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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1921
Page
9
Police hunt Peter Metroe after a man allegedly invited Helen Poulis to her bedroom and stabbed her nine times with a bread knife. Poulis died at a hospital. The suspect had obtained a marriage license but was refused by Poulis.
The funeral for Woodford Yerxa, president of the Guaranty Trust Company and Cambridge Realty Company, who died yesterday, will be held at 3 PM from his home 79 Upland Road. Born in Keswick New Brunswick 65 years ago, he moved to Cambridge at 25 and built Yerxa & Yerxa grocers. He founded and led multiple banks, served as treasurer then president of Guaranty Trust, chaired Cambridge Realty, and held roles in the Second Baptist Church, Masonry, and Odd Fellowship.
Salvatore Ferri, 35, of Gould's Court, East Boston, is in the Relief Hospital danger list with a deep chest wound after a stabbing at his home late yesterday. Police seek Caroni de Cora, 31, of Orleans Street East Boston, accusing him of the assault in a jealousy motivated attack.
Miss Tell is renowned on both stage and screen with key roles in Eyes of Youth Susan Tennox On With the Dance and The Right to Love. She leads in Rex Beach The Iron Trail filmed at Whitman Bennett studios Yonkers New York. Olive Tell is her sister.
In the Vitagraph film The Single Track Corinne Griffith abandons luxury for a frontier life. She wears calico and sunbonnet and portrays a new character while over 200 workmen labor for a half mile spur on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad in the Catskills to film scenes.
After a long screen hiatus Monroe Salisbury will headline a new film produced by his own company. The project features a Spanish setting and includes filming in Mexico. Salisbury's previous release was The Barbarian.
Columbia University has installed a course dealing with the production of motion pictures. It covers principles of visual appeal and their practical application. Earlier courses on writing photoplays were begun years ago and have proved popular.
Frances East Fairfield VI answers list Mary Pickford and Alice Joyce with studio and address, plus notes on Tom Mix George Stewart Phyllis and others. Thomas Meighan’s output and family details are discussed, with several marriages and divorces noted. Contact PRUNELLA HALL at The Boston Post for more questions.
Funeral services for Harry G Hemming held in New York while his widow did not attend She said her stepson refused to reveal service details unless she signed a sworn denial of reports about his father A conference will decide if Mrs Hemming is a witness in the murder inquiry and related matters.
Mrs. Adelina Gialvittorio aged 34 was badly hurt when a section of ice floor on the fourth floor fire escape at 9 Charter Street dropped to the lower level. She suffered a fractured right leg and lacerations to the left heel, right knee, and left thigh. The brick five story building has iron balconies on four upper floors.
Four Cambridge men killed in France were laid to rest with full military honors. Private Thomas P. Murphy was buried at St. Pauls Cemetery Arlington, and a joint committal service was held at the Soldiers Lot in Cambridge Cemetery for Sergeant Edward E. Nickles Corporal James W. Cosgrove and Private William A. White.
The announcement emphasizes a stock-taking sale starting today to close the fifty-fourth year. Reductions are described as extreme with scores of reductions well below replacement prices. The goal is immediate clearance ahead of the Fall season opening.
A catalog-style listing shows multiple sweater types including Swiss chiffon alpaca pure silk and fibre silk with varied prices. Also includes organzine silk zephyr tuxedo sweaters and Worsted Jersey coats with discount figures and color notes.
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