Sad tale of Weymouth couple finds dead in fireless home
Aged couple Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nutting were found dead in their Broad street Weymouth home. Neighbors recall stubborn independence in old age. burial to be private at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs Nutting was 82, a Duxbury native and descendant of Governor Bradford.
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Henry Nutting
Broad Street
Weymouth
Woodlawn
Frank B. Cressey
Cambridge
Weymouth Baptist Church
Annie Thayer
Smoke from TD Pipe Triggers Worcester Fire Alarm
A smoking TD pipe left on a Rogers block window sill at 5 Pleasant Street caused a citywide alarm from Worcester’s Box 4. Fire crews arrived quickly to find the incident extinguished and sought who triggered the alert.
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Worcester
Harrington Corner
Rogers Block
Pleasant Street
City Hall
Service Men Welcome Home Banquet in Medway
One hundred thirty one ex service men were hosted at a welcome home banquet in Medway. The event at the Quinpbequin Inn included a reception and dance at Sanford Hall. Representative W. W. Ollendorff presented a silk American flag to the John F. Donnelly Post American Legion and Colonel John F. J. Herbert of Worcester delivered the welcome address.
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Medway
Quinpbequin Inn
Sanford Hall
John F. Donnelly
American Legion
W. W. Ollendorff
John F. J. Herbert
Worcester
Chinese woman seeks divorce from San Francisco husband
Clara Yee Gong of Boston asks a divorce from Charlie Yee Gong of San Francisco claiming desertion in April 1918. They married in November 1912 and lived together on Columbus avenue in Boston.
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Clara Yee Gong
Boston
Charlie Yee Gong
San Francisco
Columbus Avenue
Uxbridge Tops Red Cross Christmas Seal Drive
Arlington girl aids the Red Cross seal drive to fight tuberculosis in Massachusetts. Uxbridge ranks first in quota sales with several towns selling out and moving to higher allotments. Boston drive shows lagging signs as Seymour H. Stone notes state care gaps.
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Uxbridge
Red Cross
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Georgetown
Haverhill
Reading
Clinton
New Bedford
Dedham
Nahant
Brockton
Palmer
Boston
Joy Street
Seymour H. Stone
Boston Tuberculosis Association
Boston Firms Place Orders for Stamp Allotments
A list of Boston companies placed second and third orders for stamp allotments including Lowney Co operative Association 2000 Boston Mutual Life Insurance 1000 Standard Plate Glass 3000 Jordan Marsh 6000 Meyer Jonasson 2500 Simpson Brothers 1000 and the Boston Business Woman's Club 1000 seats. Daily seal sales in Boston reach about 70000. Mrs M P MacLeod of Mattapan and Miss Dorothy Stetson of Brookline lead new booths at Back Bay station tomorrow.
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Boston
C. F. Hovey Company
Lowney Co-operative Association
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
Standard Plate Glass Company
Jordan Marsh Company
Meyer, Jonasson & Co
Simpson Brothers Corporation
Boston Business Woman's Club
Boston Seal
M. P. MacLeod
Mattapan
Dorothy Stetson
Brookline
Back Bay
Gorham Man Admits Guilt In Firewood Gunpowder Incident
Randall H. Taylor of Gorham confessed to loading gunpowder into a stick of firewood belonging to Emery Moulton, his brother in law, during Thanksgiving week. He denied intent to harm beyond frightening the Moulton family and was arraigned with bail set at $5000 as jail custody continued.
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Portland
Randall H. Taylor
Gorham
Emery Moulton
Sheriff’s Department
Moulton
Taylor
Constantine Dumba Reported Alive in Austria
Lenox reports Dr Constantine T Dumba former Austrian ambassador to the United States is not dead as war reports claimed but living in Austria Joseph Schoebel says he has word Dumba is alive and being assisted locally in Lenox
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Lenox
Constantine T. Dumba
United States
Austria
Joseph Schoebel
Dumba
Quartermaster Girls Plan Organization Meeting
Quartermaster girls at the Army Base South Boston plan a second meeting to form an associate organization to the New England Women's Post No 29 American Legion. The gathering is set for tomorrow night at Cook's Hall 150 Boylston Street at 8 o'clock.
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New England Women’s Post
American Legion
Army Base
South Boston
Cook’s Hall
Boylston Street
Purse Lost by Roxbury Girl in Tram Ride
Eight year old Gertrude De Ring of 61 Forest Street Roxbury appeals to the Post to recover a purple velvet purse lost on an inbound Sullivan Square car between Grove Hall and North Station. The bag, a keepsake from her father in France given during World War II, holds great sentimental value and $2 meant for charity.
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Gertrude de Ring
Forest Street
Roxbury
France
Sullivan Square
Grove Hall
North Station
Catherine
Santa Claus
Fitchburg Mills Announce 10 Percent Pay Increase
Fitchburg Paper Company mills report a 10 percent raise for all employees, the third such increase since January. Other area mills may follow, with Wheelwright Paper Company also raising envelopes by 10 percent and abolishing the bonus system.
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Fitchburg
Fitchburg Paper Company
Wheelwright Paper Company
Leominster
Council Confirms Tax Appointments and Deputies
The executive council approved Sanford Bates as first deputy commissioner at 4500 dollars and Edward C R Bagley as second deputy at 3000 dollars. The council also approved the commissioners and taxation treaty appointments sent last week.
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Executive Council
Sanford Bates
Edward C. R. Bagley
Henry A. Higgins
Long sleeves stay favored for practical waists
The article notes continued support for long sleeves as the practical choice for waist clothing. It highlights comfort, versatility, and modesty as key reasons influencing fashion trends. It mentions designers and stores promoting full coverage pieces.
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Nuttings
Wao
Rameses Cigarettes
Rameses
Oxford
Cape
Romeo
T. D
Arlington
Dorothy Warren
Constantine Dumba
Quartermaster Girls Plan Organization
Gertrudd DE Ring
Council
Wan
Cou
J. J. Poole Co
New England
S. Market St
Richmond
Filene
Bolivia
Jersey
Dolman
Filene’s
Rover
Presto
Filene's
Firene
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