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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
9
A worker died yesterday while riding atop a box freight car as it pulled into Welles. The incident occurred at the rail yard during switching operations and prompted a safety investigation by local authorities.
Crawford Kent began as a pianist in England then joined vaudeville in America. He toured American musical comedies including Adele and The Pink Lady and soon moved to films with Doris Kenyon in The Inn of the Blue Moon and Justine Johnstone in Playthings of Broadway. He current plays in New York in Other Lives and is described as a striking all rounder with dark hair and blue eyes. He is set to act with Tom Meighan as Mildred Harris exits the cast.
Advertisement from chemist Mr. D. J. Lane of 532 Lane Building St Marys Kansas offers a simple home remedy for asthma and hay fever. He will send a $1.25 bottle postpaid to testers who report its effect within ten days, no money needed.
The report states Miss Lulu Bett will headline a forthcoming Paramount production with Louis Wilson in the title role as compensation. It also notes Miss Harris is set for the leading woman part in a Meighan film, signaling shifts in top casting.
Wanda Manley prepares Cry Baby for Realart. Charles Ray wraps Gas Oil and Water and starts The Deuce of Spades. William Fox releases The Desert Shall Bloom. Huntley Gordon and Mary Astor lead My Lady o Pines in Holman Day tale shot in Maine woods.
A collage of reader snippets names moving in silent era film circles. Mentions include Mary Pickford rumors denied, Katherine MacDonald height, Enid Bennett, Florence Reed, Theda Bara, Jane Novak, Tom Mix, Bertie-Marie Doro, Alice Joyce, and Jack Pickford. Addresses directing inquiries to PRUNELLA HALL at The Boston Post.
Morris Hoffman of 501 Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury proprietor of Economy Stocking Company 706 Dudley Street Roxbury pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Roxbury District Court before Judge Hayden. He is held on $2000 bond with a near date of Sept. 15. Damages from the fire total $1500.
Ralph E. Nickerson a commission broker of 30 Powell Street Brookline filed yesterday in the U S District Court a bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 53649 93 and assets of 8 37 Liabilities include 2155 72 owed to the national government as income tax and 74 74 for state income tax.
Frederic N. Withey, vice president of the National Surety Company of New York, addressed a gathering of Boston business and professional men, including Boston Rotary Club members, at the Boston City Club luncheon. He outlined the differences between an honest person and a potentially dishonest one.
Toastmaster Ernest I Lovejoy introduces Mr. Withey who analyzes how business habits and personal history affect bond risk. He says married men are safer than bachelors, oil workers and theater staff pose higher risk, and agreeable people may be treacherous, with 1 percent of 7 million bonds going bad.
A speaker argues that bezzlement is committed by men who have not matured, noting some fail to mature even at 60. He cites this as the root of many difficulties and attributes them to individuals in his company.
The British warship Dauntless steamed from Plymouth harbor bearing the bodies of Commander Louis H. Maxfield and 14 other American officers and men lost in the ZR-2 disaster. Eleven more bodies will be buried at sea or in London as per wishes, with John V T Hancock to be buried in London.
Boston notices that the federal rule requiring passengers to show an income tax receipt or exemption certificate remains in force until Washington issues a change. The old sailing permit rule will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Department. Today the White Star steamer Cretic bound for the Azores Gibraltar and Mediterranean ports will require these documents.
Dr M Victor Safford, an expert on contagious diseases, was appointed deputy health commissioner to head the medical division. He has served since the discharge of Dr David D Brough last March 17 and will earn 4300 dollars yearly.
Seven tenants from a Back Bay apartment sued over higher rents and an identical unit offered for 50 dollars less. The landlord admitted charging 95 dollars where vacancies existed for five suites and agreed to reduce rents for five tenants after committee hearings.
Captain George H. Brannen of the steamer Betty Alden, Boston to Nantasket Beach, testifies Tanlac restored his appetite, stomach comfort, sleep, and nerves after feeling run down. He reports meals now three hearty rounds, sleeping eight to ten hours, and urges others to try the remedy distributed by International Proprietaries, Inc. in Boston.
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