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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1916

Page

4

Big Attractions At Local Theatre In 36 Week Season

Wa terloo theatre under manager A J Busby announces the strongest season yet with 36 one night stands from the American Burlesque wheel. First acts include Cabaret Girls and Folies of Pleasure, plus Chicago operas, Mizzi Hajos in Pom Pom, Katinka and a host of big musical shows and two winter garden productions.

A. J. Busby Wabere Theatre New York United States Areo Busby St. Paul Kansas City Chicago Milwaukee Waterloo Theatre Ramona Civilization Auditorium Grand Theatre Waterloo Hicago English Opera Co Sheehan Grand Opera Co Martha Ahern Opera Company de Koven Opera Company Manhattan Opera Mizzi Hajos Katinka Lyric Theatre Palace Chi- Creo Letty Eddie Blue Paradise al. G. Fields Neil O’brien Winter Garden Chicago English Opera Co Pat Sheehan Hobson Louis Mann al. Fields Neil O'Brien Lyman Howe Kover Opera Co

Dante's Inferno at Palace Sunday in grand film

The Palace presents Dante's Inferno as a high art film, touting its epic scope and clash of religions philosophy and myth. Manager Myers secures a new negative for the city showing, promising a rare classic film experience to thinking audiences. The Plaza hosts The Love Girl with Ella Hall and Robert Leonard, highlighting Bluebird Photoplays with Hindu mystics adding intrigue to the plot.

Dante Alleghii Hades Verne Wells Myers Palace Theatre Plaza Plaza Theatre Ella Hall Robert Leonard Wil Harry Depp Miss Hall

Women to raise large fund for votes for women

New York, Aug 6. Leaders of the Women’s party planned to organize 1,000 women to raise 500000 for the fall campaign for votes for women. Mrs. O G Belmont will go to Newport to start the drive. The movement, launched a week ago by The Courier and Reporter with the Social Welfare League, ended yesterday one dollar short of the target. A missing acknowledgment for a $10 contribution from "A friend" raised the total to 149 instead of 149 as published.

York Woman's Party OG. Ff. Belmonti Newport Tee Reun The Courier Social Welfare League le Courier Sovial Welfare League

Finchford Store Burns in Midnight Fire

Finchford general store owned by Mr Himndricks burned at midnight with building and contents destroyed. Estimated loss around 10000 dollars. Fire threatened nearby structures but crews saved other buildings. the town had only that store.

Finchford Aug Himndricks

Cure for Pimples on Left Hand Reported

A 17 year old girl from Battle Creek Michigan reports a severe skin infection on her left hand starting as water pimples between the fingers. She describes redness swelling and itching, using rough cloth to burst them, and relief after trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment as shared by a friend.

Norma Lee W. Main Battle Creek, Mich

Temperatures Aug 5 A Mixed Historical Record

Fragmentary OCR lists temperatures and dates from early 20th century records. Mentions Buchanan Optical Co and various mismatched numbers, including 73 to 161 and 57 to 88, with years 1911 1918 1913 and 1014. The readable items imply a weather or temperature range summary but lack coherent structure.

Buchanan Optical Co

Swedish steamer Commerce sunk by German submarines

The Swedish steamer Commerce, a tonnage unspecified, was sunk east of Ragland yesterday by German submarines while carrying contraband. Sweden will file a protest in Berlin over the attack and other recent Swedish shipping incidents.

Stuckhorm Aug Ragland Berlin

Waverly Boy Describes Army Border Service

A Waverly youth, private Harry Minby, serving with the First Infantry on the Mexican border, writes home from Chandler Oklahoma. He volunteers for duty, notes heavy rains, a fruit country surround, and that muster out is hoped for September 26. He promises a photo from the camp and expresses readiness to serve if needed.

Fragmentary note on army call urges boys to enlist

A garbled excerpt mentions Twoney Acres of ground and a speaker named Towen with a plan to draft boys into the army. The text records an instruction to tell the boys to join the army and get relief, with a disrupted reference to a Mexican and unseen context.

Wityself Nelon Towen

Piightful Cartoonic Week at the Palace

The listing shows a string of show names and dates across a theater schedule at the Palace including Dante's Inferno, The Love Girl, The Conqueror and a Keystone comedy. Performers MRs Mae Murray Willard Mack Honey King and others are billed with days Monday through Sunday and overlapping venues Crystal Plaza and Under Two Flags.

TM Palace Suidity Moniay Dustin Pare Wain China Drockeett Thureaday Mae Murray Drewaire Mrnday Lheda Shuar THE Crystal Willard Mack Honey King

Warner in The Stalders and Keystatic Comedy Preview

The item lists Warner in The Stalders alongside a Keystone comedy and a Keystatic production, with mentions of Pritiag and Saturday and Dowell Malrtanke i ha MWeart of Happi neay, indicating a mixed bill of stage and film comedy offerings for the week.

Warner the Stalders Pritiag Dowell

Uncle Tom Returns In Dramatic Reenactment

A crowd at Fourth and South streets witnessed a staged revival of Uncle Tom's Cabin with several performers delivering poignant death scenes. Spectators spoke of the old tale's power as the clock of times seemed to turn back for the evening.

Clacle Ander Mary Tie Patience Simon Legres

Night found it hard to subdue their indignation

A night review lauds a capable cast and notes the stage arena and electrical effects were above the ordinary, despite the audience's strong reaction.

Guard to Remain at Brownville for 3 Months at Least

Dex Moines Aug 6 Official notices reaching Des Moines today repudiated a rumor current in many parts of the state that the Iowa national guard encamped on the Mexican border near Brownsville Tex would return home within four or five weeks A regular army officer who would not allow the use of his name was given as authority for the statement that the guard probably would not be returned for three months at least

Dex Moines Dea Moines Tla Estate Iowa Brownsville Tex

NOVORISTS PINAL NOTICE Touring Week Admonition

A fragmentary notice urges travelers to carry an aluminum "WATER. LOO" radiator ornament and avoid leaving the city during a touring period. Contact via phone 4713 for details, with a cryptic closing remark.

PINAL

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