Peppery Wife Wins in Court
New York report recounts Helen Leizmeister, wife of Louis Leizmeister, as boss of the American Sightseeing Company, asserting authority during a dispute with a patrolman at Broadway and 46th Street last night while the bus company was told to move on. The exchange portrays a case where the wife claimed leadership amid a traffic stoppage involving the couple’s bus.
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New York
Louis Leizmeister
Helen
American Sightseeing Company
Broadway
Forty Sixth Street
Woman’s defiant ride ends with traffic fine
A woman and her husband were detained after a crowd of 500 gathered to watch the pair resist arrest on a rubber necking streetcar. Policeman Kelly used a revolver to restore order as three officers and many bystanders witnessed the scene. Magistrate Corrigan discharged both, citing only a traffic violation.
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Kelly
Seigmeisler
Hub hardest hit by big fish strike in Boston area
Fisheries Service bulletin shows Boston suffered the most from the fish strike in July receipts tallying 2,586,366 pounds worth 171,311 dollars. Gloucester and Portland also severely affected with 476 trips totaling 10,456,900 pounds valued at 442,396 dollars.
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Boston
Fisheries Service
Department of Commerce
Gloucester
Portland
Milwaukee Mayor Opposed to Royal Visit Invitation
Milwaukee Mayor Hoan writes to A. T. Van Looy that he stands for the working man and refuses to invite King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium to Milwaukee. He offers to forward any citizen group invitation instead.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. T. van Looy
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Hoan
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Battle Scarred Caddie Marine Car Arrives in Boston
The World War veteran car known as Caddie or Caddy, used by Generals Doyon and Lejeune, arrived in Boston with 90 000 miles of front line service. Mayor Peters and Governor Coolidge welcomed it as Marine recruiting aims boost with Major Murray and Sgt Cavan aboard.
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Boston
Machine
Fifth Marines
Charles A. Doyon
Peters
Coolidge
Major Murray
William H. Cavan
Tremont Row
John J. Sherburne
E. Leroy Sweetser
Dr. Angell
Murray
Frank E. Evans
Philadelphia
United States
Springfield
Worcester
Carleton Burr
France
John H. Sherburne
Governor Coolidge
J. D. Murray
A. R. Angell
W. H. Cayan
Enrollment Tops Records as Wellesley Opens Year
Wellesley College opened the year with a record 1530 students, including 312 freshmen. Returning from war service were Professor Arthur Norton, Professor Horace English, and Miss Harriet Maynard. Dormitory and building additions were completed and in use, with three students from Japan and three from China enrolled yesterday.
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Wellesley College
Europe
Arthur Norton
Horace English
Harriet Maynard
Japan
China
Holworthy Hall Next to Speak in Sunday Post Series
Holworthy Hall is the next writer of distinction to be heard from in the Sunday Post fiction series. His story The Voice in the Dark will appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Holworthy Hall
The
Sunday Post
Boston Sunday Post
High Fare Reason for Room Shortage in Boston
Boston faces a severe shortage of apartments and rooms as demand outpaces supply. Real estate dealers blame the influx of suburban residents seeking to escape the 10 cent car fare, straining agencies in the South End and Back Bay and leaving room seekers at a loss.
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Boston
South End
Back Bay
Boston lodging demand soars as outside visitors swarm South End
Landlords report an unprecedented wave of calls for rooms from outsiders flocking to Boston to save on fares. South End and Back Bay apartments are scarce with high rents, while agents note widespread vacancy deterrence and war related housing pressures.
Ministers Laud Governor Action In Boston Police Defection
Congregational ministers adopted resolutions commending Governor Coolidge for his handling of a Boston police post abandonment. The first season conference met at Pilgrim Hall to praise the governor’s decisive conduct in the critical situation.
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Governor Coolidge
Boston
Pilgrim Hall
Phelan Heads Boston Reception Committee for Cardinal Mercier
James J. Phelan was named chair of Boston’s reception committee for Cardinal Mercier. Faneuil Hall is tentatively chosen for the event with details to follow. Cardinal O Connell and Mayor Peters oversee arrangements. Attending members included Edmund Billings Henry Cunningham Alexander Whiteside Humphrey O Sullivan Joseph H O Neil Fauldb Fitzpatrick Arthur Hill Louis Kirstein and Andre Reggio. Cardinal Mercier is slated to visit Boston in early October.
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James J. Phelan
Cardinal Mercier
Peters
Faneuil Hall
Cardinal O'Connell
Edmund Billings
Henry V. Cunningham
Alexander Whiteside
Humphrey O’sullivan
Joseph H. O'Neil Fauldb. Fitzpatrick
Arthur D. Hill
Louis E. Kirstein
Andre Reggio
Boston
Bonds Sold by Burrill for 3 060 000 State Treasurers Note
The State Treasurer Burrill sold Commonwealth of Massachusetts bonds to Kidder Peabody & Co for 3 000 000 at 8.34 percent interest to follow 8.112 percent. The notes are issued in anticipation of taxes with 2 000 000 due Oct 27 and the remainder Nov 20.
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Burrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Bolsheviki Prepare Evacuation of Petrograd
Helsingfors dispatch reports Bolsheviki have completed plans to evacuate Petrograd. The move follows orders from central leadership as quoted in the Helsingfors telegram to the Central News Agency.
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Petrograd
Copenhagen
Helsingfors
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