Municipal Opera to Present Show Boat with Star Casting
The Municipal Opera expands its cast to 200 for Show Boat in Forest Park with William Kent as Captain Andy Hawks Maud Ream Stover as Parthy Ann and Jimmy White as Frank. Joel Harvey Georgette Harvey joins for Queenie while Gladys Baxter Allan Jones Charlotte Lansing lead a large company.
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Municipal Opera
William Kent
Florenz Ziegfield
Andy Hawks
Casino Theatre
New York
Forest Park
Parthy Ann
Maud Ream Stover
Zeigfield Productin
Jimmy White
Steve
Florenz Ziegfeld
Farm Week at World Fair Offers Produce Barter Tickets
Farm produce will be accepted for admission at the World Fair during Farm Week August 11 to 18. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley will admit multiple guests with one bushel per tickets, plus plans to swap chickens apples peaches grapes skins for entry. Brook Hill Dairy Farm sponsors the exhibit and Howard T. Greene notes produce exchanges aim to boost farmer attendance.
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Century of Progress
Brook Hill
Howard T. Greene
Wisconsin
Martin M. Tveter
Greene
Tretby
Chester C. Davis
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
WLS
Court of States
Henry Horner
Chicago
State Street
State
Madison Streets
New World’s Fair Feature Lets Visitors Boat Through Lost River
Visitors to the Chicago World’s Fair opening May 26 will ride a boat pushed by a prehistoric man down the Lost River through a million year old world. The beach midway feature uses up to sixteen motors to animate prehistoric monsters that hiss and roar. Ample tourist accommodations and parking are available nearby.
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Chicago
Headlights and Clean Windshields Improve Safe Driving
Secretary of State Edwar J Hughes urges motorists to dim headlights and keep windshields clean to reduce glare and improve visibility. The safety bulletin stresses that dirty glass magnifies glare and that wipers should be kept in good condition for emergencies.
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Edwar J. Hughes
Patoka Club Picnic At Salem Park
The Ladies Fancy Work Club held its annual picnic Sunday at Bryan Memorial Park in Salem with nineteen attendees including members and families. Guests enjoyed swimming and a delicious picnic supper, with Homer Potts D W Troyer Elmer Rogier Elmer Belcher Ingvald Settem Elvin DeLay and Gene Simcox listed among attendees.
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Ladies Fancy Work Club
Bryan Memorial Park
Salem
Homer Potts
D. W. Troyer
Elmer Rogier
Elmer Belcher
Ingvald Settem
Elvin DeLay
Gene Simcox
Assumption
Whiting Family Leaves for St Joseph Home
Walter Whiting and family departed Tuesday for their home in St. Joseph Missouri. Mrs Whiting and the children had spent several weeks with relatives here and were joined Sunday by Mr Whiting who made a brief visit.
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Walter Whiting
St. Joseph
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South Sandoval
AL Schlueter
Midwest
Nachez Levee
Natchez Levee
Edna Ferber
Jerome Kern
Sally
Oscar Hammerstein II
Cotton Blossom
Op’ry
Mississippi
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Magnolia
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Julie
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Andy
Gaylord Raven al
Black Sheep
Kim
Ravenal
Little Kim
Frank
Ellie
Trocadero
Magnoolia
Captain Andy
Charlotte Lansing
Marianne
Allan Jones
Leonard Ceeley
Bartlett Simmons
Joseph Macauley
Paul Haakon
Elenore Tennis
Doris Patston
Jack Sheehan
State of
Illinois
Egyptian Academy of Beauty Culture
City
Nat'l Bank
Gebharts
Gebhart
Charles Stein
Carrigan
R. Rittenhouse
Sandoval
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Patoka Club
Salem Park
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