Seven Hurt When Cycle Goes Amuck at Street Crossing
Seven people injured and over 300 shoppers scattered in a crowd at the Summer and Washington streets crossing when motorcyclist Carl A. Sternsverd lost control. Injured were seven women with head face and limb injuries. others treated at drugstores. Sternsverd said a mechanical fault prompted him to accelerate and shout to pedestrians as Traffic Officer James A. Grimes signaled a halt.
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Summer
Washington Streets
Carl A. Sternsverd
Commonwealth Avenue
Filene’s Department Store
Gilchrist’s
Bernice Anderson
Dalton Street
City
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Constance J. Cadigan
Concord Street
Charlestown
Annie Little
Massachusetts Avenue
Filene’s
Emma Wolpers
Savin Street
Dorchester
Margaret Magrichia
North Franklin Street
Holbrook
Mass
Rose Kaptrielian
Gilchrist’s Clinic
Carrie Olson
Swann Place
Arlington
Sternsverd
James A. Grimes
Washington Street
Carol Dempster Returns to Screen in Griffith Film At The Grange
Carol Dempster returns from a long vacation to film the D W Griffith feature At the Grange at Mamaroneck studios. She replaces Clarine Seymour in Griffith’s unit and previously appeared with Richard Barthelmess in The Love Flower. Dempster later starred in Dream Street with Ralph Graves and Charles Emmett Mack.
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Carol Dempster
the Grange
Mamaroneck Studios
Miss Dempster
Clarine Seymour
Griffith
Richard Barthelmess
Dream Street
Ralph Graves
Charles Emmett Mack
Cullen Landis to Star in Trio of Robertson-Cole Films
Cullen Landis emerges as a leading screen juvenile and will headline three upcoming Robertson-Cole productions. The Young star, touted as one of the era’s most promising performers, leads in three stellar vehicles.
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Cullen Landis
Mr. Landis
Robertson-Cole
Actors Barthelmess and Gish to Film Fury Exterior Shots
Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Gish head to Philadelphia for exterior scenes of Fury, the latest Inspiration Pictures release, with the two leading stars set to appear in prominent outdoor sequences.
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Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Gish
Philadelphia
Fury
Kitchener Film Held in New York Customs Office
J Parker Reade Jr obtained American distribution rights for the foreign film How Kitchener Was Betrayed. The film is temporarily held at the New York custom house awaiting government release. A disclaimer notes the events are not official or authorized history and was requested via the British embassy after London censors refused showing in England.
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J. Parker Reade, Jr
Kitchener
New York Custom House
Mr. Reade
U. S
Custom House
London
Eingland
Betrayal of Ship Hour Tied to Kitchener Mystery Death
A British officer’s aide betrays his ship’s name and sailing hour to his fiancée, who is revealed as a German spy. The story hints the ship’s destruction as a cause of Lord Kitchener’s sudden death, reflecting wartime morale.
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Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
To Save and to Hold thrills aboard pirate ship
A Paramount film scene features Bert Lytell and Betty Compson swinging on a rope eight feet wide and fifty feet above a pirate ship deck as real guns boom while hundreds of pirates wield 17th century pistols and cutlasses in a dramatic sequence produced by George Fitzmaurice.
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Paramount
George Fitzmaurice
Bert Lytell
Betty Compson
The Siren Call dazzles with bold kiss scenes in Alaska
In the Irvin V. Willat Paramount feature The Siren Call Dorothy Dalton receives a chorus of about fifty to sixty extras who line up in Gore's Casino Alaska to kiss her, creating a lively display of pep and enthusiasm on screen.
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Irvin V. Willat
Paramount
Dorothy Dalton
Miss Dalton
Gore
Alaska
Answers to questions about silent film stars and studios
The article lists details on actors and studios in Hollywood. Doris May at Robert son Cole studios, Thomas Holding with Paramount stock, Billye Burke at York Beach, Helene Chadwick in The Sin Blood, Lillian Gish age 27, Mabel Normand in Europe, Anita Stewart at Payside Long Island, Anna Q Nilsson married to Guy Coombs, Madame Olga Petrova in Italy with no current plans, and notes on manuscripts for Prunella Hall at The Boston Post.
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Doris May
Robertson-Cole
Hollywood
Thomas Holding
Paramount Stock Company
Lasky
Billye Burke
York Beach
Helene Chadwick
Lillian Gish
Mabel Normand
Europe
Anita Stewart
Payside
Anna Q. Nilsson
Guy Coombs
Paramount
Olga Petrova
Italy
Prunella Hall
Koston Post
Mule Arrested by Arlington Policeman Is First for Town
Patrolman Charles Daley of Arlington police was commended for arresting a mule found wandering on River street before daylight. He grabbed the mule by the nose and mane, led it to the patrol box, and notified John J. Mulkerin of West Medford, whose missing mule had been reported.
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Charles Daley
Arlington Police
Daley
River Street
John J. Mulkerin
West Medford
Incoming steamers and ocean forecast for today
The Post Marine Record lists steamers due today and Sunday with ports including Chappaqua Hamburg Bretten Everest Fowey Karlsvik Naples and more. An ocean forecast warns northeast winds and thick overcast from Boston and New York to Europe with seas rough and temperatures around 58 to 62.
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the Post Marine
Chappaqua
Hamburg
Bretten
Everest
Fowey
Eng
Karlsvik
Naples
Prince Arthur
Yarmouth
London
New York
West Quebec
Liverpool
Tanafford
Newport
Nile
Glassow
Bristol
Norfolk
North Land
J. TH. Deverens
E. C. Pope
Hampden
Sydney
Ontario
Baltimore
Gloucester
Philadelphia
Boston
Europe
Grand Banks
Monster turtle on Gloucester schooner wins sea voyage record
A 1500 pound black diver sea turtle, seven feet long and nine feet around, was hauled aboard the Gloucester schooner Gorilla at South Boston Fish Pier after a Nantucket swordfish trip. Estimated age up to 500 years, it drew much interest as the largest turtle seen here.
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South Boston Fish Pier
Nantucket
Boston
Waterfront calendar notes tides and celestial events
The notice lists August 12 as the 234th day with moon phases and evening stars. It reports fish price increases at South Boston Fish Pier amid reduced catch, detailing swordfish landings by Richard Nunan and Gorilla and groundfish shippable totals from Spray, boat 44, and Marne. It also notes arrivals of steamers Alcinous, Lorenzo, and others at Boston Harbor with cargoes from Asia, India, and Ceylon and crew changes aboard Oran bound ships.
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Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
South Boston
Richard Nunan
Georges
South Shoal
Marne
Iladdock
Boston Harbor
Blue Funnel Line
Alcinous
Edward Taylor
Pier 4
South
Boston
Far East
Yokohama
Shanghai
Taipei
Hong Kong
Singapore
Penang
Colombo
Lorenzo
India
Ceylon
New York
East Heston
Calcutta
Oran
Anderson
England
Thomas Robinson
Kabinga
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures Across Ports
Shipping items list steampacket arrivals and sailings with numerous vessels and ports. Names include Prince George Yarmouth Chinese Prince Croxteth Hall Governor Dingley Alcinous Calvin Austin Beko Elsmere Absecon Belfast Bangor Rockland Path Ransom B Fuller Portland and more. Tows include Clinchfield Electra and A W Thompson.
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Stepmers
Lorenzo
Robinson
Calentis
Colombo
Missiasinpi
Wylie
London
Antwery
Ramon de Larrinaga
Tavernool
Ming
Annemattox
Hireson
Middlesboro
Frav
Queenstown
Breedwyk
Filiine
Rotterdam
Alednos
Taylor
Yokohama
Mucabl
Robins
Preston
Cuba
Maravi
Grant
Runes
West Arrow
Trusby
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Liverpool
Prince George
MecKinnon
Yarmouth
City of Augusta
Diehl
Jonesport
City of Rockland
J. Scott Hankinson
Moore
Hridgstown
James M. W. Hall
Cole
Charleston
New York
Croxteth Hall
Governor Dingley
St. John
N. B
Fastport
Tlobee
Alcinous
Calvin Austin
Beko Elsmere
Jacksonville
Absecon
Norfolk
Belfast
Bangor
City O
Ransom B. Fuller
Portland
Clinchfield
D. C
A. W. Thompson
Clara H. Donne Randwich
Electra
Neptune
Rockland
1742
Mary F. Barrett
Hampton Roads
Newton Man Held for Murder of Boston Resident
Samuel di Stazo alias Tony Parenti 82 of Newton is held without bail in Worcester District Court charged with the murder of Antonio Manduco of Boston. An inquest into Manduco's death is set for the same day as the August 19 arraignment.
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Worcester
Samuel di Stazo
Tony Parenti
Newton
Antonio Manduco
Boston
Greene firms up answer in finance stock case
Henry V. Greene states in interrogatories that he formed the Greene Company after challenging the high demands of Commercial Finance salesmen. He lists incorporators and their shares, notes receiving 19996 shares of Commercial Finance common stock for underwriting the preferred issue, with 15000 to be given as a bonus to subscribers. He says officers expected him to keep the excess above 47.50 a share to pay salesmen and market costs.
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Henry V. Greene
H. V. Greene
Mutual Finance
Commercial Finance
Greene Company
Commercial Finance Corporation
E. C. Campbell
A. D. Howard
Alice M. Fowler
Lilian Coleman
Mary Warren
Nellie Black
Commercial Finance Company
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Highland Light
Big
Lantic Transport Line
Mississippis
Antwerp
Shipping Board
Holland-American Line
Breedyk
Banes
United Fruit Plantations
Revere Sugar Refining Company
United States Shipping Board
Army Base
Squantum
Barrenfork
Anna Sofie
Nuevitas
American Sugar Refining Company
Shipping News
H. V. Greene Co
O’keefe
S. S. Pierce Co
William C. Neilly CO
New England
Boylston ST
Back Bay
WOLF
Bloomer
Amoskeag
Bates Gingham
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Sterling Brand
Isc Cave
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