Manicurist raffle leads to 30 day workhouse sentence
Frank Avoli of 64 Prince Street testified in Central Court that a South Boston foreman urged him to raffle a $12 to $14 manicure set and push a nine year old to pawn it for $2. Officer Sullivan disputed the tale and Judge Parmenter ordered 30 days in the workhouse with bonds set at $500.
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Frank Avoli
Prince Street
Central Court
Frank
Avoli
Boston
Louie
Hugh J. Sullivan
Station 1
Hanover Street
Raffles
Black and Tans Kept Busy Across Ireland Over Easter Weekend
London reports strict military precautions across Ireland planned for the weekend as authorities expect further outbreaks on Easter anniversary. The Irish office awaits Monday with grave apprehension.
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London
United News
Ireland
Irish cabinet eyes Dublin curfew as Ireland fears deepen
Sir Hamar Greenwood told the House of Commons the Black and Tan forces are rising with 3674 new recruits in four months. Dublin Easter holidays may be made deadly dull as tram movement and meetings are banned and curfew extended. Belfast outbreaks reflect Irish unrest and total crown force deaths rise to nine with two attackers killed and two bodies found.
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Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
Dail Eireann
Belfast
Dublin
House of Commons
Headford
Crown Forces
Republican Army
Two Policemen Killed in Ireland Amid Attacks
Dublin reports a bomb in Dundrum wounded two constables. In Roscommon an ambush killed two policemen and wounded another. In Rosslea County Fermanagh a Sinn Fein action left two men dead, three houses burned, and several wrecked.
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Dublin
Readen
County Roscommon
Dundrum
Rosslea
County Fermanagh
Harvard Glee Club Sings With Boston Symphony at Symphony Hall
The Harvard Glee Club will perform at Symphony Hall on Friday and Saturday accompanied by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Harvard Glee Club
Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Col Green's New Home Magnificent Palace
NEW BEDFORD March 22 On the site of Hetty Green's ancestral home a magnificent granite palace nears completion at Round Hills farm South Dartmouth overlooking Buzzards Bay The residence for Col Edward H R Green son of Hetty Green is designed by Alfred C Bossom of New York After two years work interior finishes soon to be completed Ready for occupancy early in the summer The building features a medieval castle like massing a granite wall a third floor elevator a circular loggia and a broad granite terrace along the water side
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New Bedford
Hetty Green
Round Hills Farm
South Dartmouth
Buzzards Bay
Atlantic
Edward H. R. Green
New York
Alfred C. Bossom
Mechanical Engineers Gather in Hub Today
Engineers from across the country convene in Boston for the national council meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. President Edwin S. Carman of Cleveland leads the session, amid a transit tour promoting closer national engineering organization and public service. Local sections and boiler code committees also meet in Boston.
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Boston
National Council
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
America
Edwin S. Carman
Cleveland
American Engineering Council
Federated American Engineering Societies
Dead man reappears after fifteen months in hiding
New York report says Paul Gesmer, a 52 year old inventor, was believed dead after his boat was found adrift in Brooklyn. He reappeared in Stapleton Staten Island driving a bright yellow car claiming to be $45,000 richer, leaving friends puzzled about the buried identity.
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New York
Brooklyn
Paul Gesmer
Stapleton
Staten Island
Gesmer Is Found Dead After Disappearance in 1919
Gesmer vanished on November 1 1919 and was later found dead in his own motor boat washed up on the South Brooklyn waterfront. He had lived in Stapleton and kept to himself, claiming royalties from patent lawsuits and saying he would reopen a machine shop.
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Gesmer
Stapleton
Brooklyn
Macon
Tips for Women in Business Lecture Advocates Executive Roles
Mrs. Frank Boyce Tupper of Boston University urged businesswomen to shed delays and gossip, develop self belief, trust and collaborate, and adopt initiative and efficiency. She said women can match men in executive jobs by staying dynamic, decisive, and persistent, becoming the ideal businesswoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Boyce Tupper
Boston University College of Secretarial Science
Business Women’s Club
Man Held For Transporting Liquor In Auto
Palmer report says Joseph Germain of Slaterville Rhode Island was arrested by Boston federal agents for transporting 205 quarts of liquor in a high powered touring car. He was jailed at the local police station and will appear before United States Commissioner Rice in Springfield tomorrow.
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Palmer
Joseph Germain
Main Road
Slaterville
R. I
Boston
United States
Rice
Springfield
Boy Climber Scales 303 Feet Then Surrenders
A 15 year old, Joseph Widener, climbed a suspended Brooklyn bridge cable to the tower top about 303 feet above the water. He viewed the harbor before yielding to a waiting police officer after an hour. He claimed two years at sea and was remanded to the Children's Court for disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Joseph Widener
Captain of American steamer Deranof shot in Bremen quarrel
A Bremen dispatch reports Second Officer Gowan killed Captain Roberts of the American steamer Deranof after a quarrel aboard. Gowan claims the captain abused him. Gowan is in custody. Deranof left Hamburg March 5 bound for Philadelphia and arrived Bremen the next day but has not been heard from since.
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Berlin
Bremen
Deranof
Gowan
Hamburg
Philadelphia
Roberts
Holy Week Services In Protestant Churches
Holy week services continue in city churches through Easter. Cathedral Church of St Paul holds communion at 8 and 11 am with noon and 1 10 pm sermons and 5 and 8 pm services. Trinity Church Copley square adds 8 am noon 5 pm and 8 pm. Greenwood Imamate Methodist Episcopal Church Dorchester offers children service with communion at 4 pm and a young people service at 7 30 pm.
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St. Paul
Dean Rousmaniere
Niles Carpenter
John W. Suter, Jr
Trinity Church
Copley Square
Greenwood Imamate Methodist Episcopal Church
Dorchester
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Dartmouth
New Hampshire
American Society Mechanical Engineers
Ohio
Hills
L. P. Hollander Co
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Park Square
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Tremont Street
Massachusetts
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Brookline
TOCAL
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Brighton
Beacon St
Bowdoin St
Harvard Ave
Washington Street
Coolidge Corner
Tel
Paine’s
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