Free on bail after Boston transfer in infant abandonment case
Mrs Jennie May Eaton Ainsworth was escorted to Dedham jail by State police Captain Proctor, bail set at $500 via lawyer William A Morse. Case postponed to April as Norfolk Superior Court does not sit. Ainsworth spoke of Connecticut’s salt air and avoided answering questions about Dorothy, while officials arranged bail and transport details.
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Jennie May Eaton Ainsworth
Boston
Captain Proctor
State Police
Dedham
William A. Morse
Superior Criminal Court
County of Norfolk
Dorothy
Turnkey
Oliver Curtis
Mrs. Ainsworth
Morse
Train incident at Dewey Square involving Mrs Ainsworth
At the Dewey square station an Elevated train to Dudley Street pulled in as Captain Proctor aided Mrs. Ainsworth into a car. The officer raced along the platform banging on car windows while the train started, leaving him outside the door.
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Dewey Square
Dudley Street
Captain Proctor
Mrs. Ainsworth
Hollis Street Theatre Raises Service Flag
The Hollis Street Theatre yesterday raised a service flag honoring staff on military duty. No formal ceremony. day staff and cast of "The 18th Chair" joined the flag-raising at the main entrance, with two stars representing all theatre departments.
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Hollis Street
Bay State Soldiers Fight Fire in France
The army fire department, despite aging equipment, quickly extinguished a hay loft blaze in a small French village where troops are quartered. The blaze threatened adjacent buildings but was contained with no injuries reported.
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BAY State
France
Associated Press
Army Fire Department
First village fire in 63 years tests old pump
The village suffered its first fire in 63 years as the old hand pump, dated 1743, proved rusted. Firemen removed the leather hose in good condition, attached it to a new line, and sprayed water into the blazing loft while the brigade general watched from his quarters.
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Boston
Pet Skunk Toto Dies After Fall On Ice In Weymouth
Toto the famed Weymouth pet skunk owned by Fred Davis died yesterday after noon from a broken neck following a fall on the ice. The former skunk farm on Pond Street was shut down years ago after neighbors complained of odor. Davis kept one skunk despite orders to discontinue the operation.
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Toto
Fred Davis
Pond Street
Weymouth
Davis
Skunk Whistle Lures Dog Into Fatal Ice Fall
Davis called the dog Toto with a whistle as he waited on the porch. Toto sprang the yard fence and ran onto a road of smooth ice, slipped, rolled, and died from a broken neck.
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Davis
Toto
Classmates Bearers At Sisters Funeral
Six parochial school classmates acted as bearers at the funeral of Adeline and Catherine Arvessa the seven and nine year old sisters who suffocated while hiding in a trunk at 139 Dover Street. Services were held yesterday afternoon.
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Adeline
Catherine Arvessa
Dover Street
Church Service Noted at Our Lady of Pompeii
A service was held in the Church of Our Lady of Pompeii located at 373 Harrison Avenue as part of the parish activities.
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Church of Our Lady of Pompeii
Harrison Avenue
Firemen Rescue Baby From Smoke Filled Arlington Home
Mrs. Emily Rumpp fled a fire at 64 Freeman Street Arlington leaving her 2 year old asleep on the third floor. Firemen Daniel D Tierney and William C Mead entered by ladder through dense smoke to save the child as flames remained confined to the basement causing $1000 damage.
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Emily Rumpp
Freeman Street
Arlington
Danilel D. Tierney
William C. Mead
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Conrad
Georgette
Copenhagen
Taffeta
Forest Hills
New England
Madison
Connecticut
Hollis ST. Theatre
Pet Skunk
Skunk Farm
Chornfelu
Kornfeld
Summer Street
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