De Valera Urged by Clare Constituency on Treaty
The Clare County Council voted 17 to 5 to back the Ireland Great Britain treaty and urged Eamon De Valera to press for national unity. It warned rejection could provoke war and split the people. In Dublin, Dail Eireann delayed further debate until January 3, with a 77 to 44 vote on an amendment for continued sittings.
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Ennis
Ireland
Associated Press
Clare County Council
Eamon de Valera
Great Britain
de Valera
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Michael Collins
Put Onus On NOL Prossing Filed In Senate
A bill to prohibit district attorneys from not pressing cases above the misdemeanor level without Superior Court judge approval was filed with the Senate clerk by Senator Frank H. Putnam of Lowell. Similar legislation was previously asked by Attorney General Allen but failed in the State Senate.
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Superior Court
Senate
Frank H. Putnam
Lowell
Allen
State Senate
Boston’s Cold Wave Eases After Sudden Daylong Chill
The abrupt cold spell that gripped Boston on Wednesday weakened last night as warmer air began to move in. The report notes a continued continuation on further pages and references an Austrian sortie from Przemsyl in Galicia in 1914.
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Boston
Przemsyl
Galicia
Snow and Rain Forecast For New England
Forecast shows snow in northern New England turning to rain on Friday with rising temperatures. Southern New England likely snow changing to rain Friday with warmer temps, cloudy and colder by Saturday. Strong southeast to south winds along the Atlantic coast.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Georgia
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Atlantic States
Houdini Amazes Throng with Rope Trick on Roof
Houdini suspended by his feet from the Post Santa Claus roof in bitter cold, bound by a straitjacket. Officials strapped him in as he wriggled free in under three minutes, then proceeded to help fund the Post Santa Claus Fund. He is appearing at Keith's Theatre.
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Houdini
Little Escape Marvel
Keith's
Law and Order
Chaplin mum on marriage amid divorce chatter
In Los Angeles on December 22 reports swirl Charlie Chaplin may remarry after January 1 when his divorce from Mildred Harris Chaplin is finalized. Names in the running for Mrs Chaplin No 2 include Claire Windsor and Mae Collins with Windsor favored by many, while Collins’s friends push for parity.
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Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Chaplin
Charlie
Claire Windsor
Mae Collins
Miss Windsor
Miss Collins
Fire in Somerville closet leaves cash intact
A fire at 9 Holt Avenue in Somerville damaged a closet and its contents yesterday afternoon. Firemen stopped the blaze, revealing that almost all items burned while tightly rolled bills hidden in the closet survived.
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John Coakley
Holt Avenue
Somerville
Duggan Girl Returns to Boston Amid Blackmail Ring Threat
Theresa Duggan, once linked to a Boston blackmail ring, is back in Boston from New York with a warning to derail further efforts to connect her to the case. She was found in a West 46th Street apartment and plans to resume public life after retirement.
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Theresa Duggan
Boston
West 46Th Street
New York
Queer patient recaptured after hospital escape
A man identified briefly as John Smith escaped from Springfield Hospital in zero temperatures after being found with two loaded revolvers. He was recaptured late tonight by officers fire when he tried to flee among freight trains. his exact identity remains unknown.
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Springfield
John Smith
Hanover May Pay Dividend At Hanover Trust
Bank Commissioner Joseph C Allen will seek Supreme Court authority to pay a 20 percent dividend to depositors in the Hanover Trust Company savings and commercial departments. The $850000 comes from the commercial department assets and, if approved, could be paid within three weeks. This follows a 50 percent dividend already paid to savings depositors.
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Joseph C. Allen
Supreme Court
Savings and Commercial
Hanover Trust Company
Savings Department
Old Farmer's Prediction Warns of Warm Up and Snow Rain
The report forecasts rising temperatures and unsettled weather with snow turning to rain by this afternoon or tonight, signaling a warmer spell ahead.
Rev. George L. Perin Dies at Brookline Home
The Rev. Dr. George L. Perin founder and president of the Franklin Square House a prominent Universalist clergyman and the first missionary of that faith to Japan died at his home 23 Naples road Brookline at 315 p m yesterday.
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George Landor Perin
Franklin Square House
South End
Japan
Naples Road
Brookline
George L. Perin
Coolidge Plans Christmas Dinner for Senate Pages
Vice President Coolidge told the Senate pages he will continue the Marshall era custom of hosting a Christmas dinner. His two sons will also attend the event.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Thomas R. Marshall
Man Slays Girl and Kills Self at Chinatown Restaurant
Unidentified man shot Pearl Payne of Charlestown at the Sinco Restaurant in Chinatown then killed himself. Pearl wore three diamond rings. letters signed Nick hint at motive and identity. He died two hours later at City Hospital. clue letters mention Pearl Payne and a Mr. Roger.
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Pearl Payne
Charlestown
Chinatown
City Hospital
Florida
Pearl
Roger
Nick
Man shoots self at Audubon road incident linked to engagement
Felix Saunders, once at Harvard Medical School and associate to Doctor W T Bowie, attempted suicide at 516 Audubon Road Back Bay. With his fiancee’s picture in one hand and a revolver in the other he fired a .22 pistol into his heart, then collapsed on Walter S Hughes’s bed. Miss Dorothea Murray Hughes intervened and saved him. Saunders had left the University of Chicago last year due to lack of funds.
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Dorothea Murray Hughes
Felix Saunders
W. T. Bovie
Harvard Medical School
Audubon Road
Back Bay
Young Saunders
University of Chicago
Walter S. Hughes
Bowie
Mr. Hughes
Youth's suicide attempt follows broken engagement
A 24 year old Radcliffe senior and college editor from Hartford Miss Ann Hastings engagement ends in heartbreak. He left a note to Mr Hughes his sister and friends asking forgiveness for making a mess of things and attempted to kill himself during the ante-Christmas season.
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Ann Hastings
Hartford, Conn
Radcliffe
Saunders
Hughes
Belfast Steamer Clears Ice After River Passage
The steam er Belfast sailed today for Boston and broke through nearly two inches of river ice on the down river run. Weather moderated tonight, and officials doubt further attempts to navigate the port this year. The river opened on March 1.
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Bangor
Belfast
Boston
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