Post Diana Goes to Maine for Hunting Adventure
Miss Margaret Strickland of the Post sketches a hunting trip in the Dead River region of Maine with a Farmington contingent. The caravan crosses ice bound rivers, ascends mountain trails, and reaches Deer Pond camps. Entertaining companions, rugged guides, and early frosty nights frame a vivid frontier journey.
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Margaret Strickland
Dead River
Maine
King and Bartlett
Spencer, Me
Dead River Country
Farmington
Pine Tree State
Eustis
Newton Women’s Club Plans Americanization Classes
The Newton Women’s Club, at its regular weekly meeting, outlined plans for Americanization classes with Miss Margaret A. Sullivan as president in charge. The club expects to stage dramatic sketches early next year as part of its activities.
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Newton Women’s Club
Margaret A. Sullivan
Many Divorce Suits in East Cambridge Court
Several divorce actions filed in East Cambridge court cite cruel and abusive treatment. Plaintiffs include Genevieve Forsythe of Malden versus Harry Forsythe and Ida M Savage of Cambridge against Arthur C Savage. Additional cases involve Marion Steadman versus James C Steadman and William C Green versus Rose Green with others in Somerville, Seattle, and Newton.
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Genevieve Forsythe
Malden
Harry Forsythe
East Cambridge
Ida M. Savage
Cambridge
Arthur C. Savage
Marion Steadman
James C. Steadman
William C. Green
Rose Green
Folly Parker
Somerville
Andrew Parker
Seattle
Mary A. Bourque
Leonard B. Bourque
Newton
Margaret A. Howe
Boston
Leon A. Howe
New Traffic Direction Plans Begin With 130 Patrolmen
Boston forms a radical new traffic squad under Police Lieutenant Bernard J. Hoppe. Yesterday 130 patrolmen, aided by First Motor Corps guardsmen, started duty at 8 am and will soon relieve existing troops. They attend extra drills at Cadet Armory on Columbus avenue to finish polishing.
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Oppe
J. A. Blanchard
First Motor Corps
Taffic
Boston
Hoppe
John V. Foley
Mattapan
William Gaffney
Joy Street
William Kennedy
East Dedham Street
Bernard J. Hoppe
Motor Corps
Cadet Armory
Columbus Avenue
Joe's Alibi and a Roslindale Car Incident
Joseph Pratt, alias Joe Prado, faced Judge Dowd in Central Court after two contradictory accounts of his attempt to start a car owned by John J. Dacey of Centre Street Roslindale. The court sentenced him to nine months in the House of Correction and denied bail of two thousand dollars as he appealed while jailed at Charles Street.
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Blugh Sylvester
John Sylvester
Judge Cartier C. Holman
Arthur Tucker
Deer Pond
Elbridge Luce
Exchange Hotel
John Gilkey
EK. B. Flood
Farmington
Buckboard
Joe Prado
Judge Dowd
Central Court
Joe
John J. Dacey
Centre Street
Roslindale
House of Correction
Joseph
Charles Street
Dacey
Custom House
Gils Die From Gas Poisoning In North End Home
Police at Hanover Street Station report Mary Licausi aged 16 and Theresa Licausi aged 20 of 149 Endicott Street North End died from gas poisoning caused by a defective valve in a bedroom gas jet. They were found dead by their mother.
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Hanover Street
Mary
Theresa Licausi
Endicott Street
North End
Theresa
Tinkham Demands Probe of Sugar Allocation Shift
Congressman George Holden Tinkham said he would seek a congressional investigation of the Sugar Equalization Board for diverting sugar from Boston to Texas unless the New England shortage is addressed. He sent telegrams after a meeting with General Sherburne who urged cutting confectioners’ sugar by 25 percent and giving local authorities power to halt supplies.
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George Holden Tinkham
Sugar Equalization Board
Boston
Texas
Masachusetts
New England
Tinkham
Equalization Board
Palmer
General Sherburne
Commission On
Sherburne
Murderer Fall Sent to Asylum
Walter G. Fall, life prisoner for the 1910 Pemberton Square Court House murders, was transferred to the Bridgewater hospital for the criminal insane. He shot and killed Sergeant Fred Schleuber of the Dorchester police and Frank A. Rees, stepfather of a girl Fall had pursued. Fall was 26 and worked as a State House clerk.
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Walter G. Fall
State Prison
Pemberton Square Court House
Bridgewater
Fall
Fred Schleuber
Dorchester
Frank A. Rees
State House
Shipments of coal expected to ease winter shortage
Regular coal shipments are anticipated to flood Boston after the tug boat engineers strike ends. Dealers say there is no winter shortage, urging households to secure supply now. Reports indicate ample stove, egg, and nut coal, with more arriving by rail and water. One dealer notes 15,000 tons ready for delivery.
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Boston
Smokers blamed for Massachusetts fire rise
Careless smokers are the leading single cause of fires in Massachusetts, accounting for over 10 percent of all blazes. On average 612 fires occur statewide outside Boston and 232 fires annually in Boston are blamed on smokers. Electrical causes are under 2 percent.
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Massachusetts
The
Fire Prevention Commission
Boston
Arrest and Fine 23 for Reckless Driving
Twenty three motorists including several Brookline Country Club socialites were arrested by Attorney Silas Brewer a State Guardsman for traffic violations and paid fines totaling 115 dollars in Central Court yesterday. First Motor Corps officers set a Commonwealth avenue speed trap and arrested all within a short afternoon session as they aim to curb reckless speeding.
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Brookline Country Club
Silas Brewer
Central Court
Commonwealth Avenue
First Motor Corps
Woman’s blood gifts save mother's life in Malden
Mrs. Lucy Eldridge of 127 Main Street Malden gave two blood transfusions to her mother Mrs. William G. Price also of Malden to spare her life. Dr. Cunningham credited the transfusions with saving Mrs. Price who is now recovering at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Brookline.
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Lucy Eldridge
Main Street
Malden
William G. Price
Mrs. Price
Begin Treaty Negotiations In New Session
Washington November 28 Negotiations are to begin tomorrow for handling the peace treaty in the new session Senator Hitchcock Democratic leader Nebraska will reach the capital tomorrow and is to see President Wilson during the day The President’s message to Congress next week is expected to re submit the treaty with reservations surfacing as a possibility
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Washington
Congress
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Wilson
Hold up men rob rich merchant of $40,000
Four holdup men forced George Alexander, Washington Market merchant, into his West End avenue hallway and robbed him of $40,000. Police announced two arrests, $8,000 recovered, and an alleged confession by chauffeur Thomas Rockfort to a plot to rob the merchant. Rockfort faced grand larceny complicity charges.
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New York
George Alexander
Washington Market
West End Avenue
Thomas Rockfort
Alexander
Rockfort
Exhume Otterson’s Body Next Week
Concord New Hampshire November 28 Maurice eeeke murdered in Hooksett on Navy 6 The body will be exhumed early next week for evidence in state and county searches. Mrs Marion Loynes Otterson held for grand jury after preliminary hearing for murder of her brother in law.
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Concord
N. H
Maurice Eeeke
Hooksett
Navy
Marion Loynes Otterson
Profiteering on Liquor in New Orleans Bars
New Orleans officials probe saloon profiteering in liquor sales. Department of Justice reports dealers charging 40 to 70 cents per drink for high grade liquor. District Attorney Mooney vows action. Judge Foster previously ruled wartime prohibition act unconstitutional and Mooney will not allow profiteering.
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New Orleans
Department of Justice
Mooney
Foster
Wanted Red Blooded Men Pepto Mangan Ad
A vintage antiseptic style advertisement urges readers to become red blooded by taking Pepto Mangan, sold in liquid and tablet forms with the Gude label. It links vitality to soldiers and sailors who won the war and casts thin blood as weak. The copy underscores health and attractiveness improvements with a few weeks of the tonic.
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Hugh
Harry
Frank Packard
Harry Pierce
Packard
Frank
Partridge
Philadelphia
Maine Woods
Leutenant
Brighton High School
White Studio
Judge
Mounted Police
United States Army
Pemberton Square
Crowley
Gils
Mary Licausit
Faneuil Hall
Cradle of Liberty
League For the Preservation of American Independence
U. S
Otterson
Hill's
Cascara
W. H. Hill Co
Detroit, Michigan
Hayes
Healing Honey
Grove
Paris Medicine Company
National School of
Cosmeticians
Fifth Ave
New York, N.Y
East
Marcel
National School of Cosmeticians
5Th Ave
New York, N. Y
Doctor Brown Co
Arch St
Phila
Cuticura
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