Eight Year Old Melvin Drowns Near Harbor Bridge
An eight year old boy Melvin of 3905 Bolton Street South Boston drowned after a fishing outing near the Electric Company power station along Water Immer Street Extension. Harbor police searched for hours after he did not return by 9 PM. companions later said he stayed out to fish longer.
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Melvin
Bolton Street
South
Bosas
Immer Street
Harbor
Electric Company
Boy dies after being hit by car near home
Ten year old Gregory P Soter of 51 Chambers street was struck by a car while rolling his hoop near home and died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital. Driver Max Berger of Vine street Everett was charged with technical manslaughter and will be arraigned today. An inquest will later determine responsibility. Berger posted a $2000 bond.
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Gregory P. Soter
Chambers Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Max Berger
Vine Street
Everett
Berger
Miners Entombed 30 Feet From Rescue at Kennedy Mine
In Jackson California on September 17 approximate 30 feet of rock remain to be cut through to reach the Argo Naut at the Kennedy mine. Rescuers hope to enter by Monday or Tuesday to determine the fate of 47 men entombed for nearly three weeks as powder gas slows progress.
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Jackson
Calif
Kennedy Mine
Argo Naut
Tickles Steer Ends Up Injured At Minnesota Farm
In Austin Minnesota on September 17 William Harter a local pearl hunter wore a sling on his left arm and suffered a broken shoulder bone three broken ribs and torn muscles after tickling a steer’s ear. He stepped past the pasture fence where the steer allegedly lifted him and the man rolled under a barb wire fence. Harter notes the steer had seemed friendly in past visits.
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Austin
Minn
William Harter
Harter
Home Cheer in New York Faces Eviction and Locks
Federal prohibition chief Ralph A. Day says courts will issue final injunctions against habitual liquor makers. Padlocks may seal homes of violators with landlords warned to guard tenants. Massachusetts enforcement head Elmer C. Potter unavailable, but similar methods may spread if Day succeeds.
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Ralph A. Day
State of
New York
Director Day
Elmer C. Potter
Massachusetts
Memorial Day Observed By Jewish Community
Thousands of Jewish men women and children filled local burying grounds yesterday to honor gallant Jewish boys who died in the World War and visit relatives graves. The observance precedes Rosa Hashannah the Jewish New Year ushered in next Friday evening by Jews of Greater Boston. It is a general tribute to all the dead.
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Boston
Mauretania Sets Transatlantic Time Record
The Mauretania holds the transatlantic time record with an average speed of 2606 knots per hour for four days, 10 hours, and 21 minutes, reflecting a remarkable endurance voyage across the ocean. May include precise route and date in source.
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Mauretania
Fanatic Tries to Kill Douglas Fairbanks
A fanatic tried to kill actor Douglas Fairbanks at the Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood where police officers watching a work scene restrained the assailant. The incident occurred during a film production with Fairbanks uninjured.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Letic
Hopkins
Hollywood
Melrose Avenue
Fairbanks
Fanatic harasses Mary Pickford in post card threats and arrest
Hopkins, described as an itinerant sign painter, is held by Hollywood authorities after a barrage of post card threats from Utah to California aimed at rescuing Mary Pickford from a supposed unholy marriage to Douglas Fairbanks. Police say some messages were violent while others urged his arrival to Hollywood. Detectives secured Hopkins after a late studio visit to Pickford Fairbanks.
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Hopkins
Mary Pickford
Los Angeles
Douglas’ Fairbanks
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
California
Hollywood
Mary
Fairbanks
Pickford-Fairbanks
Pickford-Fairhbanks
George Home
Picture World
Canto
Hutche Inn
Kearnin
Kitten Born Half Cat Half Rabbit In Pennsylvania Village
Owning the real Manx style, Lake Mobridge in Equinunk Pennsylvania reports a two months old kitten that is a freak of nature. Its forequarters resemble a cat while its hindquarters are distinctly rabbit like. When it walks it has a feline gait though when running its hindquarters propel it as a rabbit.
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Equinunk
Penn
Lake Mobridge
Sousa's Band Heard Twice At Symphony Hall in Two Concerts
John Philip Sousa led his world famous band in two performances at Symphony Hall. Soloists included John Dolan, Marjorie Moody, Caroline Them as, and Winifred Bambrick. Highlights featured Sousa's Suite Leaven from My Notebook, The Gallant Seventh, Turkey in the Straw, and encores like The Stars and Stripes Forever. The audience responded with enthusiastic applause for both the band and soloists.
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Symphony Hall
John Philp Sousa
John Olan
Marjorie Moody
George Carey
Xylophoniat
Caroline Themas
John Dolan
Miss Moody
Wilson
Kunkel
Winifred Bambrickx
Sonsa
Mr. Sousa
Galon
Godmark
Tcchaikowsky
Sousa
Tachaikowsky
Souga
Mr. Dolan
Verdi
Miss Thomas
Saint-Saens
Carey
Miss Bambrick
Messrs
Ned Gourdin To Be Feted At Boston Guardian Picnic
Ned Gourdin national pentathlon champion leads a guest list of colored athletic stars at the sixth annual Boston Guardian picnic benefit. Howard F Drew Edward Niles and John Shelburne also attend as guests with Shelburne last year’s national shot put champion. Events run 6 to 9 fundraiser dinner and prizes, then dancing with Walter Johnson’s orchestra until 1 30 a m at Pitman Academy Medford High Street Medford Square.
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Ned Gourdin
Galaxy of Colored Athletic Stars
Boston Guardian
Medford
Pitman Academy
High Street
Medford Square
Howard F Drew
Edward Niles
John Shelburne
E. L. Nevins
Lucy Hunter
Walter R. Johnson
Champion Orchestra
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