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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
13
Photo Play Fans Enjoy Multiple Features This Day
A two reel Selig drama The Cherry Pickers leads today with a military plot set in Africa’s Afghed district and includes The Bondage of Fear and The Adventure of the Stolen Supper. Sterling stars in His Wedding Day at the Alhambra with a Sterling comedy mix. Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley present The Episode on the Texas border. Some Dream, a two part Biograph drama, depicts early conflicts between force and invention amid prehistoric scenes. Universal Pictures plans dynamite island blow up near Laguna Beach for a dramatic sequence in a forthcoming production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leutenant
Afghed
Africa
Sterling
Alhambra
Ford Sterling
Lois Weber
Phillips Smalley
Texas
Juan
Carita
Betty
Laguna Beach
Universal Film
What's On Bill Today at Alhambra and Melbourne Theatres
Alhambra offers a two part drama Daughter of a Crook and Hin Wedding Day plus several comedies and dramas including An Episode Hex drama Clemmer Some Dream Mary Annes Schooling Outwitting Dad and The Rubes Duck The Cherry Pickers Belle drama The Hondage of Year The Adventure of the Stolen Slipper Edison comedy Melbourne presents Caught in the Cabaret The 8 rent Witness Mutual Girl When a Woman Sins The Hoochback and Coercion plus The Mutual Weekly World News Grand Ant features The Award of Justice The Three Geese comedy and more shows through Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alhambra
Hin
Sterling
Clemmer
Mary Anne
Dad
Rube's Duck
Edison Comate
Melbourne
Helen Gardner
Grand Ant
the Hoochback
Tworeel Majestic
the Mutual Weekly
World’s News. Ane
Local Theater Offers Silent Era Program at Pleasant Hour
The program runs through Sunday with two reel drama The Opal Ring and Animated Weekly topicals How Green Saved His Mother in Law. Pleasant Hour Unt Sunday screens Come Back to Erin three reel feature and a one reel comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Erin
Dill Announces Senate Run in Fifth District
May le. C. DM, vice president of the democratic state committee, declares candidacy for the senate from the Fifth district. Dill previously served as secretary to Gov. Lis ter and was a deputy prosecuting attorney in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokane
May le. C. DM
Democratic State Committee
Senate
Dill
Gov
Lister
Wan
Uncle Sam Drafts Mules For War In Chicago Stock Yards
A reporter witnesses a mule drafted for U S Army service in Mexico. Lieutenant George Warren buys 200 mules at $325 each after a bargaining scene with a dealer. The 16 hand black mule examined, fitted for service, shipped with 40 others to Galveston en route to Mer x.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
George Warren
United States Fighting Force
Mexico
Leutenant
Galveston
Merx
Dandruff Cure Promises Quick Removal With Liquid Arvon
A sensational home remedy claims four ounces of plain liquid anion applied nightly dissolves dandruff completely. With repeated applications by morning most flakes vanish, itching ceases, and hair becomes fluffy and glossy. The ad urges obtaining liquid arvon from drug stores as an inexpensive, proven solution.
Villa to Press Fight on Huerta Forces
Gen. Villa remains determined to sweep federals from northern Mexico with no armistice planned. Carranza will not consider mediation plans delaying hostilities, despite reports that mediators urge a pause while seeking a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Huerta
Juarez
Blackmail Arrest Reaches Spokane Millionaire
May 1 Spokane report charges attempt to blackmail against August Paulsen a Spokane millionaire. George Bartlett 20 of Baker Oregon is also under arrest in connection with the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
August Paulsen
Geo. Bartlet
Baker, Or
Offer for 50 Rough Riders to Secretary of War
May 1 report from Walla Walla states Grant Copeland of Hopper Washington sent an offer for 50 Rough Riders for service in Mexico to Secretary of War Garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Mexico
Grant Copeland
Hopper, Wash
Moscow Ad Translates John Bunny Name
A Vitagraph comedian John Bunny receives a Moscow full page ad with literal translations. The Russian text renders his name as Packson and features an electrotype portrait and captions asserting the fat man Pockson as a curious servant. The ad promotes the film Chased by Bloodhounds with the Russian title Doge carry fear to Pockson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bunny
Vitagraph
Moscow
Russia
Ia Packson
Man Pockson
Selaran
Pockson
Ventilation Valued as Household Health Essential
The text argues that bathrooms need outside air and sunlight and that homeowners should pay as much for ventilation as for plumbing. It asserts both ventilation and plumbing are essential to preserving health.
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