Germany in Note Assumes Sussex Not Submarine Victim
A German note contends the Sussex was not sunk by a German sub and questions details of the March 24 channel incident. It lists ships including Englishman Manchester Engineer Eagle Point and describes torpedoing events near Ireland and Folkestone Dieppe area, urging more precise time and place data and proposing mixed commissions if needed.
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Germany
Sussex
Islay
Hebrides
Manchester Engineer
Waterford
Eagle Point
Ireland
Folkestone
Dieppe
English Channel
Folkstone
Channel
State Department
Manchester
Department
Joseph Gleason
Boston
Queenstown
United States
William P. Frye
Europe
Lusitania
Margo Cure Test Promises Nervous System Relief
An advertisement offers a simple home test for nervous fatigue. Buy a package of Margo at a local druggist, take three or four tablets daily for about two weeks, and observe calmer nerves and renewed ambition. The ad claims Margo has no habit forming drugs and includes a money back guarantee.
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Margo
Tate
Pope to Probe Peace Prospects via Papal Inquiries
London dispatch reports the Pope will ask both British and German governments about prospective peace. The Rome and Rotterdam correspondents note this follows recent speeches by German chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg and British prime minister Herbert Asquith.
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Pope
London
Rome
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg
Herbert H. Asquith
Daily Mails
Rotterdam
Picture of the Sussex Shown as a Cross Channel Steamer
London April 12 The Sussex steamer image in English papers reproductions cited by the German note reveals a single smokestack one forward mast flush deck and a low bridge. The vessel appears as a typical cross channel boat and may influence the note's impact.
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Sussex
Daily Graphic
London
Sinking of Sussex underscores US demand to halt German attacks
The note argues German claims about sinking Sussex are evasive and that many merchant ships carrying Americans were torpedoed with warnings debated. Washington prepares a final document threatening to sever diplomatic ties if illegal attacks continue, while evidence from cases including the Sussex and four ships is evaluated.
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Germany
Sussex
Washington
United States
State Department
London
Paris
St. Paul
Fire breaks out in Back Bay flats sparking panic
A $300 blaze in the first floor of 24 Belvidere Street Back Bay confined to the Frayne apartment. Tenants fled in robe as seven other families sheltered outside. Mrs Frayne awakened by smoke suspected the closet fire and alerted the station nearby. The still alarm sent from the Back Bay central telephoned fire headquarters and responders contained the fire.
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J. M. Frayne
Belvidere Street
Back Bay
Frayne
Milk Bottle Falls From Window Fractures Man’s Skull
William Linski 26 of South Boston was hospitalized with a fractured skull after a milk bottle was dropped from a second story window at 253 D street near D Street and Broadway. Gertrude Condon 9 leaned from a window and knocked the bottle free. a bystander diverted him before he fell. Sergeant Murphy wired an ambulance to City Hospital.
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William Linski
BF Street
Boston
City Hospital
Linski
D Street
Broadway
Gertrude Condon
Sergeant Murphy
Station 6
Judge Sets Aside Dog Bite Award In Medford Case
Hollis V. Mosher an 8 year old boy loses 400 dollars awarded for a bite by a brindle Boston terrier and his mother loses 100 dollars in the same case. Judge Chase set aside the verdicts as against the weight of the evidence.
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Hollis V. Mosher
West Medford
Chase
Man Dead After Stair Fall in Gloucester
Guy Facini, 55, of 875 Washington Street, was found dead at the foot of a rear stairway. An examination showed a broken neck and authorities believe the fall was accidental.
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Gloucester
Guy Facini
Washington Street
Man Drowns After Falling From Dam Top
Theodore Ri back, 65, of 136 River Street, drowned today in the French River after falling from the North Village dam timber. His body was recovered and pathologist Dr. Johnson R. Woodward of Oxford ruled the death accidental. The same issue promotes The Quitter a fiction story by Mary Lanier Magruder in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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Webster
Theodore Riback
River Street
French River
North Village
Johnson R. Woodward
Oxford
Mary Lanier Magruder
Sunday Post
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Kidney Health
Long standing remedy touts Haarlem Oil Capsules as not a patent medicine but a tested household treatment for kidney and bladder disease. Warns of symptoms like backache and urinary trouble while claiming cleansing action and ongoing protection with daily use, plus refund if not as represented.
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Haarlem
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Hartshorn
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