Grand Hipp theater lineup features The Man Nobody Wanted
Spectators crowded the Grand Theatre for a holiday show with The Rosebud Beauties and The Man Nobody Wanted. McKinley, Wylde, and Whitney headlined a strong cast in a dramatic program, while other acts and films drew large crowds and lively commentary from patrons.
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Hippodrome
Mr. Kin
Hipp
McKinley
Jack Rose
Wylde
Miss Whitney
Bes Justice
Jebrangh
Mr. Karloff
Early American Ars Record From 1770 Newport Paper
The 1770 Newport Mercury issue published by Solomon Southwick notes an assembly at Faneuil Hall Boston that passed strict resolutions against Will Jackson Theophilus Lillie and Nathaniel Rogers for refusing to surrender unpaid tea packages. A hotel guest remarks on the emblem and a passerby makes a quip about gulls.
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W. F. Otis
D ‘Ners
Newport
Mercury
Solomon Southwick
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Will Jackson
Theophilus Lillie
Nathanel Rogers
How to Reduce Your Weight Safe simple test with oil of kerein
Overweight people face discomfort and ridicule. Try a simple plan with open air, breathing, and a bottle of oil of kerein capsules from Martin's Drug Store, 325 Main Street. Take after meals and before bed, weigh weekly, and continue until at normal weight for noticeable improvements in energy and buoyancy.
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Martin's Drug Store
Main Street
Alonzo and the Turkey A River Chase Story
A Water Street resident Alonzo Jones buys a remarkable turkey for Thanksgiving. A prank by two travelers unties the cloth over the basket releasing the bird, which escapes across the river. The bird flies into Alonzo's yard where George, his ten year old son, traps it in the wood net after a brief chase.
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Sionzo Jones
Alones
Water Street
Alonzo
Monzo
Down Bridge
Aliae
Jo ‘Irkey
George
Srion
Acress
Untitled Advice Note On Gift Fabric and Button Hules
A fragmented note suggests practical gift ideas for a young man. It mentions a sturdy set of battens and good fit material around to buttons. The reader is advised to consider buttonhole related items as a birthday or Christmas present.
Dippy Dictionary Fragments and Public Notices
A miscellany of phrases and quotes about diplomacy, birthday roses, and a public crowd among politicians. It also references Woolworth building workers and a shy girl in luxury, plus a John Marek quote on reason versus excuse.
Powerful Rheumatism Cure Promised by Rheutia
A sharp claim touts Rheutia as the cure for rheumatism promising to banish pains and twitches in all sufferers. An ad from Mountain City Drug Store markets a no cure no pay offer for a small price with a half teaspoon daily trial claiming success in two days.
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Mountain City
Mica
Aerial pot pie tale lightens sorrow for couple
His eyes misty as he spoke of their loss to his wife, yet their mood lifted to odd gratitude when George recounted how the aerial pot pie had been kept in the wood shed.
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George
Vision and Headache Study on Monocular Vision
A recent study shows that people with one-eyed vision do not suffer eye headaches. Whether one eye is disabled or its use is abandoned, vision by a single eye eliminates the need for two eyes to work in unison. Freed from eye strain, the cranial nerve reflex influence is no longer a matter of pain.
Preserving Firefly Light Through Water Exposure
A method to extract and dry the firefly's luminous substance without neutralizing its glow is described. When the dried powder is reintroduced to water containing oxygen, the powder emits the firefly's golden light, as noted by Popular Science Monthly.
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promoted for Stomach Ailments
An old advertisement extols Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a universal cure for stomach troubles including gall stones ulcers and indigestion. It claims rapid relief no alcohol and no habit formation with free books. It lists distributors Crane's Drug Store Holt Drug Co Fairmont Prescription Pharmacy Mannington and Geo H Mayr Mbs as chemist in Chicago.
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Mayr
Geo
Mbs
Chicago
Crane
Holt
Fairmont
Prescription Pharmacy
Mannington
Foreign officer in full dress on Whitehall teased by onlookers
A gorgeously dressed foreign officer in full dress while walking Whitehall was confronted by two countrymen who stared at his blazing gold blue and crimson figure. One quipped to the other with a nudge and a grin: Hiregorra, wouldn't I like to pawn him.
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Whitehall
Hiregorra
London
Cascarets Advertises Gentle Bowel Tonic For Elders
An old fashioned promotional piece urges Cascarets as a natural, gentle laxative for all ages especially seniors. It claims the product keeps bowels active with minimal side effects and promotes regularity while you sleep, priced at 19 cents per box.
Child imitates engine as toy cart halts at home
A three year old girl repeatedly observed motoring with her parents this past summer. While dragging a small cart across the floor she was stopped by an obstruction. The child exclaimed I ve killed my engine in the Indianapolis News.
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Lythe Chapman
Lusky
Mac
Murray
Paramount
Chapman
Coltumbles
Kdtianipolis News
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Yank
John Marek
Uneeda
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National Biscuit Company
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Gerties’ Garters
Harry Meyers
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Toledo
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Neil Craig
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Crimson
Tioupheas
Maurice Costello Weusiaxe Grandin
Albert Payson Terhune
Thaves Hunter
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Teaurem Metro Picroneee Corporation
Teo? Rimerl
Ideal Theatre
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