Columnist’s witty take on famous players lines
A collage of quips about famed actors and entertainers runs through the column, highlighting famous personalities like Walt Hopper Jolson Durante and Barrymore. The piece mixes humorous lines and anecdotes, noting quotes about luck, fame, and showbiz, with brief asides on publicity, gossip, and industry personalities.
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al Jolson
Charles Whenlager
Ted, Lewis
Moran
Mack
Bayer
Brennan
Josepin” Jefferson
Jong
Trixke Friganza
Damen Barton
Melville
Higgins
Ethel Barrymore
David Warfield
Horst Maclyn Arbuckle
Myers
Mountains
Tiy Plains
Califor
Fred Stone
Braid
Education Gone Haywire Says Angry Parent Voice
A frustrated parent in Chicago rails against modern schooling, criticizing apparent emphasis on credits, drama, and vague subjects while lamenting declines in writing spelling geography and practical knowledge. He argues education costs rise without improving outcomes and calls for reform and clearer results.
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Chicago University
Tint
Chicago
Alb Ten
Wotta Mann The Mail Box chorus and fight round memories
A vivid retrospective on Wotta Mann and Red Neck Broople with musical interludes, round-by-round notes, and fan recollections. The piece celebrates Mann’s career while lampooning other figures, citing a 1903 hardware catalogue as proof. The narrator praises Kernan’s storytelling and recalls fight-night antics and Swiss referees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolla Mann
Volta Mann
Atene
Small and Good May Supplant Bigger and Better
Frank C. Lowden argues in this interview that the era of vast industrial units is changing. Decentralization could spread power, reduce costs, and improve living standards by shifting work toward rural areas and smaller firms, arguing for a rebalanced economy where small and good trumps large and profit.
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Q. McIntyre
Walt Hopper
Casey
Clarke
McCullough
Dave Montgomery
Mons
Lous Bann
For Goodness Baker
Johnny and
Emin Ray
Smith and Dal
Herring
Wadie Marshall
Nater
Augusta
Gersman
Frieda
Nancy
Mary
Mark Twain
Irvin Cobb
Boba
Port Worth
Texas
Max Mehl
Amon Carteralty
Jack Bonty
George Olaon
Britain
Tennyson
Day Kaufman
Roxy
Ray Dio City
Walker
Glug Sing
Georgey
Bhaw
Charles Peten
Shanghai
Adolph
Ochs
I Law Yee Chal
Hawaii
Bubo
Edgar Wallaer
Breuger
Mandalay
Eddie Dowling
Ty “Dinty
Napoleon
Paps
Hey
Anthony Bertram
Will Leyington Comfort
Dutton
Jimmy Walker
Seaburys
Baird Leonard
Basil Rathbone
London
Avery
E. Wee
Phil Baker
Paul Whiteman
Pam
Edwitt Milton Boyle
H. H. Bennett
Inaba
Will
Will Rogers
Maby
Jim
Corea
Gyuita
Rhos Island
Wotta Mann
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Serong
Old Kentucky
Sweety
Red Neck Brovple
Rudy Doodoo
Fight For the Stormproof Pasty Company
Lafayette
Indiana
Hea
Tada
Ring
B. Kernan
Ibtyville
Long Island
Wodla
Wolta Manno
Red Neck
Corbett
Sullivan
Ghoue
Ll' Was
Notre Dame
Tunney
Gene
Tesh
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
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Sconomics
Earl Reeves
Metropoli
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