Beachcombers ball showcases world of costumes in Provincetown
A diverse crowd at Provincetown Town Hall for the Beachcombers ball included Cape Cod fishermen Senegambians from Africa flappers from Pittsfield and many others with colorful outfits. Notable entries included Othy Wingate as Catherine of Russia and Miss Thelma Given as an Indian with awards for original makeups such as the Pilgrim Monument replica by Mr and Mrs Arthur Jennings and a Beardsley vamp by Peter Hunt.
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Provincetown
Cape Cod
Africa
Pittsfield
India
Boston
China
Othy Wingate
Medford
Catherine of
Russia
Thelma Given
New York
Arthur Jennings
Wilbur Steele
Eben Given
Eugene O'Neill
O'Neill
Theo J. Morgan
Washington
Felix Mahoney
Betty Almeida
Philip Welsh
Colin Campbell
Clements
Fannie Smith
Advertisers
Aileen E. Hale
Harry L. French
Hilda Morris
Theodora Brimberg
M. W. Webster
Lulu Merrick
Robert Ball
Leonora Nickerson
Stahl
Miss Kivlen
Mrs. Slade
Judith Tobey
E. L. Moore
Ruth M. Kinecake
Arthur Chapman
Edna Murray
E. Ravenscroft
Emmeline Nickerson
Dorothy Pray
Frank Little
Melzar Chaffee
Gladys Brock
Christine Brock
W. H. W. Bicknell
Morgan Dennis
Frank Carson
E. C. Foster
George Cashman
Leland Jennings
Louise Urquhart
C. W. Crocker
Lydia Pagel
Clara Smith
Thelma Burns
W. S. Hamilton
T. J. Morgan
Spain
Renee Noble
Howard Sweetser
Bertha S. Blaney
Annie FE. Snow
Florence Vammersen
Barbara Rollins
Gerit Beneker
Stanley Howard
Florence Heath
Margaret A. Townley
Willard Edwards
Jimmy Valentine
Serena Kerr
Little Eva
Eleanor Paine
Crowning Social Event Ends With Costume Winners
Tonight's ball drew a crowded audience as Max Bohm led the grand march at 9 30 in elaborate Baron Maunchausen makeup. Judges from New York Washington selected prize winners with first going to Harry Campbell Provincetown as a Crusader and second to Mrs Moncure Robinson Washington as a Chinese mandarin.
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Max Bohm
Baron Maunchausen
Melzar Chaffee
New York
Sarah Monroe
Bush Brown
John H. Woodruff
Lord
Washington
Harry Campbell
Provincetown
Moncure Robinson
Tom
Jack Fulweiler
Dor
Beachcombers Ball Features Elaborate Costume Parade
A Boston society ball highlights vivid costumes with historical and exotic characters led by Bruce Evans as Old General Disability. Desmond Watson, five, appears in Beachcomber attire while a long list of attendees wears 18th and various period outfits.
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Bruce Evans
W. H. W. Bicknell
Boston
Will of Ellen Tebbutt Allocates Tiny Catholic Proceeds
Taunton Aug 23 The Ellen Tebbutt will filed in Probate Court allocates one dollar to each Catholic child of Ellen Ann Poulette of Lowell and divides Protestant heirs by half of the estate. Net income to husband for life. Upon death, three equal shares to James Ada and Ellen Ann. Remaining assets divided among Protestant heirs with Catholic shares limited to one dollar each.
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Taunton
Ellen Tebbutt
New Bedford
Ellen Ann Poulette
Lowell
James Tebbutt
Ada Tebbutt
James
Ada
Ellen Ann
Lonesome Back Bay terrier hunts for lost master
A tiny white and brown terrier called the loneliest dog in Boston trudges Marlboro Street daily from Arlington to Exeter in search of its owner. Residents have fed him but he remains unsheltered as dog catchers and police fail to net him while he continues his patient patrol.
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Marlboro Street
Back Bay
Boston
Arlington Street
Exeter
Boston Post
Animal Rescue League
Little Walks About Boston with Daniel Webster and a Clever Boy
A tale recalls Daniel Webster as he chases a escaped bantam rooster with farmer Daniel Wright at Marshfield. Ten year old Charles Peterson, nimble and fearless, catches the bird in seconds and later helps Webster reclaim stolen iron ballast from a riverbank. The ballast is returned to the meadow after Webster confronts the thief Ames.
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Daniel Webster
Marshfield
Daniel Wright
England
Farmer Wright
Mr. Webster
Charles Peterson
Charles
Mr. Ames
Webster
Miss Edwards August Bride in Winthrop Church
Miss Lora A. Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert J Edwards of Winthrop married Earl Johnson a Winthrop auto dealer yesterday at St Johns Episcopal Church Winthrop Lottie Edwards bridesmaid and Louise Rowe flower girl Clarence Haig best man The couple will honeymoon in New York Niagara Falls and Atlantic City
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Lora A. Edwards
Robert J. Edwards
Winthrop
St. John's Episcopal Church
Earl Johnson
Lottie Edwards
Louise Rowe
Clarence Haig
Cottage Park Road
Johnson
New York
Niagara Falls
Atlantic City
False Step Causes Death In Holyoke Swim Accident
Mary Michalik a 17 year old girl from South Hadley Falls drowned at 8 p m after stepping into a channel in the cove between the South Hadley Falls shore and the Island. Her companions narrowly escaped with one girl going under twice and another once. Fire department and Chief Philip O Connor responded with the pulmotor but could not save her.
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Holyoke
Mary Michalik
South Hadley Falls
Philip O’connor
O’connor
Dorchester Man Charged With Larceny
Harry A. Wolfe 26 of 134 Washington Street Dorchester was arrested by Patrolman Abbott at West Roxbury station for allegedly collecting $3 as a supposed Automobile Legal Association collector from Joseph Homer of 26 Wiggin Street Roslindale. Police investigate other similar complaints.
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Harry A. Wolfe
Washington Street
Dorchester
Abbott
West Roxbury
Wolfe
Automobile Legal Association
Joseph Homer
Wiggin Street
Roslindale
25 Years For Mail Robbers
Gerald Chapman and George Anderson were found guilty in Federal Court of robbing a mail wagon on Broadway last October. A jury sentenced each man to 25 years at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. Chapman previously robbed the Randolph, Miss., bank of $40,000 in 1919.
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New York
Gerald Chapman
George Anderson
Broadway
Holmes
Atlanta
Chapman
Randolph, Mags
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Artists’ Ball
Provincetown Beachcombers
Riot of Color and Beauty
Aileen van Biene MacKay
Red Cross
Desmond Watson
E. H. Watson
Desmond
Pilgrim Church
Jessie Matheson
Ina Snow
Carrie Brown
Harlan Crocker
Leona Newcomb
Beatrice Souza
R. L. Phillips
Charles Goodrich
Harriet Small
W. B. Dunham
Katherine Manuel
William J. Paxton
Bettie Crawford
Jessie Morse
Reta Donaldson
M.A. Claus
L. A. Williams
Meg Archer
Verna McCully
K.L. Green
Julie Morrow
Dorothy Dean
Nellie Malchman
Alicea R. Shinn
Ida Edgar
Eileen al
Sam
Isabel Call
Ja'red Burch
Mra
Brown
I. H. Desch
Morocco
Clarence Curley
Domino
National School Fine Applied Arts
Washington, D. C
Ebba Nordenstierna
Dorothea McConville
Caroline Banks
Emma Edgerly
E. N. Sand
Florence Helm
Frederic McKay
Hazel Davey
Sophie Markovitz
Lillian Warmer
Eugene Woodruff
Dorothy Atwood
Estelle Atwood
Martha Hoke
Bessie Slade
Helen Nickerson
Marie Lemardo
Pauline Palmer
John Henrique
Burleigh Cooper
Helen T. Reagan
Eleanor Katz
Mary C. Nunes
Cecelia Swartz
Ellen Ramos
Florence Patrick
Edith Jason
J. H. P. Hudson
Miss Glaedinger
Pierrette
Mabel Hastings
Rob Roy
Hazel Brown
George Dears
Annie Newcomb
Merry Widow
John Binta
Christine Hamburger
Brookline
TUL
Tremont St
Genevieve Howard
Rosalind
Howard
Creed
Blue-jay
Salamone
Guifal San Awe
William J. Burns
WaNa
Obvey
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Umnoves
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