Chorus Girls Swarm Chicago as Jobs Languish
About 1,000 chorus girls stranded in Chicago seek summer work in musical comedies and burlesques, but only forty four openings exist for the Princess Theatre debut. George Marion’s booking office was overwhelmed by applicants from the east and west, with 300 to 400 seeking spots at LaSalle Street.
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Chicago
Ast
Alleghanies
LaSalle Street Booking Agency
Laffette
George Marion
Henry
Princess Theatre
Marion
Local Autoists Balk At Crawfordsville Outing
Logansport Automobile club members declined to attend the Crawfordsville outing due to the long drive. Kokomo club plans the run starting at five with a 128 mile round trip and will enter the day’s program with races and prizes for decor and driver. Wabash College faces Notre Dame in a baseball game. Lew Peetz, Republican nominee for state statistician, was in town yesterday.
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Logansport Automobile Club
Crawfordsville
Earl Sipe
Kokomo Club
Kokomo
Rom McElheny
Wabash College
Notre Dame
Lew Peetz
Love In A Cottage Holds No Terrors
Special to the Reporter. Burlington Vermont June 3 A year after B H Bristow Draper heir to a Massachusetts magnate married actress Queenie Sanford Boston society gasped He now works twelve hours a day in a cotton mill earning 125 a day supporting a wife and two month old son He lives in a cottage and seeks a 15 a week foremans position He has not sought his father forgiveness and will face life on his own He was once a leading social favorite and heir apparent to the New England business throne His father disinherited him after the marriage
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Burlington
B. H. Bristow Draper
Massachusetts
New England
Queenie Sanford
Boston
Draper
Queenie
Drapér
On Der Sitewalks of a City Street Vaudeville Act
A garbled vaudeville vignette features characters Osar and Adolf in a spoof skit titled on der sitewalks. The scene parodies cross language dialogue with exaggerated accents, innuendo, and stage directions about ruses and disguises. The piece includes misheard lines and names, with stage business and costumes credited to Misfit Bros. and Miss Wiggs.
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Osgar
Adolf
Chuck Pinchington
Misfit Bros
Bridge City and Apollo Lodges Buy Castle Hall Floors
The Bridge City lodge and Apollo lodge agreed to purchase the two lower floors of Castle hall. John E. Barnes owns the property after an $18.00 purchase, with plans to fit the second floor for billiards and keep the first floor as is.
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Bridge City Lodge
K. of P
Apollo Lodge
Castle Hall
John E. Barnes
Blackmail Scandal Tangles Chicago Wife and Two Koch Sisters
In Chicago on June 3, Lilian and Florence Koch tell police they were blackmailed after an attack by Mrs. Gustave D. Hengen at the Palmer House. Hengen denies involvement, says he is the victim of blackmailers, while his wife asserts jealousy and a hotel scandal. The sisters, aged 18 and 22, work as stenographers for Hengen’s firm.
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Chicago
Lilian Koch
Florence
Gustave D. Hengen
Lake Avenue
Koch
Hengen
Midland Coal Company
Palmer House
Florence Koch
Lexington Street
Leap Year Contest Prize Winner Describes Ideal Husband
Miss Myrtle Bascom of Chicago wins a prize for answering what man she would propose to if she could use a leap year privilege. She seeks a practical American gentleman who provides a meal ticket, can swear when needed, keeps nights out, and loves dogs and babies. She insists on personal spheres for husband and wife and warns against tyrannical control.
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Chicago
Myrtle Bastoom
Mrs Julius Wandrei Confined by Illness on South Side
Mrs Julius Wandrei is confined to her home on the South Side due to illness, with family and neighbors noting her condition and awaiting improvement.
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Julius. Wandrei
Pryan Club Meeting Canceled for Lack of Members
The Pryan club did not hold its regular meeting last evening due to insufficient attendance. Dr Hattery attended on time with a couple of others, but the majority were absent. No actions will occur until July 7.
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Pryan Club
Panhandle to Build Siding at Burnettsville for Cass-White Road
The Panhandle will build a siding at Burnettsville to aid Dan Mahoney who holds the contract to build the Cass-White county line road. Road work will begin once the siding is installed so materials can be shipped to the site.
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Panhandle
Burnettsville
Dan Mahoney
Cass-White County Line
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Blackburn
Indiana Hospital For Insane
F. W. Terflinger
Loneycliff
Nelson
Chris Lane
Mabel
Dorothy Goodwin
Bell Hop
Majestic Trio
Hazel Good
Nelson Scope
Marvelous Motion Pictures
Queenie Sanford Draper
Clarice Leberknodel
Jones Vahnschmerzen
Vere
Zweiter Akt
Agnes Mettwurst
Chase
Ignatius Krenterkaese
Eurl Bapers
Flossie Wienerschnitzel
Kivick
Edmond Rathskeiler
Gur-R-L
Pooh
Haroldl Huehnerangen
Nod Vera Dingelbender
Fred Schaefer
Sbare ME Childt MP
Gong
Hubby
Foley
Marshalls
Logansport
Sete
Crosby CO
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