Brookline Post seeks use of old house as American Legion HQ
Brigadier General John H Sherburne and Lt. Thomas Moran, retired, appeared before Brookline selectmen to request use of the old user house on Harvard Street as headquarters. The board approved the request and tasked them with obtaining cost estimates for the Legion. A family occupies the house but has 30 days to relocate. the Brookline Post is expected to take over by September 1.
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John H. Sherburne
S.S. A
Thomas Moran
Brookline
Ican Legion
Brookline Post
American Legion
Funeral rites held for Patrolman Hart at St John Roxbury
Funeral services for Patrolman Daniel J. Hart were conducted yesterday morning at St John the Evangelist Church Blue Hill avenue Roxbury after a service at Crosby undertaking rooms 10 Warren Street. A police detail under Captain Patrick F. King escorted the procession.
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Daniel J. Hart
St. John the Evangelist Church
Blue Hill
Avenue
Roxbury
Crosby Undertaking Rooms
Warren Street
Patrick F. King
Campaign to back Irish freedom rally at City Club
Captain Joseph Dunn of the 101st Ambulance Company praised as he accepted the Distinguished Service Cross. He urged doctors and dentists of Greater Boston to join a campaign to enlist every member of their professions in support of Ireland's freedom.
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Ireland
Joseph Dunn
101St Ambulance Company
Greater
Boston
City Club
England
United States
League of Nations
Dr. Bogan
Irish Freedom Fund
John O’brien
Charlestown
John P. Goode
Cambridge
Frederick A. Keyes
Brighton
J. W. O'Connell
Tufts Dental School
Timothy Murphy
Roxbury
Henry V. McLaughlin
Brookline
Frederick O’brien
Andrew Downing
William H. Flynn
South
George Sullivan
South Boston
William H.griffin
P. H. Devine
Dorchester
P. J. Fleming
Mattapan
Frank Sexton
James T. Gallagher
Dublin
Rogers
Naval Aviation Service
Red Cross
Officer Lovell Dies At His Home
Albert F. Lovell senior lieutenant at Dudley Street police station died at his home 95 Blue Hill avenue aged 62. Appointed 1885 he rose to sergeant then lieutenant serving East Dedham Street and Roxbury Crossing stations. He leaves a wife and daughter born in Weymouth and member of several fraternal organizations. Funeral plans not made last night.
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Albert F. Lovell
Dudley Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Boston
Dedham Street
Roxbury Crossing
Weymouth
Stone Hits Little Girl in Quincy Street Fist Fight
Michelina Di Matteo, 14 Canal Street, Quincy, is hospitalized with a nervous shock and stomach injuries after a boy, Edward Farella, allegedly threw a heavy stone during a fight with her brother Carmine, who was also hurt. Police plan to serve a warrant on Farella for assault.
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Michelina di Matteo
Canal Street
Quincy
Quincy City Hospital
Edward Farella
Farella
Carmine di Matteo
Kbarella
Carmine
Ten days for kissing girls in Milford
Salvatore De Vitto was sentenced by Judge Clifford A. Cook to ten days in the House of Correction. While detained, mental experts will assess his sanity. The incident occurred near a local movie house when he grabbed two girls and attempted to kiss them as they passed.
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Milford
Salvatore de Vitto
Clifford A. Cook
House of Correction
de Vitto
Catholic Church Notes Observe Date Change for Holy Communion Sunday
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross Branch of the Holy Name Society shifts Holy Communion Sunday to July 20. Rev. John W. Culhane asks all members attend and note the new date. The Catholic Truth autovan, led by Martha Moore Avery and David Goldstein, will tour Campus Quincey Point tonight, Weymouth square tomorrow, and Heading square Thursday. Feast days next week include St Bonaventure, St Henry, Our Lady of Mt Carmel, St Alexius, St Camillus de Lellis, and St Vincent de Paul, with today marking the feasts of St Elizabeth and St John Gualbertus.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Holy Name Society
John W. Culhane
D. D
Catholic Truth Autovan
Martha Moore Avery
David Goldstein
Quincey Point
Weymouth Square
Heading Square
St. Bonaventure
St. Henry, Confessor
Our Lady of
Laura Dinan to Become July Bride in Boston
Miss Laura Dinan a well known Boston girl to marry Lieutenant Commander John Wallace Cummings in a ceremony this July. The couple will wed in the Boston area with a Bachrach photo accompanying the announcement.
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Laura Dinan
July Bride
Boston
John Wallace Cunningham
Dinan Cunningham Wedding Planned Next Week in Back Bay Social Scene
Miss Laura Dinan of Boston will marry Lieutenant-Commander John Wallace Cunningham U S N next week in a highly anticipated wedding. The engagement was announced about a month ago and both families are prominent in Back Bay society.
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Laura Dinan
Boston
John Wallace Cunningham
U. S. ON
Dinan
Lieutenant Cunningham
Back Bay
Favorite Piece at Plymouth in Florodora Revival
The droning sweetness of the famous double sextette Tell Me Pretty Maiden drew strong applause at the Plymouth Theatre Carl Hunt revival of Florodora last night, echoing its historic charm for crowds of all ages.
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Carl Hunt
Florodora Draws Boston Crowd With Charm and Class
Six fluffy bits of daintiness and six escorts filled the air as the Florodora company under Manager Hunt delivered a well handled performance. E J Howe directed an adept orchestra. Dorothy Maynard as Dolores and Irving Beebe as Lord Abercrombie standouts with notable turns by Flavia Arcaro as Lady Holyrood and John Norton as Tweedle Punch.
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Hunt
E. J. Howe
Hunt Players
Dorothy Maynard
Dolores
Boston
Plymouth
Irving Beebe
Lord Abercoera
Flavia Arcaro
Lady Holyrood
Tweedlepunch
John Norton
Keith's Theatre presents Ciccolini in vaudeville bow
Italian grand opera star Ciccolini headlines Keith's Theatre with Carlo Edwards conducting the orchestra. The act wins strong approval and delights music lovers. Supporting acts include Ernest Evans and girls Broadway dances Jason and Haig in The Book of Vaudeville Bonita and Lew Hearn in a breezy musical comedy Ashley and Skipper the Four Sensational Bosses Frank Mullane Eddy Duo and Jimmy Lucas in The Wild Ravings of 1919.
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Ciccolini
Keith’s
Carlo Edwards
Italy
Ernest Evans
Girls
Jason and
Haig
Bostock
Bonita
Lew Hearn
Ashley
Skipper
Frank Mullane
Eddy
Jimmy Lucas
Paragon Park Expands With Pop Concerts And New Attractions
Greater Boston visitors flock to Paragon Park this season as Palm Garden hosts a shift from the first New England cabaret to Pop concerts and a new dance orchestra. Manager Dodge introduces affordable shows to keep pace with modern tastes while park amusements, including a big free open air circus, are enhanced with new devices.
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Greater Boston
Paragon Park
Palm Garden
New England
Times
Dodge
Central Square Theatre Week Program In Cambridge
Gordon's Central Square Theatre Cambridge presents Nora Norine in Rhyme and Rhythm and vaudeville acts Newport and Stirk Simmons and Brantley Green and LaFell and the Syncopated Kids It screens The Avalanche with Elsie Ferguson Lumsden Hare A complete change of programme Thursday brings Ethel Clayton in Men Women and Money.
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Gordon
Central Square Theatre
Cambridge
Nora Norine
Newport
Stirk
Simmons
Globe Theatre Photoplays Feature Mrs Holmes and More
The Globe Theatre screened Photoplays yesterday with Taylor Holmes in Upside Down about a husband and a wife drawn to a vogue philosophy preached by a Swami. Ruby De Remer starred in Dust of Desire. The remainder plans include Mary Mac Laren in The Unpainted Woman and Alice Mann in The Water Lily.
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Globe Theatre
Taylor Holmes
Ruby de Remer
Mary MacLaren
Alice Mann
Uphams Corner Strand Presents Two Stars and News
Yesterday at Uphams Corner Strand Bryant Washburn starred in Putting One Over supported by Norma Talmadge in The New Moon Arthur Martell played the Strand organ plus a comedy and the Strand News Weekly. Thursday through Saturday Constance Talmadge headlines Happiness a la Mode with William S Hart in Square Deal Sanderson.
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Bryant Washburn
Upham’s Corner
Norma Talmadge
Arthur Martell
Strand
Strand News Weekly
Constance Talmadge
William S. Hart
Open Your Eyes at Shubert Theatre Draws Large Crowds
The sixth week of Open Your Eyes at the Shubert Theatre featured four performances. With a 2000 seat house capacity and an estimated daily attendance of seven to eight thousand viewers, the engagement shows strong public demand for its delicate yet thorough informational approach.
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Shubert Theatre
Tragic crossing crash claims life of fruit merchant
North Sudbury July 7 A fruit merchant George A. Theodore of Maynard was killed instantly when the car he rode in was struck on a private crossing by a train. His wife was seriously injured with a fractured leg and internal injuries. The car and occupants were hurled 15 to 40 feet. passing motorists alerted Framingham hospital.
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North Sudbury
George A. Theodore
Maynard
Theodore
Framingham
Framingham Hospital
Orient Heights Post Elects Officers At St Josephs
Permanent officers of Orient Heights Post No 54 American Legion were elected last night in St Josephs Church basement. Elected were John J Dwyer commander John Perone vice commander Thomas F Norton adjutant Joseph Carey finance officer Carl Goodwin historian Fred A Norton chairman executive committee and William Flynn chairman publicity committee. Leo F Spillane state secretary of the region spoke to over 100 attendees.
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Orient Heights
American Legion
St. Joseph’s Church
John J. Dwyer
John Perone
Thomas F. Norton
Joseph Carey
Carl Goodwin
Fred A. Norton
William Flynn
Leo F. Spillane
Troops Return on Transport Ancon Arrives at Newport News
The transport Ancon arrived today with 3060 officers and men at Newport News Virginia. Units aboard included First Pioneer Infantry Repair Unit 322 Group A sections one to four inclusive Group B headquarters and sections five to eight inclusive and Group C section nine ten officers and 354 men St Nazaire dental detachments 60 and 84 several casual companies.
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Newport News
Ancon
First Pioneer Infantry Repair Unit
St. Nazaire
Columbia Theatre Week Lineup Promises Top Film Stars
The daily photoplay changes at the Columbia Theatre this week feature leading film figures such as Viola Dana and William Farnum. Enid Bennett, Douglas Fairbanks, Alice Brady, June Elvidge, Rupert Julian, and Catherine Calvert fill out the schedule through the week.
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Columbia
Viola Dana
William Farnum
Enid Bennett
Douglas Fairbanks
Alice Brady
June Elvidge
Rupert Julian
Catherine Calvert
Gordon's Olympia Presents The Wilderness Trail with Tom Mix
Gordon's Olympia showed yesterday for the first time The Wilderness Trail with daring Tom Mix as star. Tom Mix performs feats that seem impossible to the average person. A new leading lady Colleen Moore centers a human love story. Pleasing vaudeville and Olympia News Weekly comedy were enjoyed.
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Gordon
Olympia
Tom Mix
Colleen Moore
Olympia News
Beacon Theatre Showcases Marguerite Clark and Tom Moore
Marguerite Clark and Tom Moore headlined photoplays at the Beacon Theatre in Boston yesterday. Clark stars in Clyde Fitch's Girls and Moore appears as the lead in The City of Comrades, Basil King's story. Short comedies and news pictures completed the bill.
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Marguerite Clark
Tom Moore
Boston
Beacon Theatre
Miss Clark
Clyde Fitch
Mr. Moore
Comrades
Basil King
Bowdoin Square Theatre Show Features Star Robert Warwick
Bowdoin Square patrons enjoyed the Paramount Artcraft production of Secret Service with Robert Warwick. The cast includes Theodore Roberts and Wanda Hawley, plus Dorothy Dalton in Other Men’s Wives. A Mack Sennett comedy and Perils of Thunder Mountain were shown. Vaudeville acts featured Swirl and Dare, Dan Gracy, Meredith and Snoozer, and Roy Harrah and company.
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Bowdoin Square
Robert Warwick
Paramount Artcraft
Secret Service
William Gillette
Theodore Roberts
Wanda Srawley
Dorothy Dalton
Mack Sennett
Thunder Mountain
Swirl and Dare
Dan Gracy
Meredith and Snoozer
Roy Harrah and Company
Fall of Babylon at Colonial Theatre Ends Run
D W Griffith presents the colossal Spectacle The Fall of Babylon at the Colonial Theatre in Boston this last week Kyra the dancing marvel leads a ballet of living beauties with dances from the Babylonian period a rare Terpsichorean sensation and a romance of an ancient love between a mountain girl and a Babylon prince.
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Colonial Theatre
D. W. Griffith
Babylon
Kyra
Boston
Griffith
Cadman Square Theatre Presents Mixed Vaudeville and Fox Film
Yesterday at the Cogman Square Theatre a quartet of vaudeville acts entertained audiences including Oh George! a comedy sketch Tom Sawyer Gladstone and Mathews and the Flying Keelers The headline photo play featured Gladys Brockwell in The Divorce Trap The Cadman Square Players will close the week with a Screaming farce and the feature film The Coming of the Law starring Tom Mix
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Cogman Square Theatre
George
Tom Sawyer
Gladstone
Mathews
Flying Keelers
Gladys Brockwell
William Fox
Cadman Square
Tom Mix
Two Pairs Farce Enchants Copley Theatre Crowd
The third and last week of Two Pairs opened last evening at the Copley Theatre before a large audience that thoroughly enjoyed its plot and dialogue. The Henry Jewett Players drew laughs and applause for lively interpretations. Notable acting came from Viola Roach, Jessamine Newcombe, KE, E. Clive and Nicholas Joy in the title roles.
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Copley Theatre
Henry Jewett Players
Viola Roach
Jessamine Newcombe
E. Clive
Nicholas Joy
Modern Theatre Presents Girls and The City of Comrades
The weekly bill at Modern Theatre features a Clyde Fitch comedy titled Girls with Marguerite Clark in the lead as a young woman who rejects love from a fickle man. The second photoplay stars Tom Moore in The City of Comrades, adapted from Basil King. News pictures and short comedies round out the program.
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Modern Theatre
Clyde Fitch
Marguerite Clark
Tom Moore
Tremont Theatre Opens New Week With Daddy Long Legs
The Tremont Theatre continued its run of Daddy Long Legs starring Mary Pickford as Judy Abbott. The heat wave did not affect attendance as families and young girls packed the lobby for the film’s screenings, drawn by Pickford’s charm and the beloved story.
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Tremont Theatre
Daddy Long Legs
Jean Webster
Mary Pickford
Judy Abbott
Mary Pickfords
Photoplay showcases at Upham's Corner Strand
Bryant Washburn headlines Over at Upham's Corner Strand with Norma Talmadge in The New Moon. Constance Talmadge leads Thursday to Saturday in Happiness a la Mode and William S Hart stars in Square Deal Saunderson, a new western thriller.
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Bryant Washburn
Upham’s Corner
Norma Talmadge
Constance Talmadge
William S. Hart
Square Deal Saunderson
May Allison Show At Boston Theatre This Week
May Allison stars in the feature Al most Married at the Boston Theatre this week. Vaudeville features Ja Da trio originators of the song Ja Da, the Rios in aerial work, Frank Farren stories and songs, The Girl in the Frame novelty act, and Johnny Singer and Dolls with a mixed act.
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May Allison
Boston
Ja da
the Rios
Frank Farren
Johnny Singer
Norumbega Park Sees Record Holiday Crowds This Week
Norumbega Park reports record crowds as holiday amusements draw large turnout. The Liberty Players perform The Lion and the Mouse with Belle Mitchell Jack Doty Helen Kinsel and Henry Garvey in leading roles. Next week feature Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
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Norumbega Park
Liberty
Belle Mitchell
Jack Doty
Helen Kinsel
Henry Garvey
Mrs. Wiggs
Cabbage Patch
Seaplane Added at Pem berton Inn to Meet Demand
Visitors at Pem berton Inn can fly over the ocean or swim at New England’s only electric-lighted salt water open-air tank. Manager Dodge has installed another Seaplane to satisfy the growing guest demand.
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New England
Pemberton Inn
Dodge
Orpheum Theatre Vaudeville Bill Delights Audiences
A pleasing Orpheum bill yesterday featured Arthur De Voy and company in a humorous one act comedy, Dunn a standout comedian, Nettie Carroll and company in wire walking, Lillian Ruby violin numbers, Keene and Foxwe in songs and dances, and McAvoy and Brooks in lively songs and stories. The screen offered newsreels, a comedy, and Taylor Holmes in Upside Down, with the last half to include Tom Brown's Constables and more in Jubilee Four and related acts.
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Orpheum Theatre
Arthur de Voy
Thomas Potter Dunn
Nettie Carroll
Lillian Ruby
Keene and Foxwe
McAvoy
Brooks
Taylor Holmes
Tom Brown
Henshaw
Avery
Ward
King
Jubilee
Harrison
Burr
Frank
Ethel Carmen
Mary MacLaren
St James Theatre Presents Wallace Reid in You're Fired
Wallace Reid stars at the St James Theatre for the first three days this week in the comedy drama You're Fired based on an O Henry story. A Mack Sennett comedy Try ing to Get Along with Ben Turpin and Pathe News completes the bill along with a vaudeville lineup featuring San Yee Oriental wonders Shaw and Lee eccentric dancers Tilton and more. The final three days showcase Charles Ray in Hay Foot Straw Foot and an all new bill.
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Wallace Reid
St. James Theatre
O. Henry
Mack Sennett
Ben Turpin
The
Pathe News
San Yee
Shaw and Lee
Tilton
Hramis
Woman Under Oath at Park Theatre Prompts Night of Tense Juror Drama
Florence Reed drew many admirers to the Park Theatre last evening in The Woman Under Oath an intense drama about a woman jurist who resists a male jurors verdict through a whole night. Harry Morey stars in The Man Who Won. Rupert Carlson offered musical selections and a Strand comedy provided laughs.
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Florence Reed
the Park Theatre
Harry Morey
Rupert Carlson
Fenway Theatre Final Shows With Mary Pickford and Mabel Normand
Today and tomorrow present the last chances to see the current bill at Fenway Theatre featuring Mary Pickford in Behind the Scenes by request and Mabel Normand in When Doctors Disagree. Beginning Thursday the programme adds William S. Hart in Square Deal Sanderson and Alice Joyce in The Spark Divine plus a Photoplay Magazine Supplement.
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Bill
Fenway Theatre
Mary Pickford
Mabel Normand
William S. Hart
Deal Sanderson
Alice Joyce
Majestic Theatre Screens The Unpardonable Sin
The seventh week of the sensational film drama The Unpardonable Sin began at the Majestic Theatre yesterday. Blanche Sweet portrays Dimny Parcot in a story about saving her mother and sister from the Huns, drawing the usual audience.
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Rupert Hughes
Majestic Theatre
Dimny Parcot
Blanche Sweet
Exeter Street Theatre Week Attracts A-List Previews
The Exeter presents Elsie Ferguson in The Avalanche and Bryant Washburn in All Wrong for the first three days. William S. Hart stars in Square Deal Saunderson and Ethel Clayton in Men, Women and Money later in the week with Pathe and Ford weeklies and comedies.
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the Exeter
Elsie Ferguson
Bryant Washburn
William S. Hart
Square
Saunderson
Ethel Clayton
Pathe and Ford
Lancaster Theatre Presents Double Feature This Week
Yesterday at the Lancaster Theatre Tom Moore starred in A Man and His Money alongside Peggy Hyland in Cowardice Court. The line up runs until Thursday with Hail Caine and The Woman Thou Gavest Me and Constance Talmadge in Romance and Arabella to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Lancaster
Tom Moore
Peggy Hyland
Hail Caine
Constance Talmadge
Franklin Park Theatre Screens Several Features This Week
Harold Lockwood stars in A Man of Honor at Franklin Park Theatre for the first three days this week with Bessie Love in The Little Boss mining camp drama and Marie Walcamp in The Red Glove in an additional episode shown.
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Harold Lockwood
Franklin Park Theatre
Bessie Love
Marie Walcamp
Bayer Cross on Genuine Aspirin Promises Safe Pain Relief
An old advertising brief explains that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin carry the Bayer Cross, and that unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions relieve headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. It notes handy 12 tablet tins are inexpensive at drug stores and that aspirin is a Bayer trade name for acetylsalicylic acid.
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Bayer
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