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Forecast: Snow likely this weekend in the St. Louis area

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ST. LOUIS -- Rain moves into the region this afternoon into this evening before ending before midnight. Rain may briefly mix with some wet snow along I-70 in southern Illinois, but no accumulation is expected. The roads will be wet for the afternoon and evening drives. Temperatures will be in the 40s today and drop [...]
Joe Millitzer

100 Years Ago: Thanksgiving on the Radio

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s broadcast station, KSD, presented a special Thanksgiving week program on Monday, November 24, 1924, and the offerings were impressive. The Alton Evening Telegraph printed radio schedules in the newspaper so Altonians could plan to tune in. The 7:00 p.m. show was broadcast from the Missouri Theater (sometimes spelled Theatre) at 626 N. Grand Blvd. in St. Louis. It is no longer a theater, but a section of it still exists as the Angad Arts Hotel. The building is between The Fabulous Fox and Powell Hall (which was originally the St. Louis Theatre). Here is the program, with further explanation of each piece when information was available. Organ solo by Milton Slosser – “Dreamer of Dreams,” music by Ted Fiorito. The Missouri Theatre was equipped with a Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra organ which had 4 Manuals, 32 Ranks. Vocal Duet by tenor Henry Klotz (often listed as Heinie Klotz) and soprano Peggy Nash. Klotz and Nash were

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