Death takes Weymouth realty man Russell Worster
Russell B. Worster, 49, prominent South Shore real estate figure and former representative, died after a short illness at his Weymouth home. He led Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges, directed the South Shore Cooperative Bank and Weymouth Savings Bank, and served on several local boards. He is survived by his wife, daughter, and his mother. funeral at 2 pm Wednesday.
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Russell B. Worster
South Shore
Commercial Street
Weymouth
Mr. Worster
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
South Shore Cooperative Bank
Weymouth Savings Bank
Weymouth and Braintree Realty Company
Ryther Denies Confession In Three Murders Case
In Dowagiac Michigan Cyrus Ryther twenty white repudiates an alleged confession in which he admitted killing William Munroe his wife and daughter Neva at their home September seventeenth He now says he saw an unidentified boy strike the victims with a nail studded club from a window and that the boy was his accomplice in the crime.
Tax receipts fall sharply in fiscal 1921 report
Washington reports government tax receipts for the fiscal year 1921 declined nearly a billion dollars from 1920 as costs of collection rose 87 cents per $100. Income taxes totaled 3.23 billion, miscellaneous 1.37 billion, with notable drops in alcoholic liquors, tobacco, and excise taxes offset by rises in state tax and transportation revenue. Prohibition penalties added 2.15 million. distilled spirits brought 82.6 million, wines 25. Seg.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Blair
Bureau
Transportation and Telegraph
Universal Bible Sunday Observed Nationwide
Thousands of Protestant churches marked Universal Bible Sunday yesterday. The American Bible Society distributed 2,000,000 pages of literature to assist in the celebration.
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The
American Bible Society
Centenarian social worker celebrated at Jamaica Plain party
Mrs. Judith Winsor Smith marked her 100th birthday with 45 guests at her Jamaica Plain home. The longtime active social worker received many descendants among the attendees and noted she plans to vote in the Dec. 13 mayoral election, recalling casting her first ballot in 1920 at age 99 for President Harding.
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Judith Winsor Smith
Harding
Plymouth
Fire drives family from Carter Street home in Needham Heights
Daniel Shay home on Carter Street Needham Heights badly damaged by blaze believed started by a defective flue. Shay evacuated his wife and five year old child then raised the alarm. Icy streets and three mile run hampered the fire department. Damage estimated at six thousand dollars.
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Carter Street
Needham Heights
Daniel Shay
Shay
Tax burden shift fears in city election
Non-resident businessmen and wealthy property owners on Beacon street and Commonwealth avenue face proposed higher taxes if either ex Mayor James M. Curley or District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier wins the mayoralty on December 13.
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Beacon Street
Commonwealth Avenue
James M. Curley
Joseph C. Pelletier
Tax Protest Sparks Odds on City Tax Reform Debate
District attorney backs a non-resident business tax to equalize rates while ex-mayor proposes raising Back Bay valuations. Both spoke to the Fraternal Order of Orioles. Curley argues Boston’s tax burden is high, citing a $35 per thousand rate vs New York and Baltimore, and cites Beacon Street gains versus Brighton Allston Dorchester.
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Back Bay
Order of Orioles
Poston
Brookline
Pelletier
State House
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Mr. Curley
Sisk
Curley
Good Government Association
Boston
National Security League
America
New York
Baltimore
Beacon Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton
Allston
Dorchester
O’connor
Fire set at Desmond’s Drygoods Store in Waltham
Harry Finesilver age 32 of Roxbury and Benjamin Saxe age 29 of Waltham were arrested after police linked them to a Tuesday night blaze at Desmond’s Drygoods Store on Moody Street Waltham Finesilver the store manager and Saxe a clerk were taken into custody yesterday.
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Harry Finesilver
Waumbeck Street
Roxbury
Benjamin Saxe
Winona Street
Waltham
Desmond
Will give her husband to another
Continues from first page with details that Isaac Mc Bride a writer and illustrator will be given to Lena Brauneis daughter of a Bethel Connecticut butcher.
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Isaac McBride
Lena Brauneis
Bethel
Conn
McBride and Lena Brauneis Shape Icelandic Romance Rumor
Mrs. McBride plans separation while husband McBride stays in New York with friends and Lena Brauneis, a famed writer’s daughter, is connected to a romance. Neighbors claim elopement rumors as Lena returns to Bethel and McBride moves toward marriage. Mrs. McBride supports the idea and notes Lena’s attractiveness and status.
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McBride
Miss Brauneis
New York
Mr. McBride
Lena
Bethel
Redding
Mac
Hotel Raids in West End Prompt Court Appearance
More than forty men and women will face Central court today to answer charges tied to a raid on West End hotels. Captain Charles T. Reardon led the operation with three patrol wagons transporting detainees to Pemberton square. Some detainees were bailed, others stayed overnight as guests of police. Twenty couples were allegedly found at Hotel Lucerne near Causeway and Nashua streets. Reardon had led earlier raids resulting in additional arrests.
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Central Court
West End
Charles T. Reardon
Pemberton Square
Hotel Lucerne
Causeway
Nashua Streets
Reardon
Dempsey Carpentier Fight Films At The Howard
The Dempsey Carpentier heavyweight title bout filmed in New Jersey last July will be shown at the Howard four times daily starting at noon. The 60 minute program includes clear action from the ring and crowd scenes, promising the biggest sensation yet at the Howard.
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New Jersey
the Howard
Howard
Woman Sparks Melrose Fire Rescue at 302 West Emerson
Mrs. Joseph Frohock woke her husband and two children as a basement fire took hold of their Melrose home at 302 West Emerson Street. She alerted the fire department by telephone and the family escaped safely. Fire officials say crossed electric wires likely started the blaze.
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Smoire
Joseph Frohock
Emerson Street
Melrose
Italy to Be Without Newspapers Today
Italy will be without newspapers Monday after a Printers Union strike protesting the killing of Signor Miller president of the Triest Typographers Union. The murder by Fascisti at Triest last week drew widespread indignation over the manner of the deed.
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Italy
Rome
Fascisti
Triest
Signor Miller
Triest Typographers' Union
Miller
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