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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1922
Page
10
Hartford Conn April 3 Irank C Haselton 69 died today after an operation He was a general adjuster for three fire insurance companies with home offices in Hartford A native of Janesville Wisconsin he had long served as a general representative of insurers in Chicago until 1917
Boston church leaders join the clean-up drive urging ministers to preach cleanliness and order. Dandelion and flower bed day mobilizes schoolchildren to weed lawns, with homeowners offered 10 to 26 cents per hundred weeds, to curb pests and improve streets.
Mrs. Katherine Mary Ford, 80, longtime South Boston candy shop proprietor, died at her son William M. Ford’s Roxbury home after a week of declining strength. Survived by three sons William I. Ford James L. Ford David J. Ford and daughter Caroline Ford plus sister Anne M. Griggs. Funeral arrangements pending.
Samuel Hayward 78, noted Boston furniture maker, died yesterday at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. A pioneer of Boston art furniture he reproduced Chippendale Sheraton and Adam Brothers designs. He lived at 797 Broadway South Boston for 40 years.
Belle Bennett gains fame in both film and theater. She heads principal roles in Your Best Friend a Warner Bros. special produced film debuting at Tremont Temple. She appears nightly in The Demi Virgin on the New York stage and starred with Tyrone Power in The Wandering Jew at Hollis Street Theatre.
The latest arrival in Hollywood is a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gallery, noted film performers. Mrs. Gallery is identified as Zasu Pitts in real life, with screen credits including For the Defence with Ethel Clayton, while Mr. Gallery acted in The Wall Flower with Colleen Moore.
The Moving Picture World reports that U.S. admission receipts for 1921 totaled 526,330,988 dollars. The figures cover theatre admissions in the United States only.
Edgar Jones presents Lonesome Corners filmed in Maine near the Canadian border. Stars include Edna May Sperl and Mr. Jones in leading roles.
The Cecil DeMilles have adopted an 11 year old girl, a Belgian war orphan. They already have daughter Cecile, 16, and adopted son John, eight.
Corinne Griffith appears in Linda with support from Er nest Hilliard Vincent Colement Holmes FE. Herbert Diana Allen and Mona Lisa. Mabel Ballin leads Married People with Per cy Marmont as the leading man. Dawr is chosen to play opposite Owen Moore in Selznick comedy, as yet untitled.
Lloyd Hughes chosen as leading man for Mary Pickford in Téss of the Storm Country now filming at Pickford Fairbanks studios in Hollywood.
The Halperin Productions, Inc. launches as a new film company led by stage producer Walter Hast. Carmel, Myers and Charles Clary have been engaged for the first production, Goblin Point, in Carmel.
J G reports Neal Wart still acting on camera in a Western Kingfisher's Roost. Mary Pickford wed at 16 to Owen Moore, divorced in 1920, then married Douglas Fairbanks in March 1920. Eddie Polo goes solo from Universal, new Cap'n Kidd serial in Hollywood. Lila Lee and Gertrude Short in Rent Free with Wallace Reid. Mae Murray in Fascination in Broadway Rose, Tiffany Studios NYC. Georges Carpentier in The Wonder Man, contracted to English company. Questions to Prunella Hall, The Boston Post.
Thirteen men at a Fifth Avenue mansion are tied to the murder of van Cortland by a poison ring. Captain Stuart and detective Winter pursue leads among the Ace Club members as theories swirl from hidden confessions to dramatic motives.
The note indicates serial continuation in the Boston Post starting tomorrow and continuing each day until completion. Copyright details reference 1922 by J Clode and the Boston Post.
The Civil Service Commission approved three of Mayor Curley's Boston city appointments and rejected five. Approved: Patrick H. Graham superintendent of matters, Thomas E. Goggin on the board of election commissioners, Frank J. Severoni overseer of the public welfare. Rejected: Thomas J. Ball budget commissioner Maurice H. Maney building commissioner Thomas C. Delaney schoolhouse commissioner Joseph J. Crotty board of appeal Henry P. Leonard board of examiners in the building department.
Agide Jacchia and his orchestra perform at Symphony Hall tonight with a program including Coronation March from The Prophet, Overture to Mignon, Waltz 1001 Nights, Fantasia The Juggler of Notre Dame, Finale from Tschaikowsky Fourth Symphony, Gypsy Dance from Carmen, Wagner overture, La Barcarole, and Hungarian Dances No 6 in G minor.
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