Mrs. Skeels Becomes Lundgren's Wife Before Major Operation
An hour before undergoing ether for a serious operation, Mrs. Bessie May Skeels wed Alfred J. Lundgren of Andover in a secret ceremony at Brooks Hospital Corey Hill Brookline. The marriage was witnessed by Rev Daniel D Addison and Lundgren, with nurses unaware of the visitors. Skeels faces murder charges in Andover and Bayonne N J.
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Bessie May Skeels
Andover
Bayonne
N. J
Alfred J. Lundgren
Brooks Hospital
Corey Hill
Brookline
Bride's secret wedding before stomach operation
Mrs Skeels held a murder charge in Andover where she had been in custody in Lawrence. On August 22 Mr Lundgren applied for a marriage license and planned a quiet marriage. Before her operation in Brookline she became Mrs Lundgren in a secret ceremony.
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Andover
Lundgren
Capitalist Frederick Schermerhorn Dies During Speech at Union Club
Frederick Augustus Schermerhorn, financier and former Columbia University trustee, collapsed from apoplexy while speaking at a Union Club dinner in New York. He died minutes later. A Civil War veteran, he served as NY National Guard captain and was treasurer of the New York Trade School. He was born in New York 73 years ago.
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New York
Frederick Augustus Schermerhorn
Columbia University
Union Club
Schermerhorn
New York Trade School
Five Forks
New York National Guard
Whiskey Men Plan Big Fight Against Prohibition
The Committee of Distillers of the United States said it would seek judicial review of the Eighteenth Amendment after peace and a referendum vote. Levy Mayer of Chicago was directed to file suit to test the wartime prohibition act and emergency law once the treaty is signed.
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New York
Committee of Distillers of the
United States
Levy Mayer
Chicago
Mr. Mayer Addresses Committee On Referendum Laws
Mr Mayer advised the committee that in states having referendum laws considerations include ballot access and the scope of voter approval. He outlined legal framework and potential changes to procedures affecting upcoming measures.
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Mr. Mayer
Four Firemen Blasted By Quincy Attic Fire
Four firemen were burned when a hot air explosion struck an attic at 82 Flynt Street Quincy as they fought a cellar fire. Firemen Daniel McNeice Jeremiah Lynch Myles Creamer and Clarence Metcalf were injured. McNeice Creamer and Lynch stayed in Quincy Hospital Metcalf treated at home and Chief Faxon W Billings was uninjured.
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Flynt Street
Quincy
Daniel McNeice
Jeremiah Lynch
Quincy Fire Department
Myles Creamer
Atlantic Fire Force
Clarence Metcalf
Wollaston Department
MecNeice
Creamer
Lynch
Metcalf
Faxon W. Billings
First Units of 26th to Sail for Home Week From Today
Gen Cole cables Governor Coolidge that Yankee Division troops will begin their homeward voyage on March 28 from France. He leaves today to help plan the welcome for the soldiers upon their arrival in Boston.
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Gen. Cole
Coolidge
France
Boston
Mystery Girl Sent for Two and a Half Years
A 20 year old known as Miss Mabel E Norris chose jail over revealing her identity. She deflected attempts by A D A Daniel Gallagher and Judge Callahan to admit parentage. She claimed she was forced from home by a 45 year old suitor and said she stole for the novelty of it.
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Mabel E. Norris
Daniel Gallagher
Callahan
Woman convicted of larceny from student seminary victims
A woman pleaded guilty to stealing jewelry clothing and money valued at $2000 from girl students at local seminaries and colleges. District Attorney Gallagher labeled her a vampire and a dangerous menace to the community. She showed no emotion until sentencing of 30 months, when she sobbed in the detention room.
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Gallagher
Parson Sentenced to Three Years for Shooting Wife
Orrin Parsons of Guilford was convicted for shooting and severely wounding his wife in Guilford. At a Supreme Court session in Dover, he received a prison term of from three to six years.
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Wife Dover
Orrin Parsons
Guilford
Supreme Court
Bolshevik Overtures to the U S to Buy Goods
An envoy signals potential peace in Russia could lead to trade with the United States. The report notes overtures from Bolshevik officials aimed at securing goods as relations warm.
Russian Soviet to Deposit 200 Million for U S Recognition
New York report says the Soviet government will place 200 million dollars in gold with American and European banks to fund reconstruction supplies as a step toward U S recognition. The statement was issued by L C A K Martens, American representative of the Demidoff Iron and Steel Works in Moscow, through the Bureau of Representatives of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic.
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New York
United States
Harvey Speaks on League to Enforce Peace and Wilson
Colonel George Harvey addressed City Club members and guests in a banquet setting. He questioned the funding behind the League to Enforce Peace and its sponsorship by President Wilson, noting millions and millions claimed in support and urging transparency on who finances bonds.
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George Harvey
League
League of Nations
Wilson
League To Enforce
War Weekly
North American Review
Smith
Nelson A. Miles
Edwards
Harvey
Appointment affirmation as official representative reported
A brief note states this week he received confirmation of his appointment as official representative. No further details on the position or the issuing body are provided in the fragment.
Officer of the 26th Division Heads Homeward
An officer of the 26th Division and former adjutant general of Massachusetts leaves for home today, signaling a return from service. The move reflects ongoing demobilization as troops transition to postwar duty.
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Massachusetts
Committees Meet to Speed Reception Programme and Grandstand Plan
Special meeting debated erecting grandstands to seat 75 000 relatives of returning heroes. Cablegram notes first units of the 26th Division sail from France next week. Brigadier General Charles H. Cole confirms sailing dates and arrival plans. Governor Coolidge received the message via cable.
Boston preps welcome for the Yankee Division parade
News of the early arrival of the division sparks glee across Boston and suburbs. General Cole leads advance plans with city and state reception committees at the State House to organize a large parade for the 26th Division including wounded veterans and G A R members along the route. Grandstands for 75 000 spectators to line the parade route are planned with street decorations underway.
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Boston
New England
State House
Italian traffic through Switzerland halted by government in 1915
Reading from the page shows a note that Italian government orders all foreign traffic through Switzerland to Germany stopped in 1915. It marks anniversaries with a reference to spring beginning and a German drive in northern France a year earlier.
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Switzerland
Germany
France
Paris
Fair Forecast For Boston And Vicinity
The forecast covers New England and eastern New York for Friday and Saturday with fair skies and cooler temperatures. Moderate northerly winds are expected along the north and middle Atlantic coasts and air pressure is reported above normal nationwide.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New York
North Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Fragmentary Weather Data Noted with Averages and Times
The snippet lists temperature figures and times such as 3 p.m and 6 p.m with values like 87 86 85 and 40 54. It also mentions average temperatures yesterday and one year ago, reading 47 and 44, with a dash notation 6-24 and 17-24.
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BM. Sieves
Weceieees
Germans Likely to Sign Peace Treaty by March 29
U S peace delegate Colonel E M House said the treaty including the League of Nations covenant would be ready for signatures by March 29 and Germans were expected at Versailles within three weeks. In Paris Wilson Clemenceau and Lloyd George held meetings to settle outstanding differences, continuing from afternoon into the evening.
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Paris
Associated Press
E. M. House
United States
Versailles
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Mr. Lloyd George
Reparations and frontiers top postwar talks
The differences over how much Germany can pay and where borders lie dominate discussions as commissions revise the Covenant. Talks center on reparations totaling about 40 billion dollars and Korea-like frontier issues. Japan seeks equal rights for its nationals in League countries, urging recognition of equal treatment for all advanced nations’ citizens.
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League of Nations
Germany
League
Supreme Council
Reuter
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