Reverend Beckwith faces charges in North Pownal
The Rev Milton Beckwith resigns as pastor after Mrs Marcia Goding leveled charges against him. He plans to tell his parishioners Sunday and will discuss the case fully at night. He aims to defend himself in the next Androscoggin County Supreme Court term and remains in the area.
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Marcia Goding
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D. B. Holt
Ellsworth
New Jersey
Androscoggin Pomona
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Supreme Court of
Prosperity Spreads Through Rhode Island Industry
In Providence and across Rhode Island a swift revival follows war orders and rising demand. Factories, mills, and jewelry shops hire more workers, with Providence employing 11 375 more than a year ago and mills in Olynneyville adding 2500 full-time workers. The upturn stretches from Westerly to Bradford as 24 hour operations become common and prosperity is deemed lasting.
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Song Bird Peeped By Stage Door Arrest
Drina Mack, one of the Old Howard performers, had Ben H. Sanderson arrested after she accused him of sending an annoying letter. The case, heard at East Cambridge jail, stems from a stage door encounter and a mistaken identity with the man using the name Ben Sanderson as a stage persona.
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Sargeant Clark
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Old Howard
Suspect Uses Pseudonym in Harvard Graduate Student Trap
A man identifying himself as Sanderson, later revealed as a Harvard graduate student, sent a note to Drina inviting her to dinner during Thanksgiving week. The message urged Drina to wear a yellow rose if she accepted.
Forsyth Dental Infirmary Lecture By Dr Chenery
Dr William K. Chenery will present a lecture at Forsyth Dental Infirmary in the Fenway this afternoon at 3 30 on The Nose and Throat in Health and Disease.
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William KE. Chenery
Forsyth Dental Infirmary
Fenway
Burlesque Philosophers Discuss Marriage and Age
Two Bis Burlesque Carnival stars at Charlie Waldron's Casino share thoughts on marriage, youth, and aging. Estelle Colbert offers unlikely views on a wife’s role and growing old together, while Hazel Woodbury adds a cautionary tale about a phrenologist and the limits of supposed expertise.
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Spirit of
Estelle Colbert
Hazel Woodbury
Miss Woodbury
Miss Colbert
Billy
Watson
Eid Lee Wrothe
Navvy Poet of England Weds Navvy Poet of England
Patrick MacGill, known as The Navvy Poet, married in London to Miss Margaret Gibbons, a grand niece of Cardinal Gibbons. The groom is on leave from the front after being wounded and will rejoin the London Irish Rifles after a brief honeymoon. He had been a librarian at Windsor Castle before enlisting.
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Patrick MacGill
Margaret Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
London Irish Rifles
MacGill
Windsor Castle
Worcester Boy Invents Radiophone
Worcester on November 27 14 year old David N Hedlund a high school student has perfected a wireless telephoning system enabling conversations with companions at a mile distance This precedes the public demonstration of long distance wireless telephoning by about a month
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Worcester
David N. Hedlund
Worcester boys build wireless telephony set for long distance talks
Hedlund and 14 year old neighbor Oliver Granquist pioneer a home made wireless system using a galena detector water pipe ground and ordinary radio parts. They have achieved 700 mile reception and sparked interest among about 25 Worcester youths to join in wireless experiments with similar gear.
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Hedlund
Boston
David
Oliver Granquist
Worcester
Wireless intercom for coastal islands announced by AT&T
Theodore N. Vail says AT T is developing an intercommunicating wireless system to connect marooned island communities with the mainland. The venture aims to create a universal instrumentality allowing readers of the past to imagine the technology’s reach.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vail
Federal cattle ban lifted for Massachusetts and New Jersey
Washington reports the federal quarantine for foot and mouth disease is lifted entirely from Massachusetts and New Jersey and modified in several Illinois counties by an order effective November 27.
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
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