Death after fall in bed blamed on nose injury
George Harvey assistant manager of Boylston street near Massachusetts avenue was found dead in bed from a hemorrhage caused by falling from bed after a night of heavy drinking. Medical Examiner Dr Leary ruled it an accident as clothes gagged his neck and blood entered his lungs. Roommate T J O Donnell said they drank bad liquor at a party. The article notes a historical aside about early writing before printing.
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George Harvey
Massachusetts
Boylston Street
Enue
Bol
Piychy Leary Harvey
T. J. O’donnell
Heatch
O'Donnell
Harvey
Dr. Leary
Hope to Decide Checker Championship Today
Alfred Jordan and Louis Ginsberg battled to a draw through most of the Wells Memorial semi final. Asa Long, the 18 year old Ohio phenom, waited for the Jord an Ginsberg winner to face him in the final for the American championship.
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Alfred Jordan
England
Scotland
Louis Ginsberg
New York
Wells Memorial
Ginsberg
Long
Jordan
Checker
Wells Memorial Hall
Louis Ginsburg
Asa Long
Toledo
United States
Wondér
Ohio
Norfolk Conference Meeting of Unitarian Churches Held
The Norfolk Conference of Unitarian and other Christian churches will meet to discuss upcoming services and community outreach, with plans to coordinate regional events and interfaith activities.
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Norfolk
Roxbury Church Events Promised by John Eliot Square Tomorrow
The First Church in Roxbury invites the public to tomorrow afternoon and evening events at John Eliot Square. Details see church notices and local listings for times and activities.
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Roxbury
John Eliot Square
Auto Truck Accident Kills 2-Year-Old James Conley
James H. Conley, two, an auto mechanic of Roxbury, died at Guy Hospital from injuries after a truck on Columbia Road near Bird Street Dorchester struck him. Morris Hennessey of Dorchester, owner and operator of the truck, is held on a manslaughter tech charge. He says a Ford touring car later ran over the body and fled. Conley was supposedly brought to the hospital by Hennessey.
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James H. Conley
Huntington Avenue
Roxbury
Guy Hospital
Columbia Road
Bird Street
Dorchester
Morris Hennessey
Locust Street
Conley
Hennessey
George T. Fylep
Jay Street
South
Boston
Edgemakers Strike At Lynn Shoe Plant Over Price Schedules
Fifty edgemakers from the Allied Shoe Workers of America walked out at the Watson Shoe Company in Lynn after a conference between the Manufacturers' Association and Mayor McPherres arbitration committee failed to materialize. The dispute centers on price lists between firms and workers with a settlement expected after the mayor returns from the American Legion convention in New Orleans.
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Allied Shoe Workers of America
Watson Shoe Company
Lynn
Manufacturers’ Association
McPherres
American Legion
New Orleans
Mrs Shulpa Dies From Shot Wounds After Husband Shooting
New Bedford report states Mrs Alta L Loper Schulpa died at St Luke's Hospital from wounds inflicted by her husband Peter Joyce Schulpa of 16 Priscilla Street. Her mother Mrs Cora Loper of Detroit was at the bedside. The child remains an orphan after both parents deaths. Peter Schulpa, listed as 312 years old, has been adopted by Mrs Loper under a probate court petition.
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New Bedford
Alta L. Loper Schulpa
Peter Joyce Schulpa
Priscilla Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Cora Loper
Detroit
Mich
Barricaded Man Ends Four-Hour Standoff In Branford
Oscar Blumquist 35 a moulder shot himself after four hours hiding in Branford home. State police forced entry found him dead on the floor. A farewell message to his wife and family was written on the wall. He had driven his wife and two children from the house at gunpoint and fired at passing trolley cars and autos.
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Branford
Conn
Oscar Blumquist
Ice cream paunch overtakes beer bay window in national survey
United News reports a National Life Insurance study showing Americans grow fatter post prohibition as belts notch up and vest buttons pop. The survey links shift from saloon to sweet shop with increased corpulence and notes Jamaica plans a Kingston area plant to convert rum into industrial alcohol.
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Chicago
United News
National Life Insurance Company
United States
Jamaica
Kingston
Elks Press for Open Hospital and Lease Termination
Resolutions adopted by Federal Employees Union 25 of Boston demand the Elks Hospital remain open for general treatment. They also call for surrender of the Robert Pigham Hospital lease at its December 31, 1922 expiry.
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Heep Elks’ Hospital
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Elks’ Hospital
Federal Employees Union 25
Boston
Veterans’ Hospital
Robert Prigham Hospital
Banker Klinck of New London Dead
Charles H. Klinck 70 longtime New London financier died after a yearlong illness. He was president of Union Bank and Trust Company, a 382d degree Mason, and member of Brainerd Lodge Palestine Commandery K T Elks New London Lodge. Survived by two daughters Mrs Wilde K E Clarke and Mrs Herbert D Crandall.
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New London
Charles H. Klinck
Brainerd Lodge of Palestine Commandery
K. T
New London Lodge of Elks
Klinck
Union Bank and Trust Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wilde KE. Clarke
Herbert D. Crandall
Prize cow Brilliant dazzles visitors at Abham Farm in Salem
In Salem New Hampshire on October 23 visitors flocked to Abham Farm to see a prize cow named Brilliant who appears with a trained sequence turning on lights and water taps before drinking. The owner George Tenny values the cow around ten thousand dollars amid local attention. Insurance offices originated in London in 1667.
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Salem
N. H
George Tenny
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Hallowe’en
Lace
Filene
London
Qui
Waldemar
Filene’s
Europe
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