Handkerchief Scam Takes $900 From Boston Barber
Girardo Riccio of Revere lost his entire savings, $900, to two strangers in Boston who proposed a joint voyage home. They placed the money in a handkerchief, swapped it with his cash using legerdemain, then fled to make purchases, leaving Riccio to discover only old newspaper clippings when he opened the cloth. He notified police.
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Girardo Riccio
Roosevelt Street
Revere
Italy
Riccio
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
Old Country
Young Everett brothers return home after 24 hour ramble
Homer Stewart eight year old long distance walker and his six year old brother Joseph were found with a large man in a blue uniform and a light gray helmet after a missing overnight journey ending in Charles town. Their mother told police they returned to 63 Robin street last night.
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Homer Stewart
Everett
Robin Street
Joseph
Charlestown
Medium Weight Suits at Great Low Prices
Large selection of suits including worsteds serges cheviots and silk mixtures. Any $18 $20 $22 or $25 suit offered at $9.75. Great values at S. H. Harrison Co. 666 to 672 Washington Street at Beach Street corner.
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S. H. Harrison CO
Washington Street
Corner Beach Street
New Theatre Wins Approval in Boston Debut
The St James Theatre opened in Boston with Langdon Mitchells The New York Idea. M H Qoulesian built the house for a stock company and hosted a crowded premiere with a vibrant cast led by Phillip Phillimore and Miss Ethel Grey Terry. The audience applauded each performer as the show drew strong early enthusiasm for the venture.
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Boston
St. James Theatre
M. H. Qoulesian
Langdon Mitchell
The
New York Idea
Phillip Phillimore
William Verance
Grace Phillimore
Ethel Grey Terry
Phillimore
Hilda Vernon
Heneage
Kate Ryan
Mathew Phillimore
Aer
Nese
Miles Se
Lone Theodore Friebus
William Dudley
Carll Stowe
Vida Phillimore
Cane Aks
Beth Franklyn
Wilfred Gates-Darby
Istics Wenvnsdhnens
Dudley Hawley
John Karslake
Robert T. Haines
Cynthia Karslake
eSa
Katherine Grey
Wim Fidler
Charles Abbe Wordt
Burk Symon Proaagm
William Walsh Benson
Eoosemmersess
Grace Nile Brooks
Cseechee Aanians
Sydney Riggs
Porter killed by elevator in Fisk building fall
Patrick Donahue aged 31 of 224 Western Avenue Brighton was killed yesterday in the Fisk building at 89 State Street where he worked as a porter. He was caught between the car and shaft wall and crushed before falling seven floors to the basement.
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Patrick Donahue
Western Avenue
Brighton
Fisk
State Street
Police Seek Missing Boy Hyman Solov
Police search for 15 year old Hyman Solov of 83 Anderson Street who disappeared Tuesday morning after leaving home to seek employment. His mother is Mrs Ethel Solov and his father has been missing about four years.
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Hyman Solov
Anderson Street
Ethel Solov
Wife Beater Sentenced in Municipal Court
Isaac J. Owens of West End was sentenced by Judge Murray to six months in the House of Correction for assaulting his wife.
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Deer Island
Isaac J. Owens
Cambridge Street
West End
House of Correction
Murray
Fall Suits Half Price at Nine-Seventy-Five
Our wholesale stock from last season is discounted. Choose any suit for $9.75 at S. H. Harrison Co. 666 to 672 Washington street, corner Beach.
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S. H. Harrison CO
Washington Street
Corner Beach
Ady
Subway Crash Injures Three In Adams Square Station
Two inbound Bay State cars collided rear end at Adams Square subway due to sudden stop and slippery rails. Passengers Grace Gaylord and Jessie Wright of Revere and Louis Phillips of Roxbury were treated at Relief Hospital for injuries including a sprained finger bruises and a knee injury.
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Revere
Bay State
Adams Square
Grace Gaylord
Nahant Avenue
Jessie Wright
Crescent Avenue
Louis Phillips
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Relief Hospital
Hub sidewalk not Boston's central post office case ruled
Judge Creed of the Municipal Court yesterday dismissed the assault and battery charge against Boston note broker George S. Robinson. The ruling held Boston lacks jurisdiction over a sidewalk within a foot of the central post office steps, after attorney Clarence Eldredge argued the area is United States property.
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Boston
Central Post Office
Creed
George S. Robinson
Samuel A. Corbett
Clarence Eldredge
Robinson
United States
Harrison Sale Slashes Fall Overcoats at Half Price
Deal promotes last season's overcoats at $9.75, down from $18. Men's black unfinished worsted and thicket overcoats silk lined to edge offered by S. H. Harrison Co. at 666 to 672 Washington Street, corner Beach.
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Harrison
S. H. Harrison CO
Washington Street
Corner Beach
Reception for Commerce Men at Fifth International Congress
A portion of the programme for the Fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce to be held in this city the week of September 23 is released. On Monday evening delegates will be hosted at the Copley Plaza Hotel from 8 to 10 o’clock with a buffet lunch for personal meetings with foreign delegates. On Tuesday evening Symphony Hall hosts a reception and tables with light refreshments while the Symphony Orchestra performs.
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International Congress of Chambers of Commerce
Copley Plaza Hotel
Symphony Hall
Women's Retreat at Brighton Convent Teachers Invited
The Pilot reports a women retreat starting Monday at 4 p.m. at the Convent of the Cenacle Brighton. Rev. George A. Fargis S J will conduct exercises. While aimed at teachers, any woman may attend with a letter of introduction if not known to the nuns.
Norfolk Suits Half Price at Harrison Wholesale
Norfolk suits offered at half price from the Harrison Wholesale stock. Retail tag shows $18.00 reduced to $9.75. Suits described as made from fine Scotches and rough cheviots in gray and brown tones.
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Norfolk
Pelletier presses Foss on primary pledge in three towns
In Blackstone Uxbridge and Milford District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier, a Democratic Governor hopeful, challenged Governor Foss to declare he will honor the Sept. 24 primary results. He said he seeks the Straight out Democrat nomination and will back primary nominees.
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Blackstone
Uxbridge
Milford
Joseph C. Pelletier
Foss
Mr. Pelletier
Black Hall
John J. Downey
Democratic Town Committee
Uxbridge Town Hall
Joseph J. Kelley
Dewey Hall
John P. Feeney
Woburn
Richard 8S. Teeling
Charlestown
Whitfield Tuck
Winchester
Owen A. Cunningham
Boston University
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Hanover
Portland
Wolf’s
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Goodyear
Walrus
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Rand
Richmond Best
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Importers Bazaar
Specia
St. James
Mr. Mitchell
Miss Grey
Dudley
Hawley
Gulesian
H. Harrison CO
Porter
Hub
Pelletier
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