Firpo Faces Chilean Challenge or Forfeits S American Title
Buenos Aires February 21 The boxing commission says Louis Angel Firpo must accept or forfeit his South American heavyweight title to Quinton Romero of Chile. Romero, fresh from Paris, arrived with knockouts over Marcel Nite. Firpo’s agent Hugh Gartland objects, proposing Bob Fitzsimmons Jr. as Romero’s opponent.
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Louis’ Angel Firpo
South ‘America
Quinton Romero
Chile
Boxing Commission
Firpo
Romero
Paris
Marcel Nite
Hugh Gartland
Gartland
Bob Fitzsimmons
Columbia College basketball team to tour five states in two weeks
Columbia College announces a demanding two week road trip through five states to close the season. The march schedule lists Valparaiso at Valparaiso Indiana Loyola Chicago Decorah LaCrosse Saint Paul and others with Bernard White leading scorers.
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Columbia College
Dubuque
Eddie Anderson
Columbia
Valparaiso
Bernard White
Eldora
Mason City Grid Card for 1924 Announced
Mason City Iowa February 91 The 1924 Mason City high football schedule was released by Coach Kline. Only Thanksgiving remains to be filled. The team opens against Clarion here and makes four trips including Waterloo to face Waterloo West High. Six lettermen return Cook man Wizard Grippen Hayden Bell and McClintock. Early talks target Cedar Rapids for Thanksgiving but no reply yet. Schedule shows Sept 27 Clarion Here Oct 4 Himmelsburg Here Oct 1 Roosevelt Des Moines Here Oct 18 Charles City There Oct 25 West Waterloo There Nov 1 Port Dodge There Nov 11 Algona Here Nov 15 Sage There.
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Mason City High
Kline
Clarion
Waterloo
Waterloo West High
Cookman
Wizard
Grippen
Hayden
Bell
McClintock
Cedar Rapids
Novak
Himmelsburg
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Charles City
Thare
West Waterloo
Port Dogge
Algona
Sage
Thera
White Forced Out of Bout with Tommy Gibbons
Grand Rapids, Mich. Joe White New York light heavyweight cannot meet Tommy Gibbons tomorrow night due to a broken ankle. White was injured in training and an x ray confirmed the injury. The bout had been moved from February 15 to February 22.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Joe White
New York
Tommy Gibbons
White
Hunchback of Notre Dame to be shown at Plaza Theatre
Alexander Frank, Plaza Theatre manager, arranges a special full showing of The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Friday morning February 22. The event invites a guest list featuring Water-Joo’s notable figures and local representatives.
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Hunchback OF Notre Dame
Alexander Frank
Plaza Theatre
Water- Joo
Tha
Local officials and clergy head city leadership lineup
Press lists Mayor Gnagy, Chief Walker, women’s club leaders, Fathers Mal loy Slattery Macartney Pred Clark Hurlburt, Sloane Wallace and Charles W. Kline as superintendent of schools in a forthcoming city leadership announcement.
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Walker
Women’s Clubs
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Slattery
J. R. Macartney
Pred J.,clark
R. I. Hurlburt
Sloane M. Wallace
Charles W. Kline
Sarg Presents The Marionettes Here on March 5
Tony Sarg offers a new marionette production titled The Chinese Willow Plate at First Congregational church auditorium on Wednesday March 5. The show features life size dolls on a screen with transparent materials, novel lighting, and submarine garden effects to tell the story of a mandarin’s loves. Composer Victor Herbert provides the musical score after observing Sarg in his studio, with Sarg serving as mandarin announcer in a Chanve Sours style presentation.
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Tony Sarg
Twirst Congregational Church
Gna
Waterloo
Tony Sare
Sarg
Tony Sarghan
Herbert
Victor Herbert
America
Balieff
Gas Carets Advertisement Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Gas Carets as a cure for headaches biliousness gases indigestion and similar distress. It markets 10c 25c and 50c boxes for men women and children sold at any drug store.
Theaters Showcase 1920s Fame at Palace Crystal Rialto Strand
The Palace presents Nora Talmadge in a dramatic desert island romance as Emory Johnson’s The Man Man plays Crystal Theatre. The Rialto features A California Romance with John Gilbert, while Gloria Swanson stars in The Humming Bird at the Strand with Ben Turpin and Pathe News. Ed Wynn touring The Perfect Fool captivates audiences with lively staging and music.
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Palace Theatre
Norma
Ethel Harmon
Sfiss Talmadge
Jman
Desert Island
Stoker
Happiesa
Mormes Farmadge
Crystal Theatre
Emory Johnson
Ralph Lewis
Perming
Crystal
Caifornia
California
John Gilbert
Rialto, In
All American
Robinhood Qpara
Aialo
William Phillips
Rialto Theatre
Strand
Gloria Swanson
Swanson
Paris
Toinette
Wdy
France
Ben Turpin
Aes
Pathe News
Woman credits Favorite Prescription with saving her health
Mrs Martha Strayer of Lincoln Nebraska recalls suffering from weakness common to women. She attributes relief to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription after an initial dose and again during the onset of the turn of life. She reports no surgery and ongoing good health.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Dr. Pierce
Martha Strayer
19Th St
Phra Wise Fools and Water Lou Theaters at Goldwyn Studio
The Parfait Fool appears in a Goldwyn picture titled The Phra Wise Fools at the Maza Theatre. Cast includes Claude Minigwa ter and others in a Gadabout reissue with a new music program. Also at Waterloo Theatre Friday night Miss St Denis presents Legend of Ishtar as part of her Oriental dance series.
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Phres
Vidor
Goldwyn
Claude Minigwater
Williama J. Crane
Huth St. Denis
Waterloo Theatre
Nietht
Ishtar
Miss St. Denis
India
China
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
The ad promotes Pape's Cold Compound to take two tablets every three hours for three doses. It claims the first dose relieves, the second and third dissolve the cold, and that it is pleasant and safe with no quinine or opiates. It cites millions of users and sets price at thirty-five cents with a druggist guarantee.
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Tao
Klop
Cote Tlal
CE Grove Bolls
Tsui
Alblan
Mieh
Xondeim
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