Decker Freed of All Blame in Providence Crash
Providence December 1 After investigation of the automobile crash that killed EB John Decker a Brown University senior and Nadine DeWitt a New England Conservatory of Music pupil Chief of Police Adams East Providence said no evidence existed to base charges against George R Decker brother of the dead student and driver of the death car
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Providence
John Decker
Brown University
Nadine DeWitt
New England Conservatory
Adams
East Providence
George R. Decker
Cronin Named Adviser at Franklin Park Zoo
Mayor Curley announced Dr. P. J. Cronin head city veterinary as adviser and veterinary of the Franklin Park Zoo pending a curator successor. Daniel F. Harkins becomes head keeper with a raise from 1700 to an unspecified amount. William P. Long to act without pay.
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Curley
P. J. Cronin
Franklin Park Zoo
Morse
Daniel F. Harkins
Zoo
William P. Long
Denounces Dorrit in court over high profile suit
In Burlington Vermont at the Chittenden County Courthouse Mrs Dorrit Van Deusen Stevens Woodhouse wife of Charles Douglas Woodhouse faces blistering defense arguments from W A Bullard as she sues for a 1 000 000 settlement alleging a wrecked romance. The lawyers call her pre marital union with the wealthy fiance a union of lust while defending the husband and denouncing her. The scene drew a crowded courtroom and prompted the plaintiff to leave in tears as ex husband’s allies seek to unwind the damages claim.
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Burlington, Vt
Dorrit van Deusen Stevens Woodhouse
Burlington
Woodhouses
Charles Douglas Woodhouse
Vermont
Chittenden County
W. A. Bullard
Lorenzo E. Woodhouse
Douglas
Woodhouse
Woodhouse, Jr
Warren R.austin
Bullard
Dorrit
Mr. Bullard
Austin
Court drama echoes over a doomed romance
In a courtroom oration, counsel debate the conduct and fate of a young woman involved with Douglas Woodhouse. The defense portrays her as virtuous and courageous while the prosecution labels her actions as a social stain and a threat to motherhood ideals amid a wealthy family’s tangled pressures.
City Council race narrows as four withdraw
Four of 23 nominated candidates withdrew from the City Council contest before the deadline leaving 19 council nominees and four school committee hopefuls. Withdrawals came from Edward B. Creed South Boston James A. Goode Kroxbury Thomas R. Kelley East Boston and James F. Hanley Jamaica Plain.
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Council
Edward B. Creed
South Boston
James A. Goode
Kroxbury
Thomas R. Kelley
East Boston
James F. Hanley
Jamaica Plain
Man Killed as Oil Tank Falls at Everett Plant
Foreman K Everett W. Maynard of 21 Irving Street Everett was crushed when a 400 pound iron oil tank he warned workers about fell as the rope broke at the Beacon Oil Company plant on Beacham Street. He died a few minutes later.
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Hia
K Everett W. Maynard
Irving Street
Everett
Beacon Oil Company
Beacham Street
Mayor Approves Snow Plow Purchases for City Streets
Mayor Curley approved a contract to buy 10 snow plows at 240 dollars each. The plows will be attached to contractors' trucks for use at the first heavy snowfall.
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Curley
Tragedy In Lawrence Woman Drowns Daughter Then Commits Suicide
Despondent over illness Mrs. Rose Geisser at 15 Allston street drowned her 11 year old daughter Evelyn in a bathtub and then died by gas and poison in the kitchen. Husband Christian Geisser found the bodies when returning from work at 5 80 tonight. Medical Examiner Reed said both had been dead six or seven hours.
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Lawrence
Rose Geisser
Allston Street
Evelyn
Christian Geisser
Victor A. Reed
Geisser
Reed
Robbery and assault leave Boston trucker bound by highway
Martin T. Caughey of East Boston, driver for B P Winwood & Sons, was bound and gagged by five men in a limousine while transporting cotton and yarn from Boston to Lawrence. He was robbed of $14, beaten, and left dazed on Hale street in Beverly. Police suspect rum runners stole the truck and merchandise.
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Martin T. Caughey
Maverick Street
East
Boston
B. P. Winwood & Sons
Battery Wharf
Hale Street
Beverly
Caughey
Lawrence
Building costs soar in Great Jump above prewar levels
The division of statistics reports a rise of over 40 percent in building costs from January 1 to November 1 driven by higher labor prices material rates and transportation shortages. Using December 30 1914 as prewar base with an index of 190, costs peaked in July 1920 at 25.
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State Department of Labor and Industries
Miss Foster and Kingsbury Escape Burning Auto Crash
Miss Marion Foster of Salem and Richard M. Kingsbury a Boston art student escaped injury after an overturned car on Western avenue Lynn caught fire near Washington street. They crawled from the rear and front seats as a second car driven by Herb R. Roswell left the scene unscathed. The blaze started from gasoline leakage after the heavy vehicle overturned. Miss Foster is the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. William A. Foster of Schroon Lake New York.
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Western Avenue
Washington Street
Lynn
Marion
Foster
Lafayette Street
Salem
Richard M. Kingsbury
Boston
Kingsbury
Herb&art R. Roswell
Broadway
Miss Foster
Willam A. Foster
Schroon
M. Y
E. EB. Palmer
la Tayette Street
Wife's Jewelry Ordered to Creditors Trust
The Supreme Court full bench ruled Fay St. Clair Jones must surrender a $2500 diamond ring and a $3000 sapphire pendant to Malcolm M. McLaughlin trustee in bankruptcy for Allen C. Jones. The court found the jewels were transferred to the wife in fraud of creditors.
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Fay St. Clair Jones
Allen C. Jones
American House
Malcolm M. McLaughlin
Supreme Court
Jones
Baby killed during Fort Bliss row shocks El Paso
Sergeant Oscar Allen Newman, 52, was found guilty of second degree murder in federal court El Paso. His four month old daughter died during a quarrel between him and his wife over who should hold the baby's bottle while she nursed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Oscar Allen Newman
Feedral
Fort Bliss
Jame
Wanamaker Health Improves After Cold
John Wanamaker's doctors report improvement in his condition at his Philadelphia home after a heavy cold. The 19th century business figure shows signs of recovery and vascular health monitoring continues.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
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