Percussion Caps Explode In Crowded New York District
A truckman Edward Miller carrying percussion caps in Manhattan on June 13 caused a massive explosion. Miller injured and possibly losing sight in both eyes. Richard McLaughlin knocked down as flames spread. Sixteen cartridge cases salvaged before fire. Police seized the truck from Burns Express Company for lacking an explosives transport permit.
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New York
Edward Miller
Twenty-sixth Street
Miller
Richard McLaughlin
Hhs
Burns Express Company
Last Stand of Indians Underway Near Point Pelee
Hundreds of Pottawatomie and Ojibway Indians march on Point Pelee Ontario seeking land claimed by treaty of 1794. Ontario authorities mobilize 2000 troops to oppose with a weeklong pow wow and final parley to test if peace or war will follow.
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Leamington
W. P. Gregory
Ontario
Walpole Island
Alviston
Point Pelee
Moses Caldwell
John Dodge
Pottawatomies
Dodge
Tecumseh
Sea Cliff
Caldwell
Boy Rejoices As Lost Collie Returns Home
Frank Riley of East Cambridge thanks the Post for helping bring back his beloved collie Princie after three weeks apart. Mrs Forbush of West Acton recognized the dog and cared for it until its return, brightening the ill boy’s days.
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Frank Riley
Springstreet
East Cambridge
Princie
Post
Harding Threatens Special Session Over Ship Subsidy Bill
President Harding warned he would feel obligated to call Congress in a special session if the ship subsidy bill is not taken up before adjournment. A White House statement says the administration will press unremittingly for immediate action.
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Harding
Washington
Congress
White House
Pelletier Granted Two-Week Extension in Disbarment Case
Former District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier received a two week extension from Judge Morton to file his answer to the disbarment petition. The extension follows the death of Pelletier’s mother and was granted at once upon request by Assistant United States Attorney Curtis.
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Pelletier
Joseph C. Pelletier
Morton
Mr. Pellétier
United States
Curtis
Bad check passer convicted of perjury in Manchester
Fred C. Rade was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on a perjury charge. The case involved false testimony at an equity hearing over ownership of a diamond ring valued at $3750, which Sheriff John T. O'Dowd had recovered when Rade was jailed for eight months.
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Fred C. Rade
Rade
Equity
John T. O’dowd
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Salvation Army of
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Evangeline Booth
People's Temple
Horace E. Hooper
Horace Everett Hooper
Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc
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