Florida Special at Queen Theatre Promises Hair-Raising Farce
The Paramount comedy Florida Special opens Saturday at the Queen Theatre with Jack Quakie and Sallyre in leading roles. The film follows a newspaper reporter on a sensational train scoop amid gangs and diamonds, with Alison Skipworth, Mae Clarke, and Arthur Treacher in supporting parts.
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Florida
Queen Theatre
Paramount Studios
Jack Quakie
Sallyre
Ster Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
Silly Biles
Alison Skipworth
Mae Clark
Arthur Treacher
William Power
Rosalind’ Russell
Jack Qakie
Kent Taylor
Oukie
Florida Flyer
Tivce
Qakie
Farengi Mirth in Covered Wagon Comedy Set in Pioneer Era
A feature comedy uses the Covered Wagon era as a backdrop with a wagon train and an Indian attack on a Caravan as central climaxes. Performers deliver humor while the Larkgrounds and pioneer scenes aim for authentic detail with forty to fifty replica covered wagons and cavalry rescue sequences filmed with care.
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Farnegis
United States Cavalry
Aged English Housekeeper Travels to California After Inheritance
An elderly English housekeeper receives a modest bequest and resolves to join her son in California. The narrative follows her decision, the impact on family, and the cross continental journey as she seeks a new life abroad.
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California
Powell and Russell In A War Time Romance
Ex newsman and code expert William Powell joins the war effort decoding enemy messages for the Intelligence Department. He meets Rosalind Russell, sparking romance while avoiding distraction from preventing German submarines from destroying American troop ships en route to France.
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William Powell
Intelligence Department
France
Rosalind Russell
Powell
United States
Washington
Miss Russell
War Department
Graveyard Working Planned at Atoka Edge of Coleman County
A graveyard working is scheduled at Atoka in Coleman county on Friday September 4. The event invites all interested to attend and assist with the work. Dinner will be served on the ground and attendees are urged to bring well filled baskets.
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Atoka
Coleman County
Marlin visitors recall former local store owners
Mr and Mrs J W Schindler and their son Billie of Marlin visited relatives and friends here. The Schindlers were former owners of a local variety store.
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J. W. Schindler
Billie
Marlin
Mrs. Schindler
Quakertown Visit Reflects Prosperity and Local Craft
The author tours Quakertown Bucks County visiting Charley Meredith’s Quaker town Free Press, notes strong farming and low relief use, and observes sturdy stone houses with two foot walls. He contrasts traditional local building with prefabricated homes likely in city suburbs, praising local materials and skilled labor.
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Quakertown
Charley Meredith
Washington's Crossing site park plan spans historic banks
The Delaware Canal banks between Pennsylvania and New Jersey are being turned into a hundred mile park for picnics recreations and safe canoeing while canals along the river fade to millraces. A gadget column notes a garbage grinder promising kitchen waste disposal and quotes on invention and consumer desire.
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Delaware River
George Washington
Trenton
Washington
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Abilene Visitor Brings Local Updates In Winters
John Daniels of Abilene visited Monday. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. McCarley moved to Winters from San Angelo and reside on West Dale Street in the O. D. Dillingham house.
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John Daniels
Abilene
B. H. McCarley
Winters
San Angelo
West Dale Street
O. D. Dillingham
Nation wide presidential straw vote opens in Winters area
Citizens invited to vote in a national straw poll conducted by weekly newspapers. Ballots may be cast without signatures while listing town and state for accurate national tabulation. Local results in Winters will feed the national tally through Publishers Autocaster Service of New York.
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Texas
Runnels County
America
Autocaster Service of
New York
Faircloths announce birth of Verna Mae daughter
Mr and Mrs V O Faircloth announce the birth of a baby girl born on August 1 naming Verna Mae.
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Fritz Pruser
Juanita Lavern
Ballot Instructions Promoted by The Enterprise Office
Citizens are urged to vote by mail or bring their ballot to The Enterprise office. The notice specifies writing in the town and estate name and submitting before the deadline.
Marines Enroll Record-Breaking Numbers in Next Three Months
Information from Lieut.-Colonel Tom E. Thrasher Jr. shows the Marine Corps Recruiting service expects to enlist more men in the coming three months than in any similar span in five years. With a 500-man shortfall as of June 1, 1986, Los Angeles will process unlimited enrollments at Room 809 Douglas Building, 257 South Spring Street.
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Tom E. Thrasher, Jr
Los Angeles
Marine Corps
United States
San Diego
Douglas Building
South Spring Street
Times
Thrasher
Dixon Jr. teaching at Baylor visits hometown parents
J. W. Dixon Jr. teaches at Baylor University this summer and spent the past weekend with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Dixon, at their home.
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J. W. Dixon, Jr
Baylor University
J. W. Dixon
Black-Draught Promoted for Constipation and Sluggish Feelings
The text urges taking Thedford's Black-Draught at first sign of slowed bowel activity or tiredness. Mrs. Ray Mullins of Safe Ark praises it for constipation and biliousness, noting both she and her husband use it. She also mentions Syrup of Black-Draught given to children and liked for taste and results.
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Ray Mullins
Safe, Ark
Thedford
Mothe
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