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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1919
Page
3
Edward J. Farrell, president of Major Films Company, describes the moving picture industry as a growing, high gamble with rapid expansion. He notes actors trading on star power, rising production, and cash-on-delivery practices shaping distribution and theater moves in New England and beyond.
Government advertisement announces sealed bids for spades in New York City. Bids will be opened at 10 A M on September 10 1919 at Zone Supply Office 461 8th Ave. Special bid forms available at the same office or Surplus Property Officer Dietes reference S P D 1037 G S.
William Benedisky testified in Central Court that John Baranofsky punched him and that Baranofsky claimed the punch followed rumors about trouble over a wife. The judge ordered probation with Baranofsky paying for Benedisky’s two doctor visits.
Malden Mayor Charles M. Blodgett announced his bid for the Senate seat in the Middlesex district. He will oppose Representative Alvin T. Bliss and Captain William R. Buckminster for the Republican nomination.
The American Jewish relief committee will award specially struck medals to prominent non-Jews in many States in recognition of signal services to the Jewish people during the war and current crisis. Recipients will be announced soon for those who devoted time and energy above the line of duty to aid starving Jews abroad.
New York Aug 15 Howard Chandler Christy wed Mrs Nancy May Palmer the widow who posed for Americans All and many Christy war posters She is a former Poughkeepsie resident who lived at the Hotel Marie Antoinette The ceremony was at 530 pm conducted by Rev William A Kirkwood Attendants included Consuelo Flowerton and Commander Baughman U S N Guests were Harry Leyser Grace Leyser June Leyser Margaret Sutton and Ronald Reynolds Christy noted his eight years as her husband and model Their honeymoon plans remain private Christy's first wife Maybelle Thompson died years ago They had a daughter Natalie now living with Christy since the divorce last June The couple had earlier separated over where to live Christy preferred Zanesville Ohio where he built The Barracks His June divorce cited wilful absence The Christys had divorced and Mrs Christy wed Leslie Canfield Ferguson in June
Vermont woman recalls her father who carried water for troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill and helped stone British forces. He served in the Revolutionary War, while her grandfather reportedly fought in a Canadian war in the early seventh century.
G Marston Leonard of Springfield named chairman of the Harvard endowment fund central Massachusetts committee. A Harvard graduate of 193, he was chosen by Thomas W. Lamont and Eliot Wadsworth, joint national committee chairmen. The $11,000,000 endowment aims to improve salaries for Harvard instructors and professors starting in October.
On Broadway tensions between actors and managers spill into public view as George M. Cohan resigns from the Friars and declares he will not rejoin the club or support a sympathetic strike. Friars leaders press him amid a heated scene at the Cohan Harris Theatre as Brady pleads for reconciliation.
A dust of gold specks is reported from the cellar of the old Dodd mansion at 19 Salem Street, North End. John Feline and Emilio Graziano claim the find and have an assayer in New York evaluating it while police guard the site.
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