3000 Make Merry at Scotch Picnic Games
Nearly 3000 attendees gathered at Caledonian Grove West Roxbury for the Scotch picnic and games under the Highland Dress Association of Massachusetts. Bands from multiple states competed in pipe band events while dancing reels football and Scottish games attracted a large crowd with prizes for racing and athletic events. Alexander M. Learmonth and William C. Stewart led the athletic program with Colonel Walter Scott awarding prizes.
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Highland Dress Association of
Massachusetts
Caledonian Grove
West Roxbury
Westbrooke
Providence
Springfield
North Adams
Fitchburg
Worcester
Quincy
Manchester
N. H
Torrington
South Manchester
Conn
the Grove
William C. Stewart
L. Graham
G. A. Mitchell
Alexander M. Learmonth
Walter Scott
New York
Thousands in New York Demonstrate Against Prohibition
Thousands of New Yorkers marched up Fifth Avenue and cheered along sidewalks in an anti prohibition parade. The large crowd showed widespread discontent with the Eighteenth Amendment during the July 4 event in New York City.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Wet parade protests alcohol at Madison Square rally
A sweltering afternoon saw Mayor Hylan presiding over a march Against dryness at Madison Square. More than 300 organizations joined the event with banners extolling abstinence and criticizing liquor’s impact on commerce and liberty.
Prohibition Parade Demands Repeal Of 18th Amendment
Marchers promote repeal of the 18th Amendment and liberalization of the Volstead Act with resolve to push the cause. A placard condemns Prohibition for taking sunshine from homes and bringing moonshine, as crowds drink soft drinks to cool thirst after the event.
Camels Parade in Jersey City Protest July 4
Thousands march along Hudson avenue in New Jersey's first organized protest against the Van Ness prohibition act. Three camels lead the line. one is ridden by women with a caricature of a prohibitionist on the saddle and a placard declaring I like a drink every eight days I don't like hooch on its side.
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Jersey City
Hudson Avenue
New Jersey
Sahara
Screen Gossip on Miss Sampson a Notable Comedienne
Miss Sampson a leading lady for Bill Parsons in Capitol Comedies now stars in Marshall Neilan's Bits of Life. New York born, she spans vaudeville and comic opera, was introduced by D W Griffith, acted with Triangle and Fox, and is noted as an athlete who swims well. She was once married to Ford Sterling.
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Miss Sampson
Bill Parsons
Capitol
Marshall Neilan
New York
D. W. Griffith
Triangle
Fox
Rosemary Theby
Ford Sterling
Actor House Peters Becomes Father in Santa Monica
Popular film star House Peters, known for Thomas H Ince productions, is congratulated on the birth of a son at his Santa Monica home. The child arrived in June HM.
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House Peters
Thomas H. Ince
Peters
Santa Monica
Mary Anderson Productions Formed to Feature Sunshine Mary Anderson
The Mary Anderson Productions Company is a new firm organized to feature Sun shine Mary Anderson in her own pictures.
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Mary Anderson
Sunshine
Universal stars debut new films in period lineup
Eddie Pelo starts on The Secret Four with Kathleen Myers opposite him. Hoot Gibson stars in The Sheriff of Cinnebar with Molly Malone as his leading lady. Frank Mayo portrays a fighting minister in The Reverend Meddler. Art Acord headlines The Cowpuncher's Comeback as his latest Western thriller.
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Eddie Pelo
Universal
Secret Four
Kathleen Myers
Hoot” Gibson
Peter B. Kynes
Cinnebar
Molly Malone
Frank Mayo
Reverend Meddler
Art Acord
Nazimova Nears Self Produced Pictures From UA
Madame Nazimova has practically completed plans to produce her own pictures and release them through United Artists Corporation, signaling a move toward independent film projects and broader creative control.
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Madame Nazimova
United Artists’ Corporation
Gypsy Blood at Old South Theatre Stirs with Carmen Twist
Imported version of Carmen stars Pola Negri as a harsher gypsy heroine. Negri’s portrayal contrasts with Bara and Farrar, depicting the cigarette maker as cruel and reckless. The film’s atmosphere is strong and the bullfights are notably thrilling.
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Old South Theatre
Carmen
Pola Negri
Carmencita
Miss Negri
Theda Bara
Geraldine Farrar
Film Stars and Studio Contacts Listed in Boston Post
The note lists actors and studios with addresses across New York California and Universal City identifying Lillian K Mary Miles Minter Norma Talmadge Lillian Gish Peggy Meighan Jacqueline Logan and Charles Chaplin among others. It mentions Halting details about leading ladies and current projects and notes Harrison Ford and Prunella Hall in connection with the Boston Post.
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Lillian K
Cambridge
Mary Miles Minter
Realart Studio
North Occidental Bulevard
Los Angeles
Cal
Norma Talmadge
East 48Th Street
New York
Lillian Gish
Griffith Studios
Orienta Point
Mamaroneck
N. V
Peggy
Thomas Meighan
California
Western Avenue
Hollywood
Charles Chaplin
la Brea
Delongpre
Sugarsore
J. B. Warner
H. B. Warner
M. B
Harrison Ford
Talmadge Sisters
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Folk Dances Highlight Marine Park July Program
South Boston celebrated the Fourth of July with a Marine Park folk dance exhibition. Children in bright costumes portrayed dances from the South and the Far East as the band played, part of a program organized by President William F. Barry. In the morning hundreds of gallons of ice cream were distributed to children at the park.
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South Boston
Marine Park
South
Far East
William F. Barry
U S Warships Off Tampico Cause Sensation
Mexico City July 4 The appearance of five armored U S vessels off Tampico described as part of the Atlantic fleet caused a great sensation. They anchored just outside the three mile limit and gave no reason for their visit while El Democrata argues they may be maneuvering in the Gulf of Mexico and urges calm.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Tampico
United States Atlantic Fleet
el Democrata
Fl Democrata
Gulf of Mexico
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