Nine Sea Joy Riders Get Probation After Boat Joy Ride
Nine defendants including two Navy sailors pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to unlawful appropriation and breaking and entering boats taken without owners consent. Judge O Connell placed all on probation with restitution about 280 dollars, while the two sailors were to be dishonorably discharged and one woman was required to leave the city. Owners listed as George H Garside Walter T Connor Miliege H Crouse Henry G Hoppe and Charles Neil.
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Margaret Mackey
Flora Morton
Ethyle Rae Smith
Nellie Sullivan
Alice Labrie
Newport
Levine
Salvagne
Webber
O’connell
Smith
George H. Garside
Walter T. Connor
Miliege H. Crouse
Henry G. Hoppe
Charles Neil
Somerville Postal Clerk Waives Examination on Larceny Charge
Richard H. Smith a central post office clerk waived examination before U S Commissioner Hayes on a charge of larceny of a letter from the mails and was held for the grand jury in 500 dollars bail.
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Richard H. Smith
Somerville
Central Post Office
United States
Hayes
Six Years for Banker Jones
Harry A. Jones, assistant treasurer of Stoneham National Bank, pleaded guilty in U S District Court to embezzling 58000 from the bank. Of that amount 13000 has been paid back. Judge Morton set a six year prison term for Monday, with credit for two months already served, and the case was continued to allow Jones to straighten the books of the Stoneham lodge of Odd Fellows where he served as treasurer.
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Harry A. Jones
Stoneham National Bank
United States District Court
Morton
Jones
Lodge of Odd Fellows
Stoneham
Big Bridge Span Likely to Stay at Bottom of River
Quebec report says raising the St Lawrence bridge span that fell Monday would be futile and the wreck will remain at river bottom due to extreme damage and engineering difficulty. The piece also includes a political aside about the eight hour law and a Democratic gubernatorial candidate claiming expertise on labor legislation.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Commonwealth
Wakefield Fair Opens With 10000 Attendees On Day One
Ten thousand people visited the Wakefield fairgrounds for the opening of a four day program. Governor McCall and Lieutenant-Governor Coolidge are slated to speak on Governor's Day. Speakers include Frederick W. Mansfield and former Mayor Fitzgerald with others planned, highlighting state highways rural credits sewerage and Grangers show items and notable exhibits such as Star and Bright twin yearling steers and a prize pony.
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Wakefield Fair Grounds
McCall
Coolidge
Frederick W. Mansfield
Fitzgerald
General Cole
State Forestry Department
Two More Arrested In Baseball Gambling Crackdown
Two men identified as Joseph Varella of 30 Billerica Street and Joseph Diblisi of 19 Norman Street were arrested yesterday at Braves Field on gambling charges. The arrests bring to four total as Captain Forrest Hall leads the Brighton police crusade against wagering at baseball games.
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Braves Field
Forrest Hall
Brighton
Joseph Varella
Billerica Street
Joseph Diblisi
Norman Street
Edison Lineman Killed by Live Wire in Dedham
Edwin M. Davis a 40 year old lineman for the Edison Electric Illuminating Company was instantly killed while working on a pole at Ames and Fuller streets Dedham about 9 30 yesterday morning when he fell across a live wire.
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Edwin M. Davis
Ripley Street
Malden
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Ames
Fuller Streets
Dedham
Condemnation Moves to Ban Shingle Roofs in Dense Areas
At the National Association of Insurance Agents session in Boston, shingle roofed houses were condemned as a public menace and fire hazard. Proposed laws would prohibit new shingle structures in thickly settled neighborhoods and push cleanup campaigns nationwide. Mayor Curley welcomed delegates as health and underwriters groups met, with tours, luncheons, and a Wilbur Theatre comedy planned for the evening.
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National Association of Insurance Agents
Copley-Plaza Hotel
Copley Plaza
Association of Health and Accident Underwriters
Somerset Hotel
Curley
Boston
Lexington and Concord
Library Association
Women’s City Club
Wilbur Theatre
Mansfield at Seven Rallies Ends In Cambridge
Frederick W. Mansfield, Democratic governor candidate, spoke at four Cambridge rallies including Union Square Somerville Sullivan Square and Pleasant and Middlesex streets near Malden Square. He urged labor as a decisive vote in the forthcoming governor and presidential contests and criticized Hughes eight hour day stance.
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Frederick W. Mansfield
Cambridge
Union Square
Somerville
Sullivan Square
Pleasant
Middlesex Streets
Malden Square
United States
Hughes
Lawrence Man for U S Disbursing Officer
Governor McCall recommended to the War Department the appointment of Major Charles F. Sargent of Lawrence in the inspector-general's department of the Massachusetts National Guard as property and disbursing officer for the United States government. The Governor also named former Representative Ralph M. Smith of Somerville as judge advocate with the rank of major in the judge advocate-general's department.
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McCall
War Department
Charles F. Sargent
Lawrence
Inspector-General
Massachuetts National Guard
United States
Ralph M. Smith
Somerville
Judge Advocate-General
Harvard Founder Doubt Stirs Debate Over Legacy
Miss Helen Bridge Andrews asserts ancestor John Bridge founded Harvard College while John Harvard later joined with a library and a promised bequest. Harvard’s official handbook mentions neither founder, leaving multiple claimants to credit. The debate echoes the mystery of "Who killed cock robin" with plenty of conjecture and few firm facts.
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Harvard College
Helen Bridge Andrews
Cock Robin
John Bridge
Casey
Harvard College Founded in 1636 by Massachusetts Bay Court
Harvard College began in 1636 after a vote by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony convened on September 8. In 1637 the court named 12 eminent colonists to establish a college at Newtown later renamed Cambridge. The following year 1638 Harvard died at Charlestown.
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Harvard
Harvard College
General Court
Colony
Massachusetts Bay
John Cotton
John Winthrop
Newtown
Cambridge
John Harvard
England
Charlestown
Harvard Founding Controversy Tied to Cambridge Benefactor
The fragment notes John Bridge as a Cambridge school leader in 1635 and claims a later bequest of half his property and 800 volumes to Harvard, valued far exceeding the court’s initial vote. It questions whether his descendants erected a Cambridge Common statue to imply he founded Harvard.
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Harvard
John Bridge
Andrews
Cambridge
Cambridge Common
Leyden Riot Indictments Postponed in Haverhill
District Attorney Cox informed Mayor Albert L. Bartlett that indictments against the Haverhill city council members for failure to suppress the riot on April 3 will be continued to the next term. The targets include Mayor Bartlett and Aldermen Hoyt Cook Wood Stickney, with heads of safety property highway and charities departments.
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Haverhill
Cox
Albert L. Bartlett
Thomas Leyden
City Hall
Bartlett
Charles M. Hoyt
Public Safety
Christopher C. Cook
Public Property Department
Roswell L. Wood
Highway Department
Albert E. Stickney
Charities Department
Haughton’s Stolen Auto Recovered Near Cambridge
Percy D. Haughton’s car stolen from in front of the Tennis and Racquet Club Tuesday night was recovered yesterday on Brattle Street Cambridge near Radcliffe College where it had been abandoned after a joy ride.
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Percy D. Haughton
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Radcliffe College
Personal Escort Party Leaves September 18th
The group from COLPITTS TICKET AGENCY at 333 Wash St and 146 Canal St Boston departs on September 18 seeking service arrangements and travel details.
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Colpitts Ticket
Wash. St
Canal St
Boston
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