Man Slain and Body Cast Into Pond Near Cambridge
The unidentified Italian man was shot in the brain and hacked after death, then dumped into Cider Mill Pond near Huron Avenue at the Cambridge Belmont line. Police suspect a revenge killing linked to a love affair involving an East Boston man who eloped with the victim’s lover. John McElroy, a Belmont plumber, found blood on Huron Avenue early yesterday morning.
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East Boston
Cider Mill Pond
Huron Avenue
Cambridge-Belmont
Jal
Cambridge
Boston
Pawtucket
Providence
R. I
John McElroy
Dartmouth Street
Belmont
Wards
Horace D. Litcheld
Lafayette Square
Joseph L. A. Cavagnaro
Boston Police
Joseph L. Ferrari
Silas P. Smith
State Department
Patrick Hurley
Cambridge Detective Bureau
Rhode Island
Corpses Found by Fresh Pond in Belchertown Lover's Lane
A body was found near Fresh Pond with a closed pocket knife and a purse containing 12.20. The victim, a man about 40 years old, five six, with a moustache, wore a brown jacket and dark trousers. A bullet wound to the brain indicated a close range shooting, possibly carried from a house to Huron Avenue. Investigators traced two cars and questioned local residents as Cambridge police and state officers aided in the case.
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Belmont
Cambridge
Charles Presho
Patrick McCarthy
Charles Quigles
John Powers
John Neilan
James Landriggan
Huron Avenue
David C. Dow
T. M. Durell
Somerville
Henry M. MacDonald
Woman Drops Dead in North Cambridge Station
Mrs. Margaret Crawley 67 of 15 Warren Street West Medford collapsed at North Cambridge Station Boston & Maine. She died last night with her daughter Mrs Ralph M Spinney of 5 Usher Road West Medford by her side. Medical Examiner David C Dow ruled heart disease as the cause.
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Margaret Crawley
Warren Street
West Medford
Cambridge
Boston & Maine
Ralph M. Spinney
Usher Road
David C. Dow
Fire decimates Roxbury paint shop damaging cars
A Roxbury blaze at 47 South Hampden Street destroyed the Guy Green paint shop and damaged about 50 cars. Exploding gasolene tanks endangered firefighters who fought the flames, prompting a second alarm as three family houses nearby required constant wetting down to prevent spread. Firemen from engine company 12 were nearly suffocated by smoke but rescued by comrades.
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Guy Green
Hampden Street
Roxbury
Kelly
Engine Company 12
Woman Dies After Moonshine Drinking Tragedy
Mrs. Josie E. Painter aged 45 died en route to City Hospital after consuming moonshine at a rooming house on 22 East Brookline Street South End. A man living with her, said to be her husband, has vanished and is being sought by police. Read details show possible aliases and addresses including Fabyan New Hampshire and New York City.
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Josie E. Painter
City Hospital
East Dedham Street
East Brookline Street
South End
Painter
George Maloof
Edward Painter
Fabyan
N.I
Jessie Coakley
Feban
N. H
Josie
Fabyan House
White Mountains
E. Painter
West 47Th Street
New York City
Stapleton, Baron and Company
Double Wedding Ties North End and East Boston Italians
Misses Mary and Rose Carlino sisters wed Biagei and Cosmo Clementi in a ceremony at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer East Boston Father Patrick H Riley officiated Attendees included Mr and Mrs Shaggi Clementi and Mr and Mrs Joseph Carlino brothers and sister of the brides
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Boston
Cosmo Clementi
Biaggi Clementi
Rose
Mary
Carlino
North End
East Boston
Rose Carlino
Biagei
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Patrick H. Riley
Shaggi Clementi
John Matti
Eliot Endorses Nicholls for U S Senate Seat
Dr. Charles W. Eliot emeritus Harvard President yesterday endorsed John A Nicholls as a Prohibition party candidate to represent Massachusetts in the United States Senate. He authorized use of his name on Nicholls campaign circular and declined further comment on his reasons.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
John A Nicholls
Massachusetts
United States Senate
Prohibition Party
Eliot
Nicholls
Injuries From Trolley Fatal in Worcester
William Barnard aged 85 of 85 Gertrude Avenue Worcester died at City Hospital twelve hours after a one man trolley car accident. He was among the oldest residents in the United States and had accompanied John Brown at Ossawatamie and witnessed the inaugurations of Presidents Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
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Worcester
William ©. Barnard
Gertrude Avenue
Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company
City Hospital
Barnard
United States
John Brown
Ossawatomie
Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
A Sinclair Lewis Story in Boston Sunday Post Magazine
Sinclair Lewis, author of Babbitt and Main Street, will publish a story in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The feature highlights his wide readership and noted literary stature.
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Sinclair Lewis
Knickered Wellesley Waitresses Arrested for Larceny
Gene Roth and Billy Burse two Boston dining hall waitresses from Wellesley College were arrested in a Boston hotel on larceny charges. Police seized a roomful of expensive garments estimated in the thousands, obtained while posing as Wellesley students. The pair had charge accounts at Boston stores and were brought to Wellesley by Chief Kingsbury after questioning.
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Gene Roth
Mildred Ross
Stamford
Back Bay
Chief Kingsbury
Wellesley
Boston
Wellesley College
Kingsbury
the Post
Why I Am a Catholic Lecture in Brighton
Rev. Fr. Xavier Sutton C P delivered the final lecture in his non-Catholics series at St Gabriel's Monastery Brighton. The talk titled Why I am a Catholic argued Catholicism provides proof of the divine religion founded by Christ and included pre-lecture Q A based on written questions.
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Xavier Sutton
C. P
St. Gabriel's Monastery
Brighton
Sutton
Proofs of Christ’s divine church and its lasting reach
The speaker argues that Christ founded a divine religion and a perpetual Church. He asserts Jesus organized a universal Church through His apostles and that the Catholic Church alone can supply the proofs of a divinely originated faith for all time. He cites biblical lines to support continuity beyond His earthly ministry.
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Father Sutton
Earth
Christ
Church of Christ
Church of God
Catholic Lecturer Defends Church Unity and Infallibility
A lecturer argued for the Catholic Church's holiness and universality, claiming worldwide unity in ceremonies and in the Pope's leadership. He contended that until the sixteenth century all Christians followed one faith, and that Bible alone cannot replace Christ's church as the rule of faith.
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Hell
Rome
Dead hero still unidentified soldier rests in Boston hospital
The body of Boston's unknown soldier, a World War I veteran with six decorations, lies in City Hospital as investigators seek his identity. Friends report mixed addresses as Medical Examiner Leary seeks records from Los Angeles and Washington while American Legion members examine the veteran's belongings and medals.
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Boston
City Hospital
Angus C. MacGregor
Government
West Roxbury
John F. McDevitt
West Roxbury Hospital
MacGregor
Burlington
Kennebunkport
Newton
Timothy Leary
Los Angeles
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Vincent J. Breen
Dorchester
American Legion
Breen
Royal Air Force
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North
Pluto
French Lick
the Press Publishing Co
New York
Evening Work
Saing
Maurice Ketten
Nicholson Files
Nicholson
Providence, Rhode Island
Joseph Carlino
DR. Eliot
Nature
Jordan
Fr. Sutton
Boston Post
Boston Pose
Boston Pact
Office of the Post
Dewey Square
Washington Street
Sunday Post
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