Miss Lulu Cargill Sets U S Post Office Sorting Record
Miss Lulu N Cargill a 26 year old Varick Street post office clerk in New York holds the national record for fastest letter sorting. She sorted 20 000 plus pieces of mail in eight hours in two tests. The Detroit record by Miss Nina Holmes was 20 610 letters in eight hours. London reports some clerks sort up to 55 letters a minute.
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Washington
Lulu N. Cargill
Varick Street
New York
Post Office Department
Argill
Nina FE. Holmes
Detroit
United States
England
London
Yet Killed As Gutter Falls In New Bedford
New Bedford Sept 21 After surviving two wounds in World War I Medic J Martin of this city was killed today when a gutter he was working on collapsed sending him 40 feet to a fence. A picket pierced his shoulder and heart while another nearly severed his neck. Death was instantaneous.
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New Bedford
J. Martin
Long Skirts Rule At Fashion Show In Boston
The Boston Fashion Show at the Hotel Somerset features long skirts six to seven inches from the ground, draped panels, and browns blacks and navies for street wear. Finishes include monkey fur trims, metallics, duvetyne and chiffon velvet fabrics with bold evening colors and iridescent beads. Edward Newton Haag Jr and George P Haag direct the event as new features such as a bridal gown debut nightly.
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Boston
Hotel Somerset
Edward Newton Haag, Jr
George P. Haag
Lexington Selectmen Set Mayor Harrison Salary
The Lexington Board of Selectmen set Mayor Christopher Harrison of Everett to resign and become Lexington public works superintendent at a salary of 350 dollars a month or 4200 dollars a year.
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Lexington
Miss Satterlee to Do Settlement Work
Ethel Satterlee daughter of Mrs Helen Satterlee of Fenway will devote part of her Junior League activities to settlement work at the Roxbury Neighborhood House in the coming year. She helped lead neighborhood house activities before graduation and the family just returned from Lenox.
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Ethel Satterlee
Helen
Satterlee
Fenway
Roxbury
Is Satterlee
Boston
Miss Satterlee
Lenox
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Canada
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George W. Kyte
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