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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
9
A 76 year old man known as a foster parent to several adopted children died in Del Rio Texas today. Cecil Wilcox, 21, is reported as one of the foster children, with the family noting he was raised under his care. The notice confirms Wilcox as the survivor and cites the late man’s long years of guardianship.
The Desert Song becomes the first full operetta transferred to film with dialogue and songs. Warner Brothers proves Vitaphone capable as audience acclaim echoes through the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown. The all star cast includes John Boles Carlotta King Myrna Loy and others under Roy Del Ruth direction.
A playful note describes several Lions and a Tiger roaming today’s letters golf course. Players are hinted to bag them in five shots, matching par, with the full solution to appear in the next issue.
The note explains letter golf as changing one word at a time to reach a target in par strokes. Each step must be a real common word, not slang or abbreviations, with only one letter altered per jump. The published solution shows a chain from BLOWN to TIRES through BLOWS BLOTS BOOTS BOLTS BOLLS BILLS TILLS TILES TIRES.
Salvatore de Mora, 10, son of Boston businessman Santo de Mora, was found dead in a Lynn marsh after abductors demanded 35000 in extortion money. Police suspect Black Hand or hijacking ring avenged the ransom refusal.
Morton Downey known as Broadway's Golden Voiced Tenor headlines the musical feature Mother's Boy. Critics hail him as the most gifted Irish tenor since John McCormack as he headlines songs ranging from Jazz to sentimental tunes. The film, based on Gene Markle's story, closes tonight at the Academy.
A chance meeting in a church brought two people together as they sang in the choir. She carried soprano notes, I provided a deep basso, and no romance was intended by the moment.
London July 17 Now is movie star interview season in London. English papers mock American talkies while stars who once praised Hollywood return to claim no culture here. The truth is many who leave for Europe did not draw crowds in America and seek big salaries back home.
Mothers learn the value of Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a gentle laxative and remedy for souring in infants. The ad claims it relieves sour belching vomiting feverishness and colic and neutralizes cow milk in preparing infant feeds. It promises a free information booklet and lists The Phillips Co. address in New York.
The passage contrasts American film makers spending lavishly in dollars with English producers using pennies. It notes London has three expensive talkies and that Broadway’s major talking pictures have not yet been announced for London, suggesting anticipation of big releases and high costs ahead.
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