Denny in Comedy Film at the Plaza Sunday
Reginald Denny stars in a fast moving News- farce comedy The Cheerful Fraud at the Plaza for four days starting Sunday. A nobleman falls for a street girl, a crook impersonates him for a weekend guest, and a second crook attempts blackmail as jewels vanish amid lively vaudeville and musical acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald
Denny
Iti
Michael
Falirie
Sir Michael
Gertrude Olmstead
Otis ‘Harlan
Emily Wit
Jamieson
Francis
Me Bushman
Caroline Snow
William Haines
Ball
Glub
Water loo Baseball Players On Stage At Plaza May
Water flow baseball players appear on stage at the Plaza May to celebrate opening of the season. Frank has arranged slide lectures and photographs to be shown on the Plaza screen for nine weeks starting Sunday.
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Waterloo
Plaza
Elebrate
Watereball
Clu
Ithe Plaza
Wateries
Ereen
Oweek
Jack Hoxie Stars in Whirlwind Showing at Palace
Jack Hoxie drives Western Whirlwind at the Palace today and Sunday. The Universal Blue Streak features Hoxie as Jack Clayton a discharged AEF soldier who returns to his ranch to chaos. The film offers a new plot scenic effects and strong cast led by Margaret Quimby and Edith Yorke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack" Hoxie
Jack Clayton
France
Hoxle
Margaret Quimby
Edith Yorke
Rialto Manager Heads to Clinton for Orpheum Job
James B. Connelly longtime Rialto manager with Frank Amusement moves from Waterloo to Clinton Iowa to oversee the Orpheum theatre for the same company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Clinton
James B. Connelly
Frank Amusement Company
Waterloo
Rialto Theatre
Orpheum Theatrsa
Quiz answers mention a mix of historic figures and places
A list of names and places appears from a quiz section including Andrew Jackson Col Leonard Wood Governor of New Jersey Thomas Marshall Emma Goldman Plymouth Vermont Presidents Wilson Harding Washington Arms Conference and locations such as Washington Detroit Texas New Mexico Arizona and California, reflecting a broad domestic and international pull.
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Andrew Jackson
Leonard Wood
New Jersey
Thomas Marshall
Emma Goldman
Plymouth
Wilson
Harding
Washington
Detroit
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Blondes Try Roller Skating In Public Demonstration
In Waterloo the Gypsy Strollers and Gypsy Simulators tours feature blond dancers practicing outdoor roller routines along Fourth Street and at Rialto and Rinlta theatres. Miss Truth Christy and Miss Belva Williams perform with acrobatic flair as onlookers watch the street exercise build strength and poise for stage work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Offier
Miss Truth Christy
Grypse Similers
Rinlta Theatre
Waterloo
Little Sousa
Phin Lheatre
Fourth Street
Gipsy Strollers Company
Rialto
Skating History in Waterloo Adults and College Students
Miss Elsie Jordan and Miss Melva Williams discuss how skating develops rhythm for work. The piece traces Waterloo roller skating roots to 1883 craze with three rinks, including Lafayette and Fifth streets building later Brown's opera house, a Cascan building at Paul Davis corner, and another in a Courier block site. The Courier editor once belonged to the Waterloo Brass Band tied to the rinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Jordan
Gypsy Strollers
Melva Williams
Waterloo
Lafayette
Fifth Streets
Brown's Opera House
Thomas Cascaden
Paul Davis
Hull & Hickey
Fort Dodge
Cascaden
Courier
Waterloo Brass Band
Anil Welsh Opposes Government Waterways Plan
Maurice Welsh, superintendent of the Waterway Control and Finance, argued at Black's tearoom that cheapening freight via new waterways would waste millions. He warned railroads employ 1,250,000 people and currently move $1,000,000 in freight daily, and that diverting tonnage to waterways would raise rail rates and tax burdens.
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Maurice
Welsh
Wateroo Technical. Society
Jiné
United States
Douglas MacLean Brings Let It Rain To Strand Theatre
Douglas MacLean stars as a marine who battles crooks planning to rob the mails in Let It Rain at the Strand for the entire week. Shirley Mason leads the female cast with Wade Boteler and others in a tale of action and comedy. The program also features a two reel comedy and newsreels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacLean
Shirley Mason
Strand Theatre
Douglas Magleak
Mails
Shirley
Mason
Hhe
Jead
Marine Corps
Riley
Tlea
Sunshine
Fables
Pathe News
Strand Orchestra
Organ
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Swift-Moving Picture
Jack Hoxie
Palace
Palace Theatre
Jack Pickford
Beatrice Lille
Reginald Denny
Plaza Theatre
Inez’Coburn
Coburn
Sporting Roods
Popular
Morris Plan
G. C. Kennedy
ANIL
Technical Society
FOLEY
Electric Park
Masonic Temple
Johnson's Gardens
Marine
Wade Boteler
Lee Shumney
Frank Campeau
Jimmy Bradbury
Lincoln
Stedman
James Ake Dunwin Stursls
Ernest March
Armory
Gulf Coast
Rhythm Kings
Ford Care
Fordson
Toledo
Ohio
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