Stolen auto found partly submerged in Cape Cod canal
A Stutz touring car, registered 76700 to George Jarvis of Boston, was driven off the Buzzards Bay Sagamore road into the canal embankment and rolled into the water. Police traced the vehicle to a Boston owner after it was reported stolen by Jarvis.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Gus Wagner
Daniel MacGilivery
Socony
Buzzards Bay-Sagamore
George Jarvis
Gainsborough Street
Boston
Jarvis
Rubbish Can Fire Damages Avon Street Store
A rubbish barrel fire at C. J. Bailey store 11 13 Avon street yesterday morning caused 600 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the rear rubbish barrel and spread to basement woodwork, destroying considerable stock stored there. Some damage to the rear first floor but the store is expected to remain open during alterations.
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C. J. Bailey
Avon Street
Bluebeard in Mortal Terror
Paris dispatch reports Henri Landru, known as the Monster of the Gambais Villa, in terror after being found guilty and sentenced to the guillotine. He sits mute in his cell, neglecting food, a dramatic shift from his prior defiant demeanor.
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Paris
United News
Bluebeard Landru
Gambais
Hope
Landru
France
Elks Unveil Portrait At Cambridge Service
Cambridge Lodge of Elks honored its dead by unveiling a portrait of Corporal Thomas J. O Callaghan, the only Cambridge Elk killed in the war, at memorial exercises held at Gordon's Central Square Theatre. More than 3000 attended as Congressman Frederick W. Dallinger gave the memorial address.
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Elks
Cambridge
Cambridge Lodge of Elks
Thomas J. O’callaghan
Gordon's
Central Square Theatre
Frederick W. Dallinger
Frank JT. Evans
Hubert T. Smith
Apollo Quartette
William H. Reardon
Corporal O'Callaghan
James H. Rattigan
Luxuries Consume 23 Billion USD Of U S Spending
Thomas H. Briggs of Teachers College Columbia University told the Unitarian Laymen's League in Unity House that Americans spend 23 billion dollars on luxuries, 46 times teacher salaries, and argued for expanded liberalized education funded by public interest rather than cutting schools. He urged opposing views on reducing schooling and emphasized education as a public good.
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United States
Thomas H. Briggs
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Unitarian Laymen’s League
Unity House
Coalition to Display Historical Flags at Loyal Coalition
A series of historical flags will be displayed weekly at the Loyal Coalition offices at 24 Mt. Vernon street. Beginning today the flag of explorer John Cabot is shown, followed by flags of Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1583 Sir Walter Raleigh 1584 John White 1687 Martin Pring 1603 and John Popham 1607.
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Coalition
Loyal Coalition
Mt. Vernon Street
John Cabot
Humphrey Gilbert
Walter Raleigh
John White
Martin Pring
John Popham
Pelletier Campaign Sparks Boston Political Clashes
Boston politics heats as Pelletier withdraws and Murphy Curley battle tops headlines. Speakers flood wards with rallies, while 800 Republican Ward 7 members back Murphy. O'Connor intensifies citywide drive as voters prepare for the looming Dec 18 deadline.
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Boston
Murphy
Curley
Charles 8. O'Connor
Pelletier
New York
Thomas J. Giblin
East Boston
O’connor
Charles H. Innes
Republican League
Ward 7
Charles Ss. Baxter
Innes
Cubt
Baxter
Lomasney
Low Government Association
First Trip to Erin Since 1914 Sets Sail from Boston
The Assyria, captained by F. C. Osborne, departs Boston at 3 PM with 400 passengers on the first Ireland voyage since 1914. The ship carries Christmas gifts for Ireland and features travelers Philip O'Donnell and his son, and golfer William Robinson among others. Dennis F. Tierney, 71, aims to sail on the inaugural service, hoping the voyage ends a long journey.
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Boston
Ireland
Assyria
F. C. Osborne
Philip O’donnell
Dennis F. Tierney
South Dakota
New York
William Robinson
Robinson
Sing Sing Follies Presented by Inmates at Ossining Prison
Inmates of Sing Sing prison stage a two act six scene revue titled Bing Sing Follies. Convicts swap striped uniforms for lavender capabilities as more than half the all male cast impersonates feminine beauties in a show featuring songs dances and acrobatics from ragtime to the prison curfew.
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Ossining
N. Y
United News
Sing Sing
The Forty First Guest by Hugh Pendexter
The Forty-First Guest by Hugh Pendexter will appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The story continues Pendexter's Fanchon series in a forthcoming issue.
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Fanchon
Hugh Pendexter
Boston Sunday Post
Shooting in the Car Near New Bedford Injures Two
Charlies Davidow proprietor of a store and his partner Jacob Silk were shot at while driving home two miles from town. Birdshot struck Davidow and Silk as they carried money. Police shifted from holdup theory to possible stray deer shot or drunken gunfire. Davidow drove to Charles Lapham's home for help.
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Plymouth
Des
Charlies Davidow
New Bedford
Davidow
Jacob Silk
Charles Lapham
Silk
British Peace Emissary Arrives in United States
Francis E. Pollard executive secretary of Great Britain peace council arrives in New York on the steamship Albania en route to Washington to confer with the national council for limitation of armaments and the Japanese Peace Society on cooperation among the three nations. One to the Heart Round 10 of The Leather Pushers will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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United States
New York
Francis E. Pollard
Peace Council of Great Britain
Albania
Washington
National Council For Limitation of Armaments
Japanese Peace Society
Three Nations
H. C. Witwer
Boston Sunday Post
Hudson town taxi recovered from theft
The Hudson town taxi stolen from Eugene Tonsi in Winchester Saturday night was found by Somerville Patrolman O Connell on Knowlton street and returned to Tonsi. The car was not badly damaged and the $13 robbery was noted.
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Eugene Tonsi
Winchester
O’connell
Somerville
Knowlton Street
Tonji
Permit Princesses to Return to Bulgaria
Dec 4 SOFTA reports King Boris hosts Princesses Eudoxia and Nadejda who arrived from Coburg. They are the first Bulgarian royals allowed back since Ferdinand abdicated. Ferdinand remains barred from Bulgaria even as a guest of the king.
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Softa
Boris
Eudoxia
Nadejda
Coburg
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
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