Frontier Hero Curry Fights Off 16 Piankeshaw Indians
Kentuckian Samson Ames Curry once aided Gen George Rogers Clark in the Northwest. In spring 1788 near Kaskaskia on the Mississippi he and Levi Teel shelter in a cabin. An Indian war party attacked. Curry defended the cabin by leaping onto the roof and trampling attackers, saving Teel after carrying him to safety and returning with help to the fort.
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Samson Ames Curry
George Rogers Clark
Great Northwest
Old Kaskaskia
Mississippi
Curry
Levi Teel
Teel
Jown
Kaskaskia
Mentho Sulphur Promises Quick Skin Relief
A noted skin specialist promotes Mentho Sulphur for eczema and itching. The preparation allegedly cools the skin after first use, reduces rash and blisters, and is gentle yet germ degrading. A small jar may be bought from any reputable druggist.
Preventing Floor Scratches From Rocking Furniture
Advice for hardwood floor care notes that furniture with straight legs slides protect floors, but rockers scratch. Recommend gluing felt strips to rocker bottoms and renewing worn pieces. details from Popular Science Monthly.
Kidney health tips and Jad Salts remedy
A noted authority promotes drinking a quart of water daily and optional salts to cleanse sluggish kidneys. He warns rich foods harm kidney function, causing back pains, headaches, dizziness, and nighttime urine issues, recommending Jad Salts to flush acids and support bladder health.
Week's Program at the Strand
The Strand presents a weekly program on Tuesday February 3 featuring Fools' Highway with Mary Philbin plus the beautiful Merry Go Round Girl. Also showing Qur Gang comedy Young Sherlocks and episode No 5 of Riddle Rider. Admission 10¢, 25¢.
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Mary Philbin the Beautiful
Qur Gang
Young Sherlocks
The Beautiful Sinner and Theatre Offerings
Thursday February 5 features Eva Novak and William Fairbanks in a detective tale The Beautiful Sinner with a News Reel and Aesop Animal Fair Admission 10 cents 35 cents. Saturday February 7 presents Let Not Man Put Asunder Pawine Frederick Lew Tellegen a dramatic romance and a comedy Admission 10 15 35 cents. Sunday February 8 dances with Barbara LaMarr Conway Tearle in The White Moth a Parisian glamor drama with romance Admission 1 2 3 5 cents
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Eva Novak
William Fairbanks
Pawine Frederick
Lew Tellegen
Mhother
Paris
Barbara LaMarr
Conway Tearle
PAL ON MINE The Story of a Wife's Sacrifice
A dramatic note highlights the film Pal on Mine featuring Irene Rich as a wife who makes a profound sacrifice. The item frames the production as a poignant drama centered on devotion and moral choice.
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Irene Rich
Three Women at Strand in The Red Lily Pairing
The Strand Community theater showcases Ramon Navarre in The Red Lily with May McAvoy and Let Not Man Put Asunder starring Pauline Frederick and Ton Tellegen. Frederick returns to film after a year on stage, famed for dramatic emotion while Tellegen plays a divorced lover in a story of love beyond legal bonds.
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Strand Commuunity Theater
Ton Tellegen
Pauline Frederick
Miss Frederick
Gem Stories
Jon Tellegen
Two Lovers Reunite In A Tense Climactic Moment
The scene centers on a high tension reunion between two central figures. Their faces show relief and resolve as the long separation ends. This pivotal moment anchors the story’s emotional arc and signals a turning point toward resolution.
Bal des Artistes on Screen in The White Moth at Strand
Maurice Tourneur brings Paris Bal des Artistes to The White Moth with Barbara La Marr and Conway Tearle. Six hundred revelers in grotesque costumes ride stuffed animals into a Tuleries ballroom set, while music by the Hollywood American Legion band accompanies the drama of La Marr and Tearle amid a tale of love and danger in Paris and Brittany.
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Paris
Maurice Tourneur
Tourneur
Barbara la Marr
Conway Tearle
Strand
Sounday
Pebo S
Mollywood
Tuleries Valance
Hollywood American Legion Band
Claire West
Barbara LaMarr
Robert Vantine
Ten Lyon
Douglas
Tmisilionaires
Stela Forrester
Albert Shelby LeVine
Charles de Roche
Ben Lyon
Edna Murphy
Josie Sedgwick
Kathle Ue Birkham
William Orlamond
Ramon Novarro Heads Fine Cast in The Red Lily
Ramon Novarro stars as Jean Leonnec in The Red Lily at Strand Community Theater on February 19. The wealthy son disinherited enters Paris's underworld, rising to thief, a role where critics say Novarro shines.
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Brittany
Marise
Enid Bennett
Joan
Ramon Novarro
Red
Ramion Novarro
Strand Community Theater
Thursdday
Novarro
Jean Leonnec
Paris
Brilliant Cast in Palo Mine on Community Theater Night
A strong ensemble led by Tren Rich stars in Palo Mine at the Community theater on February. Wilkerd Louis Josef Swickard Jean DeBrine and AL Roscoe head the cast in a production praised for sincere home life themes and uplifting drama. Acting lauded as superb and the piece noted for its compelling look at sacrifice and marital tensions.
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Lal
Wilkerd Louis
Josef Swickard
Jean DeBrine
AL Roscoe
Fly's Cream Balm for Catarrh Opens Nostrils Quick
Advertisement claims Fly's Cream Balm clears catarrh and nasal congestion within a minute. It promises instant relief from stuffed nose, hawking, and headache by applying a small antiseptic cream in the nostrils.
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Wakefield
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J. H. Beaudette
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Three Women
May McAvoy
Ramon Navarre
RED Lily
Dwan Paoouetic
Gloria Gyanson
Gloria Swanson
Hal Roach
Mary Philbin
Owen Kildare
Mamie Rose
Universal Jewel
Diogenes
Tie
Pauline Frederick Lou Tellegen
J.stuart
DR. Miles
Underworld
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