Readings from Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in New York
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks welcome Mary Margaret McBride in a Ritz Suite interview. Pickford describes herself as small and natural while noting her curls and understated makeup. Fairbanks jokes about his nails, while both discuss fame, art taxes, hats in New York, and a pause on stage acting.
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Mary Pickford
Mary Margaret McBride
New York Evening Mail
Douglas Fairbanks
Miss McBride
Tne
Mary
Doug
Ritz
New York
Pickford
Jack
Paris
California
Panic on Board Harbor Steamer Standish
Passengers rushed to the port side as a paddle wheel jam halted the Standish on a Nantasket Beach trip. Two tugs with searchlights stood by while the crew freed the obstruction. the hourlong delay caused fear among women and children before wheels resumed turning.
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Nantasket Beach
Standish
Betty Alden
Starvation Threaten 20 500 000 Russians
Moscow August 26 The Soviet relief director Leo Kameneff told the AP that 20 500 000 people in 15 Russian provinces face starvation as food resources run about 50 percent below pre war levels. He said 9 000 000 people have seed grain and four poods of grain for eating while 11 poods are needed until next harvest making relief essential.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Leo Kameneff
Russia
Kameneff
Play Game on Auto Drivers in Somerville and Cambridge
Police report a repeated scam in which two young women lured a driver named Joseph P. Harrington into his car near Prospect Street Cambridge and then into a Somerville brick building to collect rent money. He gave a $20 bill for four dollars, and the women have not returned.
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Somerville
Cambridge
Joseph P. Harrington
Clark
Summer
Laurel Streets
Harrington
Damage suit seeks 120 million against Chicago packing firms
A $120,000,000 damage suit was filed in U S District Court in Chicago by Mr and Mrs Louis Osborn Ferson of Omaha Nebraska accusing Chicago packing concerns of conspiring to form a trust and naming John D Rockefeller Sr and Jr among others in the action. The case, originally filed in Omaha, was amended to Chicago for venue reasons.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
United States District Court
Louis Osborn Ferson
Omaha
Neb
Conspirators Named in Bill Include Noted Firms and Figures
The bill lists alleged conspirators including Charles M. Schwab Theodore Shonts now deceased Standard Oil Company of all States and the Riggs National Bank of Washington.
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Charles M. Schwab
Theodore Shonts
Standard Oil Company
States
Riggs National Bank of
Washington
Nansen Seeks 50 Million Dollar Relief Loan for Russia
Dr Fridjof Nansen authorized by Soviet government to appeal to allies for a 50 million dollar loan for starving Russia. Security would be a priority lien on assets and revenues. Nansen, arriving from Moscow, says debts of the czarist regime are open. He travels with League of Nations and Red Cross representatives en route to Geneva. American relief workers have reached Moscow safely.
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Riga
United News
Fridjof Nansen
Russia
Nansen
Moscow
League of Nations Assembly
International Red Cross
Geneva
Rioting in Belfast Kills Visitor and Worker
Rioting and bombing in North Queens Street and New Lodge Road left two dead, a city visitor and a shipyard worker, with six wounded. Armored cars patrolled as clashes resumed in the afternoon, making streets hazardous for pedestrians.
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Belfast
Associated Press
North Queens Street
New Lodge Road
Brookline Man Arrested for Auto Thefts
Harold E. Peck of 265 Pond Road Brookline was arrested after police say he targeted a third car while two other vehicles were recovered from a Hyde Park barn. He faced Brookline court on one count of breaking and entering and two counts of automobile larceny with bonds set at 1000 each.
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Harold E. Peck
Pond Road
Brookline
Mahoney
Peck
Hyde Park
Noted rupture expert Seeley to visit Boston for pamphlet demonstrations
F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia, famed truss specialist, will be at the Brewster Hotel, Boston through Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday September 30 31 and Sept 19 A M to 5 P M. He touts the Spermatic Shield as a cure for rupture with rapid closure in about ten days, claiming England and Spain awards and no surgery. He notes government documents for inspection and offers free demonstrations.
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F. H. Seeley
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brewster Hotel
Boylston St
Boston
England
Spain
Seeley
United States
Washington, D. C
P. S
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Cuthura
Idgeport
Conn
U. S
New and
New England
Drug and Dept. Stores
Skeeters Semble
Skeeters Dis
Perse
Skeeter'a
Fred E. Hall, Inc
Cranston St
Providence, R. I
Ing
Long Island
Ella D’heur
Chic Parisienne
North Station
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Essex Hotel
United States Hotel
Kornfeld
Summer St
Summerfield
Dad
Summerfield’s
Davenport
Wmmerfield SS
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