Sabrina Found in Litchfield Jail Cell Tale of a daring escape
A long tale recounts Sabrina the "Lady of Issue and Seek" captured from a Litchfield jail after a staged plan by Amherst undergrads and Hartford officials. Lieutenant Governor Templeton led a covert raid with Judge Ells and Amherst students guiding the escape to the awaiting "Evens" in Hartford.
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Sabrina
Litchfield
Miunaship
Sab Tnas
Eurcp
Seucancisco Bay
West Virginia
Charles A. Teiupecon
Waterbury
Commonwealth
Luke
Arthur F. Elis
Allerst
Amherst @iminus
Litchfield County
Amherst
Judge Ells
Charlie’ Templeton
Templeton
Todd
Hle
Doncaster
Lancaster
Ells
Evens
St. Margaret’s School
Bacon
Hartford
Charles A. Templeton
Sabrina the College Statue Sabrina’s Wandering Tale
A long narrative chronicles Sabrina the college statue’s mythical roots and comic misadventures from Trojan, Hun, and Saxon wars to modern scandal. It traces her escapes from depredation, hidden lives in barns and wells, and annual transfers among class factions from 1882 through 19th century marches, ending amid a spirited melee over ownership.
Returned to Love After 26 Years on Police Calendar
After 26 years of contented life with even numbered classes, 19 graduates abducted her at the 50th anniversary banquet at the Copley Plaza Hotel in a six mile traffic dash. She has now returned to her longest love.
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Anti-Saloon League
New London
Charlie
Sabrina
Connecticut River
Boston
Springfield
Police Department
Copley Plaza Hotel
Mrs Heil to Fight Divorce in Chicago Case
Mrs Etta Heil wife of a wealthy broker files to contest her husband’s divorce suit in Chicago after a string of crimes including posing as a maid and thefts totaling about 90000. Her attorney hints at sensational counter charges while authorities report she swallowed bichromide of mercury and was seized while lunching in a cheap restaurant. Her husband cites her felony confession as the basis for the divorce.
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Chicago
Etta
Ate Heil
One Dead In Lackawanna Limited Train Wreck
In Scranton Pennsylvania July 22 a Lackawanna Limited train wreck at Glenburn station twelve miles west of Scranton killed engineer Charles Coolbaugh aged 50 and injured ten passengers, several seriously. The train ran from New York to Chicago. Coolbaugh died within two hours after the accident.
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Scranton
Penn
Lackawanna Limited
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Glenburn Station
New York
Chicago
Charles Coolbaugh
Boy Hit by Car Seriously Injures Arlington Boy
Eleven year old James Hurley son of Daniel and Mrs Hurley of West Somerville was struck by an automobile owned by Alfred Romano Fitchburg and operated by Dominic Romano Arlington on Broadway near Winter street Arlington. He is in Symmes Arlington Hospital with probable skull fracture and internal injuries.
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James Hurley
Daniel P. Hurley
Grove Street
West Somerville
Alfred J. Romano
Granite Street
Fitchburg
Dominic Romano
Broadway
Winterstreet
Arlington
Symmes Arlington Hospital
Cox of New Jersey named to Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington July 22 Fred I Cox of New Jersey has been selected by President Harding as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission He will succeed Chairman Clark who has resigned.
Baxter Names Davies for Fourth Time as PUC Chair
Gov. Baxter nominates Howard Davies of Yarmouth for a fourth time as Public Utilities Commission chairman, despite the Executive Council having refused three prior confirmations. The Council is set to meet next Friday.
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Gov. Baxter
Davies
Augusta
Howard Davies
Yarmouth
Baxter
Public Utilities Commission
Executive Council
Congressman Maloney's Condition Described as Dangerous
Washington July 2 Congressman Robert F. Maloney of the seventh Massachusetts district is seriously ill in a Boston hospital after an operation Wednesday night. Doctors say he has rallied slightly but his condition remains dangerous.
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Washington
Robert 8S. Maloney
Massachusetts Distrit
U S Holds To Original Plan For Disarmament Talks
United States officials rejected London and other suggestions for a preliminary conference prior to the Washington disarmament meeting. President Harding will not attend the conference, and Washington will host a single gathering to discuss invited questions. Ben Turpin arrives in Chicago amid fanfare as vaudeville icon turns film star. Turpin, famed for cross eyes, is celebrated by agents and crowds and plans a week in the city.
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United States
London
Washington
Harding
White House
Chicago
Ben Turpin
Turpin
Joe Jefferson
Cock-Eye
Mr. Turpin
Ireland's Leaders Weigh Dominion Home Rule Talks
Ireland's problems center on the government offer to Ulster and Sinn Fein. Key figures like Arthur Griffith, John MacNeill, and Michael Collins are urged to decide on the draft, with Dail Eireann likely convened if accepted. Ulster may resist repeal while Smuts may visit to mediate.
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Dail Eireann
Arthur Griffith
John MacNeil
Michael Collins
Sinn
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Southern Ireland
Jan C. Smuts
Lloyd George
Ireland
England
Dorchester Hero Arrives in Hoboken Body of Lt Harry E Hanley Returned
Word reached veterans of A Company Old 101st Infantry and the Hanley family of Dorchester that Lieutenant Harry E Hanley of the 1st battalion was killed in action during the Argonne offensive just before the armistice.
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Dorchester
Hoboken
101St Infantry
Hanley
Harry E. Hanley
Judge orders sons to support father in court
In New York Domestic Relations Court Judge Dooley ordered four sons of David Leaks to pay their father 2.50 weekly each. Leaks, 63, rooms at 627 Bedford Avenue and alleged his wife owns four houses while he is destitute.
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New York
Dooley
Husky
David Leaks
Bedford Avenue
Marry
Louis
Morris
Piatt Andrew Announces Candidacy for Congress in Sixth District
Colonel A Piatt Andrew former U S Mint director and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and World War veteran announces his bid for Congress from the sixth district to replace W W Lufkin who resigned to become collector of the port Boston. He faces Ransom Pingree and H S Baldwin as likely rivals and is noted for his war record with the American expeditionary forces and as commander of Captain Lester Wass Post American Legion.
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A. Piatt Andrew
United States Mint
the Treasury
Congress
W. W. Lufkin
Boston
Andrew
Ransom Pingree
Haverhill
H. S Baldwin
Swampscott
Lester
Wass
American Legion
Hold Driver of Auto Truck in Chelsea Manslaughter Case
A J Cleary, 36, driver of a city owned auto truck in Malden, was held in 2000 bail to appear in Chelsea Court on manslaughter charges after a 14 year old unidentified boy died from injuries after leaping from a farm wagon into the truck on Easton avenue Chelsea. The youth died at Chelsea Memorial Hospital and is at Northern Mortuary.
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A. J. Cleary
Cleary
Malden Street
Malden
War Vets Yearn for Auto Rides Across Massachusetts
Massachusetts World War II veterans in government hospitals crave weekly automobile rides to lift spirits. The Post seeks 600 volunteers from 235,000 registered cars to pair with 2,000 plus wounded veterans in hospitals such as West Roxbury, Parker Hill, Chelsea Naval, and Malden’s Glen Rock. Volunteers can arrange rides for one to four veterans with nurse support on prescheduled days, calling Main 7400 to coordinate with the Veterans’ Outing Editor.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Post
West Roxbury Hospital
R. G. Conquest
N. J. Blackwood
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Browne
Parker Hill Hospital
Glen Rock
Malden
East Norfolk
Groton
Veterans’ Outing
Main
Main 7400
Nervous Children Ad: Pink Pills Promote Nerve Health
An advertisement argues modern schooling harms children’s nerves and blood. It claims Dr Williams Pink Pills strengthen nerves, boost blood, and cure symptoms like pallor and irritability. Suggests outdoor activity, good diet, and ten hours sleep. Available from druggists or direct from Schenectady, sixty cents a box.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Wenham Navy Festival Brings Social Shine At Pingree Field
The Wenham Navy Festival at Pingree Field drew large crowds for a charity event aiding the Army and Navy Y M C A in Charlestown. Cardinal O Connell and Lt Commander John F Meigs Jr led prominent attendance while Mrs Frederick Ayer won two blue ribbons for Traveller and Blue Ridge in hunter classes, with Blue Ridge named champion hunter.
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Pingree Field
Wenham
Navy Festival
Army
Navy
Charlestown
Cardinal O'Connell
Mgr. Splaine
John F. Meigs, Jr
Oliver Ames, Jr
H. P. McKean, Jr
Samuel Eliot
William A. Parker
Bayard Tuckerman, Jr
Consuelo Bates
Olivia Ames
Sylvia Warren
Mabel Rantoul
Emily
Jean Sears
Priscilla Rhodes
Florence M. Lee
James P
George S. Mane
Robs Mother for Joy Money Case in Brooklyn
Charles Gansmiller aged 17 was arrested at North Beach on a grand larceny charge after his mother Catherine Gansmiller reported a missing 250 diamond ring two $50 Liberty bonds and $10 in cash from her home at 30 Irving Avenue Brooklyn He was held without bail for the grand jury by Magistrate Dodd at Gates Avenue Court Detectives Kauffman and Henniger located him and another youth asleep in a North Beach tent.
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New York
Catherine Gansmiller
Irving Avenue
Brooklyn
Charles Gansmiller
North Beach
Dodd
Gates Avenue
Gansminter
New Orleans
Kauffman and
Henniger
Gansmiller
Witnesses test on Giri case amid sensational testimony
Two West Springfield men testified that Miss Emma Crowley had intimate relations with Dr. P McLaughlin in a Polla Court hearing. Other witnesses supported claims of the complainant's alleged turpitude while Dr. McLaughlin denied performing any illegal operation and denied buying silk stockings. The case adjourned until Monday morning.
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Springfield
West Springfield
Emma Crowley
P. McLaughlin
Polla Court
Prett
Miss .Crowle
M. Laughlin
Baby Whale Strands Off Nantasket Beach At Low Tide
A 30-foot blackfish or baby whale marooned on a sand bar 14 feet from White Head Point as 500 Nantasket residents watched at dusk. Time low tide gave the creature hope to free itself, narrowly eluding capture by a bold group. Some observers estimated lengths from 10 to 150 feet. Sergeant Henry Stevens noted the conservative 30-foot estimate.
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White Head Point
Mot
Henry Stevens
Hull
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