Say Girl Last Seen On Barge In Fairhaven
After an all day search, investigators doubt the missing Fairhaven girl Irene Silvia was last seen on a barge in early July as they widen checks in North and South Fairhaven. Police plan river dredging for a body and ruled out a connected barge linked to earlier New Bedford revelry.
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Fairhaven
New Bedford
Irene Silvia
North End
South End
Silvia
Weld Square
Oxford
North Fairhaven
Clarke Street
Onset
New England
New York
Harding Opens His Porch Campaign
Senator Harding greets neighbors in the middle West praising neighborliness and social ties. He cautions against class consciousness while stressing collaboration of agriculture and industry and recalls prewar wheat prices to underline farm policy.
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Senator Harding
Middle West
Richland
Morrow
Senate
Ohio
Storm Warning Foils Barge Return at Fair Haven
Local shipping records indicate two barges sailing from this port on July 6 are anchored in the Deep Hole tonight as gale force southwest winds howl along the waterfront. Additional guards have been posted on the Fair Haven shore in case more wreckage washes ashore in boxes or bare.
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Acushnet River
Weather Bureau
Fairhaven
Sparks Held In $200 Bail In New Hampshire Case
Fred Oliver Sparks living with Mrs. Charles Coxon of Proctorville Vermont under assumed names was jailed in Keene awaiting October Superior Court trial. He pleaded not guilty in Municipal Court and posted no bail as he awaits trial. Mrs. Coxon died by suicide on July 26. Sparks arranged the funeral and aided burial before Coxon intervened.
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Keene, N. H
Fred Oliver Sparks
Charles Coxon
Proctoraville
John W. Vance
Cox
Three Horses Die in Maine Barn Fire
A severe thunderstorm struck near Berwick Maine with lightning setting fire to Herman Stillings barn. Three horses perished as 20 tons of hay burned, but the farmhouse was saved and flames were controlled before further damage occurred. The blaze started shortly after 8 pm.
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Maine
Berwick
Herman Stillings
Commuters Face Higher Rail Rates Under ICC Action
Suburban riders must pay more as the Interstate Commerce Commission approves a 20 percent fare hike on steam trains. The rise lifts ordinary travel from 3 to about 3.6 cents per mile, with commutation and multi-ride tickets rising about 0.2 to 0.6 cents per mile. The changes affect Boston area lines including Boston & Maine, New Haven, and Boston & Albany, impacting 12 ride, 60 ride, and other passes used within a 15 mile radius.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee of the
Association of Railway
Boston
Public Service Commission
Commission
Boston & Maine
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
New Haven
Boston Elevated
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
East Milton
Forest Hills
Hair mattress by O. D. Baker offered for 33.00
An item listing advertises a hair mattress and choice of woven tickings weighed for U. S. buyer by the famed O. D. Baker priced at 33 dollars. The fragment notes quality and maker but lacks extra details.
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O. D. Baker
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Post
Harding
Sparks
Mark Downs
Oxfords
Ian Oxfords
Neolin Sales
R.R
Moller
Moller’s
China
Arge
New
Dresser
William
Mary
Ieee
Martha Washington
Renegee
C. B. Moller, Inc
Cambridge
Central Square
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