Gene Tunney to Marry a Society Girl This Fall
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney plans to marry Mary Josephine Rowland Lauder, granddaughter of George Lauder and cousin of Andrew Carnegie, in New York this fall or winter. The couple are at John's Island as the engagement is announced by Miss Lauder's mother.
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Bristol
Mae
Gene Tunney
Pittsburgh
Mary Josephine Rowland Lauder
George Lauder
Carnegie Steel Company
Andrew Carnegie
George Lauder,Jr
John's Island
New York
Tunney
Tom Heeney
Miss Lauder
George Lauder, Jr
Greenwich
Conn
Lenox School
Finch School For Girls
Versailles
France
Brunet
Stamford
Tonight’s Theatres Spotlight Busy Palace Plaza Rialto Riviera Strand
The Palace presents Alex the Great a fast paced comedy Speed Sheik and Mark of the Frog plus the Margarets Lille musical revue with ten girls ballet and dance numbers The Wife's Relations stars Shirley Mason Geston Glass Ben Turpin Flora Finsh and others at the screen The Rialto shows Two Arabian Knights with William Boyd Louis Wolhelm and Mary Astor plus a short comedy and news reel The Riviera offers Three Ring Marriage with Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes a circus romance onstage Casey Jones Jess Libonatti Miller Capman and Athlone sing and dance Movietone sketches Paramount news and Ralph Jones on the cigar The Strand features The Little Snob with May McAvoy a Coney Island society boarding school tale plus three Vitaphone acts including Ben Swor The Colored Sermon Frank Moulan and The Four Aristocrats
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Palace
Alex the Great
H. C. Witwer
New York
Mark of the Frog
PLAZA
Margaret Lille
Miss Lillie
Shirley Mason
Geston Glass
Ben Turpin
Flora Finsh
Rialto
William Boyd
Louis Wolhelm
Mary Astor
Arabia
Riviera
Lloyd Hughes
Tihe
Casey Jones
Jess Libonatti
Miller and
Cap~ Man
Athlone
Paramount News
Ralph Jones
Oigar
May’ McAvoy
Coney Island
Ben Swor
Frank
Moulan
Hawks and Islander players head to majors and minor leagues
Earl Swanson leaves Rock Island for a Chicago White Sox exhibition in Madison Wisconsin with a bonus for prompt reporting. Bi Starnecks, Waterloo catcher, to join Hawks a week later, then Seattle joins the Pacific Coast League at Los Angeles. Puccinelli and Koenecke lead home run race as DuBuque sweetens with a banana prize for the first homer. Pete Lister praised for nerve amid fan taunts as umpire. Booster session Friday delays start to 4 PM for Plows vs Hawks game.
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Earl Swanson
Rock Island
Chicago White Sox
Madison
Wis
Islanders
Swanton
BI Starnecks
Waterloo
Hawks
Moline
Seattle
Los Angeles
Steinecke
Detroit Tigers
Moling Dispatch
Pete Lister
Pete
Lisser
Actire
Cedar Rapids
Pat Patterson
Orbiter
Tete
Belden Hill
Alaventh Teckel
Booster Day aims to lift attendance in Davenport and Rock Island
The booster plan by the baseball board seeks to raise interest after weak turnout this season. If successful, future events may follow with the Aug 20 open date used to complete two postponed games in Rock Island, cutting back a string of twin bills. Also noted is the retirement of Sigourney Review editor W L Etter and transfer of control to his son Cotton Etter.
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Baseball Board of Directors
Rock Island
Moline
Sigourney
President Team Wing Golf Meet Victory at Sunnyside
Carleton Sias's president golf team defeated the vice president's squad captained by He O. Wut ster, 19 to 17, in the annual Sunnyside country club tourney with 93 golfers. Special prizes went to Fred McLain, George Huntley, Paul Herzberg, and others. the host's dinner followed. A separate note reports Clarence Lakehart arraigned for murder in Council Bluffs after a deadly incident linked to circus wagons and paving damage.
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Carleton Sias
He O. Wutster
Sunnyside Country Club
Low Gross
Fred McLain
George Huntley
Paul Herzberg
George, Rath
C. E. Butler
Bob Bickley
Burr Totwne
Kirk Stewart
Herman Wente
E. L. Détinson
B. F
Swisher
Tate Harrison
Circus Pays Repair Bill After Mason City Stop
The Ringling Evos and Bar num Bailey circus left Mason City after a show. The city enacted payment suggests a repair bill for pavements damaged by the event.
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Circus
Ringling Evos
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Mason City
Mercolized wax promises facial whitening and wrinkle removal
An advertisement touts pure mercolized wax as a nightly treatment to peel freckles sunburn and discoloration revealing clear smooth skin. It claims the wax sloughs off damaged surface to show a youthful complexion and mentions accompanying astringent and fragrance products.
Vapor Moisture Gas Layer Claim For Autos
Walter Critchlow of Wheaton Illinois promotes a Vapor Moisture Gas Layer and Carbon Eliminator for all engines. He claims Old Fords achieve 66 miles per gallon while New Fords reach 75 and other makes show 1 to 4 to 1-2 improvements. He offers to send details and seeks county and state agency interest for monthly earnings.
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Walter Critchlow
Wheaton
Critchlow
Crows Magnates Reach Settlement After Threatened Legal Action
The magnates initially refused damages claims but settled after potential legal embarrassment. Riehl Street and Broadway were reported to have suffered the most damage.
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Riehl Street
Broadway
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Chicken
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Alec Francis
Robert Frazer
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Bert
Aristocrats
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Jess Libonack
Miller & Chapman
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the Hut
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Fox
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Four
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Talking News
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Verna Reynolds
New Hampton Hospital
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May Meavoy
Alec Francis WM. Collier JR
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