From 'Fraidy Cat' to Middleweight Champion of World
The excerpt recovers a boxer's youth in St. Paul, detailing early musical talent, a pivotal wrestling challenge by Jack Redmond, and a shift to boxing. It traces the shift from violin study to ring ambition, early gym rise, mentor figures like J Alec Joan and Denny Sullivan, and nervy prep for the first pro fight including a noted bout with Young Ahearn.
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Aken
Jack Redmond
Henry Heapve
St. Paul
Redmond
Hati
Walter Miller
Altho
A. A. UD
Union Shest Metal Worker
Sons of Ich
J. Alec Joan
Denny Sullivan
Jimmy Clabby
Sloan
Gibbons-Miller
Long Lake
Miller
Nyway
Minneapolis
Roy Moore
Mill City
West
Tom
Moore
Nove
Lsten
Young Ahearn
Western Golf and Interstate Trap Shooting Committees Reelect Leaders
Officers will oversee Western Golf Association affairs again next season. The nominating ticket for the January annual meeting remains the same with a single change in the vice presidency. Charles F. Thompson of Flossmoor Country-club Chicago spearheads the ticket. In New York the Interstate Trap Shooting Association re elected T. H. Keller as president Elmer Shaner of Pittsburgh was re elected manager and treasurer for the twenty sixth time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Golf Association
Charles F. Thompson
Flossmoor Country — Club
New York
Interstate Trap, Shooting Association
United States
T. H. Keller
Elmer ©. Shaner
Pittsburgh
Flora Bella at Waterloo Tonight Delights with Musical Comedy
Flora Bella, a dainty and charming musical comedy, headlines the Waterloo program tonight. The show features a 50 member cast, a witty plot revealing a husband loving his wife not her sister, and a chorus of attractive singing girls. Burlesque and laughter follow with Milton Les and a playful act ending with a girlie lip pursing routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Bella
the Waterloo
Flora Balla
Vaudeville Show At Majestic Promises Thrills And Laughs
Waterloo theatre hosts a large entertainment company next Tuesday with a carload of scenery and novel effects. Herbert Clifton headlines in travesty and song at the Majestic. Page Hack and Mack perform daring gymnastic leaps. Otto Koerner and trio present a lively business playlet titled Pen. Rucker and Winifred, colored comedians, amuse, Scissors Cox offers shadowgraph, and the seventh Pearl episode excites. Jack and the Beanstalk plays at the Crystal tomorrow for children’s show.
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Naughty Eye
Speedway Girls
Waterloo Theatre
Herbert Clifton
the Majestic
Page
Hack and Mack
Otto Koerner
Rucker
Winifred
Cox
Jack and the Beanstalk film boast huge scale and cast
The article describes an elaborate film production titled Jack and the Beanstalk with a specially built city sets, a giant, a royal court, and a beanstalk. It notes 10 reels, a budget around $600,000, and 1,300 children in the cast, plus a standout child actor in the role of the giant killer and a princess. It also mentions Crystal news at the Plaza with Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer and Gladys Hulite in A Crooked Romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Chaglin
the Plaza
Charlie Chaplin
Adventurer
Gladys Hulcite
The Angel Factory at Palace Theatre Today and Saturday
The Angel Factory headlines the Palace Theatre program with Antonio Moreton and Helene Chadwick star pairing in a drama about love, corruption, and hardship. Also showing Tlula Hula Land, a Keystone feature, with a strong supporting cast led by Susanne Villa and Margaret Groene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Moreton
Palace Theatre
Keystone
Antonio Merono
Helene Chadwick
Susanne Villa
Margaret Groene
Gets-It promises quick corn relief and world-shaking results
Promotes Gets-It as the world’s best corn remedy offering instant relief from painful corns and calluses. Claims widespread use and endorsement by multiple druggists and firms, urging readers to buy a bottle for 26 cents from E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago or through local Waterloo retailers.
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Aly
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Waterloo
Wangler Bros
H. W. Taggart
C. J. Miller
Hansen & Hansen
B. W. Schuneman & Co
Horns Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Slewers Drug Co
Seven Keys to Baldpate adaptation in urban drama
A compact stage plot traces a Little East Side girl whose father drinks and whose mother is a model. She meets a settlement house superintendent and grows into the woman she is meant to become as the play unfolds.
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Tured
Baldpute
Httle
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Mike Gibbons
Milton Les
Geo. J. Thomassen
Des Moines
Iowa
Majestic Theatre
the Crystal
Holland
Bunte Brothers
Mokera
al—Jones
Jones
Sam H. Pinkerton
Sinnard Bros
Yuibo- Jones Dairy
Sort Athinson -Wis
Rae Ae
Aro
Ickens
Japan
Beverly Club
Gold Cross
Ana
Heinz
Isa He
Beciare
Roy
Plaza Theatre
Speedway
Vacl Ple
Thea
William Russell
Billie West
Jackie Saunders
Tom Boy of
Billie Rhodes
Fender
Lardiel Cox Packase
Maestr
Grature
W. 5S
Hart
Jack Jx
Hamburg
Independent Meat CO
the Adventurer
Miles
Gladys Hulette
Pictus
Antonio Moreno
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