Wedding ring tragedy sparks gunfire and struggle
Wells, a prisoner with a prior record, fired a revolver as chaos erupted near a car. Women screamed and fled while blood stained the scene. Gordon G. Gillard of Medford, a New England Telephone employee, fought the shooter to disarm him and keep him for police.
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Wells
Gordon G. Gillard
Medford
New England Telephone Company
Boston
The
New England Telephone
Wells kills wife and attorney on Boston trolley
A man fatally shot his wife and her attorney on a crowded trolley at Stimpson and Washington streets near Dedham. Wells fired six shots striking both victims and injuring others before being captured by police. The incident follows a bitter divorce and alleged alimony disputes. Wells, a tailor from Dedham, faces murder charges as his children face uncertain care.
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Mensiire Harrington & Richardson
Wells
West Rox Dire
West Roxbury
Tt Wan
Washington and
Stimpson
Dedham
Mr. Altmeyer
Mrs. Wells
Gillard
M. J. Doyle
School Street
Boston
Doyle
Altmeyer
House of Correction
All Right 10 Play for Cash in New York
Magistrate McGeehan dismisses charges against Eddie Sherman and 17 others arraigned for disorderly conduct after testimony that they were playing cards for money. He noted that card playing for money is not unlawful if it does not amount to a livelihood, and criticized arrests as harassment.
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New York
McGeehan
Eddie Sherman
John O'Hara
First Inspection District
Clothing Drive For Labrador Children Urgent Appeal
A letter from Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell at St. Anthony Labrador requests warm clothing for Labrador coast children and families. The National Child Welfare Association appeals Boston Post readers for donated wearables and footwear, to be sent to 70 Fifth Avenue New York for forwarding to Dr. Grenfell.
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Sir
Wilfred T. Grenfell
St. Anthony
Labrador
National Child Welfare Association
Boston Post
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Charles F. Powli
Thyrold Test Shown Far From Cure For Jailed Girl
Chicago September reports a dramatic yet faltering thyroid graft experiment on Marie Zumbach, a 19 year old kept in a Joliet basement since age two. At American Hospital, Dr Max Thorek transplanted a monkey thyroid into her neck to revive an atrophied brain, but results remain minimal and improvement inconsistent despite extensive care from leading specialists. The case attracted national medical attention as scientists weighed Thurology and endocrine possibilities amid lingering questions about prognosis and ethics.
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Chicago
United News
Marie ‘Zumbach
American Hospital
Marie
Serge Voronoff
Paris
Joliet
Ill
Ma x Thorek
The Hardings Will Not Go to Bar Harbor
President and Mrs. Harding plan another weekend vacation starting tomorrow. They have not decided on the trip, but a Mayflower cruise is possible. It is definite they will not visit Bar Harbor, Maine, as previously considered. a Hampton Roads and New England coast cruise seems probable.
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Washington
Harding
Bar Harbor
Hampton Roads
Tenor solo and sermon at St Pauls Cathedral
At St Pauls Cathedral the tenor from the cathedral choir will sing If With All Your Seek Him from Elijah next Sunday. The sermon at 11 oclock by Dr Sullivan is The Hidden Heroisms of the Obscure and will be his last Sunday this summer.
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Menitorie
Elijah
A. Montgomery
Catral
Gilead
His Plan Did Not Suit Her in Separation Suit
Mrs Aletta L Roberts of Pittsfield Mass files affidavit supporting her separation from Gordon F Roberts estate operator of 9 East 57th Street New York. She cites his suggestion they both spend their old age in an old folks home and share funds until then, then move to such homes for the rest of life.
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Altmeyer
Shore Drive
Winthrop
Phyllis
Winthrop High School
Nancys France
America
Boston English High School
Boston University
Jamaica Plain
Harriet Turner
First Corps
Boston Commandry
Allepo Temple of the
Mystic Shrine
Winthrop Lodge of Masons
New York
Aletta L. Roberts
Pittsfield
Mass
Thomas H. Low
Gordon F. Roberts
Roberts
East 57Th Street
Funeral Services for Lieut Sullivan Sunday
Funeral services for Lieutenant Jeremiah W. Sullivan who commanded YH Company 101st Infantry 26th Division and was killed at Verdun will be held Sunday at 2 p m from his parents home 132 Castle street Boston. Church services follow at St James Church Harrison avenue. He formerly served with Company A Ninth Regiment and saw duty on the Mexican border. He was twice cited for bravery at Verdun by General Edwards.
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Sullivan
Jeremiah W. Sullivan
YH Company
101St Infantry
Verdun
Castle Street
Boston
St. James’ S Church
Harrison Avenue
Ninth Regiment
Battle of
Eidwards
Services at Boston Industrial Home Sunday Evening
Frank Curtis the good cheer evangelist and founder of the Sunda morning breakfast for poor men will conduct services at the Boston Industrial Home on Davis street Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. His subject will be Jobless vs. Christless after which a supper will be given to the men.
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Boston Industrial Home
Frank Curtis
Good Cheer
Wil
Davis Street
Cooties Halt Cunard Aquitania At Quarantine
New York reports that the Cunarder Aquitania arrived at quarantine with 400 cabin and 1300 steerage passengers. Health officers found numerous steerage passengers with cooties and 50 were sent to Hoffman Island for delousing. The ship resumed its voyage after procedures extended into the afternoon.
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New York
France
Hoffman Island
Aquitania
Sacco Vanzetti Protests Barred in Rome Public Squares
In Rome on September 9 the police banned outdoor public meetings and parades by Socialists condemning the Massachusetts death sentence of Niccola Sacco and Bartholomew Vanzetti. Indoor protests will be allowed, while the Socialist Press remains agitated.
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Rome
Associated Press
Niccola Sacco
Bartholomew Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Fire Destroys 1650 Cords of Pulp Wood in Vermont
Fire at Bald Mountain in Glastonbury, Vermont, destroyed 1650 cords of pulp wood. All available local men fought the blaze, and by tonight officials believed the spread into the heavy timber had been averted.
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Bennington
Bald Mountain
Glastonbury
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