Salvation Army Collecrors Robbed by Thugs in Boston
Two Salvation Army collectors Edward Clark and William Quirk were attacked while returning a bag of Thanksgiving funds near the People's Palace. Three assailants beat them, looted the bag, and fled in a waiting automobile after pepper sprayed and firing a warning shot. Police described the trio as about 25, tall and wearing brown and gray overcoats. No arrests made by nightfall. a wider gang is suspected.
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Edward Clark
Vernon Street
Roxbury
William Quirk
Brent Street
Dorchester
Quirk
Mystic Street
Ponce
People’s Palace
Clark
Salvation Army
Wfroadster
East Canton Street
People's Palace
Destruction Plan Proposed for North West Mistletoe
The article notes that mistletoe seeds travel far and choke host trees. The Department of Agriculture has approved a wholesale destruction program to remove mistletoe from forests in the North West.
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Department of Agriculture
Millionaire for a Day Sees Boston as Immigrant Hero
A Boston Post prize winner, a newsboy from Lawrence, relives a dream day in Boston. He tours luxury hotels Commodore Ritz and Biltmore with his mother and wife, tours Wall Street, Plymouth Rock, and meets General Edwards, while recalling his immigrant beginnings and gift to his widowed mother.
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Commodore
Ritz
Biltmore
Hippodrome
New Amsterdam
Boston Post
Lawrence
Post
America
Boston
Beefer
New York
Commodore Hotel
Winter Palace
France
Metropolis
Edwards
Pawtucket
First Corps
Miss Castle
Bunker Hill
Lexington
Concord
Greater
Army Base
General Edwards
Boylaton Street
Copley Plaza
Acta
Walter Gilbert
St. James Company
Mies Castle
Touraine
Samuel Seefer
Seefer
Humboldt Avenue
Roxbury
heiress Minas Castle praises Post for perfect day
Minas Castle lauds the Post for planning a day of pleasure after her entertainment, saying nothing was left undone and her wishes were carried out thoroughly. She thanks the staff for thoughtfulness and consideration, noting the experience felt like a real heiress's seamless day.
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Minas Castle
Tiger under fire in Senate amid Clemenceau critique
In Washington on November 27 the Senate debated M. Clemenceau's U S tour with Hitchcock leading attacks on French wartime policies. A Negro soldier, Lucius Jones, interrupted, questioning the senator before gavel restraint ended the incident as Heflin demanded the man’s expulsion.
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Washington
France
Senate
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
M. Clemenceau
Myers
Montana
Owen
Oklahoma
America
Germany
Lucius Jones
Here
Coolidge
Heflin
Alabama
Surrender near murder scene leads to confession
Guy Harvey surrendered after meeting Chief Goodhue at a cottage near the crime scene. Harvey admitted shooting the woman, saying an argument over being treated unfairly triggered the act. He described planning injection into the sea but abandoned the plan to spare his mother.
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Guy Harvey
City Hall
Chief Goodhue
Harvey
Police
Bell Street
Man Confesses Possible Murder Switches to Hiding Cottage
The suspect reveals plans to hang himself with a rope but alters course to hide in a cottage. He recalls a confrontation about a body found in the cellar and claims memory loss after denying shooting the woman in the kitchen. He repeats uncertainty about events following the alleged shooting.
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Harvey
Coakley Claims Ponzi Honest In Dealings In Court
Mr. Coakley testified that Ponzi was honest about international reply coupons and that the guilty plea was urged due to public sentiment. He described the jail conference with Ponzi and Mrs Ponzi, and he disclosed the large sum of two and a half million dollars in his possession later turned over to trustees.
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Coakley
Money King
Ponzi
East Cambridge
McIsaac
Gallagher
Mc Ieane
Tale
Bedeen
East
Sarti
Donai
Commonwealth
Europe
Mrr. Gallagher
Federal Courts
Flaherty
Ponsi
Rittenhouse
Elk
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Tiernan
Blanche
South Bend
Augusta Tiernan
Blanche Brimmet Tiernan
Chester Montgomery
Augusta
Mrs. Tiernan
Harry Poulin
Judge Montgomery
Superior Court
Tod
Simplex Electric Heating CO
Cambridge
Mass
Old Country
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Millionaire’s Avenue
Woolworth Building
Mr. Seefer
Dorchester High School
Witzgerald
New England
Rhode Island
Boylston Street
Hors d’Oeuvres
Celers Consomme Bellevue Cote
Bordelaise Gommes
Mien
Mra. Ponzi
Mra. Ponai
Mr. Coakley
Pueblo, Cole
Civic Auditorium
Trarnis
Ee Oriental
Planert
Pullmane Vie Grand Netrose Park
Lee Felsen
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