On Way to Be Married Killed by Gas Poison
Christo N. Mangelas of Duluth Minnesota traveling to Greece to wed his childhood sweetheart died after a gas stove was left on in a Boston lodging house. Pro proprietor John Ginanis found him on the fourth floor as gas filled the room from a stove jet. he died en route to City Hospital.
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Christo N. Mangelas
Duluth
Minn
Greece
Boston
Christo
Kneeland Street
John Ginanis
Christos
City
Amateurs Targeted in Coast Wireless Probe
Government campaign against amateur wireless operators along the coast opens in the New England district led by U S Radio Inspector Henry C Gawler. Four young amateurs face federal prosecutions if they continue to interfere with commercial ship to ship and ship to shore transmissions. Identities of those targeted are being guarded by officials.
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New England
United States Radio
Henry C. Gawler
Gawler
Washington
Everett girl buried after death by own action
Hildred Parker, a 11 year old Everett girl whose body was found in Coleman's clay pit Thursday morning, was buried yesterday in Glenwood Cemetery. A large gathering of friends, largely young girls, attended the funeral, following a weeklong disappearance.
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Hildred Parker
Everett
Coleman
Glenwood
Woman Bitten by Own False Teeth in Open Water Works Trap
Mrs Hisse Markell, a dressmaker, sues the city of Minneapolis for 600 dollars alleging she bit herself with a set of false teeth jarred loose and cutting the roof of her mouth after stepping through an open trap door left by a water works inspector at 2443 Eleventh Avenue South. The incident followed his inspection of the water meter on November 22.
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Minneapolis
City Water Works
Eleventh Avenue S
Corinth Missed Emden by Narrow Margin in War Run
The British freighter City of Corinth arrived from Mororan and Calcutta after crossing the Suez Canal with 40 transports carrying Indian troops. She dodged German warships in the China Sea and narrowly evaded the Emden, pursued by a Russian cruiser from Singapore to Calcutta before docking at Oran with clean papers.
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City of Corinth
Mororan
Japan
Calcutta
China Sea
Emden
City of
Corinth
Suez Canal
Mediterranean Sea
Oram
Singapore
Cow Devours Fruit Upon Woman's Hat
In Peckham Ohio on November 22 Mrs Paris Cogburn was knocked down and her hip injured when a family cow, attracted by fruit on her hat, knocked her aside and chewed the hat and its ornaments. The incident highlights the cow s fondness for fruit and the accidental danger to the woman.
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Peckham, Col
Paris Cogburn
Boy Saved by Button on Cap
In Janesville Wisconsin Clarence Hogan nine years old owes his life to a button sewn on top of his cap. His brother John ten years old found a loaded revolver and placed it on Clarence head pulling the trigger. The bullet was deflected by the button causing only slight injury to Clarence while John received a whipping.
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Janesville
Wis
Clarence Hogan
John
Brookline Offers Reward in Vege Case for Merrill Shooting
The town of Brookline will pay no less than 500 dollars, potentially up to 2000, for information leading to the capture of the man who shot and killed Charles J. Merrill, manager of the Hitchcock drug store at 999 Beacon Street, during a Friday night safe robbery attempt.
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Brookline
Charles J. Merrill
Hitchcock
Beacon Street
Reward proposed for murderer of Merrill in Boston case
Chairman Philip Parker indicated in last night’s meeting that a reward of likely at least 1000 dollars would be offered to aid in catching the slayer. The probe narrows to two or three men known to police, with a New York gunman’s description circulating among officers. Detective Rutherford showed three pictures to a local store manager in hopes of a likeness to the suspect.
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Philip 5
Parker
Selectmen
Merrill
New York
H. A. Rutherford
Strookline
RE. Prindle
Huggan’s
Massachusetts Avenue
Prindle
Vermont Ammunition Contract Awarded to Local Firm
Swanton Vermont November 22 a contract for two and a half million dollars worth of rifle cartridges has been awarded to a local company. The order is for a nation now at war. The company will install new machinery and operate the plant around the clock for at least a year with three shifts of workers.
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Swanton
Belgian Relief Fund passes the century threshold in Boston drive
Contributions totaling 102949.83 since the last report pour in to the Belgian Relief Fund with 102, Mary T Caldwell and Elizabeth A Wright among donors. Treasurer Joseph H. ONeill at Federal Trust Co Boston collects gifts including 10, 100, and 50 dollar amounts from individuals and groups such as the Ryan Cushing Company and the Junior Christian Endeavor Society Newton NH.
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Joseph H. O'Neil
Federal Trust Company
Devonshire Street
Boston
Ryan Cushing Company
Cap Cornetseses
Gertrude W. Sortwell
Merion S
Warland
Frances A. Sortwell
Young People
Society of Boston
Maud A. Lawson
Howell Woman's Whist Club
Ausee
Augusta
J. B. Bridge
F. Herrick
Phyllis Rice
Isabel Butler
Sdeveces Junior Christian Endeavor Society
Newton
N. H
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Swanton Factory
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Aberdeener’s
Andrew Fiske Nelson H. Grover William T. R
Ida B. Morgan
EB. B. Shumaker
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Elgin
Wilson Bros
Scollay
Ranwey
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Nisita
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Nari Tea
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Ceylon
Grasse
France
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Washington St
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Ker-Jaynes Drug Stores
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