President Forced to Drastic Measures as Rail Heads Refuse Plan
Otto Cochrane of Watertown drowned after a canoe accident on the Charles River near Brigham's Point yesterday afternoon. He saved his companion Miss Althea Giggey of Watertown before the craft capsized at about 3 PM. she survived, recalling he released his grip and disappeared.
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Senate
Otto Cochrane
Watertown
Charles River
John Deery
Fitchburg
Ashburnham
Dana Terrace
Brigham’s Point
Cochrane
Althea Giggey
Miss Giggey
Drowns After He Saves Girl in Courageous Rescue
A man sacrifices himself to save a girl from drowning. both victims are reported as rescued by lifeguards. The event draws attention to urgent water safety and local rescue efforts.
Italy Declares War on Germany in Formal Move
Italy announces a formal war declaration against Germany signaling a break with the former Teutonic ally. The move follows months of drift as Italian troops join the Entente on the Macedonian front, aligning Italy with Allied campaign efforts.
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Germany
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Monshe
Aly
Italy
Sali
Italy shifts from Triple Alliance to war with Germany
Fragmentary report notes Italy’s switch from alliance with Germany to war with Austria and Germany, indicating Italy’s alignment with the Entente while maintaining peace with Germany for a period. The text is unclear on dates and subsequent moves.
Irad y Hurt in Auto Mishap Near Dunellan
In Fairfield New Jersey on August 27 Wil A Brady of New York a film producer Jules Eckert Good playwright and John Turk Brady’s business manager were riding to Wilmington Delaware when the auto lost a wheel and crashed into a ditch near Dunellan all three were thrown from the car and taken to a hospital
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Ainfield
N. J
Wil A. Brady
New York City
Trical
Jules Eckert Good
John Turk
Brady
Mington
Del
Dunellan
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Promises Appetite Boost
An old advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a wholesome tonic to improve appetite and overall mood, claiming it restores vitality and well being. The fragment emphasizes loss of appetite and low mood as symptoms it treats.
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Horsford
Famous Boston Surgeon Dr Ernest Watson Cushing Dies
Dr Ernest Watson Cushing of 168 Newbury Street a Boston practicing surgeon since 1874 and a trustee of Robert Brigham Hospital died yesterday at age 69 He rose to national prominence for work in abdominal surgery and gynecology teaching at Tufts Medical School for 18 years
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Ernest Watson Cushing
Newbury Street
Boston
Robert Brigham Hospital
Cushing
Tufts Medical School
Dr Cushing A Pioneer In Gynecology And Public Health
Born January 17 1847 in an unspecified city he earned an A B from Harvard in 1867 and an MD from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons four years later He married Marie von Ralenowsky in Vienna in 1873 He and five daughters survived him Scene highlights include first Boston demonstration of the tubercle bacillus in 1884 editor of the Annals of Gynecology and Pediatry in 1887 and early adoption of halftone micro photography for medical illustration He received an LL D from Tufts College in 1894
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Harvard
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
Vienna
Cushing
Marie von Ralenowsky
Stephen W. Sleeper
Timothy Leary
William G. Reuter
Helen Cushing
Magdalen Cushing
Europe
Tufts College
Nurse Sylvia Mathewson Dies After Auto Crash
Miss Sylvia Mathewson, 20, a nurse at Worcester State Hospital, was fatally injured in an early morning car crash between West Boylston and Sterling and died hours later at Worcester City Hospital from a fractured skull and nervous shock.
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Worcester
Sylvia Mathewson
Worcester State Hospital
West Boylston
Sterling
Worcester City Hospital
Car Joyride Injury Hits Worcester Nurse in Winter Crash
A touring car driven by Raymond H. Cythus with Niss Mathewson and three other nurses and two men aboard struck a tree branch during a skid near Sterling Inn. Miss Mathewson was injured and transported to Worcester Hospital. driver claims he took the car as a joy ride with permission denied.
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State Hospital
Ruth A. Sherman
Oisie R. Morley
Raymond H. Cythus
Linwood Street
East Orange
N. J
Herbert Clarkson
East Battery
Charleston
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Alfred Laferrier
Franklin Street
Worcester
Charles C. Campbell
Broadway
New York
Cythus
Campbell
Sterling Inn
Miss Mathewson
West Boylston
Worcester Hospital
Auto Crash Injures Woman in Arlington
An automobile on Massachusetts avenue Arlington yesterday noon crashed into an electric light pole injuring Mrs Mary Donth of New Bedford who suffered a scalp wound at the back of the head The car was driven by Andrew Huber of 324 Earl street New Bedford None of the other occupants were injured
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Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Mary Donth
New Bedford
Andrew Huber
Earl Street
Motor boat burned endangering twenty on river
In Portsmouth on August 27 a motor boat belonging to Arthur Tobey of Stoneham Mass was destroyed by fire. A dozen men were hoisted to the bridge floor by ropes as a string of accidents on the Piscataqua River endangered about twenty people.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Kittery Bridge
Arthur Tobey
Stoneham
Mass
Piscataqua River
Boat collision and fire on Dover Point bridge trip ends safely
A motorboat carrying Mr and Mrs David Carrick their two children and four guests struck Dover Point bridge then Boiling Rock near Eliot Maine. A lantern fire started in a cove after they found a covered boat. A second party of 12 Dover men on a fishing trip were rescued from under the Kittery bridge by ropes. No injuries reported.
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David H. Carrick
Great Bay
Dover Point
Boiling Rock
Eliot
Mr. Carrick
Dover
Bert Tole
Kittery
Portsmouth
Carrick
John Connors
Raymond
Harvey Knight
Tobey
Tole
Wife Keeps Property Says Court in Newark
In Newark on August 27 Vice-Chancellor Stevens ruled that a wife who marries for property and receives a deed in exchange cannot have that property taken in settlement against her husband’s estate. The decision followed American Surety Company attempting to collect a judgment tied to Conway estate property deeded to Mrs. William Conway.
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Stevens
Chancery Court
American Surety Company
James Conway
Conway
William Conway
Conway Heir Wins Property Transfer Twist in Love Case
In a Wakefield legal saga the Conway estate faced claims from a surety company after James Conway’s 1901 sewer contract. His son William wooed Brooklyn dressmaker Isabella McGrath, offering to transfer inherited property if she changed her name to Conway. She agreed and deeded the property, provoking court rulings that it belonged to Mrs Conway. Other deeds to Annie L Conway are to be collected.
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James Conway
Wakefield
Mass
Conway
William Conway
Isabella McGrath
Brooklyn
Newark
Miss McGrath
Rescue and fatality in harbor incident near Norumbega Park
F. W. Thompson aboard the Velma witnessed the accident and helped rescue Miss Giggey who escaped unharmed. Officer George Coombs recovered Cochrane's body with grappling irons 35 minutes after the plunge. Dr. C. P. Hutchinson treated Cochrane but he did not survive.
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Norumbega Park
Velma
Giggey
George Coombs
Metropolitan Police
Cochrane
C. P. Hutchinson
Auburndale
Gunman Tries Hold Up in Cambridge Home Entry
An unknown gunman attempted to hold up Ernest Chatterton at his home on 9 Douglas Street Cambridge just after 11 p m but fled after the 82 year old resident refused to raise his hands. Police could not locate the assailant who may be the same man who robbed Clarence E Somerville at 79 Moore Street Saturday night.
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Ernest Chatterton
Douglas Street
Cambridge
Clarence E. Somerville
Moore Street
Chatterton
Central Square
Culberson Leads Colquitt In Texas Senate Runoff
In Dallas on August 7, Charles A. Culberson led Oscar Colquitt by 66 975 votes with about 25 000 ballots outstanding. Colquitt campaigns against Wilson policies and faces strong German vote support amid the bitter race.
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Dallas
Texas
Charles A. Culberson
Oscar D. Colquitt
Colquitt
Attac
Subway Car Collision Shakes Passengers Near Public Garden
An inbound Ashmont and Milton open car collided with a Newton Brighton trailer car near the Public Garden entrance at 11 20 last night. Several passengers were shaken, one seriously, and a woman fainted as the two streetcars swerved and side swiped on the Tremont street line.
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Ashmont and Milton
Newton-Brighton
Public Garden
Boylston Street
Tremont Street
Ashmont
Milton
Subway Car Crash Sent Passengers Flying at Night
A Newton-Brighton car struck the subway structure while the Ashmont Milton car derailed. Passengers were thrown from seats as lights failed and exits jammed. Crews restrained riders while automatic doors stayed shut. After order restored, travelers moved to other cars and were taken to Boylston Street station. one woman was driven home.
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Newton-Brighton
Ashmont
Milton
Boylston Street
Railroad Heads Prefer Arbitration Standoff Over Strike
Samuel Rea president of the Pennsylvania Railroad announced that the executives have chosen to face a potential strike rather than yield on arbitration. He warned that yielding would delay the strike only temporarily and leave the arbitration issue unsettled.
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Washington
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilson weighs joint session to curb railroad strike
President Wilson discussed plans for a Senate and House joint session to seek legislation to prevent a nationwide railroad strike. He met with Democratic leader Senator Kern and later with Senator Newlands and Secretary Lane. A final White House conference is set for tomorrow as railroads and employees near a break.
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Senate
House
Wilson
Kern
White House
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Committee
Lane
Senator Kern
Finance Committee
Weather Outlook for New England and Boston Area
Fair and cooler conditions expected for Boston and vicinity on Monday and Tuesday with light northwest winds. Northern New England to stay fair, southern New England cooler, and eastern New York to turn generally fall with moderate temperatures through Monday and Tuesday.
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Washington
New England
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