Race After Clue in Peaslee Case Captures Local Attention
Attorney-General James P. Tuttle and County Solicitor Robert C. Murchie testified as witnesses. They pursued a rival faction by rig, returning to Concord with jurors. Morrison Peaslee, jailed for fratricide, greeted by his son Raymond and brother Shirley, showing rare emotion. The jury inspected Peaslee’s rustic home near the Contoocook River before a hotel dinner. Boston detectives arrived for the Portland confession scene to aid the State. Sessions resume tomorrow at 10 with Murchie leading for the State.
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James P. Tuttle
Robert C. Murchie
Concord
Morrison Peaslee
Raymond
Shirley
Henniker
Weare Road
Peaslee
Santa Claus
Contoocook
Morrison
Boston
Portland
Tuttle
Foley May Lose By Shortage Of Funds
Shortage of funds for Charlestown court maintenance may doom John P. Foley to a probation officer post at 1500 dollars per year. If the City Council and Mayor refuse the extra appropriation it will be Foley’s second rejection in months.
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Charlestown
John P. Foley
Charles S. Sullivan
Foley
Flaw in election of delegates law spotted by former senator
Former Senator Samuel W. George of Haverhill says the primaries law to national convention delegates may need amendments. He notes that codified changes two years ago limit elections to unpledged delegates and outlines possible issues under the current regulation.
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Samuel W. George
Haverhill
Bulgars May Enter Greece
A Sofia dispatch says Greece informed Bulgaria it does not object to Bulgarian troops entering Greek territory if necessary for military operations. Premier Radoslavoff thanked Greece and said Bulgarian troops on Greek soil would aid, not harm, Greek interests.
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Berlin
London
Tages Zeitung
Sofia
Narodni Prava
Greece
Bulgaria
Radoslavoff
Aztec sculpture dug up resembles Theodore Roosevelt
A stone Aztec image unearthed centuries ago bears a striking likeness to Theodore Roosevelt with a toothy smile and a head shape matching the former president. A picture appears in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Sunday Post
Brennan Named For Street Board Job
In a wartime letter from the front a correspondent recalls General Winter and trench misery, mud, and frost bite. The piece notes Getchell family arrivals and a welcome home gathering at 127 Monument Street West Medford where the visitor, unharmed except for a small shrapnel scar, is hailed as having survived Dante's Inferno.
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Getchell
Melvin Getchell
Arlington
Winifred Getchell
Medford
Wilfred Cornell
West Medford
Dora Tyler
Everett
Monument Street
Brennan Named Street Commissioner Hopeful For City Post
Francis J. Brennan chief clerk to Mayor Curley was named for the street commissioner post. The mayor certified Brennan as specially fitted by education training and experience to fill the vacancy caused by Salem D. Charles’s death. Salary stated at $4000 pending Civil Service confirmation.
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Curley
Francis J. Brennan
Brennan
Civil Service Commission
Salem D. Charles
Roxbury Man Brennan Serves In City Office
Frank A. Brennan, 36, of 224 Dudley Street Roxbury, has been chief clerk in Mayor Curley’s office for 18 months. A native of Roxbury and Boston English High School alumnus, he previously served two years in the Massachusetts House and two in the Boston Common Council. The mayor reappointed Frank A. Goodwin as street commissioner.
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Brennan
Curley
Roxbury
Dudley Street
Boston English High School
Boston Common Council
House of Representatives
City of
Boston
Frank A. Goodwin
Saratoga Street
Bayonet Skill Saves Life in Trench Comeback Tale
Leyland docks and a Medaford Malden and Everett group awaited 19 year old Elmer Getchell who returned from the dead after serving with the British army in France. Senators Lodge and Dalinger aided in exposing his age and American citizenship allowing his discharge. Getchell recounts trench life, bayonet fights, and raw carnage with vivid detail.
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Leyland
Post
Medaford
Malden
Everett
Senator Lodge
Dallinger
Washington
Elmer
la Bassee
Getchell
Wartime reminiscence from an Irish regiment trench tale
A veteran recalls brutal trench life in World War I. He describes bayonet fighting, fear of return to the front, rats and frost bite, a surgeon amputating a comrade's leg, and heavy casualties with 16 of 60 in a platoon surviving. Colonel Fagan led the unit.
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England
Fagan
Connaught Rangers
Kennedy and Hain Re-elected by State Employees Group
President William J. Kennedy of the Massachusetts State Employees Benefit Association was chosen for a second term and Secretary James Hain for a third term at the annual officers election held at 24 Hayward Place last evening. Other officers elected include Michael Tucker as vice president and treasurer, Miss Annette Barnes as financial secretary, Jesse A. Phillips and conductor Nicholas J. Lewis. A board of trustees and an executive board were also chosen.
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William J. Kennedy
The
Mass. State Employees Benefit Association
James Hain
Hayward Place
Michael Tucker
Annette Barnes
Jesse A. Phillips
Nicholas J. Lewis
Garment Workers Plan Mass Meeting in Boston
A mass meeting of International Ladies Garment Workers' Union members will be held tonight at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Rose Schneiderman of New York will preside and discuss trade conditions with a possible strike involving about 5000 Boston operatives, with similar actions feared in New York Philadelphia and Newark.
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International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Faneuil Hall
Rose Schneiderman
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Newark
Annual Clearance Sale Dominates Store Inventory
The sale covers nearly all departments with strong emphasis on Women's Coats Suits Gowns Misses pieces Furs Negligees Petticoats undergarments infants wear hosiery gloves linens textiles and accessories from trunks to draperies and more.
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Anderson Ginghams
Cretonnes
Hospital chief clears doctor in death at city hospital
Superintendent John H. Dowling exonerates Dr. George Allen after John Rogers dies of cerebral hemorrhage following removal from East Dedham street station. Dowling says Allen diagnosed intoxication and acted in good faith. Rogers had been brought to City Hospital amid a scalp wound and alcohol issues.
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John H. Dowling
City Hospital
George Allen
John Rogers
Rogers
East Dedham Street
Allen
Dowling
Dr. Allen
Dedham Street
Barroom Proprietor Named Defendant in Suit
John F. McNamee proprietor of a barroom at 25 Cambridge street was made the defendant yesterday in a suit for 5000 dollars brought by Joseph AC O Neil who alleges he was assaulted by agents or servants of McNamee and injured An attachment of McNamee s property was made and a keeper placed in the barroom The attachment was dissolved with a bond for the full ad damnum amount.
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John F. McNamee
Cambridge Street
Joseph AC. O'Neil
McNamee
Signal Corps Class Formed In Boston Section
A class for the study of military ethics and signal corps work was formed by the Tele phone & Telegraph Society of New England Boston section. About 200 members, employees of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co, gathered at Franklin Union. Captain Harry Chase spoke along with Colonel Stevens and William R. Driver, who promised company cooperation.
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Telephone & Telegraph Society of New England
Boston
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Franklin Union
Harry Chase
Stevens
William R. Driver
Telephone Company
District Telephone Messengers Dine With New England Tel Leaders
President P L Spalding and General Superintendent B J Bowen were guests of district managers of New England Tel and Tel Co at a dinner at the Hotel Thornshke. Over 100 attended. Spalding Bowen and I C Witcher spoke briefly.
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P. L. Spalding
B. J. Bowen
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Thornshke
Spalding
Mr. Bowen
C. Witcher
Chemist Philip Allston Found Dead in Booth
While talking to his brother in a telephone booth at 188 Columbus avenue Philip J. Allston 54 of 287 West Canton Street South End collapsed and died yesterday. The disconnecting line alerted the operator and a second person found him huddled in a corner.
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Columbus Avenue
Philip J. Allston
Canton Street
South End
Allston
Ideal love letters by New England women feature Sunday Post
The upcoming Sunday Post showcases ideal love letters penned by New England women. The feature highlights romance, personal voices, and regional perspectives in intimate correspondence.
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New England
Next Sunday Post
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