12 Oct 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
1
Public viewing of Geraldine Farrar's belongings opens at Fifth Avenue rooms ahead of auctions Friday and Saturday. Items include 876 costumes jewels and furniture. The article notes plans for Farrar to become a speaking actress and that memories from opera are among the artifacts.
A renowned American diva filled her chambers with physical mementos from a storied career, showcasing decades of fame and achievement. The collection highlights landmark performances, awards, and personal keepsakes.
John McCormack, tenor, arrived aboard the Olympic in New York with his health restored after a serious spring illness. He says his weight is down from 246 to 217 pounds and he will give about 18 concerts before Christmas. He plans to return with Mrs. McCormack to England for holidays with their children and will stage two charity concerts under Archbishop Hayes and Archbishop Curley as a thanksgiving offering.
Burlington Iowa October 11 The oldest strike in the nation ends with the burial of Albert M Parmeter who began striking in 1888 as a pilot on the Chicago Burlington amp Quincy locomotive and never backed down He drew strike pay until his death Funeral attendance includes 400 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members and a delegation of striking shopmen.
Mary Cushman is 26 days old and weighs one and a quarter pounds. Dr. M W O Gorman notes she is well formed and healthy and in the Mother's Institute Jersey City. Parents Margaret and Joseph Cushman live at 179 Eighteenth Street. Doctors expect her to reach normal size.
Dr Samuel Wesley Stratton, director of the Bureau of Standards in the Department of Commerce, Washington, is named the new president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The election was announced after a Technology Corporation meeting yesterday afternoon.
The two story Egg Rock light keeper’s house, bought by John P. Cavanagh of Milton for moving to the Quincy shore, slipped from its place 60 feet down the rock and into the ocean yesterday. No one was injured though the structure was wrecked.
A shareholders bill in equity filed in the superior court seeks the receivership of the Inter-City Trust on grounds of stock sales deception and conspired market practices. Plaintiffs Sydney G. and Ira D. Lar amy, Allee A. Lar amy, and Edwin E. Lar amy of Brookline are listed as complainants, represented by Wayland F. Dorothy of 6 Beacon Street.
The skeleton of Mrs. Jennie Brennan Duffy, formerly of 67 Batavia Street Back Bay, missing since May 29, was found in Brookline woods by Italian mushroom picker Leonardo Anzardino. Authorities consider natural death from starvation or possible self poisoning as likely causes. no notes were found on her clothing or in a nearby meshbag.
The forecast suggests a fairly good day with fair and cool tonight. It may be unsettled at times and a bit windy in the vicinity.
Gloucester celebrates the prospect of racing to pick a challenger for the Fish Cup opening today while mourning mariners lost when the Marshal Foch was sunk off Cape Sable.
Four schooners race for the International Fisherman's trophy fate with Henry Ford as the favorite. In Gloucester anticipation runs high as crews prepare for the 10 o'clock start while a northwest breeze promises ideal conditions for tomorrow's elimination races.
Five crew members remain missing from the Gloucester fishing schooner Marshal Foch after it ran aground off Sable Island. Captain James J. Whittie commanded the 21 man crew. sixteen were accounted for following a wireless report from Halifax dated October 11.
Bernice Waldron known also as Hernice Livingstone, 22, was released from City Hospital after drug overdose and two hours later found in a stupor on a Roxbury lawn at 489 Walnut Avenue. She gave several false addresses and refused inquiries, saying she is “Miss Nobody of Nowhere.”
Officials in the Hall Mills murder mystery moved in secrecy as they avoided discussion and dodged questions, with activity centered around doors and corridors in New Brunswick. The Associated Press notes officials refused to talk when pressed.
William Cohen, 40, of 306 Belmont Avenue Newark, leaped before a southbound Lexington avenue Line express at 8th Street station and was run over by four cars. Motorman H A Weist and Policeman Mc Laughlin pulled him free. Cohen survived and later refused hospital treatment.
London reports the British government will not allow searches and seizures of British vessels outside the three mile limit to curb rum running. The note to Ambassador Geddes cites international law and risk of setting precedents, while signaling willingness to assist American prohibition efforts.
Professor Ralph Harlow of the International College at Smyrna told the Boston Boot and Shoe Club at a Copley Plaza dinner that American intervention between Greeks and Turks is the only solution to past and present massacres in Smyrna.
Four ships including The Henry Ford of Gloucester L A Dunton of Boston Yankee of Boston and Elizabeth Howard of New York lay moored along Gloucester wharfs as a freshening breeze sent brine from their weathered hulls The Elizabeth Howard had been launched only this afternoon after drydock sprucing and departed downstream amid the scene
Washington October 11 The government’s new war bond issue has been oversubscribed. Rotary Mellon announced the total subscriptions and aggregate near five hundred million dollars, with subscriptions close to six dollars on the offering.
Forecast for Boston shows a cooler trend by Thursday night with fair skies. In the northeast and New York area the weather is expected to remain fair and cooler, with possible showers Thursday for states north of Virginia and along the Massaippi River region, winds turning from southwest to west and east.
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