Family Frown Led To Death By Own Action
In Manchester New Hampshire on August 21 Alexander Bain brewmaster at True W Jones brewery reportedly killed himself over family disapproval of his marriage to widow Mary McCabe of Washington DC. He left no reply to his relatives invitation and fatally cut his throat with a razor this morning. Mrs Bain awoke to the dripping sound and found his blood in the bathroom.
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Manchester
N. H
Alexander Bain
W. Jones
Bain
Mary McCabe
Washington, D. C
Hyde Park Anti Annexation Club Forms Opposition
Forty Hyde Park residents formed an anti annexation club to defeat Hyde Park joining Boston in the upcoming state election. Both sides pledge a bitter campaign as annexationists push the move and argue benefits to Hyde Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Boston
Brick Accident Kills Worker at Bush Well
In Bush Illinois on August 21 a brick fell from a 70 foot fall while lowering paving bricks into a city well. Walter Vancil, who was constructing the wall, was crushed and died five hours later.
Anty Drudge Promotes Fels-Naptha as Beauty Doctor
In a warm weather advice feature Anty Drudge endorses Fels-Naptha soap as a cure for rough complexions and chapped hands. The pitch claims cooler water and less rubbing reduce effort while improving clothes and health, urging readers to wash with cool water per wrapper directions.
Hornblower Nominated for Boston Stock Exchange Presidency
Henry Hornblower of Hornblower & Weeks, 60 Congress Street, is the nomi nee for president of the Boston Stock Exchange by the nominating committee. Harry H. Gay of Gay & Sturgis is nominated for vice president and Sidney Chase for treasurer. The election is set for the last Monday in September. Hornblower will succeed Lyman B. Greenleaf, president since 1896, and is a director of railroads and steamship lines, trustee of savings banks, with strong ties to Boston and New York finance. He is Arlington-born and active in multiple clubs.
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Henry Hornblower
Hornblower & Weeks
Congress Street
Boston Stock Exchange
Harry H. Gay
Gay & Sturgis
Sidney Chase
Hornblower
Lyman B. Greenleaf
The
Exchange
New York
Algonquin, Boston, City, Exchange
Boston Art Clubs
Boston Athletic Association
Arlington
College Men Broke Abroad In Europe Trip
Frank P. Bagnall and Carlton Small, Adelbert College students, returned from a 26 day tour costing £80 cash. Starting with $25, they visited London and Paris, worked along the way, borrowed funds in Paris, and found many American collegians similarly broke and seeking money to return home. Each had six cents on arrival in Paris.
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Cleveland
Europe
Frank P. Bagnall
A. C. Bagnall
East School
Lakewood
Bagnall
Carlton Small
Jamestown
Adelbert College
London
Paris
America
Small
Open Congress of Catholic Teachers Opens in Boston
More than 500 teachers from parochial and public schools attend sessions at Boston College Hall in a diocese wide congress led by Rev. George A. Lyons and Rev. Robert Swickerath. Swickerath addresses individualization in intellectual and moral training and later in character formation. He urges vast attention to dull pupils and tailoring teaching to each mind while maintaining broad study.
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Boston
Congress of Catholic Teachers
Boston College Hall
Robert Swickerath
Holy Cross College
Worcester
George A. Lyons
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Archdiocese of Boston
Father Swickerath
S. J
Swickerath
Official spanker proposed for Spokane juvenile court
Judge KE Sullivan, Spokane County Superior Court, recommends appointing an official spanker in the juvenile department to Discipline offenders in an opera court setting. He argues punishment should be corrective not severe and that contact with an official spanker will deter recidivism and reduce institutional confinement. Miss Galloway, aged 20, relapsed after dressing for illness and chose her favorite color for burial.
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Spokane, Wash
KE. H. Sullivan
Spokane County
Sullivan
Miss Galloway
Pink funeral for dying girl in Montclair
Miss Florence May Galloway of Montclair New Jersey will be buried in a pink lined coffin with pink carnations and other blossoms. Her hair will be tied with pink ribbons and she will wear a new pink dress pink stockings and pink slippers.
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New York
Florence May Galloway
Montclair
N. J
Baby with Eczema Healed After Cuticura Remedies
A mother recounts eight weeks of severe infant eczema covering the baby, including scalp and eyes, and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the child fully recovered in four weeks, with marked improvement and renewed hair growth. Signed by Mrs. T. B. of Mill Hall.
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T. B
Mill Hall
Sal
Potter Drug & Sorp
Ft. 20A
Boston
Barber’s Tip Reveals Bank Shortage and Flight
In Kentucky a bank embezzlement saga unfolds as Raymond Byland, a 50 dollar a month barber shop customer, is linked to a Richwood Bank shortage of 18000 dollars. The director present in the shop prompted an internal probe. the Bylands fled, Raymond found later in California and John Byland arrested in Detroit.
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John C. Byland
Boone County
Kentucky
Richwood
Raymond Byland
Ryland
Bylands
California
Detroit
B and M Railroad Tests Wells for Water Supply
Portsmouth New Hampshire August 21 railroad workers survey abandoned wells on B and M property to secure 175000 gallons of water daily for locomotive use.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Lightning Frightens Cook in Wisconsin Kitchen Incident
Aug. 21 Wis Wisconsin report describes Mrs. Fred Bonneville in La Crosse who turned eggs and bacon for breakfast when a loud crash occurred. She stepped from the kitchen briefly to fetch the coffee pot and regained her balance after the shock.
Lightning Scrambles Eggs as Stove is Damaged
The account describes lightning striking the kitchen, cooking eggs by scattering them across the floor and sending the skillet to a corner. The stove plates and stove were scattered, but aside from the disruption no further damage occurred.
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