Two Boston convertibles collide on viaduct linking Harvard Square
A head on crash between two large Boston convertibles near Cambridge end of the viaduct yesterday afternoon injured Mary Rogers age 68 and Ruth Rogers. Motorman A H Batch elder was cut by glass. about a dozen passengers were shaken or bruised. Traffic rerouted from the North Station East Cambridge route for over half an hour.
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Boston
Harvard Square
Clarendon Hill
Cambridge
North Station
East Cambridge
Mary Rogers
Spring Street
Ruth Rogers
A. H. Batchelder
Scollay Square
Boston's Greatest Clothing House Sells Good Clothes
Women favor style in dress influencing men's clothing purchases. The store in Boston showcases quality garments by top makers, underscoring women's role in fashion buying.
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Boston
Greatest Clothing House
Slaughter in Trinidad labor war shocks Colorado
In Trinidad Col April 22 six mine workers died and two were missing as a clash between striking coal miners and militiamen raged in the Empire Delagua and nearby camps. Dozens of refugees, including Ludlow tent colony families, were moved as bodies of miners and guards were recovered and authorities mobilized state militia.
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Trinidad
Col
Colorado
H. B. Ring
Empire Mine
Denver
City council stalls lit street contract bid dispute
Heated hearings over a street lighting contract see Boston Consolidated Gas Company as front runner. Commissioner Rourke backs a five year term though city delays awarding while Public Lighting Service Corp of New York challenges pricing. A second hearing will review new figures and bids.
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Louis K. Rourke
Boston
Rourke
Curley
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Edgar N. Wrightington
Kenney
Wrightington
William B. Lawrence
Public Lighting Service Corporation of
New York
Boston Company
Councillor Watson
Mr. Lawrence
Patrick Kearns
Roxbury
Lawrence
Kearns
Ragland Momand
MacDonald
Boston Gas Company
Unknown man found dead on Chelsea Creek flats
A dead unknown man was found yesterday afternoon on Chelsea Creek flats opposite East Boston pumping station. He seemed to have been in the water briefly and wore a brown suit with nearly new tan shoes. Medical Examiner Magrath viewed the body and ordered it sent to the North Grove Street morgue for autopsy.
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Chelsea Creek
East Boston
Magrath
North Grove Street
Lincoln era letter from Wilson on Vera Cruz sailors
Washington April 22 letters from President Wilson and Secretary Daniels expressed sorrow over four sailors and Marines killed at Vera Cruz. They addressed to William Poinsett, Mrs Isabella Melkinnon, Mayor Marten, and Michael Haggerty, citing Lincoln’s Bixby message as consolation and invoking the Altar of Freedom.
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Wilson
Secretary Daniels
Vera Cruz
Secretary of the Navy
William Poinsett
Philadelphia
Isabella Melkinnon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Coxswain
Schumacher
Marten
Chicago
Michael Haggerty
Cambridge
Mass
Daniels
America
Lincoln
Bixby
Boston
Republic
Indiana Recruiting for National Guard Opens War Spirit
In Indianapolis on April 22 Indiana showed strong war support as citizens from state politics to small towns offered aid to Governor Ralston should Mexico declare war. National Guard units statewide expanded recruiting efforts amid volunteer offers from leaders like Thomas Taggart and former Governor Durbin.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ralston
Mexico
Thomas Taggart
French Lick
Orange County
Winfield P. Durbin
Doctor Hints At Hair Darkening Recipe
Physician Dr. Stanton Burroughs endorses a home mix to darken gray hair. Combine 7 oz water with a box of Barbo Compound 1 oz bay rum and 14 oz glycerine. Apply every other day until shade matches. Claims it also removes dandruff and scalp ills and costs little to buy.
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Stanton Burroughs
Oldest Woman in Portsmouth Dies at 98
Mrs Sophia Woods of Portsmouth, the citys oldest resident, died aged 98. A Salcombe England native, she married in Devonshire in 1848 and arrived in the United States in 1833. She is survived by two sons Albert E Woods telegraph editor of the New York World and Charles J Woods and a daughter Mrs Hamilton Perkins.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sophia Woods
Salcombe
England
Chivelstone
Devonshire
Albert E. Woods
New York World
Charles J. Woods
Hamilton Perkins
License Refusal Follows City Hearing on Movie Show Permit
Marks Harris told Mayor Curley at a former aldermanic chamber hearing that a $300 payment would secure a moving picture show license. The session occurred yesterday in the old aldermanic chamber.
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Marks Harris
Curley
Roxbury Moving Picture License Hearings End in Opposition
The hearing on Harris for a Humboldt avenue Roxbury license revealed an architect involved in planning the project and a fee discussion. Opponents led by Richard S. Andrews filled the room and the Mayor declined to grant the license. A second hearing for Jerome Pettiti on Falanover street near Charter was held with many officials opposing and some supporting.
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Moving Picture House
Harris
Morris P. Pakulski
Max Kellerman
Humboldt Avenue
Townsend Street
Roxbury
Richard S. Andrews
Jerome Pettiti
Falanover Street
Charter
Fore River strikers press wage demand at Quincy
A strike committee of 300 Fore River Works workers at Quincy delivered a petition to management demanding a minimum wage of two dollars per day and a union agreement for general improvements in working conditions. The management declined to concede the demands.
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Fore River
Quincy
Fishermen Edit Prices as Gloucester Ships Move to New Pier
Irregular trade on the water front yesterday saw five schooners dock after heavy Tuesday deliveries. Haddock and steak pollock prices rose while cod and hake fell. notable vessels included Mary Sears and Conqueror with cargoes, as mackerel fleets build from Gloucester and new pier operations loom at South Boston. Officials anticipate space limits at the Commonwealth pier headhouse as Hamburg-American and White Star traffic grows. The Rhaetia, Carmania, Cleveland, Bohemia, and Canadian liners are all due, with the North Town molasses discharge underway and the Joshua James motor launch joining Stony Beach.
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Haddock
Gloucester
Marguerite Haskins
Constellation
Thelma
Boston
New Fish Pier
Virginia Capes
Boston Fish Bureau
New York
Rob Roy
Cape Henry
Customs, Immigration
New Commonwealth Pier
South Boston
White Star Line
Marshall Building
Common Wealth
Portland
Cleveland
Baltimore
South
Liverpool
Northtown
Queenstown
Marengo
Hull
Eng
Dora
Halifax
Stony Beach
Sparrow
Bayonne
Joshua James
Shipping News Arrivals Report Westbound Vessels and Tugs
Steamers Carmania Barr Liverpool Queenstown via Portland and other ports anchor below. Vessels listed include Sloterdyk Dijl Rotterdam Boston Simms Yarmouth N S Canadian Bullock Berkshire Dodge Philadelphia Katahdin Macbeth Jacksonville Charleston Ruffolk Hersey Norfolk Edison Light Torrey Sewalls Point Vaughan H M Whitney Golberth Jonas T W French Anderson Newburyport schooners Abbie Walker Wallace Millbridge Eliza Lavensaler Kelloch Thomaston Herbert Pettee Rockport tugs Waltham Hammond towing Easton II Gardiner Tipton Panther Creek Cuba
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Carmania
Barr
Liverpool
Queenstown
Portland
Sloterdyk
Dijl
Rotterdam
Boston
Simms
Yarmouth
N. S
Canadian
Bullock
New York
Berkshire
Dodge
Katahdin
Macbeth
Jacksonville
Charleston
Ruffolk
Hersey
Norfolk
Edison Light
Torrey
Sewalls Point
H. M. Whitney
Golberth
Jonas TW
French
Anderson
Newburyport
Abbie
Walker
Wallace
Millbridge
Eliza Lavensaler
Kelloch
Thomaston
Herbert
Pettee
Rockport
Mass
Waltham
Hammond
Easton
Gardiner
Tipton
Panther Creek
Cuba
Maritime Towing Operations Amidst Port City Movements
A detailed log lists numerous towing barges and ships moving between Philadelphia Providence Portsmouth and New York. Vessels include Reading Irwin Shamokin Oxford West End Skippack Tamanend and others. The record covers schooners steamers and tugs with berths in Norfolk Newport News Balti more and Portsmouth among others.
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Coronell River
Allentown
York
Mars
Calhoun
Portsmouth
Merriam
Aeceaney's
Suffolk
Gettysburg
Minford
Tamanend
Cleona
Draper
Teaser
Law
Reading
Irwin
Providence
Philadelphia
Edward Luuckenbach
Umstead
Norfolk
Annie H. Smith
R. R. Thomas
Paoli
Oliver
Shamokin
Oxford
Portland
New York
Perkins
C. I. Perkins
P. N. Go
Nichols
Pettee
Rockport
Mass
West End
Charles T. Gallagher
Guilmet
Skippack
Scituate
Perth Amboy
Farnham
Irvington
Mallory Liner Denver Held for Government Use
Army headquarters ordered the 4500 ton Mallory liner Denver to stop loading and hold in readiness for emergency government service. The steamer, carrying passengers and freight, was slated to sail for New York this afternoon from Galveston Texas.
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Galveston
Tex
Denver
New York
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