Dorchester Legion Plans First Annual Field Day Carnival
The All-Dorchester Post of the American Legion will hold its first annual field day and carnival at Combination Park in Medford on Saturday. The Boston Sunday Post will feature Uncle Nick Sewell Ford story Some Angles on Uncle Nick about Torchy and friends in the upcoming issue.
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All-Dorchester
The
American Legion
Combination Park
Medford
Sewell Ford
Torchy
Uncle Nick
Boston Sunday Post
Two Hurt in 25 Foot Fall in Breeches Buoy at Gay Head
Vineyard Haven July 21 Coast Guardsman Horace Devine and 12 year old Malcolm Diamond of Vineyard Haven fell 25 feet to the ground when a pole broke during a breeches buoy drill at Gay Head life saving station Diamond was in the life buoy and Devine was making fast the lines Both were severely shaken up and Devine was badly bruised Devine is at the Marine Hospital here.
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Vineyard Haven
Gay Head
Coast
Bride of three days held on forgery charges
Ruth Kelley alias Ruth Harris, 28 Holyoke Street, married three days ago, is jailed on three counts of forgery and uttering checks drawn on a Boston bank. A former stenographer at Mark M Herblit’s law office at 53 State Street, she allegedly traced signatures from cancelled checks and cashed two $16 and one $35 check totaling $65. Police say the forged checks were discovered after her employer detected discrepancies in monthly statements. The arrest took place on Columbus Avenue as she awaited arraignment.
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Ruth Kelley
Ruth Harris
Holyoke Street
Boston
George Washington Francis Kelley
Columbus Avenue
Woman Seeks Custody of Child in Divorce Case
Mrs. Eva G. Nelson petitions Middlesex Superior Court to vacate her divorce from Ernest E. Nelson and gain custody of their four year old daughter Nancy. She accuses him of improper conduct with several named women since the decree nisi. Judge Wait denies vacating custody. hearing set for September in Cambridge.
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Eva G. Nelson
Superior Court
Middlesex County
Wait
Suffolk County
Ernest E. Nelson
Nancy
Provincetown Invites Plymouth To Pilgrim Tercentenary Parade
Provincetown Tercentenary committee invites Plymouth to send 200 representatives in costume to march in the Pilgrim history parade on August 31 as part of the Cape towns collaboration. The invitation references prior plans and a 1920 opening program with ties to events in Holland England and the United States.
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Provincetown
Plymouth
Plymouth Committee
Provincetown Committee
Cape
Arthur Lord
Kyle
Holland
England
United States
Nine Months Sentence for Lodging House Thief
Ralph Sampson alias John E Sylvia alias Tim McCarthy, a known lodgings thief pictured in the Rogues Gallery, was sentenced to nine months in the House of Correction after being found guilty of stealing a $4 raincoat a $60 suit drawing set valued at $35 and a $45 gold watch from a lodging house at 125 West Newton Street on July 11. He was arrested in the South End and arraigned in Municipal Court before Judge Sheehan. Police say he habitually rooms then departs the next day with valuables.
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Ralph Sampson
John E. Sylvia
Tim McCarthy
Rogues
House of Correction
West Newton Street
Sampson
South End
Sheehan
Worcester Man Faces Unsupported Wife Charge Delayed
Luther Stanhope formerly of Worcester now in Reno Nevada appeared as the accused in a neglect to support case. The charge arising from questions over a claimed marriage was continued until tomorrow for disposition. Stanhope, a WWI veteran gassed in France, has lived in Reno since 1911 and was later twice married after a Reno divorce revoked.
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Worcester
Reno
Central District Court
Luther Stanhope
Nevada
Stanhope
France
Putnam, Conn
Heirlooms Suit Over Sapphire Brooch and Diamond Ring
Marie Dudley of Boston sues Suffolk Superior Court against Henry C. Miller and Mary H. Miller in Winchester to recover a sapphire and diamond brooch and a diamond ring pledged in 1915. She claims they agreed to redeem and hold until she paid 930 dollars, but they refused to return the items after tender. The pieces are heirlooms with sentimental value given to her husband by ancestors. Dudley seeks a court order to turnover the jewelry upon tender of the 930 dollars.
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Marie Dudley
Boston
Suffolk Superior Court
Henry C. Miller
Mary H. Miller
Winchester
R. Simpson
J. Simpson
Millers
Simpsons
WV Non-Union Coal Fields Warn Public on UMWA Threats
West Virginia coal operators urge users to stockpile fuel amid possible UMWA dominance. They cite Williamson Pocahontas Tug River Logan and open shop fields supplying 40 million tons annually and warn of nationwide disruption if strikes spread. They insist non union mines can prevent shortages and defend field independence.
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United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Williamson
United Mine Workers
Logan
Pocahontas
Tug River
Raleigh and
Fayette Counties
United Mine Workers Organization
Williamson Coal Operators Association
Mine Workers’ Union
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Lenox Jewelry Co
U.S
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Eckwiths
Pope
Royal
Foot
Sam’s J. Beckwith & CO
Washington Street
Adams Square
Vel Tete
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Filene’s
White
Aluminum Shop
White’s Sons
Hanover Street
Washington
Union-Friend Tunnel
F. Gray CO
Washington Cor
Hanover St
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