Somerville Man Wins $500 in Cambridge Raid Case
Joseph xv. cendon of Somerville was awarded $500 damages by a Cambridge civil court jury yesterday in a suit against Francis G. Cronin a former prohibition agent and G A C Peters a Somerville police officer. He alleged a raid on Oct 27 1920 during which he was seized and searched. Denden admitted liquor was found and that he served a six months sentence in the Middlesex House of Correction. The jury exonerated the police officer. Since the raid Cronin has become a teamster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph xv. Cendon
Somerville
Cambridge
Francis G. Cronin
G. A. C. Peters
Denden
Middlesex House of Correction
Cronin
Four die in Amory hotel fire tragedy
Four persons were burned to death when a fire gutted the T. P. A. hotel in Amory Mississippi early today.
New England States Seek Supreme Court Briefs in Tax Case
Massachusetts Attorney General Allen leads a coalition of New England states New York New Jersey and Delaware asking for leave to file briefs and argue in Roland Heiser v Pennsylvania over a state tax on anthracite. The case tests how far production taxes affect interstate commerce. About 200000 South African gold field workers are noted in a separate line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Supreme Court
Allen
Massachusetts
Roland C. Heiser
Pennsylvania
Boston Post Warns Residents to Install Mailboxes
Greater Boston residents who fail to provide mailbox slots or receptacles may have carrier delivery cut off around December 15. Postmaster Roland M. Baker said many have complied since August notices, but a large number still have not. He will report to Washington with names and addresses of noncompliers, hoping all have suitable equipment by December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
Roland M. Baker
Baker
Boston
Washington
Jury Picked for Bedrosian Murder Trial in Dracut
The jury for John Bedrosian of Lowell, charged with the August 16 1921 murder of Jake Sarkisian in Dracut, was selected after 98 men were questioned. Foreman G Harry Clapp led the group as both sides used 20 challenges and the panel may view the scene at 10 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bedrosian
Lowell
Jake Sarkisian
Dracut
East Cambridge
G. Harry Clapp
Nelson P. Brown
Sarkisian
Bedrosian
James
Felli
Edward J. Tierney
Melvin J. Rogers
Proud Mother Police Dog Puppies At Home In Woburn
Sally Von Walhaus, mother to 12 police dog pups, boasts their lineage to Gnawhauser I and plans for American names like Rover and Jack. She describes their five week age, care by Doctor Boneripper method, and expects them to chew shoes as they grow. The pups live with Mrs. Norman Francis at 8 Kilby Street, Woburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally von Walhaus
Norman Francis
Kilby Street
Woburn
Gnawhauser I
Rover
Tige
Jack
Sadie
Rhine
France
French Red Cross
Sally von Waldhaus
Sally
Car Tangle Delays Subway Traffic Near Public Garden
An outward-bound Jamaica Plain car and trailer derailed at the Public Garden incline, splitting the switch and tying up traffic for 43 minutes during a peak hour. Traffic was diverted via Tremont and Berkeley streets as thousands of homeward workers faced delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Plain
Public Garden
Tremont
Berkeley Streets
Reformatory Sentence for Cambridge Grandmother Assault
Charles H. French a 23 year old of 22 Lee street Cambridge was sentenced to the Concord Reformatory by Judge Stone in the Cambridge District Court after pleading guilty to an attack on his grandmother Mrs Hattie D French of 213 Harvard street Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. French
Lee Street
Cambridge
Concord Reformatory
Stone
Hattie D. French
Harvard Street
Miss Siby Appleton Engaged to Oliver Wolcott
The engagement of Miss Siby Appleton daughter of Randolph Morgan Appleton of Beacon Street to Oliver Wolcott son of Mrs Roger Wolcott of Milton was announced yesterday. Wolcott served as aide-de-camp to General Edwards in 1918 and went to France where he remained until April 1919. Appleton drove a car in service overseas with Miss Anne Morgan and volunteered in France for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siby Appleton
Randolph Morgan Appleton
Beacon Street
Oliver Wolcott
Roger Wolcott
Milton
Wolcott
General Edwards
France
Miss Appleton
Chilton Club
Vincent Club
World's Biggest Liner Majestic Heads to Boston Drydock
The White Star Line steamship Majestic the largest liner in the world arrives in Boston after a New York voyage. It will enter the naval drydock at South Boston for essential repairs and sail onward to Boston harbor at dawn Thursday. The 956 foot vessel weighs 64 000 tons and is the era's premier liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Star Line
Majestic
New York
Naval Drydock
South Boston
Southampton
Boston
Harbor
Hall case to be presented to Somerset Grand Jury Thursday
Evidence to support indictments against Mrs Eleanor Mills and two men for the slaying of Rev Edward W Hall and choir leader will be presented to the Somerset County Grand Jury Thursday morning Special Deputy Attorney General Mott announced after a conference with Prosecutor Beekman and County Detective Mason He said he has the evidence in hand and expects indictments but declined to discuss witnesses or testimony Also noted Henry Carpender cousin of Mrs Frances Stevens Hall was hospitalized for appendicitis and could not be questioned for at least 10 days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
N. J
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Somerset County Grand Jury
Mott
Beekman
Somerset County
Mason
Henry Carpender
Frances Stevens Hall
Carpender
Mr. Mott
Foreman Gibb
Somerset Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Beekman Handles Complaint Over Farm Sanitation
A complaint was filed against Mrs. Russell over sanitary conditions on her farm. She was summoned to Beekman’s office after alleged neglect of stock. Totten says Mrs. Gibson made the complaint, claiming strained relations with Mrs. Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beekman
Mrs. Russell
Supreme Court to Review Massachusetts Tax Case
The Supreme Court announced it would review a Massachusetts case brought by Alvah Crocker and trustees. The issue is whether a Domestic Trust Association with no stated capital or shares, other than fractional trust receipts, is liable to taxation under the capital stock sections of the 1916 and 1918 revenue acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Supreme Court Today
Massachusetts
Alvah Crocker
Supreme Court Rules on Pre Issuance Insurance Claims
Washington November 13 The Supreme Court held that a fare can recover damages to crops after paying an initial insurance premium but before policy issuance in a North Dakota case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
North Dakota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cape
Transvaal
South Africa
Armour’s
Mohican
Roxbury
Watham
Noody St
alOlorNn Markets
Washington Dams Square
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
Congress Street
Proud Mother Police
Subway
Reformatory
Sibyl Appleton
de Wea
Infante
Horlick's
Russell
George Tottentoaight
Nellie Russell
Jane Gibson
Boylston St
Bay State
Way
Logie
Flaherty
Fimbi Stores Mutual
Smith Patterson
Summer St
Arch & Chauncy Sts
Diamond Merchants & Jewelers
Orapgeine Chefs Co
Huron St
Chicago
Paine’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!