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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
14
New York detectives testified in police court that drugs are being peddled in theatres. Detective Wakewood said he bought a phial for $3 in a cinema and was promised a 15 cent rebate on future admission. An usher, a musician, and a peddler were arrested. a drugs cache was found in the gallery.
The annual bazaar at St. Joseph's Church Orient Heights East Boston opened last Monday night and will run through Saturday night. Parishioners and friends attend in large numbers as artistically decorated tables display useful and fancy articles. The committee is led by Thomas F Keefe with members George Russell Gerald Lambert Joseph F Ryan Daniel Fagan Thomas F Haley and many featured ladies.
Dorchester to dedicate the Square at Mill and Freeport streets in honor of Rodrick McPhee a sergeant from Gloucester regiment killed in France on Aug 22 1917. Parade starts 2 15 pm from Park Street Dorchester Avenue with Veterans groups and local ministers involved.
The Cathedral Church of St Paul on Tremont Street will host the first service of a new Children's Church this Sunday afternoon. Rev. John W. Suter leads a special program of music and a story, separate from the regular worship, to include the children of families who attend the morning service but cannot bring younger children. The project aims to provide a distinct church experience for children, not a Sunday school.
Screen gossip notes Lillian Gish as the Madon na of cinema renowned for ethereal beauty and convincing acting in Broken Blossoms and Way Down East. John Barrymore praises her Anna in Way Down Past, while noting she has starred since age six and began with D. W. Griffith alongside sister Dorothy in The Two Orphans.
Kathleen Norris writes a story directly for the screen titled The Happiest Night of Her Life marking her first studio assignment. Her husband Charles G Norris authors Brass a new novel on married life and one of the day’s topics.
The Fox Company will discontinue all 20th Century Brand films featuring Lefty Flynn Eileen Percy Barbara Bedford Edna Murphy and Johnny Walker. Moving forward Fox will produce major features with principal casts while keeping Tom Mix Buck Jones Shirley Mason William Russell William Farnum and Dustin Farnum as stars.
Agnes Ayres and Jack Holt are named as co stars in William de Mille's upcoming Paramount production. Holt has just completed The Call of the North and Ayres starred in The Lane That Had No Turning.
Leah Baird completes her independent production Dont Doubt Your Husband a domestic misunderstanding tale Emory Johnson plays the leading man opposite her on screen
Readers submit film questions and notes about productions and studios. Answers reference Fox offices in Boston and New York, Cecil B de Mille projects, United Artists releases, and other studios with guidance on where to write for information or submissions.
Judge Frederick P. Cabot urged support for Roxbury Boys' Club as a juvenile delinquency prevention tool. Deputy Commissioner Herbert C. Parsons said courts see juvenile issues tied to community neglect of boy training. The campaign reported a $500 gift from Timothy Smith & Company, with total donations at $6,715.42.
Dartmouth College will accept applications for the fall 1922 term until next April despite already having over 1000 on file. Officials expect fewer than 600 admittees, suggesting a potential move toward a selective freshman process.
Governor Shoup proclaims martial law in Huerfano County effective at midnight due to wage cut protests at Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mines. Sheriff Harry Capps reported inability to cope with the situation.
Lieutenant M. B. Jones of the 8th United States Cavalry from Fort Myer fell from his horse at the last jump in the officers chargers event at the National Horse Show and suffered a broken rib before being taken to a hospital.
A carload of Scotch and rye whiskey labeled as fish from Miami to Kansas City was seized in Jacksonville railroad yards by Sheriff R B Merritt and Federal Prohibition agents.
Marshal Foch, a Jesuit college alumnus, is presented with a gold sword by nearly twenty Jesuit colleges at Georgetown University on the Old North Building porch. He also receives a Doctor of Canon and Civil Laws degree from Georgetown, in a ceremony witnessed by Attorney General Daugherty and Labor Secretary Davis, with Ambassadors from France Chile Spain and Peru in attendance.
Rev Joseph H Rockwell of New York serves as provincial of the New York Maryland Jesuit province. He leads the order's regional governance and spiritual direction.
An article recalls Dr F M Edwards who treated many women for liver and bowel ailments over 17 years using a prescription of common vegetables with olive oil, sold as Edwards Olive Tablets. Advertised as a reliable tonic, 15c and 30c sizes noted.
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