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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1924
Page
3
A Goldwyn production based on Montague Glass characters Abe Potash and Morris Perlmutter. The film blends sharp wit with poignant pauses, prompting viewers to reconsider life without cinema. Goldwyn’s lavish cast and careful adaptation elevate the story beyond a simple comedy.
While filming Without Compromise William Farnum recalls a lunch hour joke from his days in the army. He tested a hotel major domo by handing over his hat and later retrieving the correct one from the rack. The anecdote highlights the routine theater of hospitality during wartime service.
A fragment shows Farnum challenging a black crewmate over a handover with the darky replying that the item was given to him by the boss. The dialogue centers on ownership and implication of consent in a tense, unresolved exchange.
Friday's Community theatre pageant featured 500 high school students presenting De velopment and Growth of the United States. Directed by Miss Knudsen with Miss Wellers as assistant and business manager, the two week rehearsal led to an elaborate production praised for its costumes, drills such as the Rose and Cotton Plant, and standout soloists. The event highlighted Wakefield's school system, staff, and parental support.
A New York farmer explains his method of using a radio to receive market reports from major city markets. He records quotations, compares prices, and ships livestock poultry eggs and butter by parcel post. Weather, transport, and strikes are tracked to anticipate price trends, yielding regular profits.
Classic American humor in Potash and Perlmutter to be shown at Strand Community Theatre on Sunday. Abe Potash, played by Barney Bernard, helps a friend escape police pursuit, leading to a dramatic denouement. Vera Gordes co stars. Morris Perlmutter played by Alexander Carp. original stage cast reprises roles. Fireworks sale restrictions apply under revised orders, stock on hand before February 1 allowed. after July 4 sales forbidden while order stands.
Local admirers of Katherine MacDonald the American beauty will seek extra interest as she arrives at the Strand theater next Tuesday in the photoplay White Shoulders. MacDonald plays a rare beauty whose mother aims to marry her to a rich man, driving a plot centered on lavish costumes and social schemes.
Fireworks dealers are required to file inventories of all explosives in stock with the state fire marshal's department. The order comes from Harry H. Jackson, commissioner of the Michigan department of public safety, and revokes a prior February order that banned sales.
Prison guards in Chicago resurrect a ban on farewell kisses to inmates moving to local or federal prisons. The policy targets drug peddlers and addicts whose parting displays appeared to exhilarate them. A security incident involving Clarence Stone, a Leavenworth-bound offender, featured a woman kissing him as morphine capsules were passed.
Mrs Raoul Croe of Howton Michigan describes backache, nervous spells, and kidney troubles worsened by daily work. She credits Doan’s Pills with curing her kidney condition, bought after reading an ad. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
For sale eighty acres adjoining Wakefield city limits in Michigan. Forty acres cleared with a house and barns. For further information and terms inquire of Paul Mars at Wakefield Michigan or Proteau's Barber Shop, Agency for Bessemer Steam Laundry.
A state tax commission telegram from Lansing confirms plans to re assess Dickinson County. No date is set for the start or the number of workers. The move follows a protest over Chapin Mine assessments and hints that property values excluding mining may rise, potentially lowering mine taxes but raising others. Iron Mountain’s The Bord Motor Co shifts to five day weeks amid Detroit plant cuts, as winter slowdowns hit auto demand. About 4,500 workers affected on three shifts. duration of curtailment unclear.
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