Two Streetcars Collide at Boylston and Clarendon
Two streetcars collided at the switch of Boylston and Clarendon streets around 7 20 last evening during a race to reach the switch. Two passengers were injured and several others were severely shaken in the Chestnut Hill Boylston line and the Huntington Avenue-Cypress Street line collision.
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Chestnut Hill
Boylston
Huntington Avenue
Cypress Street
Boylston and
Clarendon Streets
Collision on Huntington Avenue Car Leaves Two Hurt
A Huntington avenue streetcar crash tore the front vestibule away injuring Albert H. Hall a Cambridge publisher 50 and a man whose name was not learned. Motormen Martin Carnes of the Chestnut Hill car and Harry Dugman escaped serious harm as ambulances rushed to the scene in Copley Square.
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Huntington Avenue
Harry Dugman
Albert H. Hall
Gray Street
Cambridge
Relief Hospital
Copley Square
Chestnut Hill
Boylston Street
Martin Carnes
Huntington Avenues
Wheat Price Not Yet Fixed by Price Committee
Washington Aug 29. A prolonged session failed to fix a price for the 1917 wheat crop. The committee adjourned and will reconvene tomorrow with the aim of setting a price. Chairman Dr H A Garfield said all considerations are being weighed and questions studied amid reports of wide opinion differences. Pro ducing interests reportedly push for a higher price than others will concede.
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Washington
H. A. Garfield
Boston Fire Department honors McDonough and Kennedy for courage
Lieutenant Edward McDonough and Ladder 13’s John J. Kennedy are placed on the Roll of Merit after braving heat and smoke at the Hotel Lenox fire and rescue operations. Twenty-one other firefighters receive commendations for life saving and meritorious acts.
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Edward McDonough
Fire Department
John J. Kennedy
Boston Fire Department
Grady
Hotel Lenox
Board of Merit
John E. Fitzgerald
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Hayes Square
Charlestown
Alexander T. Smith
John J. McDermott
Thomas E. Kelly, Jr
Catherine Carroll
Norfolk Terrace
Kelly
Shelly
Northampton Street
Edward J. C. Powers
Mary E. Hayes
Thomas E. Flanagan
Ladder 4
Joseph A. Murray
Ladder 12
Murray
Thomas P. Rossiter
Harrison Avenue
Charles A. Donohoe
Dennis J. Bailey
Joseph P. Hanton
John J. Cremin
John F. Lawler
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Frank D. O'Brien
Joan J. Kennedy
John M. McLaughlin
Edward J. Donelan
William H. Gillis
Frederick J. Dobbratz
Charles A. Wolfe
William J. Shepard
John F. Murphy
Anthony E. Nelson
Joan
Ladder 13
McDonough
John J. Collins
Collins
Daniel Finestone
Peter F. M’donough
Cambridge Girl Drowns in Charles River
Eight year old Theresa Irving of 18 Grant Street Cambridge died after stepping into a hole in the Charles River while wading near her home. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Irving.
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Theresa Irving
Charles River
Harry Irving
Grant Street
Cambridge
Old harpsichord from Hancock estate sells for 1000
A fine old harpsichord once in John Hancock's Boston home and imported from London was sold today for 1000 at an auction of Mary Swain's estate in Franklin New Hampshire. It had been brought to the area 70 years ago.
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Franklin, N. H
John Hancock
Boston
London
Mary Swain
Exemption Claim Filed by Division 14 Certifie d Man
A lastminute claim for exemption was filed by one of the division fourteen certified men. He argued he was an alien and sole supporter of his mother and said he did not wish to aid England in the war effort.
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England
No clear headline due to fragmentary text
A fragment notes a person was turned over to the district board after being certified for service, indicating a formal procedural step in military or civil service processing.
Harrington and Kenney Wed at Arlington Church
Miss Mary E. Harrington an Arlington Telephone Exchange operator married Frank E. Kenney of Arlington yesterday at St Agnes Church Arlington.
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Mary E. Harrington
Arlington Telephone Exchange
Frank E. Kenney
Arlington
St Agnes’ Church
Watchman Charles Nohischlagel Found Dead in Building
Charles Nohischlagel a 55 year old watchman of 149 Revere street Winthrop was found dead last night about 8 15 in Room 905 of the building at 149 State street Natural causes are listed as the cause of death.
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Charles Nohischlagel
Revere Street
Winthrop
State Street
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