My Man Bigbaline de Haas drama excerpt
Fanny Grice, seeking a stage break, endures a crushing audition setback as her sister Audrey’s path to stardom collides with Waldo’s casting. Lazarus counsels patience while Fanny faces isolation, lingering doubt, and a looming personal test as a stormy night unsettles the household.
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Fanny Grice
Pam
Audrey
Laserus
Fenny
Waldo
Mintea
Fanny
Moe
Ethen
Lazarus
Miss Grice
Lazrus
Duudrey
Jimmy
Pete
Muss
Radio Schedule Highlights From Eastern Stations
A list of radio programs across major networks and cities including WEAF New York and WJAZ Newark with concerts, dance hours, news, operas, and historical programs. Entries note orchestra lineups, hour-by-hour programming, and featured acts such as the Quakers Review, Nightingale Sextet, and Circus selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WIZ
New York
Orchestra Lands
Old Dances
Quakers
Nightingale and Rose
Fifth Avenue Knights
Slumber Hour
Louisville
Nightingale
Anas
Uinédunati
Orange Root Golden NG GPTS Laxative Tonic
An old advertisements claim liver trouble causes yellowish skin eyes and skin flaws and touts Orange Root Golden NG GPTS as a gentle purifying tonic. It promotes cleansing the liver and system to restore energy and complexion with a 60 cent price for 48 ng nights. The note adds Orange Root Tonic S for blood nerves stomach and rheumatic conditions and lists Grafton Drug and Chemical Co as a seller.
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atyGraften Drug ¢& Chemical Co
Deteodady
Orchestra and Cavaliers Plan Friday Dance Night
Detroit music listings show a busy evening with orchestral and dance acts. At 7:00 the orchestra performs followed by 3:00 afternoon program. Cavaliers and Trappers appear with a 0:30 Friday Frolic dance set. WCX radio feature notes include Old Dances by Cotton Pickers and Amos Andy news segments.
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WMAQ
Chicago
Amos-Andy
Orchestra
Cotton Pickers
Man Shot by Boy Dies at Huntington
Huntington December 28 United Press Morgan Samson died in a Huntington hospital after being shot Christmas Eve by a 15 year old boy who allegedly admitted the shooting. The boy was arraigned on murder charges with a preliminary hearing set for Saturday. Police said Samson demanded liquor at the boy’s mother's home, grew deranged when refused, and was later shot after the boy borrowed a gun from a neighbor and returned home.
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Samson
Coolidge Bags Five Birds on Sapelo Island Hunt
President Coolidge conducted a mid winter shooting expedition on Sapelo Island Georgia with Ward Coffin and aides. He bagged three pheasants and two wild turkeys as Starling joined in the shooting. Mrs Coolidge sat for a portrait by Frank Salisbury as the party returned from Little Sapelo.
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Sapelo Island
Coolidge
Hig Host
Ward E. Coffin
Oxinim Latrobe
Alfred W. Jones
Brunswick
Edward Vaty
Mr. Coffin
Colonal Starling
Secret Service
Little Sapelo
Starling
Gi Hardman
Tiluenza
Sapalo Island
Clarksburg State Briefs and Local Notes
Funeral services for Albert A. Sapp of Shinnston follow his death by suicide from the West Fork river bridge. Fairmont considers charter changes to modernize paving, assessment, and planning. Theft spree hits Fairmont and Clarksburg with licensed Chrysler cars reported stolen. A youth, Wayne Weese, 16, injured by a dynamite cap disaster seeks to avoid losing sight in his right eye. Ashcraft recovering after Christmas shooting injuries. Cabell County renames jailer to warden as jail expands. Beckley principal opens an out of school hours employment bureau for students. A telegram seeks a man in Clarksburg local area.
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Clarksburg
Albert A. Sapp
Shinnaton
West Fork River
Shinnston
Mr. Sapp
Eilitor
Fairmont
C. E. Smith
Fairmont Times
N. W. Jackson
Shinniston
Hikins
Wayne Weese
Davis Memoris Hospital
Hay
Beckley
Z. B. Knotts
Hor
Fighting Flu and Colds with Bulgarian Herb Tea
A late 1910s style health note advises avoiding damp weather and resting when sick to prevent pneumonia. It promotes Bulgarian Herb Tea as a simple treatment to heat the blood, improve circulation, and cleanse bowels and intestines. It urges readers to buy from a druggist and keep the remedy on hand for protection. Also mentions a Hutchinson Kansas police report detaining a man named John Rice, linked to a Lost Creek, West Virginia case.
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Rock Island Railroad
Hutchinson
Kansas
John Rice
Lost Creek
West Virginia
William Rice
William Cain
Ia Iter
The Jazz Singer at Opera House Next Week
Warner Bros brings The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson to the Opera House next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The film marks Jolson’s moving picture debut and has played to packed houses in New York, praised for its beauty and pathos as the cantor’s son becomes a jazz singer.
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Warner Bros
al Jolson
Opera
New York
Warner Theatre
Alan Crosland
Opera House
Newburg Social Notes and Local Deaths Dec 28
Newburg items report Mrs Ed Calhoun in Homestead Hospital with flu and pneumonia. Sanctuary Society held a benefit bridge at K of P Hall for the church. Mrs Ethel Roberts of Youngstown dies. burial planned for later. Several residents and visitors from Fairmont, Morgantown, Reno, and Clarksburg are noted for Christmas and holiday visits. A late income tax update notes 283 exceeding a million dollars in annual income.
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Newburg
Ed. Calhoun
Pittsburgh
Homestead
Sanctuary Society of the Catholic Church
P. Hall
Press Falls in Whitescarver Building Accident
An early morning accident at the Whitescarver building on Main Street damaged a heavy printing press during relocation. The rigging failed, the press plunged down stairs, breaking floor and doors. Several workers were behind the press and escaped serious injury. the press belonged to Sandy Bowers and had been sold to a Morgantown firm.
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Whitescarver
Jim Hamilton
Tom
George Sloan
Sandy" Bowers
Morgantown
Influenza Strikes City Public Servants and Staff
Patrolman Sillman I. and Officer Troy Nicola are sidelined by influenza with complications at home and downtown duty continues by other staff. Night Agent Tom Shields handles day shift during Mil ly's disability while railroad station master William Dilly Mitchell remains ill at home.
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Clarence’ ‘Silman
Efive
Troy
Nicola
William “Dilly” Mitchell
Xenerdf
Tom Shields
Milly
Black Birds Struggle Through Snow to Strand Theatre
The New Orleans Black Bird troupe of 14 arrived late to Strand theatre after a trek from Oakland Maryland in two cars. One car froze, they pushed both cars over mountain grades in heavy snow and cold. Despite hardships they performed the evening show and plan two more shows, plus a Valley Inn dance tonight.
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New Orleans
Black Bird
Strand Theatre
Oakland
Ening
John D Rockefeller Hosts Belated Christmas Party
John D Rockefeller Sr held a belated Yule gathering at his winter home with friends and neighbors. The event featured carols, a Santa Claus gift distribution, and refreshments on a decorated porch as in past celebrations.
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Irniorid
Fia Deke
John D. Rockefeller,Sr
Santa Claus
Lottie Pickford
Langley Denies Retirement Amid Press Speculation
Mrs. Katie Langley of Kentucky, a representative who just won reelection, says she has no plan to retire from politics. Her husband, previously in the House and jailed for prohibition violations, received a presidential pardon at Christmas. The article notes ongoing chatter about her future and public duties.
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Katie Langley
Kentucky
Policie
Coalidge
Peain
Duke of Gloucester Goes Hunting Today
The Duke of Gloucester leaves London in a hunting kit to Leicester to hunt with the Quorn hound under a previously arranged plan.
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Duke of Gloucester
London
Leicester
Prosecutor Moves Library and Records to New Quarters
Prosecutor W More Watkins, retiring December 31, will be succeeded by James Holt. Holt moves his records to Graf ton Banking and Trust Company premises recently vacated by Burdett. Holt will occupy the Taylor rental Bank building, then move to the county building as rental changes occur in the prosecutor’s quarters. Burdett had used rooms formerly occupied by Judge Haymond.
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W. More. Watkins
Elsot James
Holt
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Maine
Atorney
Burdett
Taylor Rental Bank
Jate Squire L
Haymond
No Change Reported In Baby's Condition
Cincinnati December 28 The condition of Pranke Brooks two months old of Waco Texas remains unchanged as doctors continue efforts to build up strength for possible removal of a toy motorcycle lodged in his throat. The child, brought here after doctors failed to remove the object, has developed pneumonia and can eat no solid foods. Surgeons say it is impossible to state when an operation might be performed.
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Cincinnat
Pranke Brooks
Waco
Bluefield
Gystex 4% Hour Test Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old fashioned drug advertisement touts Gystex for bladder weakness and related pains. It promises a 48 hour trial with a money back guarantee if relief isn’t felt, claiming refreshed energy and sleep and urging purchase at local drug stores. The copy relies on bold claims and sensational phrasing typical of period ads.
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Nike
Grafton Drug & Chemical
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PY Fe Oeps
Man
Bigbaline de Haas
Fannie Brice
Jana
Thorne’s
Slater
Waldo Seareely
Bie
Little
Mr.waldo
Marie
Roxy
Phil
Fay
Bicky
Fanny B Jho
Ricky
Blcky
Panny
The
Associated Press
Anie
WEAF
Bakers Happiness Boys ‘Orchestra and Cavaliers
Paris
Rapid Transit Concert Bureau
Newark
Woodman
Uncle Don
United Opera Co
Broadway
Musteas
WPG
Atlantic City
Kdka Wittsburgh
Charles W. Hamphircus
WGY Schenectady
WGY Players Concert’ Bureau
WBZ
Springfield
Southern
WSE
Atlanta
WSM
Nashville
Nightingale and Rose Symphony Orchestra
Central
Slumber Music
Nomnia Club
Mary E. Reynolds
Newton, Maas
Holyoke College Coed
WCX
Detroit
Huntington
Lad
Fairmat—Fairmonth
Ashcraft
Wyatt
A.B. Mackey
Cabell County
Offis
Isaac T. da
Visaon
Roberts
Ethel Roberts
Youngstown
Mattie Herbert
W. W. Sharps
Joe Vanganilt
J.rayigsmoot
Busie
Guy Williams
Kingwood
William
Ales
Susie-Smoots
Earl Smoot
Smorgantown
Ann Murphy
Louis’ Mayola
W.va. University
Krank Mayola
Pol Bondé
B. L. McCingis
Josephine Sgooper
Reno
Lil McGinnis
Buddy” Horehler
U.S. Marineseis
Rose Horehler
Lois Smith
Earl Smith
J. R. Deck
J. B. Deck
Frank Ellis
Homer
Cumberland
L. H. Ellis
Feturna
Sillman I
Valley Inn
John D. Rockefeller
Langley
Ukaaay
Amy
Rata Son
Raves Peor
Grafton Feed & 7 Storage Company
OLS Ficas
Quity B. F. Poe Serie
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