Drowns While Aiding Girl In Maine Beach Rescue
William C. Dailey of Broadbrook Connecticut died while trying to save Lora Gould of Farmington Maine as a strong surf swept bathers at Pine Point. Miss Gould was rescued and revived by Percy Woodman and Madelyn Cobb. Medical examiner Geer of Portland investigated.
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Pine Point
William CG. Dailey
Broadbrook
Conn
Lora Gould
Farmington
Gould
Percy Woodman
Madelyn Cobb
Portland
Dailey
Geer
Tragic Sea Death Claims Mr Dailey
The report states Mr Dailey likely died from strenuous sea work with no call for help. Onlookers took time to notice the body floating face down. John Hogan of Lowell James H Vahey Jr of Watertown and George Edwards of Pine Point pursued but reached shore to a lifeless body. He leaves a wife and three children. The family had stayed at a Pine Point hotel and were well known in the colony.
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Dalley
John Hogan
Lowell
James H. Vahey Jr
Watertown
George Edwards
Pine Point
Dailey
Wife seeks habeas corpus release of insane husband
In the Supreme Court Mrs. Ellen M. Kampe of Waltham petitions against Dr. H. O. Spalding superintendent of the State Hospital at Westboro asking for a writ of habeas corpus to release her husband John E. Kampe who is confined as an insane person and she contends he is not insane.
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Supreme Court
Ellen M. Kampe
Waltham
H. O. Spalding
State Hospital
Westboro
John E. Kampe
Dorchester Residents Demand White Paint for Trolley Poles
Dorchester residents near Peabody square demand more white paint on trolley wire poles to force car stops. An open air indignation meeting will be held Monday night for residents to add grievances against the Elevated railroad service.
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Dorchester
Peabody Square
Noted Woman Reformer Sarah G. Todd Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah G. Todd, lifelong reform advocate, will be held at her niece H. B. Newhall’s home in Lynn. She died Thursday at her daughter and son-in-law’s Cambridge residence where she had lived twelve years after years of illness. Her early work supported the abolitionist movement with Weddell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison. Later she focused on equal suffrage and linked with Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone.
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Sarah G. Todd
H. B. Newhall
Atlantic Terrace
Lynn
Todd
James R. Carrett
Upland Road
Cambridge
Weddell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
Parker Pillsbury
Julia Ward Howe
Lucy Stone
Roxbury Girl Engaged to Boston Architect
Miss Grace May Tasker daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles W Tasker of Roxbury and G Bertram Washburn of Arlington a Boston architect announced their engagement Thursday.
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Grace May Tasker
Charles W. Tasker
Harold Park
Roxbury
G. Bertram Washburn
Arlington
Boston
Painter Burned When Gas Torch Explodes in Back Bay House
John 8 Betts, a painter, suffered severe burns when a gasoline vapor torch exploded as he lowered the staging at the residence of Mrs. George Agassiz on Mount Vernon street Back Bay. His clothing caught fire and he fell to the sidewalk where a fellow worker smothered the flames by rolling him in a canvas.
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John
Betts
George Agassiz
Mt. Vernon Street
Back Bay
Connecticut Pastor Joseph Anderson Dies in Portsmouth
Rev. Joseph Anderson of Waterbury Connecticut longtime pastor of First Congregational Church Waterbury died in Portsmouth Hospital after falling ill at Star Island Isles of Shoals. He was taken there for an operation but died before it could be performed.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Joseph Anderson
Waterbury
Turning Dogs Into Gloves Across the Nation
Leather merchants seek dog skins as dog catchers pursue stray dogs with no licenses. If a dog vanishes you may not recognize it next Christmas as it appears as a glove price tag. A country wide call from tanners prompts Western glove makers to increase dog skin supplies.
Household goods block car tracks on Warren Street
Street car traffic on Warren street Roxbury near Governor Dudley square was held up for half an hour shortly after 1 yesterday when a two horse furniture dray belonging to Alexander McDougall a Boston mover up set and deposited a load of household goods across the tracks. The rear wheel caught in the rails and was wrenched off as the wagon made a sharp turn.
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Warren Street
Roxbury
Governor Dudley Square
Alexander McDougall
Boston
Rescuers Narrowly Escape Drowning at Kennebunk Beach
Bry ant Wood of Toledo Ohio and Howard Hutt of Newton Mass aided by a life boat rescue Miss Eleanor Farrell of Philadelphia after she was caught in an undertow at Kennebunk beach. The two rescuers were left helpless but all were eventually revived.
Strike Threat at Edison Plant in South Boston
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company plant in South Boston faces a threatened strike by Firemen's Union local 8 after the discharge of members. Over 40 firemen and water tenders work there, and union leaders are seeking a settlement without a strike.
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Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Boston
Local 8
Men Strike to Aid Boss at Abbott Ball Company
Hartford dispatch reports Abbott Ball Company plant shut down as all workers walk out in sympathy for superintendent John W. Bryce who fired a new tool maker claimed to be a detective. Bryce says the man was hired as an efficiency expert. owner George B. Abbott supports this view.
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Hartford
Conn
Abbott Ball Company
John W. Bryce
Bryce
Charles Koehler
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