Contest Seeks New England’s Prettiest Feet at Shoe Show
Leading New England shoe retailers launch a contest to find the region’s prettiest feet to rival Marjorie Ashton Frost of St. Louis. The winner becomes queen of models at Boston Shoe Style Show under William H. Walsh at Symphony Hall next Monday. Entries are welcome from any woman in New England who believes her feet meet the 4 B or 4 1 2 C size restrictions.
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New England
Marjorie Ashton Frost
St. Louis
United States
Boston
Wiliam H. Walsh
Miss Frost
House Ways and Means Reports Self-Insurance Workmen’s Comp Bill
After a pessimistic hearing on the U S economic outlook the House Ways and Means reported the general court bill enabling employers to create a self-insurance system for insured employees under workmen’s compensation. The measure had been referred to the next General Court after Judiciary committee reports. the Senate later substituted the bill for that report.
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House Committee On Ways and Means
United States
General Court
House of Representatives
House
Joint Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Unitarian clergyman Shoots Self in Westford Orchard
In Westford on July 7 the Rev. Louis H. Buckshorn aged 63, a noted Unitarian minister, killed himself with a gunshot to the head. His body was found in an orchard on Peter Cadman's farm by searchers after he had left home Sunday, telling his wife and son Fisher he would go berrying. Buckshorn had resigned as pastor last May due to ill health.
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Westford
Louis H. Buckshorn
Peter Cadman
Fryatt’s Body Brought Home From Dover Arrival
The body of Captain Charles Fryatt, executed in 1916 by Germany for ramming a submarine, was brought to Dover on a British destroyer with Dover patrol escort. The casket was placed at the railway station under military guard for the night and will travel to London tomorrow for memorial services at St Paul’s Cathedral.
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London
Associated Press
Charles Fryatt
Dover
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Gladding Granted Divorce in Superior Court
Theodore O. Gladding a Bristol oyster merchant was granted a divorce from Charlotte L. Gladding on adultery grounds. Custody of their minor child went to the mother with a large trust fund under Jones family restrictions. Mrs. Gladding alleged non support and cruelty. Gladding’s cross petition was granted after sheriff depositions.
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Providence
Theodore O. Gladding
Bristol
Charlotte L. Gladding
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
N. J
Jones
Church Notices and Parish Change Mentioned in Region
Church listings show services on August 3 10 and 17 at the Baptist Church and August 24 and 31 at St Marks Church The Rev Charles W Shumway former pastor of the First Congregational Church at Saugus has accepted a new post with departure from here tomorrow afternoon as the freight steamship era continues to unfold.
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First Baptist Church
Milton C. Fetler
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
the Baptist Church
St. Mark’s Church
Charles W. Shumway
First Congregational Church
Saugus
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Louis
Nnbuck
Georgette
Hamburg
Magrane Houston
France
Paris
M. Claveille
Poincare
Fryatt
Voiles
Se Yard
Copenhagen
Wistaria
Shantung
Worth
MagraneHouston
St. Paul
French Republic
Edward T. Sullivan
Nathan R. Ward
Gordon Bible College
Park St. Congregational Church
James Hundley
Columbus
Ohio
Africa
New Shawmut Mission
Warrenton, St
Harvard Congregational
St. Mark's Methodist
the Baptist Churches
Brookline
Harvard
Evansville College
Evans Ville
Ind
Wauconda
Liverpool
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