Girls in Japan Wear Wooden Clogs and Blue Umbrellas
Reporter arrives in Nagasaki and observes street scenes with wooden clogs and blue umbrellas among girls. He notes locals in American dress, kimonos, and straw hats, compares Kyoto to Gulliver’s travels, and praises temples and gardens as a tourist draws near. The piece ends recalling touring fame.
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Japan
Billi
Nagasaki
Kyoto
Tistic Gardens
Ite Giria
Commodore Peary
The Chocolate Soldier Delights Seattle Audiences at Moore
The lilting romping musical scored a huge hit at the Moore Theatre. Oscar Straus’s comic opera charms with Non Bergere Nadina Lilian Poli and Charlie Purcell in deft comic turns. Encore after encore sparked twenty minutes of extended play. Zoe Barnett dances well in Men Men Men. The production shines in lavish settings and costumes and plays all week at the Metropolitan.
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Moore Theatre
Seattle
Oscar Straus
Non Bergere
Lilian Poli
Nadina
Charlies Purcell
Zoe Barnett
Ma Cherie
Vanity Fair
The Red Rose Shines at the Metropolitan
The Red Rose blossomed in luxuriant beauty at the Metropolitan last night. It’s praised as one of the best musical comedies seen in Seattle, with overall strong reception and festive production.
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The
Metropolitan
Seattle
Durante Heads Grand Theatre Bill This Week
Novelty musician Durante brings his quirky instruments to the Grand theatre for the first part of the week. Al Watson and company present a farce titled The Dog Catcher. Whitaker and Reese perform lively stepping acts. There are five photoplays on the program.
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Durante
Chineke
Grand Theatre
al Watson
Whitaker
Reese
Youll Find It Here 8 of the Day Condensed for Busy People
Various items from the city include Markejohn Pasqualle injured in a knife incident at Eighth Avenue and Lane, taken to the city hospital, while the attacker fled. The eighteenth annual policemen ball readies at Armory hall. The Coach Poultry show closed after six days with strong attendance. Chas H Shields and Otway Par dee debate Single Tax at Caswell’s hall, Mountain View station tomorrow. Burglars entered Residence of F B Benson at 1612 8th Ave N, stealing two gold watches and other items. Cheridah Gimpson sues Frank Stetson for 36000 in damages for breach of promise, case moved to Judge Gay’s court on affidavit. J M Mackay paid 150 into court registry after contempt ruling and was released. Fifteen men aged 21 to 48 arrested at Providence hospital for begging. In Chicago Rev Geo B R Sufford decries wide open church versus wide open saloon. In Springfield J M Green,Forgery defendant, vanished after court adjournment. sheriff seeks leads.
Vaudeville Circuit Highlights and Names
The list covers Moore’s The Chocolate Oiler and The Red Rose by Metropolitan with Seattie Rose Melville in Sis Hopkins. It notes Empress and Pantages Vaudeville houses plus Orpheum Vaudeville and Grand Vaudeville with motion pictures.
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Moore
Metropolitan
Red Rose Seattie
Rose Melville
Land value tax foes and political clashes in Oregon
Portland editor Harvey Scott faces potential higher taxes under a land value tax plan. Objections from Beott, who owns sizable unimproved Portland property, surface amid local political events. Also notes on a papal delegate, a free-for-all for candidates, a ward improvement clubs meeting, a Mountaineers hike, debater cuts, and Elk’s Tooth rehearsals for a February musical fund drive.
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Harvey Scott
Portland Oregonian
Oregon
Beott
H.W. Scott
Portland
Stage strike runaway girls to be reported to police
Theatrical and vaudeville booking agents agreed to give police the names of all runaway stage struck girls who seek jobs behind the footlights. In New York, Dr. Charles W. Dana urged sterilization of detectives to curb feeble minded and abnormal population growth.
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Chicago
New York
New York Neurological Society
Charles WL. Dana
Cornell
Man Arrested After Protecting Home From Pole Erection
Lynebrook, Feb 12 A man named Thus K Box spent 12 hours in a telephone post hole to block linemen from placing a utility pole in front of his home. He was arrested and is now reported to be suffering pneumonia as the pole is finally erected.
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Lynebrook
K. Box
Month Sees Sixteen Deaths by Suicide Accident Violence
Coroner's office records show sixteen deaths this month due to suicide, accidents and violence. Nine cases were personal crisis, five were accidents, and two were homicides.
Women’s rights talk sparks snobbish ballot remark
Mrs H A Robinson told the Equal Rights association in New York that some women are snobbish enough to reject suffrage even if it meant sharing it with wash women. In Ithaca Cornell officials barred the turkey trot and grizzly bear at a sophomore cotillion and junior promenade.
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New York
H. A. Robinson
Equal Rights Association
Ithaca, N.Y
Cornell
Butter boycott cuts New York dealers’ prices
Reports from New York indicate the butter boycott has prompted at least 80 percent of Greater New York dealers to reduce prices. Other items note a bank lock mishap in Joliet and street wear costs rising in Chicago as Dr. Rose D Howe estimates daily losses, while Philadelphia recalls a man losing his hand at a machine shop and advertising for the prosthetic.
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New York
New York Club
Greater
Chicago
Rose D. Howe
Edwards Could Earn Medal For Pulling Tooth With Red Tape
Glen Clarence Edwards in Washington may receive a hero medal from Congress for pulling his own tooth using a fragment of red tape. He quips that it is the only use he ever found for red tape.
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Washington
Glen Clarence Edwards
Congress
Benefit Concert for Wounded Soldiers in Tripoli
Paolo Giorza presented a splendid concert at Washington Hall last night for the benefit of wounded soldiers in Tripoli. The Italian Red Cross Society sponsored the event. Soloists were Giorza’s pupils led by soprano Miss Lillian C. Reiss who achieved immense success in two of Giorza’s compositions.
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Paolo Giorza
Washington Hall
Tripoli
Italian Red Cross Society
Giorza
Lillian C. Reiss
Bedding and Pillow Stock Sale at Discounted Prices
Feathers stuffed pillows at 50 cents each measuring 17 by 24 inches. Linen finished bed sheets priced 55 cents each at 76 by 85 inches. Seamless bed sheets 70 cents with linen finished muslin 81 by 85 inches. Pillow cases 14 cents each 44 by 31 inches. Gray cotton blan kials $1.20 per pair 72 by 80 inches or blue borders. White cotton blan kial $1.60 per pair 72 by 84 inches in pink or size.
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Greenbank
Puget Sound
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Chas. H. Shields
Otway Pardee
Caswell's Hall
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Frank Stetson
J. M. Mackay
Lincoln Davis
Diller Hotel
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Thomas Payne
Ellensburg
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Rome
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Harvey Nuce
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