Boston man shot at toll gate in Portsmouth incident
Thomas A. Riley 45 of Boston was wounded in the thigh after a confrontation with toll collector Harry A. Mozart at the Portsmouth and Kittery toll gate. Riley refused to leave the shanty and moved toward Mozart with a piece of iron. Mozart fired once, injuring Riley. Mozart was detained then released.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thomas A. Riley
Bowdoin Street
Boston
Portsmouth and
Kittery
Harry A. Mozart
Eliot
Me. Riley
Mozart
Riley
J. H. Neal
Salem Boys in Double Elopement
In Danvers on Nov. 15 two Danvers girls Bertha Helena Guppy and Marie Agnes Moser married Salem men Daniel O. Gilliland and Howard Long in a double elopement. Guppy is 20 and Moser 18, daughters of local residents. The grooms are sons of Salem families residing at Putnam Court and Highland Avenue.
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Danvers
Salem
Bertha Helena Guppy
Herbert A. Guppy
Putnam Court
Daniel O. Gilliland
Daniel B. Gilliland
Highland Avenue
Marie Agnes Moser
Jane Moser
Otis Street
Howard Long
Daniel J. Long
Proctor Street
Annulment Sought After Unofficial Vermont Marriage
Two girls employed in a Hobart street grain office disappeared on November 15 and wed at Bellows Falls Vermont under Reverend George. Gilliland and Leng accompanied them to the ceremony. The couples returned home the same night and continued work. Parents announce plan to seek annulment due to the youth of the bride and groom.
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Hobart Street
Gilliland
Leng
Bellows Falle
George
Long
Swift Nominated for Bangor Mayor by Republicans
State Senator Willis J. Swift was nominated by the Republicans tonight as their candidate for Mayor of Bangor. The nomination comes as Maine politics shape local leadership with Swift set to contest the city’s top post.
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Swift
Bangor
Augusta
Willis J. Swift
The
Republicans Tonight
Travel and Empire in 1916 Adventure Books Reviewed
A roundup of recent travel and world history books. Laurence Jerrold’s France: Her People and Her Spirit profiles a nuanced France, while Sir Hugh Clifford’s The Further Side of Silence and Will Levington Comfort’s The Last Ditch offer Malayan and Chinese perspectives. Other works span Africa, the Philippines, London, and Alaska with vivid, sometimes sensational portraits.
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France
Bobbs, Merrill
Laurence Jerrold
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
Far East
Malay Peninsula
Kipling
India
Lafcadio Hearn
Japan
Doubleday
Page
Hugh Clifford
Pahang
Gold Coast
Africa
Sir Hugh Clifford
China
Mars
Levington Comfort
Doran
Gobi Desert
Moira Kelvin
Anna Erivan
Gobi
On Eve of Wedding a Bride-to-Be Abandoned
Miss Rose St. Pierre was left waiting at the church on the eve of her wedding in Lawrence. She collapsed at home as family hurried to locate the man, while a wedding breakfast cooled and the orchestra missed its cue.
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Lawrence
Rose St. Pierre
Missing Groom Ernest Lafleur Vanishes Before Thanksgiving
Ernest Lafleur of 16 Acton Street, planned to wed on Thanksgiving Eve. He left home Wednesday in his wedding clothes and told his parents he would spend the eve with his fiancée. Miss St Pierre and family left the St Pierre home at 76 Cross Street early that morning.
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Ernest Lafleur
Acton Street
Miss St. Pierre
St. Pierre
Cross Street
Thanksgiving Wedding Fails As Groom Vanishes
The wedding party gathered at Ann's Church on Thanksgiving day for the ceremony at seven. A half hour passed with no groom, and a messenger learned Mr Lafleur had been missing since Wednesday while en route to Miss St Pierre's home. The search continued late into the night.
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S&j. Ann’s
Lafleur
Miss St. Pierre
Hay Fire Threatens Homes in West Medford
Several tons of blazing hay lit up West Medford last night as the barn of William F. Overton at 36 Jerome Street burned. The Overton residence and nearby houses were threatened until two alarms brought a large fire response. Loss listed at 800 dollars.
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West
Medford
William F. Overton
Jerome Street
Overton
Ernest H. Maling Resigns for Washington Post
Ernest H. Maling, second deputy in the department of the supervisor of administration, has resigned to take a position in Washington with the Institute for Government Research. He was previously secretary of the Collision on Economy and Efficiency.
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Ernest H. Maling
Department of the Supervisor of Administration
Washington
Institute For Government Research
Collision
Harvard Men Back From Border Honor Recption Planned
Sixty one Harvard students who served in the Mexican border conflict will be honored by the Harvard Club with a reception on Thursday evening December 7. Club members along with officers of the M V M and the United States Army will speak.
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South America
Dutton
Edward Lucas White
Americas
Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia
Carlyle
United States
Paraguay
Francia
Mr. Lucas
Asuncion
Harvard
Harvard Club
United States Army
National Industrial Conference Board
Great Brotherhoods
American Federation of Labor
Fourth Watertown Man to Fall From Roof
Within the past four days four workmen fell from house roofs in Watertown. One died, another is homebound, and two remain at Cambridge Hospital. John McLean, four, a carpenter of Webster avenue Cambridge, slipped from a roof on School street East Watertown and suffered a fractured skull.
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Watertown
Cambridge Hospital
John McLean
Webster Avenue
Cambridge
School Street
East Watertown
Yesterdy
Recount in New Hampshire to Begin Monday
Concord New Hampshire December 1 The governor and council declared the election of Democratic presidential electors after canvass A recount ordered by the secretary of state will start Monday December 4 The official returns show Wilson 43779 Hughes 43728 with a 56 plurality
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Wilson
Hughes
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