What happened this week in Springfield 100 years ago
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield’s historical narrative traces back to the early 1800s, intricately weaving a collection of significant events that span two centuries. Here's an exploration of intriguing headlines and stories from this week, but with a twist – they’re from a century ago, meticulously preserved by the History Museum on the Square. December 1924 [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield’s historical narrative traces back to the early 1800s, intricately weaving a collection of significant events that span two centuries.
Here's an exploration of intriguing headlines and stories from this week, but with a twist – they’re from a century ago, meticulously preserved by the History Museum on the Square.
December 1924
- Missouri raises fees on automobile licenses to pay for new roads across the state.
- Drury holds extra practices for the basketball game with Vanderbilt on Christmas Day.
- The Greenwood Christmas Festival will be given Friday night under the direction of Athletic Director A.W. Briggs.
- Workers are completing the new passenger platform at the depot on Main Street
Now showing in 1924
The Electric - Wages of Virtue
Luigi, a traveling show strongman, saves Carmelita from drowning and persuades her to join him. When Luigi kills his assistant, Giuseppe, in a jealous rage, they flee to Algiers, where Luigi joins the Foreign Legion and installs Carmelita as proprietress of a cafe. Marvin, an American legionnaire, falls in love with Carmelita, who has become a favorite of the regiment, but she remains loyal to Luigi out of gratitude. Luigi frames Marvin, who is punished by the authorities. In the ensuing fight between Marvin and Luigi, the strongman is getting the better of the American when Carmelita, who has learned of Luigi's intent to marry Madame La Cantinière, stabs her benefactor. The Legionnaires decide to attribute Luigi's death to an Arab; Marvin and Carmelita are united.
Landers Theatre - The Hunchbank of Notre Dame
In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.
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