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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
14
Chicago December meeting sees American League club owners review wartime effects with focus on economy. Expected topics include player salary limits not reducing payroll, war contract terms, and maintaining the 154 game schedule. Ban Johnson notes voting will dominate discussions as NL owners join later.
Gooch Brewer speaks of a better 1918 with a stronger backfield and improved ground gainers Graves Mueller and Noblet, while Minnesota end Paul Flinn plans to enlist in artillery after a season acclaimed as captain in contention. Milwaukee searches for a manager to rebuild and Mal Missouri prepares a spring track squad from raw material Rider and Shultz the lone veterans.
Five stars will be used in the service flag at Sportsman's Park next season as three club players Sloan Jacobson Fincher and two staff members join the armed forces. Also notes a boxing comeback attempt by Charles Neary at 142 pounds on December 19 in Milwaukee.
Waterloo theatre presents Burlesque The Girls From the Follies with a 40 member company and a new farce In the Air featuring Fred Binder as the Flying Jew supported by Tom Robinson William Harris Harry Vann and Joseph Simpson Miss Dale Wilson Madge DeVoe Bonnie Lloyd Athena Hananie and a 20 person chorus. Majestic theatre opens a vaudeville bill tomorrow promising one of the city's greatest variety shows headlined by The Corner Store rural comedy with seven performers plus the tenth episode of Seven Pearls and latest Pathe news. Edgar Murray sr stars in Lincoln of the U S A in a Red White and Blue act and Orth and Cody present Over There and Over Here. Mack and Velmar close the program with The Act.
Mish Gordon’s new picture at the Crystal Theatre features Kitty Gordon in a regal, emotional turn as Rita Castle. The tale follows her rise from privation and peril to influence in a high political contest, with lavish gowns and vivid costumes.
A short advertisement claims four ounces of pinta or dinar liquid arvon dissolves dandruff with nightly scalp treatment. It promises no trace of dandruff after several applications, relief from itching, and hair that becomes fluffy, lustrous and silky. The claim notes liquidarvon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
Tanya Fenner, acclaimed for a restrained performance as a wife of a weary engineer, stars in The Painted Doll now at Plaza Theatre. Critics across the ocean hail her as a major star of Russian Repertory, noting the film’s artistry and strong reception.
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