Hoppe Dominates Balkline Title Race At Astor Hotel
Willie Hoppe, holder of the balkline crown, defeats Welker Cochran as Ora Morningstar and George Sutton win their matches in the American national 182 balkline billiards championship at the Hotel Astor. Morningstar edges Jake Schaefer 400 to 395, Sutton defeats George Siessep 400 to 237, with Peterson of St Louis refereeing all games.
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New York
Willie Hoppe
Ora Morningstar
George B. Sutton
Grand Ballroom
Hotel Astor
Hoppe
Welker Cochran
Coppe
Cochran
Morningstar
Jacob Schaefer
Sutton
George F. Siessep
Hopper
Beore
Schaefer
Charles Peterson
St. Louis
Royal Hotel Gains Popularity in Excelsior Springs
F E Crandall, manager and owner of The Royal hotel at Excelsior Springs Missouri, reports the resort has become a premier year round health and pleasure destination. The city’s mineral springs, famed for curative properties for decades, attract tourists worldwide as hotel facilities expand. The Royal hotel has been refitted and a new roof garden dance parlor added with weekly bee dances.
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F. FE. Crandell
Royal Hotel
Excelsior Springs
FP. E. Crandall
Tr Cruntill
Excelsior Spring
Getting Distance
Ripley surveys how far objects can be propelled, citing archery champion records and athletic feats. It notes Inigo Simon’s 459 yards 8 inches bow shot in France, Jarrar Braid’s 395 yards golf drive near London, Babe Ruth’s long baseball blasts, and Tampa practice drives of 553 feet, with other marks in lacrosse, javelin, football, hammer, discus, and shot put.
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Robert L. Ripley
Inigo Simon
le Toquet
France
Jarrar Braid
Chick Evans
Rete Ruth
Babe
Evans
Ruth
Tampa
B. Quinn
Ottawa
Ontario
Lemming
H. P. Chadwick
Exeter
Pat Ryan
Erin
Jim Duness
Paris
Ralph Rose
Empire Theater Burlesque Schedule and Cast Notes
The Empire Theater announces a week of shows starting Friday October 24 with The Gumps and Sunshine matinee and night on Saturday October 24. Sunday October 26 features The Blue Birds and Tuesday October 28 Chin Chin. Sidney Smith adds new Gumps portraits and Norton Bunnell Kimt producers are praised. James E. Cooper presents The Blue Birds Sunday and next Sunday with Jack Miller and Harry P. Kelly starring in a new burlesque extravaganza directed by Cooper and featuring Raymond B. Perez musical numbers and vaudeville acts including The Carnival Trio.
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The
Gumps
Richard Carle
Blue Birds
Chin Chin
Sidney Smith
Jeurelgs
Norton, Bunnell and Kimt
Empire
Empire Theater
James E. Cooper
Jack Miler
Harry P. Kelly
Cooper
William K. Wells
Mr. Cooper
Raymond B. Perez
Richard Carle Stars In Sunshine At Empire Theater
Richard Carle appears in Alexander Johnstone's Sunshine at the Empire Theater this Saturday afternoon and evening. The comedy comes to Quincy after a three month Chicago engagement, with a music score by Johnstone praised as far above average for such productions.
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Richard Carle
Empire Theater
Alexander Johnstone
Quincy
Chicago
Mr. Johnstone
Sunshine musical offers varied melodies and playful numbers
The Sunshine company presents a lively show with bright melodies and a range of light tunes. Song highlights include Love is Like This Little Wheel of Mine and Home Again Home Again among others. Performers, chosen for vocal strength, render Johnstone's melodies with charm and skill.
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Land of Make-Believe
Sunshine” Company
Johnstone
Fictures Today Show At Multiple Theaters With New Releases
Colonial Theater presents The Great Gamble and In the Law's Grip along with Take a Chance. Princess Theater screens Maurice Tourneur in White Heather and Savoy features Marguerite Clark in Three Men and a Girl. Gem Theater shows The Son of a Hun with Ham and Bud in Alaskan Moosehound. Family Theater offers Bryant Washburn in The Way of a Man With a Maid and Alaskan Moosehound. Star Theater features Nazimova in The Brat and Quincy Theater presents William Duncan and Joe Ryan in Smashing Barriers with Harold Lloyd.
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Colonial Theater
Princess Theater
Maurice Tourneur
Gem Theater
Ham and Bud
Family Theater
Bryant Washburn
Star Theater
Nazimova
The
Quincy
William Duncan
Joe Ryan
Harold Lloyd
Probate Court Reports Drainage District Finances and Estates
Receipts and disbursements totaling 1020.12 and 636.27 are listed for Fall Creek Drainage District in the county court November term. Clara Luhrs reports 368.14 held as legacies from Louise Luhrs estate. Administrators Faeber and Adair file estate summaries with various receipts and disbursements. Jasper Het, George McMahon, John Colyar, and John Willett show cash holdings or distributions. Emma Willard noted as possibly America’s first elected school official, a Kensington Conn superintendent early in her career.
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Fall Creek Drainage District
Clara Margaret Luhrs
Louise Luhrs
Joseph Faeber
Harrison Smith
Benjamin F. Adair
Mary E. Adair
Jasper Het
George McMahon
John Colyar
John Willett
Charles W. Whtvere
Amperica
Emma Willard
Kensington
Conn
Orpheum Vaudeville Show With The Thirteenth Chair
The Orpheum Theater presents vaudeville entertainment featuring a performance of The Thirteenth Chair. A light comedy program pairs a live stage show with mystery elements for audiences seeking classic theater charm.
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Orpheum Theater
Soldiers and Sailors Home Community Notes and Events
Reports from the Soldiers and Sailors Home cover a bountiful tomato crop with about 500 gallons canned, praise for Rev Gray a 76 year old student at Gem City Business College, a sheriff visit, and social notices. The piece notes crops, visits, weddings, league talks, and residents’ movements with local names and places.
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Gem City Business College
Soldiers Home
Gray
Simmons
Graybille
Rexroad
Joe Pierce
Jacksonville
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