Joseph Greer film opens at Fox theater with star lineup
The feature What Fools Men based on Henry Kitchell Webster's Joseph Greer and His Daughter debuts at the Fox next Monday. Stars include Lewis Stone Shirley Mason Barbara Bedford and David Torrence with Hugo Allan Joyce Compton and directed by George Archainbaud.
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Gelf
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Fox Theatre
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First National
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Webster
Lewis Stone
Shirley Mason
Barbara Bedford
Ethel Grey
Terry
David Torrence
Hugo Allan
Joyce Compton
George Archainbaud
Young Prince Eugene Named Austria's Commander in Chief
The 33yearold heir to the Boisseus title was appointed commander in chief of the imperial army of Austria in 1696 during the war against the Turks.
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Eugene
Boisseus
Austria
Beauty Above Babies Says Elderly England Woman
Mrs. Jane Hobden, aged 110 in England, declares that modern women favor freedom over marriage and beauty over babies, reflecting a view from a venerable elder.
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Jane Hobden
England
Jesus Feeds a Hungry Crowd Lesson Card
January 31 lesson on John 6 1 14 centers Jesus feeding 5 000 plus families with five loaves and two fish. It explores compassion defense of disciples faith in the Lord and the Bread of Life who sustains soul hunger for believers.
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Jesus
Andre
John
Philip
Christ
Ardent Prayer Inspires Christian Perseverance Quote
A fragment quotes J. Abbett comparing ardent prayer to sunshine and dew needed for growth. It likens a Christian’s spiritual progress to crops needing patience and perseverance, emphasizing enduring prayer as essential.
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J. Abbett
Sin’s Ending and Its Bitter Conclusion
A reflective line contrasts sweetness in acting with bitterness in sin's ending. It warns that perceiving only good in its commission leads to suffering and final woe. The statement emphasizes moral consequence over immediate appearance.
British investors seek profits in reckless postwar schemes
London reports show Britons plowed over 1.25 million into bankrupt Sir Broderick Hartwell ventures seeking to swap worthless stock for new whisky schemes to run blockade shipping. Paris fashion officials fend off New York rivals as Suzanne Lenglen strengthens form amid Time magazine scrutiny.
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Great Britain
Broderick Hartwell
Gai
Broderick
Hig
Atlantic
New England
Mexico
Britain
Pixperte
New York
Paris
Parisienne
French Press Often Mock Americans and Women
The pieces cite sarcasm toward Americans, especially American women, in Paris papers. A blond American woman buys twenty five bottles of liquor in a Etoile store, then a Russian cabaret tale has a foreign woman offering money to a matinee idol, causing the actor to refuse.
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Etoile
Mountmartre
Paria
Cirll
Berlin violin prodigy laments press becomes Americanized
Jazcha Weif elz returns to the Berlin concert stage amid applause and complains the Berlin press has become 80 Americanized. Reporters and flashlight fumes tire his throat as Berlin music lovers note he fulfilled the high hopes from 1914 when he first appeared as a prodigy in knee breeches and a Buster Brown collar.
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Berlin
Jazcha Weifelz
Trade name ban covers Hindenburg notables
Officials say Hindenburg must not appear in liquor or drug ads and delicatessen labels. The expurgated index bans the name as a trade designation, though Ludendorff is not listed. Kaiser, Fern Andra, and first-mill Jannings are also treated as having arrived in the same erasa as the president.
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Hindenburg
General Ludendorff
Kaiser and Fern Andra
Mil Jannings
Prince Sigismund of Prussia Seeks New Life in Guatemala
Prince Sigismund, nephew of the former Kaiser and son of Prince Henry of Prussia, 29, tours Guatemala as representative of Schalbach Sapper Co. He aims to join the Hamburg Importing firm and leave unpaid royal duties behind. Discharged from the navy in 1919, he and Princess Charlotte Saxony-Altenburg live modestly, supporting themselves in Central America.
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Prince Sigismund
Prince Henry
Prussia
Guatemala
Hamburg
Schalbach, Sapper and Company
Concern
Charlotte Agnes von Saxony-Altenburg
Central America
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah C. Taylor held in Keota
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah C. Taylor, nearly 72, took place at the Christian church where she was a member, conducted by Rev. C. E. Coleman of the United Presbyterian church. The family had resided in Keota many years. she is survived by four daughters.
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Seine
Keota Personals and Local Notes Roundup
Mrs. Mary Marvin of Davenport and several Warsaw residents survive Mrs. Taylor who died recently. Burial was in Keota cemetery with pallbearers named. Mae Marr of Keota hospitalized by rheumatism. Stock shipments to Chicago include hogs and cattle. Georgie Hulse travels to Des Moines for sister Lizzie Green. High School night at Union meetings signals four week series ending Dec 31. Rev. Virgil Nalley to speak at Methodist Young People service Sunday at 6 30.
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Ters
Mary Marvin
Davenport
Margaret Glandon
Delta
Nannie Leeper
Nellie Taylor
Warsaw
Ill
Isaac Graham
David Taylor
Taylor
Keota
Lawrence Dougherty
John Carris
Elmer Lyle
Archie Miller
Glen Smith
Georgie Hulse
Des Moines
Lizzie Green
Virgil Nalley
Young People’s Union
Methodist
Happiness for All
A concise urging that happiness is a freely available virtue rather than a commodity. The note frames happiness as a universal good, not something bought or sold by any person including M. G. Woodhull.
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M. G. Woodhull
Ambrosia dessert causes maid to ask who's she
A mistress announces ambrosia for dessert as she instructs the new maid about dinner. The maid, puzzled, blurts ambrosia refers to a person, asking who she is. The light exchange ends with a humorous misunderstanding.
Travel in the Age of Affordable Tours
A nostalgic column discusses rising travel, noting that this era brings luxury and long journeys to many. It contrasts wealthy editors with common travelers, jokes about Niagara trips, and warns that enthusiasm for places like Florida masks shallow understanding of what sights truly deserve attention.
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Bombay
India
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New Zealand
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Asia
Africa
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Cairo
Peking
Florida
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