Knife attack case at Central Court over alleged infidelity
In Central Court a Dover Street case centered on John Washington accused of assaulting Fred Dixon with a knife after a dispute over Washington's wife. The exchange featured threats, chases, a knife drawn and restrained by Officer Tobin as testimony outlined a tense confrontation between the two men and a suspicious affair.
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John Washington
Dover Street
Central Court
Fred Dixon
Blamed men clash in courtroom over loaded pistols and brash threats
In a tense exchange before Judge Creed, Dixon and Washington accuse each other of threats and weapon use. A bluff pistol is revealed, and both men face admonitions. Washington receives probation with warnings to avoid Dixon and danger.
Engineer of Train Slain Near Alpine Texas
Engineer William Bohman of Sanderson Texas was murdered and thrown from a freight train near Alpifte Texas after four miles of speeding. The boiler exploded injuring fireman Charles Robertson of Valentine Texas. The wreck occurred ten miles west of Alpine.
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EL Paso
Texas
William Bohman
Sanderson
Alpifte
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway
Charles Robertson
Valentine
Alpine
No-Glare Auto Light Standards Adopted by State
The State Registrar Frank A. Goodwin approved twenty two lens types for auto headlights. They must pass a roadway lighting test of 15 feet for 160 feet. From August 15 onward, using unapproved lens types carries a $15 first offense fine. Names include Bausch & Lomb, Holophane, Liberty, Macbeth, Primolite, and Saterlite among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Frank A. Goodwin
Bausch & Lamb
Legalite
Liberty
Macbeth
Patterson, Syndicate
Universal
Wills-St. Claire
Alpheco
Bi-Optic
Holoplane
Lee Knight
National
Primolite
Violet Ray
Saterlite
Shaler
German Imitation Razor Blades Brought to Court
A German made imitation of American razor blades is challenged in Berlin in a suit by an American firm seeking to bar German production under an American label. Witnesses report the imitation left the face unsatisfactory compared to genuine blades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Waltham Plumbers Vote Wage Cut to 90 Cents
Plumbers Local Union No. 209 of Waltham voted last night to reduce wages from 1 to 90 cents per hour. Officials say the voluntary cut aims to boost business and will surprise master plumbers.
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Waltham
Veteran Hiram Faunce, 76, Leads Busy Randolph Summer
Randolph July 8 Hiram Sylvester Faunce a Civil War veteran and Horace Niles Post commander enters his 76th year after a record breaking June. He mowed two fields painted his farmhouse shingled his barn tends a truck garden and assists at his daughter Ella Aldrichs home on Lafayette street while recently working at the Randolph Savings Bank. He has attended patriotic school observances for 16 years.
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Randolph
Hiram Sylvester Faunce
Horace Niles
Faunce
Ella Aldrich
Lafayette Street
Randolph Savings Bank
Mayor Criticizes Department Heads Over Budget Overruns
Mayor Peters published a sharp letter condemning several department heads for spending beyond their segregated budget allocations. He warned that continued overspending would exhaust appropriations and demanded no transfers during the fiscal year.
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Peters
Two Men Drowned in Worcester County
Worcester reports two youths drowned in separate incidents. Leonard Cooper age 23 of Worcester and Alfred Mason age 18 of Whitinsville died today. Cooper went under at Lake Quinsigamond while his wife and children rode nearby. Mason drowned in a Northbridge reservoir, body recovered after four hours. Cooper remained missing in 90 feet of water by nightfall.
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Worcester
Worcester County
Leonard Cooper
Alfred Mason
Whitinsville
Cooper
Lake Quinsigamond
Mason
Northbridge
Mrs. Harding Bravely Gathers Flowers at White House
July 8 reports Mrs. Harding ventured into the White House grounds to pick blossoms near the front fence but was overwhelmed by a growing crowd of curious bystanders and was forced to retreat.
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Mrs. Harding
Washington
United News
White House
Harding
Everett Boy Dies After Being Hit by Pitch at Glendale Park
James Gannon a 21 year old of 43 Robbins street Everett died at Massachusetts General Hospital from a fractured skull after being struck by a pitched ball while at bat at Glendale park Everett last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gannon
Robbins Street
Everett
Massachusetts General Hospital
Glendale Park
Ned Mahan Aids Harvard Football Coach In Fall
Ned Mahan former Harvard football star is expected to help Coach Bob Fisher with Crimson football in the fall. The Natick athlete, visiting Boston, will also pursue oil business interests that will lead him to West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Mahan
Harvard
Bob Fisher
Crimson
Natick
Braves
West Virginia
Riverside Drive Canoe Loft Opens with Rentals
Riverside Drive Dedham Massachusetts near Charles River Bridge opens for business on Saturday July 9 offering canoe rentals storage lockers light lunches take out tonics cigars cigarettes candy ice cream and other goods. Free auto parking available and patrons may bring their own autos to use with canoes.
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Riverside Drive
Dedham
Mass
Charles River Bridge
Spring Street
Miss Forrest Rises to Leading Lady in Filmland
Screen gossip notes Miss Forrest, born in Denmark 25 years ago, rose from slavey in The Prince Chap with Thomas Meighan to leading lady status. Ash blonde Norse type with sea blue eyes, she earned a long term contract with Famous Players Lasky after The Faith Healer with Milton Sills. Her latest role is with James Kirkwood in A Wise Fool.
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Miss Forrest
Thomas Meighan
Filmland
Denmark
Milton Sills
Famous Players- Lasky Company
James Kirkwood
Alice Joyce Stars In The Inner Chamber Film
Vitagraph feature The Inner Chamber with Alice Joyce in the lead has just completed. Holmes E. Herbert and Pedro de Cordoba co star as her opposite players. Joyce plans retirement until late fall and will not return to acting before the camera. she awaits an interesting event. She has a daughter by her first husband Tom Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Joyce
Holmes E. Herbert
Pedro de Cordoba
Miss Joyce
James B. Regan
Tom Moore
Film Stars Return and Cast Changes At Major Studios
Corinne Griffith returns to Vitagraph from Hot Springs with husband Webster Campbell. Carmel Myers leaves Universal and weighs a musical comedy offer after The Kiss. Dolores Cassinelli lands a key role in Peter Ibbetson while Creighton Hale joins Griffith in The Two Orphans. Robert Ellis directs Owen Moore in the Selznick project The Forgetters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne Griffith
Vitagraph Studios
Hot Springs
Webster Campbell
Carmel Myers
Universal Company
Universal
Dolores Cassinelli
Peter Ibbetson
Creighton Hale
Griffith
Robert Ellis
Owen Moore
Selznick
Hansen to Return to Screen in New Serials
Juanita Hansen, long ill in Los Angeles, will soon return to the screen. Herbert K. Sanborn has formed Foremost Photoplays to feature Miss Hansen in a series of serials. Sanborn is Gloria Swanson's husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Hansen
Angeles
Herbert K. Sanborn
Miss Hansen
Mr. Sanborn
Gloria Swanson
Bebe Daniels Joins Hollywood Bobbed-Hair Trend
Bebe Daniels becomes the latest recruit in the bobbed-hair colony after a 10 day jail stay, signaling a bold postjuvenile style change in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebe Daniels
Hollywood
Miss Daniels
Silent film star notices and theater addresses in Boston Post notes
A reader asks for casts of films and theater plans. The page lists actors such as Norma Talmadge Rudolph Valentino and Mary Pickford with studio addresses in Hollywood New York and Los Angeles along with personal notes about divorces and possible visits.
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Sweet
M. EB. E
Boston
Pola Negri
United States
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Drowning of mill worker in pout canal at noon
Lawrence report says Salvatore Branaforte, a mill worker, drowned while swimming in the pout canal this noon.
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Lawrence
Salvatore Branaforte
Pout Canal
Peggy Joyce Wins Temporary Alimony Award
Peggy Hopkins Joyce receives $1350 per month temporary alimony and suit money as she pursues divorce proceedings. Judge Joseph Sabath granted the support in Chicago circuit court, noted by her attorney Weymouth Kirkland who spoke from New York.
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Chicago
United News
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Joseph Sabath
Weymouth Kirkland
New York
Kirkland
Joyce divorce case awards Peggy alimony and fees
The judge awarded Peggy Joyce $1350 monthly alimony, $27,500 in solicitors fees, and $12,500 suit money to obtain evidence for the Joyce divorce trial. Her millionaire husband J. Stanley Joyce plans to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy
Joyce
Star
Cook County
J. Stanley Joyce
Chicago
Bites Officer but Gets His due in Street Brawl
A North street brawl involving sailors drew Officer Augustine Gannon who tried to arrest the assailants without firearms. Ernest Santos bit the officer on the left cheek and hands, while James Monsano and Michael Abrugio helped restrain him. Antonio Dantas also fought and faced a suspended sentence. Santos received six months, Dantas three months suspended, and the officer underwent medical treatment afterward.
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North Street
Augustine Gannon
Ernest Santos
James Monsano
Michael Abrugio
Santos
Antonio Dantas
Jim
Mike
Gannon
Dantas
Central Court
Pop Concert Finale At Symphony Hall Tonight
A closing night of Pop music at Symphony Hall features a varied programme including Entrance of the Gladiators the William Tell Overture selections Strauss and Verdi pieces plus Dvorak Tchaikowsky Wagner works arranged for the occasion.
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Symphony Hall
Gladiators
Fuctk
Chaminade Largo
New World Symphony
Dvorak
Erree Gillet Ouverture Solennelle
Tschaikowsky
Wagner
Rollinson
Girls Society Sees Surge of New Members In Boston
Scores of new members enroll in the Boston Society for the Care of Girls during Become a Friend to Girls Week. Active workers include Miss Charlotte Hilton and Miss Sally Thompson of the class of '21 at Wellesley College as hundreds of Boston area women and girls vie for leading numbers.
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Boston Society For the Care of
Girl i
Charlotte Hilton
Sally Thompson
Wellesley College
Boston
Boston Society For Care of Girls
Wellesley College Grad
Newport mourns death of former ICC official Charles A Prouty
Charles A Prouty, former Interstate Commerce Commission member, died at his Newport home after several weeks of illness. Born 1853 in Newport, he served on the ICC from 1893 to 1914, led valuation, chaired the ICC in 1912, and later held roles in the railroad administration. He taught, practiced law, and served in the Vermont House. Dartmouth awarded him an honorary doctor of laws in 1915.
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Newport
Charles A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
Commission
Public Service
Railroad Administration
Dartmouth College
Vermont House of Representatives
Rutland
Central
Vermont
Passenger Sues Over Shared Stateroom With Drunken Guest
Frederick J. Stark of Boston sues Furness Withy & Co. in Suffolk Superior Court claiming the steamship Guiana allowed a drunken passenger to occupy his stateroom sofa. Stark says the third party used the space, causing illness, and seeks $5000 in damages.
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Suffolk Superior Court
Frederick J. Stark
Boston
Furness, Withy & Co
Guiana
Stark
New York
Barbadoes
Steamship Company
Leaves Public Bequests Amounting to $160000
The will of Henry R. C. Watson of Brandon Vermont leaves $160000 in bequests. He died in Paris and directed $67500 to the New York Episcopal Missionary Society and $36250 to Roosevelt Hospital New York for a free memorial bed. Additional gifts include $33000 to St Luke’s Hospital New York for a free bed and $5000 to St Thomas Church Brandon. He left $2000 to Brandon Free Library and an annuity of $6000 plus a country estate to his valet J Leon Cazenave.
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Rutland
Henry R. C. Watson
Brandon
Watson
Paris
New York City
Court Seizes Alcohol Laden Bark Tiburton at Boston Port
Federal officers seized the bark Tiburton anchored on South Boston flats after a libel filed by captain Charles W. Mallett seeking wages and outfitting costs. The vessel reportedly carried 27 000 gallons of alcohol worth about 200 000 on a voyage from New York to West Africa. Investigators from federal prohibition and customs offices probe the cargo while the ship remains under marshal custody.
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Tiburton
New York
Africa
South Boston
United States
Charles W. Mallett
Leland Steamship Lines
Prohibition
Potter
American Steamer Grounded Off St Nazaire
A Lloyds dispatch from Nantes says the American steamer Western Comet en route from Baltimore to St Nazaire with coal ran aground off St Nazaire on a rocky bottom and is in a critical position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
Baltimore
St. Nazaire
Lloyds Dispatch
Nantes
Pennsylvania Railroad Defies Railroad Labor Board
The Pennsylvania Railroad openly defied the United States Railroad Labor Board in Chicago. Officials argued the board exceeded its authority by continuing national working agreements after abrogation and by refusing to meet union leaders except through employee committees. The railroad pledged to press its current policy despite any board ruling, while inviting craft union leaders to strike if they could. BE. T. Whiter, O. W. Atterbury aide, DB. H. Seneff, and J. T. Wallis spoke on the matter and criticized board authority.
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Chicago
United News
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Railroad Labor Board
Road
Pennsylvania
Railroad Board
BE. T. Whiter
O. W. Atterbury
DB. H. Seneff
J. T. Wallis
Motive Power
Muskegon Woman Bathing Attire Ban Urged by Police Matron
Muskegon Michigan July 8 Mrs Sarah McVeigh police matron asks women to stop wearing bathing suits in public places and downtown stores. Bath robes must be worn over bathing suits when seen on streets. The plea aims to curb public display in shopping districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Sarah McVeigh
Davies Nominated for PUC Chairman for Third Time
Governor Baxter nominates Howard Davies of Yarmouth for chairman of the Public Utilities Commission for the third time. The executive council has twice refused to confirm him. the third nomination goes to a confirmation vote next Friday in Augusta Maine.
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Augusta
Maine
Baxter
Howard Davies
Yarmouth
Public Utilities Commission
Executive Council
Davies
Tanlac explained as a superior vegetable tonic and reconstructive
The ad argues Tanlac’s merit lies in scientific formulation and ten vegetal ingredients. It cites Britannica and Potter's Therapeutics on tonics, states Tanlac improves appetite digestion and tissue vitality, aids digestion and elimination, purifies blood, and is designed for stomach liver and bowels with broad systemic benefits. Distributed by International Proprietaries Inc and sold at Liggett's Drug Stores in Boston.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
United States
International Proprietaries, Inc
Boston
All Liggett’s Drug Stores
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