Movie Stars We Never Saw in the 1920s Scandal
Louis Post Dispatch chronicles a vanished era of celebrity wealth and public graft. It recalls General Theatres Equipment Corp and bankers like Wiggin, Halsey, and Clarke, noting multi million profits and lavish payments to film stars while mocking the era’s excesses and a Senate stock market probe.
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Charlie Chaplin
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Christmas Wishes From Fame And Fortune
Dixie Willson asks many, from Walt Disney to Gracie Allen, what they want for Christmas. Disney hopes for a baby delivery by Stork, else a broom or polo ponies but no shirts. Schumann-Heink and Gracie Allen seek perfume, with specific toilet water and large bottle requests. Will Rogers desires a tractor, but wife vetoes neckties, while Janet Gaynor expresses a blue shade wish.
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Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Good Housekeeping
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Gracie Aner
Madame Schumann-Heink
Gracie
Will Rogers
Janet Gaynor
If NRA Collapses Pennsylvania Faces Industrial Abuses
The Pittsburgh Press warns that without the National Recovery Act Pennsylvania would revert to harsh industrial practices. It argues that legislation banning abuses has only been possible through NRA measures, else long hours, lower pay, and exploitation return for workers and laborers.
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The Lover of London and its storied past in history
The Lover of London is described as home to Laslands stoutest kings and finest knights and as the site of London’s revels and crimes. The article contrasts its aged fires and 1,900 years of tradition with Europe’s other palaces and fortresses, noting London’s historic fame beside modern sites. Telegraph Wantads Get Results.
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Thoughts On Lawlessness And Public Morals By Gladys Pavlat
The column argues lawlessness grows from the end of prohibition and postwar morals decay. It urges women to act as informed voters, criticizes courts and officials, and highlights concerns over crime, corruption, and the need for civic responsibility. It references dictators, Russia, Germany, and U.S. democracy, then lightly shifts to local legal notes on intoxicants and a family funeral.
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Russia
Nebraska Still Enforces Laws Despite Prohibition Advocate
Nebraska remains a prohibition state even after the federal 21st amendment. The legislature in 1917 enacted strict prohibitions on manufacturing selling giving away or transporting alcohol and the attorney general urges enforcement. Gov Bryant cooperates with federal officials to protect dry territory from interstate liquor shipments while urging officers to uphold state laws and constitution.
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For Sale Kleen Heat coal by Cheyenne County Lumber Co
Coal offered at 7.75 dollars per ton by Cheyenne County Lumber Company. Advertisement worded as a want ad under telegraph listings.
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Kleen Heat Coal
Cheyenne County Lumber Company
Appeal Advanced On Suit For Deposit Refund Involving Bank Funds
Appeals of the Department of Trade and Commerce from district court orders in Scotis Bluff County advance for hearing the return of 22 060 deposited for the bankers conservation fund and 87 355 deposited for the guaranty fund commission while the bank operated as a going concern before transfer to the receiver. A damage suit involving Hensley and MI and O railway is similarly advanced. Jacobh Scotti Bartholomew, Rockport native born June 20 1856, died December 4 1933 aged 77 years five months and 14 days, married twice with several children, last living in Sidney.
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