License Refused to Wed Rev Edward Gushee
Cambridge city clerk refused to issue a marriage license for Rev Edward M Gushee to Miss Ida Olive Davis citing objections by the clergyman’s relatives who claim mental incompetence. Clerk Edward J Brandon will investigate the alleged facts while Gushee remains bed bound at 302 Brookline Street and Davis, his longtime housekeeper and friend, refrains from comment.
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Edward M. Gushee
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church of
Cambridge
Ida Olive Davis
Edward J. Brandon
Brandon
Dr. Gushee
Miss Davis
Woman Robbed at Gunpoint Near Home in Roxbury
Johanna Keating of 65 Terrace street Roxbury was held up by an unknown man shortly after 8 pm while returning from a grocery store at 65 Calumet street. He robbed her of a bag containing over 70 dollars near Hillside street, close to her home.
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Calumet Street
Roxbury
Johanna Keating
Terrace Street
Hillside Street
Aim to Get I and R On the Ballot
The constitutional convention nears a decision on initiative and referendum with liberal members pushing for its inclusion. The Walker bill will be reviewed, with absentee voting and sectarian amendments also possible for the state ballot. If not delayed, I and R may go to voters at the upcoming state election, with ballots printable by October 17.
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Walker
Curtis
I. and R
Committee On Education
Boston Leader Urges Boston as Major War Shipping Port
William S. McNary of the Massachusetts Waterways Commission told the Chamber of Commerce that Boston should receive a direct trans Atlantic line to allied and neutral ports. He urged government action to divert as much war shipment traffic as possible from New York to Boston and noted plans for storage buildings and warehousing along State land in South and East Boston, awaiting Secretary Baker's approval to establish Boston as a great war shipping port.
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Boston
William S. McNary
Massachusetts Waterways Commission
Chamber of Commerce
New York Harbor
National Council of Defence
McNary
Baker
Atlantic
Woman Likely Guilty in Manslaughter Case
FALL RIVER September 28 Miss Mary F Frasier of New Bedford was found probably guilty of manslaughter in the death of a 13 year old girl struck by her car. Bond of 2000 was posted for her appearance before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mary F. Frasier
New Bedford
Bankers Pledge Aid for New Liberty Bond Sale at Annual Meeting
Atlantic City reports the American Bankers Association approved resolutions urging unity for war bonds and railroad credit, backed field banks near cantonments, and urged tax-free war loans. Charles A. Hinsch of Cincinnati was elected president, with Maddox, Farnsworth, and Wing as officers.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles A. Hinsch
Cincinnati
Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
Baker
Mr. Hinsch
Robert F. Maddox
Atlanta
Frederick E. Farnsworth
New York
William E. Wing
LaCrosse
Wis
Store Girls To Save Food In Hoover War Campaign
Mrs. Lucinda W. Prince, new national executive secretary of food conservation in stores, urges every store employee to aid Hoover’s campaign. She advises less sugar and candy, limited dairy in cooking, use dark breads, cornmeal, olive and cottonseed oil, and more poultry fish beans and sea food. Saving one ounce of meat per person daily can aid allies whose meat supply fell by 33 million head since the war began.
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Lucinda W. Prince
Food Conservation In
Hoover
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Italy
Two Weeks More for Knights of Columbus Campaign Fund
At a noon rally on the Common the Knights of Columbus campaign fund committee urged more donations. William H. O'Brien, agent for the Public Service Commission, emphasized the urgency of reaching the next goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of C. Fund
Knights of Columbus Campaign Fund
William H. O’brien
Public Service Commission
Call to donate before fund drive ends for soldiers
The appeal urges donations with two weeks left to fund welfare and comfort for boys gathering in cantonments. It emphasizes immediate giving to ensure necessary care and general well being for the troops.
Women Prisoners Knit for Soldiers at Sherborn
In the Sherborn reformatory for women inmates have knitted between 90 and 100 sweaters and 355 pairs of socks for soldiers since July 1. Mrs. Bessie D Hodder, superintendent, said the goods have been sent to the Red Cross and similar work is reported from other state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory For Women
Sherborn
Bessie D. Hodder
Red Cross
Favors Plan for Hospital at Charles Street Jail
City Councillor Alfred A. Wellington on the prison committee will urge the council to accept Sheriff Kelcher’s offer to convert the sheriff’s house at the Charles Street jail into a hospital for inmates. The plan would move sick prisoners from entry cell blocks to a proper medical facility and improve conditions for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Wellington
John A. Kelcher
Charles Street
Wellington
Frank Ford
Walter Ballantyne
Kelcher
House Votes Foreign Ships Coastwise Right
The administration bill to permit foreign merchant ships to engage in American coastwise trade passed the House without a roll call. It moves to the Senate where prompt action is expected as foreign vessels join American tonnage in overseas routes.
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House
Washington
Senate
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Cape of Good Hope
Fownes Cape
Africa
Fawnes
T. Libby & Co
Hartford Street
Mass
5Th and
Bent Sts
East Cambridge
Beecham’s
Union Street
I. and
Committee On the
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Mrs. Prince
Wolf’s
Sheriff's
Gilchrist
The
Mass. Committee On Public Safety
Gilchrist CO
Harvard
Hanover
Portland
South Sea Island
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