Happiness Ahead and Old Kentucky at Columbia Theatre
A newspaper snippet previews Colleen Moore in Happiness Ahead and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's In Old Kentucky at the Columbia Theatre. The piece notes Moore’s youthful persona contrasts with adult roles, highlights Edmund Lowe as a charming gambler, and includes remarks by Louize Fazenda on women in comedy and makeup trends.
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Colleen Moore
Miss Moore
Edmund Lowe
New York
Lillyan Tashman
Lowe
South America
Wesley Barry
Wes
Metro-Goldwyn-Dmayer
Old Kentucky
Columbia Theatre
James Murray
Helene Castello
Acquittal sought for bank officials in Knapp bond case
Pittsburgh October 9 three officers of the defunct Brotherhood Savings and Trust Company face acquittal after defense rests in the embezzlement matter involving 102500. Prosecutor Laneher argues they tried to save the bank from distress as testimony wraps up with RoLand A McCrady president on trial alongside William J. Kelly vice president and J L Nelson treasurer.
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Pittsburgh
U. P
Flesding
Brotherhood Savings and Trust Company
Knapp
Attomes
Benjamin R. Laneher
Roland A McCrady
William J. Kelly
J. L. Nelson
Library and Columbia Theater Week Showings
The library presents Happiness Ahead starring Colleen Moore on Monday through Wednesday. The Big Killing with Beery and Hatton plays Thursday and Friday, with vaudeville acts Thursday through Saturday. Columbia Theater screens Hold em with Yale LaRoque Monday and Tuesday, In Old Kentucky Race Track Wednesday and Thursday, Beware of Friday, Married Men with Irene Rich, and Stark Love An Experiment Saturday.
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Colleen Moore
Beery and Hatton
Columbia
Yale
Rod LaRoque
Old Kentucky
Irene Rich
Stark Love
Hold Yale! Rod La Rocque in a light Argentine comedy
Rod La Rocque stars as Montez in a breezy comedy of college life and romance. He meets an American professor’s daughter in Argentina then moves to Yale to marry her under quirky, entertaining circumstances. The film mixes jazzy college atmosphere with comic clashes against Tom Kennedy’s detective character.
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Rod la Rocque
la Rocque
Yale
Montez
Tom Kennedy
Jeanette Lofft
Las Rocque
Samatsu Precipice Honors Jap Alpinist on Matterhorn
Samatsu, the Japanese alpinist who first scaled the western Matterhorn face in Switzerland, has had that side named Samatsu Precipice. Accompanied by Grindelwald guides Steuri and Kenwand, he climbed over 12,000 feet, navigating an uncharted cliff with grave risk and then returning in good condition.
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Samatsu
Matterhorn
Switzerland
Woman Struck by Auto in Altoona Hurts Head and Hopes Dim
Mrs. William Cox of Ambridge was struck by an automobile while crossing a street in Altoona last night. She was taken to Nerey hospital in critical condition with possible skull fracture and severe shock.
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Altoona
U. P
William Cox
Ambridge
Nerey Hospital
Sigworth Heads East Side Merchants Group In Pend Mergers
Walter C. Sigworth secretary treasurer of the Conewango Trust Co was elected president of the East Side Business Men's association at a Monday night meeting attended by 35 merchants. A house organ committee was named to study printing a weekly pamphlet and the group set October 15 for the next Conewango Trust Co meeting. The association aims to promote business cooperation and public improvements on the East Side with regular monthly meetings.
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Walter C. Sigworth
Conenango Trust Company
East Side Business
Sigworth
M. Kinnestiver
D. B. Smith
T.milenius
J- L. Johnson
Conewango Trust Company
Conewango Creek
G. Anderson
Anderson Shoe Co
Ray Anderson
S. W. McMarrow
McMarrow Jewelry Store
A. Milenius
T. Milenius
Gibson Bros
R. Mack
Mack Grocery
Leroy Davis
Roy Edinger
Edinger Electrical Co
J- L. Chapman
Motor Lighthouse
S. Kuhre
Whigworth
Corenango Trust Co
B. Steber
Keystone Printing Co
Anderson and Neilson
Men’s Furnishings
Sam Davis
Sire Repair
F. Caro
Barber Supplies
Gusto Ztoupos
Sugar Bowl
John Anderson
Idedi Bakery
Fred Gibson
H. W. Prost
Peerless Garage
F. Mahaffey
Quality Cash
C. F. Christensen
L. C. Peterson
Boyd Sanden
Flickenger
H- J. Rowley
J. L. Johnson
Rowley and Johnson
Meat Market
B. J. Geer
Glade Cash
Elmer Mellander
F. R. Carlson
Railway line may be sold for junk in Pottsville
Pottsville court orders show cause by October 18 why the Schuylkill Railway should not be sold for junk after creditors moved to abandon the line when street car workers struck last year. Thieves have stripped copper trolley wire from poles around the line.
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Pottsville
Schuylkill
R. J. Rochesterday
Unusual Coats and Hats Offered by The Misses Lesser
The Misses Lesser at 311 Third Avenue advertise unusual coats and hats to match at reasonable prices. The notice, dated September 20, 1921, promotes a ready-to-wear selection and emphasizes affordability for shoppers seeking distinctive outerwear and headwear.
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Third Avenue
Home Made Poems Fragment Text By Sara
The excerpt presents a playful if coarse voice about male behavior and courtship. It includes inside jokes, musings on relationships, and a note from a writer signed Sara. The piece references social norms, flirtation, and the tension between desire and propriety in everyday life.
Campaign Questions and International News in a Fragmented Era
A tangled early report ranges from President Hoover and Governor Smith campaigning among farmers to Southern dry vs wet policy, and a German Zeppellin voyage. It notes Mabel Willebrandt speeches, Sabath critiques, and a grim caution about explosives crossing the Atlantic. The piece ends mid-sentence with a question about reviving an ancient custom.
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Hoover
Sabath
Illinuis
Colidge
Mabel Willebrandt
Waillebrandt
Fragmentary political onlook at pacifism and leaders
The text critiques democracy as what leaders decide and cites Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson. It mentions Admiral Fiske and a range finder inventor, then mocks pacifism as dangerous to the country. It reflects a debate on war and governance without coherent narrative.
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Fiske
Will
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Italy Favors Out In Total Naval Tonnage
Rome Oct 9 Italy’s reply to the Anglo French naval agreement supports limiting total naval tonnage rather than cutting by classes. The Malian reply was sent to London Saturday. Italy would accept the lowest ratio of sea and land armaments if not exceeded by any continental European power, with emphasis on interdependence of land sea and air armaments and extending aerial limits to all countries.
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Rome
Italy
London
Europe
Auto probile skid near Haslulen claims six lives
A car in Bedfordshire skidded and overturned near Haslulen on the Bedfordshire Northamptonshire border. All six occupants survived the crash despite the vehicle coming to rest in Northamptonshire.
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London
Bedfordshire
Charles Smith Champion of the Sequor Interests
Owensboro Kentucky report notes Charles Smith crowned champion in a Sequor event. Mabel Walker Willebrandt urges Christians to rally on election day to oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt’s rival, Alfred E. Smith, citing prohibition concerns and religious framing of the campaign. The speech defends anti prohibition stance amid attacks over religious issues.
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Owensboro
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Alfred E. Smith
Willybrank
U. S
Democratc
Brothers and sister meet after 20 years in Morristown
A Morristown report tells of siblings Ban an Groh Staylon from Norwichtown, Russell Groh from Allentown, Wallen Groh of Bethlehem, and Helen Groh from Scranton reuniting yesterday after two decades apart, following their parents’ deaths.
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Morristown
Banan Groh Staylon
Nore Tistown
Russell Groh
Allenstown
Wallen Groh
Bethlehem
Helen Groh
Scranton
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