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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1930
Page
3
Lon Chaney delivers a sensational five-voice performance in The One Holy Three at Fox theatre. The ventriloquist thriller showcases Chaney’s range with voices, facial disguise, and late- silent pantomime artistry, claiming new levels of dramatic illusion. Engagement runs through Wednesday.
An item mentions Nancy involved with The Devil's Holiday and The Drvis Holiday Pal Up. The fragment notes both titles or projects and a possible pairing or promotion connected to American Life. No readable dates or locations are provided.
A contemporary American drama opens Wednesday and Thursday at Graham Theatre. Carions a clever gold-digging manicurist schemes with hotel salesmen to swindle ranchers while Holmes, son of powerful rancher Hobart Bosworth, enters a tale of ambition and emotional clashes in the wheat country.
The text notes Pike's Peak road at over 14 000 feet as a likely highest all road line in the United States. Corona Colorado on the Moffat road stands at 11 600 feet. It mentions the Cascade tunnel seven miles long and the Moffat tunnel measured at 6 miles 176 yards and 11900 feet above sea level.
Crassus, a contemporary of Julius Caesar, amassed substantial wealth by buying properties outside the Roman walls and selling them to buyers within the city, reflecting his bold urban land speculation and influence in early Rome.
Fragmentary OCR shows garbled dialogue about a thermometer and temperature. Despite unreadable text, identify a possible scene referencing a guilty verdict and a discussion on temperature, with names unclear and no clear event.
Nancy Blodget and Bert Chalmers face an awkward break in their engagement as rumors swirl about who loves whom. Betty Harrington provokes a reckless game with a bracelet bet, prompting Nancy to cut cards and expose the wager. A tense rooftop of flirtation ends with a private talk and a forgiving, friendly resolution two weeks later.
Salomon Auguste Andree and two companions were found dead in the Arctic ice. Swedish and Norwegian doctors prepared their remains for transport to Sweden. The Brattvaag seal er carried the bodies to Tromsø where experts awaited transfer to Stockholm.
A Newport Ro 1 woman sought divorce claiming cruelty after her husband fell asleep and snored loudly at a theater, causing laughter. The court granted a decree on the grounds of cruelty based on that incident and related conduct.
Philosophical remark warns that any tendency toward thoughts that undermine the sense of what ought to be can be dangerous. The quote reflects concern about destructive ideological influence in intellectual labor.
Cedar Falls, Sept. 2. News of the finding of Salomon August Andree and his Arctic party comes as a personal interest tale. Nykvist, a Stockholm tailor 38 years ago, finished a heavy coat for Andree to wear on the balloon journey. He recalls Andree wanted the coat heavy for insulation and 15 pockets for navigating instruments.
Two visiting young women in a western city decide to try horseback riding. The head groom asks one whether she prefers the English saddle or the Western saddle with a saddle horn, noting no traffic and a simple ride.
The oldest known fire engine, a large oval wooden contraption built in London in 1678 for a Bedfordshire town, has been placed in the London museum. Water flowed through an iron pipe in the middle and it originally rode on a carriage with wooden wheels now vanished.
Fragmentary report notes observers on the Mediterranean coast sighting the Cor slcan mountains about 186 miles away and mirrors on Mount Shasta reportedly seen from Mount Helena at 12 miles, with unclear measurements and eye distance clarification.
Fragmentary text notes Northholme, Wet, with ten acres and perches, and a population around 420, claiming prominence as the most populous for certain finy tz. Other fragments reference Vita Sothing pieces and a crowded area with small holdings, but exact details are unclear.
A readers’ letter condemns a recent article for omitting Afr Sholey or the inventor of the typewriter, claiming the piece failed to name key contributors to women’s emancipation and related innovations.
A whimsical scene features Thromeh the lowerduden Jungle animals in a fancy costume masquerade. The zebra fears fade as Lion leads the party while Giraffe and a dapper town gentleman attend the imperial procession in regal attire.
A garbled passage describes a rhinoceros and an elephant with a quirky scene. It mentions a boy named Thomas Ther and “Blue” as possible identifiers, with figures like Jim and Jambo and the Gold-Dust Twins appearing in a playful posture.
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