World War I anniversary marks first Americans killed in France
A World War I anniversary note recalls November 3 1917 when Corporal James B. Gresham Private Thomas F Enright and Private Merle D Hay died in trench fighting in France. A small detachment faced German forces and some men were captured while others were killed in action. Their graves mark the hillside battlefield with a simple inscription.
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James B. Gresham
Evansville
Ind
Thomas F. Enright
Pittsburgh
Merle D. Hay
Glidden
France
Republic of the
United States
Chicago Opera Opens Season Without Mary Garden
The Chicago Civic Opera launches its 44 story Temple of Music season without Mary Garden for the first time since its founding. Seven new American sopranos join the company, with 22 of 63 singers American, plus novelties like L Oraco and The Cat and the Cherub. Mary Garden returns in concert at Orchestra Hall on November 9.
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Chicago
Mary Garden
Our Mary
Leola Turner
Helen Ornstein
Europe
Civic Opera Organization
L’oraco
San Francisco
Chinatown
Franco Leoni
Massenet
Wagner
Andrea Chenier
Old Orchestra Hall
Noxzema Skin Cream Promises Quick Complexion Reform
Nurses prescribe a night cream that smooths rough skin and refines texture. The ad claims Noxzema softens, heals blemishes, shrinks pores, and brightens complexions in eight hours, with over 6 million users and a trial jar offer.
Blind Napa Author Publishes Western Novel
Blind Napa writer Charles H. Snow publishes a western novel The Sheriff of Christa Loma set in the southwest. Snow, who lost his sight years ago, types with a modified machine and recalls serving as justice of the peace and a newspaper correspondent before turning to fiction.
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Napa
Charles H. Snow
Snow
Napa Township
England
United States
Christa Loma
American exhibitor to pick top salon photos for Chicago
George High of Chicago the sole American with the 26th International photographic art salon selection asks to choose the most interesting pictures for Chicago exhibit in February He chairs the International Photographic Exposition planned as a feature of the 1933 Chicago Fair Photographs spanning a century will be shown there
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Paris
George High
Chicago
French Camera Society
High
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