Wanda at Union and Sappho at Moore headline cinema week
The Union theatre features Wanda an Indian story starting Friday for two days. Alhambra to show From the Beyond next week a three-reel Eclair film based on suspended life with dramatic effects. Vita graph group films in Blue Ridge Mountains. Moore screens Sapho with Florence Roberts starting Sunday for a week plus Sappo at Moore later.
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Wanda
Union Theatre
Alhambra
Sapho
Daudet
Florence Roberts
Sappo
the Moore
Rome
Nero
Russian Tourist Finds Pearl During Oyster Lunch in Philadelphia
George Rogovoy, a Russian tourist, bit into a hard object while eating oysters and discarded what he thought was shell. A jeweler later declared the object a pearl valued at 5000 dollars, with the discarded piece appraised at 2000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
George Rogovoy
Rogovoy
Couple Weds After One Hour Acquaintance
Easton Pa Oct 10 H E Hracken a farmer and Miss Pearl Sechey Admiral Schiley s niece were married after knowing each other for about an hour.
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Easton
H. E Hracken
Mins Pearl Sechey
Admiral Schiley
California Syrup of Figs Promoted as Child Laxative
A vintage ad advises mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and the sick, claiming it cleanses stomach and bowels without griping. It urges checking for genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company and warns against counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Bride Wears Self Made Dress at Shroud Themed Wedding
In Baltimore October 10 Sophie M Koerth pronounced incurable by many doctors, after nine operations, marries Jeremiah Rallsbach in a dress she fashioned four years earlier as her shroud.
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Ing
Misa Sophie M. Koerth
Jeremiah Rallsbach
Red garments urged to cure laziness by Dr Abrams
Dr Albert Abrams of San Francisco told a Chicago meeting of the American Association of the Study of Spondylotherapy that red garments are the best cure for laziness while yellow has the opposite effect. He said yellow calms and energizes, not stupefies.
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Chicago
Albert Abrams
San Francisco
American Association of the Study
Abrams
Market Report Records Small Egg Price Rise on Western Markets
A two cent jump in freash ranch eggs took effect today as Western avenue jobbers and several dealers align with weekly quotations. Butter holds steady while fruit and vegetables show mixed prices amid shortages and tough market conditions. Corrected tally by Perry Dros notes buyers paid varied prices for butter eggs poultry veal and pork.
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Western Avenue
Vhees
Perry Dros
Croxone Promises Quick Kidney and Backache Relief
Advertising copy touts Croxone as a guaranteed remedy for backache and kidney troubles. It claims the product clears blockages in kidneys, intestinal linings, and glands, filters wastes from the blood, and works whether symptoms are mild or chronic. The ad emphasizes a money back purchase price if not satisfied on first use.
This Horse Likes Finecut Best But He'll Chew Any Old Kind
Gimme a chew is how six year old Bill the black horse behaves as he sniffs for tobacco. Frank Brown the furniture dealer says the animal eagerly consumes fine cut and will also chew plug tobacco if fine cut is unavailable. Bill often eats one or two packages at a time and could use a dozen if offered. Brown claims tobacco aids the horse’s health and should be harmless with a few days’ supply.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Bill
Frank Brown
Frog rides windshield on highway to Hot Springs
Frightened travelers A C Webb and W L Tedford report a large green frog leapt onto their car windshield after a tire blowout and rode the vehicle for over 20 miles into Hot Springs Arkansas. The occupants kept the frog on the shield to prove their unusual tale.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Little Rock
A. C. Webb
W. L. Tedford
Man in Rockmart Seeks Government Job
A Rockmart Georgia man writes from Oct 10 to Washington asking for a post office job. He claims 27% years old and signs as a “kind friend” of the Postmaster General, with the actual name redacted. The misspelled word “diaticeft” is suspected to mean deto ct ion or similar.
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Alec Francis
The
Eclair
Francis
Tige
Detroit
Mich
Mies
Frances Piotrowski
Washington
Rockmart
Post Office Department
Nathan Dan
Diaticeft
Mrs Harriet Carr Plans October 20 Bequest Wedding
Mrs Harriet Carr travels to Buffalo to wed Moses Swartz a wealthy Kentuckian after a prior refusal while the couple had befriended Cedric Reed who left her a $15 000 bequest in Los Angeles. Reed was a bachelor from Los Angeles whom she and her first husband befriended before the civil war.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Harriet Carr
Cedric Reed
Los Angeles
Buffalo
Moses Swartz
Swartz
Freckles Cure Promises Clear Complexion by Ethinedouble
Advertising copy touts Ethinedouble Strength from Bartell Drug Co as a remedy to fade freckles. It claims night and morning application can erase dark spots and even light ones, often needing only an ounce. money back guarantee if it fails.
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Bartell Drug Co
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