James Francis Hughes dies in New York
James Francis Hughes elder son of James J. Hughes of Dorchester died suddenly in New York where he had been private secretary to the head of a large firm for 20 years He was a Boston Fire Department member and Spanish War veteran Also brother to two New York and Washington D C priests funeral plans to be announced.
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New York
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Lawrence School
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Burdett Business College
Death In pistol duel sparks inquest in Springfield
In Springfield on July 25 a jury report says Mrs Eliza beth Taylor died from her own act during a pistol duel with Patrolmen T C St Ledger and R J Carleton when officers attempted to arrest her. The inquest heard the officers shot in self defense after she fired first. Attorneys for the NAACP participated, challenging self defense claims amid a police crack down on alleged Negro run resorts.
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Springfield
Elizabeth Taylor
T. C. St. Ledger
R. J. Carleton
W. R. Heady
Carleton
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Rockefeller Jr. to visit Gloucester for carillon concert
Plans were completed for the afternoon reception to John D. Rockefeller Jr. at Our Lady of Good Voyage Church. He arrives from Seal Harbor Maine to attend a special concert of the new carillon installed in the church, with Chaplain Manuel Domingues as chime bells committee chairman.
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Gloucester
Manuel Domingues
Church of Our Lady of Good Voyage
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Seal Harbor
Heat Fills New York Tabernacles for Evolution Denunciations
Amid extreme heat large crowds in New York gather in two tabernacles to hear Mary Agnes Witchestain and Baptist preacher George W. McPherson denounce evolution with dramatic fervor and denunciatory oratory.
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New York
United News
Tabernacles
Mary Agnes Witchestain
George W. McPherson
Revival clash as 14 year old preacher debuts at Tent Evangel
A 14-year-old newcomer drives a revival clash near St John the Divine, delivering fiery sermons with references to Samson and apes. Dr. McPherson denounces evolutionists as “baboon boosters” and attacks Dean Howard Chandler Robbins for his beliefs across from the cathedral. Weather remains hot.
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Dr. McPherson
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Howard Chandler Robbins
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Robbins
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Miss Witchestain Draws Crowds at Gospel Tabernacle
A 14 year old performer named Miss Witchestain fills the Gospel Tabernacle Church on the eastern edge of Hell's Kitchen as Broadway producers note the struggle of musical comedies to turn a profit at the box office.
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Miss Witchestain
Hell’s Kitchen
Back from Honeymoon to Face Drug Charge
Jim Wong of 77 Kneeland Street returned from a honeymoon to Atlantic City and was arraigned in Municipal Court for illegal narcotic possession. His case was continued to next Monday after evidence from a raid found drugs under a floor board. His wife and Mrs. Bertha Kee were discharged. Wong claimed the drugs were left by a previous tenant.
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Jim Wong
Kneeland Street
Atlantic City
Wong
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