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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
2
The week of their lives unfolds as Irene Castle parades endless and gorgeous gowns in a Chambers drama, showcasing couture style on screen and setting a vivid fashion mood.
London July 31 The Edmon district council approved 100000 for purchasing electric carts and applied to the government board to borrow the sum on munhic notes.
A peculiar emphasis on first impressions and decision making hints at a sales pitch. The ad mentions multiple garments including suit coat dress and hat and invokes Sagatian strength of character guiding choices. It frames Florence Upstairs Store as a destination for updated wardrobe.
Paris July 31 From silk stockings to bare feet a new shoe style aims to replace hose altogether. A sandalless design features a pearl and chrysoprase buckle with cream and apple kid straps on a white satin sole and a white green heel.
London July 31 The Rev S A Ambrose President of Western Baptists at Crewkerne conference says women dress today less modest and spirituality is lacking calling this an outburst of frivolity amid rising secular trends.
London reports at a housing campaign meeting Sir Kingsley Wood M P stated Sally should be moved along with her 3 000 000 sisters to the right place over the garden wall to fit campaign aims.
Taylor Homes stars as Archibald Pim in Upside Down at the Coliseum. Mrs Pim seeks a divorce prompting a wild chase. Pim elopes with Mrs Tammers, followed by Mr Tammers. Ray Applegate shines as James Tammers in comic drunken scenes. the plot centers on mistaken motives and a near divorce.
Charlie Chaplin announces departure from Jazz comedy for his United Artists debut a humorous film with pathos. Robert Warwick named popularity contest winner by a movie magazine in Santiago Chile. William Hart's attorney William Grossman in New York weighing BMI contract. Henry Walthall building a Santa Monica home with plans by himself and wife Mary Charleson.
The schedule lists Taylor Holmes in Up side Down at Coliseum, Jack Pickford in Bill Apperson's Boy Monkey Business at Liberty, Pauline Erick in The Fear Woman Sea Sirens and Sundown at Clemmmer, Priscilla Dean at Rex, May Allison in The Island of Intrigue at Colonial, Irene Castle in The Firing Life and Burton Holmes Travelogue at Strand, Alice Joyce in The Captain's Captain at Little Nasimove in Red Lantern.
Sixty horses including a cliff falling trick horse and a baby hero feature in Stewart Edward White's The Westerners. Mildred Manning joins Biograph after working with D. W. Griffith. Monroe Salisbury and Mildred Davis are noted screen names. Baby Marie Osborne showcases a novel mechanical parrot toy. William Russell boxing pedigree. Pearl White's autobiography Just Me released. Kate Douglas Wiggin pens Rose of the River for Lila Lee.
Jack Pickford stars in Bill Apperson's Boy as a mountaineer couple defy parental opposition. Gloria Hope, Pauline Frederick, Milton Sills and Irene Castle headline a slate including The Fear Woman and The Island of Intrigue with romance, mystery and drama, plus Trixie From Broadway and The Firing Line.
The profile traces Priscilla Dean from a New York birth to an early acting start at age four in Rip Van Winkle. She toiled as an extra, earned small comedy parts, then led roles in The Wild Cat of Paris and The Exquisite Thief at Rex Theatre, embodying Horatio Alger style success through hard work.
Indians on the Lapaway reservation in Idaho will be seen in Told in the Hills produced with Robert Warwick and a company of prominent players.
Featherstone Va July 31 Frank H Chambers Jr postmaster here earns 6.23 monthly from the government. A sheet of 2 cent stamps fell sticky side down on a fly paper, wiping out about one third of his July earnings. He asks what can be done.
New York July 31 Magistrate John E Mc Geehan in Yorkville police court proposed a public whipping post for wife beaters while sentencing Richard Rochford a laborer to 30 days in the workhouse for beating his wife Anna The comment urged tying such men to a public post and whipping.
Mrs. A F Liggett of Danville Illinois details four years of neuralgia pain and insomnia. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with reducing and ending the pain within two weeks, restoring sleep and strength, and improving blood and nerves. Pills sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Syracuse price 50 cents per box or six for $2.60. free booklet available.
Pearl Ola Humphrey, a former Oakland girl and actress, received a one million dollar settlement from the British government in divorce proceedings with Prince Ibraham Hassan. The case involves a London marriage in 1911, a harem claim, and wartime property seizures that led to government compensation. The Princess Hassan has been based in New York while pursuing the settlement through legal channels and the state department.
London July 31 After living in one room for 17 years and teaching music there Sir Frank Cay committed suicide. An inquest found he used an overdose of opium and left a final note prioritizing not being a nuisance to others.
In a New Jersey will Joseph Samuel of South Orange leaves $50,000 to a beneficiary for faithful service to his wife and himself. Annie Blackburn, a long serving colored servant in Camden at Oliver B Wood’s home, receives $25,000.
British sea scouts played a key wartime role and Denis Cockshutt, just arrived from England for a Canadian visit, served three years and was torpedoed once. The sea scouts organization mirrors the land boy scouts in structure.
A sentiment asserts that for some individuals, nothing provides greater real satisfaction than engaging in agreeable work. The remark highlights personal fulfillment found in productive tasks and steady employment across varied contexts.
In San Francisco a high profile divorce between Mrs. Gussie Soher and Augustus E. Soher unfolds around a nurse Mrs. Wilne Mahan. The wife recalls her illness when Mahan tended him and sparked a triangle with peaches and flowers. The court hears the stark contrast between beauty and plainness as a factor in marriage.
A note lists Boldt's establishments at 1414 3d Ave downtown and 913 2d Ave for possible dining options in the area.
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