Large illicit liquor plant raided in Medford
Five agents raided an old factory near the Fellsway Rubber Company in Medford uncovering a large illegal liquor operation. Three Chelsea men, Sam Morder, Jacob Rovner, and Myer Butler, were arrested. They seized four 100 gallon stills 5000 gallons of mash 80 gallons of moonshine and equipment including eight oil stoves and 80 gallons of kerosene. The plant had operated five to six weeks near Locust street sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
Gordon C. McMaster
Fellsway Rubber Company
Medford
Sam Morder
Fitzgerald Street
Jacob Rovner
Myer Butler
Fifth Street
Chelsea
Locust Street
Cigarette Stub Believed To Cause Melrose Fire
An early morning Melrose fire at 28 Harvard street is thought to have started from a discarded cigarette stub. Michael H. Garvey’s sister Jane and his son Francis escaped from a second story window, were treated at Melrose Hospital for minor injuries, and sent home. The blaze caused about $4000 in damages.
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Michael H. Garvey
Harvard Street
Melrose
Jane
Francis
Melrose Hospital
County Flags Designed For Massachusetts Counties
Frederic T. Bailey of Plymouth designs county flags for all 15 Massachusetts counties with unique symbols. Suffolk shows an owl among eight green billiard balls. Middlesex a dagger. Essex a pig. Dukes a grape. Hampden a bull. Worcester a heart. Barnstable two codfish. Franklin a wheat sheaf. Nantucket an axe. Plymouth the Mayflower. Norfolk a market basket. Berkshire a doughnut. Bristol two crossed sticks. Hampshire a circular emblem. The designs await legislative action and possible public protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Police Department
Suffolk County
Great and General Court
Frederic T. Bailey
Plymouth
Mr. Bailey
Betsey Ross
Commonwealth
Bailey
Association of
County Commissioners and Sheriffs of Massachusetts
County Association
Suffolk
Essex County
County
Dukes County
Anti-Saloon League
Hampden County
Worcester County
Barnstable County
Franklin County
Nantucket County
Middlesex
Plymouth County
Norfolk County
Unknown Man Found Dead in Charlestown
An unidentified man about 45 years old was found in the doorway of 92 Main Street Charlestown and pronounced dead at Haymarket Re Hef Hospital. He was 5 feet 7 inches, 150 pounds. Two bank books bearing the name Matthew Howard were found one from Lynn Safe Deposit Trust and one from American Bank and Trust, St Petersburg, Florida. The body is at the North Grove Street morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Charlestown
Haymarket Re Hef
Matthew Howard
Lynn Safe Deposit Trust Company
American Bank and Trust Company
St. Petersburg
Fla
North Grove Street
Gallivan Seeks renomination to Congress
Congressman James A. Gallivan filed with the Secretary of State for renomination in the 12th District and left with 39 House members for the Elks convention in Atlantic City. He aims to campaign actively after identifying opponents and expresses confidence in a strong renomination and reelection with broad support from South Boston Dorchester and Roxbury residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Gallivan
Secretary of
Congress
Elks
Atlantic City
The
Order
Gallivan
Towner
Milford Man Dowling Dies Suddenly at Freight House
Michael J. Dowling aged 84 of East Main street Milford died suddenly of heart failure this afternoon in the freight house of the Boston and Albany railroad at Milford.
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Milford
Michael J. Dowling
East Main Street
Boston & Albany Railroad
Post Thanks Zionist Delegation Honor Front Page
New England Zionists express to the Boston Post sincere appreciation for sending a special representative with the New England delegation to the Zionist convention in Philadelphia. The letter, from New England Keren Hayesod leaders Leon S. Medalia and Robert Silverman, commends the paper’s support and collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zionists of
New England
Boston Post
Philadelphia
Keren Hayesod
Leon S. Medalia
Robert Silverman
Soul Kisses Land Couples In Court
Two sailors and two girls faced Gates Avenue Court in New York for an alleged public soul kiss in Wort Green Park. Magistrate James V. Short urged restraint and parental supervision, granting suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wort Green Park
James V. Short
Gates Avenue
Printer Fatally Injured After Fall From Window
Napoleon Vadeboncoeur a 65 year old Telegram Gazette composing room employee for 31 years died after a fall from a second story window in Worcester. He reportedly swallowed a small amount of iodine before the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Napoleon Vadeboncoeur
Telegram-Gazette
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Joe
N.Y. Eve. World
Preot Puli
Barbara, H. Bailey
Newton
Philip A. Bailey
Middletown, Conn
Kéepinae
Ak Late
Eee Ae
Yi Baelaa
Fellsway
Silvertown
America
Goodrich Silvertown Cord
Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron, Ohio
Silvertown Cords
Middlesex County
Essex
Barnstable
General@Electric age Company
Post
the Post
American Syrup Company
Boston, Mass
Phrosto
Paine
My Lady’s Chamber
Paine’s
Maslin
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