Avon Railroad Tragedy Claims Two Local Men
Two young men from this town were killed at the Avon station when the Boston and Montello express crashed through stopping carriages at 32 o clock. Raymon S. Blodgett aged 28 of Brockton shot dead instantly. Brooks D. Billiett 24 a Brockton resident and Edison Electric worker died of injuries on the way to hospital.
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Avon
New Haven Railroad
Boston and Montello Express
Raymon S. Blodgett
Keith Shoe Company
Brockton
Brooks D. Billiett
Edison Electric Company of
Boston
Brockton Hospital
Centre Team Heads to Hotel Lenox Before Departure
The Centre team, led by Captain BN Sich Onete, with 25 players, arrived in Boston last night at 8 31. They disembarked at Huntington avenue station and went to the Hotel Lenox to be quartered until their departure at 11 o clock Saturday night. Tory Leaders Give Pledge Carry Out Lloyd George Treaty With Ireland.
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Howard G. Reynolds
Boston
Post _ The Centre
Cobleze' Ln
BN Sich
Huntington Avenue
Hotel Lenox
Ireland
David Lloyd George Entered the Wilderness After Seven Prime Ministerial Years
In a Manchester speech London October 19 David Lloyd George described his political fate as entering the wilderness after seven years in office including three wartime and four postwar years. He reflected on his legacy and future role.
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London
Associated Press
David Lloyd George
Manchester
Legioners Turn Guns on Lawyer Incident Silent at Convention
Massachusetts delegates head to the fourth annual American Legion convention instructed to vote after the first roll call. The crowd voices strong denunciations of a physician as Brigadier General appeals for removal and Pershing receives a warm welcome from veterans in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Massachusetts
of the American Legion
Kisses Girl Loots House in Bergenfield Incident
Marguerite Raizen, four, lost faith in men after a kiss burglar entered her home in Bergenfield New Jersey on October 19. Her mother found an ornamental bread tray missing and others items as the intruder kissed the child and told her to go to sleep.
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Bergenfield
N. J
United News
Marguerite Raizen
Marguerite
Gordoni Granted Divorce From Nora Bayes by Court
New York October 19 Supreme Court Justice Lehman approved referee John Godfrey Saxe's report recommending a divorce for Paul Gordoni from Nora Bayes the musical comedy and vaudeville star. The suit stemmed from a raid on Miss Bayes home in which Gordoni was alleged to be seen with Spencer Welton a banker.
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New York
Supreme Court
Lehman Today
John Godfrey Saxe
Paul Gordoni
Nora Bayes
Gordoni
Miss Bayes
Spencer Welton
Avon train mishap leaves one dead
Blodgett was returning from work and stepped from the Boston bound train five minutes after its schedule. He was among a dozen passengers alighting at Avon when Elliott, en route to Boston, crossed to the inbound track. Neither appeared to suffer further injury.
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Blodgett
Boston
Avon
Elliott
Babe Ruth's wife avoids serious injuries after car crash
Mrs Helen Ruth wife of Babe Ruth narrowly escapes harm when her racing car skids on Pelham Parkway near the New Haven Hartford bridge hits a tree. She suffers a bruised knee and scratches while chauffeur Walter Irving survives. Ruth continues to the Hotel Ansonia as she recovers. Ruth is on a barnstorming tour in the middle West.
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New York
Helen Ruth
George Herman Ruth
Babe
Pelham Parkway
Ruth
Walter Irving
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Irving
Fordham Hospital
Schwartz
Ansonia
Ruths
Middle West
Ford Confidence Shown as Bluenose Race Sails
Gloucester reports anticipation for the 1922 International Fishermen's Race with the Bluenose of Canada and the Henry Ford of Gloucester preparing to sail at 10 o clock Saturday morning. Hotels fill as crowds gather to watch the event and cheer their favored schooner.
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Gloucester
Bluenose
Canada
Henry Ford
Young Woman Takes Poison in Dover Street Drug Store
Pauline Ford a 22 year old Roxbury resident, living at 616 Dudley Street, attempted suicide by swallowing eight grains of veronal in a drug store at the Dover and Washington streets corner. She was taken to City Hospital unconscious, after quarrels with relatives were cited by Mrs. E C Sebastia who hosted her.
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Pauline Ford
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Dover
Washington Streets
City Hospital
E. C. Sebastia
Sextette Weds at Death Bed in Bronx
In New York on October 19 Dr Lipkind told Mrs Vena Hoffman she had hours to live. She brought her three children Fannie 25 Harry 23 Dorothy 21 together with fiancés to her bedside and arranged three marriages. Deputy Clerk McCabe issued licenses as a rabbi presided and the mother died that night.
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New York
A. Lipkind
Vena Hoffman
Fannie
Harry
Dorothy
Max Hoppin
Nathan Rasnikow
Lance
Ethel Becker
McCabe
R Abbi
Hoffman
Bronx
Arrest of Nantucket Girl on Larceny Charge After Hospital Discharge
Miss Jean Cartwright an 18 year old of Nantucket confessed to Belmont police the theft of jewelry and a valuable coat from a residence where she worked as a domestic. She was recovering at City Hospital after an injury from a fall or leap from the convict ship Success two weeks ago and was taken into custody by Lieutenant Parks after discharge. An aunt posted 500 cash bail for her appearance in East Cambridge District Court today on the larceny charge.
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Jean Cartwright
Nantucket
Belmont Police
Lieutenant Parks
Belmont
East Cambridge
Death Case Near Li aN YT 2 Ee
A local report details a death case near Li aN YT 2 ee, with investigators pursuing a crime solution. Authorities describe the scene, collect evidence, and query potential witnesses as they seek a timely resolution.
Detective Receives an Unsigned Letter In Hall Mills Case
The investigation into the double slaying of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and choir singer Eleanor Reinhardt Mills narrows to the suspects tied to an unsigned letter. Authorities, keeping tight control, have moved their official headquarters to Bounderbrook, New Jersey, as they pursue leads.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Associated Press
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
Bounderbrook
Thief Captured After Jewelry Heist at Howard and Co
Bernard Ross, manager at 291 Washington Street jewelers, vaulted the showcase and ran 50 yards across Washington Street to tackle Frank Hawkins who threw a brick through the window and seized two diamond and platinum trinkets valued at 500 dollars.
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Bernard Ross
Howard and Company
Washington Street
Frank Hawkins
Robbery clash on Washington street ends with arrest
At 7 o clock on Washington street Hawkins attacked Ross after a glass break. Ross grabbed a platinum solitaire ring and a diamond wrist watch from Hawkins. Hawkins was held for larceny charges at City Hall Avenue station. he claimed desperation and no home. Ross at 20 Floyd Street Dorchester and clerk Howard Glickman guarded the shop.
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Hawkins
Washington Street
Ross
George Smith
City Hall Avenue
Floyd Street
Dorchester
Howard Glickman
Brookline
Yesterday's Thompson Temperature Readings Shown
Temperature chart for Thompson shows readings from 6 a m to 9 p m with highs around 70 and lows near 61. Average yesterday 120 24 compared with 655 24 a year ago.
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Thompson
Spa
Blaze Caused by Cold Snap Damages Stores in Randolph
A fire linked to the cold snap damaged L. H. Porter drug store and Robert McAuliffe shoe store in Randolph, estimated at 200 dollars. Steam pipes overheated, smoke filled the central office of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company where six girls stayed at their posts. Miss Anna Brady, an operator, discovered the blaze.
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Randolph
L. H. Porter
Robert McAuliffe
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Anna Brady
Falls 40 Feet Caught by Pal
David Feeney aged 72 from Watertown fell 40 feet from a rear staging at 153 Charles Street on Wednesday. A broken telephone line cable broke his fall 12 feet from the ground, and his coworker James Dowling 56 caught him by shoulder straps. Both men were shaken but uninjured and returned to work the next day.
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David Feeney
Alden Street
Watertown
Charles Street
James Patrick Dowling
North Grove Street
Anachronous Minding Partial Notices and Dates
A fragmentary OCR item mentions clocks and lighting with scattered dates and events. It recalls Russia repulsing Germans at Warsaw in 1914 and Cyprus offered to Greece in 1915, plus other dated notes about ships, strikes, and a Roosevelt tomb event near Oyster Bay.
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Russia
Warsaw
England
Cyprus
Greece
Mouth of the Danube
Ball Brotherhood
R. R. Labor Board
Dina
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Weather forecast for Boston and surrounding New England
The forecast calls for Friday to be fair with colder conditions by night. Saturday should be fair with winds shifting from northwest to north. Mostly cloudy in northern New England on Friday with cooler temperatures, and colder but fair in southern New England on Friday night and Saturday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Sandy Hook
Randy Hook
Hatteras
Weather Brief Predicts Windy Mild Day and Cold Night
Forecasters say today will be fair with stronger winds. Tonight expected to drop cold with a brisk wind chill across the area.
French Film Taken Off Boulevard Picture House
The French government sequestered an American film after Cleo De Merode, once a world renowned dancer, sued to stop its showing claiming it depicted her life and adventures. The action followed her lawsuit and the film’s removal from a Paris boulevard venue.
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Paris
Boulevard Picture House
Cleo de Merode
Pipes Freeze At Rutland Vermont
Rutland Vermont reports the lowest October temperature in years with readings from six to thirteen degrees. Water froze at a single house and fruit was ruined across the area.
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Rutland
Brandon
Coronation Boston Blend Coffee Flavor Comparison
A brief note promotes Coronation Boston Blend as a mild coffee option for lovers of light roasts. It invites comparison with coffees available elsewhere and markets Alpha as a competing choice.
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Coronation Boston
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