Fastest A Human Travel Speeds Past Train Times
An army pilot flown at 4.14 miles per minute would reach Arlington Heights Belmont Newton Melrose Highlands Watertown Waverley and Winchester in two minutes, far faster than rail times of 23 to 26 minutes. Portland Maine 109 miles away would take 3 hours 29 minutes by train but 27 minutes by air. Montpelier Vermont 7 12 hours by train could be reached in 52 minutes by this speed plane.
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Maughan
Arlington Heights
Belmont
Newton
Melrose Hichlands
Watertown
Waverley
Winchester
Portland
Montpelier
Rival Mothers of Kidnapped Boy Face Legal Battle
Two women claim motherhood of a kidnapped boy and agree to use DNA like evidence to prove parentage. Each identifies the child by a distinctive scar during court discussions. Mrs Choquette supports the state’s move to establish legal parentage and custody.
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Choquette
Choquette Child Custody Case Uses Blood Test Battle
A Taunton District Court judge weighs the custody dispute of a boy known as Robert Ernest Beede and Russell Everett Smith as two women claim motherhood. The case hinges on identification evidence amid a charity charge and a historic Solomon era precedent.
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Robert Ernest Beede
Russell Everett Smith
Taunton
Solomon
Kingdom of
Israel
Legion Men See Insult In Dry Writ Fight For Bonus Goes On
Vice Commander George S. Berry denounces a federal writ barring 47 New Orleans saloons from liquor sales during the convention as an insult to the American Legion. He criticizes Harding, the Veterans Bureau, and the President for indifference as the bonus dispute continues.
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New Orleans
George S. Berry
American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau Congress
Eight Hours Frail Tale of Death Fire and Birth in Haverhill
In Haverhill on October 16 a car carpenter William Leblanc’s home saw a birth and a death followed by a house fire within hours. Mrs Eva Leblanc became a mother at three pm and died within two hours. Firemen battled a roof blaze as the family mourned nearby.
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Haverhill
William Leblanc
Orchard, Street
Eva Leblanc
William
Stricken Dead While Driving in Cambridge
Charles C Buffam 73 of Keene New Hampshire died suddenly yesterday afternoon while driving on Massachusetts avenue Cambridge His wife with him watched his head drop onto the steering wheel The auto struck a milk wagon and stalled by Bay street The body was taken to Cambridge City Hospital where death was attributed to heart trouble No injuries were reported from the collision
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Charles C. Buffam
Keene, N. H
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Bay Street
Cambridge City Hospital
One Exciting Night at Tre Mont Temple Thrills
Advertising copy notes a thrilling performance titled One Exciting Night featuring D W Griffith at Tre Mont Temple with dramatic ad language.
Axe descends at City Hall in water department shake-up
Mayor Curley ordered Joseph A. Rourke to remove Superintendent Robert W. Wilson and recommended cutting Division Engineer Frank A. McInnes’s salary from 5000 to 4000 dollars a year.
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City Water Department
Curley
Joseph A. Rourke
Public Works
Robert W. Wilson
Frank A. McInnes
Curley Extends City Registration Hours to Ten PM
Mayor James Curley ordered election commissioners to extend registration in all 26 wards from 2 PM to 10 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The change follows a conference with Charles H. McGlue representing Colonel Gaston and John F Fitzgerald to ensure rapid Democratic registration growth does not deter voters. Additional registrars were rushed to Ward 11 Dorchester to handle crowds.
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Curley
Charles H. McGlue
Colonel Gaston
John F. Fitzgerald
McGlue
Dorchester
Ford Cuts Prices Again Nationwide Auto Price Reduction
Ford announces a $50 cut on all car models to take effect tomorrow at Ford sales agencies nationwide. The action follows Mr Ford's policy to reduce prices quickly while preserving capital for business plans. No immediate cut on Ford tractors was learned.
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Detroit
Mich
United News
Ford
Ford Company
Hart's Illness Restores Wife Reconciliation
William Hart the noted two gun star was gravely ill for three days and nights but has recovered enough to restore his reconciliation with wife Winfred Westover his former leading lady in many images a well authenticated family source said today in Los Angeles October 16.
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Los Angeles
William Hart
Hart
Winfred Westover
Teen horses finish endurance run in nine hours
Brandon Vermont October 16 seven teen horses out of twenty one completed the fourth annual endurance test for cavalry mounts. Rustem Bey an Arab led the field at the finish, followed by another grade horse as they returned to stables after nine hours on the course.
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Brandon
Rustem Bey
Eagle boat 31 abandoned after wreck off Cuttyhunk
Eagle boat No. 31 wrecked on Sow and Pigs ledge off Cuttyhunk was abandoned by a 385 man crew. Hull punctured, engine room flooded, oil tanks broken. Lt Cmdr P W Brizby and crew taken to Cuttyhunk by the Chewink. Coast guard crews from Gay Head and Cuttyhunk arrived as efforts to rescue failed.
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Vineyard Haven
Pigs Ledge
Cuttyhunk
P. W. Brizby
Chewink
Gay Head
Cuttyhunk Coast Guard
One Exciting Night at Tremont Temple Ad
An advertisement announces D. W. Griffith presented film One Exciting Night at Tremont Temple. The notice notes showtimes and venue for the screening.
Army pilot sets world airplane speed record in test
Lieutenant R L Maughan, U S Army, achieved an official speed record during government tests at Mt Clemens Michigan covering one kilometer at 248.5 miles per hour. The feat established him and another man as the first to surpass previous speed marks.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Associated Press
R. L. Maughan
United States Army
National Air
Holidays for Postal Employees Extended to Local Holidays
Washington Oct 16 Postal employees long required to work during local or State holidays will soon be allowed to join in festivities under an order by Postmaster General Work. The order directs postmasters to release workers as conditions permit when business is virtually suspended, maintaining service standards while expanding holiday liberty and urging equitable distribution of the privilege.
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Washington
Boxing results from arena bouts and regional wins
Downey defeats Siegel in 10 rounds in Philadelphia Young Montreal beats Battling Mack in 8. Tremaine defeats Curtin in 8. Shevlin draws Latzo in 10 in Wilkes Barre. Schoell defeats Latzo in Buffalo. Travers defeats Shubert in 10 in New Bedford. Full reports on pages 19 20 and 21.
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Arena
Bryan Downey
Nate Siegel
Philadelphia
Young Montreal
Battling Mack
Carl Tremaine
Johnny Curtin
Wilkesbarre
Eddie Shevlin
Pete Latzo
Buffalo
Frankie Schoell
Steve Latzo
New Bedford
Mickey Travers
al Shubert
Britain Rejects U S Proposal On Right of Search
Washington note from Ambassador Geddes hands to Secretary Hughes announces Britain's rejection of the American plan to extend the right of search to 12 miles off shore. The reply addresses enforcement concerns over illicit liquor smuggling into the United States raised in Hughes' June 26 note.
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Washington
Hughes
Geddes
United States
Weather Outlook From Old Farmer Prediction
An old farmer predicts overcast unsettled weather with occasional showers. Expect falling temperatures today and tonight with variable skies and possible cool winds.
Boston Lawyer Jerome Pastene Dies in Court Notice
In Suffolk County Court Mrs. Pastene heard closing arguments in a suit to restrain Little Building trustees from terminating her lease when word arrived that her husband Jerome J. Pastene had died of a general paralytic stroke at Foxboro State Hospital where he had been confined two months.
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Jerome J. Pastene
Boston
Equity Merit
Suffolk County Court
Mystery boy case ties Maine boy to stolen child claim
The boy found on a La Grange farm and brought to Dighton by Mrs. Clarence E. Smith is suspected of being her son missing since 1919. Mrs. Eugene Choquette, wife of a wanderer, also claims maternity and faces kidnap charges as court actions begin in Taunton.
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Eugene Choquette
Wrentham
Russell Everett Smith
Dighton
la Grange
Clarence E. Smith
Maine
Frederick E. Austin
First
Bristol District Court
Taun
Moon and Sun Almanac Note for Evening Vehicle Lights
The column notes light all vehicles tonight at 5 31 with references to sun moon positions and page continuation for timing details of the Bulletin.
Today in War Anniversaries and Losses
A brief listing of historical dates: 1854 siege of Sebastopol begun, 1915 Russians claim to push back Germans and Austrians, 1917 US transport Antilles torpedoed with about 70 lives lost, 1918 Douai falls to Allies, and a note that Pershing laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey last year.
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Sebastopol
Antilles
Douai
Ostendaken
General Pershing
Westminster Abbey
Britain
Showers and Cooler Weather Bring Change to Boston Area
Showers are forecast for Tuesday and Tuesday night with cooler air arriving Tuesday night. Wednesday is expected to be fair and much cooler with winds shifting from south and southwest to west and northwest as conditions clear in New England.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
One Exciting Night at Tremont Temple Ad
The Glober advertises W. Griffiths comedy One Exciting Night at Tremont Temple with dignified playgoers turning to roars of laughter. The notice highlights the lively reception and public interest in the feature.
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W. Griffith
Tremont Temple
The
Glober Advt
Italian Lover Slays Woman Then Kills Himself in Boston
Lawrence Dazzio 2% years shot and killed Miss Josephin Gentile 18 in her Bremen Street home yesterday noon. He then shot himself and died at Relief Hospital about 9 PM. Police found a note claiming he would not let her live and planned both killings.
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Lawrence Dazzio
Josephin
Bremen
Boston
Dazzio
Italy
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