Dickens Ghosts Banish Scrooge to Christmas Yet to Come
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by Marleys Ghost and the three spirits. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows his youth, Present reveals Cratchit and Tiny Tim, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come guides him toward a changed life amid a grim urban scene. Scrooge follows the visions, seeking clues to his future.
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Ebenezer Scrooge
Jacob Marley
Marley
Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
Tiny Tim
Becrooge
Gets 30 Days For Stealing a Yo-Yo
Waynesville reports Charley Strickland was sentenced to 30 days on the public roads for stealing a 10 cent yo-yo from a local store on Christmas Eve. He is a young married man who came here from Tennessee.
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Waynesville
Charley Strickland
Strickland
Tennessee
True Love's End Very Tall Youth
A comic dialogue fragment shows a halted engagement as the Very Tall Youth explains to Gertie that his mother forbids the union. The humorist notes a beetle’s antennae hold up to 40,000 pits and adds a science fact about insect sensory organs.
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Flancee
Gertie
Horace
Factors moving Brogden toward Senate race in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch outlines the push for Willis J. Brogden as a coalition candidate to oppose F. M. Simmons in the 1930 Democratic primary. It cites Staley Bailey opposition, McLean ties, Stacy’s hesitations, and Bailey’s gubernatorial hopes as shaping a Brogden candidacy with broad anti-Simmons backing and potential future promotions.
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J. O. Baskerville Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
Willis J. Brogden
Senate
F. M. Simmons
Brogden
Walter P. Stavy
anti-Simmons
Josiah William Bailey
Stacy
Bailey
A. W. McLean
Supreme Court
McLean
Senator Simmons
Simmons
Gardner
Hrogden
North Carolina
Untidy co worker at odds with fellow actors
A group of actors from Drey-Cleaning discuss their co worker Smith who is said to be always untidy and a sponger, sparking bitter remarks about his cleanliness and conduct.
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Smith
German tennis star Hand Moldenhauer dies after accident
Berlin reports the death of noted German tennis player Hand Moldenhauer from injuries after a car skid into a street car. He died in a hospital a few hours after the crash.
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Net Star
Berlin
Hand Moldenhauer
Moldenhauer
Teethina advertised for fretful babies remedy
An advertisement promotes Teethina as a safe teething remedy for babies, claiming it relieves colic gas and constipation, calms fretfulness and aids sleep. It states the product contains no opiates, costs 80 cents, and includes a free sample and Dr. Moffett's Baby Book from Moffett Co. Columbus Ga.
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Jon
Old Joe
Scratch
Part
Rialto News
Inge Yarayet
Saenger Broadhurst
BroadHurst
Betty Compson
Jack Oakie
Doris Eaton
Gye Arnheim
Movietone News
the Virginian
Ross Lewis
Grimes
Slim Vermon
Novelty Orchestra
Beauty Chorus
Rie
Progyrax Pelly
Orpheum
Coalition
Ethel
City Fuel CO
RITZ
West End
TRAG
New York
Gleasons James
Lucille
Shannons
Broadway
Mary Philbin and
John Breedon
Wall Street
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