Mayflower's Trip a Success in Grand Banks Cod Fleet
The schooner Mayflower returns to Gloucester after a two month codfishing voyage to the Grand Banks. A catch of 240,000 pounds sold for 10,000 dollars leaves 2,300 dollars for the vessel's construction costs. Captain J Henry Larkin plans victory in the Esperanto cup eliminations against the Elizabeth Howard in October.
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Gloucester
Grand Banks
J. Henry Larkin
Boston
T Wharf
Murderers named in Ersberger assassination case
Baden authorities identify the assailants as Heinrich Tillessen and Heinrich Schulz, both linked to the Erhardt brigade involved in the Knapp insurrection. They have not yet been arrested.
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Erzberger
Munich
Bavaria
Baden
Mathias Ersberger
Black Forest
Heinrich Tillessen
Heinrich Schulz
Erhardt
Knapp
Neurologist Dr Oscar A King Dies in Lake Geneva
Dr Oscar A King, renowned neurologist, died in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. He first gained notice in 196 when he used erysipelas toxin to treat mania and melancholia. He was born near Peru Indiana in 1831 and will be buried in Janesville Wisconsin.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Oscar A. King
Peru
Ind
Janesville
National unemployment conference eyed for late September
Washington reports a formal call for a national unemployment conference to be issued by President Harding after his New York trip. A date around September 26 is likely with 30 conferees including Samuel Gompers John L Lewis and Charles M Schwab among attendees.
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Washington
Harding
New York
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Poor Vision in Children in Boston Raises Alarm
Dr. Frederick W. Derby announces that 25 percent of Boston schoolchildren have defective vision. He leads the eye division of the Massachusetts Clinic for Diagnosis which now provides free eye care for children whose families cannot pay. The doctor cites ignorance and neglect as factors and vows full clinic effort to improve sight for students.
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Boston
Frederick W. Derby
Huntington Ave
Homeopathic Hospital
Massachusetts Clinic
Derby
West End Boy Injured in Auto Collision
Samuel Epstein aged 12 of 32 North Anderson Street West End is on the danger list at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries after being struck by an automobile at Cambridge and North Anderson streets. The auto was driven by Irwin Gruhm of 23 Oxford Street Belmont and owned by his brother Max Gruhm of the same address.
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West End
Samuel Epstein
North Anderson Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cambridge
North Anderson Streets
Irwin Gruhm
Oxford Street
Belmont
Max Gruhm
Fifteen Years Given for Theft of Three Pennies
Ray Ivy was sentenced by Superior Judge Willis in Los Angeles to 15 years in the penitentiary for stealing three pennies from a child’s bank. He was found guilty of burglary after dark, with the law prescribing one to 15 years at hard labor for the offense.
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Los Angeles
United News
Ray Ivy
Willis
Ivy
Hathaway Alleged Duress Linked to Sudden Death
A bill in equity filed in Suffolk Superior Court alleges that Amos Lawrence Hathaway a prominent corporation lawyer at 53 State Street was subjected to threats and intimidation shortly before his unexplained death in Long Island Sound in July The suit brought by Attorney John P Leahy for Rufus B Sprague as special administrator seeks to pursue property transfers and assignments attributed to Hathaway.
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Amos Lawrence Hathaway
Corporation
State Street
Long Island Sound
Suffolk Superior Court
John P. Leahy
Rufus B. Sprague
Hathaway
Hathaway Estate Faces Insolvency and Complex Claims
Sprague as special administrator seeks to overturn transfers by Hathaway to executors of the Firth estate claiming improper preference and duress. The suit targets Isabelle Firth William R West and Alexander S Browne as Firth executors and Otis Seabury Cook attorney alleging large unsettled claims and conveyances to benefit other creditors. The action notes Hathaway disappeared near Long Island Sound and was found in Noank with his estate allegedly insolvent awaiting October court return.
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Hathaway
Isabelle Firth
William R. West
Alexander S. Browne
William Firth
Otis Seabury Cook
New Bedford
Firth
Equity
Sprague
Long Island Sound
Inoank
Conn
Richard Peck
New York
Boston
Ferdinand Street
Cora M. Hathaway
Cook
Tucker, Anthony & Co
E. R. Rollins & Co
Equitable Life Assurance Company
National Security Bank
Wirth
Post Engravers Edge Compositors 13 7 In Boston Seriesdecider
Callahan dominated for the Engravers in Boston Common play, fanning 12 and driving in seven with two triples a single and a walk in four trips. Final score 13 to 7 as the Engravers clinched the series over the Compositors. Batteries Callahan and Shannon, Wood, Madden, Gallagher and Pickel. Umpires Mahoney and Cohen.
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Post Engravers
Post
Boston Common Playground
Callahan
Engravers
RHE
Shannon
Wood
Madden
Gallagher
Pickel
Mahoney and
Cohen
Food in lieu of benefits approved at textile union convention
Delegates to the United Textile Workers annual meeting in New York authorized commissaries to feed striking members and their families in lieu of strike benefits. The plan allows flat donations instead of commissaries if conditions justify it, amid a lengthy debate. The measure passed 108 to 3 led by acting president Thomas F. McMahon of Providence, Rhode Island.
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New York
United Textile Workers of America
Executive Council
Thomas F. McMahon
Providence
R. I
Dante Alighieri Remembered On 600th Death Anniversary
The piece reflects on Dante Alighieri’s life and death in Ravenna exiled from Florence. It notes his fame as Italy’s greatest poet and references his Inferno and Paradiso. The article praises readers who study him beyond the Inferno and hints at the enduring moral and spiritual ascent in his works.
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Gerome
Dante
Hell
Beatrice
Paradise
Dante Alighieri
Italy
Ravenna
Newton Woman Preserves Dante Echo in Harvard Treasure
An authorial note from Harvard Library reveals Emma B. Bates of Newton translated and handwritten J. J. Ampere’s In the Footsteps of Dante, a 240 page manuscript with fine pen work and period photos. The piece, sent via Charles Eliot Norton to the Dante Society in 193, highlights Bates’s loving tribute to Dante as anniversary events unfold.
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Dante
Harvard
J. J. Ampere
Emma B. Bates
Newton
Charles Eliot Norton
Dante Society
Pepsodent Promises Tooth Film Fight For All
An advertisement touts Pepsodent as a solution to the film coating teeth that causes tartar decay and pyorrhea. It claims modern toothpaste boosts saliva, aids starch digestion, neutralizes acids, and whitens teeth, urging a 10 day home trial and coupon.
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Mitchell Woodbury Company
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Hubman
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Guido
America
Petrarch
Dante Ric
Richardson
Richardson & Boynton Co
High Street
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High St
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Wabash Ave
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