Strictly Personal Tackles the Matrimonial Trade Film
The first film on the matrimonial racket, Strictly Personal, arrives at the Palace Theatre with Marjorie Rambeau, Eddie Quillan, and Dorothy Jordan. Director Ralph Murphy studied mail order agencies and clubs in Los Angeles to ground the drama in real trade practices and age deceptions.
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United States
Palace Theater
Marjorie Rambeau
Eddie Quillan
Dorothy Jordan
Ralph Murphy
Los Angeles
Sunset Pass at the Palace with Zane Grey action cast
Paramount presents Sunset Pass a western action film starring Randolph Scott Tom Keene Kathleen Burke Noah Beery Harry Carey and Kent Taylor. The rustlers fight back as a prairie fire stampede and a dramatic jail break lead to a climactic six gun duel and cattle herd stampede.
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Paramount
Sunset Pass
The
Palace
Randolph Scott
Tom Keene
Kathleen Burke
Noah Beery
Harry Carey
Kent Taylor
Frontier
Cattlemen’s Association
Jim Collins
Taylor
Keene
Scott
Return of Casey Jones Opens At Uptown
Monogram’s railroad life drama The Return of Casey Jones plays at the Uptown. The rapid paced feature follows Jimmy Martin a young engineer unjustly branded a coward after a wreck. His fight to clear his name unfolds amid war torn landscapes and evolving railroad hubs.
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Casey Jones
Monogram
Jimmy Martin
Jimmy
Attractions A MUSEU Sunday and Monday features
Sunday and Monday showings include Jimmy Durante Buster Keaton Roscoe Ates Phyllis Barry and John Miljan in What Nobody Beer Pathe News Comedy and Cartoon Tuesday and Wednesday air hostess with Evalyn Knapp James Murray and Thelma Todd Graham McNamee News Comedy Traveltalk Thursday and Friday Hell's Highway with Richard Dix Fox News Comedy and Saturday The Cowboy Counsellor with Hoot Gibson Sheila Manners plus Selected Short Subjects
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A Museu
Jimmy Durante
Buster Keaton
Roscoe Ates
Phyllis Barry
John Miljan
Pathe News
Evalyn Knapp
James Murray
Thelma Todd
Graham McNamee
Richard Dix
Fox News
Hoot Gibson
Sheila Manners
Cowboy Counsellor
Rise Against Bias Fueled by Casey Jones Heroism
A narrative traces a man overcoming prejudice through spiritual guidance from Casey Jones, his boyhood hero who died at his post. The tale emphasizes how Jones’s legacy motivates perseverance and social progress.
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Casey Jones
Drama of Rural Life Is Filmed In Hollywood Opener
Hollywood staging of The Stranger's Return brings Iowa flavor to California. Lionel Barrymore aged patriarch and Miriam Hopkins as city granddaughter lead an ensemble including Francet Tone Stuart Erwin Irene Hervey Beulah Bondi Grant Mitchell Tad Alexander and Aileen Carlyle at the Uptown theater debut.
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Lionel Barrymore
Miriam Harkins
Franchot Tone
Stuart Erwin
Irene Hervey
Beulah Bondi
Grant Mitchell
Tad Alexander
Jean Parker
Minna Gombell
Ben Alexander
Beatrice Banyard
Betty Grable
Maurice Murphy
Louise Beaver
Pathe News
All Star
Phantom Express
the Three Musketeers
Metro News
Hollywood
Iowa
Phil Stong
Uptown Theater
King Vidor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Chino
Cal
Barrymore
Miss Hopkins
Francet Tone
Aileen Carlyle
Check Chauffeurs Licenses to List Delinquent Chauffeurs
Sheriff Fred B. Nesper in Muscatine county checks 225 chauffeurs who obtained licenses in 1932 for their 1933 licenses. The state provided a delinquent list for county verification as county officials prepare to cross check against state motor vehicle records.
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Fred B. Nesper
Muscatine
State Department
Garage and warehouse fire damages Cerro Gordo facility
Fire of unknown origin damaged a Mason City garage and warehouse in Cerro Gordo county. The blaze destroyed seven motor vehicles and 1,300 rolls of snow fence totaling 65,000 feet. Firemen fought for hours to keep flames from spreading to adjacent fences and structures.
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Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
Russell Brothers Three Ring Circus Arrives in Muscatine
Children and families in Muscatine and surrounding territory look to Monday August 7 for the Russell brothers three ring circus. The show promises bargains in amusement with a program of varied acts and wealthy wardrobes, performed under large waterproof tents lit by electricity.
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Muscatine
Russell Brothers
Russell Circus
Arena
Harding Powell Star In Double Harness At Palace
Ann Harding and William Powell headline the RKO Radio comedy drama Double Harness a modern romance about a marriage shy bachelor pursued by a determined woman The cast includes Henry Stephenson George Meeker Lilian Bond Reginald Owen John Cromwell directs from James Murfin’s adaptation of Edward Poor Montgomery's stage hit at the Palace theater this Sunday and Monday.
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Ann Harding
William Powell
Palace Theater
Miss Harding
Powell
Henry Stephenson
George Meeker
Lilian Bond
Reginald Owen
John Cromwell
Jame Murfin
Edward Poor Montgomery
Merian C. Cooper
Kenneth Macgowan
Niebling Ordered to Appear for Contempt Hearing
John S. Niebling must appear in district court at 10 a.m. on August 11 to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court. Rosella Niebling, who divorced him on June 8, 1927, alleges he defaulted on $246 in alimony for their two minor children, due until they turn 14.
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Niebling
What Price Innocence Prompts Social Reflection at Uptown
The film What Price Innocence depicts a 17 year old Ruth Harper and a blind faith in her parents to control a youth culture of fast living. Willard Mack wrote directed and acts as the family physician while Jean Parker Minna Gombell Bryant Washburn and Ben Alexander lead a cast in this provocative social drama.
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Willard Mack
Ruth Harper
Jean Parker
Minna Gombell
Bryant Washburn
Ben Alexander
Boke Services to Be Held Sunday at Meyers Chapel
Final rites for Richard Boke of 406 Mulberry avenue will be conducted at 2 p m Sunday at Meyers Funeral Home. Burial will be in Tennessee cemetery at Columbus Junction. He was born August 2, 1866 in Louisa county, son of George and Eliza Boke. He married May Dike who survives with three brothers and two sisters.
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Richard Boke
Mulberry Avenue
Hershey Hospital
Meyers Funeral Home
Tennessee
Columbus Junction
Meyers Chapel
Mr. Boke
Louisa County
George
Eliza Boke
Miss May Dike
Robert Boke
Williamsburg
Charles
Millersburg
David
Muscatine
Lizzie Boke
Nellie Boke
Georgetown
Wash
Mercer County Tax Complaints Heard by Board of Review
Mercer county board of review met at the courthouse to hear tax assessment objections. A total of 122 complaints have been filed. The board will inspect properties and make justified adjustments. Members are J. P. Edgar North Henderson Township, Thomas Docherty Preemption Township, J. O. Carlson Eliza Township. County clerk Frank A. Gibson serves as clerk.
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Aledo
Mercer County Board of Review
Mercer County
J. P. Edgar
North Henderson
Thomas Docherty
Preemption
J. O. Carlson
Eliza Township
Frank A. Gibson
Young Rotter Shines In Unsympathetic Role Cast Includes Grable
The character grows from boyhood to manhood and exploits Ruth's innocence, delivering a strong performance. Beatrice Banyard Betty Grable Maurice Murphy and Louise Beaver also star in the praised production.
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Rotter
Ruth
Beatrice Banyard
Betty Grable
Maurice Murphy
Louise Beaver
Midnight Club at the Palace features Raft and stars
E. Phillips Oppenheim adaptation Midnight Club comes to the Palace with Clive Brook as gang leader and George Raft as a London detective posing as a thief. Alison Skipworth and Helen Vinson co star as society figures in a supper club front for jewel thieves. Raft faces romance and a trap as he gathers evidence.
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
Palace Theater
Clive Brook
George Raft
Alison Skipworth
Helen Vinson
Brook
Raft
London
Scotland Yard
Miss Vinson
Suit Filed Over $156 Debt and Land Quiet Title Settlement
District Court records show McTee and company suing Arthur H. Finley to collect 156 dollars on an account. The Farmers' Mutual Packing company action against John White and others to quiet title to land was settled after hearings began in district court Friday.
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McTee and Company
Arthur H. Finley
Farmers’ Mutual Packing Company
John White
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Coming Palace
Zane Grey
West
South Muscatine
Laughter Makers
Three Ring
Journal
Charles Starrett
Ruth Hall
Geo, Walsh
Jackie Sears
Rob Elliott
Warner Baxter
Squaw Man
Midnight Club
Oppenheim
Preston Foster
Zita JC
OWL
Phantom OF the
AIR
RKO Radio Picture
Comedy — News
Ane
C. J. Jamison
Home Enterprise For
Rosco Ates
Durante & Keaton
Pathe
George O’brien
Nell O’day
Wallis
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