New York Satire and Theater Beats In Big City
A brisk column sketches backstage life and city scenes in New York. Observations range from Cab Calloway and Fifi D Orsay to Rialto doctors, hotel hostesses, and a parade of familiar faces. Notes on Broadway antics, Astor theatre signage, and a joke about Joseph Vance close the lively vignette.
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New York
Radio City
Fred Keating
Cab Calloway
Smokey Joe
Old Plaza
Currier
Ives
Rialto
Leo Michel
France
U. S
Park Avenue
Elmer Orphant
Judith Anderson
Douglas Fairbanks
A. C. Blumenthal
Dave Stamper
Monocle Wearers Linked in Apartment Fire Tales
In a late report, three fires began in the same apartment as the resident lived, scorching carpets and furniture. The piece notes Arnold Daly’s similar fiery end and that both Daly and Vance were among the rare Americans to wear monocles, linking curious coincidences.
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Arnold Daly
Vance
Daly
A Quiet New York Home and the Parlor Rituals
A reminiscence of New York life with blinds up and a darkened parlor. The narrator recalls Christmas quiet and the annual visit of a traveling optician who fitted grandma’s spectacles, symbolizing family routines.
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New York
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
South Ridge Church Notes Services This Sunday
Church notes list worship service Sunday January 21 at 9:30 a m led by Pastor Steve Amore. A Sunday school session is planned at 9 19 a m with a brief message and community gathering to follow.
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Stev. Amore
Frank Laraway Attends Military Funeral for 91-Year-Old August Baldwin
Frank Laraway attended the military funeral for August Baldwin in Lorain on a Tuesday. Baldwin, aged 91, was honored for his service as a military veteran with the ceremony noting his long life and contributions.
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Frank Laraway
August Baldwin
Reception for Kolbe Couple Attended by Knittles
Mr and Mrs George Knittle and their son Mitchel and daughter Marion attended a reception for Mr and Mrs Oliver Kolbe at the home of Mrs Kathryn Kolbe on Middle Ridge Wednesday evening.
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George Knittle
Mitchel
Marion Knittle
Oliver Kolbe
Kathryn Kolbe
Middle Ridge
Local Briefs Reflect Community Meetings and Visits
Mr and Mrs Frank Larat attended a F W V meeting in Lorain Tuesday evening. Mrs E F Schaub attended Rowena Circle with Mrs Sarah Massey in Sigria. Donavon Beal listed as sick. Mr and Mrs Milton Schlechter and guest Miss Caroline Spiegelberg visited Land Schlechter family in Henrietta Sunday. Melvin Grills of West Ridge visited grandparents C J and Mrs Smith. H G C Bechtel of Birmingham visited Tuesday afternoon. Miss Caroline Spiegelberg of Cleveland was supper guest of Mr and Mrs Milton Sellechter Sunday.
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Frank
C. J. Smith
H. GC. Bechtel
Birmingham
J. P. Bechtel
Caroline Spiegelberg
Cleveland
Milton Sellechter
Birmingham M E church Sunday services and school
Birmingham January 19 morning service announced at 9 15 led by Rev W J Williams pastor Sunday school to follow at 10 45 with Mrs
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Birmingham
Birmingham M. E. Community Church
W. J. Williams
Sunday School Superintendent Kisher Plans Church Event
Mrs M Church in planning the Sunday school program as part of church activities.
Birmingham Volunteers Host Annual Dance Friday
The Birmingham Volunteer firemen present their annual benefit dance at the Birmingham High School gym with the Okla Rangers orchestra providing music. The event invites all community members to attend for a night of entertainment and fundraiser.
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Birmingham Volunteer
Loris
Birmingam High School
Okla Rangers Orchestra
Elyria Man and Lodi Woman Spotted Together
Arthur Cook of Elyria spent Tuesday afternoon with Myron Knott. Miss Pearl Wiltord of Lodi was also noted in the same social frame, suggesting a local gathering or visit.
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Arthur Cook
Elyria
Myron Knott
Miss Pearl Wiltord
Lodi
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