Bag of Woman in River Sparks Boston Police Search
A dress suitcase pulled from the Charles River near Charlesbank backs a probe into the disappearance of 19 year old Mrs Morris Franklin of Brooklyn New York. Her husband attorney Morris Franklin had expected her in Concord New Hampshire and reported she failed to meet him in Boston. Police plan river-bottom searches today as mourning garments and a torn baggage tag bearing Frank N H associations are reviewed for clues.
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Charles River
Brooklyn, N. Y
Morris Franklin
Charlesbank
N. H
Openheimer
Collins & Co
Anna
Franklin
Boston
Concord
Bellevue
State Street
Albany
Ale
Smuggling Suspect McMorrough Fined in U S Court
John McMorrough, importer, pleaded guilty to smuggling and was fined $500 by Judge Hough. He was recently indicted with 26 dressmakers in a sleeper trunk smuggling conspiracy in United States courts.
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New York
John McMorrough
Hough
United States
McMorrough
Onion Fever Strikes Man After Eating Onions
Pittsburg court hears George Prunner claim onions made him drunk after eating them to avoid contagion from a friend with consumption. He said the onions went to his head and caused dizziness before he forgot the events. Prunner was discharged and a crowd followed to learn where the onions came from.
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Pittsburg
George Prunner
Fred Goettmann
Prunner
Odd intruder tale ends with a scream and a feint
New York report recalls Miss Ophelia Cobb who after years of checking under the bed finds an unseen intruder there last night. The man remained undisturbed despite her cries of Fire Police Murder Thieves from a front window. The intruder slept on until help arrived and he was taken into custody.
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Ophelia
New York
Missing Man Found In Miss Ophelia Flat
Miss Ophelia testifies at Jefferson Market Police Court that after returning from a West Side Eureka Whist Club meeting she found a stranger asleep on her bed in her flat at 336 West Thirty-eighth Street. The incident was reported to Magistrate Breen as the man lay with his face partly exposed.
Peruna credited with restoring health in lung disease case
Miss Ninette Porter of Braintree Vermont says she suffered lung catarrh with hemorrhages and poor doctor results. After starting Peruna she slowly improved, raised up thinner mucus, gained strength, and now claims true recovery through the remedy.
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Ninette Porter
Braintree
Vermont
Peruna
Poor Prophet Ends His Life in Pittsburg
Discouraged by a failed doomsday prediction, Robert Strucel of No. 1 Porter Street Pittsburg shot himself this forenoon after telling his family and neighbors that the world would end.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Robert Strucel
No. 1
Porter Street
Tragic Ice Accident Claims North Andover Boy
Charles Champion, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Champion of Marblehead Street, North Andover, drowned after slipping through a hole in the ice on the Shawsheen River. He had just returned from school and was playing near shore when the accident occurred.
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Lawrence
Charles Champion
Alexander Champion
Marblehead Street
North Andover
Shawsheen
Woman's lap as ambulance saves injured newsboy
In Herald square New York on January 28 Thomas Graham a partially paralyzed newsboy was stabbed three times while defending an elderly man from three assailants. Two women in a parked car carried him to Bellevue Hospital as their dresses absorbed his blood. Doctors feared he would die. two arrests were made.
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New York
Thomas Graham
Herald Square
Bellevue Hospital
15th Annual Catholic Literary Union Ball Goes Large
Roughan Hall hosts the Catholic Literary Union of Charlestown ball drawing 700 attendees. Vice-President Michael B Fahey and his sister Miss Margaret Fahey led the grand march.
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Catholic Literary Union of
Charlestown
Roughan Hall
Michael B. Fahey
Margaret Fahey
Visitors Keen for St Bridgid Feast in Lynn
Lynn and statewide visitors are expected Tuesday for the St. Bridgid feast celebration by the A. O. H. divisions in the city.
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Lynn
St. Bridgid
Ireland
Tech Students Build a Gliding to Flying Machine Plan
Tech students plan to build a powered flying machine to rival Wrights and Curtiss. They test gliders at Brae Burn Club, hoping to evolve a motorized craft next year, while managing limited lab space and awaiting a new workroom.
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Tech
Brae-Burn Country Club
Aero Club
Peary Victor In Flag Case In New York
In Elmira on January 28 Justice Lyon sustained a demurrer by Robert E. Peary in a suit over desecration of the American flag tied to the Hudson Fulton celebration. Plaintiff Roswell R. Moss says he will appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The ruling held the law unconstitutional as it relates to the charge against Peary.
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Elmira
N. Y
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Hudson-Fulton
Lyon
Roswell R. Moss
Supreme Court of the United States
Peary
Worcester merchant seeks name change to William Patterson
Vasillos Kon stantinos Pappandricopoulos a Worcester merchant petitioned the Probate Court to change his name to William Patterson. The filing was made January 28 in Worcester.
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Patterson Worcester
Vasillos Konstantinos Pappandricopoulos
Worcester
Probate
William Patterson
Chelsea Club Records Major Membership Gain
After an 80 day campaign the Chelsea Young Men's Hebrew Association added 300 members. The organization, the city’s sole non political uplift group, dates to 9 or 10 years ago and has aided fire and flood victims. It operates from temporary HQ in the Congress building with an athletic department, walkers club, library, reading rooms, and entertainment circle. A public dance at Copley Hall on Patriots Day eve will fund a building drive. a Sunday meeting will discuss the project.
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Chelsea
Congress Building
Copley Hall
Boston
Alimony Hearing Sought By Waldorf Waiter Wife
Julia Wendling petitions Justice Gerard for reasonable alimony pending her separation suit against William Wendling a waiter at Waldorf Astoria. Counsel says Wendling earns about 70 a week in wages and tips at Rector's previously and over 100 a week at Waldorf Astoria, signaling a substantial income increase.
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New York
William Wendling
Waldorf-Astoria
Julia Wendling
Gerard
Supreme Court
Abraham Snydecker
Wendling
Rector’s
Waldorf- Astoria
Accused Girl Weeps in Court as Kalvinskas Testimony Emerges
In Waterbury Connecticut Sophie Kritchman a Union City music teacher on trial for the Kalvinskas murder heard damning pre death statements by the victim. The accused woman smilingly left the courtroom at adjournment promising to tell her side and prove innocence.
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Waterbury
Conn
Sophie Kritchman
Union City
Bronislaw Kalvinskas
Kalvins
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Hinckley Bldg
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Catholic Literary Union Ball
Congress
Percales
Madras
Cheviots
Hanover
Portland
Wolf’s
Peary Victor
California
Joseph Squire
Altro
Cluett, Peabody & Co
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Mgr
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Walter J. Busby
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