Auto misadventure on Fifth Avenue ends with library crowd
First Lieutenant Edward Harmon recounts his chaotic ride in a battered motor car. The vehicle stalls in traffic near the Fifth Avenue Library, sparks a police chase, and ends with a $100 fine and the sale of the car. Harmon notes he was coerced into paying bribes to helpers and warns readers against buying a used car.
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Harmon
Joe
Fifth Avenue
Kaiser
Frank
Hal
New York
Jeanne
Universal
Willin
France
Fin’ly
Fifth Avenue Library
Brooklyn
Yonkers
Edward Edison Harmon
P. S
Casuals Arrive Portland After 10 Day Sea Voyage
The British hospital ship Uruguay arrived at Portland at 4 30 pm with 863 wounded Canadian soldiers including 63 cot cases and 40 officers. Most headed to Vancouver Toronto and London Ontario with four carloads to the Maritime Provinces.
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Vancouver
Toronto
London
Maritime Provinces
Portland
Uraguaya
Apple Thieves Busy In East Lexington Orchard Raids
Lexington police chased apple thieves from Boston who raided multiple East Lexington orchards. Nine people were arrested three adults and six youths and will be arraigned in Concord District Court this morning.
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Lexington
Boston
East Lexington
Concord
Russian Boy Adopted by Doughboy at Camp Devens
Orphaned by the Bolshevik murder of his father and deprived of his birthright the 15 year old Leonides Ivanovitch Guseff was forced to labor in a saw mill and beaten and starved before Yankee doughboys rescued him. He was brought to the United States and legally adopted. The report highlights his arduous journey from wealth to hardship and eventual care by American soldiers.
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Camp Devens
Leonides Ivanovitch Guseff
Russia
Leonides
Boy from Russia Goes West After War As Company Mascot
Leonides Ivanovitch Guseff, 15, lived through Bolshevik violence and warfare in Russia. Adopted by American soldiers after fleeing captors, he served as company mascot and interpreter with the 39th Infantry. He will travel alone to New Albany to start a new life with his American adoptive family.
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Russia
Middle West
New Albany
Leonides Ivanovitch Guseff
Corn on one cob cuts cost in Mrs Byers garden
Twelve ears of corn on a single cob are cited as a natural way to ease living costs. Grown by Mrs. William Byers in North Andover, the crop appears unusually good this year despite the corn borer.
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North Andover
William Byers
Pedl ers Put Out of Camp at Devens
Six pedl ers driven from Camp Devens on August 17 for swindling soldiers with high priced wares tried to bribe State Officers Lawrence J. Schofield and James Devereaux to gain access to Ayer Village and camp outskirts. The Boston merchants offered up to $100 weekly per officer and consent to a pinch bribe. After officers identified them, the men were sent to Boston by train. at least one would likely face bribery charges.
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Devens
Ayer
Lawrence J. Schofield
James Devereaux
Boston
West End
Hayden Jr. of Lexington Remembered as Former Park Commissioner
J Willard Hayden Jr of Lexington longtime public servant and former park commissioner is remembered in a memorial notice noting his leadership and community involvement. The brief item highlights his local impact and civic service.
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J. Willard Hayden, Jr
Lexington
Lexington Athlete Returns Home From France Mission
A member of the Lexington Athletic Association is about to return home after nearly a year with the Young Men's Christian Association in France. He is recovering from a fractured rib injuries sustained in his service abroad.
Probe on HLC.L. to be rushed
The Department of Justice eyes large Boston food stores as it speeds up inquiries into rent profiteering and the high cost of living. The week will feature municipal market openings and a city sale of surplus army canned goods as Massachusetts presses ahead with price investigations.
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Department of Justice
Boston
Massachusetts
Commission On
Army
South Boston
American Chemical Society
Flour raids signal broader federal probe on storage plants
Federal authorities seized large flour stocks on Saturday signaling a wider investigation into storage and cold storage facilities citywide. DOJ agents have been at work over a week, with further raids possible this week as operations continue.
Many Changes in Arlington Schools Reported
Arlington public schools plan nearly two dozen teaching staff changes ahead of the September reopening. Several teachers left to marry, many resigned for higher pay in other towns, with four resignations from the junior high and twelve from grammar schools. George C. Minard serves as superintendent.
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Arlington Public
Sevel
George C. Minard
Arlington
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H. C. Witwer
Small, Maynard & Company
Ima
Tam
Nere
Cromnfelds
Kokields
Summer Street
Boston District Salvage Board
Portland Street
Poss Mass
S. A. Woods Machine Co
South Byping Point
Oston, Mass
Fremingham Screw Works
Framingham
Mass
Casuals
Maine
Stlins_ & airbanks
Yeonides
Ivanovitch Cuseff
39Th Infantry
R. W. Ballensinger
George T. L. Lance
Lance
United States
Pedlers
Hayden
Hlc.l
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