Prohibition raids hit Chelsea stemming from political complaints
Prohibition officers seized only a quart of wine mixed with whiskey prescribed for a nursing mother by a local physician during raids on five Chelsea homes and Hershenson's factory. Homes raided included Etta Hall 79 Elm street Abraham Danbroski 75 Elm street Abraham Kravitz 77 Elm street Samuel Leavitt 83 Elm street and K Freedman 163 Maple street. Chief Finn criticized the raids as politically driven and improper.
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Prohibition
Chelsea
Chelsea Police Ham
14 Street
Art Square
Hershenson
Etta Hall
Elm Street
Abraham Danbroski
Abraham Kravitz
Samuel Leavitt
K. Freedman
Maple Street
Finn
Chelsea Police Department
Mr Proudfoot of Baltimore Comic Will Run in Boston Sunday Post
George Kibbe Turner’s humorous tale Mr Proudfoot of Baltimore will be printed in full in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine, promising readers a complete installment from a noted author.
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Mr. Proudfoot
Baltimore
George Kibbe Turner
Boston Sunday Post
Elopement and family troubles rock Medford marriage
Mrs Sherman’s nine year marriage dissolves after Sherman returns home late, drains funds, and flees with Telfer’s wife. Telfer, fearing loss of his own child, seeks divorce while neighbors recall the affair. Mrs Sherman vows to locate Sherman and support the children as the family deteriorates.
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Sherman
Papa
Ercell
Malden
Virginia
Pauline
Marguerite
Telfer
Wilson
Medford
Freight cars pile up disrupts rail traffic near Southbury
SOUTHBURY Conn Nov 6 Traffic on the afterbury division of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad was tied up tonight when 27 empty freight cars of a 60 car train piled up on the tracks just east of this town No one was injured The cause of the accident is unknown.
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Southbury
Conn
Afterbury
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Arrest noted song creator in divorce case
New York Nov 6 Harry Pease vaudeville actor and songwriter known for Peggy O Neil and Ten Baby Fingers was arrested in a Westchester divorce suit filed by his wife Louise. He posted $1500 in Liberty bonds as bail and was released. She alleges infidelity at 29 West 64th street.
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New York
Harry Pease
Peggy O'Neil
Louise Pease
Westchester County
Pease
West 64Th Street
Graae
De Valera Denies Peace Negotiations Rumors
Dublin reports Eamon de Valera issues a Dail communique denying any truth to peace negotiation rumors with the Free State government. statement signed by de Valera as president.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Eamon de Valera
Free State
Definition of the Flapper Found in College Survey
An official definition from a New York survey labels the flapper as flirtatious brainless harmless and not obsolete. The majority of questionnaires say the flapper is under 21 and mainly interested in boys clothes being forward and facetious.
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New York
United Mf
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