City patrolman to receive new overcoat after bar fight
Central Court ruled Patrolman William T. Desmond will get a new overcoat after a Brighton incident ended in Martin J. Flaherty being stopped by police. Flaherty, intoxicated, drew a fish knife in a How ard street cafe and fought Desmond, who tackled him bare handed. Flaherty got six months suspended to pay $65 for the coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Desmond
City Ngu Avenue
Central Court
Martin J. Flaherty
Brighton
Martin
Howard Street
Desmond
House of Correction
Mystery Man With Lost Memory Stirs Local Inquiry
An English medical and music educated man, found wandering near town, cannot recall his name or past. Dr Beazley shelters him, noting his Oxford ties, calm organ playing, and uncertain Mississippi childhood, while memory gaps persist about his identity. He appears 50s, 5'7", brown hair with grey, greenish yellow eyes, underweight by five pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beazley
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Dr. X
England
Oxford
Mississippi
Germany
Republic
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Mr. Oppenheim
Little, Brown
Africa
Potsdam
Oppenheim
Propagandists of Britain Urged Deportation by Irish Group
The Robert Emmet Branch of Friends of Irish Freedom called for deporting propagandists funded by Britain. They urged the government not to discriminate and cited federal deportation actions against those plotting to overthrow the government. They claim thousands of English propagandists operate in the U.S. through press, church, stage and schools to denationalize Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Emmet
Friends of Irish Freedom
The Great Impersonator review and other new books
A Chicago review notes E. Phillips Oppenheim’s The Great Impersonator as timely and gripping with strong character realism and a late reveal. It also surveys Westerns by Thomas K Holmes and William Patterson White, Florence Willingham Pickard’s Between Scarlet Thrones, Henry James tales, poetry by John Masefield, and children’s titles by Benson, Meiklejohn, Richards, Gruelle, Miller, and others, praising vivid storytelling and varied themes across 1920 releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Florence Willingham Pickard
Ahab
Jezebel
Elijah
John Masefield
Masefield
Dutton
Nannine la Villa Meiklejohn
Sicily
Italy
Nello
Palermo
Florence
Songs of Sunshine By the Benztown Bard
A 1920 verse by the Benztown Bard offers faith and joy as it greets a new year. It celebrates a singing year for all ages, hopeful love, and friendly paths through spring with personified flowers and the May breeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Violet
Sawtelle Patch Announces Engagement to Samuel Walker
The engagement of Miss Margaret Sawtelle Patch to Samuel Walker is announced by the bride to be’s parents. Walker is linked to 66 Tremont Street Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sawtelle Patch
Samuel Walker
Tremont Street
Malden
Funeral Services for Mrs Louisa Adams Beal
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Church of the Advent for Mrs Louisa Adams Beal widow of James H Beal Rev William H van Allen and Rev George Nattress officiated with church choir music selected by the deceased Burial followed at Mt Auburn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Adams Beal
James H. Beal
Church of the Advent
William H. van Allen
George Nattress
Francis W. Snow
Saloon Closure Ordered for Diggin and Co at Harrison Ave
Following a police complaint the Licensing Board closed the Saloon of John D Diggin and Co at 7 Harrison Avenue to business for one month last night due to license terms violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Diggin & Co
Harrison Avenue
Marriage Intentions Highlight City Couples
A long list of proposed marriages shows couples from Boston and surrounding areas. Names include Robert Treat Paine and Elizabeth Conant in civic addresses, with multiple pairs across professions such as attorney, physician, nurse, and police officer.
Cambridge Residents Listed in Unclear Census Text
Fragmentary OCR lists Cambridge individuals including Robert Grigas 26 a cook in Cambridge and Katie Normant 26 at 42 Washington Street Cambridge. also William A Bowser 23 shoe worker and Mary McCormack 17 at 9 Lamson Place Cambridge with parents' consent. Also references to a Boston auditor and a Norfolk address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grigas
Windsor St
Cambridge
Cook
Katie Normant
Washington St
William A. Bowser
Mary McCormack
Gui
Charles St
Boston
Auitor
Norauirk
Thieves Steal 5700 Yards of Cloth Valued at 25 000
Burglars broke into the Lorain Tailoring Company store in Cleveland and carted away 5700 yards of cloth in auto trucks. The cloth was in 95 bolts and valued at 25 000 to 30 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lorain Tailoring
Copany
Olive Tablets Ad Claims Health Benefits
Advertisement promoting Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a non calomel liver and bowel remedy. Claims include improved skin color appetite energy and buoyancy, with olive color tablets available in 10 and 25 cent sizes and directions to take one or two nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pop Isumthinn
Messia
Nou TO
LAN
Sam Hill
TOR
Mystery Man
Roosevelt
Dr. Beazley
Britain
Alfred S. Clark
Sully
Thomas K. Holmes
William Patterson White
Henry James
Scott & Seltzer
Galaxy
Atlantic Monthly
James
David Blaize
Doran
Er. F. Benson
Alice
David
Miss Muffet
Joan of Arc
Appleton
Laura
Richards
Joan
Lippincott
F. St. Mars
Wadé
Putnam
Richard Derby
Olive Beaupre Miller
Volland
Johnny Gruelle
Maginel Wright Enright
Bruce Bairnsfather
Old Bill
Bairnsfathers
Doubleday
Alan Bott
Captain Bott
Palestine
Syria
Constantinople
Yeats-Brown
George B. Ford
France
Belgium
Porary Fiction
N. Y. Times Book Review
New York Tribune
Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
E. P. Dutton & CO
Fifth Ave
New York
Robert Treat Paine
Commonwealth Ave
Elizabeth MacNichol Conant
Arlington St
Benjamin Woronoff
Green St
Fannette Feingold
Worcester
John F. Pruett
Newbury St
Marguerite V. Mathe
San Francisco
Cal
Anthony M. Nuse
Carpenter
East Fighth St
Helen J. Canavan
East Fourth St
John Cocoris
Hemenway St
Pacey
Kaliris
Maverick St
Chelsea
Harold ©. Hendrickson
Seaman
S. Merchant Marine
Chicago
Ill
Filizabeth P. Sadler
Elizabeth M
Pontuso
Richfield St
Dorchester
Joseph BF. O'Neill
Hollis St
Alice A. O’hern
Parmenter
George W. Comstock
High St
West Medford
Hazel M. Jackson
Beech St
Roslindale
Giovanni Moretti
North St
Concetta Moretti
Wiliam H. Pitts
Goldsmith Pl
Roxbury
Regina Dionne
Ferdinand M. Mehlinger
Bowen St
Marie V. Donnelly
Brookline
Stefano Negro
Waterbury
Conn
Giulia Zampero
Edward J. Rumse
Marshall St
Clinton
Mary A. Heinemeyer
Grant St
Emilio Porfido
Littleton
N. H
Carmela Potito
Porter St
East Boston
William H. Richens
Huntington Ave
Hyde Park
Maria Johson
Garfield Ave
John J. Moylan
EF St
South
Margaret Hayes
Seventh St
South Boston
Robert Crosby
Myrtle St
Mary Palmer
Street & Smith
People’s Magazine
Frank Crane
Owenee
Ques
Stuart Rivers
Sally S
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone Fame
James Hay, Jr
Bayerson Oil Works
Penn
Joseph Hallian
N. BE
Colonial Bldg
Mass
Beecham’s
Korein
Korein Co
Nc-69
Station F
New York City
Cuticura
Caae
Parker
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!