Buffalo Bill Essay Contest Offers $50 in Gold and Circus Tickets
The Seattle Star announces a contest for 150 word essays on Buffalo Bill. Ten prize levels total 39 awards include $25 first, $12.50 second, $7.50 third, $5 fourth, plus circus tickets. Winners will meet Buffalo Bill with Sioux escort delivering prizes in Seattle.
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Buffalo Bill
Col
William F. Cody
Sells-Floto Circus
Seattle
America
Seattle Star
Market Today Complete Report of Vegetable Prices
Prices paid to producers for vegetables and related items vary by region with Yakima potatoes at .26.00 per ton and White River potatoes at .1490 17.00 1400. California head lettuce at 2.06 2.25, tomatoes at CFAte, and oranges Cal naval at 2. Small size navels crate 2.28. Local berries around 2.00 2.60. Hatter, kegs, poultry, veal and pork prices noted with ducks at 2.00 and veal 66 to 120 lb at 2.25. Butter prices for Native Washington creamery and other regions listed. Wisconsin triplets at 20 percent. Corrected daily by Bradner Co.
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J. W. Godwin & Co
Yakima
White River
California
Naval
Ceresee
Bradner Co
Washington Creamery
Eastern Creamery
Littlest Rebel filmed in Georgia with comedy and pathos
Photoplay feature The Littlest Rebel directed by Photoplay Productions will be released as a five reel picture. Be. K. Lincoln, once with Vitagraph, stars as the hero in the Seattle showing. The production blends battle scenes with laughs and tears, capturing the stage success on film.
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Georgia
Edward Peple
Photoplay
Seattle
Comny
BE. K. Lincoln
Vitagraph
Photoplay Mix of Western Dramas and Travel Pictures
In Melbourne and nearby theaters patrons see a Western mining tale featuring Douglass Williams and Nell, a Canadian mining comedy in Out of the Night, and star highlights including Pauline Bush and Cleo Madison. Zingo the Sailor and other reels play at the Tilikum and Grand venues with additional dramas and comedies through Tuesday.
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Dallas
Frankie Tice
Residence Theatres At the Home Until Wednesday
The program features The Mad Hermit a three reel drama Mike and Jake in the Clutches of Circumstances a comedy and A Father’s Crime a three reel feature plus a one reel comedy at the Pleasant Hour venue through Wednesday.
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Cremmer
Selig News
Doc Yak
Mike
Jake
Cures via Electricity Electra Vita Treatment Claim
An advertisement-promoter touts Electra Vita as a cure for chronic ailments using electrical therapy. It asserts drugs are harmful and that nightly use restores nerve and organ function, claiming a cell charged body and constant electricity flow restore health. Testimonial from W. H. McCurdy endorses relief from rheumatic pains after using Electra Vita.
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Tieetra-Vita
City Council Allocates 14000 for Firlands Tuberculosis Sanitarium
The city council voted 14000 from the health and sanitation department in the 1914 budget to complete the municipal tuberculosis sanitarium at Firlands. The request had been 45000.
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Health and Sanitation Department
Firlands
Ihe
Pantages Opens New Theatre in Victoria
Alexander Pantages, Seattle vaudeville impresario, opened his Victoria theatre with a simple dedication. The $200,000 house seats 1,000 and hosts a splendid program.
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Victoria
B. C
Alexander Pantages
Seattle
Mayor Mitchell Seeks $100,000 for New York Exhibit
May 19 New York. Mayor Mitchell prepares a message to the board of aldermen requesting a $100,000 appropriation to fund an official New York city exhibit at the 1915 San Francisco fair.
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New York
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
New York City
London Orders Six Ambulances to Service City
London has never had an ambulance service before but now orders six vehicles with plans for them to handle emergency medical transport across the city, signaling a major expansion of public health support.
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London
TIZ Fixes Sore Feet Says Advertisement Claims
An old advertisement touts TIZ as a foot remedy to relieve corns callouses bunions and burning feet. It promises soothing baths that draw out poisonous exudations and even claims wearers can fit into smaller shoe sizes after use. A 25 cent box is advertised at drugstores and department stores.
Beautifully Illustrated Book Free Offer
An advertisement promises a free illustrated book about a treatment called Wiedtra-Vita. It requests coupon mail back and offers a free test and consultation with office hours listed, implying postal and telephone outreach.
Confessions of a Wife Margie Faces Family Secrets
Margie reveals Jack and Marys secret marriage and a dying baby, sparking tension with Mrs Waverly. Dick thinks Father is upset while Aunt Mary stays at the hospital with Mary. Margie and Mother Waverly revisit old grief as the scene shifts to reconciliation.
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Margie
Dad
Jack
Mary
John
Mater
Miss Fixit
Mr. Flatterer
Mother Waverly
Mrs. Waverly
Waverly
City Council Bans Keeping Live Fowls in Cellars
City council rules an ordinance making it unlawful to keep live fowls in cellars or basements under stores and bans other domestic animals except cats. Readors urged grocers to speak to their suppliers about poultry storage and city compliance.
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Police search for Mathias Stanti amid inheritance alert
Chicago police seek Mathias Stanti of Hammond Indiana and six companions after a cable report says he left Chicago with friends to celebrate a $7,000,000 inheritance.
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Chicago
Mathias Stanti
Hammond
Ind
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Tilikum Theatre
Pike Street
Zingo
Mrs. George Graham
Plano
Alice Jorce
Mary Fuller
Dolly
the Dailies
Ayrton
Peaceful Miller
Robert
South America
Australia
New Zealand
Mission Theatre
Fourth Avenue
Pike and
Union
Edwin J. Brown
Union Block
Washington Ride
Albany
People’s Bank
Southland
Y Howling
E. K. Lincoln
Augusta
Rex Drama
Douglass Willams
Harriet
Nell
Melbourne
Kaybee Players
Marie
Francois
Sergeant Patton
Francoise Qirta
Franco
Patton
Pauline Bush
Chuffer
Mount Wilson
Universal Star
Cleo
Cleo Madison
The
Gold Seal Company
Walter Brookins
Wright Brothers’ Corps
Brookins
Comades
Phil Parmalee
North Yakima
Tilikum
James Woods Morrison
Vitagraph Players
University of Chicago
Jimmy
Jam
Monkey
the Grand
Card
Alhambra
Lucille Love
World’s News
Algy
Thanhouser
Snookum
Alaska
Andy
Pickles
Pathe
Buddy
Ally
W. H. McCurdy
N. B
Beattie
Ward
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N.Y
Electra-Vita Co
Empress Theatre
Wash
Neme
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Glasses
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Superior
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
Denver
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburg
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner Gateway
Twin Cities
A. Tinling
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P. A
Smith Ridg
H. N. Kennedy
G. A
J. O. McMullen
Yesler
Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway
A. D. Charlton
Portland, OR
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