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Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1917

Page

13

Carranza bans real bullfights in Mexico City

President Carranza prohibits real bullfights in Mexico. He allows no giladas or no kill contests for Red Cross fund raising, despite a delegation of society women urging a killed bull event. He declined the request.

Mexico City Mexico Caranza Red Cross Gen. Carranza Carranza

Nebraska Man Invents Device To Identify Eavesdropping Party Lines

A Nebraska inventor has created a gadget that lets a party line user detect which other subscribers are listening in. The device allegedly reveals active listeners, enabling the user to identify neighbors or callers tapping the line.

Nebraska

Silent era stars and stage to cinema legends in 1920s notes

The piece surveys Gladys Brockwell and other stars like Bessie Love Jessica Murray and Mary Pickford across theater and early film. It covers Brockwell’s London and Brooklyn roots, her long shift from stage to cinema, and notes on other performers such as Belle Bruce Janet Magie Jimmie Dexter Jack Pickford Vivian Martin and H B Warner. It mentions The Sawdust Ring A Son of the Hills The Girl at Home The Danger Trail Forget Me Not and Get Me Not productions with venues Liberty Clemmer Coliseum Mission Strand Colonial Rex Class A and star names Kitty Gordon.

Gladys Brockwell William Fox Gladys Brooklyn Miss Brockwell Los Angeles Far East Infantry Wolf Filma Liberty Janet Magie Bessie Love Janet Belle Bruce Cynthia Starr Antonio Moreno Clemmer Miss Bruce Bridgeport Conn Poston Jack Pickford Vivian Martin Jimmie Dexter Jean Hilton Squire Padgate Mary Pickford Jimmie Flynn Jimmie Rex Mary Kitty Gordon Miss Gordon

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