Ott's License Was Useless In Interstate Marriage
Rhode Island invalidated the wedding license, forcing Frank M. Ott a night electrician for the Boston & Maine railroad to marry in Massachusetts. After a brief attempt in Somerville to wed in Rhode Island law, the couple traveled to Attleboro where the ceremony proceeded under Massachusetts license law.
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Frank M. Ott
Boston & Maine Railroad
Rhode Island
Otto
Somerville
Providence
Rhody
Ott
Massachusetts
Attleboro
Moths Hold Tag Party
Moths invade Halifax area across the Bay of Fundy with an unusual male-dominant arrival. Across Maine and adjacent Nova Scotia sections, observers report many brown-tail moths, but authorities see no imminent dangerous infestation after examining 800 specimens, all males.
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Halifax
Maine
Bay of Fundy
Girl Flings Oar Struck Man From Boat On Schuylkill
In Philadelphia on July 27 a girl struck the man who rocked the boat with an oar, knocking him into the Schuylkill River as she and Miss Bessie Rostrum and Miss Mary Garston rowed away. Willington laughed and tried to provoke further mischief.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Schuylkill River
W. Harris Willington
Roxborough
Mary Garston
Bessie Rostrum
North Manayunk
Best Recipes of New England Housewives A Ham Boil and Tips
How to boil a ham to mimic smoked tongue flavor with cider vinegar cloves bay leaf and pepper. Rolling pastry kept cold in a milk bottle with ice. Egg freshness test using a bowl of water with three outcomes based on sinking or floating eggs.
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Mina Karle
Otis Street
Lynn
Laura A
Humphrey
Sanford Street
Mattapan
Louise M. Brindle
Oak Terrace, Haverhill
The Enchanted Umbrella Mystery in New York
A woman in Arlington devises a cube shaped music box umbrella to deter theft. In NYC she forgets the umbrella at a restaurant, loses it, and endures a month without one, believing the spring mechanism would not be discovered. The tale blends whimsy with the risk of boasting a clever theft deterrent.
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Bronx
New York Elevated
Helpfulness And Initiative In Daily Life From Fra Elbertus
A compact ethical sermon urges initiative to act without being told and outlines how timely action yields the most reward. It contrasts various diligence levels and stresses duty, kindness, and avoiding gossip in daily work and conduct.
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Garcia
Destiny
Umbrella swap leads to a streetcar caper and a startled ending
A narrator follows a well dressed woman with an umbrella after recognizing a music box spring. He retrieves the umbrella, triggers the music, and confronts her. She reacts with fear, suspects magic, and flees down the street. The encounter ends with her escaping and the narrator leaving wary but amused.
Mildred Champagne Advises on Love and Sentiment
Dear readers seek guidance on modern courtship as a Boston woman asks if it is proper to encourage a persistent suitor. Mildred Champagne counsels restraint, avoiding flirting and pickup tactics, and notes the admirer should take initiative if truly interested.
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Miss Champagne
Boston
P. S
Advice on love and duty from Miss Champagne
The reader, an 18 year old working girl supporting a large family, asks Miss Champagne for guidance about marrying a college graduate who relies on his parents. The column suggests balancing duty to family and self, testing the fiancé's earning independence, and encouraging mutual effort to blend both obligations.
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Miss Champagne
Teenage groom dies by self in Kentucky home
SERGENT Ky July 27 Leonard Hall 15 son of Rev Joseph Hall Baptist minister of Hilliard killed himself at his father's home. He had married two months earlier to Rhoda Profitt 12 a schoolgirl with whom he did not live happily.
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Sergent, Ky
Leonard Hall
Joseph Hall
Hilliard
Here
Rhoda Profitt
Money Saving You Keep Our Workrooms Busy This Year
A brief note encourages maintaining demand to keep workrooms active during the current season. It emphasizes continuing efforts to save money while sustaining production flow and job activity.
NO KISSES FOR THE OFFICER
A South Boston first lieutenant guarding a camp watches two Gibson-type sisters kiss sentinels. The officer orders them back but they defend their right to affectionate signaling to their brothers, sparking a humorous dispute over decorum in camp.
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Boston
Military Department
Bay rum and barber shop habits amuse patrons
A barber jokes about bay rum being locked up to keep it from drinking customers while vaseline handling draws scrutiny. The tale notes bars of discipline in shops and a Portland origin rumor for bay rum.
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Portland
Walter Brake Dead In Chelmsford Shooting
Walter Brake a four year old boy died after being shot by his father Elisha Brake at their North Chelmsford home. The incident occurred yesterday and his death was reported today.
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Lowell
Walter Brake
Elisha Brake
North Chelmsford
Fashionable linen garments with detachable pearl buttons
Adorial description highlights white linen garments featuring flare gore bias fold buttons and detachable pearl buttons. Priced at 1.50 2.25 2.75 and 3.90, with multiple desirable styles advertised.
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Island
Canada
New England
Sunday Post
Loyds
Apdrewd. Lroup Co
Backus
Boylston
Park Square
Mass
Panhandle
Pete
George McManus
Tad OS
the Post
The
Priscilla Seaver
Moore Place
Arlington
New York City
Thayer, McNeil & Hodgkins
West Street
Temple Place
Elbertus
Mildred Champagne
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