Washington's hair and eye color held in memoir volume
Hartford, Conn. reports from the State Library show George Washington Parke Custis Memoirs stating Washington had hazel brown hair and light grayish blue eyes. Major Lawrence Lewis is named as the authority, while Harvard professor Hart questioned red hair.
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George Washington
Parke Custis
George S. Godard
Washington
Lawrence Lewis
Godard
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
Boston clerks inspect 8000 prospective jurors for records
Fourteen Boston election department clerks visited the probation commissioner’s office in Pemberton Square to review a list of 8000 to 9000 prospective jurors for the year. They aim to check criminal records via probation files, easing police workload alongside existing duties.
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First Day of Lent Masses Across Archdiocese
Ash Wednesday observances mark the first day of Lent with extra masses at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Immaculate Conception lower church, and at St. James and St. Mary’s churches. Blessed ashes are distributed after specified Masses and services.
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William B. Finigan
Charles E. Lane
S.J
St. James Church
Harrison Avenue
St. Mary’s' Church
North End
Watertown Man to Marry Miss Tuttle
The engagement of Miss Margaret Tuttle Radcliffe 18 to Malcolm L Willoughby of Watertown is announced. Miss Tuttle daughter of Mrs Ann D Tuttle of Cambridge. Her fiance is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles C Willoughby of Watertown.
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Malcolm L. Willoughby
Watertown
Margaret Tuttle
Radcliffe
Miss Tuttle
Ann D. Tuttle
Cambridge
Charles C. Willoughby
Not to Reopen Cases Tufts Disposed Of
District Attorney Endicott P. Saltonstall announces that many old indictments for automobile thefts will be presented at the regular criminal session starting in East Cambridge Monday. He says cases previously disposed of under Nathan A. Tufts will not be reopened, while other pending cases and new indictments since then will be disposed.
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East Cambridge
Endicott P. Saltonstall
Nathan A. Tufts
The Case of Varns to Be in Boston Sunday Post
Hugh Pendexter presents another Fanchon Yarn in The Case of Varns, a mystifying Jeff Fanchon story to appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Fanchon
Jeff Fanchon
Hugh Pendexter
Varns
Boston Sunday Post
Washington street tests new Fifth Avenue traffic rules
On Washington street pedestrians halted progress as motorists surged north from Boylston to Cornhill under the new Fifth Avenue style regulations. Traffic officers faced the main challenge from jay walkers, with no arrests but plenty of warnings and pedestrian tips offered, including painted white crossing lines to curb jaywalking.
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Washington Street
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Boylston Street
Cornhill
Jay
Education of Illiterate Mothers Moves in New York
The New York City Federation of Women's Clubs opens a new program to educate illiterate mothers, aiming to improve literacy and family welfare through community classes and outreach.
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New York City
Magician Ca llaghan Sentenced for Vag rancy in New York
In Jefferson Market Court Harry Callaghan a professional magician yielded the palm for legerdemain to Magistrate Levine and was sentenced to six months on Blackwell's Island he had posed as the woman's husband to help her avoid a statutory arrest the ruse collapsed when the husband stepped forward and theMagistrate fined him six months confinement.
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New York
Harry Callaghan
Levine
Jefferson Market Court
Blackwell's Island
Callaghan
Rockefeller Foundation Funds $6 Million Endowment for Johns Hopkins
In New York on February 28 the Rockefeller Foundation announced a gift of $6,000,000 to Johns Hopkins University Baltimore. The funds will support endowment and buildings for the school of hygiene and public health.
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New York
Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Rockefeller Foundation
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