Fat Salem police struggle with new patrol auto
Salem's police auto van could not accommodate two overweight drivers, Charles Fe Childs 240 pounds and Frank Pelletier 220 pounds. City Marshal Lehan declined seat adjustments due to cost, replacing them with Joseph Doherty and Francis W Hitchcock while noting the two quit the force.
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Salem
Fat Man
Charles Fe, Childs
Frank Pelletier
Childs
Pelletier
Patrick J. Lehan
Lynn
Swampscott
Lehan
Joseph Doherty
Francis W. Hitchcock
City official explains firing two workers over car use
The official says he let two men go because they were unwilling to take smaller roles such as janitors. He notes retooling the machine would be costly and time consuming, and the men refused other positions if they could not drive the automobile.
Woman Leaves Family For Nova Scotia
Ernest D Barron of Lynn reported his wife Lillian Barron 22 disappeared from their home with their 14 month old daughter Dorothy. A farewell note claimed she was going to Nova Scotia and did not want to be found. Barron said they never quarreled and he could not explain the phrase further trouble.
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Ernest D. Barron
Fosdick Terrace
Lynn
Lillian Barron
Barron
Dorothy
Nova Scotia
Lillian
Marriage Duty Over Personal Happiness Says Chicago Leader
Horace Bridges head of the Chicago Ethical Society told a Ford Hall audience last night that happiness is not a guaranteed right and that raising a family is central to marriage. He praised Ellen Key’s view that love comes first and promoted divorce only if a couple remains childless after three to five years, adding that monogamy is a man made system.
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Horace Bridges
Chicago Ethical Society
Ford Hall
Ellen Key
University of Stockholm
Bridges
Ambassador Dumba Bitten by a Dog in Street Fight
Washington February 1 Dr Theodore Dumba ambassador from Austria Hungary was bitten on a finger while breaking up a street fight between his dog and another. The other dog owner faced a court charge for letting the animal run without a muzzle.
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Washington
Theodore Dumba
Austria-Hungary
Boy Scouts End Search for Missing Brookline Girl
Dorchester Boy Scouts and volunteers concluded a two day search for Eleanor Arlin missing since January 8. Investigators believe she wandered into the woods and may have died from exposure or self harm near Forest Hills Jamaica Pond and Brookline.
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Eleanor Arlin
Brookline
Dorchester Boy Scouts
Brookline widow posts 500 reward for Eleanor search
Mrs. William Rogers of Brookline offers 500 to anyone who finds Eleanor Arlin dead or alive. Detectives back the reward as rumors of a private home discovery are dismissed by relatives who doubt a Portland link and await authorities' confirmation.
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Brookline
Arlin
Post
Providence
Portland
Jane Arlin
Eleanor
Colebrook
N. H
Miss Arlin
Henry Gould
Colesbrook
Missing typist Arlin may be hidden in ponds near Dorchester
Searchers conclude ground has been covered and that ponds and reservoir around Hammond Pond Jamaica Pond and nearby swamps may conceal the fate of Miss Arlin The Dorchester Boy Scouts traced Jamaica Pond shores for clues as post cards letters and anonymous tips continue to arrive from relatives and the public A Providence tip suggested the young woman seen in Cafe Dreyfus but the Rogers family doubts she ever visited such places and will investigate during a trip
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Jamaica Pond
Miss Arlin
S. L. Ginsberg
Dorchester
Arlin
Providence
W. J. Rogers
Dreyfus
Rogers
Car derailed hits woman in Lexington pathway crash
A Lowell electric car left the rails at Massachusetts Ave and Bedford Street in Lexington and struck Miss Almina Munroe. She suffered a serious shoulder fracture and bruises, then was taken home by Dr. J Odin Tilton’s car. Motorman Warren Pierce and Conductor Bernard Scannell steered the car bound for Arlington Heights with no passengers.
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Lowell
Massachusetts Avenue
Bedford Street
Lexington
Almina Munroe
Lowell Street
East Lexington
Munroe
J. Odin Tilton
Warren Pierce
Bernard Scannell
Arlington Heights
Potter's Field Burial for Local Recluse in Quincy
The body of Margaret Mid diemas a woman said to have a niece and nephew nearby will be buried at the expense of the city of Quincy. She was killed by a train at West Quincy on Saturday night and remains unclaimed, to be interred in Potter's Field.
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Margaret Middiemas
West Quincy
City of Quincey
Potter's Field
Tight Collars and No Pockets in Chicago Tipping Scheme
Thirty boys employed by Jacques Rousso, head of a tipping trust, strike after he replaces some with ten girls last week. The girls wear tight collars and no pockets to keep tips from reaching Rousso, who allegedly pockets the money, while patrons grow wary of the scheme and reduce tipping.
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Chicago
Jacques Rousso
Tipping Trust
Rousso
Burnsville Fire Destroys $100,000 in Businesses
A large fire in Burnsville wipes out about half the business section. Ten business houses and one dwelling are destroyed with losses estimated at $100,000. Authorities believe the fire started from a gas jet left burning in a restaurant.
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Burnsville
W. Va
Burnaville
95 Year Old Man Plans Wedding to 74 Year Old Bride
Northampton February report states Thomas MacNab 95 of South Weymouth will wed Alice Clark 74 of Northampton on Wednesday. MacNab, who sought a wife after a Boston Post interview, praises his lively bride and hopes for a happiest honeymoon yet despite the age gap.
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Northampton
Alice Clark
Thomas $. MacNab
South Weymouth
Bargain Hosiery and Apparel Sale From R H Stearns
R H Stearns offers discounts on skirts winter coats dust coats summer suits dresses and waists with broad reductions on silk hoses lisle hose and thread silk socks. Many items feature original prices and reduced per pair or bundle offers aimed at women men and children.
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