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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
3
A will admitted to probate in Chicago grants a lock of General Ulysses S. Grant's hair to Algernon Edward Sartoris of England, son of the late Nellie Grant Jones. The enamel medallion housing the hair is described as highly prized.
Indignant passengers who refused to pay their fares after a 40 minute late start from South Station Tuesday night have been billed by New Haven railroad accountants. The railroad cites the Washburn bill of 1912 prohibiting carrying passengers without charge and demands immediate payment under threat of law.
Internal Revenue Collector Nichole announced that information at the source forms are ready for distribution. The forms identify employees with wages of 1000 dollars or more and show their names and addresses for income tax reporting. Applications may be made by mail or in person.
In New Bedford on December 20, the Probate Court heard Jennie H. Thompson petition to become guardian of her husband Hiram Frank Thompson, an Acushnet town official committed to Taunton insane hospital. Judge Hitch appointed Thomas Hersom Jr. as guardian and ordered Thompson released under custodian oversight.
Several hundred children of St Cathrine s parish Charlestown will be treated to a Christmas tree this afternoon in the hall of Charlestown High School. Parish men and women have decorated the tree with useful gifts under the direction of Rev Daniel A Golden and Rev Thomas R McCoy.
The column lauds Emil Jannings as a major German actor seen in Passion Deception and The Loves of Pharaoh. It notes his Brooklyn birth, long absence from America, and his ambition to return to make films here with upcoming Peter the Great and Othello in a Shakespearean film.
The present-day photoplay hinges on big thrills not romance. Producers compete with sensational wrecks floods and disasters to captivate audiences before the final close up. If this trend continues human interest and love stories may fade from the silver screen.
Glenn Hunter, amusing New York playgoers nightly in Merton of the Movies, makes his fourth picture for the Film Guild at Biograph studios titled The Scarecrow with Mary Astor in the lead female role Enid Markey now preferring the footlights and William Hart returning to Hollywood with toys for his son’s first Christmas after a New York visit.
The first three Burr comedies for W. W. Hodkinson Corp are Faint Heart The Four Orphans and A Social Error with Raymond McKee Mary Anderson Charlie Murray Flora Finch and Georgie Russell in principal roles.
A hundred year old poem by Clem ent C Moore is made into a Bray Productions two reel film. Proceeds benefit the American committee for devastated France and Maternity Center Association of New York. Film produced under Film Mutual Benefit Bureau officers Mrs Gordon Knox Bell Anne Morgan Frank Crowninshield Sophie K Smith.
Richard Barthelmess is in Havana where The Bright Shawl, a Cuban rebellion romance by Joseph Hergesheimer is being filmed with John G. Robertson directing Dorothy Gish set to appear as La Clavel the dancer in the picture.
The article describes a two reel comedy drama titled Second in Series of Mother produced by the Woman's Home Companion. It notes the continuation of the subject disappearance and the work being prequelled as part of a series.
Barbara Bedford is reachable via her husband Albert Roscoe at the Fox studio New York. Miss Bedford is not currently before the camera. Serial star Juanita Hansen has not appeared in a serial since The Lost City and just returned to New York from the Coast after The Broadway Madonna. Viola Daniel played the vamp in The Cowboy and the Lady. The Lights of New York was filmed months ago not years ago, and is not considered a better picture. Questions may be sent to Prunella Halm at The Boston Post.
The New England Women's Prose Association staged a living Christmas tree pageant at 585 Boylston Street, directed by Mrs. B. H. Crosby. Delegates in country costumes delivered greetings and messages promoting goodwill as a holiday tribute.
The Portland fishing schooner Albert W. Black limped into port after a days long vain search for Wallace King of Portland. Aboard the schooner battled gale winds heavy seas and freezing temperatures as they scoured the area five miles off Maine Rock for the missing mariner.
Diamond Kitty Lawrence, claiming marriage to a Boston cigar magnate, was detained by Inspectors Augusta and Dorsey at a downtown Salvation Army booth on a $60 larceny charge. She says she is separated and seeking divorce. bank check returned marked no funds from a New York concern.
Morgan Memorial begins Christmas observance with Santa Claus party and tree for Kinder studies, followed by a party for mothers in Americanization classes. Primary department plans its party this afternoon and Religious Education department will present an entertainment this evening.
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