Funeral after weird tragedy in Brooklyn sisters feud
In New York the body of Bertha Katz is buried at Washington Cemetery after her sister Minnie Reisler shot her in a Brooklyn love nest. Police suspect Reisler’s son Morris, 24, killed Bertha to avenge his mother. Mrs Katz accuses her grandson, Morris, while Reisler remains jailed for homicide.
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New York
United News
Bertha Katz
Minnie Reisler
Brooklyn
Washington Cemetery
Reisler
John
Bertha
Morris
Raser
John Reisser
Katz
Reisier
Playgrounds Director Breaks Thumb Stopping Ball
Rudolph J B Ella nineteen from 9 Circuit Avenue New Town Highlands coached a baseball game yesterday when a sharp liner aimed at children watching the game forced him to leap in front of the ball. He suffered a badly broken thumb and a severe wrist laceration as the ball struck him on the hand and wrist.
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Rudolph JB. Ella
Circuit Avenue
Newton Highlands
Ella
Two flyers killed near Rantoul in crash
Five miles north of Rantoul Illinois an air crash claimed the lives of First Lieutenant R H Stackhouse and Second Lieutenant Taylor H Monroe when their plane fell five hundred feet today.
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Rantoul
R. H. Stackhouse
Taylor H. Monroe
Here
Cheever Charges Raw Deal In 1917 Campaign Resignation
Dorchester resident Joseph J. Cheever says he spent 2800 of his own funds to back James M. Curley for mayor in 1917 and claims he was given the rawest kind of deal by the mayor. He says he resigned from the election department after learning the mayor planned to purge him for supporting District Attorney O'Brien's re-election.
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James M. Curley
Joseph J. Cheever
Dorchester
Curley
O’brien
Cheever resigns from election department as Murphy is named replacement
Cheever's resignation from the $2700 election department post was announced by the Mayor who appointed Charles A. Murphy of Jamaica Plain to replace him. Cheever says he filed Friday after learning of Murphy's selection and accuses the Mayor of a pattern of "trimmings" while noting his support for District Attorney O'Brien. Cheever, a World War veteran with a wife and three children, vows continued political effort against Curley.
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Cheever
Election Department
Charles A. Murphy
Jamaica Plain
Murphy
Curley
House of Correction
Deer Island
O’brien
Bride Geis 4 Months Jail Sentence in Perjury Case
Agnes Noonan a 20 year old resident of 188 Fairweather Cambridge was sentenced to two months in Charles Street Jail for perjury in a marriage license filing at Cambridge City Registry on July 10 She received another two month term for probation violation tied to a statutory offence arrested about a year ago
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Agnes Noonan
Fairweather Street
Cambridge
Charles Street
Edward F. McGlennen
Miracle at Shrine Grants Ahern New Mobility After Years
Andrew J. Ahern of 55 Thomas Street regained use of his legs at St. Anne de Beaupre shrine in Canada. He walked unaided and left his crutches, after years of being deemed a hopeless cripple following a wagon accident and subsequent hip operation. The Springfield Telegram notes his faith and the shrine’s famous pilgrimages.
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Springfield
St. Annie
St. Anne de Beaupre
Canada
Andrew J. Ahern
Thomas Street
Ahern
Noonan Girl’s Marriage Under Scrutiny in Municipal Court
Investigator in the city registrar’s office testified that a Dorchester woman aged 20 and her fiancée 19 filed marriage intentions in Boston and Cambridge. The couple, who wed in Cambridge, faced questions over age, residence, and alleged collusion. Authorities say annulment actions may be pursued by Burdick’s parents.
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Joseph Cahalan
Murray
Noonan
City Hall
Fifield Street
Dorchester
Paul Co. Burdick
Julius Meyers
Cambridge
Boston
Burdick
Porter Road
Massachusetts Pledges Coal Support to Hoover
Governor Cox wired Herbert Hoover pledging Massachusetts hearty cooperation with the President's committee to ensure equitable coal distribution. The telegram notes Massachusetts has wartime powers to handle the situation in reply to Hoover's earlier wire.
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Bay
Hoover
Cox
Herbert Hoover
Massachusetts
Junior College Predicted as Key in U S Education
Professor Leonard V. Koos of the University of Minnesota told 400 Harvard Teachers Association members that two-year junior colleges will become a major and public sector feature of American education. He noted many already exist nationwide and will grow in the next two decades.
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Leonard V. Koos
University of Minnesota
Harvard Teachers’ Association
Harvard Union
Koos
Distress After Meals Relief Advertised
Hereford’s Acid Phosphate offers prompt relieve and refreshment for nausea sour stomach and headache after meals. Invigorates and settles the stomach with a quick acting tonic effect.
Snake wraps around girl’s neck at South Boston carnival
Violet Hill a bank clerk of 467 East Eighth Street South Boston reacted to a rattlesnake at a snake charmer show by screaming and crying take it off as the writhing snake coiled about her neck during Wednesday night events.
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Hoyle
Violet Hill
East Eighth Street
Boston
Ahner
Ko-Ko the snake eater dazzles crowd at Locust Street show
Ko-Ko the snake eater wowed a large crowd at the service men's carnival in South Boston Locust Street Wednesday night. He handled a rattler and performed a whip like maneuver before the snake slipped from his grasp during a moment of giddiness.
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Ko-Ko
Locust Stret
Boston
Snake attack at crowd frightens Miss Hill near Old Colony Trust
Ko-Ko the snake charmer explained in English how the snake slipped from his grasp during a display, wrapped around Miss Hill's neck, and bit her twice though fanged had been removed. A bystander freed her, and she was taken home by automobile. Miss Hill recovered enough to avoid fainting but could not stand after the incident.
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Miss Hill
Ko-Ko
Old Colony Trust Company
Strike of Eight Closes Lynn Factory
The strike of eight edge trimmers at the Joseph I. Melangon shoe factory on Broad Street in Lynn caused the plant to shut down and left about 600 workers out of work after a veteran edge trimmer was discharged for substandard performance. The firm cited the discharge as the reason for the stoppage.
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Joseph I. Melangon
Broad Street
Lynn
Father Sentenced for Failure to Support in Cambridge Court
Lewis Stockman of 26 Milford Street Boston was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction by Judge Arthur P. Stone for refusing to support his father, who is seven years old. Stockman appealed and was held on $800 surety. the father, Walter, was involved.
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Lewis Stockman
Milford Street
Boston
House of Correction
Arthur P.stone
Cambridge
Walter
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