Taft Forges Relaxing Beverly Visit With Golf and Rides
President Taft endures a sultry Beverly day as temperatures reach 98 in shade at Burgess Point and 110 in sun. He attends First Parish Church, takes family car rides, conducts official business, and plans golf with Ham mond and Boardman at Essex County Club while Mrs Taft recovers from a nervous breakdown and enjoys motor outings through local countryside. Judge Howiston Cincinnati calls on the Tafts.
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Beverly
Taft
Burgess Point
Unitarian
Charley
Dory
Mrs. Taft
Moore
Helen
Robert
Ipswich
Essex County Club
John Hays Hammond
C. W. Boardman
Washington, D. C
Robert Taft
Captain Butt
Judge Howiston
Cincinnati
Little Boar's Head, N. H
Taft Visit Draws Thousands To Burgess Point Church
The president and Miss Taft drew crowds of automobilists bicyclists and pedestrians at Burgess Point amid intense heat. Thousands hoped to glimpse Taft as he entered and left the church where Rev Augustine Lord preached. Charley was rescued after being marooned in Gloucester Bay and towed to shore by the Sylph's crew.
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Taft
Beverly
Burgess Point
Helen
Captain Butt
Secret Service
Miss Taft
Washington
Augustus M. Lord of
Augustus M. Lord of Providence, R. I
Benjamin R. Bulkley
Charley
Bay
Gloucester
Pine scented cologne for bath and toilet use
A promotional note claims pine scented cologne brings cooling comfort during heat. Sold at Riker Jaynes stores in two sizes, 15c and 75c, marketed as a summer essential for bath and general use.
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Riker-Jaynes
Price-Cutting Suit Sale at F Gray Co
Washington end Hanover hosts a price cutting sale featuring blue serge suits at 15 dollars, black cheviot suits, fancy worsted suits at 5.90 or 10 dollars, and other discounts. Don’t miss the savings today.
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F. Gray Co
Washington End Hanover
Lodging House Bath Dilemma Sparks City Debate
Boston lodging house keepers question who will decide if lodgers need baths and if beds and rooms meet standards. Owners fear enforcement overreach and plan to take reforms to court, arguing many rules exceed Board of Health authority.
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Boston
Board of Health
Post
Tremont Street
Rhodes Ripley stock half price at Gray Co.
$30 and $35 suits now $14.90 at F Gray Co. stock includes Rhodes Ripley garb silk lined in browns tans and stone colors. Washington and Hanover location inviting shoppers to come today.
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F, Gray Co
Washington and Hanover
Heat Drives Two Staten Island Men to Eccentric Acts
On August 8 in New York City heat and humidity drove Anton Civotz, 86, to climb a high tree and swing from the top branches, shouting incoherently. Firefighters hosed him down and used a 60 foot ladder and lasso to pull him to safety. Soon after Ole Anderson, 87, stripped to his clothes, climbed to a roof ridge and tried to enter the chimney thinking he was Santa Claus. Firemen caught him alive. Both were detained for sanity investigation.
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New York
Staten Island
Anton Civotz
Ole Anderson
Ten Dollar Suits Bargain at Grayo Store
A newspaper ad from F Grayo at Washington and Hanover offers men’s suits at ten dollars with discounts on higher priced lines. All worsteds thibets cheviots diagonals and cassimeres featured with a sale tag from five dollars for any nineteen dollar suit.
Taft Plans Tariff Experts and Philippine Prosperity
President Taft directs five tariff experts under McVeagh to aid in drafting the new law while Secretary Nagel and Attorney General Wickersham study interstate commerce reform. He foresees prosperity in the Philippines with free cigars and sugar and a growing tobacco trade benefiting peasant farmers.
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Virginia
Taft
Japan
China
Mukden- Antung
Knox
Washington
United States
Congress
Senate
House
United States Circuit Court
Secretary of the Treasury
McVeagh
Beverly
Hitchcock
Wickersham
Nagel
Philippine Islands
Islands
Philippines
Pants Sale at BP Gray Co in Washington and Hanover
Four dollar men s pants offered at 1 90 each made from pure worsteds. Thousands of pairs to choose from at BP Gray Co located in Washington and Hanover with evening hours.
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BP. Gray Co
Washington and
Hanover
F. Gray Co
Heat Wave Draws 200000 to Nantasket and Revere Beach
Crowds estimated at 200000 flocked to Nantasket and Revere Beach as trains boats and streetcars ran at capacity. Revere saw 9000 pass through the State bathhouse with 5000 bathing at once by 5 pm. Heat drove people to sleep in doorways on fire escapes parks and streets while officials expected continued warm weather.
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Nantasket
Revere Beach
Revere
Charles River
North End
New Orleans
Boston
Chicago
Vacation sale at F Gray Co promotes suits and pants
Local retailer F Gray Co offers reduced prices on outdoor wear including ten dollar outing suits for 4.90 and pants at 1.59. The ads emphasize all wood crashes and cheviots in stock as part of a vacation promotion.
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F’. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
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Lewis
Washington Street
Sfores
Essex St
Elm St
Cor. Hanover
Dorchester Ave
Washington St
Columbus Ave
Bow St
Somerville
Hyde Park Ave
Forest Fills
Green St
Jamaica Plain
Ae Stores
Gray
of, Gray Co
Washingion
Ara Lanover
Ade
Luby Bros
Tremont St
Houghton & Dutton
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