Lynch Craze Follows Attack on 8 Year Old Girl in Hell's Kitchen
A mob of over 2000 men and women chased a Black man through Hell's Kitchen after an assault on Helen Ryan an eight year old girl at No 546 West 46th Street. The crowd shouted lynch him and hang him as police tried to restore order in New York.
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New York
Hell’s Kitchen
Helen Ryan
West 46Th Street
Ryan
Pauline Wenzel
No. 46
Frothingham
Maya
Little Helen
Wenzel
West Forty-fifth
Mayo
Dunnigan and Cohen
Manning
Flood
Faneuil Hall
Republican Women
Massachusetts
United States
Rooftop capture ends escape at 606 West 45th
After a tense chase the suspect was cornered on the roof of No 606 West 45th Street. Police reserves intervened at the point of revolvers as a rope was readied to bind him, halting the pursuit.
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No. 606
West 45Th Street
Rooftop Lynching Fear as Crowd Hounded Mayo in 1900s Chase
Alphonso Mayo of Memphis is chased through New York streets by a thousands-strong mob after assaulting Helen Ryan and Pauline Wenzel. Police intervene on a rooftop stand-off with threats to shoot if harm comes to Mayo. Mayo is captured and taken to the West Side Police Court.
Woman Killed at East Weymouth Station Identified
Mrs. Lila F. Tabor, 82, of 1674 Cambridge Street Cambridge, widow, was identified as the woman killed at East Weymouth Station Saturday night by the Law son Filer. She leaves a five year old son, Irving, who lived with a Weymouth family.
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East Weymouth
Lawson Filer
Lila F. Tabor
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Hasbard
Irving
Weymouth
Bay
Soub Shore
Women at Mass Democratic conference rally for ballot issues
More than 500 women filled the Copley Plaza to hear Mrs. Gaston pledge her husband’s good Massachusetts administration if elected. Mrs. Tram announced plans to pursue Cook as state auditor and issues on the referendum amendment were debated, with speakers opposing and supporting various provisions.
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William A. Gaston
John F. Fitzgerald
Copley Plaza
Democratic Women’s Conference
Alice E. Tram
Alonzo B. Cook
Cram
Michael A. O'Lears
Joseph A. Conry
Isabel Caulfield
Copley Plaza Hotel
Optimistic Dem gathering united on Fitzgerald for governor
Democratic group fades worries as members back John F. Fitzgerald for the governorship. Mrs. Fitzgerald expresses confidence in a win, citing past contest success and strong support.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Tenants Saved From Gas Leak in Queensberry Street Building
James Niles the janitor acted early yesterday morning when he detected gas fumes seeping into apartments on the northwest wing of the 106 Queensberry street building. He alerted ten or twelve residents who could have been overcome if the leak continued. Gas company workers arrived, wearing masks as they repaired the outside leak. The article also oddly notes a wool care tip about Emery paper and silk.
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Queensberry Street
James Niles
Niles
Noonan’s Hair Petrole Advertises Kerosene Remedy
The ad promotes Noonan’s Hair Petrole as a purified kerosene oil based product with antiseptic properties. It claims to stop hair loss treat dandruff and leave hair soft and fluffy. Pricing is fifteen cents per treatment or one dollar per bottle with availability at drug and department stores and through T Noonan and Sons Co Boston.
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Noonan
T. Noonan & Sons Co
Portland St
Boston
Vitamins Added to All Food From Wheat Germ
New method extracts vitamins and minerals from wheat germ and bran in fluid form to fortify foods lacking these elements, announced today in New York.
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New York
Vitamins Move Bread Toward White Loaf Standard
Yale Harvard Johns Hopkins Penn State and Mellon Institute scientists co operated with George S Ward chemists to create a vitamin syrup from wheat elements. Tests on animals showed water with white bread plus syrup supported survival and longer lifespans, while water with plain bread caused death in three weeks.
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Yale
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Penn State
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
George S. Ward
Baker
Ward
Mr Proudfoot of Baltimore to Be Printed in Full
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will print in full the humorous tale Mr Proudfoot of Baltimore by George Kibbe Turner. The work follows the misadventures of a Baltimore resident and his witty escapades told in Tur ner’s familiar voice.
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Mr. Proudfoot
Baltimore
George Kibbe Turner
Boston Sunday Post
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Dunnigan
West 47Th Street
Alphonso Mayo
Memphis
Tenn
West Side
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Washington
Red Cross
Commonwealth
Bay State Road
May L. Gaston
Gaston
Fitzgerald
Mrs. Cram
J. Joseph Donahue
Harvard College
Garfield
Irvin Garfield
G. Loring Briggs
Brookline
Boston Floating Hospital
Henry Preston White
B. Preston Clark
Miss Darcy
Anti-Saloon League Campaign Committee
Trement Building
Boris
Allan €. Buery
Chatran
Arthur J. Davie
Sec'y
Wae
Pluto
French Lick Springs
Indiana
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