Snow Flight in Night Clothing Feuer Strikes Fitchburg
Three fires in 24 hours alarm Fitchburg after last Tuesday’s fatal rush fire. At 4 am the Parker tenement block burned driving 40 residents from bed in night clothing into snow. A 5 30 pm blaze at W H Merrill’s clothing store caused hotel panic and $8000 loss. A small Saturday fire hit Union Foundry. State Fire Marshal Mott and Fire Chief Murnane to investigate.
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Fitchburg
Ing
Parker
West Fitchburg
Frank G. Phelps
W. H. Merrill
Robert Mott
Timothy F. Murnane
Union Foundry Company
Water Street
Death from kerosene fire in Chatham home blaze
George H. Harding 57, a quiet bachelor and son of shipmaster Hiram Harding, was found burned on his doorstep when smoke from a kerosene lantern set his clothing ablaze. Neighbors extinguished the flames but he died as the house burned. Harding had spent years at sea and lived alone in the town’s northern area.
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Chatham
George H. Harding
Harding
Hiram Harding
United States
Far East
Chilton Club Wins Back Bay Liquor License Plan
Officers of the Chilton Club announce opposition silenced as they pursue a liquor license. Vice presidents Mrs Tyson and Mrs Lovett stress need and responsibility, noting the club cannot function without alcohol service for guests. Founder Mrs Wirt Dexter says opposition is absurd and temperance stands with responsible service.
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Chilton Club
New
Back Bay Society Women's Organization
George Tyson
Paul Thorndike
Chilton
Robert Lovett
Tyson
Wirt Dexter
Women’s’ Christian Temperance Union
Adamson's Balsam Cures Coughs, Druggists Say
Advert says Adamson's Balsam provides relief from coughs and cold symptoms with a claim that it cures. Available at all druggists.
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Adamson
Unified 15 Percent Raise Advocated by Boston Government Employees
Five hundred workers in Greater Boston attended a meeting under Branch 129 U S C S R Association to discuss pension plans and the Austin bill proposing a 15 percent salary increase to cover annuity assessments. Speakers included J P Hutchinson J F Doherty Kane Stockwell Carey Fitzgerald Lawless and Prendergast.
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Greater
Boston
Branch 129
U. S. C. S. R. Association
Gillett’s
J. P. Hutchinson
J. F. Doherty
Kane
United States
Government Employees’ Association
J. Stockwell
The
Immigration Bureau
Carey and
T. Fitzgerald
Watertown Arsenal Association
N. C. Lawless
J. J. Prendergast
Public hearing on Narragansett Bay to Boston ship canal plan
Governor Foss scope hearing asks public opinion on a toll free U S government ship canal from Narragansett Bay to Boston harbor. Committee led by Clarence W Barron to report by May 1. four locks planned with Hingham locks. Army engineers to advise next December.
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United States
Narragansett Bay
Boston Harbor
Foss
State House
Taunton River
Hingham Harbor
Hingham
Board of Army Engineers
Clarence W. Barron
Loved E. Chamberlain
Bernard J. Rothwell
Francis T. Bowles
A. Homer Skinner
Frank PB. Crane
John J. Martin
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