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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
7
Crepes of all kinds gain popularity with Morocain and matt varieties drawing fashion attention. The article notes the appeal of delicate textures and versatile presentations in contemporary menus and social scenes.
A New Yorker in Plymouth Mass reports Dr True s Elixir aids digestion insomnia and constipation and requests six large bottles for his mother. The ad claims the product relieves constipation and worms and promotes health with over 70 years on the market.
Readers urged to submit ads tonight or tomorrow to be judged for the $45 000 Ad Writing Contest. Weekly prizes total 240 opportunities with a $100 cash first prize or alternatives worth up to $200 for a Brunswick phonograph and $175 for a 1900 Electric Cataract Washer. Grand prize is $1000, plus a $500 special Post readers prize. 2664 weekly prizes in total.
Hand drawn work on voile and scrim curtains with varied ruffles and overskirt flounce. Etamine curtains feature wide lace insertion and matching lace edges, some with hand-worked lace motifs. Prices range per pair.
Advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe effective alternative to calomel. Claims no sickness or pain, gentle action, and internal cleansing. Suggests taking one or two nightly for a week with prices 15c and 30c.
The first week of the Ad Writing Contest closes tomorrow with all letters considered for grand prizes. Any late entries will join next week's contest which starts Saturday. Send letters to Zain Ad Writing Contest Box 5281 Boston 4 Mass.
Rules allow any non professional ad writer to compete for prizes with ads about any of 24 products. Entries may be written anytime and submitted on separate sheets with name and address. Prizes awarded weekly and grand prizes for best ads over the contest period. Letters receive guidance from Boston Post stories.
The document lists a variety of old products and brand names including Colgate powders and creams, Goodey's gum, Gillette razors, Harvard cigars, Kool-Shay shaving cream, Seapine cleaning powder, Van Raalte silk stock ings and veils, and electrical washers among others. It appears as a catalog or advertisement snippet from a historical publication.
Samuel Shimolizki pleaded not guilty to rolling Mississippi dominoes on Arch street. Judge Murray questioned his employment and urged him to return to work promptly.
Sylvia Breamer born in Sydney Australia rose to fame on stage before moving to American films. She debuted in Dawn A House Divided The Moonshine Trail and My Husband's Other Wife and later acted opposite George Arliss and Will Rogers. She stands six feet seven inches tall weighs 136 pounds with dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is a bachelor maid.
Conrad Nagle Mildred Harris and Dorothy Dalton head Cecil B De Mille's next production Claire Adams leads female role in The Mysterious Rider adapted from Zane Grey Lester Cuneo works on Blue Blazes with Francelia Billing ton as his lead lady The Lee children Jane and Katherine still headline vaudeville and tour Canada
Edna Murphy the Fantomas heroine arrives in Los Angeles to begin work on a new Fox feature. Johnny Walker, Fantomas' hero, likely to play opposite her. Murphy started as a fashion model and debuted on screen as a society vampire in Over the Hill.
Vitagraph leading man William Duncan, famed for serials, plans a temporary exit from the chapter plays to appear in a seven reel feature titled The Princess of the Desert Dream. The move signals a transition in his acting engagements within the studio lineup.
A compilation of film figures with ages, marital status, and current affiliations. Names include Gladys Brockwell Vincent Coleman Reginald Denny Ted Dickson and others, with addresses in New York Hollywood and Los Angeles. notes on marriages, clubs, and stage or screen roles.
Florence G. of Rochester and H. B. Warner is married with two children and aged 49. The note places him with the Film Corporation in Hollywood and cites his latest work When We Were Twenty-One. Inquiries are addressed to Prunella Hall at the Boston Post.
Mrs Eleanor Campbell 47 of 97 St Stephens street was seriously injured when struck by an automobile owned and operated by Miss Emmy K Anderson of 1916 Canton avenue Milton as she attempted to cross Westland avenue near Massachusetts avenue yesterday.
Herbert Ellis 23 of Pawtucket was arrested in Worcester after larcenies from freight cars at Manville Rhode Island. Authorities say Ellis and a partner swindled $360 from Canada trip proceeds and sold cloth to two Providence men before fleeing to Canada.
Final plans for raising 760000 for the Simmons College endowment fund were discussed at a Saturday meeting at Mrs. Edwin S. Webster 301 Berkeley Street. The Boston campaign will run from Oct 16 to 9 with further plans to be announced next week by Mrs. Webster, chairwoman of the endowment fund committee.
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