Vermont Daughters to Hold Whist Party for Scholarship Fund
The Daughters of Vermont plan a matinee whist party next Friday at the Hotel Vendome to raise funds for the Vermont scholarship fund. A prize is provided for each table and any kind of whist may be played with Mrs. Oscar Gallagher leading the event and Mrs. Calyin Coolidge among the patronesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Daughters of Vermont
Hotel Vendome
Vermont Scholarship Fund
Oscar €. Gallagher
Amore
Calyin
Coolidge
Invention Sale Rules Under 1921 Income Tax
The tax office explained that if you sold an invention or patent in 1921 you must add the sale price minus deductions to your income. Deductions include patent and attorney fees and wages paid to helpers, but not the inventor’s own time.
Gratitude From Boston Jewry For Palestine Fruit Trade
A cable message to Abraham Alpert of the Boston Jewish American praises Boston Jewish support for a Palestine fruit packing house. It notes 3000 boxes of oranges shipped daily to European markets and cites Massachusetts actions to ratify the Balfour Declaration at San Remo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Holy Land
Abraham ‘Alpert
Palestine
Massachusetts
San
Remo
Four children hurt when truck crashes through South Boston fence
An auto truck lost control on Preble Street in South Boston crushing a five foot fence and pinning four children under its weight. Rescue began with bystanders and was completed by firemen and jacks after the fence and truck were lifted. Children include Dorothy McGraham age 4 Esther Lee age 6 Eva Erlandson age 7 and Mary Erlandson age 7. Eliot the driver escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendall Place
South Boston
Wendell Place
Preble Street
Jacks
Dorothy McGraham
Liberty Street
City Hospital
Esther Lee
Eva ‘Bass
Washington Avenue
Mary Erlandson
Edward H. Eliot
Chadwick Street
Roxbury
Batchelder Bros. Coal Company
Boston
Andrew Square
Florence McCarthy
Dorchester Avenue
Erlandson
John W. Lee
Mr. Lee
Lee
McGraham
Eliot
Dorchester Man Turns Dish Cloths Into Marine Paintings
Kenneth Fraser of Dorchester uses dish towels as painting canvases due to tight funds. A WWI veteran with a wife and three children, he stretched towels on a cracker box frame and painted naval scenes, including Carmania sinking a German ship and the Emden wreck, hoping for formal lessons to improve technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Angelo
Kenneth Fraser
Belden Street
Dorchester
Aed Fraser
Carmariia
Trafalgar
Trinidad
Emden
Cocos Islands
Indian Ocean
Finess
Priest Victim of Burglars in Rhode Island
In Providence on February 1 two burglars forced open the rectory door at the Church of the Assumption on Potter Avenue. They pointed revolvers at Rev. Father John F. Haney and compelled him to open the church safe. The thieves took $58 in currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R. I
John F. Haney
Church of the Assumption
Potter Avenue
Bangs Will Filed Seeks Estate Shares for Family
New York reports the widow of humorist John Kendrick Bangs will share the estate with sons John Kendrick Bangs Jr and Francis Hyde Bangs under a Surrogate's Court filing. The will, later withdrawn for refile in Maine, directs $500 to Howard Russel Bangs to benefit his daughter Eleanor Cary Bangs while the bulk is placed in trust with the widow to draw two thirds of income and the two sons each receiving a portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Kendrick Bangs
John Kendrick Bangs, Jr
Francis Hyde Bangs
York County
Maine
Howard Russel Bangs
Eleanor Cary Bangs
Estate Division Rules Upon Marriage of Mrs Bangs
In a probate note the portion for Mrs Bangs remains unmarried at one sixth. If she marries, her portion is reduced to one third and the sons’ shares increase to one third. The estate value is not stated.
Kellogg's Bran Promoted as Constipation Remedy
A vintage advertisement extols Kellogg's Bran cooked and krambled as a permanent relief for constipation when eaten regularly. It claims nine tenths of sickness would vanish if the nation ate Kellogg's Bran and describes it as a natural food not a remedy, with usage guidance and recipe suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Indorse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Omg
Chevrolet
Sills-Chevrolet Co
Smeeganaiane Ave
B.B
Broad St
Deridoatt Dealers and Service Pe Ererwaene
New England
Evrolet
General Motors
Boston Jewry
Jomner’s
Winter ST
Waltham
Homer
Rogers
Fire Jacks
National Blank Book Company
Riverside Holyoke
Acogy
John K. Bangs
R.h.white Co
White’see
Rochester
Baltimore
New York City
Men’s Clothing Dept
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!