Fastest cigar maker in Boston Cramp makes 600 a day
In a small room on Newspaper Row the young cigarmaker Charles L. Cramp is praised by his employer Charles Huberman of 249 Washington street as the fastest in the city. Cramp says he can produce 600 cigars daily, relying on practiced fingers and palm feel to gauge tobacco weight and rolling. Huberman doubts any other man in Boston can match Cramp’s record.
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Charles L. Cramp
Boston
Charles Huberman
Washington Street
Cramp
Moose Season Opens in Maine as Open Days Return
Bangor Maine November 2 Hunters may legally kill moose tomorrow for the first time in four years under a new law opening the last 10 days of November. Past years saw 250 to 300 moose killed annually, with numbers now rising enough to warrant returning open days. Future openings depend largely on luck of the shooters.
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Bangor
Monsignor Splaine Lectures at Public Library
Monsignor M. J. Splaine spoke to a large audience at the Public Library yesterday afternoon on St. Clement's Church of Rome, Cardinal O'Connell's titular church. The talk featured stereopticon views and reflected on the church's 14 centuries of history, aligning with St. Clement's feast day.
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St. Clement’s Church of
Rome
Cardinal O’connell
St. Clement
Cardinal O'Connell
Mer. Splaine
No Scoops for B. U. Reporters
Miss Olga Seydel of Boston University Allston girl has been elected president of the Boston University Press Club. The item notes changes in student journalism leadership at BU.
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Olga Seydel
Allston
Boston University Press Club
Boston University Press Club Forms With Editorial Rule
At the club's first meeting the Boston University Press Club decided against scoop journalism. Official articles must be submitted before publication. Olga Seydel of Allston serves as president with Ruth Mansfield as secretary treasurer. Members include James Richard Taylor Elisabeth Macy Florence Whittier Robert Huse Margaret Oldham Frank Kingdon and advisers and representatives from several papers.
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Boston University Press Club
Olga Seydel
Allston
Seydel
Boston Evening Record
Ruth Mansfield
Dorchester
James Richard Taylor
Elisabeth Macy
Brookline
Traveler-Herald
Florence Whittier
Robert Huse
Manchester
N. H
Globe
Margaret Oldham
Cambridge
Transcript
Frank Kingdon
Weymouth
Coolidge Boomed for Presidency by Massachusetts Republicans
The Republican Club of Massachusetts unanimously backed Governor Coolidge as the logical Republican presidential candidate. At a Boston meeting, the executive committee launched a campaign to elevate him as the party's standard bearer with resolutions urging national support.
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Club
Boston
Governor Coolidge
Resolutions Back Calvin Coolidge for President in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Republican resolutions praise Calvin Coolidge as the steady champion of orderly government and American ideals. The document, issued with a statement by George H. Ellis, calls for Coolidge as the Republican nominee and urges national support for his presidency amid labor strife and disorder.
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Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
Commonwealth
George H. Ellis
Newton
Republican Club of
Famous New York doctor dies in Great Barrington
Dr Allan McLane Hamilton, renowned New York alienist and nervous diseases expert, died suddenly at his summer home in Great Barrington. Born in Brooklyn in 1848, he was a grandson of Alexander Hamilton. He testified in the Guiteau trial and many other major criminal cases and authored medical works. He also taught mental diseases at Cornell University Medical College for three years.
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Great Barrington
Allan McLane Hamilton
New York
Hamilton
Brooklyn
Alexander Hamilton
Guiteau
Garfield
Cornell University Medical College
Aroostook Potato Crop Averages 19 Million Bushels
Bangor reports Aroostook county potato crop this season at 19,000,000 bushels from 75,000 acres yielding about 263 bushels per acre. The increase over prior estimates is supported by results with some rust noted but not serious. Shipments through October were larger than a year earlier.
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Bangor
Aroostook County
Captain W T Turner Retired By Cunard
Captain W T Turner, famed master of transatlantic liners, retires on superannuation after a career starting as a boy seaman. He commanded the Aquitania in 1914 and led the Umbria in the Boer War, later heading vessels including the Aleppo, Carpathia, Lusitania, and Mauretania.
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Liverpool
W. T. Turner
Cunard
Umbria
Aleppo
Carpathia
Lusitania
Mauretania
New England barbering contest to crown fastest shavers
The first annual New England barbering championship will be staged early next month in Mechanics' building. Thomas Consoly of Clark's Hotel announced plans for the public event open to men and women barbers, with three silver cups awarded to winners. Judges from Boston will evaluate both speed and quality of haircut and shave, amid many entries and backing from patrons.
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New England
Mechanics’ Building
Thomas Consoly
Clark's Hotel
Boston
Consoly
London sobriety test described by police surgeon
In London an on record police surgeon explains sobriety tests to judge drunkenness. He describes walking straight, heel and toe, picking up paper on one foot, and speaking words without slurring or repeating sounds. The court notes the prisoner failed to perform these tasks satisfactorily.
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London
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