Pugilist Dies After Scrappy Bout in Newark
Leslie Crawford featherweight boxer collapsed in his dressing room after an eight round fight with Tommy Girard and died in Newark city hospital without regaining consciousness. He had boxed for about a year and a half and had won his last Monday match but lost a popular decision to Girard. He was unmarked after the bout.
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Newark
N. J
Leslie Crawford
Tommy Girard
City Hospital
Crawford
Girard
Dog Day Weather Spoils Sunday For Thousands
A humid rainy day in New England spoiled Sunday outings with families crowding fire escapes and parks. Cooler conditions and possible showers are forecast today. In Boston tenement districts residents faced stagnant air while rain disrupted travel and traffic.
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New England
Boston
Dry Germany campaign opens in Darmstadt
The opening gun of a campaign for Dry Germany was fired here by the committee for the introduction of prohibition in Germany. The committee is led by Dr. Strecker former minister of education for Hesse and includes academics political labor leaders and professionals from across Germany.
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Darmstadt
Associated Press
Germany
Strecker
Hesse
Boy dies of injuries after Lynn hill crash
Raymond Pelletier a 13 year old boy died from injuries received when struck by a car backing down Lover's Leap Hill in Lynn. The driver Edward M McDonough failed to shift to second speed causing a high speed crash injuring Pelletier and his companion George Belliveau who escaped with minor cuts. Pelletier was the son of Mr and Mrs Alphonse Pelletier of 40 North Franklin Street Lynn Juynn.
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Raymond Pelletier
Lover's Leap Hill
Lynn
Lynn Hospital
Edward M. McDonough
Sheridan Street
Medford
Young Pelletier
George Belliveau
North Franklin Street
Belliveau
Alphonse Pelletier
Juynn
Mayfield Leads Democratic Senate Nomination Race in Texas
In Dallas, July 23, Mayfield led the Democratic U.S. Senate field with 84,107 votes as half the county tally came in. Ferguson 63,008 Culberson 54,338 Thomas 47,806 Ousley 33,861 Henry 22,402. Neff led gubernatorial race with 170,043 votes. Rogers 103,471 Warner 20,234 King 487. Mayfield publicly aligns with the Ku Klux Klan and endorses its principles.
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Dallas
Tex
Karly B. Mayfield
United States
Mayfield
Ferguson
Culberson
Thomas
Ousley
Henry
P. M. Neff
Rogers
Warner
King
Sherlock Holmes Returns in The Problem of Thor Bridge
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine launches a new Sherlock Holmes series by A Conan Doyle with The Problem of Thor Bridge. The feature teases a fresh set of adventures for the famed detective and his companion Dr. Watson.
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Sherlock Holmes
A. Conan Doyle
Boston Sunday Post
Thor Bridge
Court records reveal Tiffanys claim over Spreckels necklace
Tiffany & Co sues executors of John D. Spreckels Jr estate to recover 80000 for the Spreckels pearl necklace. The contract allegedly binds Mrs Sidi Spreckels to forfeit custody of their child Geraldine if payments lapse. Geraldine, born before 1921, is noted as security for the debt amid a tale of the cosmopolitan social circle.
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Tiffany & Co
New York
John D. Spreckels, Jr
Tiffany
Sidi Spreckels
Ex captain Barrett tied to Drexel implosion of romance
Mrs. Spreckels accuses former captain Barrett of stealing her necklace and fleeing. He was arrested in Los Angeles and freed. Paris reports Alice Drexel, once married to Barrett, living in poverty after the Drexel family declined financial support for their romance.
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Alice Drexel
Drexels
Spreckels
Barrett
Los Angeles
Paris
Girl Narrowly Survives Leap From Garage
Miss Anna McEachern, 24, of Jamaica Plain, escaped three men after attempting to jump from a second story window on Hunting ton avenue on Saturday night. She landed on a heavy awning that cushioned her fall to the sidewalk and sustained only slight injuries. She was treated at City Hospital.
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Huntington Avenue
Anna McEachern
Wta Green Street
Jamaica Plain
City Hospital
Back Bay Station Case Leaves Questions About Identity
A woman claims she was forced into the Back Bay station by men, but police cannot identify them. Garage employees deny that the girl and her companions entered the building. Miss McEachern declined to discuss the affair at the hospital.
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Back Bay
Escape from East Boston hospital by inmate Murray
William Murray of 302 Paris Street escaped from East Boston Relief Hospital using a rope of knotted sheets after an attempted suicide at the East Boston police station. He had been detained for drunkenness and is thought to be seriously ill and possibly mentally unbalanced. Police continue to search for him.
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East Boston Relief Hospital
William Murray
Paris Street
East Boston
Nig Murray
Hearse Stopped Seven Times by Prohibition Sleuths
New York July 23 A black hearse en route to Islip Long Island with a woman's body was stopped seven times on the road by prohibition agents seeking bootleg whiskey. Richard Norton the hearse driver said he was forced to open the casket three times toward Islip and four times returning. An agent tried to open the casket and Norton said a leader claimed they had been tipped a liquor load was moving. The driver said he asked why they stopped him and was told they were stopping all traffic from baby buggies to funeral hacks. The undertakers association will be asked to act.
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New York
Islip
Long Island
Richard Norton
Norton
Undertakers’ Association
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