Hermit’s Shack Destroyed in Connecticut Forest Fire
May 16 New London CT The Sharon Mountains wildfire razed Charles Lundy’s hermit shack at Falls Village and wiped out about 1000 in cash plus 150 in Liberty bonds stored in an attic jar. A neighbor’s attachment and Lundy’s bank withdrawal left him with a moulded fortune lost in the blaze. The blaze covered six square miles.
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New London
Sharon Mountains
Charles Lundy
Falls Village
Lundy
Falls Village Bank
Country Club cancels open tournament for greens condition
The Country Club called off its open tournament scheduled for next week due to poor greens. The committee feared a large crowd would damage the course ahead of the national amateur championship next September.
Valentino Films May Be Barred
New York May 16 United News reports Will Hays, head of the film industry, considering action against Rudolph Valentino and his bride Winifred Hudnut. If California legal moves prove Valentino a bigamist, public interest may trigger national restrictions similar to those imposed on Roscoe Arbuckle.
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New York
United News
Will H. Hays
Rudolph Valentino
Valentino
Winifred Hudnut
California
Roscoe Arbuckle
Hays Considers Action Over Valentino Film Ban
Officials close to Hays say no decision will be made until California authorities act and the case is official in legal form. The Arbuckle affair precedent guides the approach, with potential milder penalties as a possibility to avoid penalizing uninvolved parties. Valentino’s other films include The Sheik and Beyond the Rocks.
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Hays
California
Arbuckls
Arbuckle
Valentino
Agnes Ayres
Gloria Swanson
Newton Girls Take Up Volley Ball at Burr Playground
Grammar school girls in Newton Corner begin daily practice under Miss Addie Robertson as they prepare a volley ball team to challenge Newton Centre on Saturday. The coach notes speed and judgment matter more than strength as talent emerges ahead of a formal team formation.
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Newton Grammar School
Addie Robertson
Burr
Newton Corner
Newton Centre
Robertson
Burr Playground
Newton
Virginia Stokes
Olive Connolly
Arlis Whitworth
Francis Gottschall
Louise’ McGuire
Mary MacPherson
Lucy Ready
Eileen Herlihy
Miss Addie Robertson
Bishop Brewster Urges Obedience to Dry Law
Hartford May 16 The Right Rev Chauncey B Brewster bishop of Connecticut spoke to the Episcopal diocesan convention urging strict adherence to prohibition and calling outbreaks of crime a result of lawlessness. He urged the public to adopt a proper attitude toward the dry law.
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Hartford
Conn
Chauncey B. Brewster
Connecticut
Episcopal Diocesean
New Hospital Plan Approved for Former Service Men
Director Forbes of the Veterans' Bureau announced that President Harding approved bureau plans for construction of new hospitals in Northampton Massachusetts Inivermore California Camp Lewis Washington New York State near New York City Adirondack Gulfport Massachusetts and in the tenth district including Montana the Dakotas and Minnesota.
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Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Harding
Northampton
Mass
Inivermore
Cal
Camp’ Lewis
Wash
New York State
New York City
Adirondack
Gulfport
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Shackleton Leaves 2500 In Property At Death
London reports Sir Ernest Shackleton left property valued at about 2500 pounds in an estate settled after his death on the Quest off South Georgia. No personal property was included in the amount.
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London
Ernest Shackleton
Quest
Island
South Georgia
Ice House Destroyed by Fire in Wellesley
Fire yesterday gutted the Ice House owned by F. W. Diehl & Son on Linwood Road in Wellesley. Losses are estimated at 5000 dollars in ice and 10000 dollars for the building. The owner suspects an incendiary fire likely started by tramps seeking shelter.
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F. W. Diehl &Son
Linwood Road
Wellesley
Two Boys Drowned In Mine Brook Franklin
Two boys Tony Santora and Michael De Paggis drowned in Mine Brook Franklin when a raft overturned. Both bodies recovered. Santora’s family believed from Roxbury district Boston, but he had been living here four years with relatives.
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Franklin
Tony Santora
Michael de Paggis
Mine Brook
Santora
Roxbury
Boston
Oil Yards Swept By Fire in Bayonne
Lightning struck a Tidewater Oil Company gasoline tank igniting a blaze that swept the yards in Bayonne New Jersey. Firemen fought all night to bring the flames under control with losses estimated between 750000 and 1000000 dollars.
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Bayonne
N. J
Tidewater Oil Company
City tosave derricks cut cost 2500
Transit Department plans to buy parts and assemble five electrically operated wagon derricks for the East Boston tunnel project. Bids were rejected for high cost, but in house assembly is expected to save about 500 per machine.
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Transit Department
East Boston Tunnel
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William C. Neilly CO
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Gilchrist CO
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