Kitten Makes a 40 Foot Leap To Freedom
Pretty the kitten vanished up a chimney at 194 Freeport Street Dorchester and after hours of rescue efforts by Fields Corner police friends nearby workers and the Animal Rescue League she leaped from the chimney top to the ground a dramatic 40 foot fall that ended well for Hazel Brown’s cherished pet.
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Fields Corner
Animal Rescue League
Pretty
Hazel Brown
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Boy Pours Oil on Hot Stove May Die
Patrick Lenox a one year old son of Mr and Mrs John Lenox of 87 Charles Street was left alone in the Mansfield home when he poured kerosene from a container onto the kitchen stove flames ignited his hair and spread neighbors restrained the fire by wrapping the child in rugs.
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Mansfield
Patrick Lenox
John Lenox
Charles Street
Hold Food Sale for Disabled Veterans
A food sale held at the Memorial clubhouse on Huntington Avenue benefited the disabled veterans of the Yankee Division. Women of the Yankee auxiliary offered home made preserves and Thanksgiving delicacies with a special luncheon. an auction of a large turkey was also featured. Mrs Corabell Francis of West Newton led the event with assistance from Mrs Mabel Anderson, Mrs John Osborn, Mrs Robert Duncan and Miss Rosamond Spaulding.
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Yankee Division
Huntington Avenue
Yankee Auxiliary
Corabell Francis
West Newton
Mabel Anderson
John Osborn
Robert Duncan
Rosamond Spaulding
Sunday Travel Rule and Parson's Escape in Connecticut
Theophilus Parsons, later Chief Justice, left Hartford on a Saturday night and faced a Sunday travel ban. An innkeeper warned of arrest, but Parsons argued the officer could stop him not detain him. The tithing man finally relented as Parsons cross the Connecticut line, suspecting a lawyerly prank.
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Connecticut
Theophilus Parsons
Chief Justice Parsons
Hartford
Sawyer Parsons
Clemenceau Declares War Decided By U S Says Tiger
Georges Clemenceau spoke in Chicago saying the war’s fate was decided when America joined the fighting front. He defended France against charges of militarism, arguing France bore western front losses, and quipped that America’s aim was not to crush a man who owes money. He cited U S involvement as pivotal despite pro French reception.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Georges Clemenceau
General Grant
France
Jacob M. Dickinson
Charles G. Dawes
Clemenceau
Germany
America
Wedding Held on College Campus
Florence E. Whittier of Dorchester, formerly Miss Florence E. Whittier of Summitter race, Dorchester, married William Tisdel last Monday on the University of Missouri campus. The ceremony occurred on the anniversary night of their engagement with the bride wearing the knicker suit that inspired the proposal.
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William Tisdel
University of Missouri
Florence E. Whittier
Dorchester
Summit Terrace
Sick mother seeks missing son in Mansfield appeal
Mrs. John E. Tocci of 64 Pratt Street pleads through newspapers to locate her 22-year-old son Rocco Tocci who left home on September 26 possibly to seek a job in Boston and has not been heard from since. She suspects foul play. Rocco is five feet six inches, 150 pounds, dark complexioned with a scar over his right eye.
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Mansfield
John E. Tocci
Pratt Street
Rocco Tocci
Boston
Two Weeks Term for Driving While Drunk
Louis F Beauvais a Boston broker was sentenced to two weeks in the House of Correction by Judge Hammond in East Cambridge on a charge of operating his automobile under the influence of liquor. He appealed a prior six month sentence from Cambridge district court. His home was listed as 1399 Commonwealth Avenue Boston. The judge refused to fine him.
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Louis F. Beauvais
Boston
House of Correction
Hammond
East Cambridge
Drug Store Split Kicks Tales From Fall River
Napoleon Mayer of New Bedford says he was arrested in the North End for drunkenness after a quart bottle of denatured alcohol was found on him. He claimed the alcohol came from a New Bedford drug store and that a clerk advised diluting it with water and sugar to make a drink. Mayer was taken to City Hospital after a police surgeon examined him.
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Fall River
Napoleon Mayer
New Bedford
North End
Mayer
City Hospital
Fresh Strawberries for the President at Thanksgiving
Kissimere Florida growers sent a quantity of selected berries to the White House as President Harding is expected to enjoy fresh strawberries with his Thanksgiving dinner.
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Kissimere
Fla
Harding
Plant City
White House
Drug Patient Reaches Consciousness After Unknown Substance
Mayer drank an unidentified substance to test its effect and regains consciousness hours later. New Bedford police were notified and will investigate to determine if any law was broken by the druggist.
Fred Mansfield Globe Staff Writer Dies at 69
The obituary notes Fred S. Mansfield longtime Globe tennis writer died yesterday at Somerville Hospital after an operation in his 70th year. He was an outdoor games devotee known for rounders baseball tennis and cricket and led Globe tennis coverage since the 1890s while directing Newton Neighborhood Club work.
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Fred S. Mansfield
The
Globe
Somerville
Newton
Controversy Involving Cambridge City Hallopolitan Officials
Manager William Kelley spoke with Cambridge City Hall about complaints with city officials. Quinn was interviewed but Fel did not participate in the controversy.
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William Kelley
Cambridge City Hall
Quinn
Wilson Remedies: A Boston Firm’s Enduring Pharmacopoeia
The piece notes how Wilsons medicines gained trust through widespread use since 1845, with B. O. & G. C. Wilson supplying drug formulas long favored by physicians. It highlights the Wilson legacy from a small Central Street shop to a standard of purity in Massachusetts state practice.
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B. O
G. C. Wilson
Central Street
Boston
New England
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Winsor
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Vermont
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Isis
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Pass
Ana Iret
Beled Amet
Woman’s Auxiliary
Ydci
Lubhouse
Horace Z. Landon
John Lowell
C. G. Francis
BY William Justin Mann
J. A. Shoe Store
U.S
Tiger
Daniels, Inc
Fred Mansfield
Globe Staff
Bedell
Sid Fler
Washington &T
Becford
Cambridge American Legion
Revere Lodge of Elks
Wilson
Wilson Brothers
Tremont Row
Guardians of the Public Health
B. C. & G. C. Wilson
England
Canada
Australia
United States
Sanal
B. O. & G. C. Wilson, Inc
Cambridge Street
Boston, Mass
Winsol
Witweal Aeont
G. C. Sh Inc
Cambridge St
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