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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
6
The article argues that cigar quality hinges on apprenticeship and skilled craft. It explains a three year training requirement for union membership and asserts union made cigars guarantee superior workmanship and popular brands with the union label.
In North Cambridge and Dorchester areas on July 29 to July 31 multiple obituaries announce funeral arrangements. Names include James W Barry Byron G Bishop Delia A Carberry John F Davis Catherine T Donovan Catherine T Donovan Charles H Kelly Mary A Goodman Patrick J Tobin Michael J Tobin Viola Orpen and others with service details at St Patrick's St Matthew's St Peter's and local churches. Auto cortege and high masses noted.
Percy D. Haughton resigned as president of the Boston Braves after three years. His departure stems from military duties during the war. He has been commissioned major in the chemical corps of the Sanitary Division and will report to Washington for active service. No successor named yet. directors plan a future meeting to elect a new head.
Harry Carey headlines The Scar Let Drop as a Western highwayman who robs a stagecoach and wooes a young lady before exacting vengeance on his insulted honor. An all star vaudeville bill features Nippon Duo Allen Clifford and Barry in a comedy sketch and Bert Levy the cartoonist. War pictures from the Bureau of Information and Pathe Weekly are shown.
The past days have brought favorable weather to Paragon Park, drawing thousands seeking relief from the heat. Visitors find ample entertainment to forget the climate and enjoy a respite at the amusement venue.
The Copley Theatre closed last night for a final rehearsal of Brewster's Millions. The Henry Jewett Players stage the full production for patrons this evening.
Boston scores three unearned runs in the fifth after Sothoron allows seven hits as Ruth collects four hits, including three in the sixth, to propel the Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over St. Louis. Demmitt error aids the win.
An editorial notes wartime dimming of sports but predicts a postwar revival led by returning soldiers. It envisions Americans and allies supplying top athletes across baseball boxing rowing and more, displacing war era slackers, and commentary on Jess Willard and Dempsey after the war. It also highlights Elaine Rosenthal’s golf score and her standing.
Wilbur Good lined a timely single after Schalk doubled to end a 0 0 tie in the 18th inning, giving Chicago a 1 0 victory over Walter Johnson. Harper worked 11 innings for Washington before giving way to Johnson, who allowed two hits. Benz faced danger but strong defense behind him saved runs as Chicago survived the extra innings.
Coffey delivered a single and Dauss and Bush each hit triples in the fourth as Detroit defeated New York 3 to 2. New York plated both runs in two innings with early hits while Detroit tallied its trio on the fourth. Bush 88, Jones Sb Vench, K'nagh and Harper featured in Detroit's lineup, with Mogridge taking the win for Detroit and Davis charged with the loss for New York.
The Shubert Theatre opened its season with William A. Brady's photoplay Stolen Orders a Cecil Raleigh Henry Hamilton thriller set in America amid American and Teuton forces. A domestic adaptation of Sealed Orders the film spans many years and features layered plot twists.
A bankrupt gambler John Le Page defies ruin to save his dying daughter Ruth. After thwarting a burglary and becoming entangled with German espionage on the eve of war, he battles through danger to recover stolen orders. The English melodrama stars Montagu Love Madge Evans June Elvidge Carlyle Blackwell Kitty Gordon and Walter Green. The program also features Tired with Marie Dressler and runs two performances daily, followed by Maytime.
Medford entertainment shifts to high class vaudeville with each act chosen by Manager R. L. Gorman. Musical comedy will resume next week.
The first half of the week features Douglas Fairbanks in Say, Young Fellow and Gloria Swanson in Every Woman's Husband. The latter part presents William S. Hart in Shark Monroe and Alice Joyce in To the Highest Bidder.
Franklin Park Theatre presents Irene Castle in The Hillcrest Mystery and Robert Warwick in The Mad Lover during the first half of the week. Viola Dana returns in Opportunity with select vaudeville shows slated for Thursday through Saturday.
Harrison and Burr won top honors in Over the Phone at Codman Square Theatre. The bill features Chief Bull Bear and company in an Indian novelty act Leipzig a coin and ecard manipulator and the Powells with colored sand art. On screen news pictures a comedy and Douglas Fairbanks in American Aristocracy. The bill changes Thursday with William Farnum in The Plunderer.
The Majestic Theatre presents D. W. Griffiths mammoth romantic war play Hearts of the World now in its second week. Last night the house was again well filled as public interest remains unabated.
Keiths Theatre features The Jazz Band Follies headliner with Flure Pearl Frank and Carmencita Fernandez. The Mastersingers present a new song repertoire while Harry Holman company in Adam Killjoy Ed Morton Tem pleton Gessner and Holt sing and dance. Jean Duval performs a posing act Vokes and Don showcase a dog and master act. Diamond and Brennan perform a 1918 songology Gilbert and Friedland sing new compositions and a Bureau of Information war picture showcases.
Tremont Theatre Boston presents two distinct takes on Head Over Heels with improvements to a musical comedy classic. Mitzi returns from vacation with a revived piece featuring new songs sung by herself and a lineup of excellent new players alongside established Boston stage stars and a fresh ensemble of vocal performers.
The Loew's Orpheum Theatre presented Les Miserables starring William Farnum as Jean Valjean. Also showing newsreels and a comedy. Vaudeville featured Bob O'Connor and company with Nothin Doin plus Allen and Francis Kranz and La Salle Randon Trio and the Two Lillies. The final half offers Hal Crane in The Message and Senator F Murphy monologist with Charles Ray in A One O Clock Town on screen.
At Loew's Globe Theatre this week William Farnum stars in The Soldiers Oath Dorothy Dalton appears in The Kaiser's Shadow a drama of love intrigue and danger Charlie Chaplin performs The Count in the comedy segment The three features run for the remainder of the week.
Mary Pickford appears in How Could You Jean and Pauline Frederick stars in Her Final Reckoning. Thursday features George M. Cohan in Hit the Trail Holliday alongside Cleopatra with Theda Bara in the title role.
Exeter Street Theatre features Enid Bennett in The Vamp Wallace Reid in Shark Monroe Constance Talmadge in Good Night Paul and a lineup of Strand and Christie comedies for the week.
Last night marked week 16 of Ambassador Gerard theater run at Tremont Temple. Audience enthusiasm soared over interpolated pictures of United States troops, with cheers echoing through the theatre.
The Beacon Theatre presents Elsie Ferguson in The Danger Mark and Mabel Normand in Back to the Woods for the full week. Each show promises strong entertainment value with contrasting styles.
Modern Theatre showcases two entertaining photoplays this week. The Danger Mark stars Elsie Ferguson, offering dramatic tension, while Back to the Woods features Mabel Normand in a lively comedy palette.
Patrons enjoyed a comfortable evening at Bowdoin Square Theatre with a program of photoplays and vaudeville. William S Hart stars in Shark Monroe, Sessue Hayakawa appears in The Bravest Way, and The Animated Weekly plus The Fight for Millions keep audience engaged. The Milk Fed Vamp, Ford and Albert, Seymour and Young, Marceline, Barbour and Lynn, Dayson and Carlton perform, with Theda Bara slated to appear next week in Cleopatra.
Peggy Hyland stars as Shirley Reynolds in Other Men's Daughters at Gordon's Olympia. A convent daughter learns of her mother's divorce due to her father's acts, triggering a stirring sequence of events. An all star vaudeville bill accompanies several good pictures and Olympia News Weekly.
The Wilbur Theatre stages the closing week of Rock and White with assistance from Jack Gardner and the Jazz Band, urging patrons to seize the limited remaining performances.
The Park Theatre presents The Demon featuring Edith Storey in a striking new portrayal signaling her departure from Western drama. Also shown is Billie Burke's Love Watches with Corinne Griffith, plus A Fight for Millions episode starring William Duncan. Pathe Weekly war news and Sun Shine comedy close the photoplay bill with Clemence Sunard solo and an electrical overture by the Park Symphony Orchestra.
The Scollay Square Olympia hosts No Man's Land this week, a photoplay featuring German spies and patriotic American youths in an original, energetic wartime story. The vaudeville program adds excitement with interludes of light entertainment. The Olympia News Weekly praises this issue as especially engaging.
Norumbega Park hosts a remarkable stage piece The Call of the Heart featuring Liberty players led by Joan Quest in a story of love. The cast delivers strong performances with a surprising plot and a happy ending for an evening of engaging drama.
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