Blaze on L car injures six as crowd escapes
A trol ley car packed with merrymakers from Revere Beach caught fire at Gladstone and Bennington streets in East Boston injuring six people Mostly small burns including Miss Ethel Cotter who suffered the worst injuries Women and men fled as flames spread prompting door smashing and police to restore order at the scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston
Grace McLaughlin
Pembroke Street
South End
Arthur Hudder
Dudley Court
Gloucester
Andrew J. Nornander
Highland Avenue
Somerville
Whifrea Taylor
Bennington
Gladstone
RP. Mennell
Lester Butter
Orient Heights
Youthful Bathers Saved by Autoists
Jed McDonald 12 and his father Kenneth 9 from 69 Glendalestret Revere nearly drowned in Pines River Point of Pines yesterday afternoon. Two motorists Vogel Abbot 32 Tremont New ton and Otis Randing 15 School Lynn sprang into the stream without removing clothes to rescue the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed McDonald
Kenneth
Glendalestret
Revere
Pines River
Point of Pines
Vogel Abbot
Tremont Street
Newton
Otis Randing
School Street
Lynn
Noonan's Hair Petrole Ad Promotes Care Duty
An old newspaper advertisement urges daily hair care as a duty and touts Noonan's Hair Petrole to reduce dandruff, improve thickness and gloss, and keep the scalp healthy. Barbers use it for 15 cents, or purchase by bottle from stores or Noonan & Sons in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noonan
Drug and Dept
T. Noonan & Sons
Ortland St
Boston
Fishing Season Opens Across Massachusetts Ponds
The Bureau of Fisheries urges anglers to hit Plymouth county ponds from now through September for peak fishing. Long Pond and Clift Pond host Chinook salmon, with others in the Merrimack River expected. Open season covers all freshwater species except brook trout. obtain laws, and secure a fishing license for 60 cents to fish statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Fisheries
State House
Bureau
Plymouth County
Long Pond
Plymouth
Clift Pond
Brewster
Columbia River
Merrimack River
Merrimack
Fish and Game
Massachusetts Department of Conservation
Division of Fleheries and Game
Massachusetts
Conan Doyle to Spread Spiritism in Australia
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lady Doyle plan an immediate trip to Australia and New Zealand to spread spiritism. They claim contact with 11 dead relatives face to face and vow to share the restored message to comfort bereaved hearts as they travel. Meanwhile Raymond M. Williams, 23, of West Newton, is wanted for passing worthless checks in Newton and by Maine authorities, using alias Roger B. Davis, described as 5'6" and 160 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conan Doyle
Australia
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Lady Doyle
New Zealand
Arthur
Raymond M. Williams
Jerome Avenue
West
Newton
Williams
Knox
Lincoln
Maine
Henry I. ‘Withee
Roger B. Davis
Lexington Country Fair Opens September 25
The second annual Lexington Country Fair will be held in Lexington on Saturday September 25, according to a committee announcement.
Swedish geologist leads Hudson Valley expedition
Baron Gerard De Geer will head a Swedish geological expedition arriving Aug 19 to study the first appearance of man in the Hudson Connecticut and St Lawrence valleys and support the climate driven glacial period theory. He also serves as chief of Sweden's Geotechnical Commission of Railways and will visit Lake Champlain for fieldwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson
Connecticut
St. Lawrence
Baron Gerard de Geer
Baron de Geer
Sweden
Geotechnical Commission of Railways
Lake Champlain
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Blaze
Thos. Leeming & Co
Gouraud
Winship
Summer St
Tremont St
Bay State
Plymouth Ponds
Brook Trout
Irving R. Bacon
Public Ledger Co
Washington
Anthony Wayne
Fabius
Hannibal
Columbus
Shirley
Geological Survey OF
Hudson Valley
Romen
Banner 'S
Kashgar
Haberdashery
Royal Axminster
Sererereertyr
Copenhagen
Shetland
Paul
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