How I Broke Into The Movies 77
A veteran of stage time describes the hard road to film prominence. He details early dance roots in Chin Chin and the Ziegfeld Follies, work as a model, and transition from stage to silent pictures. From Runaway Romany to Lights of Old Broadway he emphasizes stage experience as essential.
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Pepe
America
Harrison Fisher
Woward Chandler Christy
Waskell Coffin
Penrhyn Stanlaws
Selznick Select
Cecelia
Cosmopolitan Pictures
Knighthood
New York
Janice Meredith
Yolanda
Broadway
Tillie the Toiler
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Novarro Sets Paris Engagement After Film Debut
Novarro completes arrangements to sing two weeks at the Empire theater in Paris after his picture is finished. The Paris tour is planned for spring or early summer, reflecting his rising status as the most internationally popular star on the lot, rivaling Garbo in broad appeal.
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Novarro
Empire Theater
Paris
Ex Ingram
Ferdinand Vinney Earle
Tifs
United States
Garbo
Mother Mary Carr Breaks Into Lubin Screen With Debut
Famous actress Mary Carr expands from stage to screen in Lubin days marking her first film appearance and begins a career noted for maternal roles.
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Mary Carr
Road survey on Highway 33 to connect Sibley with paved route
A five mile strip on Highway No 33 connecting Sibley to No 9 at Al endort is being surveyed by a crew under the Town State highway commission. Rumor says the section will be paved this summer, linking Sibley with a paved highway. No 48 extends east from this point.
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Sibley
No. 9
Alendort
State Highway Commission
Initiation Night in Murieta Sigma Fraternity House
An eerie initiation scene unfolds in a Locust Street fraternity house near University of Philadelphia campus. Hooded figures, blue and yellow robes, a mahogany altar, and a solemn toast precede a collapse as a novice falters, revealing a malevolent ritual atmosphere amid trembling youths. the scene ends with a frightened exclamation from a fellow member.
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Murieta Sgma
Locust Street
University of Phiadelphia
Yorous
Home Loyalty and duty to community emphasized
A essay urges true Home Loyalty as loyalty to people and institutions that build a prosperous town. It condemns selfish out-of-town shopping, lone advertising efforts, and one-man town mentality, calling on all local traders and public servants to support joint community trade and civic effort. An Irvington farmer's note about a 1933 pound horse ends the piece.
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Fort Dodge
Emmetsburg
Irvington
Eame
Local Happenings Register Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs R L Mallory visited Mason City relatives with Mrs Rose Hampton of Waterloo joining them. Maxius Chyypman visits Armstrong from her grandparents J Ef Bunt. Henry Mahlum family and Dorothy spend week at Methodist camp grounds. Ralph travels from Sioux City to Okoboji to join them. Mrs John Osgood stays in Spencer with Dr and Mrs C E Golly. Dr Osgood and wife return from the lake. Parter Williams family return to Oshkosh Wis after visit with Mr and Mrs S H Williams. Gilbert Pullen and family from Des Moines guests at Vincent home then return. Frances Shadle of Newton leaves after visiting the Bennet and Mrs M E Wilson.
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R. L. Mallory
Mason City
Rose Hampton
Witerloo
Maxius Chyypman
Armstrong
J. Ef. Bunt
Henry Mahlum
Miss Dorothy
Mmethodist
Ralph
Okoboji
Sioux City
John Osgood
Spencer
C. E. Golly
Dr. Osgood
Parter Williams
Oshkosh
Wis
Williams
S. H. Williams
Gilbert Pullen
Des Moines
Vincent
Mrs. Vincent
Iowa men make trip to Denmark pretty country
Viggo Christensen of Bancroft and B F Sorensen of Algona recently returned from a trip to Denmark. Sorensen’s story describes farm life, fences, and sanitation, noting American car ownership and the prevalence of bicycles and wooden shoes. He details travel by Bremen to Denmark, six weeks away, and contrasts Danish life with U S customs including beer, roads, and summer climate.
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Iowa
Denmark
Viggo Christensen
Bancroft
B. F. Sorensen
Algona
Mr. Sorensen
Sorensen
United States
Ford
Chevrolet
Bremen
Germany
New York
Mr. Christensen
Bancroft Bank Opens Without Restrictions
The Farmers and Traders bank at Bancroft opened last week without restrictions after being released from Senate file No. 111. State officials checked the books and found everything in order.
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Farmers and Traders Bank
Bancroft
Senate
Halibut Cooking Lessons From Judge Cordoon
A light column recounts a fanciful tale of catching a giant halibut and the modern home’s fuss over storage. It then offers a halibut steak recipe with steps for poaching the fish, preparing a curry flavored sauce, and finishing with cream or rich milk poured over the serving portions.
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New York
San Francisco
Iceland
Greenland
Jesus at the Temple and the Question of His Father’s Business
The twelve year old Jesus is found by Mary and Joseph in the Temple after a family search during the Feast at Jerusalem. He questions their worry, states he must be about his father’s business, and then returns with them to Nazareth where he continues in his family carpenter trade.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Mary
Joseph
Temple
Mrs Ketchum and family return from Bovey Minnesota
Mrs. Claude Ketchum and two children returned Wednesday from Bovey Minnesota after a two week visit. Mrs Ketchum's brother Wendell Bryan of Goodland accompanied them and will stay for an extended visit in Estherville.
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Claude Ketchum
Bovey
Minn
Osceola Board Cuts Budget by 73 Percent
Osceola county board of supervisors plans a $12,000 tax reduction for 1934, a 73 percent saving from current levies. Sibley school board aims to trim $5,000 from taxpayers for the independent district, a 17.2 percent cut. The total asked from taxpayers drops to $24,000 from last year’s budget, aided by reducing the general fund and lowering bond needs in the school house fund from $6,500 to $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Gazette-Tribune
Three Deck Truck Paving Crash Near Sexton
A South Dakota three deck truck blew a tire last Saturday near Sexton. The impact threw the vehicle from the road, caught fire, and was a total loss. About 320 pigs in the three tiers were killed or scattered across the countryside. two men were injured, one sleeping at 3 a.m. The Upper Le Moines reports the roaming hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Sexton
le Moines
Apples and Blossoms on One Tree Incident Report
Paul Johnson of Ringsted faced an odd claim after his wife accused him of inhaling too much. He described an apple tree in the orchard that reportedly bore both blossoms and apples, noting several apples on the tree while one side was covered with blossoms.
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Paul Johnson
Ringsted
Cechard
Sunday Dinner Suggestions
Low cost dinner ideas include boneless pot roast with boiled potatoes carrots onions bread and butter and whipped cherry gelatin with tea or coffee milk in medium cost option baked sliced ham creamed potatoes green beans quince jelly new apple pie or honeydew melon coffee hot or iced milk.
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Marion Davies
Y Milton Propper
Mu Brta Sigma
Mu Beta Sigma
Central Council
Scarcfly
Stuart
Milton Propper
Mu Beta Sigma Fraternity
Democrat
V-R
Selly Big Horse
Frances Shadle
Newton
Bennett
Bancroft Bank
Judge Cordon
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Lame Bode
Noish, & Milk Company
Ew Ee
WNU
IRL S. West
Patsy
Osceola Board
Ann Page
Quaker Maid Kitchen
Betty
Woodling
Shoperville
Tesio
B.A. Malle
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