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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
9
Joseph Lasky aged 91 woke dreaming he was imprisoned and rushed from a second story window. He landed on a large flat stone without serious injury despite taking the sash and frame with him.
Funeral services for George Eldon Keith prominent Brockton shoe manufacturer will be held at 1224 Main Street Campello Brockton today at 2 p m Rev Seeley K Tompkins officiating
Horace E. Dodge, automobile manufacturer and last of the Dodge brothers, died tonight at his Palm Beach winter home after months of illness from influenza. His brother John Dodge had died in New York a year earlier.
Harvard men recount past glories of Massachusetts Hall as they adjust their evening shirts and settle back in their chairs for a quiet reminiscence.
Horace and John Dodge, famed American industrialists, died within months of each other. John died in New York on January 14 from pneumonia after years of shared enterprise and a long partnership. Horace, more reserved, pursued business and family life while John sought civic honors.
The House trimmed the immigration ban to one year and delayed enforceability by two months with a 14 month limit from passage. An exemption for the Philippine Islands was adopted and amendments by Mann Siegel and Blanton failed. Critics warned of economic and political harms and potential reprisals by foreign governments.
Tommy Noble of England defeats Bobby Michaels of New York in a 16 round bout. Both fighters weighed 127 pounds. Noble was knocked down once, counting nine in the first round, but dominated the remainder to secure victory.
Last night in Harvard Yard the Harvard Memorial Society marked the 200th anniversary of Massachusetts Hall with a dinner. Governors and professors recalled its history from 1717 to the present, noting its roles in wars and education and preserving old silver and memories.
Israel Kolbert once tied to the Boston Egg Company and Frank A. Berman of Providence were fined $300 each by Federal Judge Morton for conspiring to violate the Food and Drugs act. They shipped eggs unfit for use from Boston to Providence nearly a year ago.
Three ex Royal Irish Constabulary officers testified today before the committee of one hundred on the Irish question. They said they resigned in protest against British misrule and fled Ireland to escape attacks by former comrades, detailing operations of British forces in the Emerald Isle.
John J. Caddan John Tangney and Daniel F. Crowley testified about forced participation in raids by the constabulary. Tangney described brutal British operations and dissention with the Royal Irish Constabulary. Caddan spoke of barracks life and raids on homes with people dragged from beds as homes burned. Crowley cited threats to his life over Republicans. The commission adjourned to next Wednesday.
A car accident in North Andover claimed a life when a vehicle plunged into a canal. The victim was returning from her sister Mrs. Henry J. Lambert’s home on Main Street with her husband, as Mr. Lambert drove them home at the time of the crash.
Lambert driving with Mrs. Cote and 11 year old Arthur struck the South Canal iron fence after a Merrimack street misdirection. The car turned upside down in the water as rescue crews lifted it with a crane. Mrs. Cote died after failing to regain consciousness.
Captain Joseph J. Fuller of New London dying at age about 80 after a long seafaring life. A native of Danvers Massachusetts he was a son of a whaling captain and once endured a year refuge on a desert island after a shipwreck in a distant storm.
A Boston based Noonan's Hair Petrole claim promotes a purified petroleum formula to strengthen and regenerate dry thin hair. The nightly few minute treatments reportedly reduce dandruff and scalp irritation with a pleasant odor. Sold by barbers, drug and department stores, or directly from T Noonan & Sons Co. 88 Portland St. Boston at 15 cents per treatment.
May Allison, noted for blonde beauty in Metro pictures, is praised as prettier off screen. Her upcoming film is Are Wives to Blame.
Eddie Polo continues work on a new film thriller titled The King of the Circus inspired by his own daring years as a circus performer under the big top. The project blends his adventurous life with dramatic action suited to his serial thrill persona.
Gertrude Olmstead, newly crowned queen of the Chicago Elks, stars opposite Hoot Gibson in his latest comedy Marryin Marion. The petite beauty headlines the film as Gibson’s leading lady in a light hearted western tale.
The caption clarifies no real family separation. Sessue Hayakawa and Tsura Aoki will again act together in new pictures, after not appearing jointly for nearly two years.
Lois Weber hosted a reception at her Santa Monica Boulevard studio in Los Angeles to inaugurate the citys first studio tennis courts. Over 300 guests attended with tennis matches dancing refreshments and a preview of her Paramount production Painting the Lily.
Corinne Griffith lends her husband Webster Campbell to Elaine Hammerstein for the comedy drama Pleasure Seekers. The arrangement is confined to this single project and reflects a brief collaboration in the silent film industry.
The Sacred Films Inc of Burbank California has finished the first episode of its Holy Bible series in two reels after a year of research and preparation. A total of 54 episodes are planned. It is stated that several years of work lie ahead.
Report notes a planned film project to cover the Bible from Creation to the Ascension with an estimated outlay of 27 million dollars. The plan references a major production scope and significant financial backing.
Inquiries cover Pearl White and Mary McAllister addresses in New York. Questions ask if Pauline Frederick used a stage name, Anita Stewart’s children, Neilan and Fielding marriages, Bert Lytell’s marriage and address, and Wallace Reid’s children. The batch provides some confirmed notes and addresses for Bert Lytell and Mahlon Hamilton and details on Edith Roberts, Constance and Natalie Talmadge, and Eileen Percy.
The Senate will not confirm Federal District Attorney Daniel J. Gallagher of Boston. Protests by Boston lawyers and opposition to District Attorney Pelletier influence the vote, but Gallagher will serve until a successor is named. Also no action to confirm ex Governor McCall to the Tariff Commission.
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