was approached by a well dressed stranger near the post office who claimed to have found an envelope with money and bonds. He persuaded her to give ten dollars to help cash the bonds in New Orleans, promising a share of the spoils. She alerted the sheriff, but the pair remain at large as of the last report, with a getaway car seen speeding toward Weimar and Schulenburg around 11 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
West Point
New Orleans
Weimar
Schulenburg
Talkie Sensation Ashing Best-Seller Opens at Avalon Theatre
The new film Ashing Best-Seller, adapted with George Abbot, opens at the Avalon Theatre. It blends lively comedy with later tragedy as it follows a group of youth amid speed and gaiety, turning to a serious love conflict within the city. The feature stars Mr. J. L. Hatin of Chicago and arrives in town for a first week engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensus
Avalon Theatre
Proud
Mrn. J. 1
Hatin
Chicago
G. D. Stephens
Ramon Navarro Uses To a Wild Rose to Cry in Ambitious Role
Ramon Navarro discusses emotional depth in his MGM film Call of the Flesh opening Tuesday at the Avalon Theatre. He describes using MacDowell’s To a Wild Rose in a silent scene to evoke deep feeling and contrasts Spanish, German, Italian musical influences while portraying a youth who becomes an opera star. Directors and cast include Charles Brabin and Dorothy Jordan with Renee Adoree and Ernest Torrence. Navarro says mastering multiple song styles in succession is essential for a versatile singer.
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Ramon Novarro
Spain
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Avalon Theatre
MacDowell
Navarro
Villa
Charles Brabin
Dorothy Jordan
Renee Adoree
Ernest Torrence
Nance O'Neil
Football Roots From Spartan Times to Modern Gridiron
The piece traces football from ancient Sparta where it was called Harpenston to modern days. It covers early forms, Roman adaptations, English changes, and the emergence of Rugby and association football. It notes key milestones including 1863 Westminster Charterhouse, 1869 Princeton Rutgers, and the 1873 rules conference shaping present soccer and American football. It highlights Parke H. Davis’s role in American football’s growth.
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Greece
Rome
England
Hts
Henry I
James I
William Ellis
Rugby College
Ellis
London
Long Idea Football Association
Westminister
Charterhouse
Westminster
United States
Princeton
Rutgers
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
New York
Fevis Math
Parke H. Davis
Davis
Snd“Organi
Guster Keaton Offers New Recipe for Laughs
Buster Keaton explains that genuine thrills followed by comedy create the biggest laughs in his new Metro film Dough Boys at the Avalon Theatre. He notes authentic military details, ex servicemen on set, and collaboration with Edward Sedgwick and Edward Brophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Keaton
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Avalon Theatre
Keaton
Renl
Edward Sedgwick
Edward Brophy
Sedgwick
Buster
Sally Eilers
Cliff Edwards
Frank Mayo
Pitty Katz
Arnold Korff
Vic Wiliam Steele
Southern farmers endure hard times and dire needs
The Alabama farmer contrasts tin cans and paper sacks with strides needed to better Southern farming, echoing Grady in stressing practical improvements. He warns that without reforms, farming in the South will remain a downhill business as it feeds people and farm families each year.
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Birmingham News
Alabama
Henry W. Grady
South
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Eagle Lake State Bank
Eagle Lake Furniture CO
Jom, McCreary
Eagle Lake
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Ashing
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Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil
Sinclair
Eagle Lake Grain Co
Eagle Lake, Texas
Fisk
Symers VE
Frank Stephens Co
Amherst
Lafayette
Roosevelt
Kane
Guster Keaton
Anicher
No Man's Land
Sing
Sunny
CJ Edwards
EAGLE
Opagle
Ncil CO
Eastavin Kodaks
J. FL Ulery's
Colorado County
Provident
Rock Island
Chesterville
Salinas
Eldridge
Fater Store
Colenn
Mercar
Com 'Hepu
Fe. Cae
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