MYSTERIOUS SLEEPWALK CASE INVOLVING TWO TEXAS WOMEN
Two women believed to be Mrs Florence Stevenson and her 18 year old daughter Ruth from Port Arthur Texas were taken off a train at South Station in a dazed condition and unable to answer questions They were removed to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.
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Florence Stevenson
Ruth
Port Arthur
Texas
St. Louis
South Station
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ill on Train Two Women Added to Boston Mystery
Ruth Stevenson and her mother Florence Stevenson were found ill on a train near Boston. Police suspect poisoning or assault after jewelry and money suggested no robbery motive. Mrs Stevenson remained in hospital under observation while Ruth recovered enough to name her and her mother and say they were en route to Newtonville to visit Miss Fannie A. Stowell.
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Boston
Rain
Stevenson
Massachusetts General Hospital
St. Louis
Ruth Stevenson
Port Arthur
Tex
Florence Stevenson
Miss Stevenson
Fannie A. Stowell
Claflin Place
Newtonville
Round-up of Crooks Drives Boston Police Effort
Inspectors of the Boston police department were assigned by Chief Inspector John R. McGarr to do special work in and about the danger spots of the city in an effort to rid Boston of undesirables.
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Boston Police Department
John R. McGarr
Boston
Police Roundup Boosts Boston Crime Drive During Holidays
Superintendent Crowley assigns 285 plain clothes men to hunt thieves and hold up suspects. Chief Inspector McGarr says crime in Boston is at a low point for the holiday season as inspectors rotate among stations 9 10 and 11 and a special detail targets pickpockets.
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Crowley
Boston
Department
McGarr
Kelton
Farrell
Towle
McCarthy
Laughlin
Cavannaro
Crawford
Connolly
Eagan
Concannon
Kelley
Lyons
Pierce
Waite
M. W. Murphy
Kilday
Patterson
Hagerty
Dorsey
Augusta
Mitchell
Murray
Boucher
W. F. Murphy
City
Hart
Conway
O'Neil
LeBlanc
Flaherty
Finn
Donovan
Butler
Ring
Morrissey
Burke
T. J. Sheehan
Claflin
Cairnes
Oppose Building in Centre of Allston Playground
Residents near Allston Playground spoke at a park hearing opposing a proposed building in the middle of the space. They warned it would hinder children using Mount Washington Hill for coasting. Pro testers included Representative Hayes Dorothy Pearson Helen Duncklee and Arthur A Lincoln among others.
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Allston Playground
Park and Recreation Department
Mount Washington Hill
Representative Hayes
Dorothy Pearson
Allston Family Welfare Association
Walter M. Whitehill
Brightelmstone Club
Arthur A. Lincoln
Washington Allston School
Helen Duncklee
Prices of Pork Drop in Market
Pork prices ease in markets with sausages at 38 cents per pound and pork loins around 26 to 30 cents. Strip bacon ranges from 28 to 40 cents and smoked shoulders around 28 cents.
Price Guide for Meats Poultry and Produce in Local Markets
The week’s market shows lamb at 40 to 42 cents lean cuts, mutton chops 50 cents, veal cutlets 75 cents, sirloin 60 to 75 cents, rump 65 to 85 cents, round 40 to 65 cents, and roasting pieces 40 to 60 cents per pound. Northern turkeys 70 to 75 cents, native roasting chickens 60 to 60 cents, cod 12 cents, haddock 14, butter fish 35, and smelts 35 to 60 cents. Eges near 1.25, butter 63 cents, print 65, Florida oranges 20 cents a dozen, grapefruits 75 cents to 2 dollars a dozen, lemons 25 to 35 cents, bananas 40 to 50 cents. Potatoes 25 to 60 cents per peck, sweet potatoes 8 cents per pound, onions 5 cents, beets and carrots 8 cents, turnips 5 cents.
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Florida
Gavel from Pontiac Tree Presented to Dr. Marcy in Boston
In Boston a gavel carved from the Pontiac tree of Detroit, banded with gold and pearls, was given to Dr. H. O. Marcy by the American Medical Association upon his presidency. The tree marks the Bloody Run massacre site near Parents' Creek, with historic ties to Detroit’s siege and Pontiac’s Indian alliance.
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Boston
Detroit
H. O. Marcy
American Medical Association
America
Bloody Run
Francis Parkman
Pontiac
Paris
Dalzell
Putnam
New York
Gladwyn
Parents’ Creek
Harvard and Blue Hill Observe Long Range Weather Forecast Hope
Officers from the Harvard Observatory and the Blue Hill Observatory discussed a theory that weather could be predicted six months to a year in advance. R H Stuart cautioned that current meteorological data do not yet justify such a prediction, despite cautious optimism.
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Harvard Observatory
Blue Hill Observatory
Ottawa
R. H. Stuart
Dominion Observatory
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Women Election Officers Named for Boston City Election
Boston will deploy women as election officers for the first time at the upcoming city election. Two women have been suggested to the Election Commission and the Mayor will act on Monday. Six new male assistant registrars are also to be added to the election department under Mayor Peters' proposal.
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Boston
Election Commission
Election Department
Peters
City election commission to undergo major reorganization
A Monday conference between election department officials and the Mayor is expected to announce a reshaped commission. Change in the chairman, department reorganization, new civil service aligned offices, and salary increases for department-linked appointees are planned. James A. Dorsey is tipped to succeed Burlen as chairman.
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Election Department
City Hall
James A. Dorsey
Melanchcton W. Burlen
The
Election Commission
Massa requests 2.15 million from Sherburne sugar firm
Massy & Company of the Argentine Republic sues the E R Sherburne Company in federal court, claiming 5000 tons of Argentine white granulated sugar were sold and shipped for which payment is refused. An attachment of 2.5 million dollars has been placed on the Sherburne firm by the U S marshal.
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E. R. Sherburne Company
Massy Cie
Argentine Republic
New England
Sherburne Company
United States
The Pilot Appeals for Diocesan Charity this Christmas
The Pilot urges Catholics to remember the poor of the diocese and donate to the Diocesan Charitable Bureau led by Rev. M. J. Scanlan and Rev. George P. O'Connor. It notes calls of need and says gifts should be given in secret to aid many destitute families this Christmas season.
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Catholic Charitable Bureau
M. J. Scanlan
George P. O'Connor
Bureau
Martial Law Ordered in Romania Amid Senate Bombing
Reports from Bucharest say martial law has been proclaimed in Romania after a bomb exploded in the Senate killing two senators including a government member and injuring others. Strikes and unrest have flourished as the government ordered military forces to suppress disorders using all means.
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London
Rumania
Bucharest
Romania
Man sues in law for alienation of wife to in laws
Boston patrolman John J. Maher alleges his wife Ella left him with their three year old daughter Rosemary due to alleged alienation by Ella's German born parents Rudolf and Anna Hockmuth. He files two 10000 dollar suits for alienation while Mrs Maher seeks divorce on cruelty intoxication grounds.
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United States Navy
John J. Maher
Boston
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Ella
Rosemary
Maher
Rudolph
Anna A. Hockmuth
South Street
Walpole
Dorchester Centre
Harry N. Guterman
Tremont
James H. Dunphy
Callahan, Dunphy & Eagan
Brockton
Powers disagree on cables at international conference
Washington December 10. Representatives of the principal allied powers show disagreement over the disposition of the former German cables. The dispute threatens to disrupt the preliminary international communications conference already in session for weeks.
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Washington
Associated Press
Associated
United States Britain Italy Reach Accord in Key Points
Acting Secretary Davis reported to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the three powers agreed on most principal issues while France and Japan refused major proposals from the US and Italy. The main points include control of Pacific cable lines centered at Yap and a direct US Italy cable link.
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United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Japan
Davis
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senate Committee
Yap
Pacific Ocean
Harding in Conference in Columbus Drizzle
Senator Harding drove to Columbus in a drizzling rain to golf at a country club and confer with Harry M. Daugherty campaign manager Charles Evans Hughes Colonel George Harvey and former Senator Burton. After lunch Harding and Harvey returned to Marion while Burton went to Cleveland Hughes went to New York and Daugherty headed to Washington. Daugherty denied reports that he accepted the post of attorney general saying he would not discuss appointments without Harding's permission.
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Columbus, CO
Harding
Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
Charles Evans Hughes
George Harvey
Burton
Harvey
Marion
Cleveland
Hughes
New York
Mr. Daugherty
Washington
Daugherty
Senator Harding
Colombian Treaty Controversy Claims Senate Votes
Washington December 10. Senate leaders canvass colleagues on ratification of the Colombian treaty calling for a $25,000,000 payment to Colombia tied to American control of the Panama Canal. Strong opposition noted and passage believed unlikely without enough votes, risking a delay to the next session.
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Washington
Senate
Colombia
Panama Canal
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