Newspaperman Plays Role in Ivanhoe Stage
A London Express reporter covers Chepstow filming of Ivanhoe by Imp Film. He describes armored actors, a mocked siege, and a scene where an American producer requests multiple takes to achieve splash. Also mentions Herbert Brenon and Isaac of York in the production.
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The
London Express
Chepstow
England
Ivanhoe
Seattle
Expressman
Wye
Beaufont Arms
Steve
Red Cross
Imp Film Company
Sonny
Herbert Brenon
Isaac of
York
Market Square
Immigrant rise from errand boy to Universal founder Carl Laemmle
Immigrant Carl Laemmle recalls arriving in New York at 17 with $50 and a $4 weekly job. He moved West, started in Oshkosh as a clerk earning $15, then built a theater chain, film exchange, and eight brands including Imp Rex Gem Victor Powers Champion Nestor and Bison after fighting licensing limits and forming Universal Film Manufacturing Company.
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Carl Laemmle
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
New York
Moving Picture
Chicago
Oshkosh
Caz! Laenmile
Universal Film Manufacturing Comnute
Universal Film Company
Imp
Rex
Gem
Victor
Powers
Champion
Nestor
Bison
What's on at the Seattle houses an unusually good program
The Seattle listings report multiple theaters with diverse reels and features. Alhambra presents The Heart of a Jewels and Sailing Under False Colors along with other titles including The Flower Girl and the Counterfeiter. Colonial shows Breaking Into the Big League and Pathe Weekly. Melbourne runs The Missing Witness and Kentucky Foes. Grand offers The Quakeress and Internal Mechanical Motion Pictures. Dream screens Indian Loyalty and Bobby's Long Trousers. Olympian shows Through Many Trials and The House of Darkness. Odeon features Her Supreme Sacrifice and Broncho Billy and His Sweetheart.```
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Alhambra
Rogers
Odeon
Broncho Billy
Maidens to Root at Industrial Fair Tonight
One hundred fair young maidens will root for the King county fair at the manufacturers and merchants exposition in the Armory tonight. The fair moves exhibits to the Meadows by September 14. Two concerts by Cavanaugh's band will be held today, with FE Butler and N Hallgren also speaking this afternoon and George W Kummer scheduled for the evening.
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King County
Manufacturers’ and Merchants’ Exposition
Armory
Meadows
Will Horseley
U. of W
Cavanaugh
FE. L. Butler
Seattle Business College
N. Hallgren
Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co
George W. Kummer
Denny Renton Clay Co
South Bend Ghost Suspect Arrested for Grand Larceny
Police in South Bend arrest Anna Janzik on grand larceny charges after catching her stealing potatoes from a freight car in a nightgown. The case is linked to a reported ghostly figure alarming women and children in railroad yards, with investigators considering her leadership of a longer running gang.
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South Bend
Ind
Anna Janzik
Janzik
Auctioneer Husband Foiled by Wife at Home Block Sale
Chicago August 21 John Maloney stood in the police station after his 185 pound wife interrupted his furniture sale to buy drinks. He auctioned family pieces including a wedding clock offering fifty cents. Mrs Maloney halted the sale on the way home from church.
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Chicago
John Maloney
Turney Completes Eight Mile Swim in Kansas City
Miss Willa Turney, 18, of Kansas City Kansas, swam eight miles in the Missouri River as training for a twelve mile marathon starting here Saturday. She reported not very tired and confident she can finish the longer race with ease.
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Kansas City
Willa Turney
Kan
Missouri River
YWCA Girls Take Star Baths at Bleauvelt Camp
New York August 21. Star baths are the fad at the YWCA summer camp in Bleauvelt New York. Miss Marion Hopkins the camp leader is credited with the idea. The baths are taken on a high tower in the camp center and will accommodate a dozen bathers.
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New York
Young Women's Christian Association
Bleauvelt
N. Y
Marion Hopkins
Alaska talk turns up hidden fortune in coat lining
Pittsburg police arrested 90 year old J. K. Scott for vagrancy and during a post arrest search found twenty thousand dollars sewn in the lining of his coat.
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Alaska
Pittsburg
J. K. Scott
Local Market Prices From Farmers to Retailers
The report lists buying and selling prices across commodities such as apples, cantaloupes, citrus, berries, and meats. It notes variability by freshness and quality, with figures for livestock, pork, veal, poultry, and dairy alongside grain prices like wheat, corn, and oats.
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Commission
Loganberriee
Valencia
Porchsr Co
Rio
Ee Aesf
Polcan
Macon
Washington
Puget Sound
Farmer's Duroc Jerseys Weigh In On August Yields
Cottonwood Falls Kansas August 21 Charles Ward a farmer and hog breeder raises Duroc Jersey hogs. Five hogs totaling over one and a third tons include weights 655 pounds 685 pounds 485 pounds and two others weighing 960 pounds in combined total.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kas
Charles Ward
Ward
Loughney Offers $1 Treatments For Osteopathy Relief
Dr Loughneys Osteopathy claims swift relief for nervous stomach and circulatory ailments. Hundreds of testimonials cite success and limited enrollment at one dollar per treatment. Offices in People's Saving Bank Building corner Second Ave and Pike, suites 220 221 222 223. Hours 9 am to 6 pm Sundays 9 to 12 only.
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Loughney
Pacific Coast
Spider's Bite Proves Fatal in New York Man
Abraham Snyder of 95 Market Street Patterson died on the operating table at General hospital after being bitten by a venomous spider in Ferndale Sul livan county New York. He joined in sleeping in a hay mow and awoke Friday with a swelling on his lower lip. He sought help in Liberty and returned to Patterson before dying awaiting operation.
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Paterson
N. J
Ferndale
Sullivan County
N. Y
Abraham Snyder
Market St
General Hospital
Snyder
Liberty
Patterson
Mystery of Sea Tampa Sponging Vessel Found With Desolation
The oil steamer Standard towed into Tampa the sponging schooner Mobile picked up 100 miles west of Tampa with no life on board except one chicken. Seven weeks earlier owner John Cothrés left Tampa for the sponging ground. The usual crew was five, but the crew for this voyage is unknown. The vessel was under sail when found.
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Tampa
Fra
Standard
Mobile
John Cothrés
Cows Die in Lightning Strike at Hastings Barn
Henry Dietrich, cattle raiser, found 18 cows dead in a row in his Hastings barn when a bolt rode a stall line and killed every animal inside. The barn itself remained unscathed and undamaged.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Henry Dietrich
Lanera Frary & Clark Employees Adopt Formal Dress Policy
In New Britain on August 21, Lanera Frary & Clark, a major manufacturer, ends slit skirts hobble and sheer garments for its young women clerks and stenographers. The management issues a dress code directive to female staff.
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New Britain
Conn
Landera, Frary & Clark
Restful Outdoor Vacation For Two Weeks Of Relief
A Daily Healthogram urges readers to spend a two week vacation outdoors to escape bustle and routine. It promotes rest, recreation, and time away from noise and confusion.
Divorces Don’t Seem to Take in Cleveland Remarry Again
Five divorced couples in Cleveland have remarried recently as scientists dub a “remarry microbe.” Cases include Matthew Bean and Ella Bean aged 71 and 68, Emil Kleinsmith 31 and his former wife, Edward Lawrinson and his wife, Patrolman Michael Kocak 29 and his former wife, and Dr Henry Jauluss 41 and Malvina Jauluss, all rekindling marriages.
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Cleveland
Matthew Bean
Ella Bean
Emil Kleinsmith
Edward Lawrinson
England
Patrol
Michael Kocak
Henry Jauluss
Malvina Jauluss
Sun Frying Egg Trick Captures Rural Imagination
Alma Kansas August 21 Mrs August Falk overheard a remark that the sun could fry an egg she placed an egg in a pan set it in the sun and in twenty minutes the egg was ready to eat
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Kansas
Alma
Kas
August Falk
Felix Club Dance Set for Leschi Park Pavilion
The Felix club will hold its next dancing party on Tuesday evening September 9 at the Leschi Park pavilion. The organizing committee includes Miss Ethel Hannan Miss Cecile Hannan Miss Myrtle Cullluch Mr C V McLaughlin and Mr J B Gilmour, chain man.
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Felix Club
Leschi Park
Ethel Hannan
Cecile Hannan
Myrtle Culluch
C. V. McLaughlin
Gilmour
Chain Man
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