Braintree Boy Dies at Summer Home
Eight year old Merton L Emerson Jr son of Mr and Mrs Merton L Emerson of West Street died suddenly last evening at the family summer home in Duxbury after about a week of illness. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at his home in Braintree. The family receives sympathy from friends. Mr Emerson is vice president of the American Pneumatic Service Corporation and a trustee of Thayer Academy.
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Braintree
Merton L. Emerson, Jr
Merton L. Emerson
West Street
Duxbury
Emerson
American Pneumatic Service Corporation
The
Technology Counsel
Thayer Academy
Harding Nominates Mary O'Toole for D C Municipal Court
President Harding named Mary O'Toole a practising lawyer in Washington to serve as a judge of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Harding
Mary O'Toole
Municipal Court
District of Columbia
Army Officers Must Keep on Wearing Stiff Collars
The War Department announced that no change is contemplated in Army uniforms and officers will continue to wear stiff standup collars on coat tunics despite earlier talk of adopting a roll collar. The statement ends months of discussion among officers.
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Washington
United News
War Department
Prudential Official Sues to Recover Trust Funds
John E. Mannigan the liquidating agent of Prudential Trust Company has filed a bill in Suffolk Superior Court seeking return of money alleged to belong to the bank. He seeks to reach Bailey of Needham former treasurer to apply Bailey property toward the claim.
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John E. Mannigan
Prudential Trust Company
Suffolk Superior Court
William P. Bailey
Needham
Mr. Hannigan
Mr. Bailey
Bailey and Brown tied to bank loans in fraud case
The bill alleges that Bailey acted on Hale’s advice to discount two notes signed by Hale and secured by vessel shares, which were worthless. It also accuses Brown of coordinating loans in 1918–1920 totaling about 158,969 dollars, with Bailey reportedly receiving large undisclosed sums. Norwood Housing bonds are cited with Bailey owning around 100,000 dollars of them. Bailey admits the transactions but denies domination or personal gain.
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Bailey
Samuel Hale
Savings Department
Hale
Harry Brown
Medford
Brown
Somerville
Norwood Housing Corporation
Norwood Corporation
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Frank H. Stewart
Frederic H. Chase
Haselton of Vermont Dead at 73 Former Vermont Supreme Court Judge and U advisor
Burlington Vermont July 21 Judge Seneca Haselton United States minister to Venezuela under President Cleveland died at his home of acute dilatation of the heart at age 73 He was born February 26 1848 in Westford Vermont and educated at the University of Vermont Michigan and the Vermont bar He served in the Vermont House of Representatives Mayor of Burlington minister to Venezuela and on the Vermont Supreme Court from 1892 1906 and again from 1908 to 1919
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Burlington
Seneca Haselton
United States
Venezuela
Grover Cleveland
Supreme Court
State of
Vermont
Haselton
Westford
University of Vermont
Michigan
Vermont House of Representatives
Venézuela
Supreme Court of Vermont
Moonshine raid leads to auto language quirk in German Town
John Dombroski and Paulin Galeski faced prohibition charges after a woods shack moonshine raid. Both claimed limited English understanding while officers noted their grasp when discussing the confiscated automobile. Commissioner Broadhurst ordered the case continued.
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Westfield
John Dombroski
Paulin Galeski
United States
Edward T. Broadhurst
Dombinski
Galeski
Dombroski
Broadhurst
Detroit
Indian Soldier's Body Shipped for Indian Reservation Burial
William Neptune, former Passamaquoddy governor, has been notified that his son Private Joseph Neptune of the 103d Infantry, 26th Division, is shipped from France. The body will be buried with military honors at Pleasant Point Indian Reservation. Neptune leads a party of braves and squaws at Plymouth, Mass for the Pilgrim tercentenary observance.
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Eastport
William Neptune
Passamaquoddy Indians
Joseph Neptune
France
Pleasant Point
Neptune
Plymouth
Mass
103D Infantry
London Swelters in Record Hot Weather
London endures the warmest temperature in five years as heat dries streets and burdens long standing conventions across the country.
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London
United News
Clergymen and Judges Go Collarless in Historic Pulpit Move
For the first time, English clergymen preach coatless and collarless like Billy Sunday to refresh congregations with talks of hell fire. Even judges have appeared in negligee, shedding wigs and robes, shocking learned counsel.
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