Broad comedy and western drama headline Clinton shows
A mixed week of cinema and stage hits opens with satirical farces and a Western stagecoach epic. The Capitol premieres Stagecoach with Claire Trevor and John Wayne, while Let Us Live at Paradise builds tense courtroom drama. Also on offer are Bell's Hawaiian Follies and a new Dancer Island feature.
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Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Claire Trevor
John Wastie
Walter Van‘ver
Stagecoach
Threiaiys
Heri
Monument Valley
Arimona
Louise Plath
George Bancrosh
Colin Carradine
Andy Devine
Thomas Mitchell
Tim Holt
Donald Meek
Berton Churchill
Tonto
Arizona
Loundsburg
New Mexico
John Wayne
Kid Ringo
Bell
Paradise Theatre
Maureen O'Sullivan
Tenry Fonda
Ralph Relamy
John Brahm
Brick Tennant
Mary
Brick
Gumanen
Pheery
Cousin Green's California trip recollections and notes
A letter from M r Green of Manhattan Beach recounts a four month trip through Illinois, Chicago, New Orleans, Texas, and New Mexico. He describes meeting old Chadwick acquaintances, marvels at automobile change, visits Carlsbad Caverns, and reflects on times with friends, family, and local life. The piece closes with a humorous quip and mentions other entertainment notes.
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Deas
Ilinois
Hom
Havye
Chiudes Kingery
Chadwick
Coud
Ghadwiex
California
Charley Demon
Charles Demmon
Sea
Dr. Mile Jer
Chicago
Brother Don
Barney Maley
Bon
New Orleans
Seress Texas
el Paso
Carlshad Caverns
New Mexico
Middle West
Minois
E. E. Green
First St
Manhattan Beach
Thompson Briefs Mrs Bruce Groharing Visits in Galesburg
Thompson notes social visits across towns with multiple families gathering for dinners and Sundays. Guests include Bertha Mayhall and Mel Netty Baker, plus Mr and Mrs John Tallman and families, and many others from Savanna Clinton Sharon and Rock Island areas. A senior class play is announced for Friday April 21, with bake sales at Hansen Gate and Hansen's Cafe on April 22.
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Bruce Groharing
Galesbore
Bertha Mayhall
Groharing
Mayhall
Charles Dyson
Paul
Nettiy Baker
John Tallman
Roy Heltman
Leroy Goddard
Clinton
Rudolph Holmes
Glass
Melvin Johnson
Johnson
Schwarz
Charles Waite
Sharon
Wis
Grace Mover
Willard Welch
Argo
Herman Aude
Mary Margaret
Frank Reynolds
Elburn
Alice Lewis
B. R. Lewis
William Graves
John Vogel
Morrison
Arthur Pape
John Grandy
Savanna
William, Graves
Lee
Helen Sweeley
Rock Island
Louis Stark
William Geist
Carlin
Dave Geerts
Garden Plain
Albert Prins
Chas
Legal
Floyd Legal
Kathryn
William Legal
Dean
Carroll
Mars
Claus Prins
Vere Stakemiller
Rockford
Sears-Johannsen
Hansen's Cafe
Blaine Smith
Mr. Carroll
Lloyd Smith
Franklin Fehler
J. B. Ashpole
John Ashpole
Ralph Christiansen
Low Moor
Donald
Robert
Evelyn
C. A. Martin
George Greyley
Ottawa
Senior Class Play Comes Alive With Farcical Fun
The senior class presents a three act farce filled with a lovesick hero, a snooping reporter, a henpecking dowager and vivid comic mishaps. Ruth Cooper, Jean Rawlins, Arietta Hartman star with Harold St Ores and a town orchestra performing April 21 for 25e, lc, 10.
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Elmer Hans
Jean Rawlins
Harold Ashpole
Arietta Hartman
Mappens
Nets
Zerita Potter
Arlene St. Ores
Della Hansen
Harold St. Ores
Local families share Sunday visits across towns
Merle Stage visited Willis Stage. The Tobeys hosted Floyd Tobey and family, with other callers including Ray Erling and daughter, Allen Witmer and Elmer Davis family in Savanna, Clinton, Morrison, Moline, Goose Lake, and Mt. Carroll for dinners and calls. A bake sale at Hansen's Cafe on April 22 was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Stage
Willis Stage
Floyd Tobey
H. A. Tobey
Ray Erling
Tobey
Allen Witmer
Inlaw
Elmer Davis
Savanna
Nels Johnson
Clinton
Shirley Stage
Billy and
Eugene
East Lynn
Hayes Frazier
Hansen’s Cafe
Charles Jenks
Mary Grim
Sterling
Claude Grim
Will Hawk
Clarence Hawk
Morrison
Wallace Dresbach
Mt. Carroll
Robert Groharing
Moline
Will Griswold
Stella Griswold
Everett Eslinger
Bred Hook and Son
Fred Bos
Fulton
Kenneth Kemmer
Rock Falls
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Ben Stage
Paul Stage
John Nordhoff
Margaret
Cornelius Nordhoff
Harold Shelley
Goose Lake
Iowa
Residents of Chadwick vote against liquor sales ban
In Chadwick a village election rejected a proposal to prohibit liquor sales with 160 votes against and 126 in favor. New trustees include Cat Ravss and Walter Kiptrap, while William Pink kept his seat. Local turnout was 302 with reports of a strong anti ban sentiment in nearby Milesville.
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Chadwick
Biowomajorey
Shoyeh
Ailiaens
William Pink
Byw
Village Trusteve c Litz
Walter Kahler
Fink
Ralph Pere Dial
Roy Queckbo
Flw
Zugschwerdt
Art Smith
Mary Schreiner
L Frank
Dora Daehler
Bertha Carvaugh
Miledgeville
Food for Thought Politician and Heckler Exchange Quip
A politician argues farmers should grow more wheat while a heckler notes hay. The exchange centers on food for mankind and the speaker promises to address the point after his digression. The moment captures a rural policy debate with practical farming implications.
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Heckler
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Miss Raye
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Lincoln Way
andy—Cigarettes
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Iton, Ia
McCullagh Bros
Paha Fulton, Illinois
Bowman Cattle Company
Maquoketa
H. L. Bowman
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Seeberger
Thomson Briefs
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Near Forreston
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