Coal Food and Rents Discussed in Chamber Talk
Edward S. Hamlin of Metropolitan Coal predicts serious coal strikes next spring and favors wage cuts as the path to cheaper coal in 1922. Speaker Snyder notes food prices drifting downward since the Armistice and rents may fall next year, while Malcolm Nichols cites housing shortages and a shift of demand to lower priced apartments.
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Edward S. Hamlin
Metropolitan Coal Company
Chamber of Commerce
Parker House
Snyder
Malcolm Nichols
Boston Tea Party discussion marks 148th anniversary
Mr Hamlin Frederick Sny ger and Malcolm Nichols visited at the Chamber meeting titled Boston Tea Parties. Authorities addressed coal food rents and taxes amid rapid fire questions. Hamlin cited coal price increases from mine to distributor and doubted distributors profit this year.
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Hamlin
Fredericks. Snyger
Malcolm Nichols
Internal Revenue
Chamber
Boston
Ex-Service Men Benefit by His Plan
Ralph E. Dalton head of the ex Service Men's Welfare Bureau rejects a Post article claiming the American Legion does not endorse the plan. He explains a parade for unemployed ex service men to spur merchants to provide Christmas jobs, inviting Legion officials to the bureau, and notes some Legion members support the effort. He aims to include other service organizations and host a Christmas dinner for ex-service men.
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Ralph E. Dalton
Ex- Service Men's Welfare Bureau
Dunn
American Legion
Legion
Dalton
Welfare Bureau
Installed as lodge master Reynolds elected at Eleusis A F and A M
Howard G. Reynolds Boston Post sporting editor elected and installed worshipful master of Eleusis lodge A F and A M at the 618th communication in Masonic Temple. He was installed by Albert B. Root assisted by Atwood with officers: Boyden Garland Learned Restall Young Thorne Marquatt and others. Reynolds editor in chief of the Newspaper Club since 1900 born in Dixfield Maine and residing in Newton.
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Howard G. Reynolds
Boston Post
Eleusis
A. M
Masonic Temple
Mr. Reynolds
Morrow
Kentucky
Albert B. Root
St. John’s Lodge
Brother Atwood
Ralph H. Boyden
S. W
William H. Garland
J. W
Roscoe Bb. Learned
John C. EF. Restall
Samuel Usher
S. D
Charles E. Young
J. D
Fred Thorne
Arthur C. Marquatt
J. Ss
Arthur S. Wells
Newspaper Club
Dixfield
St. Andrew’s
Boston Council
Newton
Two Arrested for Robbing Postmaster
MILFORD December 16 police arrested Leo J TrMEMbley of Milford and Ralph Shiffer of Hopedale for the Tuesday night robbery of Postmaster Howard Burr of Mendon. They confessed to taking $20 during the hold-up.
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Milford
Howard Burr
Mendon
Leo J. Trembley
Ralph Shiffer
Hopedale
Screen Gossip Names Eileen Sedgwick Universal Serial Queen
Eileen Sedgwick, noted for daring stunts, began in comedies but moved to chapter plays. She acted opposite Eddie Polo in The Lure of the Circus and starred in The Great Radium Mystery The Diamond Queen and The Terror Trial. Her current serial is In the Clutch of the Octopus with George Larkin.
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Eileen Sedgwick
Universal
Miss Sedgwick
Eddie Polo
George Larkin
Carol Dempster to star opposite John Barrymore in Sherlock Holmes
Carol Dempster has been chosen to play opposite John Barrymore in Sherlock Holmes. She is currently making personal appearances promoting Dream Street where she plays the leading female role.
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Carol Dempster
John Barrymore
Sherlock Holmes
Miss Dempster
Roxbury and Cambridge Pharmacy Directory Fragments
A fragmented OCR listing shows multiple pharmacies and addresses across Roxbury Cambridge Charlestown Somerville South Boston and related streets including Union Square Broadway Main Street and City Square. The text names numerous shopfronts such as Stacey Kimball City Whitney Edwards and TM B Carpenter Co with assorted street addresses.
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Boston
J. B. Hunter Hardware Company
Summer St
Chandler & Barber
Summer St. Co
E. Sawyer
Huntington Ave
North Station Drug Store
North Station
Parker House Drug Store
Tremont
Oor
Founs’e Hotel
Court Aq
Haymarket Ce. Company
Washington St
J. Beckwith Howe. Company
Philip Belmarch
Macy Drug Company
Tremont St
Lavy, Hardware
Washing Pharmacy
Washington
Charlestown
Stacey
Kimball
Main St
City Pharmacy
City Sq
Marguerite Marsh to co star with Harry McCoy in The Dumbbells
Marguerite Marsh sister to Mae Marsh will co star with Harry McCoy a former Sennett comedian in a series of two reel domestic comedies titled The Dumbbells the project marks a notable pairing in early talkie era short films and signals ongoing collaboration between Marsh and McCoy across the studio system.
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Marguerite Marsh
Mae Marsh
Harry McCoy
Sennett
Corinne Griffith Filming Island Wives in Florida
Corinne Griffith is on location in Florida filming scenes for her Vitagraph production Island Wives. Rockcliffe Fellowes plays her leading man while her husband Webster Campbell directs with a megaphone.
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Corinne Griffith
Florida
Vitagraph
Rockcliffe Fellowes
Miss Griffith
Webster Campbell
Film gossip and star status notes from Boston Post readers
A collection of reader inquiries and replies on film releases and actor personal status. Mentions cover Glenda Reid and Richard Dix in Europe, Agnes Ayres divorce, Mahlon Hamilton and J Frank Glendon marriage, Lila Lee’s past vaudeville role, Rudolph Valentino with Gloria Swanson, Marguerite de la Motte in The Mark of Zorro, Mary Mersch marriage, Barbara Bedford Fox contract, Prunella Hall directs reader questions at The Boston Post.
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Brookline
Pone Han Oy
Uebec
Boston
Wallace Reid
Richard Dix
Elliott Dexter
Europe
Agnes Ayres
Mahlon Hamilton
J. Frank Glendon
Lila Lee
Cuddles
Gus Edwards
Mae K
Everett
Lloyd Hamilton
BR. H
Concord
N. H
Rudolph Valentino
Gloria Swangon
Rockies
Lasky Studio
Hollywood
Calif
Arlington
Marguerite de la Motte
Douglas Fairbanks
Edith Johnson
William Duncan
Tom Forman
Mary Mersch
Gladys Leslie
Bebo Daniels
Priscilla
Brockton
Barbara Bedford
Fox
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Phone Girls Open Hearts at City Hall Annex
Telephone operators at City Hall Annex aided an 80-year-old man found without food and in threadbare clothes. Miss Augusta Crowley identified him, and the switchboard girls fed him, offered coffee, and collected donations for shoes. He was taken to the Long Island hospital for care.
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City Hall Annex
Augusta
Crowley
Long Island
Girl Helped Hold Up Men in Lawrence
Beatrice Boren 23, Aime Moreau %, Fred Allen 23, and Sam Nicholas 25 were arrested for robbing Nicholas Kriton, a mill operative, of 36 dollars and his watch last night. They used a car and ether to stun him, drove away, then returned him to the city. The chauffeur who drove the car alerted police when he saw the girl near the railroad station. The criminals apparently knew Kriton had withdrawn 1000 dollars from a savings bank last Saturday and sought it on him.
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Kriton
Turkey Hollow
Tutt
Saturday Evening Post
Tompkins
China
Cape Cod
May Resume Hearings on Watson's Charges
The special Senate committee investigating Senator Watson of Georgia decided to resume hearings on Tuesday. Approval from chairman Senator Brandegee is required, and members said he would be consulted on the plan.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Georgia
A. B
Brandegee
Ravages of Common Colds Highlight Hidden Toll
An editorial warns that colds are the most prevalent disease, causing greater death, suffering, and lost productivity than wars and epidemics. It argues for heightened public health measures and personal precautions to curb spread and impact.
Colds Are Curable And Preventable
An old health notice argues colds are serious health threats and may lead to pneumonia. It praises Kurokol as a fast acting remedy that stops sneezing and coughing after one dose and clears a cold with two to three doses. Druggists refund if three doses fail to help.
Cold Wave Grips Northern Rocky Mountain Region
The Northern Rocky Mountain area faced a bitter cold wave with temperatures near zero across several points. The weather bureau reports heavy snowfall in northeastern Wyoming and Montana, with Miles City, Montana receiving 10 inches of snow.
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Rocky Mountain
Denver
Conn
Rocky Montain
Weather Bureau
Northea
Wyoming
Montana
Miles City
Mont
Dock section floats after stranding on Squib Nocket Ledge
A section of a drydock built at Newport News separated from naval tugs and stranded on Squib Nocket Ledge a month ago. The detached portion was floated today while the remaining dock sections were moved to New York.
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Vineyard Haven
Newport
R. L
Squibnocket Ledge
New York
Jury Story Contest Seeks Readers Submissions From The Post
The Boston Post invites readers to submit jury stories up to 250 words for a prize pool of 1000 dollars. Entrants must address Jury Story Editor Boston and keep a copy. Lawyers are invited. contributors must avoid Boston Post staff. Final judges include Massachusetts officials and Boston lawyers.
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the Post
Boston Post
Boston
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