Massachusetts to test causes of crime with $75,000 program
Massachusetts plans a wide trial starting September 1 to study prisoners and predisposing factors behind crime. A team including psychiatrists and physicians will examine inmates exhaustively across state prisons with clinics planned in Worcester Springfield Essex Cape Cod and Boston.
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Massachusetts
Boston Dispatches
George M. Kline
State Department of Mental Diseases
Massachusetts Civic League
Sherborn Reformatory
Inorcester
Springfield
Essex County
Cape
Boston
Kline
W. T. Hanson
Bridgewater State Farm
Bridgewater
Hanson
Grimsby Widows Face Odd Remarriage Dilemma
Three Grimsby women Mrs Thomas Avery Mrs James Terry and Mia Joseph White believed their husbands had perished when their ship Scapacates was listed as lost. Upon the husbands’ return alive, the widows had remarried. The new husbands relinquished their claims and the matter ended amicably.
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Grimsby
Eng
Thomas Avery
James Terry
Mia
Joseph White
Scapacates
Hurry Costs Leg In New York Collision
James Manley, in a rush, was crushed between two rear bumpers in New York. His leg was amputated as a result of the injury sustained in the collision.
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New York
James Manley
English archaeologist Stewart Clarke drowns at Salamis
While conducting research on Salamis Island, English archaeologist Stewart Clarke drowned in an accidental death during fieldwork. Local authorities retrieved the body and began a routine inquiry into the mishap.
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Athens
Island of
Salamis
Stewart Clarke
Prison dog Wiggles linked to Aggie Myers fate in Missouri
A Kansas City dispatch notes dog Wiggles may be released with Aggie Myers. Myers, a 42 year old inmate at Missouri’s Jefferson City prison, has spent about twenty years confined, including seventeen in the penitentiary for murdering her husband. Wiggles has lived with her since infancy, a symbol of their entwined fates.
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Aggie Myers
Kansas City
Wiggies
Aggie
Wiggles
Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Penenness
United State
Ang
Clay County
Hyde
Myers
Buyers profit in buying goods well advertised
R A Stranahan argues advertising boosts volume and lowers costs for consumers. He cites Champion Spark Plug Co as example, showing higher quality at lower prices due to large production, research, and widespread promotion. He claims advertising benefits manufacturers retailers and buyers alike.
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R. A. Stranahan
Champion Spark Plug Company
Champion
Trucks Solve Hard Construction Problem In Hollywoodland
Five Graham Brothers cement trucks with 1.5 cubic yard bodies, equipped for pneumatic tires, carried cement from a central plant to paving forms in Hollywoodland. S. H. Woodruff and George Colley praised the fleet for solving the transport challenge over foothill terrain, reducing time and costs of installation. The article also notes a separate line about weight measurements from weighing 11,000 brains, averaging 1361 grains for men and 1290 for women.
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Graham Brothers
S. H. Woodruff
Tracy Shoults Co
Hollywoodland
Hollywood Hills
George Colley
Western Construction Company
Woodruff
Albertson Motor Company
Libel suit crops up with every print of leg word
An Illinois paper faces repeated libel suits each time the word leg appears in print. A spinster sued after a story about her leg injury, acting as her own counsel. An editor notes multiple lawsuits over the years, including six against others, with damages totaling hundreds of thousands, though trials are unlikely.
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Illinois
Neahey
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Atlantic Y
Annie Myers
France
Watts, Ritter & Company
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginian Hotel
Grandpa
P. J. Ashworth and
S. B. Turner
A. J. Rock and
Jack Gravier
Miss Stella
Bland Street
Bluefield
Preston Street
Samuel Cozad
Princeton Avenue
Lilly Clothing Go
Bluefield Furniture Company
Army O. D
Army & Navy Salvage
Bluefield, W. Va
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