Men Rescued After Leaky Boat Drifts Near Boston Light
Three Boston men G Har old Wing Clifton D Dunham and George Crowley adrift in a 21 foot motor boat filled with water near Boston Light after a leak and failing batteries. A liner and a tug could not assist until Captain McLane of the pilot boat Liberty and two pilots reached the craft, bringing the exhausted men aboard and to shore at Fort Warren. Crowley 81, Wing 23 and Dunham 28 are described as shaken but recovering.
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Ruby, Jr
Boston Light
G. Harold Wing
Clifton D. Dunham
George Crowley
Boston
Boston Harbor
Liberty
Fort Warren
Joseph E. Jessup
Cohasset
Dunham
Ives
Roxbury
Nantasket
Crowley
Wing
MccLane
McLane
New England
Technology Chambers
International Trust Company
Post
Mrs Pinkham's remedy urged for working girls health
Miss Barrows of Nelsonville Ohio shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her with nervousness back pain and irregular periods among working girls who stand long hours. The ad invites correspondence and notes Mrs Pinkham 25 years of free advice from Lynn Mass.
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Miss Barrows
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Abby F. Barrows
Nelsonville
Athens Co
Ohio
Death at Tea Table in Attleboro Veteran Mason Dies
David L. Hodges of Attleboro a veteran soldier and prominent Mason choked to death yesterday during supper at the home of Lucian M. West in Scituate Rhode Island The incident occurred at mealtime and Hodges was well known in local Masonic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attleboro
David L. Hodges
Lucian M. West
Scituate
R. I
Ice price hike set by Boston ice firms this season
The ice trust adopts a new price schedule effective today forcing housekeepers to pay 10 cents more per 100 pounds of ice. Wholesalers face a $1-per-ton increase, while some firms announce no change or smaller adjustments, noting each company sets its own rates and summer terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice Trust
F. P. Bartlett
Boston Ice Company
Marcus M. Estabrook
Highland Co-operative Ice Company
Jamaica Plain
H. H. Davenport
Fresh Pond Ice Company
Boston Post
Death of Mr Hodges After Coughing Fit
Mr Hodges collapsed at table with a coughing fit and suffocated, dying before Dr. W H Bowen could arrive. He lived with his sisters Mrs Amy Sanford and Miss Sarah Fodges at the family home, with burial planned at Mt Hope. He hailed from a Massachusetts lineage and served in the Civil War after an earlier Revolutionary era ancestor.
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Mr. Hodges
W. H. Bowen
Amy Sanford
Sarah Fodges
Mt. Hope
Massachusetts
Jonathan Hodges
Norton
New Orleans
Boston & Providence Railroad
Schooner Nettie Cushing Runs Aground Off Cornfield Shoals
Westbrook Conn April 18. The schooner Nettie Cushing ran aground on Cornfield Sand Shoals about a mile northeast of Cornfield Point light vessel at daybreak in thick weather. Captain Kelloch and four crewmen reached Saybrook Harbor in the yawl after a hard time. The vessel is full of water and likely a total loss. she carried 1600 barrels of lime for Henry Haviland of New York and is owned by A J Bird of Rockland Maine.
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Westbrook
Conn
Nettie Cushing
Cornfield Sand
Cornfield Point
Kelloch
Saybrook Harbor
Henry Haviland
New York
Cushing
A. J. Bird
Rockland
Gorky to Speak in Boston Despite Friends’ Refusal
Maxim Gorky planned to appear in Boston with the Russian Social Democratic party and the Russian Bund as hosts despite Friends of Russian Freedom declining to help after a report about his private life. Local leaders push ahead, seeking Faneuil Hall and lining up a date to be announced soon.
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Maxim Gorky
Boston
Friends of Russian Freedom
Russian Social Democratic Party
Russian Bund
Gorky
Faneuil Hall
Alice Stone Blackwell
Meyer Bloomfield
Antoinette F. Konikorr
Friends of Russian Free
Louis Marcu
Russian Socialist Democratic Party
Work Horse Parade Entries Close May 1
Those intending to exhibit in the work horse parade are reminded entries close May 1 with no extension. An office at the Korea show will be available this week with floor space in the entrance hall provided at no charge.
Hartje Wife Aims to Prove Conspiracy in Divorce Case
Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje declares she will prove that her millionaire husband August Hartje conspired to prosecute his suit for divorce in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mary Scott Hartje
August Hartje
Proper iron in diet boosts vitality and health
The piece warns that selecting healthy food matters for strength and color. It notes many people starve their blood of iron and that the body demands iron to sustain vitality and well being.
Apiiero Biscuit Snas and Grains Promotion
Apiero promises strength and energy for all including children students and athletes. The ad claims thirty days of use proves health and vitality with Apitezo Biscuit snap and go bone and sinew and Apitezo Grains sold by grocers nationwide.
Wells Aims At Wealth Novel In Coming Tour
English writer H. G. Wells has arrived for a lengthy tour and plans a future best selling work on great wealth. He speaks of a political economy novel about wealth concentration and the American future, noting possible defenses against wealth limits and the ease of evading such rules.
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H. G. Wells
Boston
United States
Wells
Richard Mansfield
Mr. Wells
Engine Walked In Its Sleep In Cheyenne Roundhouse
An unusual accident occurred at Sidney east of Cheyenne when switch engine 777 rolled from the roundhouse into the turnstile pit with no fire in its firebox. The cause is inexplicable and no injuries are reported.
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Cheyenne, Wryo
Sidney
Here
Equitable Life Reports Large Lapse of Small Policies
The Equitable Life Assurance Society released a statement noting 27 385 policies under $1000 lapsed, while only one $250 000 policy lapsed. About 84 percent of lapsed policies were for $3000 or less. President Morton says small policy holders bore the brunt of life insurance fears.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
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Gale & Kent
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Dom
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Work Horse
Mrs. Hartje
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Cluett, Peabody & & Co
Poe
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