Heavy Industries of Nation Under Handicap in 1927
New York reports a cautious view of 1927, noting heavy industries faced weather disruptions, river floods, coal strikes, and slower construction. Despite setbacks, electricity output and public utility earnings rose, while agriculture enjoyed brighter moments with rising farm prices and record consumption of cotton, wool, and silk. Exports edged up while imports fell, and the year saw large bank failures and a significant drop in national debt.
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Gourier
New York
Vermont
Phoaut
Diversified Riviera bill charms Riviera patrons with variety
At the Riviera theatre a mixed program features Nat Nazarro as master of ceremonies, a cello solo, and songs plus contortion dances by Lon Chaney in London After Midnight. The bill also includes Lowise Missert and Coggart and Motto, with Chaney’s crime mystery supported by Marceline Day and others.
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Audlence
Riviera Theatre
Nat Nazarro
Winter Garden
Lowise Missert
Coggart
Motto
Duncan Sisters
Miss Massert
Lon Chaney
London
Chaney
Burke
Scotland Yard
Marceline Day
Henry B. Walthall
Conrad Nagel
Trinity Meeting Tomorrow to Start Pension Campaign
Trinity American Lutheran church discusses a United Lutheran churches of America pension drive of 4 000 000 at its official board meeting tomorrow evening. Committees will be named at the January 3 annual congregational meeting to carry out the drive locally under Dr. 4 B Leamer of Des Moines and Rev. K Herbert Mocil Mann. An Iowa City meeting is set for next Tuesday with Mocil Mann as speaker as the Iowa Synod has not set a quota. The drive ends February 12.
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Trinity American Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Churches of America
Strut
United Lutheran
4. B. Leamer
Des Moines
Town Synod
Herbert Mocil- Mann
Trinity Church
Iowa City
Iowa Synod
The Covered Wagon at Palace Theatre Thrills Audiences
James Cruze's Paramount production The Covered Wagon from Emerson Hough's novel returns to the Palace Theatre on Thursday. The film features about 500 prairie schooners 100 horses 600 oxen and 1 000 Indians from six tribes with cast including Warren Kerrigan Lois Wilson Charles Ogle Ernest Torrence and Tully Marshall.
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Palace Theatre
James Cruze
Paramount
Emerson Hough
Jd. Warren Kerrigan
Lois Wilson
Charles Ogle
Ernest Torrence
Tully Marshall
Alan Wale
Guy Oliver
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets for children health aid
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe vegetable remedy to regulate stomach bowels and improve health in children six and up. It claims to be non habit forming, aids digestion and liver function, and notes olive color as recognizable. Available in 15c 30c and 60c sizes.
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Edwards
The Covered Wagon Love Story and Car Spec Notes
John Fox leads the principal players in The Covered Wagon a tale of love amid conflict with Miss Wilson Kerrigan and Sam Woodlidl. Lois danger and jealousy drive tensions as a romance unfolds amid social obstacles. Also described are Studebaker body features and instrument panel details with emphasis on visibility and fuel systems.
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John Fox
Miss Wilson
Kerrigan
Hate
Sam Woodludl
Lois
New Erskine Six Displayed by Geo A Geerdes Inc
A new Erskine Studebaker six is on display at George A Geerdes Inc show rooms ai4 Park, the Studebaker dealer. The car features a 107 inch wheelbase, wide doors, a roofing body, Bendix four wheel brakes, a four bearing crank shaft, four ring pistons and a 42 horsepower engine.
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New Erskine
Geo. A. Geerdes, Inc
Erskine Studebaker
George A. Geerdes, Inc
Ai4
Studebaker
Marmola Diet Tablets Sell Weight Loss Cure
An old advertisement touts Marmola prescription tablets as a scientific method to combat excess fat. It claims 20 years of use, millions of boxes sold, and promises natural results without harm while urging readers to ask their druggist for a one dollar box.
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Gio
Fragmentary inscription found on Apollo Belvedere statue
A minute inscription reportedly discovered on the famed Apollo Belvedere statue is described as faint and fragmentary, with unclear text. The report notes no confirmation of the inscription’s meaning or provenance, leaving scholars uncertain about its origin and significance.
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Apollo Belveder
Staling Het Apollantiva
Nestor Tiede
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