Rescued Baby Brother Saved After Ice Rescue
Four year old Louise O'Donoghue sobbing by Lewis pond drew in Jack Friedman who saw a boy trapped under thin ice. Friedman and Mrs. Alfred Henry struggled to pull the child free but both faced drowning risks. The boy was dragged to the surface and rushed to Metcalf Hospital where he recovered enough to return home with his grateful sister.
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Louise O'Donoghue
Lewis Pond
Winthrop
Jack Friedman
Sean Avenue
Friedman
Alfred Henry
Louise
Metcalf
Roundup of gunmen by Athens Street Station in South Boston
Police in South Boston conducted a roundup of gunmen last night centering on Dorchester avenue from Broadway to Andrews square. About a dozen officers questioned street crowds after 11 pm for travel and intent and searched for bulges in clothing amid rising gun violence and a patrolman shooting earlier Sunday night.
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Athens Street
Boston
Dorchester Avenue
Broadway
Andrews Square
Michael Curran
Doctors blush as chorus girls prove him wrong
Dr. R Tait McKenzie admitted he was tricked by a press agent into a public misstatement about knock kneeed women being more common than men. Five chorus girls demonstrated they were not knock kneed, bow legged, or imperfect, prompting the doctor to concede the error.
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Philadelphia
R. Tait McKenzie
Physical Instruction
University of Pennsylvania
McKenzie
Permit to Build Airship for U. S. in Germany
The London Times reports the Council of Allied Ambassadors has consented to the Zeppelin Company building an airship in Germany for the American government. Work is expected to begin immediately.
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London
The
London Times
Council of Allied Ambassadors
Zeppelin Company
Germany
Gillette sales chiefs tout 1921 gain and 1922 plan
Representatives from Gillette reported a worldwide rise in demand for razors and blades in 1921 at the annual sales convention in South Boston. Officials outlined a bold 1922 strategy including expansion plans and a banquet at the Algonquin Club.
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England
Mexico
Cuba
Canada
Arctic Circle
Equator
Gillette Safety Razor Company
South Boston
W. E. Marshall
Gillette
London
Joseph J. Hickey
Latin America
D. P. Cotter
T. W. Pelham
Algonquin Club
R. F E. Thompson
Boston
Slayton Will Leaves $1000 to Franklin Square House
John C. Slayton of Melrose dies Jan 4 and leaves $1000 to Franklin Square House in his will filed for probate in East Cambridge. He also gifts Mount Hood land in Melrose to the city for park use with conditions. Remainder to relatives. Administrators named Henry A. Slayton James A. Neal and Carlos N. Sheldon. Estate valued at $330,000. Will dated Jan 5, 1915.
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Franklin Square
John C. Slayton
Melrose
East Cambridge
Mount Hood
Henry A. Slayton
Morrisville
James A. Neal
Brookline
Carlos N. Sheldon
Flora A Lost Off Halifax in January Sailings
The schooner Flora A of Harbor Buffet Newfoundland, 70 tons, with a six man crew, was listed as lost today in maritime circles near Halifax. One crew member was reported missing, and a search was credited to local vessels and coast guard patrols.
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Halifax
Flora
Harbor Buffet
N. F
Penrhyn Stanlaws Shifts From Painting to Directing
Screen gossip notes Penrhyn Stanlaws the New York artist will close his studio to devote all effort to directing Paramount pictures. He has already directed Betty Compson in The Little Minister and The Woman in the Case. Years ago he paid three dollars a day to famous actresses Mabel Normand Justine Johnston and Anna Q Nilsson as models.
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Penrhyn Stanlaws
New York
Stanlaws
Paramount Pictures
Betty Compson
Mabel Normand
Justine Johnstone
Anna Q. Nilsson
Long Educational Film Sets Records in Science of Life
A fifteen reel film titled The Science of Life is nearing completion. Producer J R Bray aims it at government use and treats plant life growth cultures and microscopic life. Photographers sleep beside cameras to catch minute plant changes. A twelve reel auto instruction film is also used by US government and colleges.
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J. R. Bray
United States
The Storm casts Reginald Barker directs star lineup
Reginald Barker has assembled an all star cast for his Universal production The Storm. House Peters will lead with Virginia Walls as the heroine while Joseph Swickard Matt Moore and Gordon McKee also join the cast.
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Reginald Barker
Universal
House Peters
Virginia Walls
Joseph Swickard
Matt Moore
Gordon McKee
ARABIC DELAYED EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE FRIDAY
The White Star Line steamship Arabic from Genoa Naples and the Azores is delayed and may not reach the port until Friday evening or possibly Saturday. A wireless message from the commander is awaited to confirm the arrival time.
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White Star Line
Genoa
Naples
Azores
Film Gala Shows Leading Men and Ladies in New Pictures
Robert Ellis stars opposite Marie Prevost in The Dangerous Little Demon from Universal. Helen Ferguson appears opposite David Butler in According to Hoyle. Ferguson just finished Hungry Hearts with Bryant Washburn. Eugene O'Brien wraps Channing of the Northwest about the Royal Mounted Police. Normal Shearer Gladden James and Nita Naldi appear in support of O'Brien.
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Robert Ellis
May Allison
Marie Prevost
Universal
Helen Ferguson
David Butler
Shadows of the Jungle serial stars Grace Darmond and Philo McCullough
Grace Darmond and Philo McCullough star in a 15 reel serial Shadows of the Jungle. Jack Richardson and Robert Agnew also appear in the cast.
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Grace Darmond
Philo McCullough
Jack Richardson
Robert Agnew
Questions About Casts and Credits in Early Talkies
Minnie Cambridge has no record of a picture called Peek-a-boo. Florence Reed weds Malcolm Williams who acted with her in The Mirage. Ralph Graves stars in Sent or Out with Colleen Moore. Goldwyn in Culver City. Graves just married Marjorie Seaman. Agnes Ayres with Jack Holt in Paramount at Lasky Hollywood. Lane That Had No Turning at Gordon's Washington Street Theatre. Hank Mann alias Troublesome. Ora Caged wrong. Barbara Bedford Lillian Hall Albert Roscoe in The Last of the Mohicans. Buck Jones photo should have arrived. write him at Fox Hollywood. Questions to Prunella Hall, Boston Post.
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Minnie
Cambridge
Gordon
Washington Street
Hank Mann
Ora Cagew
Barbara Bedford
Lillian Hall
Albert Roscoe
Buck Jones
Fox Studios
Hollywood
Calif
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Bay State boys named Harvard College Instrumental Club members
Eight Bay State youths elected to membership in Harvard College Instrumental Club. Members include John D. Pratt of New Bedford Merrill F Norwood of Lawrence Grosvenor Bemis Chestnut Hill Roger D Hale West Newton Franklin Hill Brookline Langley Keyes Winchester Kingsley McCoy Marietta Ohio James Moynihan Mattapan Herbert Stone Baltimore Samuel Tier Utica N Y John F Whitman Evanston IL Duncan Forbes Thayer Lancaster.
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Bay State
Harvard College
John D. Pratt
New Bedford
Merrill F
Norwood
Lawrence
Grosvenor Bemis
Chestnut Hill
Roger D. Hale
West Newton
Francis Hill
Brookline
Langley Keyes
Winchester
Kingsley McCoy
Marietta
Ohio
James Moynihan
Mattapan
Herbert Stone
Baltimore
Samuel Tier
Utica
N. Y
John FR
Whitman
Evanston
Duncan Forbes Thayer
Lancaster
Boy Shoots Self in Grief Over Dog's Death
Chicago report says nine year old Russell Mueller is hospitalized with a self inflicted wound in the right thigh after his Boston terrier Peggy died yesterday. He cried I want to die too as he described the grief driving the act.
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Dog
Chicago
Russell Mueller
Peggy
Russell
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