Death by own action Crippen case grips London
London reports recount Crippen's attempted suicide in prison before his execution after a telegram from Ethel Leneve claiming marriage. Crippen broke his spectacle lenses to fashion knives for self harm, then collapsed but walked to the gallows with a priest's support. The Leneve woman insists she remains Crippen's wife and will attend to his estate.
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London
Ethel Leneve
H. H. Crippen
England
Crippen
Leneve
Claim Beauty Honors for Little Brookline Girl
Ramona Hunt, eight, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry J Hunt of 423 Harvard Street Brookline, is praised as a strong claimant for the region's prettiest child. She is the niece of Miss Charlotte Hunt a noted theatrical figure and granddaughter of the well known Jay Hunt family. Ramona is bright for her age and popular on her street.
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Ramona Hunt
Henry J. Hunt
Harvard Street
Brookline
New England
Charlotte Hunt
Jay Hunt
Ramona
Married at Mother's Bier Fehnel and Abel Tie
Sylvanus J. Fehnel and Miss Hat tie M Abel both of Bath in Easton Pennsylvania beside the coffin of the bridegroom’s mother. They had postponed thrice due to illness and deaths but wed on the funeral day.
Stadium for School Athletes Promised in Boston
Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald promised at the Latin English High School game that within two years a concrete stadium and a 60 acre field would be built in Fenway for schoolboys. He spoke during a Thanksgiving Day intermission as thousands urged him on.
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Boston
Fenway
John F. Fitgerald
Mayor Promises New Athletic Field for Boston High Schools
The mayor, recalling his Boston Latin captain days, pledges a large athletic complex in Fenway. Sixty acres would become an enclosed field with a Harvard-like concrete stadium. Plans aim to end delays, with a two year timeline and a meeting with team captains, managers, and Dr. Harrington to advance the project.
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Boston
Fenway
Harvard College
Cambridge
Thomas F. Harrington
Department of Hygiene
Boy Dies In Thanksgiving Candy Store Run Down
A boy walking home from a holiday dinner was struck by a truck near a candy store and killed. Mrs Green fainted upon seeing her son’s body still clutched by a candy stick as police kept the crowd from confrontations with the driver.
Woman Taken Sick on Boston Express
Mrs. W. A. Jenness of Hampton New Hampshire fell ill with heart trouble aboard the Portland and Boston express and was removed from the car on arrival in Portsmouth New Hampshire She had been returning from her wedding trip to Bangor Maine.
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Portsmouth
N. H
W. A. Jenness
Hampton
Portland and
Boston Express
Jenness
Bangor
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Nobby
Goodyear
Jersey
United States
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