Spirit of Pioneer Days Opens Texas Centennial Fair
The Texas Centennial Pageant will open the State Fair of Texas on October 8 with five thousand participants in pantomime and tableaux. Jack Webster Harkrider will direct the pageant, portraying a century of Anglo American progress from 1821. A distinctive social Court of Honor will include a Queen and representatives from Texas cities, foreign countries, and other states.
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Texas
State Fair of
Dallas
Athletic Stadium
Plete
Stephen F. Austin
Jack Webster Harkrider
Smiles of 1921 at Dallas State Fair Coliseum
Chicago based Smile de Recats bring the full Smiles of 1921 revue to the Dallas State Fair Coliseum from October 8 to 23. The colorful girl chorus promises lively, mucke r and vivacious entertainment that audiences will enjoy as the show arrives from Chicago.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Texas
Dallas
Geome
Theory Versus Practice In the Garden and the Barn
A humorous reminiscence contrasts theory with practice in farming and chicken-raising. The narrator recalls failing in real-world gardening, poultry care, and boyhood antics, detailing clashes with a friend Tom Hudson and a strict father who enforces his own, comically harsh theories.
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Republic of Ours
Texas
Tom Hudson
Tom
Tom Jenkin
Father
Domestic advice from Oig Uteller on women and cosmetics
Oig Uteller states that understanding women is universal and cites his wife, two sisters, and three daughters as examples. He notes how makeup can age or soften appearance and praises his family's use of powder rouge and face creams bought at Dyer & Jones, ending with a boastful nod to a central line.
Tug Follows Bob to Crow Nest, Dog Saved in Baptism Scene
Poor Tug joined Bob to where a dog barked at an empty crow's nest. They returned in time for Tug to be baptized, as Bob executed his theory and rescued the dog from disappointment.
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Bob Walker
Tug Blevins
Dog
Tug
Cave Creek
Bob
Sherlock Holmes in Love
A playful line exchanges reveal Holmes’s sly romance with a woman who supposedly smokes yet does not. The banter hinges on a kiss and a cigarette scent, mixing wit with detective flair.
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Joe
Dyer & Jones
Central
Rexall Store
Eagle “Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
America
William Wrigley JR
Pasadena
Mr. Wrigley
Wrigley’s
Wrigly’s
Whitewright
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