Congress May Lose Herrick In Oklahoma Race
Aug 2 reports from Oklahoma’s eighth district indicate Congressman Manuel Herrick trailing in the Republican nomination race. Herrick, noted for a breach of promise suit involving a chorus girl, is listed third with Judge M C Garber in the lead. Miss Alice Robertson appears renominated, a potential first for a woman’s second term in Congress if confirmed.
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Oklahoma
City
Oklay
United News
Congress
Manuel Herrick
Herrick
M. C. Garber
Alice Robertson
Muskogee
Janet Rankin
Montana
Taunton Adopts $30.20 Tax Rate, Down $1
Taunton reduced its city tax rate to 30.20 for the current year, a decline of one dollar from 1921. The cut comes as valuations in the business district rose and municipal expenses were trimmed, per an afternoon Board of Assessors announcement.
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Taunton
Board of Assessors
Strunk Drives In Tallies For Gleason at White Sox Park
The darling of the gallery gods at White Sox Park is Strunk as Amiable Amos takes a strong cut at the ball. His famous chop strokes have driven in a cartload of runs for the Gleason gathering in the last month.
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White Sox Park
Amiable Amos
Gleason
Woman in Maine Wins Ford Day Car Prize
Mrs. P. M. Brown of a small Maine town receives a new Ford touring car as first prize in the Ford a Day contest. The story, verified as accurate, follows a complex local family tale in Fayette Mills and Foxboro connections. Mr. Brown served in France with the 15th Artillery and is now in frail health. Mrs. Brown teaches English at the local high school. The couple plan to learn driving with a Collier's Sale and Service instructor and may visit their Fayette, Maine summer home next year.
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Maine
P. M. Brown
Brown
Ford
Collier’s Sale and Service
Ford Dealers
15Th Artillery
France
Argonne
PP. M. Brown
Foxboro
Mass
Celestine Wentworth
Fayette Mills
Mrs. Brown
Ed Smith
Frank Wentworth
Fayette
the Post
New England
Ford A Day
McDonald Seeks Suffolk County Court Clerk Post
Deniel J. McDonald of Charlestown has filed for the Democratic nomination for clerk of Suffolk County Superior Criminal Court. He submitted papers with about 30 000 signatures, many from women voters, and has experience in city council and the Legislature.
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Deniel J. McDonald
High Street
Charlestown
Allied Printing Trades Council
Suffolk County Superior Criminal Court
McDonald
Old Dana Library to be demolished for new stores in Cambridge
The Dana Library at Pleasant Street and Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge will be razed to make way for 19 new stores. The Prospect Union once housed there and the Cambridgeport branch of the public library has moved to Cambridge City Hall. Razing begins next week.
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Cambridge City Hall
Cambridge
Pleasant Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Prospect Union
Harvard
Cambridgeport
The
Public Library
Edmund T. Dana
Athenaeum
City of
Dana Library
Frederick H. Rindge
Mbrary
Ice block reveals trapped pickerel in thick cake
Reader Frank Reach of West Farmington Maine reports finding a 15 inch pickerel frozen in a 22 inch thick cake of ice. The fish struggled to free itself but a hole was too small and the water froze too quickly.
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Frank Reach
West Farmington
Maine
Off duty traffic guard aided by blinded man with whistle
In Winchester a blind man used a whistle to signal Officer Donaghey to halt traffic and help him across the street. The officer, treating the man as a steady customer, assisted the pedestrian. A second note recalls a Cambridge couple’s nocturnal move and a dog warning drivers on New Hampshire roads.
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Donaghey
Winchester
New Hampshire
Ray Boyle
Copley Plaza Hotel
Old Hand Dug Well Found at Beacon and Somerset Corner
Roy D. Elliott reports a six foot wide, over thirty foot deep old well uncovered by a steam shovel at the Beacon and Somerset streets corner. The walls are intact rock, no mortar, suggesting hand digging by an early Boston settler.
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Beacon
Somerset Streets
Boston
Roy D. Elliott
Marlborough Street
The Wooden Leg Loan Scam At The Barber Shop
John D. Hayes of 620 River Street Mattapan recalls a barber shop incident where a man with one leg lent his wooden leg to a friend who also lacked a leg to borrow two dollars. The con caused amusement among patrons as the pair left with the money.
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John D. Hayes
River Street
Mattapan
She Watches For Rival In Hay Field Spy View
A woman perched in her yard watched a haying scene with a spy glass to confirm her sweetheart did not flirt with another girl. She observed the field near Turner Maine where the rival lived and considered kidnapping claims, noting the landscape and distance.
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E. M. Harris
Turner
Lost Key To Lockup In Uxbridge Sheriff Case
Chief James Fisher arrested a man and locked him in the town lockup. Bail was posted and Fisher had to break into the jail using a Stilson wrench to free the prisoner after losing the key. Narrates an unlikely mishap from Uxbridge.
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James Fisher
The Hair Wringer Ordeal At Poultney
Eleanor Holland recounts a hot day mishap at a Vermont camp where she used a clothes-wringer on her hair. The tresses twisted around the rollers, requiring help from a gardener and his wife to free them.
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Eleanor Holland
Poultney
Editor at Eight Years Old Starts Bridgton News
Major H A Shorey edits and owns the Bridgton News in Bridgton Maine. He founded a country weekly 52 years ago and continues to work daily walking to the office along Roosevelt Highway. His Civil War era demeanor and gold headed cane compel cars to yield as he crosses.
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H. A. Shorey
Bridgton
Roosevelt Highway
Four in One Magazine Page Printing Method
Emily G. Jackson describes her father Herbert I. Jackson who can split a magazine page into four sheets so that both sides can be used without print show-through. The method yields a sheet with print on the top or fourth sheet and blank sides for use in books. Hyde Park address provided.
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Herbert I. Jackson
Emily G. Jackson
Riverside Square
Hyde Park
Corner ownership at Elm Street and Wallace Avenue
An observer notes the four corners form an intersection where the city owns a park on one corner the county courthouse sits on another the state armory occupies a third and the United States post office stands on the fourth corner. The author signs as John Grout 63 Henry Street Fitchburg.
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Elm Street
Wallace Avenue
County Court House
State Armory
United States
John Grout
Henry Street
Fitchburg
Hennessey Wins Post Ford Car For Today
The newspaper credits Mr. Hennessey with winning today's Post Ford car prize.
Silk Handkerchief Aids Young Lady On Subway
Walter Raleigh reports in Newton Newkirk's Straphanger's Union how a quick thrifted silk handkerchief helped a short, stylish woman reach a strap in a crowded car. A fellow rider offered the improvised extension, which she accepted, as others watched. Max Wildermuth, 388 Armory Street, Jamaica Plain.
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Newton Newkirk
Straphanger
Max Wildermuth
Armory Street
Jamaica Plain
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