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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1925
Page
14
A noted production headlining at MuVickers theater next week is described as a standout show rivalling a well known work. The brief note highlights four stars and suggests a remarkable performance to expect from the run.
PIAS Rey presents The Pony Express directed by James Crug with Ricardo Cortez Hetty Compson Wallace Beery and Ernest Torrence in a tale of daring mail riders across the frontier. Over 5,000 Indians cowboys and emigrants are said to participate in this dramatic Western.
A chaotic farm frolic features Paul Ash and his gang with vaudeville acts and a Paramount production on stage. The Pony Express star Beery and Hetty Jompson are touted as key performers, with reviews activating hopes for a more human cinema compared to The Covered Wagon.
In a packed program director Pad Browning presents The Mystics of Metro Goldwyn, featuring Tingle and Conway Pearle as twin lead actors. Born in America and Bogland respectively, both have traveled worldwide and tangle with parallel destinies as celebrities on the American stage and now on screen. A star-studded cast supports them including Mitchell Lewis, Robert Ober, Stanton Heel, Gladys Hulette, David Yorence, and Dewitt Jennings.
A playful exchange between a pessimist and an optimist about aches and fish bones. The pessimistic line complains of pain while the optimist quips that the pain means being a herring, turning a complaint into a light pun.
A large list of new acquisitions is announced at Forest Park Library. The collection features works by Bellow StreisgUn Hennett Caurpenter Couper Juxsup Jangatuit and many others, including biographies, poetry, and travel volumes. A reading program Read With a Purpose by violence Barry promotes Biology courses and library lectures to boost literacy and reading interest.
Sumner Kimball, a key figure in the early Revenue Cutter Service, began with modest ships and grown into a reformer who created disciplined crews, a patrol system, signaling and telegraph links, and life-saving training across ocean and Great Lakes fronts. His work laid the foundation for a modern, nonpartisan maritime service, with ongoing annual improvements.
Book reviews discuss Gertrude Atherton and Hilaire Belloc works with playful critique. The piece traces Atherton's tale of Gita, her family downfall, and marriage dynamics contrasted with Belloc and Chesterton's Mr Petre venture into high finance and farce, noting humor and social satire throughout.
A child asks where eggs come from and a grandmother explains with a tale about grandma's chickens. Meggie wonders how Branny's chickens know the use of their egg cups, prompting humorous dialogue about origin.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a confused customer and merchant dialogue about cigars and a boat, with unclear actions and misread phrases making the event hard to interpret. The readable parts mention cigars and a merchant, but no clear dates, places, or outcomes.
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