Ernie Harrington Asked Prayers as Wife Fasts
Danville Illinois January 12 United News Ernie Harrington refuses salvation and Sadie Harrington continues a hunger strike into the fourth day with hot water as her only intake. She appeals to prayers to save her husband from sin and quotes a bulletin praising her faith and declaring she will not die. Harrington says he is too busy with butter and egg trade to address the matter and plans to buy hogs.
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Danville
Ill
United News
Ernie Harrington
Salvation
Sadie
North End Man Found Not Guilty in Christmas Eve Holdup
Richard Maccini of 35 Cooper Street North End was found not guilty after arraignment in Municipal Court Judge Parmenter discharged him. Four men reportedly held up a victim on Mechanics Street Christmas Eve taking $19 from Robert Bailey of the South End. Police had arrested Maccini nearby after the holdup.
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Richard Maccini
Cooper Street
North End
Parmenter
Mechanics Street
Robert Bailey
South End
Maccini
Maccinti
Harvard Glee Club Chorister Missing Man
Joseph F. Lautner, Evansville Indiana, chorister of the Harvard senior class and president of the Harvard Glee Club, has been missing since Monday morning. He told a friend he was going home but did not inform authorities and was seen in Harvard Square behaving strangely. College officials launched an investigation with no clues to his whereabouts.
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Joseph F. Lautner
Evansville
Ind
Harvard
Harvard Glee Club
Lautner
Harvard Square
U. S. Rhine forces reduced to eight thousand
The War Department reduced American occupation troops in Germany from 15,000 to 8,000. Secretary Baker advised Representative Byrnes that the cut is already under way and that complete withdrawal remains a future consideration.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Baker
Byrnes
South Carolina
Judge Aldrich Accepts McPeck Resignation in Adams
Federal Judge Aldrich sitting for Judge Morton accepted the resignation of Edward K. McPeck of Adams Massachusetts. McPeck has for many years served as referee in bankruptcy for Berkshire County. A successor is expected to be appointed upon Judge Morton’s return next week.
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Aldrich
Judge Morton
Edward K. McPeck
Adams
Mass
Berkshire County
Mr. McPeck
Morton
Appeal for Aid From Chinese Famine Fund
A Massachusetts appeal urges immediate American donations to relieve a Chinese famine. The American Minister at Pekin cites 15 million at risk. funds supported by Kidder, Peabody & Company with MacGregor Jenkins as chairman. The appeal lists notable signatories and urges individuals to donate to Chinese Famine Fund at Kidder Peabody.
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Pekin
China
Wilson
Kidder, Peabody & Company
Devonshire Street
Boston
MacGregor Jenkins
Arlington Street
Mr. Jenkins
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
James L. Barton
American Commission For Relief In the
Near East
Robert Winsor
Ellery Sedgwick
The
Atlantic Monthly
George R. Nutter
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Galen L. Stone
Hayden Stone & Company
Honor system on Deer Island faces rejection after escape
Institutions Commissioner Thomas C. OBrien pledges to bar any form of honor system for Deer Island prisoners unless they meet new duties. The plan arose after a prisoner fled while awaiting hospital treatment on Long Island. Prisoners voted to adopt the system proposed by Thomas Mott Osborne and elected officers ahead of a Feb 1 election.
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Deer Island
Thomas C. O’brien
Long Island
Thomas Mott Osborne
Warren's role in Bunker Hill and Concord monuments
The text recounts Dr John Warren guiding Boston’s Bunker Hill monument project, securing funds and artifacts, meeting Lafayette in 1824, and aiding construction and preservation efforts. It notes Warren, Webster and others visiting Lexington and Concord in 1824 and the Old Manse room’s later literary echoes by Emerson and Hawthorne.
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John C. Warren
Bunker Hill
Dr. Warren
W. Tudor
General Lafayette
Boston
General Warren
Lafayette
Mr. Webster
Amos Lawrence
Colonel Perking
William Sullivan
Webster
Warren
Lexington
Concord
Dr. Ripley
William Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hawthorne
Woman Auto Driver Awarded Damages
Mrs. Bertha M. Smith of 36 Fairfield Street Back Bay won damages of 94.40 after driving her car into an unlighted silent policeman on Hereford Street last October. The mayor and officials approved the payment.
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Bertha M. Smith
Fairfield Street
Back Bay
Hereford Street
Attendance at Bank Officers Dance in Boston
About 1200 attended the annual Bank Officers Association of Boston dance at the Copley Plaza last night. Frank W. Bryant of the Second National Bank chaired the arrangements, aided by Howard Burge Edward H. Kittredge William Willett George S. F. Bartlett and William T. Killoren. The matrons were Mrs Bryant Mrs Kittredge Mrs Bartlett and Mrs Willett.
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Bank Officers Association of Boston
Copley Plazia
Frank W. Bryant
Second National Bank
Howard Burge
Old Colony Trust Company
Edward H. Kittredge
William Willett
Federal Reserve Bank
George S. F. Bartlett
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank
William T. Killoren
The
American Trust Company
Geo. S. F. Bartlett
W. Willett
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Harding
Manchuria
Europe
Griffin
Hudson Seal Coats
Geo. L. Griffin & Son, Inc. Manufacturing and Retail Furriers
Washington Street
Boston Association of Fur Manufacturers
Slaughter
Ballou Avenue
Dorchester
Peters
Board of Health
Joseph R. Fuller
Ross Perry
Henry G. Smith
W. A. Matteson
Kenneth MacDonald
BY William Justin Mann
Kornfeld
Milan
Gros de Londres
Summer Street
Tremont Street
Park St
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