Which Offer Would You Take Mary Miles Minter Chooses
Mary Miles Minter weighs two major film offers in New York City. Adolph Zukor offers a year contract at 3500 dollars weekly, while Myron Selznick promises 1800 dollars weekly plus a share of profits. The 18 year old star, famed for photographic beauty and youth, has prior stage and screen work and strong industry attention.
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Mary Miles Minter
Miss Minter
New York City
Liberty
Adolph Zukor
Myron Selznick
Mary
Shreveport
Nat Goodwin
Bertha Kalich
Rt Hilliard
Fiskes
William
Dustin Farnum
Stones of Healing Stones of Healing and Power Alleged Donkey Neck Gems Test
London reports the sultan of Turkey ousted from Constantinople may take the legendary stones of healing kept in a locked gold casket and steel safe. Lady Blunt recalls using two stones to save her husband during a dire illness, noting their rarity and origin in a donkey's neck veins.
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London
Turkey
Constantinople
Lady Blunt
Remedy Promises Relief for Stomach Trouble
A street advertisement touts Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy as a simple harmless preparation that removes catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and soothes inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal aliments including appendicitis. The claim offers a money back guarantee and lists Bartell’s Five Drug Stores and other druggists as sellers.
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Mayr
Dore
Bartell
Boldt's French Pastry Shop Moves on Uptown Downtown Address
A note details Boldt's French Pastry, with locations at Uptown 1414 3rd Ave and Downtown 913 Ind Ave, signaling a possible move or new listing. The fragment references nearby streets and a city area affecting customers.
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Boldt
Down Town
Movie Theaters Show New and Extended Runs Across Town
Mary Pickford’s Daddy Long Legs extends at Coliseum due to popularity as new slate opens Sunday. Dorothy Gish follows at Liberty with I’ll Get Him Yet. The Knickerbocker Buckaroo runs through Friday. Clemmer continues The Red Lantern for another week. Mission features Some Liar with Bibleen Percy and Hometown Girls. Colonial presents Ruler of the Road with Keenan. Rex hosts Bare Fist and The Eternal Magdalene winds down.
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Mary Pickford
Daddy Lego
Coliseum
Orphan Asylum
Alice Joyce
Liberty
Dorothy Gish Willl
Douglas Fairbanks
the Liberty
Dorothy
Paramount
Susie
Express
Kansas
Harry Carey
Carey
Eternal Magdalene
Potter Frances Marion Completes War Film Portrait
Picture Potter Frances Marion, a leading photoplay author, finishes a government film about American women in the war. Wiele Ferguson is described with golden hair and blue eyes and was born in New York City. Seats for Griffiths Broken Barriers at the George M. Cohan theatre range from 66 cents to 35. Fannie Ward owns a private garden of sea anemones on her California estate. Alma Reubens signs a contract with Pathe. Blanche Sweet has acted on stage with Gertrude Hoffman Chauncy Olcott and William Farnum.
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Frances Marion
Wiele Ferguson
New York City
Geo. M. Cohan Theatre
New York
Fannie Ward
California
Monaco
Marker 2000 Years Old Found in River
Special to The Star reports Chinese river engineering near Chengtu plain. Li Erwang ordered low banks and clean channels with two 1000 pound iron bales embedded in the riverbed to mark annual washes. Each winter the stream is cleared to the iron bar, preserving flood protection for over two millennia.
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Peking
Chengtu
Ught
Li Erwang
Thoreness
Let Hans Give New Machines for Old
A Belgian industry executive panel suggests allowing Germany to manufacture new machinery for Belgian raided plants and pay the bill. They argue dismantled machines cannot be retooled to prior efficiency and that German industry would stay alive through this replacement orders.
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N. BE
Brussels
Germany
Berlin
Belgium
Americans Abroad Find Spain Cheaper and Busier
Barcelona reports food is plentiful and cheap after the war. Life in cities remains gay with crowded restaurants theaters and hotels full as Americans who lived on the continent before the war move to Spain finding it more comfortable than France or Italy.
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Barcelona
Spain
France
Italy
French Champagne Now Made in Spain
Paris reports champagne manufacturers have established operations in Spain to protect their trade and preserve brands as repairs to France continue. The move aims to sustain production and supply until damages in France are resolved.
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Spain
Paris
France
Silent Screen Stars and Newsreels Highlight Era
The record lists several film titles and actors from an early cinema roundup. Names include Mary Pickford in Dad dy langage, Constance in The Veiled Adventure, Vivien Martin in The Hometown Girl, and Keenan in Ruler of the MIA. The clip reel features Pathe News Alligator Hunting and Coliseum showings with varied international and local screenings.
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Douglas Weirbanks
Pathe News
Meenbe
Clemmien
Alleh Narimoven
Hed Lantern
Peent Pletertale
Coliseum
Mary Pickford
Daddy Langiege
International News Weekly
Wthand
Constance Role
Lyons Moran
Oujing
Chester Scente Rea
Marcares Marsh
Covenshie
Rank Keenan
Vivien Martin
Lette Serer Carey
Waeebbure
Tanlac touted by Seattle veteran in Barte ll drug store
George F. Way of 6037 49th Ave Southwest Seattle, one of the citys oldest residents, praises Tanlac after claiming dramatic health improvements. He says indigestion, weight loss, rheumatism and headaches vanished, and he regained strength, appetite, and sleep. Tanlac sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores under a special Tanlac representative.
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Beattice
Taniac
Barteil
George F. Way
49Th Ave
Seagjlle
Bartell
Mr. Way
Seattle
Taniae
Tanlac
Bartell Drug Stores
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