Cadets and Battery A on 22 mile frontline march
Army units move through Plymouth and Norfolk counties with wagons and horses struggling in sandy roads. General Pew and staff set camp. Battery A arrives exhausted after a long ride and camps near the Braintree reservoir. The unit travels toward Hingham then Whitman as movements stay secret amid limited water supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Norfolk
General Pew
Plymouth County
Battery A
Braintree Reservoir
Hingham
Camnp
Whitman
Lynn
Divorce suit filed by Josephine Dixon against clubman Dixon
Josephine W. Dixon of Portland Maine sues William H. Dixon a New York clubman for desertion. Libel served at the summer home of his father William P. Dixon in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Dixon a Columbia graduate and member of several clubs. Mrs Dixon daughter of Williams Peters senior partner and widow left him a fortune of 14 million. The couple have two children now with the mother in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Josephine W. Dixon
Portland
William H. Dixon
New York
Dixon
William P. Dixon
Mr. Dixon
Columbia
Delta Pei
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Morris County Golf Club
Rockaway Hunt Club
Williams & Peters
New Haven
Maine
Leg Cut Off Under Train In South Boston Yard
Charles Palmer a 40 year old freight brakeman on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad is in serious condition at Massachusetts General Hospital after being run over by his own train at Congress street yards South Boston. His wife is vacationing in Alburgh Vermont and unaware of his condition. The Palmers reside at 794 Hast Third street South Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Palmer
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Massachusetts General Hospital
Congress Street Yards
South Boston
Alburgh
Palmers
Third Street
South
Boston
Town Gifts Offer Boost High School and Town Hall
In Watertown on August 13, Eugene N. Foss offered a site for a high school and Henry C. Derby pledged 40000 toward the school building. Henry Brigham of Boston volunteered free architectural services. A 21 member committee was named to evaluate Fosss further offer of a site for a new town hall and fifty thousand toward its construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Eugene N. Foss
Henry C. Derby
Henry Brigham
Boston
French Method of Developing the Bust Promises Quick Results
Madame DuBarrie promotes a French bust development method claiming rapid, lasting gains in breast firmness and symmetry for women of almost any age. She offers an illustrated booklet after a 2 cent stamp request and provides her Chicago address for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Madame DuBarrie
Indy
Mme, DuBarrie
Lenox Building
Chicago
Doctors Protest Actions At Rufus S. Frost Hospital
Homeopathic physicians protest new hospital by laws at Chelsea claiming unfair discrimination after trustees remove homeopathy from staff appointments. Old by laws required a medical board with equal numbers of allopaths and homeopaths. critics say practice ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus S. Frost
Chelsea
Homeopathic Physicians Lead Chelsea Hospital Funding Row
In a letter to trustees five Chelsea homeopathic leaders note founder Rufus Frost opened wards to both schools and cite $75,000 in bequests. They state $60,000 came from homeopathic families and 15 of 20 wards were furnished by homeopathic donors, amid calls for equal recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Homeopathic School
Charles Leeds
James KE. Blaisdell
Thomas W. Green
William §. Walkeley
Dikham Nalhajian
Rufus 8
Frost
Homeopathic Physicians of
Old Hospital
Portland man arrested in trunk larceny case
Samuel B Adams of Portland Maine was charged with larceny of a trunk containing silk dresses and jewelry valued at 930 dollars belonging to Lillian B Maash of Far Rockaway Long Island. Adams wife Carrie of 83 Portland Street was also arrested for the same offense after meeting him at the North End station. The trunk was traced to Adams after a baggage mix up and recovered to be shipped to Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Adams
Portland
Lillian B. Maash
Far Rockaway
Long Island
Carrie Adams
Portland Street
North End
Adams
Richland and
Donovan
Hanover Street
Boston
North Station
West End
First Corps of Cadets Arrives at Hingham Camp
The First Corps of Cadets from Boston arrived in Hingham this evening with four companies totaling 265 men under Colonel Thomas Talbot. The unit camps a mile from the station and breaks camp between 7 and 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. The band was sent back to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingham
Boston
Thomas Talbot
Waltham unit departs for war duty from Cape trip
WALTHAM Aug. 13 Company F will leave for war duty early tomorrow morning taking the 7 30 train to Boston. At South Station they join the first battalion formed from portions of the Fifth Regiment from Newton and Charlestown and proceed to Plympton with the Waltham Watch band and another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Eighth Regiment
Gloucester
Frank G. Eliot
Will Strain
Salem
C. H. Dawson
William H. Perry
Leroy Sweetser
Boston
Sweetser
Naval
Army of Defence
Waltham
Cape
Newton
Charlestown
Plympton
Waltham Watch
Eighth Regiment Company F Prepares for Mock War Departure
HAVERHILL August 13 Company F of the Eighth Regiment will leave at 6 45 tomorrow morning for the seat of the mimic war. All boys await the moment and those absent at ration handout will lose their rations for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Tenth Cavalry Establishes Camp at Acushnet Front
Aug 13 report from Acushnet New Bedford states the Tenth U.S. Cavalry from Fort Ethan Allen VT camped on Burke farm at Parting Ways. Troopers plan to stay until Saturday before advancing. A 70 man detail moved to General Wood's White farm near Lakeside to prepare for the umpires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
United States Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Burke Farm
Acushnet
Sixth Regiment Leaves for Front Under Sealed Orders
The Sixth Regiment under Colonel George H. Priest departs this morning with band and 12 companies. Company B under Captain Frank W. Gilson and Company D under Captain Jeremiah McDowell depart Fitchburg at 7 30 a m, joined at South Framingham by Companies E and M, Company F reinforcing at Marlboro Junction, and the rest mobilizing at Lowell. The unit goes with full ranks except for one missing major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Priest
Frank W. Gilson
Jeremiah Mce-Dowell
Fitchburg
South Framingham
Milford
Marlboro Junction
Lowell
Balloon ascent Boston Mass. for daylight war game
Charles J. Glidden plans a 3 PM daylight ascent of the balloon Boston from Fitchburg next Tuesday to simulate siege and relay signals. He will use a heliograph mirror to transmit telegraphic code and invites Major General Leonard Wood to observe from the balloon as troops are viewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Boston
Massachusetts
Charles J. Glidden
Glidden
Leonard Wood
Four Supply Boats Arrive at Wellfleet for War Game
Four quartermaster supply boats reach Wellfleet from Newport queued to meet an army officer under sealed orders. They anticipate a landing at Wellfleet or nearby as Gunboat Machias patrols offshore for the past two days near Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Newport
Wellfleet
United States
Machias
Plymouth
Chiropodist Among F Company Arrives Ahead of Boston Move
F Company Second Regiment departs Pittsfield at 4 50 PM on August 13 to entrain for Boston. Among its members is a chiropodist, promising no foot trouble. M Company of Adams also arrives in Pittsfield in fighting rig attire and camps with F Company at the armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
F Company
Boston
M Company
Adams
Company I Moves to Armory and Trains at 5:50
Northampton report notes Company I consisting of 68 men and three officers will sleep at the armory tonight and depart tomorrow morning in extra cars attached to the 5 50 train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Baby Falls in Scalding Tub in Wakefield Home
Eighteen month old Margaret Devito daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Devito of 21 Valley street fell into a tub of hot water in the kitchen today and was badly scalded likely to die. Mrs Devito likewise scalded about both wrists while trying to save the child. The infant’s body was blistered from head to foot and her agony was excruciating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Margaret Devito
Patrick Devito
Valley Street
Four Houses in Elm Hill District Ablaze
Fire swept through the Elm Hill area at 11 30 triggering a second alarm as flames engulfed four houses on Holworthy and Harrishot streets. Residents evacuated with Mary Smith helping others from the Menage and Smith homes. Total loss estimated at 20000 with 200 autos drawn by the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
C. B. Smith & Co
Holworthy Street
Harrishot Street
Smith House
Mary Smith
Alexis Menage
Hollander Street
Pickpocket Steals $450 From Dorchester Tailor
Florrian Rener of Hast Cottage street Dorchester a tailor riding a Edward Everett square car on Washington street was jostled on a running board by a man and robbed of 450 in bills. Rener often carries large sums and had placed a roll including a 200 50 and ten dollar bills in his left hip pocket before leaving home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florrian Rener
Cottage Street
Dorchester
Edward Everett Square
Washington Street
Rener
Arrest Sargent for Kidnapping in Laconia
Sargent, 30, taken to Laconia and jailed after disappearance last year. He married Rose Gordon in Laconia and is said to have fled with her, while Gordon and Sargent’s mother-in-law Eva Gordon faced custody and cruelty charges in a case tied to the child Clarence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia
Sargent
Norfolk
Rose F. Gordon
E. T. Gordon
Eva Gordon
Clarence
Mother Recovers Child From Father in Newburyport
Charles Page of Haverhill, a shoe merchant, seized his five year old child in Newburyport after planning in Haverhill. Mrs Page, who had entrusted the child to friends, sought police help and the boy was found and returned to the mother after police intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Charles Page
Haverhill
Through Train to Seattle
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad announces a future through train from Chicago to Seattle over the Burlington route. The equipment will be high class Pullmans and the schedule promises 72 hours travel from Chicago with sale of tickets from eastern points at unusually low rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Chicago
Seattle
Burlington
Esperantists elect head master Lowell president
The Esperantists of the North American Association met in Chautauqua New York and elected Dr. D. O. S. Lowell head master of the Roxbury Latin School Boston as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua, N. Y
Esperantists of the North American Association
D. O. S. Lowell
Roxbury Latin School
Boston
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Lakeville
DuBarrie
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Balloon
Elm Hill
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Boys Shoes
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Tyee
Okalae
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas Boston
Washington St
Cor
Howard Street
Summer Street
Lincoln Street
Dudley Street
Sunday Post
Gov
Long B. F. Keith Chas
S. Hamlin
Wm. A. Gaston
M. J. Murray
Hart
New England
Boston Society
Money of
Treasury
McVeagh
Mt. Pelee
Morgan
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