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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1928
Page
7
Othellos defeated Cicero 6 to 0 last Sunday in a clash marked by injuries and fumbled drives. Key plays included a punt after a time‑huddle penalty, interceptions by Cicero, and a lone Othello touchdown set in the first quarter.
St Johns girls basketball team, led by coach Arthur flott af Oak Park, introduces a new lineup including EK Budd F EK Steffen G Weagnar Uy Hold M Peckat Gjducker Gj WH Lucker G Doering G, aiming for a strong season. A key game is December 15 versus Hawthorne Pirates at Morton gym.
Othellos defeated La Grange 6 to 0 in a hard fought Thanksgiving Day game. La Grange, one of the strongest nearby teams, moved the ball with line plunges and passes but the Othellos’ punting and key stops kept them from scoring. Ball possession swung through punts, fumbles, and several drives, with Othellos closing the game in control on La Grange’s side of the field.
A garbled historic notice describes dubious figures Anortca and Bpinged and a 1008 voyage called Pilgrims Progress. It mentions a Falne doctrine and a doctor giving wrong stuff, plus an appendix of a book yet undiscovered for use.
Readable scraps discuss Apache Indians trial translation, a 270 foot below sea level Sutton sea, geologists noting Airplanes useful for field work, early English population figures, Wampahite drainage project, a doubling rate for babies, and a controversial hotel manager in Washington.
A garbled OCR fragment references a middle aged woman seeking youth through a picture, with phrases about cures and wonders. The text is unclear on dates, names, or setting, but hints at a cosmetic or portrait theme.
A historic note describes reinforcing a book by applying a tin strip along its length, folding it at the middle, and gluing the strip inside the cover joint. The front and back covers are secured this way, with the book then placed under weight to press.
The Boston Transcript quips that adding bolts does not stabilize a party. in fact, increasing the number of bolts hastens its collapse, underscoring fragility over reinforcement.
The article notes that in the United States a hundredweight equals 100 pounds while England uses 112 pounds. It also mentions a metric hundredweight of 225 pounds, reflecting varied systems of weight measures.
The Earle Rest Players announce Misa Dorothy Cluer as the new leading lady in their sixty-seventh week at New Warrington theater. Earle Rosa will return as a regular in the cast, boosting the company for the next feature production, The Mysterious Dr. X.
Emil Jannings stars in Sins of the Fathers at the Chicago Theater next week, with Barry Norton and Zasu Pitts in supporting roles. The program also features Lou Kosloft and the Chicago theater orchestra in a new Publix unit show Blossoms. Reading the cast includes Sany Lewis, Patti Moore, Paul Kirkland, Arthur Tall, and the Foster Circle. Free Christmas gifts are being offered by a local company the week before Christmas, with a plan to double the giveaways from last year.
Brooke Johns presents Gypsyland at the Oriental Theater featuring a large cast in an operetta style show. The production stars Alice White in a fast moving tale of a gold digging entertainer with Donald Reed opposite her. Also in the cast are Gwen Lee Lee Moran Richard Tucker Charles Delaney Kate Price Jimmy Finlayson Wogh Roman and Hernard Randall.
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