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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1923
Page
12
The forum hosted a lively Elks charity evening with costumes and prizes. Hundred s won blankets silverware candy and other items while many tried luck at wheels, dice, and roulette. A woman claimed the first prize as dancing continued and Miss Josephine Bernard led the mayoress race by a slim margin with a field of contenders close behind.
A busy slate at the Crystal Theatre features The Croastosis of Waterloo shot with Waterloo locals, plus The Leather Pushers. At Rialto, Tom Mix In Arabia thrills audiences with stunts deemed unfilmable, while Three Live Ghosts plays Waterloo with soldiers concealing identities after war. Next week brings Lombardi and a spring fashion show.
The Plaza Theatre presents Parted Curtains starring Henry B Walthall and Miss Alden with strong supporting cast. Critics praise Walthall and Alden for masterful characterization and engaging stageworthy romance, humor, and adventure.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatic pain and aching joints. It claims instant relief from stiffness and lumbago and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle at any drug store.
An instructional book by Dr. A S McCleary from Kansas City claims piles can be cured quickly and easily without knives or cutting tools. It highlights a 24 year track record and 8000 cases, offering free postpaid copies to those afflicted who mail their name and address to 575 Parkview Sanitarium, Kansas City, Mo.
In the route of the special cast led by Phones Janitor sum Hon ont Joseph Jefferson the Waterloo presents Lighial on September 23 and 24 with notable participants including Ida St Leon and Frank Bacon's daughter. Prologue and three acts of Laptitnin' promise continuous forest of wit and a string of toned scenes followed by humor, with the droller of YArhtrdi's Bill.
Fragmentary OCR references Tightnin Bill Jones and a memory of the elder Jefferson's play echoed by Waterlad Theater. The item hints at nostalgia or revival discussions tied to an older work but lacks clear details on dates people or events.
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