Big Men and Little Women Dominate Screen Preferences
Analysis notes a shift in 1920s cinema tastes toward tall, strong male leads and comparatively lighter female stars. Actors like Charles Farrell and Victor McLaglen rise, while Janet Gaynor becomes a standout. several popular women are 5 ft 4 in or shorter and around 120 pounds, with many contracts now limiting weight to 120 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste
Teda Bara
Kitty Gordon
Betty Blythe
Nita Naldi
Mary Pickford
Marguerite Clark
Charles Farrell
Fazil
Victor McLaglen
Telling the World at Library Today
A Library Theatre screening of Telling the World shows how news wires flash an interior China rescue tale to a global audience. Anita Page stars in a story about an American actress accused of murder, with Sam Wood directing and Cate Van Every as writer.
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China
William Haines
Library Theatre
United Press Office
Shanghai
Haines
Anita Page
Sam Wood
Cate van Every
The
United Press
Merco-Goldwyn-Mayer
Woman Hit By Auto Injures Mrs Mary O'Brien
Mrs Mary O'Brien of 226 Central avenue is recovering at home from a fractured leg after being struck by a car at Central and Pennsylvania avenues Saturday night. The vehicle was driven by James C Lauffenberger of Clarendon. She was taken by Lutz ambulance to Dr George Condit's office where the fracture was reduced after X rays. Lauffenberger was not held responsible.
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Mary O'Brien
Central Avenue
Central
Pennsylvania Avenues
O'Brien
James C. Lauffenberger
Clarendon
Lutz
C. S. Knabb
Robert Thomas wins national junior bicycle title in Kenosha
In Kenosha Wisconsin Robert Thomas aged 15 won every event he entered to capture the national junior bicycle riding championship scoring 20 points the highest in the annual meet. Robert Connor of Washington DC won the senior title before about 12000 spectators.
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Kenosha
Wis
Robert Thomas
Thomas
Robert Connor
Washington, D. C
Rev Schafer III Hosts Sunday Pulpit in Youngsville
Youngsville U B church welcomes Rev Schafer III as pastor with morning and evening services. He preached Hebrews 13 8 about Christ the same yesterday today forever. Choir members Kathryn and Treva McKinney sang. A reception for the pastor and family is planned.
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Youngsville
C. E. Schafer
U. B. Church of
Jesus Christ
Otterbeing Guild
Kenneth Haight
S. A. Oviatt
United Brethren
Mms
O. E. Schafer
U B. Parsonage
Erie
Rey
Laurel Whitmore
Mome Missionary Society
Q. E. Mix
East Main Street
Red Circle
Verna Cochran
Orange Circle
Lynn McAllister
Ladies’ Aid
S. T. Davison
Youngsville Auto
Coat of Tan Poem
A self contained verse describes a stunning girl wearing only a coat of tan. The speaker admires her bare legs arms and chest while noting sandals and a belt. The poem ends urging a man to reject dressmakers and simply wear a coat of tan.
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Venna
Local driver released after parking near hydrant charge
A driver was taken into custody but released Saturday night after arranging to appear later to answer a charge of parking too near a fire hydrant. Local residents and students, including Nellie McAllister, Elworth Brown, and Treva McKinney, were noted in community updates with travel to Otterbein and Houghton Colleges, and jobs at Ford plants.
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Clair Peterson
Otterbein College
Nellie McAllister
Cleveland
Elworth Brown
Houghton College
Ivan Crosby
Detroit
Ford
Crosby
Kathryn McKinney
Hubbard
William McKinney
Franklin
Treva McKinney
Doria Johnson
Pittsfield
Oterbein College
Treva
Bandit Slain by Detroit Policemen
A lone bandit who robbed two customers and a grocer today was killed by two police cars pursuing him. Sighted at 7 30 am his car was forced to the curb with bullets as he ran between two houses, ending the chase.
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Detroit
New York Real Estate Boom Amid Speculation and Sinking Fear
The excerpt contrasts urged real estate greed with warnings from thinkers. It cites New York City’s imagined earthquake resilience and a push for statehood as analysts debate population growth to eighteen million in forty years. Warnings echo from legendary wealth to cautionary fall.
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New York
Johnson
New York City
Solon and King Persians and the need for airplanes
A column cites ancient warfare with Alexander defeating Persia and notes the need for airplanes. It criticizes Secretary Mellon and the Federal Reserve for high interest rates and usury, urging better financial policy. The piece mentions typhoid control via ultraviolet light and a French wine dilution idea, joking about wine as a germ killer.
Firemen Injured As Braddock Blaze Destroys Two Buildings
Sev eral firemen were injured slightly early today while fighting a fire that destroyed two business buildings in Braddock. The flames were brought under control within an hour and spread to adjoining structures. Property damages were estimated in the thousands of dollars, officials said.
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Braddock
Immortality Topic Dominates Wesleyan Tent Sermon
Two Sunday services at the Wesleyan Methodist tent on Franklin Street and Conewango Place featured Evangelist A. L. White preaching on building toward immortality. Robert S. Conley sang two numbers and White urged that belief in a future state underpins most religions, citing 1 Corinthians 15 and the heavenly home for the soul. The series continues this week with daily 7:45 p.m. services.
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Wesleyan Methodist
Franklin St. Extension
Conewango Place
Robert S. Conley
A. L. White
Chint
Lebanon
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Riley the Cop
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Miss Ralston
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Rouse Hospital
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Kenugen
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Pathe
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Fables
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