Frog Flees Crash Scene In Jamaica Plain Trailer Pulls Away
An inbound Jamaica Plain trailer separated from its lead car at Boylston and Berkeley at 8 30 AM with 60 passengers aboard. It struck an electric light pole and halted. No injuries reported by Boston Elevated. several passengers shaken up according to police. The incident sparked humor with a frog mentioned by Carmen as the runaway tale.
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Carmen Say
Runaway Monkey Captured After Climb From Elm Tree
North Adams July 7 One of two carnival monkeys escaped then was captured by Fred Scarbo who climbed a 60 foot elm with creepers waited an hour and lowered the animal in a cage. The other monkey named Jerry remains in the tree resisting descent.
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North Adams
Fred Scarbo
Jerry
Woman artist killed in car at Kittery crossing
Miss Jean Boyd of New York died tonight from injuries after an automobile was struck by a passenger train on the York Beach branch of the Boston and Maine railroad at a crossing in Kittery Me. Her sister Mrs Henry Tuck of Mount Vernon N Y was slightly injured. Boyd, a painter, had a summer home at Kittery Point for several years.
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Jean Boyd
New York
York Beach
Boston & Maine Railroad
Henry Tuck
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Boyd
Kittery Point
Governor to Review State Guardsmen at Camp Bacon
Boxford, July 7. The 15th Infantry Massachusetts State Guard prepares for a formal review by Governor Coolidge, possibly Wednesday or Thursday. Plans include inspection of Camp Bacon, assembly on the drill field, brief maneuvers, then the review by the Governor and party.
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Boxford
15Th Infantry
Massachusetts State Guard
Coolidge
Camp Bacon
James Elwood escapes Hing ham jail amid theft suspect report
Chief Washington B. James of the Hingham police alleges James Elwood drove off Nantasket with Frances Klay's clothes and valuables aboard, then escaped Hing ham jail as the lock was missing. The chief also reports the loss of one of his prized guns once used to stop bandits.
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James Elwood
Washington B. James
Larceny Suspect Escapes After Hingham Station Lock Failure
James Elwood of Atlantic City was jailed on auto larceny charges after a Nantasket robbery led to a chase on Main Street. He escaped from a Hingham station when the cell door lock and gate disappeared, with a pistol also missing, and remains at large after arraignment in Abington.
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Main Street
Hingham
Ray Taft
James Elwood
Atlantic City
James
Elwood
Abington
Kelley
Chief James
Webster to marry at 69 in Boston after 7 years as gate tender
Webster a 69 year old widower, known to commuters at the Dudley street terminal where he works as a gatetender, will marry Anna Keller, 39, a Roxbury schoolteacher. They filed intentions at City Hall yesterday. they met two years ago and plan to live in Boston. He previously worked 20 years as a Blue Hill avenue Grove Hall motorman.
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Webster
Dudley Street Terminal
Anna Keller
Eliot Square
Roxbury
City Hall
Vine Street
Medford
Blue Hill Avenue
Grove Hall
Dudley Street
Manchester
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Boston
Cope lands Cambridge reading opens to public
Professor Charles Townsend Cope of Harvard opens a reading on Kipling to night at 9 in the new lecture hall on Oxford street Cambridge. Though aimed at Harvard Summer School students, doors are opened to all for 15 minutes from 8:50 to 9:06 p.m.
War Department Quits Long Wharf
The United States Quartermaster's Department vacated the Long Wharf terminal after three years and will use the Army Supply base at South Boston. Fortifications steamers will now dock there, shortening daily travel for citybound soldiers.
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Long Wharf
South Boston
Alarm alarms awaken watchmen in New York nuisance order
New York July 7 Burglar alarms that ring when windows are opened are to be abated as a nuisance under the penal code District Attorney Swann announced. He cited a night watchman disturbed by the beeps and noted complaints from hotel guests and residents. Police oppose the devices as cheap burglar insurance though defenders say they deter intruders. Swann says many rings persist past hours and occur without burglars nearby.
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New York
Swann
Hindenburg seeks Foch help to save Kaiser
Copenhagen dispatch says Field Marshal von Hindenburg asked Marshal Foch for support to block the Kaiser’s extradition. He offered to place himself fully at the disposal of the Allied powers and claimed responsibility for war orders and proclamations in the Kaiser’s name.
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Foch
Copenhagen
von Hindenburg
Marshal Foch
von Iindenburg
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London
Postman Married On His Vacation
Earl H. Noyes of East Greenwich Rhode Island a Boston Post reporter returned from vacation and announced his marriage to Miss Alice M Abbott of Beverly The couple wed in Portland Maine two weeks ago and honeymooned in Maine They will reside at 65 Bowdoin Street Dorchester due to the recent death of Mrs Noyes mother
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East Greenwich
R. I
Boston Post
Alice M. Abbott
Beverly
Portland
Noyes
Death by Own Action After Shooting Daughter
Alden Decoster a farmer shot at his daughter Helen and then killed himself in Litchfield Maine on July 7 He had moved from Lewiston two years ago where he served as a fire department driver for 16 years He leaves behind three daughters and two sons.
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Alden Decoster
Helen
Lewiston
Delay in completing the Austrian treaty in Paris
Report from Paris on July 7 states the revised Austrian peace treaty will likely not be delivered to the Austrian delegation before week’s end. Officials said the document is with the printer and would be ready for delivery tomorrow.
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Paris
Contention Over Christian Science Funds and Publishing Control
General Frank H Streeter demanded an accounting of the Christian Science Benevolent Association and the war relief fund, totaling 1 300 000, alleging misrepresentation. In a Massachusetts suit the Publishing Society trustees finished their case showing 4 173 429 income for the year. The defense argued church manual and deed of trust are complementary, with power rooted in by laws and corporate structure since 1879.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Christian Science Benevolent Association
War Relief Fund
First Church of Christ, Scientist
John V. Dittemore
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Judge Dodge
Christian Science Publishing Society
Mother Chuch
Publication Society
John R. Watts
Eddy
Christian Science Board of Directors
The Christian Science Church Court Battle Over Trustees
A Boston court hears the dispute over Mrs. Eddy’s deed of trust and the church manual. Trustees and directors clash on control of the publishing society the Mother Church and editorial policy with Rowlands central to the conflict and removal contested as legal guardianship remains unresolved.
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Mrs. Eddy
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Rowlands
Mr. Rowlands
Board of Trustees
Eddy
Christian Science Church
Lawrence closes Irish victory drive at $22,100 tally
Lawrence reports the John McBride branch Friends of Irish Freedom closed a campaign with a record blaze of glory. The original goal was $10,000 but final figures show $22,100 subscribed, reflecting strong local support for the Irish victory drive.
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Lawrence
John McBride
Friends of Irish Freedom
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