Life — June 21, 1928 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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NEIGHBORHOOD Chicago Cuas. G. Dawes, of here, took breakfast with C. Coolidge of Washington (D. C.) recently. ee“Big Jim” Colosimo’s well-known restaurant is sporting a new government padlock again. ***Lon Chaney, a movie actor from Hollywood, changed trains here the other day. ***No. 10 was on time last Friday. ***Colonel Paul Henderson, of here, took an airplane ride last week. ***Herbert Johnson, manager of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., has gone to Europe to sce if he can’t find some American opera singers, & Some very nice socks are to be had at the corner store for 35¢ a pair.—Advt. Asia Kagowan. Pittsburgh A tor of the delegates to the Republican Convention last week wished Mr. Mellon would make up his mind, so they could tell the newspaper boys how they were going to vote, ***The Pennsy R. R. is building a new freight station but business at the hot dog stand outside the ball park is not so good. ***A big crowd turned out to hear Mr. 0. Garrison Villard make a speech at the Y.M. H. A. He knocked this and that. ***Criminal Court is crowded with ballot cheaters, Federal Court is filled with bootleggers but Common Pleas Court heard sixty-eight divorce cases in one day, breaking all records. & The editor wishes to warn readers that he is the one to notify when names ae not quite spelled right, and not the circulation manager. William Pfarr. St. Paul Some of our local officials and prominent citizens flew up to Winnipeg a few days ago on an aerial goodwill trip. The boot- leggers hereabouts claim that the boys should patronize home industries and not be spending money in foreign parts. ***Chief of Police Ed Murnane got ready for the summer outing season by buying a big new ambulance which will hold six patients simultaneously. It is painted black and red and is a nifty job. Ed says, now you jay walkers and moonlit motor- ists, go ahead! ***A goodly crowd was around Seventh and Wabash Streets Saturday night. ***Jed Smith, who lives by the cross- roads in Dakota County, brought a load of right smart calves to market. There never have been so many nice-looking calves in sight as there are today. ®& Charley and Will Mayo, two doctors from down at Rochester, Minn., are ex- pected up this way soon in their river acht “North Star.’ Will and Charley ave built up a right good practice, we hear. Lucien Parlin. Los Angeles Wirt Roctrs blistered his hand so bad playing polo last week that he had to get somebody else to do the milking up at his Santa Monica ranch. & Crane Company had a changed advt. in a recent issue.—Advt. ***Milt Gross, a smart alec from New York, is loitering around the Metro- Goldwyn studios. ***An ice cream social was held at Henri’s delicatessen in Hollywood the other night. Those seen by this writer were Irv Berlin, Spencer Chaplin, Henry Clive, Edward Robinson, Gladys Lloyd and others. ***Wilson Mizner took the 6:15 to San Francisco last week. He said he was go- ing to San Quentin to see if he could find a Native Son. Will's a case! }°**Carl Harbaugh took an overcoat by mistake from the barber shop last week | which belongs to Raoul Walsh. It was just a josh on Raoul, eh Carl? ***Stephen French Whitman (who doesn’t know Steve?) is reading up on NEWS | things in general at the University Club. He plans to do some fancy writing as soon as he can get around to it. ***Al Jolson, who has been boarding at the Ambassador, is sporting a new $17,- | 500 Rolls-Royce given to him for appre- ciation by the Warner Bros. Better luck | next time, Al. Ted Cook. Spokane Bitty Connor and Jake Schiffner are having quite a time, what with the Elks holding their convention all over town. The rule for an Elks convention is, when in doubt, get up a parade. ***jim Geraghty and some others have gone to what they call the ratification meeting at Houston, Tex. **°The N. P. railroad is fixing up its grounds considerable, which is not quite as good as a new depot, but helps some. *°*Dan Hannah and the Mrs. have pre- sented your corr. with a dahlia, and gosh, it's more trouble! ***Chief Wesley Turner is getting ready to issue his annual edict that any disor- derly or noisy conduct on the Glorious Fourth will be severely dealt with. & If crops in the Palouse and Big Bend keep on looking as good as at this writing, not much farm relief will be needed in these parts. ***Quite a number of Eastern tourists going through or lingering around. They can be told from natives because they dress Western fashion. Stoddard King. Birmingham, Ala. Ir is being rumored that Prohibition of- ficers captured a still yesterday. ***Howard College, Alabama Polytech- nic Institute have held their Commence- ment. Here and now we want it under- stood that we have all the accident, fire, rain, and sick insurance policies we need. And no bonds, either, thank you. **°Will Rogers, we see, has been asked to run for President. It is not known in comicbooks.com