Gleason Held on $10,000 Con Game Charge
Davenport man Jas August J Gleason is jailed in Scott county on $20,000 bond awaiting extradition to Illinois for alleged involvement in a fake stock scheme that defrauded Henry Kath of Muscatine of $10,000 at Peoria. Kath advanced funds. Gleason denied the charge and fought extradition. The case links to a larger racehorse scam chronicle and notes prior Chicago arrest for similar alleged activity.
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Davenport
Henry Kath
Muscatine
Peoria
Con J. Gleason
Scott County
Illinois
Kath
Ed Thomas
John L. Middleton
J. B. Rose
Gleason
Minneapolis
Chicago
W. M. Chamberlin
W. W. Seeftt
John Weill
Tenant Exonerated Of Stealing Own Oats
Bert Hollar, a tenant farmer on the Hawkeye highway, was cleared by OG B Courtright, who dismissed the larceny charge for 250 bushels of oats after hearing that rent payment defaults stalled his lease. No crime was found to have occurred.
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Bert Hollar
Hawkeye Highway
B. Courtright
Hollar
Farm Sheriff Seizes Personal Property Over Grain Claim
Landlord Lewis Muler levied on all farm personal property amid a dispute over oats. He alleges Mollar hauled the grain and that the crop was included in the settlement. The defendant contends no legal papers were served and that the cats were rightful property.
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Lewis Muler
Mollar
Spanish Class Letters Bring Spain Contact to East High
East High School Spanish students exchange letters with Cadiz and other Spanish cities. Rudolph Ward received a Spanish letter from Guillermo Schayhausen detailing life in Cadiz and naval plans. The exchange aims to practice language skills with real correspondence and awaits photos and future replies. Also, Bob Martin stopped Montana Tom McCarthy in the third round of a 10 round fight in Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East High School
Miss Kraushans
Elter Jen
Stadliz
Pane
Guillermo Schayhausen
Adiz
San Fernando
Cadiz
Oscar
Martin
United Press
Grand
Things Theatrical Wineteer and Phylis at Strand
Cheries Ray abandons his hick image in Nineteen and Phyllis at First National. Clara Horton stars opposite Ray as a youthful beauty. The film marks Ray’s third independent release, hailed by critics as his best. At the Strand Theatre. An Old Fashioned Boy plays at the Plaza featuring Blany scenes and a bungalow location in Hollywood. Ray contemplates purchasing the land after scenes.
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Wineteer and
Phylis
Ray
Phyllis
Clara Horton
Charles Ray
Strand Theatre
Charles Kay
Plaza
Hollywood
California
Mr. Ray
Thomas H. Ince
Small Town Idol and Mid-Channel at Plaza and Palace
The Plaza presents A Small Town Idol with Miss Thompson and Mr Henry llings, a Sennett styled comedy featuring Ben Turpio and Phyllis Naver, while Clara Kimball Young stars in Mid-Channel at the Palace, a six reel photodrama by Hagland based on Pinero. Vaudeville by Jack Levy and Four Symphony Sisters closes the Majestic with musical acts and novelty numbers.
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Miss A
Ape Thompson
Henry Llings
Terloo Souxsters
Sonali Lown
Ben Turpio
Phyllis Naver
Marie Prevost
Ben
Charlie Murray
Jimmy Finlayson
Shannel
Clara Kimball Young
Benna
Hagland
Arthur Wing Pinero
Broadway
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Young
jJack Levy
Symphony Slaters
Majestice
Giiano
Halph Dunbar
Dixie
Darkies
Isolal
Orhpeum
Des Moines
Smith
Grace Inman
Jill Sanki
Remarkable Family Saga Sparks Tense Domestic Drama
A vivid, if garbled, recounting centers on Margarita Fisher and her young artist father as a clever plot unfolds around a masculine great aunt. The tale portrays strained authority and a cascade of misunderstandings that grip the reader with tense, evolving melodrama.
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Margarita Fisher
Tae Devel
Chowen
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Bleason
Spain
Tad
Crystal
Charlen Ray
Phyliss
Crystal Theatre
Lo Mapicture
Alma Rubens
Majestic Theatre
Movel
Tarents
Sterring
Carden Theatre
Charles Rhy
Mepmr
Schuneman
Drama League
Charles
PUPPY
Pathe
Torchy’s
Sewell Ford
Saturday Evening Post
Starr
Johnny Bines
Torchy
Organ Orchestra
Fox News
Starunday
Ruth
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