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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1924

Page

10

The Fog at Strend Theatre Jan 31

The Fos presents a standout entertainment element with a thrills filled story by William Dudley Pelley. Mildred Harris Louise Dressser Ethel Wales lead a large cast including Louise Fazenda Cullen Landis Ralph Lewis David Butler Marjorie Provost Ani May Bee Ward Phillips and Frank Cuerrier. A tale of boy and girl fighting tyranny and misunderstanding ends in triumph through their love amid adventures and disillusionments.

Metro William Dudley Pelley Mildred Harris Louise Dressser Ethel Wales Louise Fazenda Cullen Landis Ralph Lewis David Butler Marjorie Provost Ani May Bee Ward Phillips Frank Cuerier I Boy

Norma Talmadge Stars in Within the Law at Strand

Norma Talmadge leads a star filled cast in a screen version of Bayard Velker’s hit stage drama Within the Law. Jane Cowl’s Mary Turner is brought to life with Jack Mulhall as Dick Gilder and Eileen Percy as Aggie Lynch, joined by DeWitt Jennings Lincoln Plummer and Lew Cody from the original stage company.

Norma Talmadge Jack Mulhall Dick Gilder Miss Talmadge Eileen Percy Aggie Lynch The the Law DeWitt Jennings Lincoln Plummer Lew Cody

Jackie Coogan shines in Daddy at Strand

The Strand schedules the 3 February showing of Daddy starring Jackie Coogan, praised as his strongest dramatic showcase since Oliver Twist and marking a peak in his early film career. Also noted is his earlier comic turn in Peck’s Bad Boy and a new, dramatic performance in Trouble.

Daddy Strand Theatre Jackie Peck

Daddy Will Prove It First National Film Cast

Critics hail Jackie as a great actor and the film presents him in one scene of tragedy. The production by Sol Lesser and directed by Er Mason Hopper adapts a Jack Coogan story with Bert Woodruff Anna Townsend William Lewis George Kuwa Arthur Carewe and Josie Sedgwick in the cast.

Daddy Jackie Sol Lesser Mason Hopper Jack Coogan Bert Woodruff Anna Townsend William Lewis George Kuwa Arthur Carewe Josie Sedegwick

County considers selling sanatorium building instead of bonding

Inquiries urge turning over the $150,000 taxpayer financed sanatorium between Bessemer and Ironwood to mining firms or free use as a real hospital. County would bond further to care for a handful of tuberculosis patients, but readers question the need and potential motives, noting a smaller facility near Ontonagon handles similar cases.

India Bessemer Ironwood Sanatorium Ontenagon

Soldiers' Bonus Debate Faces Government Criticism

A reader argues for paying soldiers a long overdue bonus, noting whos stayed home earned far more and warning against letting bonds and surcharges deter rightful compensation. The letter suggests funds from foreign debt or long term bonds could finance the bonus while reducing tax burdens.

Powers the Treasury Mr. Mellon Powers That Be

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