Stringhams Tie Knot In Firework Fête At Ossining
Mr and Mrs Henry Hollingsworth Stringham married after a Fourth of July ceremony. The couple, who met on a battlefield abris while aiding wounded, later received Croix de Guerre honors for overseas service. They reside at their renovated Rev Revolutionary era home La Folie Ossining on the Hudson.
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Henry Hollingsworth Stringham
Manchester By the Sea
Mrs. Stringham
la Folie
Ossining
Hudson
Stringham
Charles A. Read
Manchester
Mass
Volunteers of America Auction Drive Opens on Boston Common
The Volunteers of America launch a major fundraising drive today at Parkman bandstand Boston Common with Attorney General Allen City Councillor Ford and Mary Young as auctioneers. About 300 girls and 200 veterans will sell cookies to fund week long vacations for 2600 mothers and children at Volunteers Camp in Bridgewater. Proceeds support weekend outings for wounded veterans and a Friday auction will feature Mayor Curley as master of ceremonies with Sergt Alvin C York expected to attend.
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Allen
Francis J. W. Ford
Mary Young
Volunteers of America
Parkman Bandgrand
Boston Common
Bridgewater
Grafanola
Tremont
Avery Streets
Curley
Alvin C. York
Pall Mall
Denn
Leo Frest
Songsters
Parker Hill
Beneft
Auto Drops in Elevator Well in Dorchester Garage
Arthur Fifield of 29 Romsey Street Dorchester escaped serious injury after driving a touring car onto an elevator platform in a Newbury Street garage. The vehicle and driver dropped about 20 feet into the basement with the car overturning. He was treated at City Hospital for bruises cuts and a hip contusion.
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Arthur Fifield
Romsey Street
Dorchester
Newbury Street
Fifield
City Hospital
Georges Letters End Case at Worcester Divorce Session
George Fitz of Webster formerly Norwood sought a desertion decree against Mildred Fitz of Framingham in Superior Court before Chief Justice Walter Perley Hall. The libel was dismissed after cross examination ended with George abandoning the case. Mildred did not testify and George remained her best witness.
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Worcester
George Fitz
Webster
Norwood
Superior Court
Walter Perley Hall
Mildred Fitz
Framingham
George
Letters Read In Court Show Marital Strife and Affairs
The trial featured letters from Fitz to several women including Marie Kelly of Boston and Nellie Hays of Boston. George R. Stobbs read a note about a dance and a steady, while other messages described plans and excuses. Fitz testified he loved his wife and denied ongoing affairs, with notes allegedly left to warn or insult his spouse. The couple had married in 1916 and faced alleged desertions in 1158.
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George
Marie Kelly
Boston
Driscoll
Framingham
Marie
Fitz
Norwood
Back Bay
Kelly
Nellie Hays
George R. Stobbs
Mr. Stobbs
Exchange of the Mark Negotiations Continue After Adjournment
The record notes that the exchange of the mark negotiations began again following adjournment. Details on participants or dates are sparse in the readable text. Further context remains unclear from the fragment.
Chased Her with Razor in Worcester Divorce Suit
Louise Anna Payne of Leicester wife of John J. Payne Worcester printer filed divorce specifications in Superior Court for cruel and abusive treatment. She cites a Oct 18 1921 incident where Payne struck her knocking her to the floor and a July 4 pursuit at the Warrick Inn Hull with a razor after she refused to fetch him a drink. He allegedly used vile language and issued threats.
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Worcester
Louise Anna Payne
Leicester
John J. Payne
Superior
Payne
Warrick Inn
Hull
Screen Gossip Doris Kenyon A Versatile Entertainer
Doris Kenyon stands out as a leading stage and screen figure and a published poet. She starred in Up the Ladder and appeared opposite George Arliss in The Ruling Passion, with her poetry book Spring Flowers and Bowen gaining magazine excerpts. Her latest film work is The Curse of Drink.
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Doris Kenyon
Miss Kenyon
George Arliss
Bowen
Tom Mix Sets Potential Title For New Picture
Tom Mix begins a film project titled A Kiss in the Dark with speculation about a possible alternate title if box office pull wanes. Shirley Mason will headline a Fox Pictures project The Unexpected Wife opposite Wallace MacDonald, with John Gilbert and Bessie Love in subsequent starring roles. Nigel de Brullier and Barbara La Marr are slated for the heavies.
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Tom Mix
Tom
Shirley Mason
Fox
Wallace MacDonald
John Gilberts
Barbara la Marr
Mary Pickford In Secret Mary Pickford Doll Venture
The Los Angeles Times reports Mary Pickford partners with Santa Claus to create a Mary Pickford doll. Plans have advanced for a Mary Pickford doll with a copyright application and a factory to mass produce for the Christmas trade. Pickford says at least 500000 dollars is needed to develop the product and she will oversee the venture personally.
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Mary Pickford
Santa Claus
United States
Los Angeles Times
Screen Star
Mary
Dorothy Davenport Enters Vaudeville in The Blue Flame
Dorothy Davenport wife of Wallace Reid appears in a Los Angeles vaudeville sketch The Blue Flame. Her first public stage outing was on the Keith circuit with her mother Alice Davenport. Mrs Rudolph Valentino Winifred Hudnut stays with parents at Foxlear Camp North Creek New York. Jean Acker who had a May divorce decree from Valentino tours theatres as Mrs Rudolph Valentino. Lloyd Hamilton launches new comedies with leading actress Ruth Hiatt making her screen debut as a comedienne.
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Dorothy Davenport
Wallace Reid
Los Angeles
Alice Davenport
Keith
Rudolph Valentino
Winifred Hudnut
Foxlear Camp
North Creek
N. Y
Jean Acker
Lloyd Hamilton
Ruth Hiatt
Adoptions and Roles in New Universal Studio Lineup
George Randolph Chester assigns The Lavender Bath Lady to Gladys Walton while Sawdust is reserved for her. Hoot Gibson stars in Laramie Lad with One Wonderful Night featuring Herbert Rawlinson in another project.
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George Randolph Chester
Universal Company
Gladys Walton
Miss Walton
Hoot Gibson
Herbert Rawlinson
Screen stars answer mail in Boston Post columns
The Boston Post compiles reader questions about film stars and their projects. Miss Bijou Fernandez replies to inquiries at The Goldwyn Company in New York while other letters direct readers to Culver City and Hollywood studios for information on birthplace, roles, and productions featuring Mabel Ballin Jane Eyre, Katherine MacDonald Money Money Money, and Hugo Ballin films.
Veterans Bureau Opens New Medical Section in Siegel Building
The U S Veterans Bureau unveils a modern Physio Therapy unit in the Siegel building with actinic lamps violet ray electrical massage hydro baths and a fully equipped gymnasium. District manager Dr Arthur E Brides says 14 reconstruction aides will serve disabled veterans daily in the district.
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U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Siegel Building
Arthur E. Brides
William Cullen Bryant Early Career and Poetic Rise
The young William Cullen Bryant travels on foot from Cummington to Plainfield seeking a law practice, finds little market, and discovers poetry after a sunset inspiration. He moves to Great Barrington, marries, writes beloved poems, delivers the Phi Beta Kappa poem at Harvard, and publishes an eight-poem volume in 1821 that launches his literary career.
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William Cullen Bryant
Cummington
Plainfield
Bryant
Great Barrington
Green River
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard
Boston
Cambridge
Police Board Ends Hearing On Six Officers Charges
The two day hearing by the police trial board on charges against six officers concluded yesterday and will be sent to Police Commissioner Wilson who will render the final decision. Officers named are John W. Cole Mark J. Leonard John J. Good Wilfred Mulligan Robert Kavanaugh and Robert N Adams. Twenty one witnesses testified as Captains Harriman Rooney and Driscoll and others presented the case.
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Police Trial Board
Wilson
John W. Cole
Mark J. Leonard
John J. Good
Wilfred D.D. Mulligan
Robert Kavanaugh
Robert N. Adams
Harriman
Rooney
Driscoll
J. Rosenfield
Lynn
Herman Mbrenberge
Brighton
Kavanaugh
Germans Urge Immediate Moratorium on Reparations
Germany sends a note to the reparations commission seeking an automatic halt to all 1922 payments including the July 15 due. It asks for extensions for 1923 and 1924 cash obligations under the May 5 1921 schedule and urges a quick decision to avert a disaster amid Germanys deteriorating economy.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
Reparations Commission
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Universal City
Veterans’ Bureau
Disabled Veterans’ Bureau
Grace George
Patrick O'Brien
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Paine’s
Paine Furniture Company
New
Arlington
United States Rubber Company
Kede
Simeilar
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