Bank arms clerks and messengers with autos in basement range
The National Shawmut Bank of Boston equips four messengers and clerks with automatic Colt pistols and trains them in a basement range to counter yeggmen. Auditor Marston says arming staff protects daily cash flow from armored car runs carrying over a ton of silver.
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National Shawmut Bank
Woburn
Forest Hills
New England
Boston
Geggs
Shawmut Bank
Water Street
Boston Elevated Railway Company
C. H. Marston
Reading
Marston
William Neely
Shawmut National Bank
George's Store Promotes August Sale On Suits Coats
An old advertisement touts George's tailor parlors at 14 Summer Street near Ashington offering August sale prices on suits coats and trousers. Garments previously 30 to 50 are advertised at 12 to 18 with examples like a dark tweed serge suit priced at 15 during the sale. open Saturday night at 14 Summer Street.
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Oston
George's Ailor
Steet
Ashington
Society men pursue suspect in Mrs Cornell attack
Aug 11 in Magnolia three score society men hunted in woods for Charles Caig, alleged attacker of New York Mrs W T Cornell. City Marshal Marchant ended the manhunt with 18 deputies. Gloucester police expect capture days away as Caig remains at large. Caig’s mother defends him. Oceanside Hotel guests helped in the search.
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Magnolia
Charles Caig
W. T. Cornell
New York
Marchant
Craig
New England
Gloucester
Caig
Cornell
Martha Caig
Post
Oceanside
Alpine climbers pay heavy toll in deadly July
In Berne Switzerland on August 11 report shows the death toll among Alpine climbers this year setting a record. July yielded 14 deaths and two serious injuries among climbers, underscoring a dangerous season on the mountains.
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Berne
Switzerland
Lightning Kills Boy in Madison Thunderstorm
A severe storm struck Madison Maine, killing 17 year old Joseph Delile Sr. when lightning struck the oats he rode on, setting the load afire. One ox was also killed and his father, who was loading the oats, was knocked unconscious.
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Madison
Joseph Delile
Delile
Man Dies in Dentist Chair in Worcester
Samuel Oliver Daniels aged 54 a news dealer from North Grafton died this afternoon while under the influence of laughing gas in a chair at Dr. F. C. Martins dental office in Worcester.
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Worcester
Samuel Oliver Daniels
Grafton
Titania Sinks After Collision With Kingston
In Charlotte Harbor the Titania, a smaller passenger boat, was struck by the Kingston and sunk in ten to twelve feet of water. Twenty Titania passengers were thrown into the water but all were saved. The only out of town passenger mentioned is W. H. Fanning of Boston.
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Rochester
N. Y
Kingston
Charlotte Harbor
Thousand Islands
Titania
Sea Breeze
Charlotte
W. H. Fanning
Boston
Blooded Horses Compete in Crescent Beach Gymkhana
Magnolia August 11. North Shore society members flocked to Crescent Beach for gymkhana races and mounted sports. Events included ladies riding tandem won by Anita Martine, and a humorous gentlemen's gymkhana involving ginger ale and coat tricks. George Crocker Jr. led in the main race. a rider fell at the final hurdle, injuring Bayard Tuckerman who limped away afterward.
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North Shore Society
Crescent Beach
Magnolia
S. S. Pierce Company
Anita Martine
Melton and
Princess
F. O. Emerson
George Crocker, Jr
Jimmy
George Charles Acullin
George Bell
Bandi de Jong
Bayard Tuckerman
Mr. Tuck~erman
Mr. Tuckerman
Malden Rebuffs Boston Elevated Rail Plan
In Malden a mass meeting at City Hall drew 500 voters with one dissent to reject the Boston Elevated Railroad plan for extending elevated lines to Malden. Most residents opposed it, with ex-Mayor Charles Warren and bank treasurer F E Shahi among supporters of rejection. Asher F Black alone urged acceptance.
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Malden
Boston Elevated Railroad
Asher F. Black
Charles Warren
F. E. Shahi
First National Bank
Campaign plans unfold at Quincy House meeting
Chairman James W. Synan of the Democratic State Committee begins campaign details this afternoon at the Quincy House. He will name an executive committee chair, with Joseph P. Lomasney or John W. McGrath as possibilities. Debate swirls over whether the chair should come from Boston. Colonel Gaston weighs a Vahey gubernatorial nomination and votes Bryan again, while Representative Charles A. Dean of Wakefield explores the nomination after attending the Bryan gathering.
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James W. Synan
Democratic State Committee
Quincy House
Joseph P. Lomasney
Ward 8
John W. McGrath
Worcester
Boston
Gaston
Vahey
Bryan
Palmer
Buckner
Charles A. Dean
Wakefield
Dean
Local Report Notes Ambiguity Over Candidate Status
A brief paragraph notes uncertainty about whether he was a candidate. It does not confirm or deny the candidacy and leaves the outcome unresolved.
Priest Appeals Case Before Propaganda Conclave
Rome reports the Congregation of the Propaganda discussed a Sioux City priest once condemned by American courts and twice by church authorities. Cardinal Gibbons joined the discussion and the cardinals agreed to uphold the condemnation.
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Rome
Congregation of the Propaganda
Sioux City
Cardinal Gibbons
Mrs Fales Challenges Divorce Ruling in Rhode Island
Mrs. Warren R. Fales wife of cotton machinery maker Fales of Pawtucket has filed in the Rhode Island Supreme Court a bill of exceptions to Justice Sweetland’s decree granting a divorce. She says new evidence reflects on her husband’s conduct and alleges his aim is to wed his housekeeper Minnie Fitz, who played a key role in the proceedings.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Warren R. Fales
Katherine Harris
Edna May Opera Company
Supreme Court
Justice Sweetland
Fales
Fales & Jenks
Harris
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Canal Street
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