Gay MacLaren Impersonator Delights Waterloo Audience
Gay MacLaren, famed impersonator from East High, appears in Waterloo sponsored by the Waterloo Woman's Club. She recreates the original performance of Bought and Paid For with uncanny accuracy, memorizing lines and mannerisms from the New York production. Glenn Frank, Century Magazine editor, praised her ability to summon the original cast through mere memory and stage presence.
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Gay MacLaren
Brown
New York City
United States
Glenn Frank
the Century Magazine
Mad
Miss MacLaren
Two Nashua Pioneers Die In One Week
Two Nashua pioneers Leslie Basford and Lester Coonradt died in the past week in Osage Indiana. Basford collapsed from a stroke while at his daughter's home and died at noon Thursday after an all morning of farm work. Burial occurred Saturday with Baptist and Methodist ministers presiding. Coonradt died Friday. his widow, two daughters and a son survive. Local bank executives now lead a national association.
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Osage
Leslie Basford
Lester Coonradt
Basford
John Kiar
Mr. Woster
The
Baptist Church
Eluirge
The Green Stone chapter turns to a desperate night
Mary Cunningham wakes to a robbery at the family home and, driven by fear for her grandfather, arms herself with a rifle. After firing at thieves fleeing the grounds, she contemplates becoming a thief to save the estate. Her resolve hardens as she reads letters from Dr. MacKenzie and the bank, ending with a vow to act for her loved ones.
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Mary Cunningham
Ble
Mate
Cunninghams
Grandy
Cunningham
Zack
Anil
Dr. MacKenzie
aAeauy
Jerry Cunningham
Chaplin and Bride End Legal Ties in Agreement
Los Angeles reports that Charlie Chaplin and his 10 year old bride have decided to avoid lawyers as talks of a financial settlement between Chaplin and Lita Grey’s family are dismissed as personal matters. Lilian Spicer, the bride’s mother, says no further negotiations are planned and notes her move from the Chaplin mansion to a new home in Hollywood. Edwin McMurray’s weekend visit is described as insignificant.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charla Chaplin
Lita Grey
Jscreen
Los Angeles Times
Lilian Spicer
Woman Maud Welker Dies After Week Long Illness
Nashua Iowa Feb 9 Miss Maud Welker died Saturday after a weeklong illness of pneumonia that aggravated asthma, with which she had been afflicted.
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Nashua
Maud: Welker
la Prippe
Tong
Obituary Notice For A 52 Year Old Woman
A 52 year old woman died Friday afternoon while at home. she was found dead in her room Saturday. Survived by her mother two sisters and a brother.
West Junior Students See Telephone Movies
West Junior High School showcased a film on the telephone’s evolution from Bell’s caty experiments to modern daily transcontinental communication. The program featured early crude instruments proving conversations over 14 miles and interiors of major exchanges, noting Belt system totals of over 22 million miles of ground cable and 7 million miles overhead.
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Alexander Grahamell
West Junior Hgh School
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Osage Debaters Win Rights to Semifinal Debate
Osage, Iowa, Feb. 9 Osage debaters defeated Linn Lown last Friday to win a semifinal berth limited to four of 31 teams. Marion will supply the opposition in the debate at this place.
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Osage
Lns Lown
Marion
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Woman's Club
East High School
Fortum
Waterloo Woman's Club
Wille
Willee
Gay McLaren
Winnew Bank
Traf States
Green Stone
Harold Macgrateh
Doubleday, Page & Co
Consolidated Magazines Corporation
Country Life Press
Garden City
Nav
Pesha
MacKenzie
Mary
Bank
Tory
Lumbago
Bayer
Alco
Arpicio
Chaplin
Bride
Main-Ldén
O UA
WEST
Osaghe Delaters
F.H. Longest & Gon
New York
Blue Star
Artificial Ice & Fuel Co
TOG East
Ninth Street
Waterloo
Tawa
Cheney
Cinderella Cheney
Seconen Flook
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