Mystery Steamer Sightings Stir Shipping Circles
Reports of a fast, lights-out steamer roaming the North Atlantic recurred as the Craigrownie sighted the unknown vessel discharging coal at Mystic Wharf. Captain Herbert H. Wallace described a 3500 ton ship like a Shipping Board freighter approaching from the Jersey coast on July 3 while the mystery craft circled and observed.
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Moewe
North Atlantic
Boston & Maine
Mystic Wharf
Croxteth Hall
Herbert H. Wallace
Connecticut Avenue
Somerville
Shipping Board
Northeast End
Jersey
Boston
Newport News
Wallace
Mystery Vessel Seen Without Lights Off Craigrownie
A lone observer recalls a ship sighting near Craigrownie with no port or starboard lights or stern light, noted as breaches of maritime law. Two white lights appeared later on the main deck and near the engine room, prompting questions about the vessel's identity and actions.
Hawthorne in Boston Reading Room and the Ghosts of Habit
In Hawthorne's Boston visit he frequented the Athenaeum reading room and noticed an old man who monopolized a prized newspaper. When the man finally left, Hawthorne grabbed the paper to discover the obituary of the very man, prompting reflections on ghosts and hauntings in his writings.
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Hawthorne
Boston
The
Athenaeum
Greeks Retreat From Brussa Attack In Asia Minor
A dispatch from Angora reports Turkish nationalists attacked Greek forces west of Brussa in Asia Minor and forced a Greek retreat after Greek losses. The report is dated today.
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Paris
Brussa
Asia Minor
Angora
Police crackdown ends Paragon Park sun rise bathing incident
Police chased eight Paragon Park Revue girls from Nantasket Beach after dawn swims in scant trunks. Hull and Metropolitan Park officers warned more arrests for lenient ocean wear as officials vow to enforce regulations.
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South Shore
Guardians of the Peace
Metropolitan Park
Hull
Henry Stevens
Dixie Esmond
George H. Perkins
New York
Rae Kelsey
Molly Smith
Palm Gardens
Nantasket
Wanted for Stealing Arlington Man's Auto
Arlington police seek Herbert Hirth who was arrested in Hampton New Hampshire charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license and passing bogus checks. He allegedly stole Daniel Wilcox’s car of 1033 Massachusetts avenue Arlington on June 24. Hirth is said to have lived in Cambridge and Somerville and worked for Wilcox briefly.
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Arlington
Herbert Hirth
Hampton
N. H
Daniel Wilcox
Massachusetts Avenue
Hirth
Wilcox
Cambridge
Somerville
Harris
Goddard Avenue
Wharton
Brookline
Thomas Gray
Kennard Road
First Enlistments in Navy Stopped by Navy Order
Navy Department orders halt all first enlistments until further notice due to lack of funds. A prior similar order was rescinded but reissued amid financial constraints affecting the service.
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Navy Department
Screen Actor Foote’s Career Across Nations and Studios
Yorkshire born actor Mr. Foote studied in Oxord France and Germany. He began on stage with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in London and acted in America under Charles Frohman and William A Brady. He appeared in D W Griffiths film and with Vitagraph then Fox star Eileen Percy. He notably played Esteban in The Passion Flower opposite Norma Talmadge and now appears in The Bronze Bell directed by Thomas Hince.
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Yorkshire
England
Mr. Foote
Oxord
France
Germany
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
London
America
Charles Frohman
William A. Brady
D. W. Griffith
Vitagraph
Eileen Percy
Fox
Esteban
Norma Talmadge
Thomas H. Ince
Bronze Bell
Fairbanks Preps The Three Musketeers for August Release
Douglas Fairbanks presents The Three Musketeers adapted by Edward Knoblock and directed by Fred Niblo. The film features a supporting cast of 135 persons and is slated for release on August 1.
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Douglas Fairbank
Edward Knoblock
Fred Niblo
Agnes Ayres Sues Husband for Divorce in Los Angeles
Paramounts new star Agnes Ayres files for divorce from her husband Frank B. Chucker of Brooklyn N Y in Los Angeles courts. The couple wed two years ago while she worked for Vitagraph Company.
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Agnes Ayres
Paramount
Los Angeles
Miss Ayres
Frank B. Chucker
Brooklyn
N. Y
Vitagraph Company
Film News Briefs From the Screen World
Wesley Barry finishes School Days and heads to California to join the Marshall Neilan unit. Julian Eltinge lies seriously ill at his Beverly Hills home. Henry B. Walthall to star in Vitagraph’s Flower of the North with Pauline Starke as leading woman. Mrs. Nellie Bennett visits her daughter Enid Niblo in Australia before the stork’s anticipated arrival.
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Wesley Barry
Dinty
California
Marshall Neilan
Julian Eltinge
Beverly Hills
Henry B. Walthall
Vitagraph
James Oliver Curwood
Pauline Starke
Nellie Bennett
Australia
Enid
Fred Niblo
The
The Fighting Lover Plays Park Theatre This Week
Frank Mayo leads a cast at the Park Theatre supported by Jacqueline Logan Jean Calhoun Gertrude Olmstead and Ruth Ashby in a week long engagement with a lineup of notable stars.
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Fighting Lover
the Park Theatre
Frank Mayo
Jacqueline Logan
Jean Calhoun
Gertrude Olmstead
Ruth Ashby
Film Star Biographies and Casting Notes in 1920s Press
Snippets reveal ages birthplaces and addresses for silent film figures such as Norwood-Elaine Hammerstein 23 born Philadelphia and Selz Pictures Corp West Fort Lee. Mentions Grant MacKay Louis Calhern Antonio Moreno Peggy Hyland Ruth Roland Edward Hearn Jack Dempsey Eva Novak Dorothy Dalton and Bebe Daniels with references to studios and theaters.
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Toodles
Norwood
Elaine Ham-merstein
Philadelphia
Penn
Selznick Pictures Corporation
West Fort Lee
N. J
Peggy
Waterville
Grant MacKay
Louis Calhern
MacKay
Theresa S
New Bedford
Edward Hearn
Ruth Roland
Antonio Moreno
Peggy Hyland
Jack Dempsey
Vicky
Portsmouth
N. H
Jac Richardson
William
Desmond
Figh
Henry Woodward
Los Angeles Athletic Club
New Hampshire
Eva Novak
Jane
Bebe Daniels
Charles Hutchison
D. E
Everett
Dorothy Dalton
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Governor Cox Fights 35 Cent Fuel Oil Tax Plan
Governor Cox urges New England leaders to oppose a 35 cent per barrel tax on fuel oil. He cites a $4.5 million annual fuel bill increase for Massachusetts and asks for state oil consumption figures to present to Washington lawmakers. Fuel data from Hultman estimates Massachusetts imports at 500 million gallons this year, equating to 2.88 million tons of bituminous coal, making the tax worth about $1.50 per ton of coal.
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Flays
Cox
New England
Ways and Means
Washington
Hultman
Massachusetts
City Hall Clerical Staff Plan Saturday Outing
City Hall clerical workers plan a trip to Rainsford Island after noon, with several hundred expected to go. Mayor Peters provides use of the steamer Monitor for the excursion.
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Rainsford Island
Peters
New York Girl Saved From Asphyxiation in Rooming House
Pearl May Maxey, 19, missing from Westport Massachusetts since Thursday, was found nearly asphyxiated in a furnished room at 24 West Eighteenth Street New York. Detective Walter Kenney rescued her this afternoon and she is hospitalized in critical condition at Bellevue. A young man claiming to be her husband rented the room and left earlier, leaving the girl with no clear explanation of her departure or identity of the companion.
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New York
Pearl Ma ®Ey
Westport
Mass
Walter Kennedy
West Eighteenth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Three alibis in death case heard at Suffolk trial
In Suffolk Superior Court three defendants testified to alibis in the first degree murder case over the death of Joseph De Pezola Joseph Del Vecchio and Michael Porfido. Del Vecchio claimed he smoked on Snow Hill and Prince streets when the shooting occurred. Regione placed himself away from the scene from 12:30 to 3:30 p m and said he drove to Somerville. Porfido testified he was home at 23 Henchman Street meeting sailors from the Canopie. a neighbor said Porfido stayed until 5 p m waiting for them. Collarusso testified he saw Regione Porfido and Santucci firing at the victim but did not see the shooting itself.
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Joseph de Pezola
Joseph del Vecchio
Dominike Regione
Michael Porfido
Suffolk Superior Court
del Vecchio
Snow Hill
Prince Streets
Regione
Porfido
Rafaele Collarusso
North Margin Street
Santucci
Fire Queen Suspect Leads Brookline Fire Bug Probe
Police pursue a man matching a mouth imperfection after a surge of incendiary fires in Brookline from July through September 1920. A letter signed The Fire Queen claimed allegiance to a goddess of fire and warned of 100 future blazes. Similar letters were postmarked Jamaica Plain as authorities expand the search to nearby towns.
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Brookline
Harris
Goddard Avenue
Sweetzer
Sweetzer House
Johnson
Rutherford
Jamaica Plain
West Roxbury
Newton
Milton
Maurice Pierce
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