Thousands Visit Boys at Devens Camp
Thousands tour the 9th Massachusetts Infantry at Devens during their 15 day training period ending July 23. L Company Malden tops I Company Lynn 4 to 3 in a 12 inning baseball game amid athletic league setup and outdoor recreation for Boston's Own regiment.
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Camp Devens
9Th Regiment
Massachusetts Infantry
Thomas F. Foley
Boston
L Company
Malden
I Company
Lynn
B Company
South Boston
C Company
Roxbury
Liberty Theatre
Gentleman thief Joseph McClennan nabbed in South Boston raid
Police trap suspected thief Joseph McClennan 49 of Roxbury alias the gentleman thief after a three day pursuit. Special Officer Malcolm Campbell leads the capture in South Boston and recovers hundreds of dollars in clothing and jewelry from his room aided by a 12 year old accomplice.
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Joseph McClennan
Kearsarge Avenue
Roxbury
Boston
Malcolm Campbell
Jamaica Plain
Polic
Noted Thief McClennan Captured After Robberies Across City
Police say McClennan, living with families in Beachmont Dorchester Somerville Roxbury and Malden, used a 12 year old to access locked rooms and flee. He led officers to his chief, was arrested, denied the crimes, then confessed after seizure of three gold chains two diamond rings and clothes from Hugh Isholm’s Jamaica Plain home. He claimed thefts funded his brother and sister in law who are deaf and dumb. The boy was their son.
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McClennan
Beachmont
Dorchester
Somerville
Roxbury
Malden
Dorchester Avenue
Jacob Street
South
Boston
Hugh Isholm
Egleston Street
Jamaica Plain
Screen Gossip on Washington Actor Turned Filmmaker
The article profiles a six foot tall Washington born film actor who started as a stage super in local theatres. Facing family opposition he moved to New York, did stock, moved to Los Angeles for screen work and gained fame as an American officer in The Devil's Pass Key. He acted opposite Ethel Clayton Wanda Hawley and Mary Miles Minter and is a music loving bachelor with tennis as a favorite sport.
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Washington
New York
Los Angeles
Ethel Clayton
Sham
Wanda Hawley
Mary Miles Minter
Mr. Fillmore
Schirmer’s
Fillmore
Motion Picture Industry’s Magnitude in Los Angeles
Estimates show the industry as the fifth in the United States with 500 million dollars in capital. In Los Angeles and nearby areas 75 producing companies and 44 studios operate, employing about 10 000 regular workers and almost double irregular workers, with a 40 million dollar annual payroll. Materials and supplies totaling 20 million dollars are spent yearly in the city. The figures illustrate Los Angeles housing 8 percent of the film world.
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United States
Los Angeles
Mabel Normand Heads Overseas for Molly O Promotion
Mabel Normand completes her Sennett film Molly O and sails for England and France. It is her first voyage abroad and she expects to spend two months taking in every item on her travel list.
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Mabel Normand
Sennett
Molly-O
High Seas
England
France
Miss Normand
George White Scandals rumor links Moore to Katherine Perry
Owen Moore has not remarried despite circulating gossip tying his name to Katherine Perry, Selznick’s sari woman and former Follies girl. Address inquiries to Prunella Hall at The Boston Post.
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George White
Owen Moore
Katherine Perry
Selznick Saree
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Real Estate Men Leave for Chicago Convention
Seventy one New England real estate men traveled by special Pullmans to Chicago for the National Association of Real Estate Boards annual convention from July 11 to 16. Preparations expect 7000 to 10000 members and 400 boards. Herbert Hoover will speak. The group is led by Frank H. Purington and Parker Webb with delegates from Boston Springfield Manchester Providence Pawtucket Hartford New Haven Bridgeport.
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New England
Wolverine
Chicago
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Herbert Hoover
Frank H. Purington
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Parker Webb
New Eingland
Woman Falls Twenty Feet From Window
Elizabeth Gillis 64 of 42 Lawrence Street South End fell twenty feet from a second story window yesterday. She was taken to City Hospital with a severe scalp wound and possible skull fracture for treatment.
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Elizabeth Gillis
Lawrence Street
South End
Most Girls Legs Bare at Long Beach Beachfront Show
A somber theater man recalls past prosperity from "girl shows" as Long Beach flaunts increasing bare leg displays. The piece notes Morris Gest and Broadway hopes, withWinter Garden and Ziegfeld choruses drawing attention, and suggests the trend has grown beyond mere knee exposure during summer and winter visits.
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New York
United News
Long Beach
Morris Gest
Aphrodite
Broadway
Chimney Collapse After Lightning Damages Brighton Home
A chimney dislodged by a Saturday night lightning strike collapsed onto the roof of 64 West Canton street, Brighton. The building is owned by Mrs. Hanna Lissner of Washington Street and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gosling and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Daley. no serious injuries reported.
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West Canton Street
Hanna Lissner
Washington Street
Brighton
Thomas Gosling
Daniel Daley
Buildings Suffer Minor Brick Damage After Fall
An adjoining building owned by Mrs. James Clougher sustained slight damage from falling bricks yesterday, with no reported injuries. Local authorities investigated the incident and secured the area.
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James Clougher
American Steamer Refloated Off Belfast
The America steamer Eastern Sword, en route from New Orleans to Belfast and Glasgow, grounded at Belfas Lough last Thursday and was floated today. It proceeded to this city for docking.
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Belfast
Eastern Sword
New Orleans
Glasgow
Belfas Lough
Alma Rubens to Lead Cosmopolitan Stage Production Find the Woman
Owing to illness Leena Owen who won praise as The Woman God Changed will not head the cast. Alma Rubens assumes the leading female role with Norman Kerry Harrison Ford and Eileen Huban among the cast.
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Leena Owen
Alma Rubens
Norman Kerry
Harrison Ford
Eileen Huban
Meeting Old Friends in The Girl in the Mirror serial
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine previews Elizabeth Jordan's The Girl in the Mirror continuing the adventures of the hero from The Wings of Youth with old friends appearing in the new chapter.
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Elizabeth Jordan
Girl In the Mirror
Boston Sunday Post
Questions and gossip on film stars and Hollywood life
Letters discuss film star inquiries and delays in photo requests. The mix lists Gareth Hughes, May Allison, Ann Little, Eileen Sedgwick, Rhea Mitchell, Grace Darmond, Tom Santschi, William Duncan and Edith Johnson with note of Meighan and Meighan branding.
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Bath
Los Angeles
Waterville
Thomas Meighan
Frances Ring
Hollywood
Lasky Studio
Vine Street
Cal
May Allison
D. B
Lewiston
Gareth Hughes
Wales
Tommy
Haverhill
Eileen Sedgwick
Universal
Ann Little
Tom Santschi
Rhea Mitchell
Tom Mix
Romeo
Grace Darmond
Letty
Rockett
William Duncan
Edith Johnson
Patsy
Ann Pennington
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Devens
Pole
Sergt
Fuska
Michael J. O’connor
Purdy
36Th Infantry
George Fuska
Signal Company
Zarkis Zarparian
Boston Sheridan Company
Commonwealth Ave
Brookline
Clyde’ Fillmore
Falls
U.S. uUsCco
Belfas
Chain Tread
U.S
Cedars Rapids Mfg. & Power Co
First Mortgage Sinking Fund
West Penn Power Co
Hartford Electric Light Co
Province of
Ontario
Havana Docks Corp
Bond Department
OLD Colony Trust Company
Temple Place
Court Street
Boylston Street
Federal Reserve System
Lily
Holland
HOLIA
FAR East Tea
Cofrere and Cocoa CO
Mass
Cas
U. S
Usco
Nobby
Amonwealth Avenue
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