Girl Drowns After Cape Porpoise Canoe Trip
In Kennebunkport Maine on August 3 Miss Patience Mitchell 17 and Herbert Melcher 18 of Mt. Vernon New York were paddling three miles offshore from Cape Porpoise when their canoe capsized near Babson’s River. Melcher unable to continue rescue after keeping Mitchell’s head above water for about an hour was later found exhausted and Mitchell died. Melcher survived and was cared for after a motor boat retrieved them.
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Kennebunkport
Herbert Melcher
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Patience Mitchell
Babson's River
Melcher
Miss Mitchell
Cape Porpoise
Babson
Maine
Archbishop O'Connell Health Improves Amid Move to Antwerp
News from Boston reports Archbishop O'Connell's health is excellent after time in Switzerland. A letter to a prominent resident notes he plans to leave Antwerp next Sunday bound for New York or a new destination as the situation develops.
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O'Connell
Boston
Switzerland
Antwerp
Belgium
Newme
Complete candidate list by party for city and state races
A complete list of candidates for head of the ticket, councillor, State Senator and Representative is provided, organized by party. The article presents the full slate for the upcoming election and notes Shepard’s name does not appear on the ballot.
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Shepard
Republican Primary Ticket Leaders in Massachusetts State Race
The list names gubernatorial and other race tickets across Massachusetts counties and districts. Key figures include Louis A. Frothingham of Boston and Calvin Coolidge of Northampton, with multiple district and county candidates across Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester, and beyond.
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Berkshire
Walter’ la Tower
Dalton
Hampshire
Hampden
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Bristol
Charles J. Chace
Dighton
Walter E. McLane
Fall River
Samuel Ross
New Bedford
Cape
Frank W. Chipman
Sandwich
Alfred W. Cushman
Provincetown
Edric Eldridge
Yarmouth
Thomas Pattison
Barnstable
Essex
George H. Newhall
Lynn
Arthurs. Adams
Marblehead
Cambridge
Middlesex
Charles V. Blanchard
Somerville
Claude L. Allen
Melrose
Andrew J. Burnett
John Larrabee
Edward W. Walker
Waltham
Charles H. Brown
Medford
Levent Middlesex
Frank P. Bennett, Jr
Sangus
Erson B. Barlow
Lowell
Amos R. Best
Drac
William M. Robinson
Chelsea
Ernest W. Woodside
Boston
Suffolk
Arthur W. Forbush
Joan W. Vaughan
Sourth Suffolk
Freeman O. Emerson
George Holden Tinkham
Charles D. Cheney
Charles H. Bryant
Thomas M. Vinson
Edward W. Brewer
Joseph J. Feeley
William E. Hannan
Worcester
Julius Garst
John H. Pickford
Daniel E. Denny
John P. Edgimgren
Alonzo F. Hoyle
Vorce
Levi H. Greenwood
Gardner
Joseph
Gates
Westboro
Hawpden
William H. Wheeler
Hubbardston
Democratic Primary Ticket in Massachusetts Region
The Democrat slate lists Eugene N. Foss of Boston and David I. Walsh of Fitchburg as leading figures with support from West Springfield. The ticket includes positions for the race against Republican opposition and outlines party alignment across multiple towns.
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Eugene N. Foss
Boston, Tho
West Springfield
Discovered Remedy for Hay Fever and Asthma Promoted
Chemist D. J. Lane of 582 Lane Building St Marys Kansas claims a simple home remedy cures hay fever and asthma. He offered to send a $1 bottle by express to any seeker who writes for it and judges its effect within 10 days, no payment required.
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Kansas
D. J. Lane
Lane Bldg
St. Marys
Kan
Lane
Express
Jostal
Political District Candidates List Across Massachusetts
A compiled roster lists candidates by district across Massachusetts and adjacent areas. Many districts show named contenders from cities like Boston Salem Fall River Holyoke and Worcester with several districts listing no candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Green
Duxbury
Henry J. Dixon
Boston
John Quinn, Jr
Edward J. Carney
Salem
Frank A. Foster
Manchester
Willam Gross
Lee
Fail to End Shop Strike in Illinois Central Talks
Chicago August reports that 80 percent of Illinois Central shopmen seeking federation recognition failed to reach a settlement after nine local unions met with W. L. Park, railroad vice president. Officials offered no details, sticking to a stance to bargain only with individuals.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
W. L. Park
Park
TIZ Foot Remedy Claims Fast Relief and Fresh Feet
The advertisement promotes TIZ as a novel foot remedy that relieves sore and swollen feet, reduces corns and bunions, and cleanses pores. It claims immediate effects, promises money-back if not satisfied, and notes availability from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago or at druggists for 25 cents per box.
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Walter Luther ‘Dodge & Co
Chicago
Ill
American art connoisseur under watch over Mona Lisa case
William Loeb Jr announces an American art expert in Europe is under U S government and French cooperation surveillance in Paris over the Mona Lisa theft from the Louvre ten days earlier. The man’s name is not released but he is a western city resident and Paris visitor with keen interest in the painting.
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
Europe
United States
Leonardo de Vinci
Louvre
Paris
Wife Accuses Lynn Dancer in Philadelphia Case
Miss Clara Lewis a Lynn singer and dancer faced charges alongside Perry Gillespie a Philadelphia grocer in a case brought by Mrs. Clara M. Gillespie before Magistrate Morris. Gillespie faced desertion and non support charges with bail set at 1200. Lewis held on 600 bail after detective testimony of hush orders.
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Clara Lewis
Lynn
Perry EE
Gillespie
Philadelphia
Clara M. Gillespie
Morris
Miss Lewis
Metal Men to Begin New Fund
The Metal Polishers Buffers Platers and Brass and Silver Workers International Union ends a session with plans for a new fund. Per capita dues rise to 60 cents monthly, with 25 cents to a general defense fund. Initiation fee climbs to 3 dollars. salaries unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Powers
Quincey Street Free Home For
Henry Abrahams
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union
Taft Eyes Boston Light Race as Air Aces Prepare
President Taft plans to witness the Boston Light race in Beverly while in Atlantic Aerodrome talks. He will address the American Bar Association in Huntington Hall and may watch aviators Ovington Stone Cummings and Beachey contest Grahame White for American aviation honors.
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Beverly
Taft
Boston
Atlantic
Secret Service
American Bar Association
Huntington Hall
Fitzgerald
Ovington
Stone
Cummings
Beachey
America
Grahame
Uncle Joe’ Cannon
White House
Joe
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Enna
Thos. Snow & Son
North Market &T
Faneuil Hall
Warner
Warner's Safe Cure Co
Rochester, N. Y
P. O
Wilson Bros
Maurice Ketten
Pifele
Louis A. Frothingham
Joseph Walker
Brookline
Norman H. White
Robert Luce
Albert P. Langtry
Springfield
Russell A. Wood
Elmer A. Stevens
Herbert W. Burt
John E. White
Tisbury
James M. Swift
Eben
Keith
Bourne
J. Stearns Cushing
Norwood
W. Prentiss Parker
Henry A. Savage
Charles L. Burrill
Alexander McGregor
Malden
Edward G. Frothingham
Haverhill
James H. Walker
Amesbury
Herbert E. Fletcher
Westford
Winfield S. Schus
Popgian
August H. Goet
Sanfords
David I. Walsh
Fitchburg
Sjaroma Co
Fulton
Frank J. Donahue
Edward 0. Skelton
Augustus L. Thorndike
Brewster
Charles B. Strecker
George W. Anderson
Joseph J. Leonard
John H. Mack
North Adams
William J. Kenney
Attleboro
Charles A. MacDonald
Joseph T. Mooney
John L. Shea
James A. Reed
Osborn Nickerson
Chatham
Francis V. McCarthy
William Stopford
George A. Schofield
Ipswich
James BK. Carbrey
Peabody
William R. Adams
Lawrence
Dennis E. Halley
William A. Hester
Franklin and Hampden
John C. O’brien
Greenfield
John F. Malley
Francis X. Quigley
Holyoke
Frederick W. Walsh
Natick
James Culhane
Maurice M. Lynch
John H. Smith
Thomas J. Boynton
Everett
Charles F. McCarthy
Marlboro
John Joyce Donahue
Philip A. Kiely
Henry J. Draper
Norfolk
James M. Folan
Plymouth
Alfred
Timothy F. Callahan
William H. Callahan
Timothy L. Connelly
Thomas M. Joyce
Edward J. McKenna
Charles H. Reinhart
James F. Powers
James W. Gibbons
John J. O'Hare
James FP. Timilty
Edward W. Burns
Robert P. Clarkson
John J. Cummings
John F. Cusick
Terence F. Feeley
Pierce J. Grace
Edward H. Pinkham
Charles V. Russell
John J. Conway
John J. Hoar
Francis J. Hogan
Michael J. Murrey
John H. Hunt
Cornelus J. Carmody
John H. Coburn
Leominster
William R. Burke
Milford
Alexis Southbridge
Oras
Hank the Hermit
Hank
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