First National Roundup and Championship Rodeo at Grant Park
Grant Park Stadium in Chicago hosts a multi day rodeo featuring hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls. Events include lariat throwing steer and calf roping racing and bulldogging with wild longhorn steers. Train excursion fares via Chicago & North Western Railway promoted for this spectacular Western spectacle.
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Drink Water and Salts to Aid Kidneys and Back Pain
Advice promotes flushing kidneys with water and a lithia salt remedy called Dr Salts to remove waste, soothe irritation, and improve kidney function. Recommends four ounces of Jad salts dissolved in water before breakfast for several days, plus regular physician checks twice yearly.
Balloon Endgame Dance Contest Hits Football Night
A post match celebration in England featured a dance event where guests competed to knock a balloon through goal posts. The playful contest added a sports themed twist to the social gathering following the game.
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England
Starter Needed
A New York Sun item describes a very handsome woman being accosted downtown by a young boy from the Lower East Side who, after inspecting her, asks her to “start this” by taking a bite from a large green unripe apple. The boy has missing front teeth and struggles to bite.
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Lower East Side
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New York Sun
Rin Tin Tin stars in Tracked in the Snow Country at Strand
Rin-Tin-Tin the German shepherd stars in Tracked in the Snow Country showing Sunday at the Strand Community theater. The dog battles the villain in hair-raising scenes including a dramatic ice death trap. June Marlowe and David Butler lead the human cast with Mitchell Lewis as the villain and Charles Sellon as a gold miner.
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Strand Community Theater
June Marlowe
David Butler
June
Mitchell Lewis
Charles Sellon
Robert Service
Rinty
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Rex Beach's The Spoilers at Strand Aug 20
Rex Beach's The Spoilers becomes Strand Community theater feature on Thursday August 20. The story, famed for the Klondike gold rush, showcases Milton Sills as Roy Glennister with Anna Q Nilsson and Barbara Bedford in leading roles in a modern screen version praised for advanced technique and production.
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Rex Beach
Strand Community Theater
Klondike
Mr. Beach
Colonel Selig
Milton Sills
Roy Glennister
Wm. Farnum
Sills
Anna Q. Nilsson
Cherry Malotte
Barbara Bedford
Helen Chester
Kiss Me Again at the Theater This Sunday
A lively comedy starring Marie Prevost and Monte Blue as Loulou and Gaston Fleury follows a bored marriage disrupted by a flirtatious wife and a pianist, Ferriere, whose charm tests loyalty. Jealousy and playful misunderstandings escalate to a dramatic emotional peak.
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Strand Community Theater
Marie Prevost
Monte Blue
Loulou
Gaston Fleury
Marie
Ferriere
John Roche
Monte
Cupid
Gaston
Silent Watcher at Strand theater stars Glenn Hunter
A highly praised domestic drama adapted from Mary Roberts Rinehart stories screens at the Strand Community Theater on Saturday Aug 22. Frank Lloyd directs Glenn Hunter and Bessie Love in The Silent Watcher about a secretary torn between duty and love amid political scandal and murder, with sharp dramatic scenes and comic relief.
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Frank Lloyd
Glenn Hunter
Bessie Love
Strand Community Theater
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Lloyd
Joe Roberts
John Steele
Lily Elliott
Adventurous Pioneers Depicted in Idaho Serial Debut
The Pathe serial Idaho opens at Strand Community theater Sunday August 16 with a Civil War era gold rush tale. Carter's Creek mining camp serves as the volatile setting where lawless men plunder and emigrants seek fortune amid frontier peril.
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Strand Community Theater
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Mountains
Notable Film Cast Features Hamilton and Rich in Western Themed Drama
Mahion Hamilton leads as a quick-draw honest gunslinger with Vivian Rich as the female lead. Hamilton is a distinguished star noted for Half a Chance and roles in The Recoil and Earth Bound. Rich, famous for working with J Warren Kerrigan and William Russell, headlines alongside hits like The End of the Rope and The Lone Wagon.
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Mr. Hamilton
Pathe
Vivian Rich
J. Warren Kerrigan
William Russell
Sandra Absorbing Study in Human Nature at Strand Theatre
A motion picture featuring Barbara La Marr titled Sandra will soon show at the Strand Community Theater. The plot centers on a dual personality woman torn between domestic contentment and a restless longing for excitement, with a wholesome 16 year old sister and a serious 17 year old brother in the family set amid conventional parents. Bert Lytell co-stars as Barbara's leading man.
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Barbara LaMarr
Strand Community Theater
Mate Stanley
Bobbie
Eve Stanley
Peter Stanley
Bert Lytell
Barbara
Enticement in Alpine Inn Sparks Tempestuous Love
Tempestuous romance unfolds in a hidden Alpine inn high in the mountains where mountain shadows conceal a clash of hearts. A tale of passion and longing plays out against a rugged, dramatic backdrop as two lovers navigate desire and secrecy.
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