Tornado-Like Storm Ravages Coast With Floods and Lightning
A fierce storm lashed the coast causing widespread damage from Boston to Chelsea. It toppled chimneys, flooded streets, knocked out telegraph lines, capsized boats, and forced mass evacuations as hundreds sought shelter and trains and ferries were delayed or canceled.
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Rye
York
Boston
New England Telephone Company
Western Utnion Telegraph Company
Lowell
Concord
Greater
HOUSES AND CAR HIT AT MARBLEHEAD
Two houses were struck by lightning and a car was damaged in Marblehead as storms moved through the area on August 4. No injuries reported. Local fire crews responded to the scene and secured the area.
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Dedham
Marblehead
Charles River
Lynn
Saugus
Chelsea
Addison Street
Ous
Danvers
Boston
Brighton
Brookline
Harry Chadis
Max Leader
Ballytine Elmore
Dr True's Worm Elixir Ad for Child Health
A Massachusetts mother of six endorses Dr True's Worm Elixir describing her recovered child and ongoing use. Advert claims signs of worms include stomach upset swelling lips sour stomach bad breath bloated belly and other symptoms. The copy urges start giving this remedy for children showing worm indicators.
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Dr. True
Mrs Riley Involved In Auto Crash On Washington Street
Mrs Mary Riley, 65, of 539 Hope Street Providence, suffered a scalp wound and bruises after an automobile driven by her daughter Miss Helen F Riley plunged through a railing and down a bank on Washington Street near Denton Terrace Roslindale.
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Providence
Miss Riley
Denton Terrace
Roslindale
Mary Riley
Hope Street
Forest Hills Hospital
Helen F. Riley
Washington Street
Providence woman and companions escape injury in car crash
Five Providence residents including Miss Ange line Riley and her parents escaped serious harm when a Providence car veered after another vehicle forced Miss Riley to turn abruptly. The sedan toppled onto its right side after hitting a fence and bank, with doctors rushing Mrs Riley to Forest Hills Hospital.
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Stephen A. Riley
Angeline Riley
William F. Palmer
Providence
Boston
Miss Riley
Nicholas J. King
John S.S. Mahoney
Roslindale
Riley
Cadillac Motor Company
Gallant Italian Visitors Welcomed in Boston Harbor Events
Boston prepares for formal welcome to Admiral Cona and Italian officers from the Conte di Cavour. The program includes official calls, a Common Band concert, dinners, a North End parade, Cape Ann tour, and a Friday ship reception aboard the vessel with Admiral Dunn hosting.
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Admiral Cona
Ambassador di Celleri
Copley Plaza
Brunswick
North End
State Guard
Admiral Robinson
Navy Yard
Red Cross
Cape Ann
Cassassa
Admiral Dunn
Algonquin Club
Whl
Boston Housewives Rally for Fair Price Committee
Boston housewives plan a monster vigilance committee to ensure grocers adhere to government deemed fair prices for food. The Boston Housewives League led by Mrs. Anna Steinauer will organize with Miss Mary Barr and other volunteers to include diverse communities and urge every homemaker to monitor local prices.
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Boston
Boston Housewives’ League
Anna Steinauer
Mattapan
Mary Barr
New York City
Francis A. Sails Lost Off Sable Island Collision
The Yarmouth fishing schooner Francis A. with Captain Percy Ross and five crewmen of 19 sank after colliding with British freighter Lord Downshire in heavy fog 100 miles south of Sable Island. Lord Downshire picked up survivors and headed to Halifax. five crewmen were listed as lost: Ainsley Ross James Gardiner Thomas Hughes Fred Fitzgerald and Joseph Harris.
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Halifax
Yarmouth
Francis A
Percy Ross
Lord Downshire
Sable Island
Baltimore
Belfast
Ainsley Ross
James Gardiner
Thomas Hughes
Fred Fitzgerald
Joseph Harris
Events of Today Highlight Boston Harbor Role in Conte di Cavour Visit
The program lists morning services in Worcester and a full day of naval and civic events. A Rear Admiral barge and steamer Monitor depart to greet the Italian dreadnought Conte di Cavour, with official calls to Governor, Mayor, and army and navy officers, plus sales, council meetings, and a Labor Day parade planning session at Boston venues.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Worcester
Hotel Bancroft
Navy Yard
President's Roads
Monitor
Eastern Avenue Wharf
Northern Avenue Bridge
Conte di Cavour
Army
Navy
Somerville
Highland, Cutler, Morse, Pope, Edgerly and
Forster
di Cavour
Army Supply Base
South Boston
Boston Council
Boston Post
American Volunteers
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Quincy House
Mooseheart Band
Supreme
James F. Griffin
Jordan Hall
Seriously Injured in Fall From Motorcycle
Archie J. Faille aged 18 is in critical condition at City Hospital after his motorcycle collided with a large touring car on Norfolk Street. He suffered a fractured skull and cuts to the scalp ear and right arm during the accident yesterday afternoon while learning to ride.
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Archie J. Faille
City Hospital
Norfolk Strett
Peace Treaty to Dominate Congressional Action This Week
Washington August 24 Congress eyes the peace treaty as the foreign relations committee may report this week and push ratification into the open Senate. Chairman Lodge declines a timetable but Democrats say action could come this week subject to additional information requested from President Wilson.
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Washington
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Lodge
Wilson
Senate to resume hearings on treaties and living costs
Open hearings resume with focus on amendments to the Franco American treaty and probes into constitutional validity. Senate and House alike push bills on cold storage, public lands, and price controls while debates loom on general rank for the Chief of Staff and packing industry regulation.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Wilson
New Jersey
Kenyon-Kendrick
L. D. H. Weld
Commercial Research Department
Swift & Company
Cavalry Ordered Back From Mexico Reach Ruidosa Tonight
A cavalry unit commanded by Paul H. Davis and a son were ordered back from Mexico and were expected to reach Ruidosa at 8:30 this evening, according to their schedule.
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Mexico
Pursuit of bandits halted by rain and Carranza clash
American forces pursuing bandits along the border suspended the chase after a night encounter with Carranza troops and heavy rain erased fresh tracks. Nine bandits were captured at Coyame. reports of Jesus Renteria’s death could not be confirmed. The punitive expedition resumes toward the border with three cavalry columns leading trains and garrison units.
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Carranza
Mrenteria
Coyame
Jesus Renteria
Apolino Renteria
Peterson
Mexico
Ruidosa
Two Airmen Missing After Plane Lost in Texas Storm
An Army aircraft with lieutenants George K. Rice and A L Boquet disappeared from Royce Field in Marfa Texas after taking off for a Mexico reconnaissance flight. Officials fear they became disoriented in a driving rain storm and may have landed on U S soil.
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Army Machine
Marfa
Texas
Royce Field
George K. Rice
A. L. Boquet
Mexico
R. L. Royce
Divers search for body of Ozark sailor at Horn Pond
Three divers from the U S S Utah hunted for the body of Chief Electrician George C. McNeil Jr. of the U S S Ozark in Horn Pond, Woburn, after he drowned Thursday afternoon. They worked through yesterday's storm but had no success. McNeil was a resident of
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U. S. S. Utah
Horn Pond
Woburn
George C. McNeil, Jr
U. S. 8S
Ozark
McNeil
Police Strike Deepens As Labor Leaders Cord Against City
The Boston police strike crisis drew strong warnings from AFL leaders and local unions at Wells Memorial Hall. They urged unity with cops, condemned Commissioner Curtis, and signaled possible citywide work stoppages if the conflict widens, with calls to organize and prepare special union meetings.
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U. F
John F. McInnes
Boston Policemen’s Union
Central Labor
Wells Memorial Hall
Greater Boston
Curtis
Frank H. McCarthy
New England
American Federation of Labor
Chamber of Commerce
Organized Labor
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Michael J. O’donnell
P. Harry Jennings
Central Labor Union
Boston
McCarthy
Policemen’s Union
Boston Chamber of Commerce
O’donnel
The
O'Donnel
Kaiser
James T. Moriarty
Moriarty
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Issu
Amercan Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
John J. Kearney
Waiters’ Union
Bates
Emmons
John J. Fenton
Coal Teamsters’ Union 68
Plumber’s Union
Hyde Park
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union 17
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Hampton Beach
N. H
Charlestown Navy Yard
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U. S. Weather Bureau
St Lawrence Valley
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Hartford
Ocean
Charles
Boston Harbor
Riverside
Waltham
Jana
Thomas Foley
United States Life Saving Station
No. 25
George Donald
Fifth Street
Little Craft
Patrick Crooke
Second Street
Timothy Holland
N Street
Cossack
Boston Yacht Club
Charlestown
Bar Harbor
V. Orlandin
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Nahant
Bellevue
Western Union
Salem
Mnes
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Cape
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Haven
Springfield
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
New York
Nantasket
Revere Beach
Nantasket Steamship Line
Bob Fells
Ford
Graves Light
President Roads
di Celleri
Orlandini
Cona
Edwards
Samuel
Robison
Navy Yard Band
Army Base
League
Post
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Crom Army Stores
Hurley
Uartermaster
Colonel Hart
Elmer Swanton
Sunday Post
Suffolk
H. Co. L. Bill
Blaie Curtis
Lehn & Fink
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