Doctor's Bride Becomes Washington Society Star
Mrs. J. J. Richardson, a young Washington hostess, leads social life with salons famed for witty women. Her father Hon. D. T. Flynn championed Oklahoma statehood in Congress. Dr. Richardson, a renowned threat specialist, travels with the President and attends family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. J. Richardson
Capital Society
D. T. Flynn
Oklahoma
Congress
Richardson
Corbin
Henry C. Corbin
Hallie Erminie Rives Wheeler
Taft
White House
Chicago
Wilmington Auto Crash Kills Hope of Beverly Man
May 30 John H. Glidden of Beverly and his elderly mother of Lowell were seriously injured when their car capsized after skidding 100 yards at full speed. Glidden, a prominent Beverly resident and United Shoe Machinery Company council member, is in critical condition, while his wife and mother face serious injuries but are expected to recover.
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Wilmington
John H. Glidden
Beverly
Lowell
Glidden
United Shoe Machinery Company
Beverly man badly injured in Main street crash near Silver Lake
John H. Glidden 43 a Beverly political figure and United Shoe Machinery employee was driving a touring car at high speed on Main street toward Beverly when he struck a mud puddle near Wilmington station. The car capsized injuring Glidden and trapping his two women passengers. a Reading electric car crew aided victims and Dr Richmond and surgeons rushed them to Melrose hospital.
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Main Street
Silver Lake
Beverly
Mr. Glidden
Wilmington Railroad Station
Reading Electric
Glinden
Thomas Murphy
Timothy Mack
BE. P. Richmond
Reading
Revolver Fight Over a Kidnapped Boy Ends in Capture
A man carrying a kidnapped boy fled toward Pittsfield before being overpowered after a long chase. New York detectives, arriving with revolvers drawn, fled with the suspect to Poughkeepsie, leaving Pittsfield police unaware, as farmers watched and were warned not to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Kirchner
Holden
Mr. Kirchner
Pittsfield
New York
Poughkeepsie
Kirchner
Brooklyn
Frank and
Gotthart Loehr
Jacob Kirchner
Edward Weller
Boston Society Bride Becomes Musical Comedy Star
Bessie Chapman once called the prettiest girl in Boston rose to fame after a bitter divorce from Irving Chapman. He left for Japan, leaving her to raise their famed Chapman baby, which died. She then pursued stage work, starting as a chorus girl and rising to lead roles in major shows.
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Bessie’ Chapman
Irving Chapman
Boston
Chapman
Tornado Tears Zephyr, Killing Dozens in Brown County
Brown County Texas reports a Zephyr tornado that killed more than 30 people and seriously wounded 50 with many more hurt. The storm struck early, plunging the town into darkness as it cut a swath through homes and businesses.
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Brownwood
Tex
Zephyr
Brown County
Boy's Father Is Wealthy
James B. Burnett Jr. of 615 East Thirty-first Street Flatbush disappeared from his home Sunday a week ago. His father James B. Burnett Sr. notified Flatbush police, initially believing a runaway, now fearing kidnapping of the well to do boy.
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Young Burnett
Flatbush
New York
James B. Burnett, Jr
East Thirty-first Street
James B. Burnett
Burnett
Jack Johnson Fined for Speeding in Central Park
New York May 30 Jack Johnson the colored pugilist was fined in Yorkville Police Court for driving his automobile through Central Park at 20 miles an hour. The prize fighter gave a local hotel as his residence and physical culture teacher as his occupation. He paid the fine, grinned, and left the court room.
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New York
Jack Johnson
Yorkville
Central Park
Deserted on wedding eve at Taunton
Keonel Marks, 21, mill operative, vanished after leaving a note claiming intent to jump from the Weir bridge to avoid a fate with a neck stone. He was due to marry Waszek Fraunces tomorrow. Police suspect he fled to New York amid wedding preparations.
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Taunton
Weir
Jennie Shizerek
Ikeonel
Waszek Fraunces
Plain Street
Weir Village
Keonel Marks
New York
Waszek Frauneces
Services at Elks' Lot Honor 43 Deceased Members
The Boston Lodge of Elks held memorial services at Mt Hope Cemetery to decorate 43 graves. The delegation included Exalted Ruler George H. Johnson, Leading Knight Patrick F. O Keefe, Loyal Knight James H. Walsh, Lecturing Knight Patrick McCarron, Secretary Daniel J. Kane, and Chaplain George W. Carruth. The roll of departed members was read by Kane, with a memorial prayer by Carruth.
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Boston Lodge of Elks
Mt. Hope Cemetery
George H. Johnson
Patrick F. O'Keefe
James H. Walsh
Patrick McCarron
Daniel J. Kane
George W. Carruth
Memorial service for dead Universalist ministers
An open-air memorial service was held yesterday at Mt. Auburn cemetery to honor deceased Universalist ministers. Professor G. M. Harmon of Tufts College eulogized their faith and contributions, Rev. J. Harry Holden led prayers and read the names, and a new memorial hymn by Martha J. Hadley was sung.
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Mt. Auburn Cemetery
G. M. Harmon
Tufts College
J. Harry Holden
Roxbury Universalist Church
Martha J. Hadley
Boundary dispute over unknown suicide body in Lexington woods
In Lexington and Lincoln a dead man found near Hobbs Brook sparked a jurisdiction dispute between the towns police chiefs. After experts and medical examiners weighed in, Chief Franks of Lexington took charge. The coroner ruled death by self-inflicted action about a month earlier, with a pistol found beside the body and a single clue reading James Ss. Thomas.
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Lexington
Charles Parker
Lincoln
Hobbs Brook
George L. Putnam
Franks
Waltham Police
McKenna
Old Town
Theodore Parker
Blake
Woburn
James Ss. Thomas
Burned gowns of a young bride in Chicago tale
In Chicago on May 30 Mrs. Leon Alarkon constraints her 17 year old wife Eve lyn Hill at her mother's home. Eve lyn says her mother burned her clothes and blocks reunion with her Filipino husband of a week. The girl pleads that only these garments remain while she waits for a chance to reunite.
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Washington
Countess de Chanbrun
Alice Longworth
Nick Longworth
Chicago
Leon Alarkon
Evelyn Hill
A. C. Hill
Calumet Avenue
Leon
Roosevelt at noted mission visit in Nairobi
Former President Roosevelt attended church in Nairobi and visited the Catholic Mission of the Holy Ghost, founded in 1899. He delayed departing for Kijabo 44 miles north until June 3 due to skins awaiting packing. The mission's church was built by locals under Rev. P Kuhn with a rectory for Rev. Peter Goetz.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Kijabo
P. Kuhn
Peter Goetz
Detroit
Mich
Zeppelin Breaks All Airship Records Heads to Berlin
Count Zeppelin pilots the airship through Bavaria and Saxony toward Berlin amid masses of spectators. The craft skirts towns and rivers before looping to Bitterfeld and turning south, delaying arrival and sparking public anticipation.
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Zeppelin
Berlin
Tempelhof
Bitterfeld
Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Bechterdingen
Treuchtlingen
Bavaria
Nuremberg
Lake
Duizenreich
Saxony
Leipsic
Halle
Negro Firemen Block Major Strike Settlement
Officials of the Georgia railroad and the Brotherhood of Firemen spent most of the day in talks over unresolved points in the strike agreement. The main obstacle is whether Negro firemen can be retained in any capacity. All other issues are expected to be settled without arbitration.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
The
Brotherhood of Firemen
Nine Drownings Reported After Boat Capsizes Near Apple Island
Three men are believed drowned after a sailboat capsized near Apple Island in gusty harbor conditions. The Emmons boat was recovered bottom up by Joseph Ardina and towed to Winthrop awaiting an owner. Police search for the missing men continued along the harbor.
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Apple Island
Joseph Ardina
Winthrop
Emmons
Ardina
Harry Hendrickson
Whisper
Quincey Bay
Squantum Yacht Club
William
Walter Field
Clifford Bean
Edward L. McDonald
East Cambridge
New West Boston Bridge
Charles River
Joseph H. Hughes
Windsor Street
Hughes
Destructive Zephyr Tornado Strikes Zephyr and Brownwood
A massive tornado devastates Zephyr and Brownwood area demolishing nearly 50 homes and the big stone school building and two churches. Rescue trains rush nine surgeons and 20 Brownwood citizens to Zephyr while 16 surgeons treat the wounded. Two children die nearby and many survivors seek shelter in storm cellars as relief efforts continue tonight.
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Brownwood
Santa Fe Railroad
Zephyr
Temple
Lambs Gambol Nets $100000 For Club From Opera Tour
The Lambs 1900 mile charity gambol from New York to Chicago raised 130000 with 30000 expenses. After costs the club nets 100000 for its fund and goals as originally intended.
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New York
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