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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
12
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania a woman allegedly threw a 2 year old boy into the Lehigh Canal from a canal bridge near Bethlehem Steel. Steel workers saw the act, recovered the boy’s body, and authorities report an unidentified 4 year old girl with the woman who fled. Police search for the suspect.
In Copenhagen on May 8, clouded weather hindered the start of the polar flight. Captain Ronald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth, with an Ohio flyer, waited at Spitzbergen with amphibious planes for suitable conditions. The ships Farm and The Hobby, serving as sea bases, headed toward the polar ice rim with provisions. The storm began just after the two ships set out. Read the Classified Advertisements.
Richard Dix stars in Paramount's Too Many Kisses showing at the Ritz Theatre today and tomorrow. In aromantic tale set in New York and a Pyrenean village, Dix faces rivals as Julio schemes to win Yvonne while Dix rescues her and bests the villain. Frances Howard and William Powell support with Harpo Marx in a village role.
Strangford residents Mr and Mrs Galvin Whitzel visited Grace and Stewart Myers while Mr Edward Coffman and Misa Sdy Mareh called on Blairs ville and Martha Pier. Blairsville guests and Burke family members were seen in Strangford and nearby towns. Clifford Spots returned home to Berlin Heights Ohio. Jane Holly ill with kidney issues and Elmar Marsh obituary-like note mention.
The Vitagraph photoplay Des of Passion plays at the Indiana Theatre with Mas Marsh and a strong supporting cast. A soldier husband abandons his first wife, returns with another, dies, and Charity protects the second wife who has borne him a child. The widows eventually raise the boy together as townspeople resolve the moral crisis. Also reports a strong vaudeville bill with The Caul Sisters and Annette Dare delivering witty songs and Florence Page’s cycle act.
Boston May 8 Today at National League Golden Jubilee at Braves Field was the scene of activities. Judge Kenan Mountain Landis high commissioner of baseball, President John Heydler of the National League and many old time players attended the ceremony to raise the Jubilee flag. A game followed with Boston facing Chicago, the two charter members now in the National League.
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