400 Fever June Brides
Cupid is a busier person in Boston's North and West Ends and sections of Roxbury Dorchester South Boston and part of Brighton than elsewhere as Russian and Italian born applicants lead the annual June parade to the city marriage bureau. Applications to marry have fallen about 400 from last year as City Registrar Edward W. McGlewen cites housing shortages as a major factor.
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Cupid
Boston
Roxbury
Dorchester
Brighton
Edward W. McGlewen
City Hall
Watson Attacks Hoover Over War Relief Policy and Russia
Senator Watson of Georgia renewed attacks in the Senate on Secretary Hoover's war relief administration. He charged Hoover aided in efforts to overthrow the Soviet and restore the Czarist government in Russia. Watson cited a Shipping Board steamer carrying military trucks from Bordeaux to northern Russia and claimed orders to reload. He pressed for detailed war relief expenditures and alleged food shortages and decay on wharves or vessels.
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Washington
Senator Watson
Georgia
Senate
Hoover
Russia
Shipping Board
James B. Martin
Bordeaux
Yudenitch
Watson
United States
White House
Europe
Gunman Dismissed After Indictment in Boston Feud Case
Boston gunman Louis Glass known as Boston Kitty and seven henchmen were dismissed by Judge Burke in Municipal Court after the Suffolk Grand Jury indicted the gang on charges of assault with intent to kill Thomas Conroy a West End feudist and former associate.
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Boston Kitty
Louis Glass
Burke
Thomas Conroy
West End
Kitty
Suffolk
State House Advances Finance Dept and Purchasing Agent
The House approved to engross a bill creating a new Department of Administration and Finance. It combines the auditor, treasurer, and supervisor roles and establishes a purchasing agent to acquire supplies for state departments.
Heat Relief Offers Limited Comfort in Boston
After early morning rainfall and later showers, Boston saw a slight drop in temperatures but remained hot. The lingering heat and humidity caused two deaths and left three people overcome by the heat, with the city not yet fully recovering from the recent heat wave.
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Boston
Heatwave Grim in Northeast as Deaths Rise
No relief in sight from the heat for days as a Northeast heat wave broadens. An 81 year old lodger, Rachel McDonald, was found dead in West End lodging house and the cause is heat induced. Her niece Jennie McDonald lived with her. Mrs. Frank Lavery died at Reading home from a heat related shock after collapsing on Sunday.
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Rachel McDonald
Allston Place
West End
Catherine Martin
William H. Bailey
Jennie McDonald
Frank Lavery
North Avenue
Wakefield
Stephen F. Wadsworth
Reading
Three Men Overcome In Heat At Dorchester Cambridge End
Three men Joseph D. Herman 26 of Dorchester Michael F. Hackett 39 of Cambridge and William Hermal 65 of South End were overcome. Herman and Hermal were admitted to City Hospital and Hackett to a relief station. Hot weather brings welcome news on ice prices with last year’s 60 cents per 100 pounds cut by dealers this year. Cash and carry outlets in crowded tenement districts offer 30 cents per 100 pounds.
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Joseph D. Herman
Harvard Street
Dorchester
Michael F. Hackett
Fair Oaks Street
Cambridge
William Hermal
Washington Street
South End
Herman
Hermal
City Hospital
Hackett
Western business revival noted at Leopold Morse event
Alfred R. Weinberg of Leopold Morse Company reported faster recovery in the West than the East at the seventh annual employees Mutual Benefit Association banquet. He cited near full employment west of the Mississippi and predicted New England would reach the adjustment level by fall. Julius C. Morse mourned Ferdinand Strauss and pledged to honor his wishes with employee cooperation as the gathering marked Morse's birthday.
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Alfred R. Weinberg
Leopold Morse Company
Employee's Mutual Benefit Association
Pacific
New England
Ferdinand Strauss
Julius C. Morse
Strauss
Morse
Vanilla Flavoring Ad Reminds Grocers of Baker’s Extract
A playful ad copy notes how Baker's Vanilla Flavoring Extract can reinvent classics like a dessert line. It cheekily contrasts Philadelphia and Boston and invites readers to think of new flavors while promoting the product to grocers.
Broadway Mourns Lillian Russell Death Tribute
New York reports Lillian Russell, famed blonde star of the stage, died this morning at her Pittsburg home. The Great White Way pauses as memories of her career and charm are recalled in a solemn tribute to a beloved Broadway figure.
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New York
Broadway
Lillian Russell
Pittsburg
Lillian Russell remembered as Broadway icon and friend to backstage
Old timers recall Lillian Russell star of the music hall era on Broadway. Her last 1922 Broadway appearance was at the Palace on April 24. Tributes pour in from The Lambs Players Club and Green Room Club as funeral plans in Pittsburgh unfold. An longtime doorman recalls her as a beautiful, friendly star beloved by backstage folk.
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Music Hall
Broadway
Lillian Russell
Weber and Fields
34Th Street
Lillian
the Palace
Theatretown
Times Square
Lambs
Players’ Club
National Vaudeville Association
Green Room Club
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Lilian Russell
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Lillian Russell Moore
Funeral plans announced for Mrs Lillian Russell Moore who died at her Pittsburg home. More than 1000 telegrams of condolence poured in including messages from President Harding and Mrs Harding. Marines will guard the casket. 107th Field Artillery and American Legion will escort to the grave.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
Lillian Russell Moore
Lillian Russell
Harding
Trinity Episcopal Church
107Th Field Artillery
David Belasco
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Mr. Moore
Cffrovey Co
Joseph Marini
Slayden Street
West Quincy
Horsford
Sudbury
RED Front
Sudbury ST
Bowdoin
Quality
Vogue
Elastic
Girdles
Belgium
Boys’ Own Store
Chambray
Panty
Infants’ Dept
Ann Tate
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