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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
6
In a salon discourse Dick and Madge debate smoking in public and a woman drinking liquor. She argues smoking is a dirty habit yet not immoral, while liquor is linked to tragedy, urging personal choice over convention. The scene contrasts male sociability with female moral codes as the chapter closes.
A seven reel Vitagraph production of Hall Caine's The Christian, shot from Boston harbor to Philadelphia, will run about two hours. New films include Marriage on the Installment Plan, The Octoroon with Marguerite Cournot, and The Cave Men's War. Dream and Colonial houses feature various dramas and comedies through Saturday night with additional newsreels and shorts from Kalem, Eclair, Pathé, and others.
A vintage advertisement urges gentle cleansing for sick children, touting California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative. It claims the remedy relieves stomach issues, bile, and foul bowels within hours, and warns buyers to demand the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Company.
At the Olympian Tonight the program features First Aid to the Injured Edison educational Gypsy Love Pathe drama Trying Out No 707 Selig drama Playing of the Pipers Vitagraph comedy Hobbies Long Trousers Edison comedy showcasing a mix of instructional dramas and light comedies from Edison Pathe Selig and Vitagraph.
Hopkinsville Kentucky reports Henry Johnson a prominent farmer in the northern part of the county died after erysipelas and subsequent blood poisoning from a calf bite suffered a week earlier.
Metropolitan presents The Fascinating Widow with BHltinge. Zeisler performs Quincy Adams Sawyer in The Great Divide. Tivoli stages The Flirting Princess with Keating Flood players.
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