Night Ferry Hearing For All Night Rowes Wharf Service
Residents served by the Narrow Gauge railroad will speak to the department of public utilities on Tuesday November 21 requesting all night operation of the ferry from Rowe s Wharf to East Boston. They seek to restore service after 12 35 a m which was ended about a year ago and would spare night workers in Winthrop Revere and Lynn a 10 cent tunnel fare to Orient Heights to catch the connection. The utility department session will allow protests against the late hour service.
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Department of Public Utilities
Rowe's Wharf
East Boston
Winthrop
Revere
Lynn
Orient Heights
Public Utilities Department
Fire in used car shop causes smoke death risk
A fire damaged a second hand automobile store at 8 Columbus avenue causing $6000 in losses yesterday afternoon. Worker Claude Hoss was overcome by smoke while escaping, while the blaze was traced to a short circuit in an automobile.
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Park Sq
Columbus Avenue
Williams
Kelleher
Claude Hoss
Bates Nominated by Acclamation for Portland Mayor
Samuel L. Bates nominated by acclamation for mayor at the Democratic convention in City Hall Portland Maine. Bates has served as county attorney and judge of the Municipal Court.
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Portland
Samuel L. Bates
Building Up the Blood with Pink Pills Promotes Winter Health
Advertisement urges boosting blood to resist fall colds and winter illness. It cites Mrs. Josephine Sousa of Somerville Massachusetts, who recovered from a severe sequence of cold influenza pneumonia and pleurisy after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Readers are urged to obtain a sixty cent box and request a free booklet.
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Josephine Sousa
Concord Avenue
Somerville
Mass
Dr. Williams
Screen Star George Larkin Wows Fans With Daring Stunts
George Larkin known as a top stunt actor favors real feats over doubles. He performs dangerous moves on screen, including daring train jumps and rescues. A Kalem Company alumnus, his latest film The Firebrand was shot in Oregon with wife Ollie Kirby co starring.
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George Larkin
George
Mr. Larkin
Kalem Company
Treyo Hearts
Follies Beauties Lead in The Enemies of Women Film
A group of Broadway beauties from Cosmopolitan Pictures appear in The Enemies of Women directed by Alan Crosland. Featuring Edna Wheaton Helen Lee Worthing Vivian Vernon Polly Nally Marie Shelton Nellie Savage with Lionel Barrymore Alma Rubens and supporting cast including Pedro de Cordoba William Collier Jr W H Thompson Gareth Hughes and Gladys Hulette.
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Broadway
Cosmopolitan
Vincent Blasco Ibanez
Alan Crosland
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Edna Wheaton
Helen Lee Worthing
Vivian Vernon
Polly Nally
Marie Shelton
Nellie Savage
Lionel Barrymore
Alma Rubens
Pedro de Cordoba
Willam
Buster) Collier, Jr
W. H. Thompson
Gareth Hughes
Gladys Hulette
Screen Close Ups In Vaudeville Versus Freckles
Wesley Barry of vaudeville fame reportedly sought to remove facial freckles after a blonde in his troupe scorned them. No outcome announced yet. Frank Kreenan Pat O Malley join Warner Bros Brass adaptation with Monte Blue Marie Prevost in supporting roles Wanda Hawley set opposite William Farnum in Brass Commandments for William Fox.
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Wesley Barry
Wesley
Frank Kreenan
Pat O'Malley
Harry Rapf
Brass
Charles G. Norris
Warner Brothers
West Coast
Monte Blue
Marie Prevost
Wanda Hawley
Paramount Pictures
William Farnum
William Fox
From Stage to Screen Carl Gantvoort Talks Acting Range
Carl Gantvoort, ex internationally famed light opera star, now in The Gray Dawn at Modern and Beacon theatres, says film acting requires a camera angle and smaller expressive range. He notes his stage singing lacked a fixed space, unlike screen work. He previously appeared at Tremont Theatre Boston in musical comedy with Mitzi Hajos.
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Carl Gantvoort
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Mr. Gantvoort
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Mitzi Hajos
Salome to be released by United Artists
Madame Alla Nazimova's latest picture Salome, a celluloid version of Oscar Wilde's story, will be released by United Artists. The production is described as unusual and distinctive by those who have seen previews.
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Madame Alla Nazimova
Salome
Oscar Wilde
United Artists
Betty Compson to Return From Honolulu Film Shoot
After six weeks in Honolulu for The White Flower Betty Compson and her company will go back to the Hollywood studio the last of this month. Hawaii locations including Waikiki Beach Kilauea and the Pali cliffs provide backgrounds for the story.
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Honolulu
Betty Compson
Hollywood
Waikiki
Kilauea
The
Pali
Theater World Details Behind The Leopardess Ball In Miami
Mrs. Julia Crawford Ivers wrote and directs the production while Alice Brady films in Miami for The Leopardess. Brady was guest of honor at a Navy Day ball hosted by the U S S Converse officers and city officials with Henry Kolker and other cast members in attendance.
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Julia Crawford Ivers
Alice Brady
Miami
Fla
the Leopardess
U.S.S. Converse
Henry Kolker
Fan Questions on Early 20th Century Film Casts
A reader lists film and stage connections citing Lottie Pickford Irving Cummings in The Diamond From the Sky and others. Mentions Eileen Perry Buck Jones Rockcliffe Fellowes Lucille Watson Corinne Griffith and Barbara Edésford with Irvin Willat Harland Tucker Madge Fulton Lester Cuneo Dorcas Matthews Robert McKim Truman Van Dyke and Prunella Hall as the question contact.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Lottie Pickford
Irving Cummings
Jack
Maine
Eileen Perry
Charles (Buck) Jones
Rockcliffe
Fellowes
Lucille Wats¢on
Corinne Griffith
Nashua
N. N
Truman van Dyke
D. Cc. T
Robert McKim
Gray Dawn
Dorcas Matthews
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Boston Elevated Employees Win Prizes for Safety Ideas
Twenty three Boston Elevated Railway Co workers each received a ten dollar gold piece for safety suggestions submitted in response to General Manager Edward Dana’s August bulletin. The 20 page pamphlet printing a mix of verse and prose includes Ten Commandments for Railroad Men and a large print warning Any accident may be fatal.
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Boston Elevated Railway Co
Edward Dana
Carless
Newsboys Swindled By Young Candy Booth Offer
Ten Boston newsboys were cheated out of amounts from 5 cents to $4 by a 19 year old man named George B. Lavigne of Roxbury. Lavigne was arrested near Tremont and Boylston streets and held on suspicion after being identified by a victim. The scam involved promising a candy booth job at South Station with “all the candy you want.”
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Boston
Lagrange Street
George B. Lavigne
Harold Street
Roxbury
Lavigne
Tremont Street
Boylston Street
Rays
Hartigan
South Station
Recount Sought For Sue Bill Referendum Vote
The Boston Allied Printing Trades urge a recount of the Voluntary Association Act referendum from the last state election. Secretary of State Frederick W. Cook is asked to preserve ballots as the Legislature considers the petition filed by the Printing Trades Publicity Committee.
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Voluntary Association
Boston Allied Printing Trades
Frederick W. Cook
Massachusetts
Secretary of
Daniel J. McDonald
The
Printing Trades Publicity Committee
Knights of the Tiger Eye Fail To Gather at Association Hall
The Knights of the Tiger Eye, foe of the Ku Klux Klan in New Apsians, planned a meeting at Association Hall 995 Washington Street but were absent. A lone janitor kept the hall orderly as the event failed to convene.
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Knights of the Tiger Eye
Ku Klux Klan
New Apsians
Association Hall
Washington Street
Chosen Princess Among 900 Girls at B U School
Milas Stark leads Boston University College of Secretarial Science in student government and scholarship honors after a bazaar vote selecting the brightest, best-looking and nicest girl among 900. She tops the honor list and is a highly active university member.
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Boston University College of Secretarial Science
Milas Stark
Mrs Culhane Dies Prominent Boston Charity Figure
Mrs Margaret Culhane widow of Garrett T J Culhane died suddenly at 10 Wallingford Road Brighton. Requiem mass at St Columba Brighton followed by burial in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden. Survived by Albert F Culhane Margaret Culhane and Gerald J Culhane and sisters Miss Ellen Leary Miss Elizabeth Leary.
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Margaret Culhane
Garrett T. J. Culhane
Wallingford Road
Brighton
St. Columbkine’s Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Twentieth Century Auction and Bridge Club
Europe
West Rutland Square
Boston
Culhane
Michael J. Leary
Albert F. Cul
Plans Complete for Army and Navy Club Ball in Boston
Prominent Boston women prepare for the Army and Navy Club ball to be held Friday evening December 15 at the East Newton street armory. Ball and patroness committees are led by Mrs. George R. Fearing and Mrs. Edwin S. Webster with many city leaders among the organizers. Proceeds support the Army and Navy Club work for soldiers sailors and veterans and the club hospital committee services. An agricultural note adds that one alfalfa acre yields as much protein as three clover acres and more than timothy or brome grass.
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Boston
Army and Navy Club
East Newton Street
Park Square
George R. Fearing
Edwin S. Webster
Harry L. Bagley
Frank W. Bolles
Ernest C. Bomar
Russell Cod
Purcell Seeks Council Nomination With Signatures
James T. Purcell, treasurer of Curley’s campaign, aims to file by noon with 2000 signatures for the city council election. Other candidates include Jol Higgins of the West End with over 10,000 signatures and Annie Malloy, president of the Boat Telephone Operators' Union, among those meeting the requirement.
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James T. Purcell
Curley
Jol Higgins
West End
Annie Malloy
Boat Telephone Operators’ Union
William Graves Sharp Dead Former Ambassador to France
William Graves Sharp died at his Elyria home at age 63 after a brief illness. The former ambassador to France served in Paris during World War I and resigned about a year after the armistice. He spent several months abroad last summer seeking to improve his health.
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Elyria, O
William Graves Sharp
France
Sharp
Europe
Paris
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Arthur T. Marix
Irving F. Marshall
William M. Mayo
I. H. Mayfield
H. B. Nichols
Walter H. Pratt
John Jacob Rogers
A. J. Rowan
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Richmond G. Stoehr
Fred W
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ASCH
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