Night intruders fail to breach Second Regiment camp
Aug 9 reports from Columbus New Mexico describe a dusk attempt by suspected Mexican intruders to approach Second Regiment outposts. A passing train light revealed trespassers. seven shots fired as they fled into brush. Chaplain Walton Danker and two enlisted men escaped injury when their motorcycle bridge rail plunge occurred. Corporal Roger Haywood and Private Leo F. Quirk were among guards who challenged and fired. two more intruders sighted, others fled. Haywood treated for back injuries, later discharged from hospital. Danker unharmed. Third such night breach attempt in two weeks prompted heightened patrols.
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Royo
Massachusetts
Walton Danker
Worcester
Roger Haywood
Springfield
Leo F. Quirk
K Company
Pomeroy Edwards
A. F. Reagan
Augustus Straf
Danker
William Lowe
Haywood
Dorchester Builders Have Day of Sports
Dorchester Builders and Brokers Association held their sixth annual outing at Pemberton with a rain soaked open air sports day. The brokers defeated the builders 10 to 8 in four innings and one ball was lost in the Atlantic Ocean while the other vanished in the grass. Mayor Curley spoke on Dorchester improvements and tax returns. Frank S. Lane headed the entertainment committee.
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Dorchester Builders and Brokers Association
Pemberton
Frank S. Lane
8. W. Keene & Son Co
Atlantic Ocean
Curley
Dorchester
W. R. Landers
J. A. Boyde
J. R. Douse
A. M. Johnson
W. H. Hardy
R. E. Bolles
W. J. Fitzgerald
W. FB. Wight
A. R. Gilliland
Accident witnesses report motorcycle plunge over arroyo fence
Witnesses recall a crash where a motorcycle tipped over a fence into an arroyo after a collision. The chaplain reportedly jumped clear as the vehicle hung over the drop. The bike was towed to camp. Army officers received wrist and silver watches from Worcester Business Men's Training School.
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Worcester Business Men’s Training School
Herbert H. Warren
Eugene F. Burr
Archie Murray
Howard W. Robbins
Henry R. Hoyle
Army
Soldiers' Wives Barred From Mexican Border Camps
Women visitors face limited contact as camp orders restrict absences for soldiers. Military moves shift road and sewer work to civilians while the Ninth Regiment begins border patrol reliefs. A strict medical exam shows high fitness with 28 rejections among 1491, and a joint Bay State religious service is planned.
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Bell
Fred Bogan
Nelson
Mine Blow Up Likely Caused by Lightning at Hills 12
Cwely MICHEL Aug. 9 Twelve men are known dead and several believed missing after an explosion last night in No. 3 mine. Lightning struck surface power wires supplying the mine and is suspected to have caused the blast.
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Michel
B. C
No. 3
Mounted Troops Reviewed by Parker at Brownsville
Brigadier General James Parker reviewed all mounted troops and army transport facilities in Brownsville today. The line of cavalry, motor trucks and field wagons stretched six miles.
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Parker Brownsville
Tex
James Parker
Brownsville
Directors Turn Down Proposals in Boston & Maine Reorganization
President Hustis of the Boston & Maine railroad publicized a confidential communication from the Connecticut River and Concord & Montreal railroads on a proposed reorganization. The Connecticut River and Concord & Montreal presidents argued for security over profit, while Hustis defended the amended plan and warned that the proposal fails to coordinate finances and pay floating debt.
New Proposal Reaffirms Lease Terms in Boston & Maine Reorganization
A letter by McClintock and Kimball to the Boston & Maine board argues no action on an amended draft of a proposed reorganization. It proposes that existing leases for Concord & Montreal and Connecticut River railroads stay in force with dividends lowered from 7 to 6 percent and from 10 percent to a lower rate, noting this could proceed without a new corporation. It also mentions Fitchburg and Boston & Lowell as potentially partnering in the business.
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McClintock and Kimball
Boston & Maine
Concord & Montreal
Connecticut River
Concord & Montreal Company
Connecticut River Railroad Company
Fitchburg
Boston & Lowell
Bos
To Live Long Diet and Elimination Formula Ad
An advertisement claims a doctor from Buffalo New York promotes a long life regimen focusing on kidney health and toxin elimination. It advocates milk and vegetable diet, ample water, exercise, and avoiding meat salt and alcohol. It markets Anuric as a potent uric acid eliminator with a trial offer via Dr. Pierce.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Boy Struck by Auto in Revere Hospitalized in Chelsea
John Peters, 15, of Cambridge, was hit near Beachmont station in Revere by Arthur C. Jennings of Lynn. He suffered concussion and probable skull fracture and was taken by police ambulance to Frost Hospital, Chelsea, where he was placed on the dangerous list.
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John Peters
Manuel Peters
Thorndike Street
Cambridge
Beachmont
Revere
Arthur C. Jennings
Fearless Avenue
Lynn
Frost
Chelsea
Woman Walked From Dorchester To Boston Alone
An advertisement extols Plant Juice herbal stomach remedy as health aid for indigestion and dyspepsia. It cites Mrs Julia Messier of Dorchester describing decades of weakness, gas, and pain, then claims she regained strength after using Plant Juice and walking to Boston. The Plant Juice man at Houghton & Dut ton Store promotes the product to locals.
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Julia Messier
No. Nonquit Street
Dorchester
Boston
Houghton & Dutton
Resinol creams claim cure for eczema in Leonia notice
Mrs Jennie E Wheeler of 120 Woodbridge Pl Leonia New Jersey reports severe scalp eczema and itching cured after using Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap She praises the products and mentions free samples from Resinol Baltimore department one Sincerely signed by Wheeler
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Jennie E. Wheeler
Woodridge Pi
Leonia
N. J
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T. E. Hedlund
Columbus
N. M
Chaplain Danker
Mate
Bowes
Sintegren Faroe
Post
New England
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Boston Sunday Post
J. A. Boyden
J. W. Douse
R. B. Bolles
W. B H. Wight
N. J. Fitzgerald
Joint Church Service
Eighth Regiment
Canutillo
James H. McDade
Eighth
Eliott
William McDade
Can
Pickering
Joseph Donovan
Lawrence
C. C. Smith
44Th Infantry
Ninth
Artillery Regiment
Captain O'Connor
Conn
Hustis
Boston & Maine Railroad
William H. McClintock
Connecticut River Railroad
Benjamin A. Kimball
Concord & Montreal Railroad
Ton & Maine
N. E
Canal Street
Neal
Gale
Riker-Jaynes
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