Derry Girls Donate for Brockton Disaster Fund
Local girls from West Derry New Hampshire raise funds with a sale and dance. They send $25 for Brockton sufferers, chaperoned by Mrs Georgie Wilson, with names of the donors and the note of hope. A second donation arrives from Revere Council 179 Knights of Columbus of 25 dollars, signed by George A Curry.
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Boston Post
Derry
Brockton
Goldie Gordon
Irene Scenter
Mabel Casidy
Rosaline Casidy
Myrtle Kelly
Helen Chadwick
Louisa Wilson
Myra Beckley
Hazel Marshall
Georgie Wilson
Brockton Fund
West Derry
N. H
Revere Council
Knights of Columbus
Revere
K. of C
George A. Curry
Little West Derry
Army officers test kite camera from Indian Head proving grounds
A board led by General A. W. Greely conducts experiments at Indian Head to control a camera suspended by a kite from the ground. Photographs may cover 10 to 12 miles, with three exposures taken up to about 400 feet as rain and wind hinder progress. plates will be developed in days. Army observers see potential for scouting enemy troops and fortifications.
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Washington
Army
A. W. Greely
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Lynn M. of R. and C. gift to Brockton fire fund
A contributor labeled Lynn M. of R. and C. encloses two dollars for the Brockton fire fund. Dated April 20, the note expresses support from Lynn in the request for relief funds.
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Sir
Brockton
Pee Ae Cones
Lynn
Local Subscriptions Totals Reported
A ledger summary lists subscriptions including Carrie F Clock M of R and C Mrs George Wilson and family Revere Cornell and others with a total of 1839.74 dollars. The entry notes small amounts such as 2 and 25 dollars and references an acknowledgment from Brock.
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Carrie F. Clock
M. of R
George Wilson
Autopsy Sought in Cooper Death at West End
Samuel Cooper was found insensible yesterday in his room at 5 Wall Street West End and died at Relief Hospital. Medical Examiner Harris is to perform an autopsy amid rumors the death resulted from wood alcohol in liquor bought at a West End resort. Cooper was a lumber handler and wintered at the Tewksbury home.
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Samuel Cooper
Wall Street
West End
Relief Hospital
Harris
Cooper
Tewksbury
Senator Callender Recovers From Illness, Plans Return
Senator E. B. Callender has recovered from a grip and may resume duties at the State House in a few days. He is rapidly regaining his health and expects to return soon.
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E. B. Callender
State House
Doctor Pierce to Reveal Ingredients of Favorite Prescription
To show good faith the inventor announces that the ingredients of Favorite Prescription will be printed on every bottle wrapper. The medicine has been popular for over thirty years and is claimed to have cured thousands of women of diseases peculiar to the sex.
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Pierce
Favorite Prescription Claims from Dr. Pierce Ad
An advertisement asserts Every Woman using Favorite Prescription will know its contents. It lists non alcoholic extracts from Lady's Slipper Black Cohosh Unicorn Root Blue Cohosh and Golden Seal as ingredients.
Nature's Own Cure for Women's Distressing Complaints
Dr. Pierce, focusing on diseases of women, found a rare blend of American medicinal plants would cure the debilitating wastes and pains of womanhood. He prepared this remedy in a form accessible at every drug store for easy purchase.
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Pierce
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Women Health
The ad claims Favorite Prescription keeps women youthful by fending off disease in delicate organs. It quiets nerves, relieves bearing-down sensations, and purportedly eases childbirth. The product is said to fortify the system for quicker recovery with no after-effects and healthier babies.
Fire ravages Ste. Anne's Convent in St Genevieve
A devastating fire at Ste. Anne's Convent in St Genevieve, near Montreal, killed one nun, eight children, and four elderly women. Sisters Marie Therese and Marie Robertine attempted rescues before being badly burned. The blaze started around midnight in the old ladies hospice, trapping occupants as bucket brigades formed but failed to save the building.
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Montreal
Que
Ste. Anne’s Convent
St. Genevieve
Jacques Cartier County
Riviere Des Prairies
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Beaconsfield
Pointe Claire
Old Ladies
Ste. Anne's
Sisters of Ste. Anne's
Lachine
Steamship Docks Burned at Bremen
Bremen Germany April 21 All the docks warehouses and buildings of the German Nordsee Steamship Company here were burned today. The vessels of the company were towed out of danger and sustained no damage. There was no loss of life.
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Bremen
Germany
Nordsee Steamship Company
Peter Giblin Rescues Drowning Boy at Long Wharf
Peter Giblin of East Boston saved 8-year-old Charley McKenna who fell into the water near Long wharf yesterday afternoon at 3 50. He stripped to reach the boy, leapt into a launch five feet below, pulled the child aboard, and the ambulance revived him at Relief Hospital before his parents took the boy home.
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Peter Giblin
Tom Giblin
Boston
Charley McKenna
Albany Street
Long Wharf
Giblin
Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Claims Quick Cure
Testimonial quotes James Headley of Dundee New York praising Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder for rapid relief from chronic catarrh and claiming an absolute cure after initial use. The advertisement emphasizes instant relief and quick recovery.
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Dr. Agnew
James Headley
Dundee
N. Y
Brooklyn Fire Devastates Brownsville Center Homes
A two hour blaze in Brownsville Brooklyn injures three firemen and burns 70 families, with six women burned and $150000 in property destroyed. The fire began in B Glass & Co furniture basement at Thatford street and Belmont avenue, spreading to nearby tenements as police kept crowds back.
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New York
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Thatford Street
Belmont Avenue
B. Glass & Co
Smooth Stranger Steals $98 From Creamery Desk
A smooth looking man aged about 45 entered the Walker-Gordon Milk Laboratory at 793 Boylston street about 6 pm. He asked for a cream dipper, claimed urgency, and after being told to wait left with a $98 roll still in the pigeonhole. Police have not located the suspect, described as 5 ft 7 in, 149 pounds, thin faced with a light gray mustache, in dark clothes and overcoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker-Gordon Milk Laboratory Company
Boylston Street
Heroic Sharon Girl Saves Two Lads Lives
Ethel Seaver, 18, of Sharon, rescued A Endicott Dennett and Harvard senior William Hubbard from Massapoag Lake after their canoe capsized. Hubbard, visiting relatives, and Dennett survived as bystanders watched. Seaver pleads modesty, while townspeople press for a Humane Society medal.
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Sharon
Ethel M. Seaver
Massapong Lake
Humane Society
A. Endicott Dennett
George A. Dennett
William Hubbard
Cambridge
Harvard University
Miss Seaver
Hubbard
O. H. Greene
Dennett
Mrs. Louis
A. Seaver
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Iel
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Kent
Oxford
Greater
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Aioe
Tremont St
Washington St
Globe Annex
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Bedford St
Rageterra
Garand
Tessier
Isle Bizard
Marceline Villemarie Irene Bertrant
Leona Daoust
Eglantine Proul
Dugas
Emma Terrault
Margaret Poitvin
Rober
Mme
Narcise Lalonde
Cardinal
Marie Therese of Jesus
Marie Robertine of Jesus
Giblin Saved
Drowning Boy
Brooklyn Fire
Flimflammer
Ethel
Seaver
Ethel Seaver
Newman & Sons Corp
LOS Angeles Co
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