Nahant Street Blocked by Building Dispute
Nahant Street remains closed as a large wooden frame building blocks the main entry. Forester and a building mover clash over trimming gable windows and tree limbs while the Board of Selectmen weighs moving the house back to town property to resolve the obstruction.
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Nahant
Board of Selectmen
Nahant Road
Pleasant Street
Daniel G. Finnerty
Georgiana Carron
Town Hall
Charles D. Varey
Curious Features in News of the Day
Bulldogs saves seven lives in Worcester after a fire at an apartment house. Mutt alerts Lt. N. J. Skerrett and wakes residents, aiding a safe evacuation. Property damage estimated at $6000. fire origin in the cellar caused by hot ashes. Also Chicago ad: Dallas City farmer seeks ideal wife. 140–160 pounds, ruddy, 20–25, 5 ft 6 in, farm trained, ready to marry at once.
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Worcester
Mass
Chicago
Judas
Smith
Dallas City
Ill
Elgin
Real stabbing ends vaudeville act in Norfolk scene
A staged quarrel turned real when Mme Yuki Yamakura stabbed Mme Anna Kremsa during a vaudeville act in Norfolk. The audience reacted with hysteria as Kremsa collapsed on stage with a wound to the left breast. Authorities investigated the incident and the show was halted.
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Norfolk
Yuki Yamakura
Mme
Anna Kremsa
Anna
Dan
White Mice Used for Cancer Tests at University of Chicago
Miss Maud Slye of the University of Chicago medical department leads experiments to determine if cancer is hereditary. Pens of white mice fill an entire floor as studies seek inherited predisposition to malignant growths in offspring of cancerous parents.
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Chicago
Maud Slye
Medical Department
University of Chicago
Miss Slye
Jamaica Plain Patrolman Ford Gets Punishment Duty
Patrolman William R. Ford of Severns Avenue police station in Jamaica Plain was sentenced last night by Commissioner O Meara to perform 210 hours of punishment duty for an error in the listing of names for the April voting list.
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William R. Ford
Severns Avenue
Jamaica
Plain
O’meara
Palmer Case Is Closed in East Cambridge Court
Grand Juror Greene testified that Samuel W. Tucker had given false account of a conversation about the jury vote. District Attorney Higgins then said he would rest his side of the Jackson Palmer indictment case, followed by Sherman L. Whipple offering to rest for Palmer.
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Greene
East Cambridge Superior Court
Samuel W. Tucker
Higgins
Jackson Palmer
Sherman L. Whipple
Spencer
Handy Company
Robert O. Gordon
Harriet Post
Moody
McCart
Napoleon Bourque
Robert E. Niles
Niles
Callahan
Nelson R. Hosley
Dwight Bedworth
Hartford
Stapleton
Colonel Young
Bessie Watters
Martin Krailing
Elizabeth Krailing
Gladys Wyman
William D. Wyman
G. E. Briggs
George Kenneth
Robert Gordon
William Hunter
Horace Clemmons
End of Case Shocks Massachusetts Courtroom
The abrupt conclusion of a Massachusetts case surprised a large legal audience as attorneys argued a motion to quash the indictment of Jackson Palmer. Judge McLaughlin ruled that only grand jury vote evidence would be considered, a decision favoring Palmer, with star witness Lawrence F. Smith detailing payments to jurors and connections to Dr. Henry B. Perkins. The next arguments are scheduled for one week from Monday at 10 oclock.
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McLaughlin
Higgins
Whipple
Jackson Palmer
Lawrence F
Larry) Smith
Henry B. Perkins
Perkins
Mr. Smith
Melvin M. Johnson
Dr. Perkins
Melvin O. Adams
Lectures on Riviera at Symphony Hall
Dwight Elmendorf opened his annual illustrated lecture series at Symphony Hall with The Riviera. He highlighted Cannes to Genoa and Monte Carlo’s Casino, noting the region’s beauty and winter appeal. The audience's interest was high and the talk will be repeated this afternoon. Next week will cover Milan and the Italian Lakes.
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Riviera
Symphony Hall
Dwight Elmendorf
The
Mediterranean
Krom
Cannes
Cape Martin
Genoa
Alps
Monte Carlo
Milan
Italian Lakes
Woman's Mercantile Company In Chicago Opens Discount Store
Chicago announces the incorporation of the Woman's Mercantile Company with 200000 capital aimed at reducing living costs by 15 to 25 percent. The plan envisions stamping purchases at a downtown 30000 square foot discount store, employing 600 women and creating a new shopping center with low rents to empower half a million housewives.
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Chicago
Woman’s Mercantile Company
Bay State Delegates Ready for Congress
Massachusetts will send its largest delegation to the national rivers and harbors congress in Washington from December 6 to 8. Delegates hail from Boston Springfield Providence Fall River Taunton Haverhill and Lowell. A Massachusetts delegation dinner at the New Willard is planned for Wednesday evening with speakers including Taft J Hampton Moore and John Humphrey Small and arrangements to meet the President.
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Massachusetts
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Bay State
Boston
Springfield
Providence
Fall River
Taunton
Haverhill
Lowell
New Willard
Taft
J. Hampton Moore
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
John E. Hansdell
National Rivers and Harbors Association
John ‘Humphrey Small
Washington, N. C
Witnesses Describe Spencer's Violent Acts and Family Turmoil
Testimony details Spencer's threats and outbursts aimed at his future father in law and others, including throwing a hatchet at a co worker. Witnesses from Lebanon Conn Hartford and Springfield recount episodes, family tensions and Spencer's fits as jurors hear the case.
Danderine Promises Abundant Soft Hair For All
An advertisement claims Danderine ensures a head of heavy soft hair free of dandruff. It promises scalp cleansing, itch relief, stopping hair loss, and new hair growth within weeks, urging purchase of a 25 cent bottle from drug stores.
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Knowlton
Mother's Plea Wins Court In Shoplifting Case
A Dorchester woman named Ethel Whitten was fined $25 after pleading for mercy to avoid jail to care for her 2 month old baby. The case began as a shoplifting charge in Police Court before Judge Murray.
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Ethel Whitten
Dorchester
Murray
Short Weight Dealer Fined in Malden Case
James Hare manager of a Pleasant street Malden grocery faced arraignment before Judge Sweester on charges of false scales and insufficient weight. Sealer William E. Dunn testified that on November 10 he bought a pound and a half of pork and received nearly two ounces short. Judge Sweester fined $10 for false scales. complaint of insufficient weight was filed. Scales condemned.
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James Hare
Pleasant Street
Malden
Sweester
William E. Dunn
Seaver Held on Election Law Charge in Court
Augustus Seaver labor editor who wanted to run for governor on the labor ticket was arraigned in the Superior Criminal court after a secret indictment. He pled not guilty and is held in $2000 for trial. The charges allege eight counts of falsely making a nomination paper and two counts of filing false nomina tion papers on October 16.
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Seaver
Augustus Seaver
Labor
Superior Criminal Court
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Dugan
Nahant Street
Geo. Borgfeldt & Co
New York
San Francisco
C. Young Company
Patriot Building
Jackson
Crosby
Cordelia E. Pultz
Mr. Krailing
Lebanon
Conn
Frank Killian
Bage Allen Company
Bedworth
Thomas E. Pultz
H. L. Handy
James Kantor
H.L. Handy Company
Kantor
Harber
Gland
Eton St
Waser
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