Letters to Santa from Elyria Children Demand Toys
A flood of childhood messages to Santa Claus arrives from Elyria, detailing Christmas wishes. Dorothy Kaiser asks for a large doll, lavender slippers for her mother, fruit, and a cradle, while Bert Alexander Jr requests a carpenter toy and a toy for his brother. Janice Alexander seeks a baby doll, new dress, shoes, stockings, and a sled.
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Santa Claus
Dorothy Agnes Kaiser
Santa
Utule
Bert Alexander, Jr
Chase St
Elyria
Dilon
Andy
Deer Santa Claus
Janice Alexander
Ola
Dahn Nicholes Linudway
Bond St
Children’s Christmas Wish Letters From Elyria
A collection of holiday notes from Elyria residents lists Little Steve Lindway and Mildred Lottmann among others asking Santa for toys, dolls, sleds, a Christmas tree, candy, and assorted gifts. The letters also mention Elks convention planning for July 1928 in Miami with 50 000 rooms and a 7500 seat hall, plus Meiji Day crowds in Tokyo and a Meiji shrine event with a Meiji Day observance.
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New York
Elks
BR. P O
Cruize Of The Hellion At Dreamland
Elyria theatregoers see a Rayart melodrama featuring Donald Keith as a sympathetic hero aboard his father’s steamship. Edna Murphy shines as the heroine while danger and thrills unfold between the hero, the vicious mate, and a sailor with a wooden leg.
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Dreamland
Rayart
Donald Keith
Pranny Ford
George W. Pyper
Pleasing Bill Coming To Rialto
A varied vaudeville program unfolds at the Rialto theater tomorrow Sunday with three performances. Headlining is the Owen Kelly Revue and Argentine Orchestra of eight in a lively music and song potpourri, plus the Musical Chapins. Lloyd and Betty present Just Different. But How. Barry Ferris the ventriloquist amazes with Radiologue. Kern and Stone entertain with Him and Me. Teddy Bear performs wrestling and feats of skill. Onscreen include Paramount shorts Neal Burns in Mad Scrambles Koko Kicks Inkwell Cartoon and Paramount News Weekly.
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Rialto Theater
Chapins
Lloyd Wand Betty
Barry Ferris
Kern & Stone
Him
Teddy
Beard
Paramount
Neal Burns
Inkwell Cartoon
Paramount News Weekly
Splendid Story In Capitol Film
A glowing tribute to the film featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The story follows a Paris street waif Diane and a street cleaner Ghico with neighbors the cab driver the rat the street washer and a priest. The piece praises photog raphy direction acting and the pairing of Gaynor and Farrell as heart touching and memorable.
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Diane
Paris
Ghico
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Janet Garnor
Chico on Screen: Gaynor and Farrell Star in Capitel Debut
A cinema review notes Miss Gaynor delivering a troubled Diane performance while Charles Farrell embodies Chico. The piece highlights a daring romantic arc and the film’s arrival at Capitel Theater Sunday.
Sills Scores In Colorful Drama
A colorful dramatic background and tense romance propel Milton Sills in Framed a First National release. The film opens with French army life and will be shown at the Rivoli tomorrow.
Sills Shines in Tropical Romance Epic Across Rio De Janeiro
A rugged court martialed French officer moves his sweeping love story from the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro. In a diamond rich setting with perilous intrigue, Sills delivers a heroic human performance as fate tests love, imprisonment, and loyalty opposite Nathalie Kingston. Charles Brabin directs a colorful, well-acted production with Gerrard and Radcliffe in strong supporting roles.
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Rio de Janeiro
Amazon
Sills
Data
Nathalie Kingston
Charles Gerrard
EB. H. Radcliffe
Edward Pall
Charles Brabin
Japan Trade With China Tops September Exports
Japan's September trade with China shows exports worth Yen 39,338,000 against imports of 13,481,000. Total trade with China reaches 53,079,000 with an excess of exports over imports at 46,057,000. The figures come from the Ministry of Finance. A separate obituary notes a 100-year-old man in England who smoked a two-foot long meerchaum pipe for many years.
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Japan
China
Ministry of Finance
England
Burglars Drugged Guard Dog Loot Carter Home
Burglars who drugged a guard dog robbed W. R. Carter’s house of jewelry valued at about 5000 pounds. In Cradley England a fox sought shelter in a parish church after being driven from Dudley Wood. its life was spared.
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Glencod
W. R. Carter
Church Cradley
Eng
Dudley Wood
Fae
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Nta
North Pole
the Hellion
Edna Murphy
Yakima Canutt
Steve Lindway
Bond St. Elyria
Lindway
Arlene
Edna Lottmann
Mildred Lottmann
Meiji
Liberator
Tokyo
A. Minnich
Bill
Rialto
Capitol Film
Ty Austin
Strowo
Comedy
Fox News
Tooday
Esther Ralston
Chico
Miss Gaynor
Capitel
Ture
George W. Sutton
Story
Chronicle Telegram
Owens Kelly
Peppy Lloyd
Betty
Harry Ferris
Hains
Hkoko
Come Earl
Rivoli
Milton
Ben Lyon
Mike
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Wnotal
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the First Savings & Loan Co
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