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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1920
Page
8
In a tense night encounter at Barton Manor grounds, George Laxton and Norah Ackroyd discuss her past with schoolmate Laurie Fenton. Laxton reveals family enmities and plans for theWatertown bank building while they tour the estate with Norah’s woolly sheep dog Friday.
George Laxton known as The Black Sheep travels to Barton Manor to face imminent loss of the estate due to debts. He plans to marry his socialite love Arie Fenton while serving an aging wealthy suitor Ryan Hewett, as Laurie Fenton returns for a farewell visit. Norah Ackroyd counsels in the village as family tensions unfold.
A woman weeps as she confronts a moment of madness with kisses then finds herself alone in a room and later riding with George Laxton who avoids her gaze as they travel through a small village seeking distance and quiet.
An advertisement touts Noonan's Hair Petrole a petroleum based product with antiseptic that cleanses the scalp and adds lustre. Barbers offer it for 15 cents, or a bottle is sold by T Noonan & Sons of Boston at $1 directly.
The note announces future daily and Sunday continuations in the Post, indicating ongoing coverage or serial publication with no specified end date. It signals continued reporting across successive days.
Mrs Alice Gordon Drexel Barrett, now in Nice, plans to sail for America with her month old baby. Her husband, whereabouts unknown, was separated from her before the child’s birth. The couple arrived in France a year ago. lawyers deny any action to stop her return.
Bank officials announce a new Union Market National Bank of Watertown with modern improvements to be built within two weeks on the former Noyes estate site. The $1 year project will modernize Watertown square and finish in about a year. The plan includes a kitchenette for employees and a noiseless public hall as work is done in the west wing behind double glass doors.
The Rev J E Bentley pastor of St John s Methodist Church Dedham has been named professor of religious education at Iliff School of Theology linked to the University of Denver Colorado.
Frederick A. Elsey editor of the Wesleyan Argus computes that a Wesleyan student dances about 180 miles yearly, totaling 90,000 miles for the entire college, roughly one third of the distance to the moon.
A light romance by H. Blanche Frederickson in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine follows Tony Waddy and Mollie as they frame their own love story amid Franklin Park scenes in a humorous outdoors setting.
The Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Newbury Street assigns Rev. Harold Irvine Fair as assistant minister. A World War I veteran, he commanded a Yankee Division company and earned the D.S.C. He was wounded at Toul, Chateau-Thierry, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and will begin duties October 1.
The Rev. Doremus Scudder secretary of the Boston Federation of Churches underwent an operation recently. He hopes to be discharged in a few days and plans to return to his work as soon as possible.
Concord July 25 The fourth annual Sheehan Family Association reunion will be held at president Daniel W. Sheehan's home in Harvard next Sunday. Members from many parts of the country are expected.
Mrs. Charlotte Fairbanks Smith, mother of Mary Pickford, legally adopts Mary Charlotte Rupp aged five, child of Lottie Pickford Rupp and Albert G. Rupp of New York. The adoption aims to brighten her home in West Moreland place after Mary left.
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