Local film notes reveal Universal deals and rising stars
Union theatre manager Roreback secures a Universal deal guaranteeing 12 first run reels weekly with Hison shown weekly plus two more reel features. Star Dowlan reports news of his father’s death in a role, Stockdale's lucky Essanay break, six year old Doris Baker as a rising Seattle star, Anna Nilson twin roles in The Counterfeiter's Confederate with clever photography.
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Anna Nilson
Deaf Lip Readers Enjoy Comic Movie Scenes
A lip reader records a scene from a Western style film where two cowboys in a hut discuss a death bed farewell. The dialogue, improvised by actors, reflects the humor of onscreen speech while not intended for the audience to hear.
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Jim
Tod
Pard
Street Car Improvements Suggested by Worley
George B. Worley urges Seattle to modernize street railways drawing on East Coast practices. He cites push buttons for alighting, standardized cars, longer rear platforms, and maintaining routes during street work while city crews upgrade one side at a time.
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the Star
Star
Beattle Electric Company
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Seattle Electric Company
Frank Bartlett
Seattle
Minneapolis
George B. Worley
Cascarets Promised Relief for Liver and Digestion
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for bilious liver constipation and indigestion. Claims include headache relief and internal cleansing, urging daily use for lasting health and happiness, with all druggists selling the product and a note to care for children’s insides.
Film schedule many titles and reels shown this week
Alhambra and Yesler theaters present a long list of split reels and two and three reel dramas and comedies including Edison Pathe Lubin Vitagraph and Klein features The listings name titles such as The Scarlet Letter The Comedian's Downfall The Stolen Treaty and Jerusalem the Holy City with multiple showtimes through Wednesday and Thursday nights.
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Mograph
Tillicum
Jerusalem
Holy City
Edison
Hold Marshal Moscow Ida July 23 Arrest Sparks Manhunt
A group from Boville near Moscow left town after the arrest of Guy B. McKinney town marshal and Victor Sigel and warrants issued on information from Ida Swensen 15. The men are charged with contributing to a minor delinquency Sigel escaped custody leaping from a train near Boville during a burst of deputy gunfire.
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Sigel
Sterling
Hustle Doc Hustle
A brief gag line features a doctor summoned to Frog's as townsfolk fear an elderly man may be near death and require urgent medical attention. The exchange plays on urgency and concern with a lighthearted tone.
Azevedo Accepts Chance to Fight Murphys or Dundee
Promoter McCarey of Los Angeles offered terms for a fight in October. Joe Azevedo, who recently defeated Ad Wolgast in Oakland, announced the arrangement in this city.
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Azevedo
Francisco
Termes
McCarey
Los Angeles
Harlem Tommy Murphy
Johnny Dundee
Joe Azevedo
Oakland
Ad Wolgast
Doubles Beauty of Hair with Danderine Claim
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming hair becomes light, wavy and abundant after use. It promises dandruff removal and scalp nourishment with regrowth of fine new hair after a few weeks, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle at drug stores.
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