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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
7
In a terse exchange the speaker invokes Kenneth and Grace as a focal point of strained family tension. Mr. Halsey appears alongside to emphasize a rebuff or confrontation centered on past loyalties and hidden motives.
The narrator records Jimmy Callahan’s hope that Kenneth may regain consciousness and explain his situation. Press amid hospital pressure, as reporters swarm the waiting room and letters to editors are hurriedly dictated to reach influential newspaper figures. The mood shifts from despair to cautious relief as Kenneth shows signs of awareness.
The fragment notes continuation of a sequence in the Daily and Sunday Postum, indicating ongoing publication or discussion planned for subsequent days. No further context or specifics are provided about the content or outcome.
Fred Nelson of Padanaram an employee of the New England Dry Dock Company Fairhaven lost his life by suffocation this afternoon in a fire aboard a dredger owned by the John R Burke Company of Boston. Nelson was alone aboard the vessel with caretaker Oscar Johnson away for Christmas. The fire is believed to have started from a stove in the cabin.
Volunteers of America transformed the Mission Hall at 39 Howard Street into a shoe store where Mayor and Mrs. Peters led a group of clerks to fit hundreds of children with new stout shoes. Over 2000 pairs were handed out with 6000 more promised for distribution. Elderly men and women received shoes and Christmas dinners.
The Holy Office issues a decree urging Catholic bishops to scrutinize the Young Men’s Christian Association for fostering indifferentism and apostasy. It cautions Catholics about its influence on youth and recalls canon law against organizations favoring religious radicalism. Bishops are asked to report their regional congress decisions within six months.
New York December 23 Officials of the Young Men’s Christian Association said they were astonished by a decree from the Holy Office in Rome against the organization. Assistant general secretary C V Hibbard said they regret any dislike but see no reason for the attack and stressed the Y M C A is not a proselyting body.
Washington December 23 United News reports President Wilson will not extend clemency to Eugene V Debs the socialist leader serving a ten year sentence in Atlanta under the espionage act The decision follows a belief that clemency is not in the public interest.
Screen gossip labels Frank Mayo as Fighting Frank for his on screen feuds. He fractured his collar bone and dislocated thumbs in a clash with Bull Montana. New projects cited include Honor Bound Tigers True and Colorado.
Studios on Melrose Avenue Los Angeles report Pearl Boston and Lincoln are acting in pictures at the Boston Theatre this week in The Inner Voice. Maurice Costello’s daughters are not in pictures now. Anita Stewart 3800 Mission Boulevard Los Angeles is 23 with no children. Eddie Polo of South Boston is married with a daughter Malveena. Roland is divorced and a new serial is not yet announced.
Meriqen Conn December 23 The International Silver Company at local plants has paid out over $100 000 to employees under its bonus plan based on service records A change reduces the weekly record and adds a five percent bonus on yearly earnings for workers with five or more years of service.
Cardinal O Connell directs all archdiocese pastors to raise a collection at all masses next Sunday for the Pope Benedict XV fund to aid starving children of Central Europe. The Holy Father appeals to the world for offerings to help these children.
Readable fragment notes a Holy Father appeal and a special collection to be taken up this year in all parts of the archdiocese on Sunday December 26. The item lacks full details but indicates church fundraising efforts as part of the observance.
The 13 year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur T Browne of 2 Fairfield Street North Cambridge died Tuesday from injuries in an automobile accident. Services are at 2 PM today at North Avenue Congregational Church with Rev Lawrence Howard officiating. Pallbearers are Cambridge Y M C A junior class and North Avenue Church Sunday School students. A solo will be sung by Mrs Lawrence Howard. Burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Dagmar Godowsky makes her first screen appearance with Sessue Hayakawa in Bands of Honor and later acts with Nazimova in Stronger Than Death. The Russian actress, fond of Godowsky, has given her mandarin suits and tawns. Godowsky is Leopold Godowsky's daughter and has lived in St. Petersburg, London, Paris and Vienna.
Charles Rays latest offering Nine teen and Phyllis departs from the usual picture type. There is no vamp nor villain in the cast. Filmland once believed a picture needed a naughty lady or bold bad man, but Charles proves it can be different.
Former prize fighter Kid McCoy, who spent years acting in films, exits the screen to enter business in New York and says he remains a capable broker as an actor.
Responses list individuals with personal details or lack thereof. Hugh Thompson has no record. Roy Stewart not married. Katherine MacDonald divorced from Malcolm Strauss. Mahlon Hamilton married. Elliott Dexter questioned. Dexter inquiry about acting rules. Hoot Gibson noted as Universal star. requests to contact Gaston Glass in New York. Douglas Fairbanks address in Brunton. John Burns notes no set rules for film acting.
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