Bill makes women eligible for office in Massachusetts
A bill to allow women to hold appointive and elective offices was filed with the Senate clerk on petition by Mrs. George R. Fearing of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters and Mrs. Helen G. Notch. The petition asks for an emergency preamble to prevent delay before the September state primary elections.
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Senate
George R. Fearing
Massachusetts League of Women Voters
Helen G. Notch
Mr Thorn Concentrates thrills romance in magazine teaser
Elizabeth Jordan presents a tale of thrills and romance titled Mr Thorn Concentrates. It is announced to be printed in full in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Mr. Thorn
Bylizabeth Jordan
Boston Sunday Post
Raised notes scam prompts Secret Service U S circular
John J. McGrath heads Massachusetts Secret Service urges police cooperation after federal grand jury indicts Joseph Barbero of Charter Street Boston for passing raised notes. The fake bills use genuine five dollar notes altered to read twenty with altered numerals and wording.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Massachusetts
John J. McGrath
Boston
United States Secret Service
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph Barbero
Charter Street
Beverly
McGrath
Federal Reserve
Disagreement Over Shootings in Opie Case Emerges
Virginia witnesses split on whether Major Hier one L. Opie of Staunton shot soldiers during the Argonne drive in 1918. Some testified he fired on runners to halt a retreat. others said he only fired to restrain disordered troops. Senate committee hearings yielded conflicting accounts with no firm verdict.
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Washington
Virginia
Hierone L. Opie
Staunton
Senate
France
Opie
116Th Infantry
Argonne
Brandegee
Couns
Little Walks About Boston Described By Leslie
Artist Leslie recalls a first visit to Abbotsford to paint Sir Walter Scott for Mr. George Ticknor. He travels with Sir Edwin Landseer to Edinburgh, then Highlands visiting Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine, Loch Awe, and Ayr. He witnesses Highland games and bagpipe music before returning to Edinburgh and Abbotsford carrying Byron’s ring.
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Leslie
Abbotsford
Sir Walter Scott
George Ticknor
London
Edwin Landseer
Edinburgh
Sir Walter
Highlands
Loch Lomond
Loch Katrine
Loch Karn
Ayr
Robert Burns
Bonny Doon
Cumnock
Byron
Walter
Untitled reminiscence on Burns and a mouse metaphor
A narrator recalls a social gathering around music and a tale about Robert Burns and a mouse. Scott tells Leslie about a laborer who accompanied Burns when he found a mouse in a plough scene. Burns initially wants to kill the mouse but then vows to make it immortal.
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Scott
Leslie
Burns
Mrs Edna Calder longtime Dedham clerk dies at 77
Miss Edna Frances Calder a former Dedham and Boston school teacher and longtime Norfolk Registry of Deeds clerk died yesterday at her home 68 Richards street Dedham in her 78th year.
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Edna Frances Calder
Dedham
Boston
Norfolk Registry of Deeds
Richards Street
Barber Offers Home Remedy to Color Gray Hair
New York barber A. E. O'Brien endorses Orlex powder as a simple at home solution to color gray hair. He says dissolve in water and comb through hair, with directions and a gold bond guarantee in every box. One box lasts months and will make a gray haired person look twenty years younger.
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A. E. O’brien
New York City
Science Adopts Poker at Columbia University
Science study at Columbia University's psychology department invites volunteers to join a controlled poker game. Researchers observe poker faces and reactions to draws and outcomes as part of practical psychology research for an upcoming publication.
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New York
Columbia University
Department of Psychology
Bankrupt Found Guilty of Falsity in Bankruptcy Oath
A federal court jury found William Pookatch, former owner of a shoe store at 1121 Washington Street, guilty of making a false oath about assets in bankruptcy. The verdict came in three minutes. sentence deferred.
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William Pookatch
Washington Street
Zionists Off to See Balfour in Washington Conference
A Greater Boston Zionist delegation led by Dr. Leon S. Medalia and others travels to Washington to discuss establishing a Jewish Homeland in Palestine with Sir Arthur Balfour. The conference at the British Embassy Building will include representation from every Zionist organization in the country.
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Greater
Boston
Washington
Sir Arthur Balfour
Palestine
Leon S. Medalia
Robert Silverman
Isaac Harris
Henry H. Levenson
Simon Shamroth
John Horowitz
Joseph Rudnick
Classified Advertisement List of Clothing and Sports Goods
A mixed ad page item lists prices for clothing and sports equipment. Items include mittens, shirts, caps, socks, robes, slippers, neckwear, vests, shirts, jackets, jerseys, golf bags, balls, rags, footballs, clubs, and roller skates with various prices such as 32.50 and 42.50. The fragmentary note references brands like Wilson and general merchandise across apparel and athletic gear.
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Wilson
Gun-toters warned as six months eyed for gunmen
Judge Sullivan announced a six month sentence for gunmen in Municipal Court. Philip Toscano 19 Charter Street was found with a pistol in a Hanover Street pool room and appealed. Philip Patnigola 2 Washington Place avoided the sentence by testimony of being father to six children and was fined $100 with a warning to stop carrying a gun.
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Sullivan
Philip Toscano
Charter Street
Mark E. Madden
Toscano
Hanover Street
Philip Patnicogla
Washington Place
Paticogla
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