Panton's sale slashes prices across gloves lace and more
John Panton's store buzzes with shoppers as discounts fire across gloves neckwear ribbons and embroidery. Watches, linens, jewelry and household wares join the flood with drastic reductions from 60c to under 1 dollar while stock from Martin's Glove Store and the Empress building clearance mingles with basement sale chatter.
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John McHugh
Tacoma
Martin
Panton’s
Empress Theatre
Panton's
Wash Dresses and Accessories on Second Floor Sale
Hundreds of girls and women dresses priced from 48c to 3.39 with many items marked down. Panton’s Sailor Dresses drop from 2.98 to 1.79 and 1.50, while women’s dresses and waists see deep discounts including Ki monos 1.19, waists 59c, and chiffons 2.78.
Hats and Easter Flowers Blowout Sale Prices
Beautiful hats in season styles and colors trimmed with Easter flowers. Hats priced 4.50 and 5.00 reduced to clear stock with many Dress Shapes cut to 59c. Flowers offered at 5c and 10c with values up to 50c. Limited quantities to go fast.
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Panton
Rare home millinery sale offers hat materials
A local sale invites home milliners to save by buying hat materials on the Third Floor. Flowers are laid out on tables priced 5c 10c and 19c, with total value up to 75c.
Charlie Chaplin in The Jitney Elopement at the Alhambra
Photoplay notes boast The Jitney Elopement starring Charlie Chaplin, playing the Alhambra for a full week with a plot of impersonation and chase scenes. Also featured are Muriel Ostrich in new Vitagraph roles and a variety of short reels including The Man Who Couldn't Beat God and The Only Way Out, plus other bill highlights at local theaters.
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Charlie Chaplin
Alhambra
Charlie
Papa Gotrocks
Duke of Han
Maurice Costello
Estelle Mardo
Pick Site for Home Over Taxpayers Protest
County commissioners chose the northeast corner of East Spruce Street and Broadway as the site for a new juvenile detention home. The decision faced strong opposition from Wm Moulton and other property owners who argued values would fall and morals decline. The A F Nichols Co agreed to sell the tract for 17000 dollars, and Judges Frater and Dykeman supported the move. Plans for the building remain under discussion, but construction could begin soon.
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Wm Moulton
East Spruce St
Broadway
Moulton
A. F. Nichols Co
Frater
Dykeman
Mary Pickford Views Movie Art And Audience Reach
In a 1915 interview chapter, Mary Pickford explains why she left theater for film, noting movie audiences of tens of millions watch her daily. She describes film as art that reaches the imagination of 16 to 19 million people, and reflects on the gypsy life of a successful actress, valuing simplicity and constant touring.
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Idah McGlone Gibson
Mary Pickford
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Maude Adams
Tolstoy
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John Panton
Kayser
Martin's
Empress Building
Lee
Fownes
Dresden
George Francis Rowe & Company
Panton’s Department Store
Second Ave
Duke
Beene
Gotrocks
Pathe News Weekly
Snoff
Miss Ostrich
Vitagraph Company
Muriel Ostrich
Vitagraph
The
Princess Company
Blanche Sweet
Clemmer
New York
Los Angles
Mutual Weekly
Keystone Comedy
Liberty
Gretna Green
Marguerite Clark
Peggy
Fifth Avenue
Slippery Slim
Alaska
Pathe’s Weekly
Jeff Angelos
Maxim's
Charley Chaplin
Pauline
Ye College
Dude Raffles
Catherine
Argiewicz Violinist
Crawford Organist
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