Jewel Clipper 1930s riot shooter says she did not mean to load gun
In Chattanooga on September 15 Jewel Clipper a 5 year old Negro girl who sparked a Montlake race riot claims she did not know the gun was loaded. She said she only intended to scare the white girls who had been taunting her. Edna Barnett, a victim, lies in critical condition at a local hospital as the girl’s family remains jailed for protection.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jewel Clipper
Montlake
Edna Barnett
Salem mill weaver dies by gas inhalation
Felix Pawlik aged 38 a former Naumkeag mill weaver at Salem committed suicide this afternoon at his home 3 Union street by inhaling gas from a kitchen stove through a rubber tube his son Stanley found him and police were summoned officers tried for an hour to revive him Pawlik had lost his job a week earlier and despondency over unemployment is believed to have led to the act
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Salem
Felix Pawlik
Naumkeag
Union Street
Stanley
Pawlik
Break Glass and Get Furs at Bedford and Chauncy
Two men smashed the plate glass window of Vaughan Kopelman Read furriers on Bedford Street at 11 30 last night. They seized two expensive fur coats from the display before fleeing.
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Vaughan, Kopelman & Read Company, Furriers
Bedford and
Chauncy Streets
Boston
Lagrange Street
Mullen
Lewis
Hayward Place
Chauncy Street
Boston Seaport Boom Fueled by Maritime Association Dinner
The Maritime Association of the Boston Chamber of Commerce rally highlighted Boston harbor’s growth potential. Governor Cox, Congressman Winslow, and industry leaders urged united action to expand waterways and lower rail costs, framing Boston as a rising global trade hub.
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Maritime Association of Chamber
Boston
New England
Samuel W. Winslow
Worcester
Maritime Association
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Pemberton Inn
Rose Standish
Cox
Winslow
Lufkin
Cole
Fitzgerald
Scorea
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
United Action
Congress
Edgar E. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edward E. Blodgett
Association
Everett Morss
Chamber of Commerce
Boston Harbor
Commonwealth Pier
Clarence W. Barron
Edgar Clark
James Jackson
Blodgett
The
Wortman
Lewis J. Hewitt
Current Affairs
Frank S. Davis
Honor Jane Addams Social Workers Gather in London
Social workers from across the country assembled tonight in Toynbee Hall Whitehall for a formal gathering. The event highlights progressive outreach and international collaboration among reformers.
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London
Toynbee Hall
White
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Tuxedo
Gingham
Children’s
Bordens Chocolate
Eagle Brand
Borden
Ruy
Orc
Honor Jane Addams
Meyer Jonasson Co
Tremont and
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