Home Brewed Hooch Seeks Cure in Roxbury Case
Joseph Gillis of 27 Magazine Street Roxbury was arraigned on a charge of keeping and exposing liquor for sale. Judge Hayden fined him 50 dollars and gave a suspended three month sentence. Police testimony cited Gillis’s wife saying he had not worked for a year and a half and funded the family.
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Joseph
Joseph Gillis
Magazine Street
Roxbury
Hayden
Roxbury Court
Gillis
House of Correction
Count Before Polls Closed in Suffolk Fourth District
Democratic candidate J Delacoll seeks Supreme Court action over alleged election irregularities in the fourth Suffolk district. He objects to Patrick Melody’s nomination and says the Ballot Law Commission won’t hear his protest without the secretary of state’s order. He cites ballot shortages, late openings, early counting, and ballot transfers as issues. he will present witnesses when the case comes before the court on September 26.
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Secretary of State
Cook
Driscoll
Ballot Law Commission
Portland aldermen seek PUC probe of high electric fares
Eight aldermen and eighteen councilmen of Portland Maine filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission demanding an investigation into alleged excessive fares charged by the Portland railroad company's electric lines.
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Augusta
Portland Railroad Company
Public Utilities Commission
City of
Portland
Sharon Post Cane Presented to 89-Year-Old John Middleton
Sharon resident John S. Middleton, aged 89, received the Post cane as the town’s oldest male citizen. Presentation by Board of Selectmen members Chairman Gillespie Fred A. Prince and Roger Dennett noted Middleton’s 69 years in Sharon and his prior work in the shoe trade. He recalled playing on the Sharon baseball team that beat the Bostons in 1857. He now lives with his son Percy R. Middleton.
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Sharon
John
Middleton
Board of Selectmen
John R. Gillespie
Fred A. Prince
Roger Dennett
Easton
Gillespie
Bostons
Boston Common
Percy R. Middleton
Trucker's Helper Killed In South Boston Warehouse
Frank Perley a 66 year old Beverly man died after being crushed between a loading platform and a heavy auto truck at a Sleeper street warehouse. He died en route to City Hospital. Perley worked as a helper on a truck operated by John J. Fitzgerald for Eldridge-Baker Company. Fitzgerald backed the truck toward the platform when Perley was pinned.
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Frank Perley
Beverly
Sleeper Street
Boston
Perley
John J. Fitzgerald
Eldridge-Baker Company
Fitzgerald
Canadian Club in Boston Opens New Bellevue Clubrooms
The Canadian Club of Boston inaugurated its new fourth floor Bellevue Hotel quarters with an informal lunch and house warming. President Arthur E. Childs sent telegrams to President Harding and Premier Mackenzie King praising ties between the US Canada and Britain as the club showcases mahogany rooms, homeland pictures, and maple leaf emblems.
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Harding
King of Canada
Canadian Club of
Boston
Bellevue Hotel
Arthur E. Childs
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
MacKenzie King
Ottawa
Childs
United States
Canada
British Empire
Bellevue
James H. MacNaughton
Club
Dominion
The Proper Care for Women’s Hair Ad
An advertisement promotes Noonan's Hair Petrole for women’s hair care. It claims weekly shampoo suffices but daily rubbing with fingertips improves scalp health and adds natural lustre. Ends with note about drug or department store availability.
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Noonan
Britain balks at Boston court ruling on smuggling ships
London signals likely refusal to recognize a federal Boston court decision upholding seizure of British schooners Grace and Ruby off Gloucester. The foreign office warns such recognition would create a dangerous precedent in liquor smuggling disputes and Britain seeks a broader informal agreement with the United States.
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London
United News
Great Britain
United States
Boston
Grace
Ruby
Gloucester
Foreign Office
Tenth Mrs Tulkingtes Set For Boston Sunday Magazine
The Tenth Mrs Tulkingtes by Ellis Parker Butler will be serialized in the upcoming Boston Sunday Magazine, promising a witty social satire with sharp observations. Readers can expect Butler’s humor and character sketches featured in the issue.
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Nirs. Talkington
Sousa’s
Stars and Stripes
Joe
LDA
Wes
Pop
Bell Syndicate Inc
BY C. M. Payne
Wille
GAR
Sam Hill
Boylston Street
Back Bay
Beecham
Supreme Court
Middleton Sharon Man
Britain
Kellogg
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