Riviera Theatre to begin talking pictures Sunday July 29
Riviera Theatre announces installation of Vitaphone and Movietone systems and will inaugurate sound films next Sunday with Richard Dix in Warming Up. Movietone News and Paramount reels will accompany the first week’s program as silent screenings end.
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Herbert Grove
Riviera Theatre
Richard Dix
Paramount
Riviera
Sean Arthur
Dix
Reokie Picker
New York Yankees
Asa Movietone News
Sears
Grove
Gry
Gam Wall
New York
Paramount Theatre
First National
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Warner Brothers
Conrad ‘Nagel
Warner Brothers Vitaphone
Conrad Nagel
Myra Loy
Movietone
Girl Fractures Skull After Fall From Hay Mow
Gladys Hogan a 9 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Hogan suffered a skull fracture in a fall from a haymow on her father's farm one and one half miles south of Dewar She was taken to St Francis hospital at 10 20 am today and her condition though serious is not considered critical
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Gladys Hogan
Ray Hogan
Dewar
St. Francis Hospital
Phelps to Preach in Tent Next Week
Evangelist Phelps from Marquette will speak at tent meetings on Titth and Franklin streets each evening next week except Monday. Healing services are scheduled for Tuesday and Saturday nights. The events are in charge of Rev and Mrs G H Buhler of Seattle.
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W. ©. Phelps
Marquette
Titth
Franklin Streets
G. H. Buhler
Seattle
Wash
Lawndale Pageant Draws Thousands Of Local Spectators
Thousands witnessed the Lawndale pageant Days of 45 at Lawndale playground. Twenty boys played Indians and twenty-two acted as pioneers with twenty six girls as marines. A repeat performance is set for Edison playground Monday night with the same cast.
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Lawndale Playground
Lawndale
Edison Playground
Baumann Wins Leath Convention Prize for Horseshoe
Joe Baumann, manager of Leath & Co local store, took a leather billfold prize in a horseshoe pitching contest during the semiannual meeting of store managers in Elgin Illinois. Managers toured the Elgin factory and visited the Chicago Furniture Mart for three days, staying as guests of the Union League Club.
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Joe Baumann
Leath & Co
Elgin
Ill
Baumann
Chicago Furniture Mart
Union League
Waterlogan’s sled propeller idea eyed for winter romps
A Waterlogan inventor F Ladwig patents a bicycle based sleigh propeller. The device uses foot pedals or motor power to drive ground contact blades, pushing an attached sleigh. He envisions use on children's autos or motor vehicles, with a front motor powering a rear runner propeller system.
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F. Ladwig
Lime Street
Ladwig
United States
Canada
Ludwig
Mercury
Royal Canadians at Electric Park Tuesday Night
Waterloo audiences will hear Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians at Electric Park for one night on Tuesday July 24. Manager Peterson confirms the engagement through the Music Corporation of America. The orchestra rose to fame via radio programs on WBBM and WdJBT and a flood of fan mail and high contract offers during a nationwide tour.
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Waterloo
America
Guy Lombardo
Royal Canadians
Electric Park
Peterson
Music Corporation of America
Granada Cafe
Chicago
WBBM
Wdjbt
Lombardo
Two Men Accused of Auto Theft Here in Federal Custody
Raymond Garfield and Edward Anderson, wanted in Black Hawk county for stealing a car belonging to traveling salesman W. H. Hilmer, have been turned over to federal authorities in Chicago. They fought extradition through habeas corpus hearings but were blocked by U S District Attorney Rhinehart Cedar Rapids on the Dyer Act charge. Extradition proceedings set for Tuesday with Sheriff Wagner prepared to take custody under extradition papers.
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Raymond Garfield
Edward Anderson
Black Hawk County
W. H. Hilmer
Chicago
4. T. Wagner
Waterloo
United States
Rhinehart
Cedar Raptas
Wagner
Birth announcements flood local paper with newborns
A flood of birth notices lists parents and addresses across multiple towns with names like Edward Frank, Agnes Marte, and Margaret Marie. Dates span June 21 to July 7 with daughters and sons born to dozens of couples including Bagiman, Windolf, Laftredo, and Wingert in various communities.
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Throdore
Gibson
Pith West
Edward Frank
Prank W. Bagiman
Kern
Agnes Marte
Igsenh Kats
Commercial
Jake
Orville Tanzeuther
F. Dy
Donna Jena
A. I. Hostetler
Gouth
Air
Charles G. Windolf
Wotrate
Margaret Marie
Frank Laftredo
Fifth West
Norma Jean
Marold Vaynes
laPorte Toor
Mary Belle
Everett
Burl
Kerry
Berne
Saulini Vale
Mulberry
Regor Reus
Robert M. Wilson
Francia Leon
Les R. Schieusner
Sefferson
Helen Mac
AL Jenkins
Vefferson
Virginisane
Man Woman and Sin Feature at Riviera
John Gilbert partners with Jeanne Eagels in Man Woman and Sin at the Riviera for four days beginning Sunday. The Washington centered drama follows a young reporter amid newsroom and White House settings, with cast including Gladys Stockwell Marc McDermott Feilip Anderson Hayden Stevenson and Aileen Manning. The program also includes Harold Teen on Thursday and a stage show with vaudeville acts and live entertainment.
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John Gilbert
Jeanne Eagels
Riviera
Washington
White House
I Jones
Gladys Stockwell
Marc McDermott
Feilip Anderson
Hayden Stevenson
Charles BE. French
Aileen Manning
Mania Bell
Casey Jones
George Dewey Washington
Sonna & Earlyn
Jack Joyce
Ralph Jones
the Riviera
Harold Teen
Paramount News
Arthur Lake
Mary Brian
Alice White
Lucien Littleseid
Hedda Hopper
Jack Duffy
Jack Eagan
Breed of the Sunsets at Palace with Bob Steele
Bob Steele stars in Breed of the Sunsets at the Palace for two days, delivering fast paced western action. The film features Dorothy Kitchen and Leo White, directed by Wallace Fox with a story by S&S E. V. Taylor and adaptation by Oliver Drake. A Mexican bandit romance frames the tale set in early California. Indoor Golf joins the program, along with Fox news.
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Bob Steele
FBO
Palace Theatre
Steele
Dorothy Kitchen
George ‘Bunny
Leo White
Larry Fisher
Wallace Fox
S&s. E
California
Collins
Fox News
Paden Presents Swift Plaza Run of Comedies and Films
Howard Paden and associates stage Up in the Ai at the Plaza with a tuned company led by James Dunselth and Paul Markarof featuringElinore Marshall Jean Lowry Roy Jones and others. Sally in Our Alley screens with Shirley Mason and Richard Arlen while Listen Mabel closes the Plaza engagement with Miss Jean Lowry as Mabel and Roy Jones as Jerry. Adolph Menjou stars in Serenade with Kathryn Carver Gina Basquette and Lawrence Grant. Mrs D H Reiphard to leave Des Moines after two weeks visit.
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the Plaza
Howard Paden
James Dunselth
Ono
Paul Markarof
Roy Jones
James Dunseith
Harold McClure
Elinore Marshall
Jean Lowry
Grayce Robertson
Billy Edilott
Sally
Alex
Ailey
Shirley Mason
Richard Arlen
Alec B. Francis
Wiliam H. Strauss
Paden Players
Plaza
Paden
Mabel
Mentow
Elmore Marshall
Jerry Galvin
Paul Morokoff
Adolph Menjou
Plaza Screen
Menjou
Kathryn Carver
Gina Basquette
Lawrences Grant
Martha Franklin
Ernest Vadja
Politicians Held to Close Limits in Wet Appeals
Analysis of political debate over prohibition repeal promises and constitutional avenues. It explains two repeal paths, the difficulty of amending the Eighteenth Amendment, and the realistic limits on what changes to alcohol content could be legally allowed without full repeal.
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Congress
Var
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Smith
Conventio
Raskob
Sortthy
Nang Demworstin
Tor
Sanit
Mivir
Playground City for Cuban Children Planned Near Havana
Havane Cuba July 19 The Cuban government is expanding playgrounds and parks and is building a “children’s city” at Guanabacoa ten miles west of Havana. Over 200 poor children will enter the city center with free instruction food lodging and physical training. If successful similar programs will spread island wide and the plan includes summer operation to maximize sun exposure and exercise.
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Havane
Cuba
Guanabacoa
Havana
Department of Publica
Altho
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Gast
Palace
Bt. Thomas
Antonio
Paul
Paul Whiteman
Kink
Edgewater Beach Hotel
Tive
Padens
Close Plaza
SWIFT
D. H. Reiphard
Herbert M. Marshall
Shimbali Avenuue
Des Moines
Stanley
His Aristocrats
Jane Carrol
Louisvilla
Signor Cin + Casazza
G. C. Kennedy
Berghoff
Home Coal CO
Paul Wendall
Orchestra
Batra Ladies
His
Rialto
Dr. Shean
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