Boy Drowns After Slip From Raft at Swains Pond
Charles Frederick Greenlaw 14 drowns at Swains Pond Melrose while swimming from a makeshift raft. George Robinson 17 and William Olsen with dog were present. Robinson nearly lost his life as Greenlaw clutched and sank. Greenlaw was son of Charles H. Greenlaw of 152 Lebanon Street Maplewood.
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Swains
Melrose
Charles Frederick Greenlaw
George Robinson
Cliff Street
Malden
Robinson
Greenlaw
Charles H. Greenlaw
Lebanon Street
Maplewood
William Olsen
Chum
Charles F. Greenlaw
Swain's Pond
Bigamist Edward Shaw Given Eighteen Months In Jail
Pittsfield July 21 Six months apiece for three women Shaw lived with yields a total 18 months in the House of Correction. The 30 year old street car conductor pleaded guilty to bigamy and unlawful residence with a third woman. He agreed to pay 400 dollars for the support of a child of Miss Ethel Stone of Ticonderoga New York, who exposed his double life.
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Pittsfield
House of Correction
Edward Shaw
Superior
Shaw
Ethel Stone
Ticonderoga
N. Y
Three Women Testify About Shaw Deception in Court
Miss Stone 22, Miss Anna Brooker 20, and Miss Sylvia Bennett 22 faced Judge Brown as Miss Cor clad in white asked for punishment for Shaw. Shaw's first wife had divorced him. he lived with the three women across New York Vermont and Massachusetts. He was arrested after delaying marriage to Miss Stone and sending her home to Ticonderoga.
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Miss Stone
Anna Brooker
Sylvia Bennett
Miss Cor
Brown
Shaw
New York
Vermont
Massachusetts
Ticonderoga
State House Briefs House passes fish grading bill and more
The House moved to engross the fish grading bill setting first and second grades for corn storage and penalties for violations while exempting private freezers. It upheld the governor's veto on a measure barring attorney legislators from court trials during sessions, 158 to 0. Emergency preambles for a state tax to fund part of the veterans bonus and a commission on the necessities of life passed without opposition. Representative Fitzgerald of Boston.
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House of Representatives
House
Two More 101st Men Get War Crosses
The Croix de Guerre with citation by Marshal Petain was presented yesterday at 3 Tremont Row recruit station by Major F. B. Shaw to Captain George L. Goodridge of Melrose. Goodridge had earlier received the Distinguished Service Cross from General Pershing on Feb 19, 1919.
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Marshal Petain
France
Tremont Row
F. B. Shaw
George L. Goodridge
East Foster Street
Melrose
General Pershing
101St Infantry
Shaw
John N. McNeese
Pleasant Street
Holbrook
Harvard Professor Enters Wool Field
Harvard University marketing professor Paul T. Cherrington resigns to become secretary and treasurer of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. He succeeds Winthrop L. Marvin, who departs for New York to join American steamship interests. Marvin had served as secretary of the Merchant Marine Commission and led Wool Manufacturers work from 1909.
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Harvard University
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Winthrop Ll. Marvin
New York
American Steamship Interests
Marvin
Merchant Marine Commission
Washington
Professor Cherrington
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Harvard
Wool Manufacturers’ Association
State Street
Beauty contestant Helen Worthing keeps age secret
Miss Helen Lee Worthing of Brookline, chosen by judges Mary Pickford Thomas Ince and Howard Chandler Christy from 10 000 entrants in a moving picture contest, says a beauty should reveal none of her secrets and lives by the saying a woman is as old as she looks.
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Helen Lee Worthing
Boston
New York
Brookline
Mary Pickford
Thomas Ince
Howard Chandler Christy
Northern beauty from Kentucky wins moving picture hopes
Miss Worthing of Brookline born in Kentucky and raised in Louisville flaunts blue eyes and wavy blond hair. She won early for hands and arms at 17 and now is a finalist in a national beauty contest by Motion Picture Classic and Motion Picture Magazine.
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Miss Worthing
Kentucky
Louisville
South
Post
Motion Picture Classic
Motion Picture Magazine
New York
Brookline
Beacon Street
Boston's Beautiful: Contestant Chosen From Thousands
A Boston girl learned she was chosen as one of three from thousands in a photo contest. She had submitted several poses by Gus White, and earlier she contributed to music and nursing during the influenza epidemic. Notable admirers include D. W. Griffiths Cecil De Mille Maurice Tourneur James Montgomery Flagg and Eugene Brewster.
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Gus White
Boston
D. W. Griffiths
Cecil de Mille
Maurice Tourneyer
James Montgomery Flagg
Eugene Brewster
John Samuel Hopes For Whisky, Gets Water In Jug
In Hammond Indiana on July 21 John Samuel paid 18 dollars for half a pint of whisky from a stranger who offered five gallons for 185 dollars The jug appeared genuine but a rubber tube caused the liquid to flow as water Samuel tried to pour into smaller containers and found water The police arrested him for buying the whiskey and confiscated the tube.
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Hammond
Ind
John Samuel
Indiana Harbor
John
Samuel
Maguire Named as Randolph Postmaster
Andrew J. Maguire, a Republican clerk in the South Postal Station registry division, was announced by President Wilson as Randolph postmaster after a yearlong delay. He has nine years at the South Postal Station, and his Senate confirmation is pending.
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Randolph
Andrew J. Maguire
South Postal Station
Wilson
Senate
Joseph B. McMahon
Maguire
South
City Council Approves 203 500 for Play Park Improvements
City Council yesterday voted to spend 203 500 on playground improvements in various city sections. Mayor Peters filed loan orders. Finance Commission urged rejection, arguing the sums were unnecessary as estimates had been 191 000.
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Peters
Finance Commission
Condensed Aeneid Featured in One Hundred Condensed Novels
The Post presents a condensed Aeneid by Professor William Fenwick Harris of Cambridge as part of its One Hundred Condensed Novels series. Readers gain a readable Latin classic focused on Aeneas wanderings and Dido love interest with plans for future condensations and prize awards in the ongoing contest.
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Virgil
Aeneas
Dido
William Fenwick Harris
Cambridge
Captain Marryat
James B. Connolly
The
Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens
the Deerslayer
James Fenimore Cooper
Alfred S. Clark
Lorna Doone
Richard D. Blackmore
Post
City Council Votes on Multiple Playground Loans and Wood Island Park Cut
The Mayor trimmed Wood Island Park funding from 50000 to 15000 while the council approved loan orders for Charlestown Playground 22000 Mission Hill Playground 8000 Carolina Avenue Playground 56000 Adams Street Playground 55000 Mistle Playground 7500 Saratoga Street Playground 12000 and Mozart Street Playground 28000 in response to Finance Commission communication.
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Finance Commission
Wood Island Park
Charlestown
Mission Hill
Carolina Avenue
Adams Street
Mystle
Saratoga Street
Mozart Street
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le Brun
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