Carmen at Liberty thrills crowds with Farrar in gypsy role
Geraldine Farrar stars in Carmen at the Liberty theatre with a grand opera ambiance created by costumes a toreador ticket taker and Wurlitzer orchestra. Reviews praise Farrar’s humanity in Carmen and predict a record-breaking audience week alongside other features at nearby Colonial theatre including His Wife and Out of Ashes with plot twists and a two part drama.
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Liberty Theatre
Geraldine Farrar
Jensen and
von Herberg
Carmen
Mile Parr
Theda Hara
Geraldine
Colonial Theatre
Ale
Beautiful Thoughts and Carmen Headline at Clemmer Theatre
The Class A program presents a two act comedy titled Beautiful Thoughts featuring Sidney Drew and his wife. Wagner's band and a red fire banner at the Clemmer theatre frame a Fourth of July style celebration honoring Theda Bara's Carmen engagement. Large crowds attended and the Clemmer theatre continued record business.
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Sidney Drew
Wife
Wagner
Clemmer
Theda Hara
Carmen
Clemmer Theatre
Country School Teacher Turns Vaudeville Performer
Lala Axtell, a Michigan country schoolteacher, leaves teaching five pupils to join Monroe Hop Kings in vaudeville. A brother-in-law's Denver theatre offer leads to an orchestra slot, meeting comedian Hopkins, and, after a quick courtship, marriage. The duo then hits the road as a team.
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Michigan
Lala Axtell
Monroe
Denver
Hopkins
Lota Axte
Labor Convention Opens Monday in San Francisco
San Francisco hosts the American Federation of Labor convention for two weeks with nearly all top officials present or en route. The metal trades department began discussions on the ammunition shop situation as the convention opened, with the iron and metal sectors also meeting.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Metal Trades
Inbel Trades Department
Despairing Husband Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
Despair over illness drove Edw McManus, 32, to kill his wife and their four year old son in New York on November 4. He slashed his daughter but she survived, then killed himself. Local authorities report the tragedy as a murder suicide fueled by illness.
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New York
Edw McManus
Port commission candidate endorsed by Central Labor Council
Indorsement of Dentler A. G. Dentler of the Structural Iron Workers union by the Central Labor Council was agreed after a heated dispute that nearly escalated to blows.
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A. G. Dentler
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Port Commission
Central Labor Council
How I Darkened My Gray Hair with Simple Home Recipe
A woman shares a home brew to darken gray hair using 7 ounces of water a small box of Barbo Compound bay rum and glycerine. She claims it darkens the hair removes dandruff and scalp humors and acts as a tonic with no sticky residue.
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Maan
Larsen Tug Rebounds Adrift Schooner Annie Larsen
Aberdeen Nov 4 The schooner Annie Larsen captained by Paul Schivter was towed in by the tug Daring after going adrift off Cape Flattery and sustaining minor damage from heavy seas.
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Aberdeen
Annie Larsen
Paul Schivter
Cape Flattery
Daring
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cough Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Advertises a home cough syrup made by mixing 2% ounces of Pinex with granulated sugar syrup to produce a pint of remedy. Claims rapid relief for coughs including whooping cough, bronchitis, croup, and winter coughs, with taste favored by children. Includes purchase instructions and refund guarantee from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
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The
Pinex Co
Ft, Wayne
Ind
Burnett Bros to unload stock and cut jewelry prices
Seattle based Burnett Bros jewelers announce a store closing sale to reduce a large stock of bracelets, watches, silverware, cut glass and diamonds. S. Burnett says capital tied in excess inventory will be freed. sale opens Saturday at 10 am with “extra good” values and full details to follow in The Star tomorrow night.
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Burnett Bros. Jewelers
Seattle
Aberdeen
Chehalis
the Star
Trainmen Fatally Hurt In Kennewick Freight Incident
Brakeman Thomas McCann died instantly and Brakeman O. O. Byrne mortally wounded during a public safety affray with itinerant thieves aboard a Great Northern freight train near Kennewick. Nile Temple Patrol attended a smoker hosted by the Nile Temple band at their new headquarters on Second Avenue.
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Kennewick
Great Northern
Thomas McCann
O. O. Byrne
Nile Temple Patrol
Nile Temple
Second Ave
Melbourne film crowd prizes Trilby stars and policy shift
A New York Morning Telegraph poll names Clara Kimball Young the most popular American actress and Mrs. Young the top Seattle actress while Trilby dominates Melbourne's screen showings. Svengali actor Wilton Lackaye stars in the film adaptation as the hypnotist, with Melbourne adopting an Only the Best policy prompting quick second runs at rival suburban theatres.
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The
New York Tribune
Melbourne
New York Morning Telegraph
Clara Kimball Yous
Seattle
Young
Trilby
George du Maurier
Wilton Lackaye
Isso
Svengall
Protect Your Teeth and Health Says Dentist
A dentist warns that teeth are essential to overall health and digestion. Poor dental care leads to bad chewing, weakened health, and illness, stressing the need to safeguard one of your most valuable assets.
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