Wireless telephone pioneer showcases cross continental voices
An article extols the wireless telephone powered by the vacuum bulb, explaining signal amplification, the ether as a carrier, and the ease of use compared with wired lines. It recounts Marconi’s milestones, a demo with Newfoundland’s premier and Lord Burnham, and testimonials on clarity and immediacy of distant conversations and even music.
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Bagdad
Seven Seas
Marconi
Atlantic
St. John's
N. F
London
Melchior
St. John’s
Paris
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Newfoundland
Lord Burnham
Canada
New World
St. John’'s
Aeropla
Michael Cashin
Waite
The
Roxbury Youth Falls From Roof At John Winthrop Playground
Timothy Stimson aged 15 of 30 Rand Street Roxbury was injured yesterday afternoon after a fall from a small building roof on the John Winthrop playground. He dropped about ten feet and was ordered to City Hospital for treatment.
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Timothy Stimson
Rand Street
Roxbury
John Winthrop
City Hospital
Labor Union Eyes Daily City Paper Move
The Boston Central Labor Union proposed forming a daily newspaper in the city. A resolution favored purchasing a weekly labor paper endorsed by the CLA to convert it into a daily publication.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Hall
Labor board weighs weekly paper plan and voter outreach
The executive board directs investigation of acquiring a weekly labor paper and to report back. A five member committee will study its advisability as unions push for voter registration of non citizen members to boost labor strength. President Garrity announces he will not seek re election but will lead a ward committee.
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Executive Board
Organized Labor
Ciy
Garrity
Democrat Ward Committee
Callahan
Bookbinders’ Union
Capt
Paul Hines
Boston
Writers’ Union
House of Representatives
Ward 10
The
Hoboes' Action of America
Jeff Davis
Local Public Works Union Seeks Wage Increase
The Oty Men’s Union Loesl 149 met in Wella Memorial to approve a wage proposal raising pay from $4 to $5 daily and will submit it to the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. A picnic at Randolph is planned tomorrow with Mayor Peters and department heads as guests. Cambridge Gas Light union leaders, still on strike over two weeks, met to oppose the company’s plan to adopt individual contracts.
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Oty Men's Union
Loesl 149
Public Works Department
Wella Memorial
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Randolph
Peters
Cambridge Gas Light Company
Ateike
Hell
Youth and Girl Saved From Death at Houghs Neck
A crowded scene off the old City Point and Houghs Neck wharf ended in a daring rescue near a steamboat company dock with a “no trespassing” warning. A policeman appeared from the crowd and saved a youth and girl, watched by about 1000 onlookers as fear and fainting swept the shore.
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City Point
Hough's Neck
Rescuers Save Beachgoers After Swift Bay View Tide
Miss Ethel Maloney 17 and Albert Walper 22 were pulled from the ebbing bay when a crowd of bathers fled an approaching patrolman. Ex Representative Driscoll and OConnell led the rescue with Martin Taylor Campbell and others aiding in lifting the unconscious Miss Maloney to safety.
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Ethel Maloney
Daniel Maloney
Crosby ‘Street
Hough's Neck
Albert Walper
Tuttle Street
Dorchester
Timothy Driscoll
Thomas O'Connell
Putnam Place
Roxbury
Martin Taylor
William Campbell
Miss Maloney
Bay View Avenue
Edwin Curtin
Quincy Police Force
Walper
Driscoll
O'Connell
Taylor
Campbell
Margaret
Lorin Maloney
Ethel
Misa Maloney
Joseph P. Timulty
Drigogoll
Poles in Boston urge aid for Poland to Wilson
More than 1000 Poles in Boston gathered at Faneuil Hall and urged President Wilson to send aid to Polish government troops defending Warsaw. Notables like Senator Walsh and Dr Bogusz-Wlazlo spoke as Governor Coolidge and Mayor Peters sent sympathy.
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Greater
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Wilson
Warsaw
John Jackson Walsh
Bogusz-Wlazlo
Governor Coolidge
Peters
Senator Lodge
Soviets Plan to Dominate World and Conquer England
Bolshevik officials told the Associated Press they aim to conquer England and then America after finishing the Polish war. They said a note would seek German permission to move troops for a French campaign, and upon refusal would trigger a revolution in Germany by force. The report describes looming upheaval amid wartime upheavals, with references to occupation and destruction in East Prussia and Kolne as artifacts of prior conflicts.
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England
America
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Bolshevik Advances Threaten Poland and Local Rule
A Reuters correspondent reports Bolshevik aims to take all of Poland within three weeks, including the Polish corridor, and leave a 10 kilometer neutral zone at Danzig. He describes a Polish Soviet commissary in Kolno, guarded by a Russian soldier, with local inhabitants unsure of future governance and fearing a German-dominated plebiscite.
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Poland
Danzig
Czerwone
Hans Scharnewsky
Scharnewsky
Kussia
Germany
Russia
Sharnewsky
Kolno
Capture of Warsaw Expected Soon
The report notes it is highly improbable that Poles could keep or send northward forces capable of maneuvering on the Red column's right flank as Red cavalry advances toward Thorn and operates southward along the Narew River.
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Thorn
Narew River
Bolsheviks Attack Warsaw Repulsed by Polish Defenses
The Bolsheviks opened their first assault on Warsaw today near Radzymin but were repulsed by Polish lines. Polish forces killed many attackers near the barbed wire entanglements and took several prisoners.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Radzymin
Poles Break Through Near Ignatow and Retreat toward Kug River
An official fighting report says Poles broke the enemy line at Ignatow 40 miles east of Lublin and pursued Bolsheviks to the Bug. Polish cavalry reinforced by infantry is fighting near Radziechow and Chatojow against Budenny’s cavalry, while the front commands a retreat to the Kug River and Brody is evacuated. Stripa attacks on the southern flank were repulsed and gold and silver are leaving the city as Bolshevik forces advance toward Warsaw. The government bank is moving to Cracow.
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Cholm
Lublin
Ignatow
Bug
Dorouhusk
Swieze-Rubieszow
Radziechow
Chatojow
Styr River
Budenny
Kug River
Brody
Stripa
Government National Bank
Cracow
Warsaw
Boston Sizzles Under August Heat Wave
Boston endured a severe August day with a high humidity and a 81 degree temperature. Crowds flocked to beaches with Nantasket and City Point drawing tens of thousands while emergency responders treated a man who collapsed on Washington Street.
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Boston
Evere
Nantasket
City Point
Joseph Merisky
Cambridge Street
West End
Washington Street
South End
City Hospital
Merisky
No. 1840
Plot To Arrest Cox Foiled In Columbus Trip
An unsuccessful attempt to arrest Governor Cox on speeding charges occurred in Columbus Ohio as the Democratic presidential candidate’s motor trip from Wheeling West Virginia resumed. A newspaper car was involved in a harmless accident during the incident.
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Columbus
Cox
Wheeling
W. Va
Arrest Attempt On Governor Cox Sparks Political Tension
Roy B. Leyton says Republicans planned the attempt to arrest Cox and his party to embarrass Democrats. At Jacksontown Ohio the party faced arrest for speeding. one reporter’s car tipped on an embankment but all escaped. Cox continued his 130 mile trip and planned three more appearances this week with Senator Owen of Oklahoma arriving to discuss support.
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Roy B. Leyton
Ohio
Leyton
Jacksontown
Columbus
Cox
Wheeling
West Virginia
Harding
Germany
South Bend Ind
Canton
Owen
Oklahoma
William J. Bryan
San Francisco
Bryan
Woman Appointed Assistant Attorney General in Connecticut
Connecticut gains a third woman assistant attorney general in the federal Justice Department. Misa Ethel Frances Weldon Donaghue of Hartford becomes the latest appointee, following Annette Abbott Adams of San Francisco. Arthur J. O Keefe of West Haven also serves, while Thomas J. Spellacy plans to retire soon and run the Hartford Post.
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Palmer Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
A. Mitchell Palmer
San Francisco
Federal Department of Justice
Misa Ethel Frances Weldon Donaghue
Annette Abbott Adams
Arthur J. O'Keefe
West Haven
Thomas J. Spellacy
Hartford
Gloucester Fisherman Imperator Runs Aground Off Cape Elizabeth
The Gloucester fishing vessel Imperator ran ashore at Whiffle House Point off Cape Elizabeth around 3 PM in fog. Returning from Seguin to Portland Harbor with 2,000 pounds of cod and 40,000 pounds of halibut, she struck at near ebb tide and rested easily, with a potential refloat at flood tide.
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Gloucester
Imperator
Portland
Whiffle House Point
Cape Elizabeth
Seguin
Portland Harbor
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Stravanger
Norway
Massachusetts Bay
Ottawa
Liverpool
Quebec
Post
J. T. Meaney
R. A. Squires
Signel Hill
Mogridge
Windsor
Montreal
R. G. Reid
Harry Lauder
Mr. Reid
Ervice
Tel
J. J. Collins
Europe
Marconi Wireless Company
Holloway
St. Juhn’s
Central Labor Union
Mannix
Boston Council
Friends of Irish Freedom
Boston Common
Dudley Street
Richard W. Garrity
Gertrude C. Oppenheim
Women Teachers’ Union &8
LABOR
United States
Republic of Poland
Kolne
East Prussia
Soviets
Washington
Hartmann
Wes
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