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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1921
Page
8
In Upton on February 6 Rev W G Poor led Sunday service with astronomy lessons. A stereopticon showed the solar system as he linked sidereal workings to spiritual applications. He urged couples to use church for Sunday night study and predicted an upcoming sky display near Venus.
Washington Feb 6 Representative John J Esch of Wisconsin who will retire after 22 years in the House probably will be named by Mr Harding as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission according to general reports at the Capitol Esch was defeated for re nomination in his district last year
Mrs Warren G Harding departs New York aboard Edward McClean’s private car on the 12 20 Washington Express after a wardrobe transfer at the Ritz Carlton. The party, including Mrs McClean and Mrs Harry New, leaves amid reporters and floral tributes with Will Hays bidding farewell.
Boston school officials will not seek the physically perfect girl or boy from the thousands attending classes daily. Dr William H Devine, director of school physicians, said Boston has many well built children making a final choice impracticable and tests for perfection could not be applied to such large numbers.
Chinatown in the city celebrates the New Year with families feasting and preparing. Two children on Tyler street plan for the temple visit and dressing in Oriental attire. Neighbors greet with Kung Hee Fah Toy as households clear debts and begin anew.
The Chinese in Chinatown greet New Year with home cleanings festivities and temple drums. Dr Enfang W Cheng, Chinatown’s official physician at 7 Tyler Street, treated many for baths as New Year traditions and local hospitality dominate the two week festival. Community aid flows to Ireland via the Massachusetts Committee for Irish Relief with headquarters at 166 Devonshire Street Boston and leaders Joseph H. O Neill and John C Heyn overseeing drives and donations throughout the week.
Dean Hoyt of Milton will stand trial in Superior Court on a charge of manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of Ivan Hunt of Philadelphia by running him down with an automobile. The accident occurred on Sept. 26 and Hunt died Oct. 2.
Committee for the Relief in Ireland organized a fund drive aided effectively in many Massachusetts churches. Several pastors preached on Erin's starving condition and the urgency of contributing at once. The suffering needs were emphasized.
The actor, born in Colorado Springs 37 years ago, began on stage as a comedian before his 1912 screen career. Early films include Hell Morgan's Girl and The Riddle Game. He gained fame as the pseudo cripple in The Miracle Man. His latest pictures are Treasure Island The Penalty and Outside the Law. He is married and his wife says he is an expert cook.
Cecil B DeMille prepares a new Paramount special titled Laurels and the Lady adapted from the Leonard Merrick novel of the same name. The project signals another major literary adaptation under DeMille after his recent successes. The production aims to bring Merrick's story to the screen with DeMille's characteristic grandeur and star casting.
Helen Raymond plays Signora Monti in Carter dé Havens new film Iwin Beds at Old South Theatre this week. A comparative newcomer to cinema she will next appear with Mary Pickford in Rag Tail and Bob Tail.
Frank Mayo is at Universal City and is his real name in Vinalhaven Maine. B B B Andover lists Walt Moore in The Passionate Pilgrim. Ward Crane stars Harriet and the Piper. Helen of Boston features Lewis 8S Stone in Rivers End. Madeline C Salem shows Mary McAllister in Pathe’s Half a Chance. Nicholas Z Lawrence stars Bebe Daniels with Wallace Reid in The Dancin Fool. Realart Corp asks to address Mary. Marguerite Clark finishes Scrambled Wives and Louise Glaum appears in Leopard Woman. Harold Lloyd at Hal Roach Studios Culver City with Pathe, Juanita Hansen at Pathe New York, Louise Lovely at Fox New York, Gareth Hughes with LA Athletic Club. Baby C Edna Purviance leads Chaplin, Lottie Pickford inactive. Hazel confirms brothers Owen Joe Walt Moore. Blanche Sweet Grace Conrad still act. Justine Johnstone Realart star. Wallace MacDonald engaged to Doris May, William Duncan to Edith Johnson. Pearl White has no children. Curiosity Mary Hay plays Kate in Way Down East. Lillian Gish has no understudy. Questions addressed to Prunella Hall at the Boston Post.
To Stop a Cough Quick take Hayes Healing Honey. It stops the tickle heals the throat and cures the dough. Price 35 cents. A free box of Grove's Open-Trate Salve for chest cold head colds and croup is enclosed with every bottle.
Thomas E Rush overheard seamen boast of smuggling from ships in the harbor. Customs inspectors seized the Fort Pitt Bridge vessel and recovered fifty one bottles of whiskey from a ballast tank. Laces silk lingerie perfume and other goods valued in the thousands were found beneath cargo crates and nineteen pistols were recovered from coal bunkers.
Lawrence Feb 6 City Pharmacist Dennis Donovan briefly feared misplacing his diamond ring after the blaze setting detached from his right hand. The stone vanished from the ring while he searched drug containers, only to reappear moments later in an unseen manner as luck seemed to flip in his favor.
A passerby in front of a pharmacy walks with gaze downcast when he notices a familiar stone catching rainbow light. The incident turns his attention inward as he steadies himself amid the street scene.
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