Women candidates surface in New England primaries
Boston August 18 AP More than a score of women will appear on ballots in Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont primaries next month Leading the field are Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell Republican seeking renomination and Minerva D Kepple of Wallinford Democratic unopposed in the 16th district Other women seek seats in the state legislatures and county offices including Mrs Alice W D Pearson Lowell for state senator and Irene K Murray Montpelier unopposed for Vermont secretary of state The article lists several Democratic and Republican women candidates across the four states with notable veterans of public service among them
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Maine
UneMassachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Massachusetts
Coongess
Edith Nourse Rogers
Lowell
New England
Congress
John Boardman
Concord
Minerva D. Kepple
Wall Miver
Joseph V. Martin, Jr
Worth Atilebaro
Rogers
John Rogers
Saco
Red Cross
Harding
Alice W. D. Pearson
House of Representatives
Senate
Pearson
Gardner W. Pearson
Governor's Council
Mary Mathews
Esther M. Andrews
Brookline
Mather
Lynch
Holyoke
Margaret E. Geary
Murray
Mabelle Chaney
Lisbon
Gail Laughlin
Portland
Maud Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Leroy R. Folsom
Norridgewock
Mildred Boucher
Lewiston
Margaret C. Martin
Nathaniel BE. Martin
Boys escape waterspout on six day Pine Bluff voyage
Forty boys aged seven to ten from Pine Bluff camp Port Jefferson arrived in Bridgeport after a six day cruise on a two masted schooner that escaped a Glen Cove waterspout Monday night. The vessel anchored briefly then moved out to sea as the storm struck. Boys disembarked and dined with colonists, attracting attention on Main Street in bathing suits and slickers.
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Pine Bluff Camp
Port Jefferson
U. 1
Bridgeport
Glen Cove
L. 1
Officer Shot Amid Negro Fight on Lexington Avenue
New York police report Patrolman Arthur Uovey was wounded in the leg while trying to break up a duel between two Black men at Lexington Avenue and 125th Street. James Lawson was beaten and taken to hospital in critical condition with two abdominal wounds. The incident marks the nineteenth officer shot this year.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
125Th Street
Arthur Uovey
James Lawson
Bert
Horey
Haverford College Seeks Modest Pocket Money For Students
Philadelphia Nineteenth Century note: Haverford College urges undergraduates to live modestly and asks parents to limit pocket money to about 15 dollars monthly. A letter from President W. W Comfort accompanies news of a 50 dollar tuition increase voted by the Board. Students living on campus are not allowed automobiles and are encouraged to attend church. Firearms are prohibited on campus.
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Haverford College
Philadelphia
Elisa
Board of Managers
W. W Comfort
Stole Pie First Man Lists 1700 Crimes in Confession
Minneapolis man Tom Johnson 38 aims to plead guilty to first degree murder in the December holdup that killed Leonard Erdall a Minneapolis attorney. He recalls about 1700 robberies burglaries and other crimes across 44 cities and says a stolen pie in youth started his outlaw career. He seeks peace in prison and awaits arraignment. He was told a guilty plea could yield a short term but was jailed in Deer Lodge Mont for a year after stealing the pie.
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Minneapolis
Tom Johnson
Johnson
Minnesota
Leonard Erdall
Seattle
Wash
New York
San Francisco
Canada
Texas
Omaha
Los Angeles
Galveston
Sioux City
Iowa
Dutte Mont
Havre
Mont
Deer Lodge
Two Insurance Suits Brought in Superior Court
John S Wooster administrator on the estate of his son John D Wooster filed two insurance actions in Superior court. One targets Union Indemnity Company of New Orleans for 6500 tied to a Hartford area auto fatality involving John Thurner. The other sues Commercial Insurance Company of Newark for life policy benefits of 1100 issued in February 1924, seeking payment on a policy now in force.
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John S Wooster
John D. Wooster
Hartford
Union Indemnity Company of
New Orleans
Thos City
John. Thurner
Hartfore
Thurner
Million to Be Spent for Soldiers Homes
Washington Aug 18 the War Department announced that seven million dollars will be immediately spent to construct permanent quarters for enlisted men. The funds will upgrade barracks for about 40,000 soldiers of the regular army now housed in time cantonments or tents unfit for habitation. The money comes from surplus real estate sales and obsolete posts.
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Washington
War Department
Regular Army
Memorial for Genestration Porter Planned in Indiana
In Indianapolis on August 18 AP reports a memorial fund forms for the late Gene Straten Porter's Libpriest Cabin estate near Kendallville. The effort, led by Women's Clubs, aims to purchase 127 acres along Sylvan Lake as a permanent remembrance of Porter the author of Ladle The Harvester Michael O Halloran and other works. The estate price is set at 60,000 with Porter's husband contributing 10,000 if 49,000 is raised publicly.
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Indianapolis
Gene Straten Porter
Indiana
Kendallville
Torter
Limbertext Cabin
the Harvester
Michael O'Halloran
Women's Clubs
Sylvian Lake
Amal
Toz
Porter
Limbertost
Frank N. Wallace
Doctors Say Girl Hit by Car May Die in Danbury
Danbury, Aug 18 Special Two physicians testified that Miss Susie Mardin, struck April 2 by Dennis Dunn, faces possible death or crippling if she survives. Judge J Moss Ives sentenced Dunn to 80 days in Bridgeport Jail, fined 75 dollars, and allowed an appeal bond of 500 dollars. Dunn’s recklessness with no proper brakes was cited. A civil suit for 10,000 dollars was also filed by Mardin.
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Danbury
Susie Mardin
Dennis Dunn
J. Moss Ives
Dunn
Bridgeport
Ives
Charles W. Murphy
Bond
Hoyt Street
Danbury Hospital
Mordin
Fluorine Effects on Man Revealed by Swiss Research
Geneva reports Professor H Christiani notes fluorine relates to chlorine iodine and bromine and is poisonous even in small chronic doses. He warns that waste fluorine from factories contaminates animal food, causing spinal decay and bone softness, and now studies its impact on humans.
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Geneva
H. Christiani
Cristhani
Elks Gather for Danbury Lodge Ninth Annual Outing
Elks from across the state and from several New York towns will attend Danbury lodge’s nineteenth annual clan bake and outing on Sunday at the Danbury Fair Grounds. Howard Cotter of Hartford, grand trustee, will be the guest of honor. Beefsteak breakfast at ten, bake at two, Elks band to provide music.
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Elks
New York
Danbury Lodge of Elks
Howard Cotter
Hartford
Order
Mmatc
Elks’ Band
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