Women reject long Paris skirts in Boston fashion scene
Boston fashion buyers models and club women resist a Paris driven shift to long skirts. They praise simple, comfortable styles and vow to keep short skirts, with homemakers and professionals alike declining the new length. Film star Betty Compson agrees, predicting movies will set style south of the Atlantic.
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Boston
New York
Washington
Paris
Garment News
Jennie O'Callaghan
Los Angeles
Betty Compson
Colony
Double Funeral for Chelsea War Heroes Held
A double funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Chelsea State Armory for Max Address of the 101st Infantry and David Gorshel of the Marine Corps who fell in France. Delegations from the Chelsea Post U S and the Marine Corps Association attended and escorted the cortege. Firing squads from each group fired at the cemetery as Rabbi Israelite officiated the services.
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Chelsea
Max Address
101St Infantry
David Gorshel
Marine Corps
France
Chelsea State Armory
Chelsea Post
U. S
Marine Corps Association
Rabbi Israelite
Seized Rum Case Probes New Haven Financiers
New Haven police plan further arrests of prominent local businessmen in a major bootlegging haul tied to the Jennie T. The ship’s captain says he does not know the financier who offered $50 daily plus more for the job. Authorities, awaiting proof liquors came from abroad, hold the defendants under a new prohibition statute.
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New Haven
J. Harmar Bronson
Pearl Sperry
David Cherlone
Jennie T
Lighthouse Point
Joseph Miller
McGovern
Washington
Tufts Defence to Begin Soon in Middlesex D A Trial
The trial of District Attorney Nathan A. Tufts of Middlesex county resumes this morning before the Supreme Judicial Court. Depositions from prominent New York moving picture men are expected to be read, detailing the Mishawum Manor affair. The defense plans to start as soon as the prosecution rests, with Mrs. Sewell’s deposition likely to be introduced to counter Mrs. Eastman Brown’s frame-up claim about Captain Stearns.
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Middlesex County
Supreme Judicial Court
New York
Mishawum Manor
Allen
Read
Commonwealth
Tufts
Benjamin B. Sewell
Helen Weaver Stearns
Anna Eastman Brown
Captain Stearns
Warns Against Fake Income Tax Experts
Washington July 24 Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair warned against fake income tax experts. With revised tax legislation near, these practitioners may offer advice on preparing new returns. Blair said the evil from such operatives must be stamped out and those aiding evasion will face extreme penalties.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Blair
Knickerbocker trousers gain praise from Cambridge woman
Cambridge letter to the Post argues knickerbocker suits for women offer comfort, economy, and smart appearance. Marion May from Cambridge urges readers to discuss the fashion, noting Miss Hazel Sears popularized the style in Boston and that it suits office work, golf, and daily tasks.
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Hazel Sears
Boston
Paragon Park Star
Cambridge
Miss Sears
Post
The
Miss Hazel
Sears
Washington Street
Boston Printer Drowns at Billerica in River Hursts Camp
Frederick A. Hoffman 31 a Boston Traveler printer was drowned late Saturday in the Concord River at Billerica. His body was recovered today and brought to Lowell. his Baltimore family was notified. He had recently lived in Medford until companions at Walnut Camp, Riverhurst, Billerica, moved.
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Lowell
Frederick
A. Hoffman
Boston
Concord
Billerica
Hoffman
Medford
Bertram C. Loring
Walnut Camp
Riverhurst
Baltimore
Medals Given to 2000 Autoists at Saint Christopher Blessing
About two thousand autoists and car owners crowded St. Leonard of Port Maurice Church in the North End for a special blessing and to receive St. Christopher medals. The event honored the patron saint of automobilists with a charm against accidents and death, and featured a relic of the saint presented at the altar. Medals, both pocket charms and car plaques, were distributed in the church hallway. The medal depicts St. Christopher bearing the Christ Child crossing a stream with the inscription Christopher Protect Us.
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St. Leonard of Port Maurice
Prince Street
North End
Christopher
Pius X
St. Christopher
Christ-Child
Saint Christopher Feast Observed With Broad Denominational Attendance
Beginning at noon after the high mass and relic adoration, Prince Street saw autoists arrive and depart by late afternoon. The unique feast drew people from multiple denominations. Those missing medals yesterday may collect this week at the church. Rev Christopher Buzzi preached on Saint Christopher's life, noting the giant’s strength aiding the wealthy, his later fall, and a chance moment that redirected him.
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St. Christopher
Prince Street
Christopher Buzzi
Christopher
Leg broken when auto rams pole
Richard H. O'Brien of 127 Huron avenue Cambridge died in Symmes Arlington Hospital early yesterday of injuries from a Thursday automobile crash on Massachusetts avenue Lexington. He drove the car which left the highway at Stocum road and struck a trolley pole, breaking it and wrecking the car. O'Brien had a broken leg and internal injuries. With him was Carl J. Schaub of 81 Huron avenue Cambridge who escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
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Richard H. O'Brien
Huron Avenue
Cambridge
Symmes Arlington Hospital
Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington
O'Brien
Stocum Road
Carl J. Schaub
Steamer Seirstad Hits Iceberg East of St John’s
A radio message reports the Norwegian steamer Seirstad struck an iceberg about 100 miles east of St John’s Newfoundland yesterday. The vessel suffered no serious damage and continued its voyage from Bell Island to Rotterdam with a cargo of iron ore.
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N. F
Seirstad
Bell Island
Rotterdam
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