Radio Tower Is Success in trans Atlantic Wireless Tests
Washington April 3 a preliminary report on radio telegraphy between the Salem cruiser and the Arlington wireless tower shows Arlington second to none among world stations. Messages reached 2383 miles by day, and night dispatches to a vessel 3000 miles away proved feasible. Kite-conductor setups could have enabled trans Atlantic exchange.
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Washington
Salem
Gibraltar
Arlington
Eiffel Tower
Weeks Plans Reintroduction of Currency Reform Bill
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts announced he will reintroduce the currency reform bill prepared by the National Monetary Commission. The measure previously died of inaction at the last Congress and now returns for consideration.
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Weeks
Washington
Massachusetts
National Monetary Commission
Father of 5 Is Missing From Roxbury Family Here
Harry Delaney, 34, a brakeman with New Haven Railroad, left his wife and five children on June 19 1912 from 23 Mechanic Street Roxbury and has not been heard from since. He is described as light complexioned with a smooth face about 140 pounds. Mrs Delaney and the five children ages 18 10 6 and 8 4 seek word or return of the missing husband and father.
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Harry Delaney
Five Drowned From Submarine Turquoise in Med Maneuvers
In Toulon France on April 3 two French naval officers Lieutenant Achille Laba vre and Ensign Louis Adam and three petty officers were swept overboard from the deck of the submarine Turquoise during maneuvers in the Mediterranean last night. The bodies were recovered and brought to port this morning.
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Toulon
France
Achille Lavabre
Louis Adam
Mediterranean
Mrs Clark declines to attend national welcome breakfast
Mrs Champ Clark wife of the House Speaker said she would not attend the national welcome breakfast planned for Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Thomas R Marshall this Saturday due to a prior engagement. Democratic women who claim discrimination cheered the move as the event drew criticism.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Champ Clark
Clark
Breakfast precedence plan stirs White House hostesses row
Promoters clash over seating wives of cabinet officers at Mrs. Wilson's table to mirror cabinet roles. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Bryan are assigned key positions while critics say the event will mix wives of varying political loyns. The hall is undersized for 350 invites though over 1200 women seek attendance.
Methodist Churches Prosper in New England Conference
New Bedford area reports show higher church and parsonage spending and growing Sunday school attendance. Norwich and Providence districts note benevolent giving rise to higher pastor salaries and overall church prosperity as Bishop Hamilton leads devotional service at the session.
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New Bedford
New England
Methodist Episcopal Denomination
W. S. Ward
Providence
Andrew J. Coulins
J. H. Newland
Norwich
J. W. Hamilton
Board of Deaconesses
Board of Education
Keller Goode nuptials unite Somerville and Brooklyn
Three hundred persons attended the wedding of Miss Eva May Goode of 30 Barstow Avenue Somerville to George H. Keller of Brooklyn New York. The ceremony was held at First Methodist Episcopal Church Somerville at 7 o'clock. The couple will reside in Brooklyn.
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Eva May Goode
Barstow Avenue
Somerville
George H. Keller
Brooklyn
N. Y
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Keller
Troops Stay On Border Despite Mexican Unrest
Washington reports no withdrawal plan for border troops since Wilson’s administration began. The War Office intends to keep mobilization until there is absolute evidence of a stable Mexican government.
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Washington
Wilson
War Office
Mexico
Mrs Hoke Smith Seriously Ill in Washington
Mrs Hoke Smith wife of the Georgia Senator is seriously ill at her Washington home after a strenuous social season. Physicians say she shows some slight improvement today.
Poison Found Hidden on Murderers in Paris Prison
Four condemned inmates at the prison de la Sante were found to have hidden virulent poison in their clothing during wardens search. The lethal substance could kill about 50 people.
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Paris
Prison de la Sante
Fire at Woods & Lloyd plant kills guard and wounds police and firefighters
One man died and ten were hurt when a Woods & Lloyd Company glass house supply plant on the South Side burned after a gas explosion this morning. Watchman Charles Kornecamp was killed. four policemen and six firemen were injured as $75,000 in property was destroyed.
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Pittsburg
Charles Kornecamp
The
Woods & Lloyd Company
Counted Chicks Suit Over Incubator in New York
John L. Dunlap of Chatham New York files a $5000 damage suit against an incubator maker claiming a $12 000 egg incubator failed to hatch chicks. He cites a setting of 7204 eggs producing 2281 chicks and a season total of 13214 chicks from 55000 eggs, valuing unhatched eggs at six to ten cents each.
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New York
John L. Dunlap
Chatham, N. Y
Mr. Dunlap
Tornado Wrecks Sturgeon Area Killing One
A tornado near Sturgeon Missouri killed William Mathis and injured his wife Mary and daughter Ruth while damaging about twenty houses and injuring about 25 others. The storm passed within a half mile of the town.
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Sturgeon
William Mathis
Mary
Ruth
Kearsarge Club Invites Officials to Roxbury Ball
State and city officials are invited to attend the annual Kearsarge Club ball to be held at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury next Monday evening. Officers of the dance are named.
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Kearsarge Club
Roxbury
Intercolonial Hall
Reconstruction era reception committee names
Joseph McKinnon floor director Joseph B Aigen and Paul Doherty assistant floor directors and Thoma Leahy chief of aids. The reception committee comprises William H. Porderly William I F O'Driscoll Joseph Logue P J Downey John Stuffe Eugene Good and Ray Cavanaugh.
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Joseph McKinnon
Joseph B. Aigen
Paul Doherty
Thoma Leahy
Aids
William H. Porderly
William IF. O'Driscoll
Joseph Logue
P. J. Downey
John Stuffe
Eugene Good
Ray Cavanaugh
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