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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1929
Page
6
A garbled OCR passage references a maritime scenario and a council decision near Frege to halt disturbances. It mentions a residential yacht, a citizenry in a town called ATxxanrd, and a call to stop an alleged chord related disturbance. A radio wavelength of about 228 feet per meter is noted.
A literary portrait traces a seventeen year old girl who marries young, builds a home with her twenty year old husband, and raises a daughter, a son, and a lively family dynamic, highlighting loyalty, ambition, and growth across a changing life stage.
A flurry of 1920s style literary notices covers Fanny Hurst's Five and Ten with its sharp social portrait of wealth and family, Maureen Ackland's An Else in Folly praised as high by Money, and Shelby Little's George Washington biography arguing for a nuanced, human portrait over legend, noting the shift away from myth toward honesty and humor.
Warrington Theater presents The Carnival Girl a rollicking comedy with smart town characters and vaudeville between acts. Earle Miss. Players settled into daily rehearsals and new weekly pay as audiences filled the opening week with applause and strong attendance.
The first all talking singing and dancing collegiate musical revue Words and Music debuts at the Oriental theater next week. Lois Moran makes her audible screen debut with David Percy opposite. Toi Patrico la dances. Al Kvale and his Jazz Collegians present a lively revue with a hot number and campus flavor.
Joan Crawford delivers what critics call her best screen performance in Our Modern Maidens. The romance tale follows a spirited young woman amid the jazz age as she asserts her right to choose her own path, following the success of Our Dancing Daughters.
Beginning Saturday September 7th State-Lake Theater will run the all-melody talking picture My Dream Melody along with the song Street Girl in a program featuring four original writs and a focus on songs created for this picture.
Public safety notice urges motorists to stop at crossings and not rely on a bell or light, citing Supreme Court and Interstate Commerce Commission data. It warns that drivers must look for trains, especially on unprotected crossings, and notes higher fatality risk on weekends and at certain speeds.
Fragmentary notes mention Hetty Compson performing on violin with references to songs by Oscar Bevant and Sydney Clare. It notes Broadway composers and a plan to retray and reerect an interior aviary at the Potter Palmer mansion on 1360 Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.
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