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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1928
Page
7
A fragmentary piece discusses the melting pot concept in U S education and national tradition. It notes currents questioning integration and the need for a distinct American educational model. The excerpt includes reflections on labor health and happiness as linked to work longevity and productivity.
A fragment describes a colossal Chinese defensive structure stretching 1 200 miles with an 85 foot high 27 foot thick granite facing and towers at regular intervals. The passage emphasizes scale and fortification in a distant world event.
Edith Hetleman Pengil sketches life in tough economic times focusing on the middle class banker and merchant. She laments shifting from local stores to chain outlets, the strain on small businesses, and the grip of urban capital on the countryside and banks.
A reflective piece surveys distant islands and exile life, tracing James Norman Hall's Tahiti portrait and a portrait of a man famed for loving solitude. It also reviews Joseph Auslander's Letters to Women and touches on poets like Benet and Sappho, noting beauty, tragedy, and endurance across eras.
A reflective holiday meditation contrasts hard work and strength with generosity and spiritual grace. It honors loyal effort, family warmth, and the season’s simple joys from jelly gifts to a green fir tree, carols, and the Old Old Story, urging time to stand still.
A bustling December schedule lists Talking Sherlock Holmes with Clive Brooks and Conan Doyle lore, Miss Mississippi Gambier with Jos Schildkraut, and Salute with George O’Brien. Also featured are The Sophomore with Bally O'Neil and Our Devil't with Janet Gaynor, plus The Thirteenth Chair at Oriental Theater and William Powell in Pointed Heels at the Chicago Theater.
Paris notes jewelry makers at Pari JFoens and toml-pres tiyes stove shop display new framed photo holders. Craftsmen use jade bracelets and onyx strips to create mantels and tables frames. a photographed example shows a frame of black onyx with dark green material housing a portrait.
Review highlights color and sound in a sensational talkie with cavalry regiments, prancing horses, and stirring music. The vaudeville unit Golf Fiends led by Raymond Wilbert and Rolf genius will begin at the State Lake theater starting Saturday December 28.
Paradise theater opens Friday December 77th with America’s Boy Friend starring Buddy Rogers and Jean Arthur in a fresh romance drama. Paul Lukas appears in a triangle as the film moves fast with tender love scenes, action and a smashing climax. Next week’s stage revue Puppets Parade promises riotous music and red hot jazz.
A vibrant stage show showcases Awnet Tunes blending clever harmonies and snappy rhythms. The performance excites audiences with tight instrumentation, engaging tempo shifts, and seamless vocal interplay, earning strong crowd reaction and praise for its energy.
The Chicago Civic Opera opens at the new Civic Opera House with a New Year Eve gala featuring Riccardo Zan-nonaly in Conchita from The Woman and the Puppet. Iona Ratan Mario Cluceseis Antonio Cortis lead Conchita her mother and lover under Huberto Moranzoni. The program continues with Gounod Faust later in the week and Don Quichotte on December 10 with Cos Glade and others.
The program lists Theodore Velipka and Antonio Nicoliah with Emil Cooper performing on New Year’s Eve, plus Margherite Balvi and Giovanni Manurilla in a Rome’s Roseini’e piece. Cast includes Rimini, Trevisan, Claessons, Moransont to conduct. A January 4 Lohengrin, Norma, and other works feature Edith Mason, Halsa, Glade, Marshall, and Cooper conducting.
A reader writes to the paper clarifying a linguistic distinction between "Wuneh" and "lonehean" as types of meals, noting the shorter form used for the latter. The letter uses a casual tone to discuss meal provisions and cultural phrasing.
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