Ford Attacks O'Brien Over Hypocrisy in Suffolk DA Race
Charlestown and East Boston audiences heard Councillor Francis J. W. Ford accuse District Attorney O'Brien of hypocrisy. Ford claimed O'Brien's office once recommended a fine for a man who attacked a woman trying to earn a living, a suggestion the judge rejected with a jail sentence instead.
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Francis J. W. Ford
Charlestown
East Boston
O’brien
Suffolk County
O'Brien
Tragic double suicide ties two artists to Boston scene
New York reports reveal composer Louis Koemmenich and dancer Vera Lehmann known in Boston both killed themselves amid a turbulent passion. Koemmenich, once a prominent conductor, faced ruin after the war and strained by a long marriage. Lehmann, a rising star in Aphrodite, ended her life at a pivotal career moment.
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L. Koemmenich
New York
Vera Lehmann
Louis Koemmenich
Boston
Koemmenich
Philharmonic Oratorio Society
Junge Maennerchor
Philadelphia
Vera d’Artelle
Three Men Arrested in Auto Theft Near Essex Street
Three suspects were arrested within 15 minutes of a touring car theft reported in front of an Essex Street restaurant. Patrolman O Shea of the Dudley Street station held them at Uphamge Corner. Names given: James H Flood 29 Roxbury Jerome Connolly 31 South Boston Joseph Witfler 31 South Boston. They are to be arraigned in Roxbury court this morning.
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Essex Street
Uphameg Corner
O'Shea
Dudley Street
James H. Flood
Codman Hill Street
Roxbury
Jerome Connolly
Broadway
South Boston
Joseph Witfler
N Street
Roxbury Court
Boy Heir Sought After Nine-Year Quest Ends
Chicago August United News reports Robert William Ross, ten, to inherit millions, after being illegally taken from the state nine years ago. He lived as a foster child with a San Francisco police captain and his wife, then returned to St. Vincent's Orphanage in Joliet. A court battle led by Judge Timothy Hurley determined Mrs. Ethel Hand illegally removed him from state care, with wealthy relatives pursuing him through the long legal fight.
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Chicago
United News
Robert William Ross
Robert
St. Vincent’s Orphanage
San Francisco
Guardian Angels Home
Joliet
St. Vincent’s
St. Vincent's
Timothy Hurley
Ethel Hand
Hand
St. Vincent
Permelia Ross
William Ross
California
Gertrude Healy
Dormitory at Boston University Opens as Secretarial College Expands
The College of Secretarial Science at Boston University prepares a new dormitory to house female students as part of a four year program for commercial education. The dormitory, the fourth building added since 1919, adjoins the main educational block and will be ready in about three weeks. Dean T Lawrence Davis announces the expanded four year curriculum for prospective teachers of commercial subjects.
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College of Secretarial Science
Boston University
T. Lawrence Davis
B. U. College OF Secretarial Science
Kitchen diary as daily reminder for tasks
A simple record in the kitchen functions as a daily reminder. Reviewing the morning page highlights needed chores and to do items for that day.
Fliers Hurt In Flight To Hub
Greenport New York August 20 Edward Taylor pilot and Jack Marsden mechanician Boston were seriously hurt when their plane bound for Boston swooped nose first and crashed in a field near here Both fliers suffered skull fractures and were believed dying The aircraft had recently been bought from the government for commercial use
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Greenport
N. Y
Edward Taylor
Jack Marsden
Boston
Policeman Accused of 50 Cent Bribe in Bronx
New York August 20 Police officer Ernest Lawson 25 of 503 East 18th Street Bronx attached to the Alexander Avenue station was arrested on charges of petty larceny and extortion. John Gillen of 464 East 147th Street swears Lawson threatened arrest over lights on his car but accepted 50 cents to drop the case.
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New York
Ernest
Lawson
East 18Th Street
The
Bronx
Alexander Avenue
John Gillen
East 147Th Street
Gillen
Living Costs 55.6 Percent Higher Since 1914
The National Industrial Conference Board reports U S wage earners' families had cost of living 65.6 percent higher on July 15 1922 than July 1914. From July 1920 to July 1922 costs fell 23.9 percent, the board said.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
United States
Three Near Drowning Rescued from Charles River Capsize
Three people two women and a man escaped drowning when their canoe capsized opposite the Spring Street Boathouse on the Charles River. Gerald Spicer of the boathouse rescued them after hearing their cries. Victims were Fannie Lander 24 Dorchester Debra Kalfer 22 Dorchester and Samuel Manin 30 Dorchester.
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Charles River
Spring Street
Gerald Spicer
Fannie Lander
Fabyan Street
Dorchester
Debra Kalfer
Harrison Avenue
Samuel Manin
Hanaboro Street
Fitchburg Child Killed by Auto
Viola Lozier six of 76 Plymouth street died and Rita Gravel four of 79 Calderon street was severely injured when struck by an automobile driven by Earl A. Smith of 17 Boyden street Worcester on Fairmont street. Smith was arrested on a charge of manslaughter and released on bail of 500 dollars. Smith said the girls ran into the path of his car as he swung out to pass a parked vehicle.
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Fitchburg
Viola Lozier
Plymouth Street
Rita Gravel
Clarendon Street
Earl A. Smith
Boyden Street
Worcester
Smith
Fairmont Street
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O’keefe
S. S. Pierce Co
William C. Neilly CO
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Boylston ST
Back Bay
Ortheastern University Boston
Huntington Ave
Stranger Than Fiction
St. Vincent's Kindly Sisters
Castoria
P. C
Charles
Spicer
Commonwealth Ave
Mason Road
Fisher Hill
Newton
Naples Road
Orkney Road
Brookline
Swampscott House
Hallet & Davis
Miller
Irving & Casson
A. Lowenstein & Sons
Berkeley St
Columbus Ave
Youth’s Companion Bldg
Washington
L. E. Sheppard
Order of Railway Conductors
Labor Board
Ann Arbor Railroad Et al
Martin
New York Herald
Eastern Railroads
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