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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1921
Page
19
A fragmented listing highlights Liberty Wallace Neild, Mary Pickford, James Oliver Curwood, Tom Mix, and Mary Pickford again in a mix of films and showings. Venue names include CLIMMER STRAND WINTER GARDEN and BLAU MOUSE with titles such as The Charm Seheal The Love Tight and Just Wals.
The page previews upcoming film attractions at local theaters. Bert Kytell stars in a dramatic romance about a frame up and abduction at a New York hunting lodge. Other openings include James Rennie and Dorothy Gish in Flying Pat at the Coliseum and Tom Moore in Hold Your Horses at the Liberty.
Shirley Mason spent daily visits to Chinatown in San Francisco while filming Wing Toy by William Fox and written by Pearl Coles Dell Bhe. Children followed her spreading candy and a junk shop owner gifted a pipe with a promise of a real opium pipe amid Chinatown chatter. The Highest Law starring Ralph Ince as Abraham Lincoln will begin its cross country premiere tour.
A vintage advertisement explains calcium in the blood as the source of natural color. Stuart's Calcium Wafers are promoted as a facial repair stimulant improving skin clarity by addressing pimples blackheads and sluggishness. The copy claims a refined complexion with continued use and lists a price of 60 cents per box.
Prominent citizens and newspaper writers attended a private showing hosted by the Famous Players Lusky Corporation featuring Winston Churchill's The Inside of the Cup and De Mille's Forbidden Fruit. The screening drew attention for its critique of church hypocrisy and was praised for its cast including Agnes Ayres Theodore Roberts Yorrest Branley and Kathryn Willaim e.
An Indiana man seeking a job writes to Senator New after a four year gap. He recalls meeting the senator in a hall and requests a post such as a treasury or land office position, Haiti minister, or at least a guide or policeman role.
Paris on January 28 192? reports a housing shortage worsened by over 25000 Americans in the city Many are drawn by the favorable exchange rate which doubles their purchasing power from American dollars Others seek relief from American drought with some Americans renting three apartments in different sections to be near home after lively parties
Berlin reports that from January 28 to December 10 the German and Prussian governments handed over 12.5 million dollars to the former Kaiser. Officials say the total smuggled sum to the former ruler is not known.
New York man Alexander A. Leloy leaves $10 to his wife in his will explaining it reflects the treatment he says he received when she deserted him in 1915. He notes her right to dower as part of his estate, which is valued at more than $10,000.
ARKADELPHIA Ark Jan 28 A remarkable family death ends a chain of grandmothers. Mrs Emeline Eliza Riles dies leaving five living generations, with two great great grandmothers and two great grandmothers among the six surviving grandmothers of her great granddaughter Eliza Hanson.
The Star urges readers to aid in reuniting families by reporting disappearances to the paper. It cites cases including Joe Springer last seen in Seattle and urging contact through relatives in Detroit. Mollie Williamson seeks news of brother William F Johnston who left Puget Sound in 1908 and has not replied.
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