Long Hike to Win Big Morgan Bet
Harvard Beck Hall residents Nelson Morris Morgan Belmont and others back Harold M Wright of Germantown to walk 58 miles from Cambridge to Rye Beach starting at 4 30 tomorrow. Spectators plan to motor to Rye Beach to witness Wright reach before midnight.
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Junius S. Morgan
Nelson Morris
Morgan Belmont
Harvard
Beck Hall
Cambridge
Harold M. Wright
Germantown
Penn
Rye Beach
N. Hi
Wright
Harvard Athlete Bets 60 Mile Walk From Harvard Square
Wright a Harvard athlete known for baseball and football bets he can walk 60 miles in a day. He chose Rye Beach as the target since it is near that distance and plans to start at 4 30 from Harvard square. He will be met by friends who drive to Rye Beach and a banquet awaits if he completes the walk in 20 hours.
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Wright
Harvard
Rye Beach
Harvard Square
An Easy Way to Get Fat and Be Strong
An advertorial blurs health claims for Sargol a so called flesh-builder promising rapid weight gain. It claims the digestive tract converts food into fat laden blood and pledges 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh, touting harmlessness low cost and a pharmacist guarantee while cautioning weight gain only for those seeking ten pounds or more.
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Sargel
Unitarian Leaders Quietly Accused of Undue Influence
Directors of the American Unitarian Association faced charges of using undue influence to bar ministers with advanced ideas from Unitarian pulpits at the Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice meeting in Bulfinch Place Church yesterday morning.
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American Unitarian Association
Unitarian Fellowship For Social Justice
Bulfinch Place
Fellowship debated officers conduct and set inquiry committee
A heated meeting authorized a committee to investigate directors’ actions and report next year. Accusations by Rev Frank Gifford against Rev Paul Harris Drake sparked debate, while Rev John Haynes Holmes urged measured action and urged continued inquiry into Arlington Street Church affairs. A letter of friendly conduct was to be sent to Rev Frothingham.
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Frank Gifford
Sandwich
Paul Harris Drake
Saco
John Haynes Holmes
New York
Arlington Street Church
E. R. Shippen
Paul Revere Frothingham
Mrs Robert Edeson in fragile health after daughter’s operation
Mrs Robert Edeson, wife of the actor, has become a nervous wreck after weeks of sleepless nights at her daughter Roberta’s bedside following last winter’s operation. She has been moved from North Haven L I to Southampton hospital and is described as in dangerous condition. She is the daughter of Linn Boyd Porter, Brookline novelist.
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New York
Roberta
Robert Edeson
North Haven
L. I
Southampton
Linn Boyd Porter
Actor Robert Ede Jr Hospitalized After Stage Fall
Los Angeles reports actor Robert Ede Jr is confined to a hospital after a fall on stage during a performance last night. He has not disclosed details of the accident, while his wife remains critically ill in the East.
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Los Angeles
Robert Edeson
Engagement Tea for Miss Louise Adams and Ashley Day Adams
Mrs. Samuel Gibson Adams hosted a largely attended engagement tea at 278 Commonwealth Avenue in honor of Miss Louise Fisher Adams and Ashley Day Adams of Brookline. The event doubled as Miss Adams's coming out and birthday celebration with dancing after tea.
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Samuel Gibson Adams
Commonwealth Avenue
Louise Fisher Adams
Ashley Day Adams
Brookline
Miss Adams
Beach Bluff
North Shore
Adams
Virginia Pierce
Mildred Corson
Hartford
Elizabeth Burrage
Boston
Adele Thayer
Frances Curtis
Jamaica Plain
Corinna Searle
Mr. Adams
Charles E. Adams
Babcock Street
Yale
Newton
Scarlet Fever Closes Woonsocket High School
Woonsocket High School in Rhode Island, with 235 pupils, is closed until Monday after a scarlet fever case is confirmed. The patient is Chester Galerick of 48 Watson Street in Woonsocket.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Woonsocket High School
Chester Galerick
Watson Street
School Head Accused in Pittsburg Inquiry
Mrs. Arthur H. Wessels testified before a citizens committee probing Superintendent Sylvanus L. Heeter about alleged misconduct. She described being patted on the shoulder, kicked under the desk, and forcibly kissed, leading to her dismissal a week later after she resisted night work.
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Pittsburg
Arthur H. Wessels
Alice Lang
Sylvanus L. Heeter
Board of Education
Heeter
Free Man Who Came Back to Die in Carcassonne
Miguel Vallespi, who had recently returned from Argentina and surrendered to police in Carcassonne, was acquitted by the jury after detailing his moral awakening and decision to seek death for a 15 year old murder. The case had caused a national sensation in France, with Vallespi previously found guilty by default and sentenced to the guillotine.
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Carcassonne
France
Miguel Vallespi
Vallespi
Assize
Argentine
Life imprisonment for bandit Webb
Chicago May 22 Robert Webb the automobile bandit charged with the murder of Detective Peter Hart was found guilty on his second trial and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Chicago
Robert Webb
Peter Hart
Kid Carter Transferred from State Prison to Bridgewater Insane Hospital
James Jennings known as Kid Carter was moved by train from the State prison to the Bridgewater Hospital for Criminal Insane under custody. He has been in prison since April 18 for life for the murder of William MacPherson. Doctors Lane Steadman and McLaughlin declared him insane and Judge Crosby ordered the transfer.
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Kid Carter
James Jennings
William MacPherson
Bridgewater
Carter
Lane
Henry Steadman
Joseph I. McLaughlin
Crosby
Superior Court
Clarendon Hills Citizens Plan Meeting for Improvement Group
Residents of the Clarendon Hills section in Roslindale will meet in Carey Hall this evening to organize a citizens improvement association. The group cites rapid development on Metropolitan Hill and nearby areas and calls for more public improvements than currently provided.
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Clarendon Hills
Roslindale
Carey Hall
Citizens’ Improvement Association
Hill
Rob Boston Man of $20 000 Robbery On Italian Train
F Gardner Curtis assistant curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was robbed on a railway train between Florence and Pistoria Italy of a pocketbook containing 4000 in bank notes and 16000 in bonds. He believes a fellow traveler stole the valuables and police search continues. Curtis is in Europe purchasing art relics and heads the Chinese and Japanese departments. No word reached the museum by last night.
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Florence
Pistoria
Italy
Rome
Curtis
Europe
Elusive Sullivan Still At Large After Escape
Wakefield youth John L. Sullivan known as Skipper escaped from the village lockup Monday and boarded a moving freight train. His father told Chief Pollard he would surrender, but Sullivan remains at large. He is described as brother of Michael Sullivan who served time for shooting Mary McFadden years ago.
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John Ll
Sullivan
Wakefield
Chief Pollard
Wakefield Force
Michael Sullivan
Mary McFadden
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