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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1918
Page
8
TACOMA Jan 14 The state council of defense endorsed fundraising campaigns for the Red Cross Y M C A Armenian Syrian Relief Knights of Columbus Jewish relief and the Community training camp committee in a session here.
The Orpheum and Palace Hip feature two act revues with many acts including the Five of Clubs, Russian dancers, Bil and Bob Millard, and Dave Thornby. At the Gaiety Armstrong Folly presents Pat's Dream with Will Armstrong and Joe Carter in comic roles. The Wilkes Theatre hosts Belasco’s The Woman with Grace Huff and Henry Hall, weaving a political love story amid prewar party intrigue.
Norma Talmadge stars as the lead in Ghosts of Yesterday at the Liberty Theatre. The play, also known as Two Women, is a pretty transformation tale by love featuring Leslie Carter in a famous legit‑stage role.
Today’s listings show Jas Wairbenks in A Kansas leer at Coliseum 1 plus Norma Telmedge in Gheste of Yesterday at Liberty. Tyrone ewer stars in The or and a Parcem in North of 63 at Strand. Also Clemm en George Walsh in The Wanker Way at Clemm en, and Florence Heed in To day at Colontal with Dreft toa. Harle Williams performs Apartment 59 in Class A.
The Liberty shows a cabaret themed drama with a lover, a villain, and a dramatic blackout before a “Ghosts of Yesterday.” Coliseum features Douglas Fairbanks in Kan man Musketeer with Arizona scenes and a young El sie Dodge. Universal and Bray provide educational shorts. Colonial presents Today with Florence Reed and Dustin Farnum in North of 53 set in Canadian woods. Rex opens with Draft 258 about a WWI draft.
The article paints Unalaska as a desolate outpost facing isolation with scarce contact to the outside world. It describes summer Coast Guard visits, occasional trading ships, and a once-bustling Dutch Harbor economy shrinking to echoes of its storied past. Locals endure loneliness yet hope for renewed commerce and Alaska identity persists.
The report lists current cinema programs in several venues. Earl Williams shines in Apartment 29 at Class A. Tyrone Power stars in The Planter at Strand with a romance on a Southern Mexico rubber plantation. Clemmers presents The Yankee Way with George Walsh and Enid Markey, plus Sidney Drew and Hearst-Pathe weekly. Berlin dispatch notes artillery and reconnoitering on the Western front.
Jan 14 Whisky Canon politics shaken as prominent suffragists charge wet leaders with intimidation in the local option vote. Women voters largely stayed away despite demonstrations while rats trained to scatter at the voting women allegedly disrupted ballots at election booths.
Baroness Iona Zollner wife of a German army captain is jailed in Chattanooga on Teuton spy charges. Federal authorities cite a code card incriminating letters and her own statements as proof. Lieutenant John Spaulding of the U S Army is jailed for trial at Fort Oglethorpe. he allegedly aided her and received her help with his commission.
London coroner rules death by misadventure after a soldier, who endured 15 months of bombardment, died at home from swallowing his false teeth while asleep. A separate technical note mentions a hemp rope with iron chain increasing durability by 70 percent by reducing friction.
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