Excursionists Beat Death in Boat Smash Race Over Seas
In heavy fog on the Hudson River the excursion Grand Republic rammed the Erie ferry Chautauqua. Fifteen Grand Republic passengers were hurt in the panic. two women and a boy were pitched from the top deck and a woman with a baby was hurled to the ferry deck before rescue. A separate report notes eight-year-old Mobah Howatt aboard the Fabre liner Canada battling typhoid fever, pneumonia and typhoid fever fears, with doctors insisting typhoid as the condition as the ship sped to Providence to seek treatment.
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New York
Grand Republic
Erie
Chautauqua
Hudson River
Bear Mountain
Providence
Fabre
Canada
Mohab Howatt
Marseilles
Azores
Ponta del Gada
Peter Fournie
Stokers
Brenton's Reef
Captain Hollis Blackstone Retires After 40 Years Service
Captain Hollis M. Blackstone, head of State Farm at Bridgewater and longtime state official, retires after nearly four decades of service. Governor Cox pays high tribute to his valued public service in a formal letter.
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Capt. Blackstone
State Farm
Hollis M. Blackstone
Bridgewater
Cox
Talk Over Check Ends in Shooting Chicopee Aus
Antoni Pass shot and killed his brother in law Stanley Grotkowskie treasurer of the Chicopee Commercial Trust Company after an altercation over the return of 1200 which he viewed as a loan. Pass was arrested and held on a first degree murder charge.
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Chicopee, Aus
Chicopee Commercial Trust Company
Antoni Pass
Stanley Grotkowskie
Pass
Storrow Named Konsignee For Coal In Massachusetts
Governor Cox appointed James J. Storrow consignee for all coal to be shipped into Massachusetts under President Harding’s Fuel Distribution Committee. He also leads a new advisory coal committee with B. Preston Clark Howard Conley Borden Covell Charles R. Gow Robert Grant James J. Phelan A C Ratshesky Frederic S. Snyder E W Longley Seymour B Willetts and Leonard F Leighton.
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Cox
James J. Storrow
Massachusetts
Harding
Mr. Storrow
B. Preston Clark
Howard Coonley
Borden Covell
Charlies R. Gow
Robert Grant
James J. Phelan
A. C. Ratshesky
Frederic S. Snyder
E. W. Longley
Seymour B. Willetts
Leonard F. Leighton
Governor Cox Urges Federal Action on Coal Prices
A governor led committee formed after a Governor's office conference with Fuel Admin official and others urged decisive federal steps. Cox pressed Hoover for action by the Interstate Commerce Commission to curb consignees and curb coal profiteering, citing a statewide coal shortage and a proposed consignee with high credit to manage shipments and distribution.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Cox
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man Fractured by Auto In Charlestown Crash
Charles J. Wellington of 71 Oxford Street Somerville is on the danger list with a fractured skull at Massachusetts General Hospital after being struck by an automobile at Rutherford Avenue and Lincoln Street Charlestown last night. The car was owned and operated by Frank W. Murphy of 1 Mt Vernon Street Charlestown. Revere police department ambulance rushed the victim to the hospital. Murphy is a patrolman at Joy Street station.
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Charles J’. Wellington
Oxford Street
Somerville
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rutherford Avenue
Lincoln Street
Charlestown
Frank W. Murphy
Mt. Vernon Street
Charestown
Revere
Miriam Fenno to John Simpkins Engaged in Society Circles
Miss Miriam Fenno, daughter of Mr and Mrs Brooks Fenno, announced engaged to John Simpkins son of the late Mrs Simpkins. Fenno known for social work and relief efforts in France during the war. presented in 197 and member of Vincent Club and Sewing Circle. Simpkins served as a captain of artillery in the 26th division during the war.
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Miriam Fenno
John Simpkins
Miss Fenno
Brooks Fenno
France
Sewing Circle
Vincent Club
Mr. Simsins
Nathaniel Simpkins
Simpkins
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J. Belton Kennedy
Horsford
Dasco Spring
Dasco
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Rolls-Royce
Dasco Spring Cover CO
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Brighton
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