Fall Proves to Be Serious in West End
Police seek to identify an eight man after a possible fatal fall down stairs at 912 Leverett Street in the West End Saturday night. First report filed yesterday. The man wore a button numbered 165 with the name J Quinn and carried a brass tag reading W. E. K. Co. 14%. He is about 50, 5'8", 160 pounds with gray hair and a reddish mustache, wearing a blue serge coat gray striped trousers army shirt and tan army shoes.
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Leverett Street
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J. Quinn
Extra Senate Session Ends and Nominations Await
Washington reports the Senate will meet tomorrow at 10 to tackle confirmation of over a thousand presidential nominations in the final sitting of the extra session. Adjournment is expected sine die near midnight, with the regular session to begin at noon.
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Neptunia the deer rescued after risky bay crossing
Neptunia weighing 200 pounds wandered from Blue Hills reservation along Wollaston boulevard and jumped into Quincy Bay after a crowd chased her. A rowboat followed by youths, aided by Orrin Steel and police, retrieved her near Squantum shore and she was warmed, dosed with ginger, and returned to the reserve for a night’s rest.
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Neptunia
Blue Hills
Wollaston Boulevard
Quincy Bay
Squantum
Joseph McNamara
Orrin Steel
Little Walks About Boston by William Justin Mann
The article recounts Jenny Lind’s early life from childhood in Stockholm to her talent emerging under military bugle music and piano. It notes a grandmother’s prophecy of aid, a blue ribbon cat, discovery by Mademoiselle Lundberg, and education funded publicly. It highlights her stage gifts and Mendelssohn’s praise linking to Elijah and scholarship concerts.
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Jenny Lind
Stockholm
Jenny
Mademoiselle Lundberg
Royal Opera House
Royal Theatre
Croelius
Mendelssohn
Elijah
London
Ice Machine Starts Fire in Somerville Market
An overheated pulley in an ice machine caused a small fire at Brotner's market on Highland Avenue Somerville yesterday afternoon. Patrolman Cameron discovered the blaze and notified Engine 4, which responded to a still alarm. Damage was estimated at 25 dollars.
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Brotner’s Market
Highland Avenue
Cameron
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Will Rogers Stirring Screen and Stage at Theatres
Screen gossip highlights Will Rogers beloved on screen and stage. The Headless Horseman at Modern and Beacon theatres this week. Rogers entertains nightly at Amsterdam Theatre New York with Follies and writes weekly in Life magazine. He proudly notes his wife and three children Will Jr Jimmy and Mary.
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Headless Horseman
Washington Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Modern
Beacon
Amsterdam Theatre
New York
Ziegfeld
Mr. Rogers
Will Jr
Jimmy
Mary
Selznick Cast Set for Ru pert of Hentzau Film Version
The cast list for the Selznick adaptation of Anthony Hope is announced with Elaine Hammerstein as Queen Flavia Bert Lytell in dual roles Rudolf Rasendyl and King Rudolf Lew Cody Rupert of Hentzau Claire Windsor Helga Marjorie Daw Rosa Holt Adolph Jean Menjon Count Rischenheim Hobart Bosworth Colonel Sapt Bryant Washburn Fritz Von Tarlenheim Irving Cummings Berenstein Mitchell Lewis Bauer Elmo Lincoln Simon Nigel De Brulltier Herbert Josephine Crowell Mother Holf and notes on weekly payroll implications.
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Selznick
Anthony Hope
Rupert of
Neilan crew films Tess of the D Urbervilles in England
Marshall Neilan's assistant Frank Orson and cameraman David Kesson finished exterior takes in England for Tess of the D Urbervilles. Thomas Hardy aided directions. Kesson dislikes English climate after five weeks with only 42 hours of sun.
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Marshall Neilan
Frank Orson
David Kesson
England
Mr. Neilan
Goldwyn
Thomas Hardy
Orson
Mr. Kesson
Viola Dana and Shirley Mason Attend Mother’s Funeral
A sad Thanksgiving as their mother Mrs Emil Flugrath dies after illness in a private sanitarium. Viola Dana and Shirley Mason mourn her loss while Thomas Meighan plans Paramount’s The Ne’er Do Well with Panama location discussed. The couple rests on vacation in Hot Springs Virginia.
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Shirley Mason
Emil Flugrath
Thomas Meighan
Paramount
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Panama
Tommy
Hot Springs
VAINLY SEEK FEARED BEAST IN READING HIGHLANDS
Last night efforts to hunt the so called hose beast terrorizing Reading Highlands failed. Citizens formed armed posses to search for the creature that haunts nights and allegedly carries off pet rabbits. Scouts will scour nearby woods and swamp lands hoping the moonlit nights have kept it hidden.
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Reading Highlands
Adler at Ethical Society Proposes College Admissions Rule
Dr Felix Adler of Columbia University told the Boston Ethical Society that the conflict between Anglo Saxon standards and immigrant traditions shapes prejudice. He suggested limiting college attendance to students who have been in the country under ten years.
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Felix Adler
Columbia University
Boston Ethical Society
Chauncy Hall
Gossip and Casting Talks From The Boston Post
Readers across the questions column discuss Dorothy Dalton in The Law of the Lawless with Charles de Roche opposite her, Bill Hart and his wife’s reconciliation doubts, Marguerite Courtot in Down to the Sea in Ships, and the alias reshaping of Buck Jones as Charles Jones.
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Whitefield
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Dorothy Dalton
Paramount
Charles de Roche
Famous Players
Bill Hart
J. T. J. Boston
Marguerite Courtot
George M. Seitz
Maine
Charles Jones
Buck Jones
Fox Star
Buck
Charles
Prunella Hall
Boston Post
United Ambassador Houghton Seeks Pants in Europe
Paris dispatch reports United States Ambassador Houghton, after three days in Paris from Berlin, declares a mission to find three new pairs of pants. He plans to travel to London for further trousers, noting Berlin yielded no better options.
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United News
United States
Houghton
Berlin
London
Notable Honor for West Somerville Boy Eldon Wedlock
Eldon Wedlock received a Boy Scout Life-Saving Medal at Park Avenue M E Church in West Somerville. Major John M Webster presented the award and praised the scout’s distinguished honor as Troop 3 members in uniform attended the ceremony.
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West Somerville
Eldon Wedlock
Park Avenue M.E
John M. Webster
Troop 3
Boy Scouts
Young Wedlock
Identification of Roxbury man who died after trolley ride
City Hospital officials identified the man who died shortly after arriving there after a sudden illness on a Dudley street trolley in Roxbury Saturday evening. The deceased is Joseph F. Connolly, of 22 Savin Hill avenue, Porchester, identified by relatives.
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Dudley Street
Roxbury
Joseph F. Connolly
Savin Hill Avenue
Porchester
Boston Labor Unions Launch $10,000 Drive for European Relief
A campaign began with a Ford Hall meeting of Boston Jewish labor unions to raise $10,000 toward the $500,000 national quota for the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society European relief effort. Representatives subscribed more than $1,000 yesterday.
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Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society
Boston
Ford Hall
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