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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1919
Page
4
Under Helmet l Lange auspices Knights of Pythias the Chautauqua coliseum hosts a Monday night address. Local attendees are invited to hear a guest speaker on civic affairs and community issues.
Blanche Sweet makes her screen re debut in The Unpardonable Sin at the Palace tomorrow. The film, adapted from Major Smupert Hughes book, stars Sweet under David Wark Griffith’s direction with Marshall Neilan at the helm. the production is described as one of the era’s most elaborate screen stories.
Great Patterson Shows roll into Cedar River park under Black Hawk Bolo club auspices. A modern amusement park with flags lights music and a monster hippopotamus features elephants camels lions bears leopards zebras monkeys ponies and high school horses. Saturday to Monday Connie Talmadge stars in Experimental Marriage at Crystal Theatre with Harrison Ford and a strong supporting cast. story satirizes a girl chasing any new theory or cause.
Stone presents the Artcraft photoplay Johnny Get Your Gun featuring Johnny Wiggins in a third motion picture appearance. Written by Edmund Lawrence Burke with Gardner Hunt as picturization and Donald Crisp directing, the Plaza Theatre opens the film tomorrow amid strong supporting players.
Davenport Iowa June 21 previewed a city wide street railway strike as the operating company refused the unions arbitration terms next moves awaited in Davenport Rock Island Moline Bettendorf Silvis and Muscatine interurban lines with a potential Sunday or Monday halt.
Waterloo to begin strict traffic enforcement on July 1 with priority for fire, patrol, and ambulance vehicles. All cars must display state license numbers by July 1, due to previous office congestion. other rules include proper lights, no illegal parking, and cars yielding to emergency vehicles.
Probate bonds totaling 3,830,283.52 were approved in probate court by Clerk Fred S. Pettit. The June process requires clerk review of filings in 724 estates, with bonds ranging from 50 to 209,000 dollars in the Frank A. Anderson estate. Pettit notes no losses have been charged to bondsmen under his administration.
The Rainbow division One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Infantry band, 45 soldiers in uniform, arrives from Cedar Rapids to perform two concerts in the Waterloo Coliseum at 3 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. A parade through downtown leads to Chauteauqua park with encore pieces requested by fans.
The Distinguished Service Cross awarded posthumously to Lieut H. Becker for gallantry in action at Vierzy France. The medal bearing the date Sept 18 1918 was received yesterday by his parents Mr and Mrs J B Becker of Newell Street. General Pershing commended the act of valor during a 1918 aerial engagement.
Fragmentary text references three weeks ago and a calendar change to tomorrow. Names Henry John and Stamford Chaparral appear without clear context or event. No confirmed action, date, or outcome available to summarize as a complete news item.
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