Dr Sturgis Dead In His 75th Year
Frederick Russell Sturgis, longtime Boston aristocrat, China trade linkage, and New York physician and lecturer, died yesterday in his city in his 75th year. He was the last of eight siblings and survived by his wife. He belonged to the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the Medical Society of the State of New York.
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Frederick Russell Sturgis
Boston
New York
Sturgis
New York Academy of Medicine
American Medical Association
Medical Society of
State of New York
Injured Man George C Clark Found At Home
George C Clark is seriously injured and at City Hospital on the danger list after being found unconscious on the ground behind his residence at 3 Flage street South Hend yesterday morning.
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George C. Clark
Flage Street
South Mhnd
Worms Make Sick Children Ad Claim
Advertisement describes worm symptoms in children and promotes Dr True s Elixir as the safe remedy. Includes testimonial from Mrs William G Bonin of Caddo Oklahoma and notes it is available where medicines are sold. Describes product as pleasant tasting and gentle acting for children and adults.
Salem Defends the Shimmy in District Court
In Salem the famed Shimmy dance faces legal challenge in district court near Charter Street Cemetery. Historic witchcraft history lingers as modern judges weigh a modern dance against local norms in the Witch City.
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Salem
District Court
Charter Street
Salem defends shimmy amid outside meddling row
The big Six group in Salem staged a Saturday night dance in Now and Then Hall calling it a Jazz dance. The Watch and Ward Society says the act is a shimmy. Salem faces a clash over whether to protest outside interference in city governance.
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Big Six
Salem
Watch and Ward Society
Boston Watch and Ward witnesses condemn dance in court
The Watch and Ward intro duced John M. Casey as the city censor of morals who described the dance in detail. Justice Sears urged his reluctant testimony as Casey fled Salem to avoid rebuttal. A Watch and Ward investigator called the dance immoral, noting the audience’s reactions of shock and glee while attorneys clashed and Justice Sears intervened. The trial resumes with more witnesses today as young girls filled the courtroom amid heated debate.
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Watch and Ward
John M. Casey
Boston
Sears
Casey
Salem
Edward B. O’brien
William H. Mee- Sweeney
Justice Sears
O’brien
McSweeney
Watch
Ward
Bodies of Lafayette county sheriff and deputy found slain
Kansas City May 6. The bodies of Sheriff Joseph C. Tolbert and Deputy John McDonald of Lafayette county were found in underbrush seven miles southeast of Lexington Missouri. Both had bullet wounds to the head and show signs of severe beating. Deputy Jams C. Stable ton was fatally wounded and found nearby.
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Kansas City
Joseph C. Tolbert
John McDonald
Lafayette County
Lexington
Jams C. Stableton
Burleson Granted Authority on Telegraph Rates in Illinois
Washington May 6 Postmaster General Burleson was authorized by a Supreme Court order to continue collecting higher telegraph rates in Illinois while appeals from federal court decrees halt his new rate order. The action preserves revenue until final determination of the government’s challenges.
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Washington
Burleson
Supreme Court
Illinois
Plymouth Superior Court Grants Ten Divorces in 17 Cases
In Brockton on May 6, Judge John D. McLaughlin presided over Plymouth County Superior Court. He granted ten decrees for divorce in the seventeen cases heard at the session.
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Brockton
Plymouth County Superior Court
John D. McLaughlin
Russian girl seeks help locating brothers in Boston
A Russian Ukrainian girl in Siegburg Germany writes to Boston police asking help locating her two brothers in Boston. She says she has not heard from them since before the war and provides her own address and signature Basi Sangler. She requests officers read her letter and try to find their Boston addresses.
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Boston
Germany
Basi Sangler
Ukraine
Siegburg
Province of the Rhine
Delegate John F J Herbert Heads to St Louis Legion Meet
Worcester officer Colonel John F J Herbert of the 26th Division is named as a delegate to the American Legion convention in St Louis. He joins other North American delegates for the gathering to discuss postwar duties and veterans affairs.
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ST. Louis
John F. J. Herbert
Worcester
American Legion
Saloon Warning Bars Liquor For Uniformed Men
Licensing board warns saloonkeepers and others licensed to sell liquor to stop serving drinks to men in uniform. The board notes repeated warnings and threatens decisive action if ignored. It cites growing numbers of uniformed men being served and insists no service while in uniform, regardless of discharge status.
Jacques Mayer Dead Leader of European Linotype Firm
Jacques Mayer of New York city, head of the European Mergenthaler Linotype Company and longtime leader in the American colony here, died yesterday in Biberlin after a long career in the printing industry and expatriate community.
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