Boston School Board Launches Disabled Veterans Classes
The Boston School Committee set up six week sessions for disabled veterans at the Boston Trade School Roxbury from July 6 to August 30 under the Federal Vocational Board. William C. Crawford as director at 11 dollars daily and Robert E. Baker as headmaster at 10 dollars daily lead eight other teachers. Four promotions moved sub-masters to masters in four districts and Paul V Donovan becomes Continuation School principal. Three teachers retire on pensions.
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Boston School Committee
Boston Trade School
Parker Street
Roxbury
Federal Vocational Board
William C. Crawford
Robert E. Baker
Theobald A. Lynch
Bigelow
Frederick W. Lincoln
Edward J. Muldoon
Emerson
Eliot Greenwood
Hyde Park
John J. Maloney
Abraham Lincoln
Samuel Adams
Paul V. Donovan
Anna D. Dalton
Warren
Longtime Educators Honored in Rice District Names
The notice recognizes Alice M. May of the Rice district for 47 years and six months of teaching and Desire H. Nickels from the speech improvement class for 26 years and six months of service.
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Alice M. May
Rice
Desire H. Nickels
Sound of Buzzer Triggers Shell Shock Veteran’s Hearing
Cyrus H. Simpson a 30 year Army veteran with WWI wounds and gas was arraigned on charges of passing worthless checks and sent to Psychopathic Hospital for 10 days observation after a buzzer in the Central Court office caused an attack. He reportedly ordered oil and grease from Milk Street and cashed a $10 check drawn on the United States Trust Company. Simpson previously faced Brockton Court and Hyannis arrest, with Dr. Sandoz noting sharpness in math despite limited schooling.
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Central Court
Cyrus H. Simpson
Psychopathic Hospital
Milk Street
United States Trust Company
Hyannis
Brockton Court
Sandoz
Simpson
Robbers Take $16,000 From Express Wagon
Five men held up an American Railway Express wagon in Granite City Illinois and escaped with a safe reported to contain $16,000. The money was en route from St Louis office of the National Lead Company to Granite City office.
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Granite City, Ill
American Railway Express Company
St. Louis
National Lead Company
Granite City
Wincarnis Promises Vitality and Nervous Strength
An advertisement touts Wincarnis as a tonic for weak anaemic nervous and run down people. It claims mineral elements iron calcium potassium sodium phosphorus restore blood, nerves, and energy. Over 10,000 physicians allegedly recommend it. bottles priced 1.10 and 1.95. free booklet offered.
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Wincarnis
Edward Lassere, Inc
West 23d Street
New York
Radcliffe Class of 1896 Holds Quarter Century Anniversary
Radcliffe College’s first class to wear caps and gowns, the class of 1896, marked a quarter century reunion at Fay House. Twenty four honors were earned by 27 members. 21 alumni returned for the gathering amid historic songs, photos, and a campus age-old esprit.
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Radcliffe
Radcliffe College
Fay House
C. S. Young
Harvard
Arthur P. Stone
Nantasket
Lawin
Agassiz House
Cherokee Inn
Frank G. Cook
Radcliffe Grads
Herbert Lawin
E. M. Richardson
Henry R. Plimpton
Helen Harding
Bertha Pippincets
O. D. Young
K. M. Thompson
M. L. Earle
W. S. Jones
Isabel Winslow
Helen Munroe
Annette Crocker
Edward D Rice Defence Opens in Bank Fraud Case
Opening statements in the Edward D. Rice fraud trial describe the defendant as honest. Witnesses detail the Jamaica Plain estate value and quality, with real estate appraisals pegging Pond Street property at expert levels.
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Edward D. Rice
National Shawmut Bank
New England Trust Company
Robert W. Nason
John Shepley
Concord
Boston
Rice
Pond Street
Jamaica Plain
Pond, Prince and
Perkins Streets
Rice Place
Massachusetts
Everett M. Barrett
Cambridge
Chief Justice Expected to File Charges Tonight
Late last night the bill of particulars and further charges in Attorney General J Weston Allens case against Middlesex District Attorney Nathan A Tufts had not been filed with the Supreme Court. Indications pointed to an filing this morning. Chief Justice Ruggyesterday received the bill and it was expected to be filed by him unless returned to the Attorney General.
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J. Weston Allen
Middlesex
Nathan A. Tufts
Supreme Court
Tufts
Rugg
Worcester Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash
Worcester reports a fatal motorcycle crash on Southbridge Street near the Auburn Worcester line. Victim Ray Fitz gerald aged 2 from 3 Wolcott Street died after the bike struck a tree. Another rider William Philpott aged 21 of 18 was involved with injuries.
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Worcester
Ray Fitzgerald
Wolcott Street
Southbridge Street
Auburn and
William Philpott
Motorcycle crash injures Tracy and Fitzgerald
Witnesses say Fitzgerald drove the motorcycle and attempted to turn out for an automobile, losing control and fracturing both of Tracy's legs in the incident.
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Tracy Place
Fitzgerald
Boston College Seniors Enjoy Nantasket Beach Outing
The 124 member Boston College graduating class spent a busy day at Nantasket Beach. A morning baseball game between business administration and pedagogy classes yielded no score. Tom Foynes reportedly hit five home runs, while swimming titles went to Jimmy Fitzpatrick Lukie Urban and Frank Morrissey. Evening dancing followed at Paragon Park before the last boat return.
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Boston College
Nantasket Beach
Rowe’s Wharf
Tom Foynes
Babe Ruth
Jimmy Fitzpatrick
Lukie Urban
Frank Morrissey
Paragon Park
Boston
Dave Mullen
John Cliffard
Charles Coyle
Thomas Bunyon
Thomas Foynes
Thomas Salmon
Toddle Top Game Fined For Five Players
Five young men were fined after playing a new gambling device called the toddle top in Central Court yesterday. The device is a six sided top with phrases like take all take three and take four. Players paid 3 each to participate as the top spins for about ten seconds or more determining the winner.
New Bedford Man Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
Felice Pirozzo alias John Vellaro received a life term in the Superior Court for killing Grico Scaccia on January 2 in New Bedford after pleading guilty to second degree murder.
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New Bedford
Felice Pirozzo
John Vellaro
Grico Scaccia
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New England
Mrs. Etheridge
W’incarwig
Tide Water Oil Sales Corporation
Broadway
Cambridge Street
Allston
Mass
Brighton
Canal Street
Salem
New York City
Union Street
South Braintree
W. Jackson Street
Lowell
Veedol
Allen
Mustard Products, Inc
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn, N. Y
B. C
Mae Frances O'Neil
Hivergreen Street
Central Exchange
Frank
Bowen
Chelsea Street
Charlestown
Blessed Sacrament Church
Centre Street
Arthur Connolly
Campbell
Tin Limited
Mohican
Washington Waltham
Moody St
Washington
West Broadway
Victor Company
Victor
Victrola
Victor Records
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, New Jersey
Fils Mast Masters
Camden, N. J
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