Progressives gain strength across states in 1924 race
The independent progressive movement gains traction from Indiana to Pennsylvania and Iowa. Brookhart leads in Iowa with about one third of the Republican vote amid five opponents, aided by organized labor. If the trend continues, Republicans may come under progressive influence by 1925. Farm housewives in the United States do 92 percent of family sewing.
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Washington
Owne
United News
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Clifford Thorne
Brookhart
Organized Labor
Finchot
Burke
Chalice
Movement For A
Republican Party
United States
No Memory of Adoption Schemes in Fitch Estate Battle
Arthur S. Fitch of Lexington testified in East Cambridge court that he remembers nothing of signing 1899 adoption papers that would make him heir to his father Benjamin Fitch’s estate valued around 400000. He denied knowledge of his step mother’s property and recounted a strained home life and distant father.
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Arthur S. Fitch
Lexington
Benjamin Fitch
East Cambridge
Fitch
William Flaherty
Husband on jury in divorce case revealed in Atlanta
The husband served on the jury that granted his wife a divorce. Sara Myrtice Almand was granted divorce from Albert Irwin Almand months earlier. She did not attend. the hearing was based on Newark depositions where she now lives. Lawyers say the decree is valid. Nora McKenzie of Lynn is noted as the only woman public weigher in New England.
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Atlanta
Sara Myrtice Almand
Albert Irwin Almand
Newark
N. J
Nora McKenzie
Lynn
New England
Boston Raid Nets Major Opium Cache At Shawmut Shop
Captain Reardon and officers Caverly Monahan and Con way raided the laundry shop at 315 Shawmut Avenue South End. After a gun draw when occupants offered resistance with flat irons the officers seized a highly organized opium layout the police described as the most complete ever taken in Boston.
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Captain Reardon
Robert Caverly
Monahan and
Conway
Shawmut Avenue
South End
Boston
Police raid Chinese laundry finds illicit chamber
Police, acting on complaints, searched the laundry shop on Shawmut avenue with a warrant. Three men opposed the search but fled as officers drew firearms. beneath the shop they found an oriental smoking chamber lavishly furnished. Juang Hong 35 Yee Fat Toy 42 and Wong Hing 17 were arrested and charged with drug act violations with possible federal smuggling charges pending.
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Juang Hong
Yee Fat Toy
Shawmut Avenue
Wong Hing
Governor Cox Praises Republican Faith in Massachusetts
Governor Cox told an open meeting of the education department of the women's division of the Republican State committee at Pilgrim Hall that the party has kept faith with the people and especially women. He cited a $2,000,000 tax cut as evidence of economic administration without harming state services. The program featured a play by Mrs. Frederick P. Bagley advocating equal naturalization rights for women, challenging automatic citizenship via a husband’s papers.
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Republican Party of
Massachusetts
Cox
Education Department
Republican State Committee
Pilgrim Hall
Beacon Street
Congress
Frederick P. Bagley
Women's State Committee
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James Lee Shelton
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S. S. Pierce Co
Pureoxia Co
Faia
Tee Fat Toy
Wang Hing
Bueng Hong
Hssband
Lea & Perrins
Curandier
K. J. Quinn & Co., Inc, Bosten, Mase
Thermoid Rubber Company
Harry M. O’brien
Columbus Ave
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Chandler & Barber Co
Summer St
Errmmaos
Wast
Boston Post
Boston 4
Mass
Office of the Post
Winter Street
Washington Street
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