Plasterer Sproul Given Probation With State Farm Work
John Cushing Sproul, a skilled plasterer, pleaded in Central Court after begging around Cambridge and Joy streets. Probation officer noted long history of begging since 1913. Judge Creed offered a compromise: probation and placement at State Farm to plaster and earn wages.
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State Farm
John Cushing Sproul
Cambridge Street
Joy Street
Creed
McGuire
Sproul
Three Boston Boys Hurt in Separate Accidents
Three youngsters aged 5 to 17 were hospitalized after separate incidents. Thomas Lombard, 5, from South Boston, was jarred from a moving electric ride and may have a skull fracture. Samuel Novick, 9, Dorchester, was struck by a bat while playing at Ripley playground and may have a skull fracture. Alton Nadeau, 17, Milton, tipped by a kettle of hot water in a dentist’s office, sustained burns to hands and legs.
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Boston City Hospital
Thomas R. Lombard
Sixth Street
South Boston
N and
Fourth Streets
South
Boston
Samuel Novick
Norwood Street
Dorchester
Ripley Playground
Harvard Street
Alton P. Nadeau
Miller’s Lane
Milton
Boylston Street
Pistol Shots End Joy Ride in Wareham Narrows
James H. Vahey Jr. 21 and Horace Schermerhorn faced charges in Wareham Fourth District Court after a Saturday afternoon incident near Wareham Narrows bridge. Patrolman Baxter fired two shots at tires to stop the party bound from Watertown to a Falmouth summer home. Vahey claimed he did not see police signals. Continuance granted until Thursday.
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New Bedford
James H. Vahey, Jr
James H. Vahey
Boston
Fourth District Court
Wareham
Horace Schermerhorn
Watertown
Washburn
Baxter
Wareham Narrows Bridge
Vahey
Schermerhorn
Four billions paid to U S in tax receipts
Washington reports total federal tax receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30 at 4.5939 billion dollars with income and profit taxes at 3.2127 billion. New York led all states with 1.1243 billion, while Massachusetts and New England states posted varying income and profit totals.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
New York
Massachusetts
New England
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Plane blade beheads boy at Guttenberg track
Seven year old Felix Suszczynski was decapitated when a propeller cut his head after a plane landed at Guttenberg Race Track North Bergen New Jersey. Pilot James S Kelly arrested on manslaughter charge passenger David J King of New York held as witness they had flown from Connecticut.
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Weehawken
N. J
Felix Suszczynski
Guttenberg
North Bergen
James S. Kelly
David J. King
New York
Connecticut
Modern styles lauded as healthful by convention crowd
Indignant teachers at the N E A gathering defend bobbed hair and short skirts against Hartford critics. Dr. Sarah Given of Drake University calls bob hair sensible and sanitary, citing easier washing and scalp health. B C Gruenberg of Washington predicts college women’s daughters will wear tighter apparel, with emphasis on outdoor fitness and bodily freedom.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United News
Hartford
Conn
H. K. Daniels
Sarah Given
Drake University
Dong
B. C. Gruenberg
Public Schools of
Washington, D. C
Gruenberg
D. J. Jaxheimer
Inquiry Under Mann Act in Girl Abduction Case
Springfield officials announce charges under the white slave act against one or more responsible for luring Helen Grabowski from her home to Flint Michigan. Alfred Dion, with a criminal record, is detained in Flint on grand larceny linked to an automobile theft. A middle aged woman is also suspected of enticing the girl. Miss Grabowski returns home with her father.
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West Springfield
Springfield
Miss Grabowski
President Opposes Passage of Bonus Bill in Capitol Standoff
President Harding presses for economy and delays on the bonus bill amid Senate maneuvering. He urges postponement pending tax revision and tariff focus as a Republican split highlights leadership strains and farm relief opposition.
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Lodge
Capitol
Congress
Harding
Senate
Underwood
E Urrest
Curtis
Watson
Penrose
Walsh
Massachusetts
Canadian Liquid Air Rainmaking Plan Reported
Following Transvaal experiments, Winnipeg reports a Canadian scheme to produce rain by spraying liquid air into clouds to condense atmospheric moisture.
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Transvaal
Winnipeg
Daughter dies after mother in hotel poison tragedy
New York July 7 Mrs Henrietta Weiss died today after taking poison with her mother Mrs Frances Weiss in the Hotel Commodore a week earlier. The mother died last night. Doctors could not learn the motive. The younger woman had recently separated from her husband who took their baby son with him. Hotel staff found the woman holding a baby's shoe.
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New York
Henrietta Weiss
Frances Weiss
Commodore
Ship Wreck Mopang Strikes Mine Near Burgas Harbor
The Shipping Board reports the steamer Mopang struck a mine while entering Burgas Harbor in the Black Sea on July 5 and sank within five minutes. No lives were lost. The 5000 ton steel vessel prompts an investigation as the area had been reported mine free.
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Shipping Board
Washington
Burgas Harbor
Black Sea
Mary E. O Connor Sells Hootch in Central Court
Mary E. O Connor runs a Court street saloon and invites policemen to search for liquor while blessing them. Police raidings uncover hootch in various hiding places but she feigns cooperation and pleads while continuing business. An officer praised her ingenuity before the case was postponed.
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Mary E. O'Connor
Central Court
Mary
Court Street
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Physical Culture
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Houghton & Dutton
Park St. Square
Houghton & Dutton’s
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Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
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Utah
Senator Myers
Montana
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