April 24, 1929, Appleton Post-Crescent
Always a giveaway or some sort of game going on at "Menasha's Family Theatre." This is just about four months after the Brin had opened, so definitely a bit of competition going on, I'd guess. The 1930's would see a definite upsurge for such giveaways such as Dish Night and Bank Night, and a healthy dose of double features to keep the customers coming in. This would be right when the viewing public needed a morale boost, at the heights of the Great Depression.
I was of the opinion that "nite" was a modern lazy habit, but by this ad from 90 years ago I see it used three times. Two "tonite"s and one "nite". I was taught the way to keep things rite, tite, and in the proper lite was to spell it "night"! Oh well, I mite not fite it.
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