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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1921
Page
5
Former President Wilson may appear at Armistice Day ceremonies in Washington joining Arlington cemetery services for an unknown soldier. Friends plan a tribute at his S Street home on the same day while he retires from public life.
Special exercises in Cambridge schools start the day, with a Sanders Theatre meeting and an anniversary ball at the Cambridge armory. Addresses by Mayor Edward W. Quinn, William Roscoe Thayer, and Professor Albert Bushnell Hart precede a flag pageant and motion pictures. A parade tomorrow morning with about 50 floats, starting at Porter Square, will feature Vice President Coolidge who will speak at the Charles River Esplanade after reviewing the parade.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a remedy to keep kidneys clean and active. It advises high water intake and a daily dose of four ounces mixed in water before breakfast to stimulate kidney function and relieve bladder irritation.
Yom Kippur opens at sunset lasting until nightfall tomorrow as 100,000 Hebrews in Greater Boston partake in prayers and rites. Observers fast for 24 hours and avoid work, while giving alms to various charities and honoring the day’s penitential climax with Kol Nidre and Nehila services.
ISCREEN GOSSIP notes three year old Richard Hendrick as a championship swimmer in Los Angeles who has won three medals. He also stars in The Child Thou Gavest Me by First National and appears in The Woman in His House with Mildred Harris and Playthings of Destiny with Anita Stewart. Richard is described with golden curls large dark eyes and a sturdy little physique.
The Famous Players Lasky Company plans a remake of The Dictator starring Wallace Reid in the title role. The play by Richard Harding Davis is noted as a source for John Barrymore in a Paramount picture from earlier years.
Elinor Field makes her first appearance as a serial player in the new chapter play from Selig and Rork with Truman Van Dyke cast as the leading man.
Lon Chaney stars in a Goldwyn production as an ape and a hunchback with Margery Daw opposite. Herbert Rawlinson marks his first stellar Universal release. Mary Hay plans a stage and possibly screen return as leading lady for Richard Barthelmess.
The document notes the creation of two serials titled The Blue Fox and Nanette of the North. It references a writer or producer producing both, including a character or author named Ben Wilson linked to Nanette of the North.
The report notes Dorothy Gish continues acting on camera as the blind sister in Two Orphans directed by Griffith, with Lilian Gish as the other orphan. It adds James Rennie, Dorothy’s husband, is acting on stage in Pot Luck. Buck Jones makes appearances and Sam S. Shubert dies at 70.
The Strand Ballroom at 177 Huntington Avenue presents the Russakoff Trio this evening and again tomorrow and Thursday. Gene Spence Laura Meier and Ida Reily perform a Russian Oriental dance fusion ending with the Russian Jazz. Manager Charles A Winchester promotes the trio along with Walter Johnson and Frank Miller's Strand Jazz for ongoing dancing.
The Dilboy Post Auxiliary plans a pie social at 8 tonight in Isabella Hall K of C Building Somerville to benefit veterans. President Mrs Gertrude Keefe of the VFW Auxiliary promises a first class time for the veterans with pies of every description and size.
Massachusetts hunters face possible delays as State Forester W Bazely warns that dry forests and a surge of fires could force the governor to indefinitely postpone the hunting season. He notes 1700 fires this year and urges heavy rains to avert lasting forest damage.
A 13 year old North End bootblack found $135 in a stocking leg at Prince Street. Louis Gardino shared the tale as the boy’s father later produced $100 at Hanover street station. Police held the boy, who said he found the money in the road, while Gardino plans to keep shining shoes or relocate his cache.
Chicago October 10 United News railroad executives will recommend voluntary freight rate decreases if labor costs are further reduced. Samuel O Dunn official representative of the American Association of Railroad Executives said more than 100 railroad presidents will meet Friday to consider rates and labor. They expect to go on record favoring immediate freight rate reductions by the Interstate Commerce Commission if the railroad labor board promises further deflation of railroad labor.
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