Jeanne Eagels Actress Dies Suddenl y in New York
New YorkOctober 4 Jeanne Eagels noted American actress collapsed at the Park Avenue Hospital and died ten minutes later at age 35 An autopsy by Dr Thomas A Gonzales cited alcoholic psychosis She had sought treatment for a nervous disorder and recently underwent eye surgery She was born in Kansas City and rose from stage beginnings to stardom in Rain and other works including The Cardboard Lover Her career included vaudeville two talking pictures and stage suspensions by Actors Equity
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Jeanne Eagels
Park Avenue Hospital
Thomas A. Gonzales
Miss Engels
Pietro Pellegrini
Edward Spencer Cowles
Miss Hayes
Kansas City
Rio
Puck
Broadway
George Arliss
Sadie Thompson
Pago-Pago
Miss Eagles
Actors’ Equity Assocition
Milwaukee
Simple Home Remedy for Bad Stomach Relief
A crumpled ad advises quick relief from stomach troubles with Bisurated Magnesia. It claims the remedy neutralizes acidity, aids digestion, and can clear sour stomach symptoms in days. It promotes inexpensive powder or tablets available from druggists and minimizes need for artificial diets or digestants.
Senate to widen probe into war and peace propaganda
Washington Oct 4 The two senate lobby investigating committees will quiz peace and war propagandists next week. They seek authorship of a secret British document allegedly forged by Sir William Wiseman and submitted by William B Shearer as authentic. Officials of ten peace societies named by the American Legion also face examination on receipts disbursements and activities. The Wiseman document supposedly addressed to David Lloyd George is questioned for authenticity. The second lobby committee will be named by the senate judiciary committee on Monday.
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Washington
Senate
MacDonald
Shearer
William B. Sheared
American Legion
Shortridge
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
William
Wiseman
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
New York
Navy Intelligence Service
Senate Judiciary Committee
Four Suits For Divorce Filed In Common Pleas Court
Four divorce petitions were filed yesterday in common pleas court. Robert C. Barrett of Lorain seeks a divorce from Helen Barrett on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. the couple married December 31, 1928 and have no children. Additional filings include Mabel Kramer versus Side Kramer, married December 9, 1920 with no children, and George Jones of 420 Second Street seeking a divorce on grounds unspecified.
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Common Pleas Court
Robert C. Barrett
Lorain
Helen Barrett
Mabel Kramer
Side Kramer
George Jones
Second Street
Local Couple Seeks Separation Over Cruelty
Agnes Douglas filed suit against Dennie Douglas alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple, married July 19, 1922, have one child. They previously married March 29, 1917, and also have one child.
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Agnes Douglas
Dennie Douglas
Unclear fragment on electrocution of birds
Fragment notes a weak electric charge failing to kill larger birds, only affecting small ones, with no large birds found to be victims of the incident.
Charged Trees Fatal to Birds in Missouri Storm
Ornithologist Dr William G Wilson reports to the USDA that smooth barked trees acted as electric roosts during a storm near St Charles Missouri. He notes thousands of birds were found dead on farms with about 1100 claimed after the event and suggests smooth trees conduct electricity under unusual atmospheric conditions.
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Charles
William G. Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Arrested to Face Charge of Forgery in Tulare Case
Tulare police arrest Hugo Howard alias F W Lacey and Walter Milstead in Los Angeles on forgery and bad check charges. Milstead had been sought since March 14, 1927, for a $15 defrauding check, while Howard allegedly passed three two dollar checks after June 27, 1927. Police reported the men as the suspects in Tulare.
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Tulane
Cal
Hugo Howard
F. W. Lacey
Walter Milstead
Milstead
Howard Earrl Aore
Los Angeles
MacDonald
Clown Named Best Man At Blackpool Wedding
The wedding of Reverend R F Freshwater and Miss Barbara Curkbertse in Blackpool featured a clown as best man and dancing igirts as maids of honor. A troupe of dancing igirts provided entertainment while a two-dance band played music for the ceremony at St Scepnen's Church, where Freshwater serves as local chaplain of the Actor's Church Union. The crowded church witnessed the unusual event.
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Blackpool
Eng
R F. B. Freshwater
St. Scepnen’s
Barbara
Curkbertse
Freshwater
Actor's Church Union
Curiosity Barricades Church Leaving Bride and Groom
Police barred hundreds from the church to clear a path for the couple as curious crowds pressed in. The congregation included many theatrical figures loved by the couple, while Australia’s federal government announced a newsprinter price of 20 a ton on domestic hardwoods.
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Australias Federal Ge
Ment
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