Despondent boy prisoner tries to leap to death in jail
Phillip di Forte aged 19 of 19 South Russell Street West End is on the danger list at Massachusetts General Hospital after leaping from a railing 10 feet to a cement floor during a Saturday incident at Charles Street jail He reportedly pleaded for forgiveness to his wife 17 year old Mary di Forte before the act and had earlier been condemned for an alleged knife attack on her
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Charles Street
Phillip di Forte
South Russell Street
West End
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mary di Forte
di Forte
Central Court
Murder Jury Delivers Quick Guilty Verdict in Brooklyn
In a rapid Brooklyn trial, Frank J. Kelly is found guilty of first degree murder for slaying Catherine Dunn in December. He faces the electric chair at Sing Sing next Friday. Dunn, the victim’s brother, requested permission to witness the execution.
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New York
Brooklyn
Frank J. Kelly
Catherine Dunn
Clarence Sperry Clark
Sing Sing
Joseph Dunn
Lewis
Bolshevik Army Evacuates Dvinsk
The Bolshevik army has evacuated the city of Dvinsk on the Dvina under enemy pressure, according to a Soviet communique received by wireless from Moscow. The statement says the retreat was made under pressure from opposing forces.
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London
Dvinsk
Dvina
Moscow
Rub Pain Away With Old St. Jacobs Oil
Back soreness and lumbago relief promised by Old St. Jacobs Liniment. A trial bottle at any drug store is rubbed into the pain and is claimed to vanish soreness within fifty counts. The product is described as harmless and non staining with prompt results for neuritis and sciatica.
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St. Jacobs
Borah to Question Coolidge on Treaty in Letter
Washington news reports Senator Borah plans to write to Governor Coolidge seeking his position on the peace treaty. Other GOP hopefuls like Lowden and Wood weigh in with varying stances while irreconcilables push for decisive opposition to the treaty and European alliances. In Boston, Horace Greeley Lodge No. 165 Knights of Pythias installed Charles R. Crommett as chancellor commander for 1920 with officers announced for the year.
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Horace Greeley Lodge
Knights OF Pythias
Ambrose Harvey
C. C. Perkins
M. R. Stubbs
M. A. Knock
B. F. Shovelier
Co. Powers
G. G. Hall
H. L. Abbott
W. H. Hatton
C. R. Crommett
C. C
C. H. Manzer
J. F. Langill
Edward Vernick
Washington
Borah
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Senate
Lowden
Illinois
Wood
General Wood
Horace Greeley Lodge No
William Parkman
Boylston Place
Wife seeks divorce from James Cositore in Weymouth case
Mrs Evaline D Cosi of Rockland charged her husband was cruel and abusive on their wedding day and filed for divorce in Norfolk Superior Court at Dedham. She seeks to have the marriage set aside.
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Evaline D. Cositore
Rockland
Norfolk Superior Court
Dedham
James Cositore
Weymouth
Cositore
Francis Cositore
Josephine Cositore
New York City
Multiple Divorces Filed Over Cruel Treatment Dates
A list of divorce petitions cites cruel and abusive treatment by husbands and marriages from 1911 to 1919. Petitions name Francis Cositore Weymouth and New York, Emma Gene Smith Brookline, Ethel Harris Weymouth, George Albert Orcutt Weymouth and Waterville, Lena Carver Orcutt, Ida McKnight Norwood, Samuel PD McKnight Westwood, and Ellen M. McGuinness Dedham.
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Emma Gene Smith
Brookline
Edward C. Smith
Smiths
Boston
Ethel Harris
Weymouth
Stephen L. Harris
George Albert Orcutt
Braintree
Lena Carver Orcutt
Waterville
Orcutt
Orcutts
Ossipee
N. H
Ida McKnight
Norwood
Samuel PD. McKnight
Westwood
Jane Elizabeth
Charles
Ellen M. McGuiness
Dedham
Matthew J. McGuiness
WINS HEROISM HONOR FOR EAST BOSTON RESCUER
Alfred W. Sacco, Italian interpreter in Suffolk County Superior Court, received a framed heroism certificate and cash from the Massachusetts Humane Society for saving a four year old girl on a Boston elevated train on July 22, 1919. He pulled the doors apart at Northampton Street station and hurled the child to safety over his shoulder, risking his own fall. In Amersfoort Doorn area Germany Reconstruction of Kaiser William II’s house purchased by him progresses, though he expects Holland to seek his extradition and plans to move to Doorn soon.
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Alfred W. Sacco
Suffolk County Superior Court
Massachusetts Humane Society
East Boston
Boston
Sacco
Doorn
William
Germany
Holland
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Horace Greeley
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Robert L. Norton
Charles R. Crommett
Malcolm A. Knock
Exchequer
William H. Hatton
Charles C. Perkins
Henry L. Abbott
J. Fred Langill
Basil F. Shovelier
Edward Wernick
Carl B. Powers
Wallace Groves
G. W. Dickinson
M. D
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Boston, Mass
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New England
State Street
Mass
General Edwards
Cleveland
Edwards
Bayerson of Works of Pennsylvania
Joseph Hallian
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Kaiser
Amerongen
Chase & Sanborn
Gilchrist
Bolivia
White
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