Insteader Contest Award Went To Brookline Writer
The judges chose Miss Cecil Sternburg of 138 Fuller Street Brookline Mass as winner of Insteader No 56. A $100 prize was issued under contest rules. The winning author, living with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Sternburg, is Radcliffe College Class of 1916 and this is her first Post contest success.
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Cecil Sternburg
Fuller Street
Brookline
Mass
Arthur Sternburg
Radcliffe College
Buster Keaton Emerges From Stage To Screen Stardom
Screen gossip notes Joseph Francis known as Buster Keaton rose from the Three Keatons on the Grnade ville stage to a film career starting in 1917 with Fatty Arbuckle comedies. Now a star, he headlines a series of two reelers in the Buster Keaton Comedies. Keaton stands five feet four inches tall and weighs 139 pounds, and his engagement to Natalie Talmadge was announced recently.
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Joseph Francis
Buster
Graudeville
Three Keatons
Fatty” Arbuckle
Buster Keaton
Natalie Talmadge
Casson Ferguson Began Life as Opera Singer Before Stage Career
Casson Ferguson once planned for opera singing before turning to acting on the stage and screen. He gained early notice with Pauline Frederick in Madame X, where his performance drew favorable comment and he later took on Shakespearean roles.
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Casson Ferguson
Pauline Frederick
Shaksperian
Mr Ferguson's Hollywood Bachelor Life
Mr Ferguson is a bachelor who lives alone in a tiny bungalow in Hollywood.
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Mr. Ferguson
Hollywood
Montagu Love Leads In What Women Will Do
Bits from the studios report Montagu Love has just completed the leading role in What Women Will Do George Patullo famed short story writer works on a screen adaptation of two Saturday Post stories Gasoline Gas and Drycheck Char He featuring Roscoe Arbuckle Doris Kenyon stars opposite in Get Rich Quick Wallingford a cosmopolitan production directed by Frank Borzage
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Montagu Love
George Patullo
Roscoe Arbuckle
Doris Kenyon
MovieStar Gossip and Casting News Roundup
Katherine MacDonald stars in My Lady's Latchkey with Wedgewood Nowell. Ethel Clayton leads Sham alongside Clyde Filmore. Brockton-Margarita Fisher, 27, from Missouri Valley, Iowa, now in The Gamesters and Their Mutual Child. Antonio Moreno deserts serials. Three Sevens is next. Alice Lake filming Uncharted Seas with Rudolph Valentino. Natalie Talmadge and Buster Keaton reportedly engaged. Pauline Curley, born Holyoke, Mass., began stage at five. A Fame and Fortune contest invites public entries at Motion Picture Magazine. Marie Prevost seeks work through Mack Sennett Comedies. Witchcraft Studios in Boston may host extra openings. William Farnum married. latest The Scuttlers. Address inquiries to Fox Film Corporation or other listed contacts.
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Katherine MacDonald
Kathryn Adams
Wedgewood Nowell
Ethel Clayton
Clyde Fillmore
Joseph Kaufman
Brockton
Margarita Fisher
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Gamesters
Cambridge
Antonio Moreno
Alice Lake
Rudolph Valentino
Natalie Talmadge
Buster Keaton
Pauline Curley
Holyoke
Mass
William Farnum
The
Scuttlers
Fox Film Corporation
Western Avenue
Los Angeles
Cal
Mount Clay Cleared Twice After Boston Quarantine
The steamer Mount Clay from Hamburg arrived in New York on February 14 and was cleared twice at quarantine. After docking, the yellow quarantine flag was removed, but the health officer had not left the required papers, forcing a return to the quarantine station for a second inspection. After a second aboard check, the health of 250 passengers was confirmed and official clearance granted.
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New York
Hamburg
Boston
Ashord
O. K
Former Head of Secret Service Dead
Andrew J. Drummond, 76, former chief of the United States secret service, who helped investigate the original Ku Klux Klan, died at his Brooklyn home after a Saturday death. The announcement came from New York on February 14.
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New York
United States Secret Service
Brooklyn
Landis Impeached In House Over Baseball Subsidy
Washington Feb 14 Federal Judge Kenesaw M Landis of Chicago was impeached in the House on charges he held the post of chief arbiter in baseball while serving as a district judge The charges allege neglect of duties for gainful occupation misuse of office to settle disputes and lobbying to prevent gambling in baseball The case follows Attorney General Palmer ruling there is no law making his conduct a crime The proceedings move to the judiciary committee for hearings and potential further action with the House having indicted the judge only if the committee approves a prima facie case
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Washington
K. M. Landis
Chicago
House of Representatives
Representative. Welty
Ohio
Palmer
Landis
Welty
Dial
South Carolina
Ottawa
United States
Union
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Cook County
Illinois
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Judea Landis
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
65Th
Kenesaw M. Landis
Judge Landis
Department of Justice
Senate
Judiciary E Committee
Sherwood
House
Judiciary Committee
Justice of the Peace
Grand Jury
Trial Court
Volstead
Friends
Carey Case Not Fully Known to Landis
Ottawa bank case summary: Francis J. Carey the 19 year old teller confessed $9 in peculations. Judge Landis had not been informed of these circumstances at the time of release pending sentence. Counsel C B Chapman notes Carey advanced rapidly due to staff conditions and earned $9 monthly, high for his age and locale.
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Ottawa
Ill
Francis J. Carey
Landis
C. B. Chapman
National City Bank of Ottawa
Auto Out of Control Strips Side of Store
Frank W. Carritte of 316 Washington street Lynn drove a roadster with two women passengers onto Western and Lawton avenues to avoid an auto truck. The car crashed into a store cellar, ripping the side out. Blanche Donahue and Mary T. Richardson, both of Lynn, suffered scalp and facial wounds. The women were taken to Lynn Hospital as Carritte dismissed the incident amid political talk.
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Frank W. Carritte
Washington Street
Lynn
Union Hospital
Western and
Lawton Avenues
Blanche Donahue
Sheridan Street
Mary T. Richardson
Lynn Hospital
Judge Landis Not Worried, Says He Is Calm
Chicago Feb 14 Judge Kenesaw M Landis told callers today he is not worried about recent queries or tensions surrounding his role in baseball authority. He commented on public interest and reiterated confidence in his duties amid rising questions from fans and officials.
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Landis
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Ten year sentences for Liverpool urban arson case
Two men were sentenced to 10 years each for involvement in incendiary fires in Liverpool north and south ends and in Bootle last November. A third man received a two year term.
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Liverpool
Bootle
I Gave Up All For His Sake in Love Affair
Carrie E Drew of Lynn Massachusetts testified in Niagara Falls that she sacrificed husband social standing home and wealth for J J Eaton her former chauffeur now deserted for another woman Eaton had complained to police that Mrs Drew was harassing him.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Carrie E.drew
Lynn
Mass
J. J. Eaton
Mrs. Drew
Mr. Eaton
Clifterndale
Massachecusetts
Mr. Drew
Boston
Divorced Woman Details Marital Strife and Suitor
Mrs. Drew, a divorced Massachusetts woman, reveals she secured a divorce from Charles F. Drew in Somerville in 1920 for cruelty. She claims public scrutiny may not blame her, recounts inviting her chauffeur Eaton into her Cliftondale home, noting his illness, friendship, and sympathy amid domestic troubles.
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Mrs. Drew
Charles F. Drew
Cliftondale
Maass
Somerville
Drew
Woman recounts failed marriage and mile of crime tale
A woman testifies about a troubled relationship with Mr. Drew and later Mr. Eaton. She left her home and wealth in pursuit of marriage, faced delays, and employed detectives. After $600 vanished, Eaton fled to Detroit. a police warrant brought him back, but she chose not to press charges.
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Eaton
The
Falls
Detroit
Talls
Shoe trade in danger warned by Brockton manufacturers
Brockton shoe makers return from Washington where a committee presented to the Ways and Means Committee the view that foreign goods threaten the U S shoe and leather industries. They urge protective measures to safeguard jobs and local factories.
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Brockton
Washington, D. C
Congressional Committee On Ways and Means
Niagara Falls Testimony Ad Seeks Trial of Dr Pierce Remedies
An advertisement features Charles Harvey of 17 Thomas Street praising Dr Pierce remedies. It claims kidney excretion showed albumin and that after using An uric acid tablets he felt entirely new. The pitch asks readers to send 10 cents to Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for a trial package.
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Niagara, Falla
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