Pleas and Attack on Atwood Heard by Par Don Committee
Dramatic appeals for commutation of the life sentence of Dr. Eldridge D. Atwood who shot and killed Dr. Wilfred E. Harris in 1916 were met with bitter denunciation at the pardon hearing before the executive council committee yesterday. The committee took no action and will likely wait until next week’s regular session with the Governor.
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Eldridge D. Atwood
Wilfred E. Harris
Executive Council
Atwood
Pevy
Stephen A. Norton
First Congregational Church
Woburn
Warden Shattuck
Andrew Crabtree
Dr. McLaughlin
Charlestown State Prison
Herbert Dow
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Bernard J. Golden
Harold P. Johnson
Wilford D. Gray
Samuel P. Meachum
Henry J. Andrews
Thomas McGowan
H. B. Clewley
Wiliam Clewley
Healthy Hair Care Promoted by Noonan’s Hair Petrole
A dermatology expert endorses care for thin hair tied to nourishment and neglect. Noonan’s Hair Petrole, made from purified crude oil and stimulating ingredients, allegedly revives hair, clears dandruff, and smooths the scalp. Available from T Noonan & Sons at 38 Portland St Boston or barber shops for fifteen cents or one dollar per bottle.
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Noonan
Atwood Pardon Pleas Highlight Severe Crime Controversy
Officials and citizens weigh commutation for Atwood after a four year term for a murder tied to mental stress from his fiancée Dr Celia Adams death. supporters include church leaders and local dignitaries while critic Winfield S. Patterson labels the act deliberate and premeditated.
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Atwood
Celia P. Adams
Harris
Winfield S. Patterson
Somerville
Miss Adams
Dr. Harris
Dr. Atwood
Brookline Estate Change Hands on Warren Street
Walter C. Baylies has bought the Goddard estate Green Hill on Warren Street Brookline. The property includes an 1782 farmhouse built by Nehemiah Davis, one of Brookline’s oldest houses, long owned by prominent Boston families.
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Walter C. Baylies
Commonwealth Avenue
Goddard
Green Hill
Warren Street
Brookline
Nehemiah Davis
Boston
Sentencing in Cambridge automotive court for ex patrolman Hart
James Hart of Allston, a former Boston patrolman, faces sentencing today in the Cambridge automobile court after pleading guilty to larceny of an automobile. Edward Corbett surrenders on a conspiracy count, while Griffin is acquitted on conspiracy and receiving a stolen car.
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James Hart
Allston
Boston Force
Cambridge “Automobile Court
Edward F.corbett
Cambridge
James P. Griffin
Commonwealth
Corbett
John J. Connors
Albert Keith
Henley-Kimball Company
Griffin
Charles Pohlman
Putnam Avenue
Joseph McKenna
North Cambridge
McKenna
Change in Lawrence to Haverhill Route
Lawrence notice from John H. Hayes local division announces the Lawrence to Haverhill line on Pleasant Valley Methuen will close Dec 9. After that date cars on the Lawrence end run only to Pleasant Valley street and on the Haverhill end to the car barns, leaving a two mile track unused. The Ward Hill route remains in service.
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Lawrence
John H. Hayes
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Haverhill
Pleasant Valley
Methuen
Pleasant Valley Street
Ward Hill
Woman Awarded 11875 in Suit Against Boston Elevated
Olive M. Day sued the Boston Elevated Railway claiming injuries from a collision between a train and a bumper at North station on August 30 1917. A Superior Court jury awarded her 11875 for internal injuries and damages.
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Olive M. Day
Boston Elevated
North Station
Carry Liquor by Airplane Across the Border
Winnipeg reports organized bootleggers use airplanes for liquor smuggling into the United States. Officials say a costly network guarantees protection by Canadian dealers and bootleggers, with 44 automobiles seized in two months by mounted police and customs.
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Winnipeg
United States
Manitoba
Mounted
Canadian ex-soldier confesses to jewelry heist in Chicago
John F Williams, a Canadian ex-soldier, admits he helped rob Providence jeweler Lewis H. Block of 2000 in jewelry on Oct 21. Williams says he met Block with a girl Mary Bowman the night before, and the next night with another man entered 5046 Calumet avenue, bound Block, and fled with jewels and cash. Police seek Williams companion and the girl.
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Chicago
John F. Williams
Lewis H. Block
Providence
R. I
29Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Williams
Block
Mary Bowman
Calumet Avenue
Woman Candidate Favors Boxing Bill in Ward 7
Miss Emma V. Healy Democratic candidate for Alderman Ward 7 heads her platform with a declaration in favor of the boxing bill. She is part of a realty firm run by herself and her sister and aligns with the American Legion in backing the measure against ministerial opposition.
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Springfield
Emma V. Healy
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