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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
12
The Governor and Council denied a pardon petition from James A. Tyler of Watertown Massachusetts. Tyler is serving a 10 year sentence for manslaughter in the state prison.
The Family Welfare Society through its Bureau for the Aged supports elderly women with friendly visits and private funds for sustenance. It highlights Mrs Aramy in the West End, who relies on pets for companionship, while Homes for the Aged are full. In seven months the bureau has helped 75 women, with 45 remaining on its list.
Ranking officers of the army air service urged the Senate appropriations committee to reverse House cuts to war department aircraft funding. Major General Patrick and Brigadier General Mitchell argued for stronger aviation development at home and abroad and warned the nation should not lag in lighter-than-air ships as ocean carriers.
Screen gossip notes Priscilla Dean began acting before 1911 with Biograph but rose to fame in 1919 with The Virgin of Stamboul. The film linked her to future husband Wheeler Oakman and led to subsequent notable works Reputation Outside the Law Conflict and Wild Honey. She now stars as Cigaret in Universal's Under Two Flags.
D. W. Griffith travels to London aboard the Aquitania on a business trip tied to the showing of Orphans of the Storm in London and Way Down East, which has been released in several European cities.
News from Filmland reports a new projection process by two Czech inventors that reproduces motion pictures on paper instead of celluloid. It targets home use, promising lower costs and reduced fire risk compared with traditional film.
Howard Murray Tibbetts registrar of Dartmouth College since 192 died after a several months illness. Born in Tiverton New Hampshire in 1876 he was a Dartmouth graduate of 1900 and a brother in law of President Ernest M Hoskins.
A new motion picture organization named Associated Authors establishes business headquarters in Boston. The initial project will be an Orlando produced adaptation of George Allen England's novel The Mah,. Hater.
Hollywood's Lasky studio engages William De Mille for a lavish scene with over 200 extras and a large dance orchestra for Nice People. Cast features Wallace Reid Bebe Daniels Conrad Nagel and Julie Faye in a high profile production.
Buster Keaton, top First National comedian, announces he will shoot future pictures in milder climates. His two reel comedy Frozen North was filmed in Tru Kee snow and Death Valley sand, each scene proving harsher than the screen suggests.
Under directors supervision cutters edit new attractions in the dating room including Maurice Tourneur Lorna Doone Katherine Mac Donald Heroes and Husbands Marshall Neilan Fools First Thomas H Ince The Brotherhood of Hate and J Parker Read Pawned.
Production ramps up for Irving Cummings first independent project as director. The Hope Loring original Prison stars Lon Chaney with Edith Roberts Noah Berry Jack Mulhall Ralph Lewis Kate Price and Dewitt C Jennings in supporting roles.
Lester Cuneo stars in the five reel serial Shot Down directed by Meehan and McCarthy who also wrote the scenario. Selma Worth, Betsy Compson’s niece, plays opposite Cuneo in the thrill packed production from Doubleday.
A notable cast heads the first production from independent producer Edward Dillon. Florence Dixon EF K Lincoln Hedda Hopper Margaret Seddon Julia Swayne Gordon Cyril Chadwick and James Harrison are engaged for A Lady by Luck.
A busy Star Tom Mix at Fox Hollywood studio has been working almost continuously on pictures and has just completed For Big Stakes.
The article hints at a forthcoming production with early details and casting notes. It references a new stage project and mentions involved creators, venues, and potential release timelines.
Nosy Mary Philbin appears in a Universal special under Erich von Stroheim at Universal City. Marie Prevost, not married, was born in Canada and stars in Her Night of Nights. Alice Terry, on honeymoon with Rex Ingraham, led in The Prisoner of Zenda. Rob inson Crusoe stars Harry Myers at Universal. Freckles has been filmed and The Scrapper features Gertrude Olmstead opposite Herbert Rawlinson. Betty Davidson plays the Prince in Fool’s Paradise. John Davidson engaged to Helen Dryden. Questions: PRUNELLA HALL, The Boston Post.
In Corning New York on April 12 farmer Jesse Bassage of Horney died of anthrax. He contracted the disease 24 hours after performing a post mortem on a cow that had died suddenly while investigators confirmed the cow also died from anthrax.
Medical authorities attribute stomach trouble to excess hydrochloric acid. A simple plan argues for Bisurated Magnesia at meals to neutralize acidity, allowing normal digestion. The ad urges readers to consult a druggist for powder or tablets and to eat freely with this remedy.
A gusty wind storm swept through near Wooster Ohio today lifting a barn away from a cow tethered in a field. The cow and manger were unharmed. Two other barns were torn from their foundations and wrecked.
Federal Judge Lynch ordered Flora A. Irish of Boston to show cause why she should not be permanently restrained from collecting a $7500 breach of promise judgment from George T. Owen of Hast Orange. After the judgment Owen was declared bankrupt and discharged from most debts, leaving only this claim. The order bars further collection efforts until her court appearance.
The ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener that removes gray and leaves hair glossy. It claims home preparation is messy and costs little, urging immediate use to look younger and more attractive.
Representative Andrew of Massachusetts introduced a resolution urging Director Forbes of the Veterans Bureau to expedite transferring veterans claim records to regional offices under the Sweet Act. The measure cites only a small portion of files moved and regional offices still sending inquiries to Washington, causing delays and confusion.
The three masted schooner Grace Van Dusen sank today in West Quoddy Bay while en route from New York to Lubec with 350 tons of coal for Peacock Canning Company. Captain Pye and five crew members were rescued.
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