Chicago Civic Opera Gains Strong Civic Backing
Chicago's civic opera, after a year of operation, shows financial success with 2,200 guarantors backing Harold and Edith McCormick’s contribution. President Samuel Still notes the deficit for 1922-23 prompted guarantors to fulfill commitments, marking opera as a civic institution like a public library or park with broad professional support and municipal-style subsidies.
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Rainfall Report From Local Gauge and Temperature
Rainfall measured at only 0.1 inch in the area with a brief note of 0.2 inches elsewhere. Temperatures ranged from 57 to 66 degrees, with a sultry night and a 4 degree drop by 7 30 am as wind shifted to the west. Local gauge at the home of Ralph B Slippy recorded the precipitation.
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Colored Man Taken Off Train Over Deadly Weapons
Homer Knox, a negro, was removed from a C G V passenger train by Waterloo police at 1:20 a m and jailed on a carry concealed weapons charge. He claimed the revolver, razor, and knife were not concealed and that he bought the gun in Kansas City to work in a steel mill. The arresting conductor noted the weapon on his seat as he slept. The hearing was postponed to 3 p m for officer testimony.
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Pair Who Aided in Halting Jailbreak Are Freed
Ed Bitter and Michael E. Schilling were released after Judge H. B. Boies set aside prior sentences and ordered one day in county jail. Bitter had faced 30 days for DWI tied to a jailbreak attempt. Schilling faced six months for forgery.
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Dora in the Park with Warren Webster and a new marriage hope
Dora, visiting at her sister Helen's in the city, meets Warren Webster, a wealthy widower with ties to her family. He helps Dora with her nephews in the park and offers a future as a family unit, as Dora and the children grow close to the idea of him as a husband.
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Monument in Arctic to Honor Heroes of Greeley Expedition
Bronze tablet aboard the Bodwein to commemorate American soldiers from the Greeley Expedition. Dr Donald MacMillan recently departed on a northern Arctic voyage, and the tablet honors those who served in one of the era’s notable ice field explorations.
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The Secret of the Storm Country At New Theatre
The revival feature shows Norma Talmadge in The Secret of the Storm Country, a screen classic that draws audience demand. Also on the Palace Theatre program is Chapter three of Haunted Valley and Gloria Swan in Prodigal Daughter.
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