Theda Bara Escapes Death on Narrow Ventura Road
Theda Bara narrowly avoids disaster on a dangerous Conejo grade road near Oxnard California while returning from a Cleopatra location shoot. A speeding cyclist swerved into her path risking a 1000 foot drop but the chauffeur steadied the liner and kept going. Bara later calm but shaken, faced a nervous night at home.
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Theda Bara
Cleopatra
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Oxnard
Cal
Miss Bara
William Fox
Conelio
Misa Bara
Photoplay Gossip on Engagements and Cast Moves
Photoplay Magazine reports Jack Pickford and Olive Thomas announcing their engagement with Jack near conscription age and Olive age 20. Ruth Stonehouse exits Universal for Triangle Culver City, Anna Little travels to New York for J. Stuart Blackton Artcraft, Harold Lockwood references, Geraldine Farrar's Artcraft/Jesse Lasky split rumors, Anna Luther returns to support Charles Ray at Biograph, and William Christy Cabanne plans a patriotic feature with an all star cast. William Russell finishes The Sands of Sacrifice and begins The Sea Master voyage.
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Photoplay Magazine
Jack Pickford
Mary
Paramount
Olive Thomas
Ziegfeld Follies
Triangle
Jack
Olive
Anna Little
Los Angeles
New York
J. Stuart Blackton
Artcraft
Santa Barbara
Yorke Metro
Harold Lockwood
Anna Luther
Keystone Forces
Ince
Culver City
Charles Ray
Biograph
Ince- Paramount
Miss Luther
William Christy Cabanne
Metro
Well Made House Dresses with Percale Collar
Well Made and Comfortable House Dresses feature firm percale fabric with a white collar and a large patch pocket. Designed on straight lines with a wide belt, available in lavender, pink or blue and white.
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Lavender
Silk Waists at 2.95 At Basement Salesroom
Silk waists offered at 2.95 in crepe de chine and china silk. Includes white and flesh colors with plain tailored, embroidered and lace trimmed styles. Sizes up to 44. Basement Salesroom advertises favorable value.
New Two Tone Boots Black With Gray 714
Basement Salesroom offers two tone boots in black kid skin vamp and gray cravenette top with goodyear welt sole and Louis leather heel. Sizes 2% to 8% available, priced at 6.00 per pair. Washable Kid Boots 8 inch model also on sale with white ivory goodyear welt sole sizes 2% to 7%, reduced to 5.50.
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HITE
Valenciennes Laces and Trim Patterns Sale
DGES and Insertions in shadow Nor mandy Valenciennes Filet and other dainty patterns very desirable for under muslin trimming Widths 2 to 5 inches 10¢ yard LACES 25¢ BOLT Valenciennes Laces in one and two thread weaves and widths up to one inch in attractive patterns best of 12 yards 25¢ Barsement Salesroom
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Normandy
Valenciennes
Barsement
Summer Dresses in Voiles at Basement Salesroom
A favorable purchase offers summer dresses in voiles and sheer materials for house and street wear. Dresses are well tailored with stripes and floral figures in sizes for women and misses, priced exceptionally low at 1.95 and 3.25.
Skirt Styles with Novel Patches and Belts at Basement Salesroom
The Basement Salesroom features silk poplin and tub silk skirts with stripe and spot patterns. Fullness is created by shirred or box plaits with patch pockets and detachable belts. Colors include tan gray white and rose. Price 3.25.
2000 Yards of Summer Cottons For 10 Cents Yard
Basement Salesroom offers 2000 yards of cotton fabrics at 10 cents per yard. Includes 1000 yards of 36 inch Charlies, 500 yards of 34 inch Voiles, and 500 yards of 27 inch Ginghams in 2 to 10 yard lengths. Strong value for quick sale.
Lace Trimmed Union Suits in Cot ton Styles
Lace Trimmed union suits with torchon lace inserts offered in low neck sleeve less design. Sizes 34 to 38 priced 50 cents and 40 to 44 priced 65 cents.
Bathing Caps at 25 Cents Each
UM Rubber offers a selection of plain colored bathing caps priced at 25 cents each. The ad promotes affordable swimwear accessories with a variety of simple hues for pool and beach use.
Leather Hand Bags Sellout Sparks Clean Fashion Sale
Leather Hand Bags offered at 1.00 feature newer styles and compact sizes ideal for storing trifles women keep at their fingertips. This sale highlights affordable leather trends with emphasis on practical fashion items.
Neckwear styles at 15c with lace edges and hemstitched borders
An attractive assortment offers neckwear priced at 15 cents featuring ARGE flat collars with plaited or lace edges and hemstitched borders along with other popular styles.
Silk-flounced Petticoats at Basement Salesroom
Deep taffeta flounce set on a sateen top makes these petticoats desirable. Available in white Nile-green rose Copenhagen emerald navy with elastic in the top. Priced at 1.95 dollars.
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Copenhagen
Mary Ann Aprons Priced at $1.10
A pink checked gingham apron with collar belt and ruffled sleeves is offered as a house dress. The price listed is $1.10.
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Mary Ann
Corduroy Fabric Sale Offers Wide Color Range
A textile ad promotes 32 inch corduroy reduced to 50 yards with Nile-Green Pink Peach Orange Gold wide-wale and sky-blue cardinal black dark-green narrow-wale options. It highlights savings for skirts coats or evening wraps with fabric offered at 500 yards in total.
Boys Corduroy Suits For School And Dress
Corduroy suits for boys in the Basement Salesroom include Junior Norfolk sets in navy or drab with knickerbockers and coat for ages 3 to 8 at 3.50. For ages 7 to 16, drab corduroy three piece belts with patch pockets sell for 5.00.
Curtain Scrim For Draperies 36 Inch Wide 200 Yard Roll
Sie offers 36 inch wide curtain scrim woven from heavy double thread in ivory or beige. An economical fabric for home draperies, available in 200 yard rolls and priced at 20 cents per yard.
Confessions of a Wife Pain and Fear of Goodbyes
Margie receives a long letter from Mollie on a journey. She writes of fear at farewells, the pain of departure, and hopes to use influence to reform illegitimacy laws. The note mixes personal emotion with social reform as the trip continues.
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Margie
Eliene
Vaudeville Mayhem at Orpheum with Auto Maniacs
The Orpheum at Third and Madison hosts vaudeville led by the Auto Maniacs who dismantle and reassemble cars on stage in minutes. Two crews race in a thrilling, highly exciting act. Also featured are Howatson and Swaybell in A Case of Pickles, Robert Athon and company in a new farce, Hoey and Bellew as comedy singers, and Willy Karbe as a trapeze artist.
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Orpheum Theatre
Third
Madison
Howatson
Swaybell
Robert Athon and
Navy awards woolen cloth contracts to eighty five firms
The navy department awarded 4,500,000 yards of uniform woolen cloth under contracts let to 85 firms at a total cost of about 10 million dollars. The action reflects large scale procurement for military apparel.
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Washington
Navy Department
Posse Rush to Quell Apache Band
Nine white men besieged in a Sierra Ancha cut by a mob of about 100 Apache and Mexican attackers will be massacred unless rescued. Globe citizens armed form posse at daybreak and push toward the mountains where the group is out of ammunition after being driven in by the attackers. The conflict follows a strike that has paralyzed two of the district’s largest asbestos mines.
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United Press
GLOBE
Ariz
Sierra Anchas
Trict
William Garwood Plans Vaudeville Act Using Collected Scen
William Garwood, formerly connected with Universal and partners, is preparing material for a vaudeville act. He will adapt scenes gathered from his past work for the performance.
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William Garwood
Universal and Companies
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