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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1922
Page
5
On the penultimate day of a three week search in New England, officials sought new faces to fill possible roles in upcoming Goldwyn screen productions. A wide range of hopefuls attended open calls across multiple cities as producers evaluated potential talent for future projects.
In North Adams and nearby cities Miss Isabel Seaver an 18 year old clerk and Homer Berard a 21 year old barber became the standout prospects during a Goldwyn studio scouting tour. The scout praised Seaver as a pleasing candidate and Berard as a photogenic youth with potential if he continues toward a test film.
Mrs H N Roberts of Flint Michigan reports her child was relieved by Dr True’s Elixir and True Family Laxative Worm Expeller after worm symptoms appeared. The ad promotes True remedies as a long time favorite with prices from 40c to 1.20 and claims lifelong safety and efficacy.
A Goldwyn scout toured North Adams and Pittsfield seeking fresh local talent for future productions. She praised well dressed Berkshires clerks and urged caution against chasing peers' opinions while stressing ambition as essential for potential actors. Miss Fernandez wraps her New England scouting with a westward schedule as police leave plans shift.
A July letter from Camp Devens criticizes Miss Bi jou Fernandez for not reviewing the 103rd Maine Infantry. The writers invite a comparison to claim the best looking soldiers and joke about a “real movie possibility.”
Manchester July 21 The striking textile workers refuse Labor Commissioner John S. Davies suggestion to form a joint board from mill and striker representatives to decide a settlement basis. UTWA Vice President James Starr criticizes Davis for blaming the strikers. The strikers dispute Straw numbers of 1300 workers reported at work yesterday and under a court ruling pickets will be allowed at mill gates on Monday.
Grand Chancellor Harry R. Lawrence told about 200 deputy grand chancellors and lodge chancellors at Ford Hall that the Knights of Pythias has reached a point to begin active community service. He said membership now entails obligations to neighbors and the city, state, and country.
Market sheet details wholesale ranges for apples beans beef butter cheese corn meal eggs flour fruit and other goods. Entries include Southern apples 1 to 2 per bushel box prices N Y and Mich beans 8.75 to 10 per 100 lbs Cal Lima beans 10 to 10.25 etc. Also notes on oats onions potatoes poultry sugar and various mill feeds with specific per unit or per hundred weights and regional variations.
Walter Hogan aged 42 of Roxbury and Carl Paulson Jr aged 21 of Roxbury were brought to Boston after being arrested in Chicopee for allegedly trying to sell a stolen $9000 automobile for $50. They face Roxbury Court arraignment on larceny charges.
A proposal for a new Charles River bridge from Dartmouth Street foot to midway between MIT and West Boston bridge was discussed at Mayor Quinn’s Cambridge office. W J McDonald Boston real estate man presented the idea with Boston planning officials Miss E M Herlihy and Prof W F Harris in attendance.
McDonald argues a new structure could relieve Harvard bridge traffic between Boston and the north shore and cut costs if Harvard bridge were rebuilt. Mayor Quinn and Prof Harris see most benefits for Boston, warning Cambridge taxpayers would bear unequal burden.
New York July 21 David Ferber wheeled a baby carriage down Fourth Street drawing crowds. Police investigations revealed no baby, but Ferber was selling liquor from a bottle at 50 cents a drink and he was jailed on a prohibition violation with $1000 bail.
Federal officers and Boston police join to probe a Back Bay liquor revel at an apartment where Mrs. Alice Cadeaux Rogers, of 107 Beach Street Malden, says she was poisoned and found dazed in the Fenway. She is in Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and the force expects clues to identify other partygoers. Several Back Bay buildings have been checked as authorities seek others affected by the drink.
In response to the murder of Patrolman Farrington by automobile thieves in Blue Hills Reservation, Milton authorities sworn in 27 men as special policemen. Local American Legion volunteers will provide additional protection and the fire alarm will summon the force in emergencies.
Judge York in Gloucester police court warned North Shore society women that they cannot dictate to police or courts. Rita Stanwood Warner, wife of actor Henry B. Warner, was fined 25 dollars for parking violations and driving without a license after shouting at Patrolman Wilson and threatening to remove his buttons. The judge scolded her for giggling and defiance, calling it a lesson to comply with the law.
Mayor Curley presented ten year old Province street widening plans to the finance commission in reply to their cautionary report. The 50 foot width aimed to create a parallel main artery from Hanover to Boylston, matching his current plan as a practical solution. It was unclear if the finance commission would change its stance.
Twenty balloons released when Max Klan, a 54 year old toy balloon peddler of 612 Milton street, was struck by a passing auto near the Disabled Veterans of the World War event on Kearsarge street Roxbury. The car did not stop. police report the plate to Charles T. Corey of Dorchester. Klansky was taken to City Hospital with injuries to legs and knees, not serious.
Francis Dening Hoyt, noted novelist, died at his Lakewood home today at age 57. He was born in St. Albans Vermont and was a descendant of Joseph Hoyt, a Continental Army officer.
In Manchester Vermont delegates at the national toy manufacturers convention claim American adults are the top toy fans. They note railroad trains that run and whistle and dolls that walk and talk as proof, with adults paying the bills for these popular items.
Harold Bowie of New York says his shops turn out about 5000 fancy dolls daily but he prefers plain rag babies with embroidered features. He notes mothers and beds are his target, while dolls that sleep and cry are still produced for variety. Guests from Cass Toy Co visit to view Athol and Manchester mills where over 15 million playthings a year are produced.
Reports from Fleet Street say Lord Northcliffe remains semi conscious and unable to issue orders while his brother Lord Rothermere and the Walter family assume control of major papers. The Times may pass to new owners if Northcliffe dies, and speculation swirls over the future of the Daily Mail Evening News and Weekly Despatch.
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