Seeing Way to Keep Park Hands on Jobs
Councillor John A. Donoghue urged Mayor Peters to convene a special City Council meeting to authorize funds for about forty park department workers who were discharged from work. Deputy Commissioner William P. Long said twenty men and twenty women were laid off last Saturday as the temporary labor appropriation for beach work was exhausted.
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Three Prisoners Escape Bridgeport Jail Heading to Boston
Boston police were told three men escaped from Bridgeport North avenue jail. Frank W. Lindsay, serving nine months for auto theft in Springfield, was to be turned over to federal authorities next month. Charles Mitchell and Theodore Deandre, both of Bridgeport, aided the exit by filing a key to their cell tier door. the key was found in Deandre's cell.
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Jail inmate Sylvester Crockett sets self afire in Tombs
New York August 22 Sylvester Crockett under sentence to Sing Sing tried to end his life by pouring kerosene on himself and setting fire in a Tombs reception room. He was badly burned and is believed to die. Two deputy sheriffs are blamed for allowing the attempt.
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Sylvester Crockett
Prisoner’s self immolation ends in severe injuries
A prisoner poured kerosene on his clothes and body, set himself on fire in a locked room, burning clothing from his body and reportedly destroying his sight. Two fellow inmates screamed outside as guards freed him minutes later and extinguished the flames with blankets.
The General's Automobile
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, author of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, writes a short story The General's Automobile to be printed in full in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Boston Sunday Post
Worcester man dies after fall clearing chestnuts in Rhode Island yard
Everett M. Paddock of Worcester was fatally injured in Providence when he fell from a ladder onto the sidewalk while clearing green horse chestnuts from a tree in the yard. He died soon after at Rhode Island Hospital. He had faced yearly mischief from local boys who stoned the tree to get chestnuts.
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Boy Shot in Leg by Policeman in Somerville
Somerville police say 18-year-old John W. Leahy, who with three others broke into Winslow Garrett's drug store at 368 Beacon Street, was shot in the leg by an officer and will soon leave Somerville Hospital to face court. Police know identities of his companions but could not locate them yesterday.
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Red Book
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Laugh at Corn Pain with Blue-jay Night Remedy
Advertisement claims Blue-jay liquid or plaster ends corn pain for millions. It requires a touch to stop pain instantly and loosens the corn for removal. Promotes gentle scientific treatment from a surgical dressing house of repute. Get Blue-jay at your druggist.
California movieland life revealed in a girl's soul
The excerpt positions itself as a piercing study of a young woman within California's film world, seeking to expose genuine inner life rather than mere sensationalism. It promises a vivid, unsettling portrait of dreams, temptations, and personal conflict amid show business glare.
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