Pastor A C Dixon Resigns From Ruggles Street Baptist Church
The Rev. A G C Dixon resigned after five years as pastor of Ruggles Street Baptist in Boston. A pulpit committee will seek a replacement after Oct 1 with the assistant pastor Rev John R Hague to lead services until a successor is chosen. Dixon’s letter dated July 26 1906 from Minneapolis explains his decision.
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A. GC. Dixon
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Prudential and Executive Committees
John R. Hague
Dixon
Minneapolis
Minn
Boston
Mass
A. C. Dixon
Distance to Chicago Calls Pastor Dixon from Ruggles Street
A. C. Dixon resigns as pastor of the Ruggles Street Baptist Church effective Oct 1 1906 to accept a call from Moody Church in Chicago. He cites duty and a wider field of evangelistic work in the Midwest and thanks supporters in Boston for their kindness. The Moody Church invitation followed a unanimous approval by its executive committee.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Moody Church of Chicago
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Chicago
Boston
Middle West
New
Americans jailed in Mexico for tourist swindle scheme
Three Americans Fred Jones Jerome Turner and W J Wilson were arrested and sent to Bolen prison in Mexico City charged with swindling American tourists. They allegedly lured victims to a cathedral bell tower and induced gambling, then a fake detective frightened the losers into silence.
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Mexico City
Fred Jones
Jerome Turner
W. J. Wilson
Bolen
High-Speed Electrics Crash at Holden Blunder
A Worcester Holden streetcar collision injures seventeen and claims a death. Mrs Campelino Presto of Boston is fatally injured while en route to Rutland to reach a sick daughter. Car 16 with eighty passengers crashes head on at a curve as drivers jump.
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Holden
Jefferson
Campelino Presto
Boston
Rutland Sanitarium
Serious Injuries Reported In City Car Collision
A list of wounded after a Massachusetts city crash includes Mrs Campello Presto 40 of Foster place Boston with fractured nose and forehead dying at Worcester Hospital. Miss Florence Johnson 26 of Worcester knee cap fracture possible internal injuries in Worcester Hospital. Mr Roland Johnson 38 of Worcester knee cap fracture in Worcester Hospital. Miss Bertha Royce 14 of Ramsdell Mo cut and bruised taken to sister's Worcester home. Miss Annie Royce 16 Worcester nervous shock severe. Motorman Carl Adsit 30 Jefferson two legs broken to Dr Washburn's home. Mrs George Barrett Boston sprained knees shock to Jefferson. Mrs Lizzie Barrett Boston sprained ankle head and face cuts to Jefferson. Miss Sarah E Ganzieau of Holden thrown from car broken ankle to home by carriage.
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Florence Johnson
Russell Street
Worcester
Worcester Hospital
Roland Johnson
Bertha Royce
Ramsdell
Chandler Street
Annie Royce
Carl Adsit
Jefferson
Washburn
George Barrett
Boston
Lizzie Barrett
Sarah E. Ganzieau
Holden
Two Quincy Boys Injured In Dynamite Blast
In Water street tenement area two boys Hiel Shread aged 9 and Carl Muller 10 found a stick of dynamite at South Quincy. While handling it at home a fragment fell into a fire causing an explosion that left Shread with multiple injuries. Shread was rushed to Quincy Hospital by police ambulance.
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Quincy
Water Street
Hiel Shread
Carl Muller
South Quincy
Muller
Shread
Feared Crank Arrested Near Sagamore Hill
Karl Cook, who claimed to be a Washington lawyer, was arrested by secret service at Sagamore Hill while attempting to climb the property. He was sentenced to five days in Mineola jail on vagrancy charges, amid fears he might disturb the President.
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Oyster Bay, L. I
Karl Cook
Washington, D. C
Secret Service
Sagamore Hill
Cook
Mineola
Subways Cave-In Endangers Dozens in Boston Block
A cave-in on the Washington street subway at the Hanover street junction startled residents and halted activity. Italian laborers narrowly escaped as debris and a shifted sidewalk disrupted the area. A streetcar narrowly missed trouble and engineers cited sewer collapse as a probable cause while crews reinforced supports and planned to connect two tunnel sections.
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Manuel Corbona
Patrick McGovern
Boston
Gray
Union Street
Wallace
Hanover Street
Friend Street
Framingham Mystery Woman Nell Clark Sparks Local Interest
In Framingham Massachusetts residents buzz over an ad reading TAKE ME NELL CLARK dated August 4 in the afternoon. Dodd refuses to identify Nell Clark or explain the ad’s purpose, saying only the party it was intended for will understand.
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Framingham
Nell Clark
Boston
D. Dodd
Mass
Don Dodd
Mr. Dodd
Dodd
England welcomes Harvard boys at Marblehead regatta
England invites Harvard crew as the German Sonderklasse boat makes its first American spin at Marblehead. Greer sidelined from national regatta. Oregonians arrive in Worcester as trials finish. St. Louis defeats New York Americans by a home run while Chicago Americans beat Philadelphia 10 to 2. King Alfonso and bride voyage to Cowes for royal races as Readville grand circuit races promise new records.
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Harvard
Sonderklasse
Marblehead
Greer
Worcester
St. Louis
New York
Death of Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson at Dreamwold
Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson died at Dreamwold yesterday after a long valvular heart disease. For months she improved but relapsed after intense heat. Survived by Thomas W. Lawson and six children Marion Doris Bunny Arnold Douglas. funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Dreamwold
Mr. Lawson
Lawson
Eben Blaine Stanwood
Gladys Lawson
Marion
Doris
Bunny Lawson
Arnold Lawson
New York
Boston
Marblehead
Douglas Lawson
New Hampshire
Jennie A. Goodwillie
Cambridge
Nine hurt as two autos crash near Westerly Rhode Island
A collision between two cars near Watch Hill Westerly injures nine people, including Theodore Bodenwein editor of the New London Day and secretary of Connecticut, his wife and two children. The other vehicle carries Charles H J Douglas of New York with his wife and two children. No serious injuries reported as both cars are wrecked.
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Theodore Bodenwein
The
New London
Conn. Day
Connecticut
Charles H. J. Douglas
New York
Watch Hill
Weather and travel forecast for Boston region and Atlantic ports
Fair for Boston and vicinity for Monday with Tuesday showers and fresh southerly winds. Thunder storms were reported today in the Lake region and may move into the middle Atlantic and western New England states. Winds along the Atlantic coast on Monday will be light to fresh and mostly southerly. Steamers bound for European ports Monday can expect light to fresh southerly winds and generally fair weather toward the Grand Banks.
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Washington
Lake
Middle Atlantic
New England
Atlantic
European
Grand Banks
Lynn Girl Overcome at Point of Pines
Eva Dawley twenty of Lynn collapsed from heat at the Point of Pines at seven pm. Metropolitan police aided her until Lynn police ambulance took her to 9 Walnut street.
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Lynn Girl
Point OF Pines
Lynn
Eva Dawley
Metropolitan Police
Walnut Street
Fearful Scenes as Sirip Sinks Off Cape Palos
Panicked survivors recount chaotic moments after the Sirip sank near Cape Palos as rescue crews recovered four hundred men in distress. Reports mention frenzied fighting with knives among survivors and lingering danger in the sea.
Disaster Strikes Sirio Off Cape Palos Killing 300
The Italian steamship Sirio struck a reef near Harmigas Island, sinking with about 645 aboard at Genoa on Aug 2. A chaotic onboard fight for lifeboats by emigrants left many dead or wounded while a nearby trawler fleet rescued about 300. The captain died by his own hand and a bishop perished blessing the rescued. Survivors endure exposure in Cape Palos.
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Spain
Genoa
South America
Cape Palos
Sao Pedro
Brazil
Sirio
Barcelona
Cadiz
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Harmigas Island
Homigas Island
Navigazione Italiana of
Johen Miguel
Vicenta Llicano
Garland Hanover Patient Relapses in Critical Condition
Aug 5 in Garland Hanover James A. Garland ill with pneumonia at Dr Vernon Briggs summer home suffered a relapse and is described as critically ill. Doctors report his heart is affected and have given up hope of recovery with pulse at 140 and temperature at 103 arriving tonight.
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Hanover
James A. Garland
Vernon Briggs
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