Sailors Arrested for Auto Theft in Worcester Case
Special Officer Joseph Matty and Back Bay officers arrested four sailors from the US S. Cohasset area in Worcester. Charles Fillbeu bel 19 Urban M Callahan 18 Tony Boyer 21 and John P Gavin 11 were charged with larceny of an automobile owned by Dr Charles A Porter of 115 Beacon Street Back Bay. The car was stolen early Saturday night from in front of 4 Newbury Street.
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Joseph Matty
B. O'Donnell
Back Bay
Worcester
Charles Fllbeubel
Urban M. Callahan
Tony Boyer
John P. Gavin
U.S
Cohasset
Charles A. Porter
Beacon Street
Newbury Street
Saved My Life Says Man in Maine
A Belfast Maine man Henry Hanley credits Dr True s Elixir with saving his life and promotes the medicine as a family laxative worm expeller. The ad claims worms are common in children and lists worm symptoms while urging readers to buy Dr True s Elixir from dealers in Auburn Maine.
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Maine
Henry
Hanley
Cross St
Belfast
Dr. True
Aviedresa
J. F. True & Co
Auburn
NO FAITH IN HIN REFORM
A Freneligh Commission lieutenant at the Old South Meeting House Forum decries French enemies as perpetual aggressors. He warns France will ally with Maeland and America yet remain prone to war, insisting the world needs vigilance.
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Vincent de Wierzvicki
Old South Meeting House
France
New World Order
Tacitus
Maeland
America
Real Life of General Pershing Series Tells Next Chapter
The Boston Sunday Post continues H. F. Wheeler’s timely feature series The Real Life of General Pershing next week.
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Boston Sunday Post
General Pershing
H. F. Wheeler
Plucky Officer Captures Suspect After Street Robbery
Patrolman Charles D Wildes of Slyde Park is knocked down and his revolver stolen by three men in a suspected stolen car. He arrests William J Perry of Washington Street Tousbury for larceny of the revolver and an automobile valued at 3500. The vehicle was reported stolen from 22 Huntington Avenue. Police pursue two other suspects still at large with a strong lead.
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Charles D. Wildes
Slyde Park
William J. Perry
Washington Street
Tousbury
Wilds
Trenry Wheeler
Marlboro Street
Back Bay
Huntington Avenue
Cryde Park Avenue
Wilton Street
Wildes
Trade Park
Margin Street
An Ah
Welch
Jamaica Plain
City Tackles High Cost of Living With Price Cuts
Flint merchants and landlords join a Board of Commerce plan to curb rising prices after war. Retailers across groceries clothing shoes and furniture cut prices, landlords reduce rents, and dairies fuel and bread makers trim costs. The campaign aims to spur volume and set a national example without cutting luxuries.
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Board of Commerce Committee
Flint
Seyermal
Federal Fuel Administration
Board of Commerce
War worker in Ware honored on her 100th birthday
Ware resident Mrs. Uerthaw Spooner Howe celebrated by townsfolk in Ware Centre Congregational Church. She recalled knitting for soldiers in Civil War times and many wars, noting she has lived through four wars and hopes no more. Relatives and friends heard her reminiscences in the vestry as she recalled church groups knitting for troops from Ware and West Brookfield.
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Ware
Wate, Tee
Uerthaw Spooner Howe
West Trooknell
Elt
Ware Centre Congregational
Somerville Faces Quiet Local Election Amid Liquor Vote
Somerville voters prepare for a subdued city election with no liquor hinge on the ballot. Only Ward 6 shows a contest among three candidates for two alderman seats, Harry J Norton running as an independent against John Flocatelli and Antone A Coal who held the regular nominations.
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Somerville
Ward
Harry J. Norton
John ¢Flocatelli
Atmon Acoal
Fire damages Execution Rock Lighthouse in fog
A fire destroyed the machinery and generating land at Execution Rock Lighthouse, leaving the fog bound coast in darkness. Naval vessels and airboats were sent from New York to assist keeper Peter Forget and the crew, with repairs expected within a day or two as officials investigate the blaze.
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New York
Dec
Execution Rock
Long Islind Sound
New Rochelle
Sands Point
Polo
Aireboat
Peter Forget
Art Slocum
Tdoreph Yates
Lighthivers
Staten Island
Department of Commerce
The Neady Made Star by Cyrus Townsend Brady
Cyrus Townsend Brady recounts how movie stars gain brilliance in a Sunday Magazine piece for the Toston Post. The tale follows a star's rise with wit and period voice reflecting the era's Hollywood mystique.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Toston Post Sunday Magazine
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Gray Hair Naturally
Grandmother's aging hair is darkened with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound sold at drug stores. The mixture, applied with a dampened comb, darkens gray hair evenly by morning and restores natural color with a glossy look. It is a cosmetic, not a medical cure.
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Wyeth
Wryeth
Bold taxi hold up ends with driver found bound
Joseph Powers a Boston taxi driver was abducted at gunpoint by a robber who forced him to drive at high speed through Quincy Weymouth and Hingham before stopping on a secluded stretch near Weymouth Light & Power plant. Powers was bound gagged and robbed of 50 dollars as the suspect fled.
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South Shore
Hingham
Joseph Powers
Boston
Powers
Bay State Street
Weymouth
Vegg
Plymouth Turnpike
Queen Anne's Corner
South Boston
Hingham Road
Stalled engine leads to man found by fireman
Powers lay in his car after threatening to speed away armed with a lead threat. A fireman from the power station found him about an hour later. Powers lives at 503 Ast Third Street South Boston and has worked for the Boston Motor Cab Company with a stand at Hotel Drewster.
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Powers
Third Street
South
Boston
Boston Motor Cab Company
Drewster
Yale graduate Lieutenant dies in France in war casualty list
Wallingford news notes Dr. William G. Russell learns his son Lieutenant Donnell G. Russell died of disease in France. He was a Yale 1909 graduate who joined the medical corps after U S entry. He leaves a widow and daughter.
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Wallingford
Conn
Dee
Donnell G. Russell
France
William G. Russell
Russell
Yale
United States
Strength to Meet Winter Weather Warns of Thin Blood
An health advice feature argues that winter strains thin blood and weakens nerves, urging use of Dr Williams Pink Pills to build up blood and resilience. Personal testimonials from Brunswick Me Nashua NH Barre VT North Adams MA Hartford CT Pawtucket RI and others illustrate improved strength, appetite and recovery after gripping illness and anemia. The ad promotes pills, laxative Pinklets, and direct mail ordering with prices.
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Henry Kk. Day
Portland Road
Brunswick
Dr. Williams
Dr.Williams
B. W. Phelps
Amherst Street
Nashua
N. H
Dr. Walliams
Dr. Wal- Wains
Patrick S. O'Connell
Park Street
Barre
Archie
Loomis
No. 5
Loomis Street
North Adams
Mass
Ian
Dr Williams
Harry la Francis
Seymour Street
Hartford
Conn
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
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Thayer McNeil Company
Temple Place
West Street
French Lick Sprints
Indiana
Pluto
Hope For National
Howe
Fear Somerville
Execution
Naval Patrol
Quincy
Hast Weymouth
Diamond
Brterwen
Massachusetts
Mary Shepard
Arch Street
Pawtucket
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