Miss Wood Still Tops Shorthand Speed Record
Nellie M. Wood of West Somerville remains the world's fastest stenographer with 264 words a minute, as Willard B. Bottome of New York closely followed with 262. The Lake George contest, under the National Shorthand Reporters Association, awarded Bottome a large silver cup for speed and noted an accuracy record of 207 words a minute set by him.
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Nellie M. Wood
Powder House Boulevard
West Somerville
Superior Court
Bristol County
Willard B. Bottome
Supreme Court of New York
Lake George
N.Y
National
Miss Wood Sets Shorthand Records in National Contest
Miss Wood holds the speed record and Hagan international shorthand cup plus the Miner gold medal won in Philadelphia in June 198. She beat nine top shorthand writers to claim the Isaac Pitman shorthand championship medal and 150 dollars in gold. From Lowell high school start to a court reporter career, she rose to official reporter posts in Plymouth and Bristol counties and is poised to join Middlesex County with a 2500 year salary, the region’s top stenographer pay.
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Miss Wood
Philadelphia
Isaac Pitman
Lowell
Plymouth County
Bristol County
Court House
Middlesex County
Superior Court
Brookline Boy Killed In North Scituate Crash
Richard Brown 16 of Brookline was killed instantly when a carriage and two automobiles collided as he walked toward the North Scituate rail station with R L Creasey. Creasey suffered a broken nose and scalp wounds and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. George Harrigan of Lowell Trust Co was in another car.
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North Scituate
Richard Brown
Brookline
R. L. Creasey
Brown
Creasey
Nathan Mitchell
Clarence Ready
George H. Harrigan
Lowell Trust Company
W. H. Thayer
Stearns Road
Harrigan
Creasy
Ready
Mitchell
Young Brown
Massachusetts General Hosspital
J. Everett Brown
Brown & Young
Firefight as Constable Fires on Escaping Auto
In Newburyport a Rychey constable opened fire on a speeding car after it refused to stop. The mammoth vehicle Tex-speeded away as officers fired at the dust cloud, pursuing the suspect who masked its license and vanished from sight.
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Newburyport
Rychey
Pauline
Chauffeur Rescues Woman From Burning Car After Collision
In Lexington, Ezra T. Breed, chauffeur, and guide W. S. Sherman saved six occupants when a sightseeing car struck a tree and burst into flames. Miss Bertha Cippley of Troy was trapped in the tonneau but freed with Breed’s knife cutting her skirt. All sustained minor burns and were treated at a nearby home.
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Ezra
Breed
Bertha Cippley
Troy
N. Y
W. S. Sherman
Miss Cippley
Carl M. Weigard
Ridgeway
Wellesley
New York
Weligard
Ezra T. Breed
Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington
Sherman
Manassas Avenue
Miss Seaman
Defreese
Taxicab and Touring Car Crash at City Corner
A taxicab and a large touring car collided at the corner of Water and Washington Streets. No injuries are reported, and both vehicles sustained damage as witnesses described the brief crash.
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Washington
Taxi Driver Halts To Save Tour Car In Street Crash
On Water and Washington streets last night a touring car hit a taxi but the driver A Loring stopped in time. Mr and Mrs J Foster and their son rode in the touring car, four or five others in the taxi. The taxi was pinned, mudguard crushed, but no serious injuries reported. Both drivers claimed right of way.
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Water Streets
Bruhm Escapes From a Trap at Kittery
Marshal Entwistle orders officers to pursue Bruhm and Wingate by land and water near Kittery Point. The duo abandon a navy yard boat, flee across fields to Spruce Creek, and slip away by hijacking a nearby moored work boat. Authorities recover the abandoned boat and confiscated valuables as the fugitives vanish toward Eliot.
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Marshal Entwistle
Hurley
Shannon
West
Kittery Point
Luther Lewis
Brown's Cove
Navy Yard
Lewis
Brahm
Kittery
William Brown
Wingate
Bruhm
Spruce Creek
Eliot
Stoop Savage
Portsmouth
Identified Loot Tied to Clyde G Bruhm in Police Case
Police at South Boston identified numerous items found in Clyde G Bruhm's room at 5 Peters street. Victims across Boston Malden Brookline and Salem reported losses including ostrich feathers broken silverware a $300 gold watch a magnifying glass and a card case as officers work to identify about a thousand pieces likely taken from homes during the summer.
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Clyde G. Bruhm
Bruhm
Peters Street
South
Boston
Brahm
Malden
Brookline
Salem
Joseph H. O'Neil
Elm Hill
Roxbury
Charlotte Jones
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Silver items identified by Brookline and Salem residents
William E. Parsons of 19 Marion street Brookline identified mileage books and a silver picture frame. Frederick A. Brown of Salem identified a medal a lady's watch chatelaine pin and other items. Solomon B. Chase of 1546 Beacon street Brookline identified broken silver pieces.
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Bruhm
William E. Parsons
Marion Street
Brookline
Frederick A. Brown
Salem
Solomon B. Chase
Beacon Street
Timandra Wins Gloucester Class P Open Race Title
Timandra secures the season championship of Class P and the Lipton cup first leg by finishing second in today's Gloucester Y C open race. Wianno places behind by five seconds but trails in season standings, while Onda II ends last as wind remains light and variable.
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Gloucester
Timandra
Gloucester Y. C
Indian Girl to Pitch in Night Game of Ball
The Cherokee Indians will play Roger Walcott A A on Dunbar avenue grounds next Tuesday at 8 oclock, continuing a night game tradition begun two years ago on the American league grounds.
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Roger Walcott
Dunbar Avenue
De Palma Enters 318-Mile Race At Merrimac Valley
Ralph De Palma, famed for the Savannah grand prize, enters the 318 mile Merrimac Valley race on Sept 8 with Fiat. He is in Lowell scouting training quarters for himself and teammate E H Parker who may also start.
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Lowell
Ralph de Palma
Savannah
Fiat
Merrimac Valley
de Palma
E. H. Parker
Fire destroys four tree houses in East Woburn
Four tree houses valued at 8000 dollars and owned by Frank E Chandler of Medford were totally destroyed by a fire in East Woburn near Mishawum. The blaze was feared incendiary and a nearby dwelling was endangered before the Woburn fire department arrived.
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East Woburn
Frank E Chandler
Medford
Mishawum
Woburn
Boston Man Fined for Obstructing Tracks and Assault
Louis Felman of 51 South Margin Street Boston was fined 5 dollars for obstructing car tracks on Leverett Street and 20 dollars for assault and battery on Motorman O Hara of the Elevated by Judge Duff in the Municipal Court yesterday.
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Louiis Felman
South Margin Street
Boston
Leverett Street
O'Hara
Duff
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Hina cYyers
Weigert & Meyer
America
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
Washington Mills
Harvard Street
Inman Street
T. J. Partridge
Post
Clarkson
Savage
Frisbee's Landing
Per
Petts-Vogel Company
Washington Street
Woodbury’s
Woodbury
Jergens
Cincinnati
Ohio
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