Reward Offered for Missing Belmont Gas Ruth Meek
A $100 reward was posted by Sprott M Meek of Belmont for information leading to the whereabouts of Ruth Meek 14 and Gertrude Metcalf 14 who disappeared on Tuesday Oct 17 after leaving Belmont High School. Police in Greater Boston and other cities are notified and cooperating. Ruth is described as small with dark hair blue eyes pale. Gertrude is blond tall and may be mistaken for 18 and once worked in a Boston theatre as an usher.
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Sprott M. Meek
Unity Avenue
Belmont
Ruth Meek
Gertrude Metcalf
Watertown
Greater Boston
New England
New
Boston
McCormack
Handel
Raleigh scout cruiser launched at Fore River yards
The United States Raleigh, a scout cruiser named for Raleigh North Carolina, was launched yesterday afternoon at Fore River shipyards. Miss Jennie Proctor of Raleigh christened the ship, which has 424 officers and men and a speed of several knots per hour. The launch followed by a luncheon attended by Mayor Eldridge and other city officials.
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Raleigh
Jennie Proctor
North Carolina
Fore River
Quincy
N. C
Joel Lane
Detroit
Miss Proctor
T. B. Eldridge
The
Shipbuilding Company
Neighborhood Club
Bradford
David J. Bri
Boston
Henry Ford Narrowly Escapes Arrest Near Watervliet
Henry Ford, the famed automaker, narrowly avoids arrest in Watervliet after a chauffeur drives a car past a standing trolley as a motorcycle officer pursues. The chase ends when Ford reaches Reen Island, outside Watervliet jurisdiction, before officials realize the risk. The incident leaves Ford unaware of the near encounter until later.
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Feans
Watervliet
Unidentified Woman Found Unconscious On Warren Avenue
An unidentified woman about 45 years old was found unconscious on Warren Avenue and rushed to City Hospital where she remains on the danger list. She is 5 feet 4 inches, 140 pounds with dark complexion, hair and eyes, wearing a green coat, green sweater, and plaid skirt.
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Warren Avenue
Wild Cat Brought Down While Rabbit Hunting Near Bakersville
In Winsted Connecticut on January 25 Clarence Marsh George Pinney and another West Hill man hunting rabbits saw two eyes in a tree. Pinney fired and a large wild cat weighing 29 and a half pounds fell to the ground after the shot from a shotgun. The dogs promptly killed the animal.
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Winsted
Conn
Bakersville
Clarence Marsh
George Pinney
West Hill
Marsh
Pinney
Roosevelt Jr. Calmly Rebuked On Adirondack Train
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on a New York train to support Governor Miller was scolded by a conductor for smoking on the platform. The conductor apologized when he learned the passenger was Theodore Roosevelt Jr. who then laughed and said the conductor was right.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Miller
Roosevelt
Adirondacks
New York
Big Moose
T. R
Rooosevelt
Teddy, Jr
No Fisherman but Made a Good Haul
The Mary F. Ruth a New Bedford schooner not a fishing vessel had a good haul off Block Island last Thursday. Federal court actions began to condemn and sell floating articles including two chests of tea five barrels of castor oil a barrel of coconut oil a barrel of linseed oil a bag of coffee beans a box of walnut meats three bags of nuts broken smoking sets and a case of second hand cooking utensils. The crew claim no vessel was in sight when found.
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New Bedford
Mary F. Ruth
John A. Swim
Block Island
First Telephone Rates Set At $130 A Year
The initial telephone tariff was fixed at 130 dollars annually marking the birth of commercial telephony. This rate defined early access costs as providers began expanding telephone service to customers.
John McCormack Sings in Boston After Illness
An immense, capacity crowd filled Symphony Hall in Boston for John McCormack’s return concert after his near fatal illness last April. The audience’s enthusiasm built to a tremendous ovation by the end of the performance.
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Symphony Hall
John McCormack
Boston
McCormack Shows Enduring Mastery In Returns Concert
The tenor faced a tense reunion with a critical public yet delivered a soaring Handel opening and a moving recital. Despite lingering illness he sang with refined legato and emotional depth, earning extended applause for Irish folk songs and encores.
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Mr. McCormack
Handel
McCormack
Frank Bridge
Granville Bantock
Rachmaninoff
Paris Angelicus
Cesar Franck
America
Franck
County Down
Ireland
Thomas Lyman
Rossea
Bridewell Recital by Carrie Bridewell in Boston
Olin Downes reviews Carrie Bridewell at Jordan Hall praising her contralto with superb range when focused and English songs where she is most at home. He notes uneven effects in other languages, throaty tone at times, and says passion erupts without balance, marking greatest strengths in English repertoire.
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Mme
Carrie Bridewell
Boston
Europe
Jordan Hall
Vaughan Willams
Fourdrain
Mme. Bridewell
Bridewell
Escapee Benjamin Tranquillo Returns to Deer Island
Benjamin Tranquillo, who escaped from Long Island December 2, 1920, surrendered to Deputy Institutions Commissioner Dennis J. Driscoll at Framingham. He had served part of a 24 month sentence, worked at the R. H. Long Company shoe factory, and admitted guilt to the escape in Suffolk Superior Court. He was returned to Deer Island to finish the sentence.
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Benjamin Tranquillo
Long Island
Dennis J. Driscoll
Framingham
R. H. Long Company
Deer Island
Quincy
Sisk
Suffolk Superior Court
Stoneham to Have Real Society Circus Tonight
The Stoneham Visiting Nurse Association presents a one ring society circus at Armory Hall Stoneham tonight and tomorrow with clowns wild animals cowboys Indians ballet dancers and more. A sale of homemade candles cakes and ice cream accompanies the show and a popular girl contest will crown Miss Stoneham with the highest votes.
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Stoneham
Cavalry Society Circus Promises Spectacular Hippodrome Shows
The 110th Cavalry prepares a large circus at the Commonwealth Armory transforming the riding ring into a grand arena for a horse show and society circus. One thousand people and 1000 horses will participate with matinees scheduled midweek and on Saturday. Exhibits include National Lancers Lexington Minute Men and Fusileers with rough riders, Roman races, hurdle riding and cowboy acts.
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Commonwealth Armory
110Th Cavalry
National Lancers
Lexington Minute Men
Fusileers
Too Many Bad Laws Says Woman Lecturer
Professor Bessie N. Paige of Boston University College of Secretarial Science told her class that there are too many laws and not enough enforcement. She urged strict enforcement to reveal their flaws and remove them from the books.
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Bessie N. Paige
Boston University College of Secretarial Science
Walpole Teachers' Club Offers Home Comforts at Low Cost
The Walpole Centre Development Company operates the Teacherage on School Street now in its third year. Ten teachers can stay at ten rooms with a matron, meals, and a maid for dishwashing at ten dollars weekly plus a one dollar Sunday surcharge.
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Walpole
Walpole Centre
School Street
L. L. Sanders
Bishop-Elect Endorses Church Service League Support
The Church Service League at Pauls Cathedral won approval from bishop coadjutor-elect Rev. Charles J. Mitery D C. Massachusetts. Dr Slattery praised the league’s work and its potential for parish diocese and churchwide benefit.
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Church Service League
Paul's Cathedral
Charles J. Mitery
D. C
Massachusetts
Dementia? No. Walter Ward Dies After Street Collapse
Walter Ward aged 63 of Tremont Street, an outpatient at the consumptive hospital on Dillaway Street, South End, collapsed on the street yesterday afternoon and died.
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Walter Ward
of & Tremont Street
Dillaway Street
South End
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