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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1921

Page

19

Myers Signs With Universal For Interials

Myers, who has completed t with Universal, has signed to play interials by ph. Her first one will be King Through. It was writ by Albert Smith, president of ph.

Seattle Jitney Men Move To Tacoma

Six more Seattle jitney licenses were issued to drivers transferring to Tacoma on Thursday. G W Rounds, Tacoma Street Car superintendent, says authorities cannot stop the shift. Residents doubt jitneys will stay long due to the long runs from Seattle.

Seattle Tacoma G. W. Rounds Tacoma Street Car Company

Free Offer Sparks Ridiculous Unload Sale at Red Front Stores

A sensational Saturday sale advertises discounts on suits, hats, shoes, shirts, and more with free items for each suit sold. Two Red Front locations at First and Pine and 1415 First Avenue promise deep cuts to raise cash after a break in.

Joss Vy Union First Pine First Avenue Oxford RED Front Pine Street Pike and Union Streets

The Conquest of Canaan and Other 1920s Station Plays

The page lists film and stage appearances across theaters including Liberty Thomas Meighan in The Conquest of Canaan and Lionel Barrymore in Jim the Penman. Other cast entries feature Clemer Allison, Marion Hamilton, Tom Mix, and Deck Joy in various productions.

Thomas Meighan Canaan Clemer Allison Coliseum Pasline Starke Nell Winter Garden Tom Mix Blue Mouse Marion Hamilton Gailey Lionel Barrymore Jim the Penman Colontal Deck Joy Man Rex-Seasue Hayakawa Mack Koes William Parnam

Short Skirts and Classic Films at Clemmer Colosseum and Rex

A run of silent film notices highlights Gladys Walton in Short Skirts at the Clemmer with Blue Mouse’s Birth of a Nation returning for a second week. Colieum opens Elinor Glyn’s The Great Moment starring Gloria Swanson. Liberty adds Made in Heaven with Renee Adoree and Harold Lloyd in I Do. Strand features Salvage with Pauline Frederick. Colonial shows A Voice In the Dark. Rex presents The Man Worth While with Romaine Fielding starting Saturday.

Gladys Walton Miss Walton David Wark Griffith John Hamrick Blue Mouse Lillian Gish Robert Harron Wallace Reid Henry Walthall Coliseum Elinor Glyn Gloria Swanson Robert Sanborn Tom Moore Romaine Fielding Don Ward Miss Gish

Picture at Met Great Success

The Metropolitan Theatre hosts a long run of Over the Hill wit bg to serve crowds unable to secure reservations. It is hailed as one of the city’s finest film attractions with Mary Carr featured as the mother in the cast.

Strand Pauline Frederick Milton Sills Miss Frederick Bernice Ridgeway Metropolitan Theatre Seattle Mary Carr

Famous Trio Returns to Start Paramount All-Star Picture

Wallace Reid and Elliott Dexter have arrived back in Hollywood to begin work at Paramount under Sam Wood. They are joined by Gloria Swanson in a new all star production titled Dont Tell Everything, adapted from Rainbow's End by Lorna Moon.

Wallace Reid Elliott Dexter New York Paramount Hollywood Gloria Swangon Sam Wood Lorna Moon

Steed urges disarmament of minds not weapons in Seattle visit

H Wickham Steed editor of the London Times arrived in Seattle from Vancouver and urged world disarmament of prejudices. He said disarmament means shedding aggressive bias while keeping sight of facts and called for Britons to view the United States as a friendly country. Steed planned coastwise travel and a return to England for the Washington disarmament conference in November.

Lord Northcliffe H. Wickham Steed The London Times Seattle Vancouver B. C England United States Steed Pacific Quebec Washington

Jitney Drivers Seek Immunity From City Prosecution

Forty five Seattle jitney operators petition for immunity from city charges by joining the McGlothern case at the state supreme court in Olympia. George F. Vanderveer represents the drivers. The city utilities committee approved three jitney applications to feed municipal streetcar lines. Two routes run Ravenna boulevard to E 66th street and Brooklyn Ave with a fare, while another adds a 10 cent service from Lith Ave NE to Ravenna Bird to E 45th.

Seattle

Deaf-Mute Wife Divorce Raises Attorney Fees Question

In Yakima on August 12 Calvin M. Graves, 71, was ordered to pay attorney fees for his 17 year old deaf wife who divorced him after two weeks. The fees totaled 150 dollars, double the usual amount, as attorneys argued that dealing with a deaf mute client justified the higher charge.

Yakima Calvin M. Graves

Popular writer completes trip

Clarke Irvine personal representative for Max Linder returns to the Coast from New York after six weeks arranging the release of Be My Wife. He visited Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon then joined the naval reserves for a two week summer cruise to Seattle and San Francisco.

Clarke Irvine Max Linder New York Irvine Niagara Falls Grand Canyon Los Angeles Naval Reserves Seattle San Francisco

Shower of gold shocks Walla Walla residents

In Walla Walla today hundreds of gold nuggets appeared in the streets after yesterday's supposed shower of gold. Citizens rushed to collect the shining finds, filling pockets as investigators search for a source.

Walla Walla

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