College Girl Dies by Her Own Action
The body of Margaret Dauerty a Vassar student who disappeared yesterday was found in the cistern of her father’s Hughsonville home Fishkill Landing N Y Dec 6 She wandered from friends and had to leave Vassar due to mental strain from overwork Her family and community mourn the tragedy
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Margaret Dauerty
Vassar
Hughsonville
Dauerty
William H. Daverty
Death in cistern linked to planned suicide
A railroad detective found a girl’s body in six feet of water in a cistern after an apparent self-inflicted death. The lid was on edge, suggesting deliberate action while her father attended church. No foul play suspected. Search parties failed to locate her until later today. An inquest was postponed to tomorrow.
Boston Soldiers Relief Chief Defends Aid as Finance Panel Probes
John E. Gilman head of Boston’s soldiers relief says the Finance Commission probes all departments, denying a special focus on veterans aid. He notes 2400 veterans and widows receive aid, with typical monthly payments below $12, and recounts Mrs. Isabella Taylor’s $6 monthly allotment after a Board of Aldermen review.
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John E. Gilman
Soldiers’ Relief Department
Boston
Finance Commission
Isabella Taylor
Soldiers’ Relief Committee
Board of Aldermen
Gilman
Grand Army
Circuit Street
Roxbury
Aged recluse Mary Sheehan found dead at home
Mary Sheehan, 80, of 369 Market Street Brighton, long a recluse, was found dead in her kitchen yesterday afternoon after being missing for several days. Police say death was due to natural causes. a neighbor alerted Patrolman White who forced entry.
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Mary Sheehan
Market Street
Brighton
No Wage Cut Announced for Fall River Mills
Fall River cotton mills will not reduce wages for six months, after a Cotton Manufacturers' Association conference with Textile Union representatives. Manufacturers waived the right to cut wages during the period.
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Fall River
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Knights of Pythias to Build First Massachusetts Hall
Watertown reports the Uniform Bank of the Knights of Pythias will begin Massachusetts first building with cornerstone laying next Saturday. Orator Curtis Guild Jr. of the New England Lodge will lead, with Brigadier General John W. McBrine and colonels L J MacKembie Frank J Ready and C M Thompson and their staffs assisting.
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Watertown
Massachusetts
Uniform Bank of the Knights of Pythias
Curtis Guild, Jr
New England Lodge
K. of P
John W. McBrine
L. J. MacKembie
Frank J
East Orange Bath Tub Mystery Deepens in Death Case
Police pursue key clues in the death of Mrs. Ocey Snead linking a Virginia Wardlaw in a web of alleged murder and insurance refusals. Detectives find a whiskey bottle tied to Saat's Hotel and note movements of a woman matching Wardlaw near the scene as they seek Darren Snead alive through the mother of the victim.
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New York
Ocey Snead
East Orange
Bell
Virginia Wardlaw
Franklin Fort, Jr
John M. Wardlaw
Princeton
Fletcher Snead
Virginia O. Wardlaw
Saat’s
Main
North Fifteenth Streets
Snead
David Wendell
Wendell
Caroline Martin
East Orange Bath Tub
Roanoake
Wardlaw Case Ties Suspect to Bathtub Death
Police pursue a possible accomplice after Virginia Wardlaw, jailed on related charges, sought rental at 13 Wakeman Avenue East Orange. Mrs Snead’s half filled bathtub death is linked. Miss Wardlaw denies the crime, while investigators search for a negro accomplice believed to have carried Mrs Snead to the bathtub.
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Lawyer Fort
Henry
Kane
Miss Wardlaw
Wakeman Avenue
East Orange
Plan Battle with Troops in Bridgeport Ohio River clash
Governor Harmon of Ohio reports to Governor Glasscock that steel mill strikers and sympathizers in Bridgeport plan to converge on Upper Wheeling Island and open fire on the Ohio militia. West Virginia National Guard officers are ordered to be ready to move at short notice as an investigation proceeds.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
Harmon
Ohio
Bridgeport
Wheeling Island
West Virginia
Ohio River
William Clemens
Wheeling
West Virginia National Guard
Snow Sweeps Kansas Oklahoma Texas Causes Suffering
A drifting snow storm moves across Kansas Oklahoma and part of Texas causing heavy hardship for sheltered stock and prompting weather concerns as of early December.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Zelaya Crisis Moves Congress. US Navy Measures Continue
In Washington the opening session tackles the Nicaragua crisis. Representative Sulzer calls for Zelaya trial for the murder of American citizens and for a U S backed government in Nicaragua. Senator Rayner nearly repeats the demand as warships and Marines move toward Nicaragua.
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Washington
Congress
Sulzer
New York
House
Zelaya
Nicaragua
United States
Senate
Isidor Rayner
Maryland
Messrs
Cannon and
Grace
Navy Department
Sulzer Resolution Demands Action Against Zelaya in Nicaragua
Representative Sulzer urged a foreign affairs committee to demand Zelaya’s arrest and trial in Nicaragua by an impartial tribunal for the murder of American citizens. The report details US Marine deployment under Read Admiral Kimball to protect interests and outlines possible operations based on Nicaragua’s week’s developments.
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Sulzer
Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Central America
Knox
Dixie
W. W. Kimball
Power Symington
F. H. Potest
Navy
Rama
Atlantic
Bluefields
Managua
Panama
Albany
Yorktown
Vicksburg
Harry Calder
State Department
Caldera
Patrolman Gemmel Saves Estate From Fire
Patrolman Andrew J. Gemmel of Station 13 single handed fought a brush fire threatening the Anthony Peters estate on Walnut street Germantown. He tackled the blaze and after an hour extinguished it.
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Andrew J. Gemmel
Station 13
Anthony Peters
Walnut Street
Germantown
Gemmel
Leading Women in the Hub Debate and Rally Remarks
An assembly of about 600 heard remarks on charity and women’s roles. Commander Booth denounced army fund collection methods, praising the Post’s stance. Tremont Temple speakers urged women’s sphere, suffrage, and independence, while Emma Goldman attacked Mrs. Belmont and supported striker protests.
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Post
Booth
Boston
Salvation Army
Gifford
Tremont Temple
West Somerville church sold for moving pictures and entertainment
The West Somerville Congregational Church on Day Street has been sold to a secret buyer who will remodel it for moving picture shows and high class entertainments. The church will retain Sunday morning services for a year. A new church site near Powder House Park will be prepared for occupancy next fall, with $12 000 reported paid for the current property. The Rev. Perley C. Grant has pastored since last spring. the church organized in 1874 and has a history of remodels and past pastors including Rev. Peter MacQueen and the late H C Hitchcock.
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West Somerville
Perley C. Grant
Somerville
Newport
N. H
Peter MacQueen
H. C. Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Fire Record Small City Daily Entries
At 2 40 p m still alarm rear 34 Grove street Hinds estate loss 150 At 6 45 p m box 211 12 Marble street Ira Bradley loss 85 At 9 15 p m box 92 Automobile Out anu Hotel Lenox James White loss 800
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Grove Street
Hinds Estate
Marble Street
Ira Bradley
Outanu Hotel
Lenox
James White
Boo
Boston School Board approves trade printery in East Boston
The Boston School Board voted to establish a bookbindery and printery at the old East Boston High School with a $2000 renovation and a printer instructor at $120 a month. A metal and wood working program may follow at Dearborn school Roxbury, funded by city and state shares. The board also allocated $500 for 1915 exhibits and asked coal analysis of schoolhouse fuel after recent fires at Andrew and Winchell schools.
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Boston
David A. Ellis
Old East Boston High School
School
State Board of Education
Pape's Diuretic Promises Fast Kidney Relief
Hundreds suffer from kidney and bladder issues, backache, and rheumatic symptoms. A few doses of Pape's Diuretic claim to cleanse the kidneys, urinary tract, and glands, ending pain, frequent urination, and misery within days. The ad urges buying the fifty cent treatment from any drugstore worldwide.
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Pape
Pape, Thompson & Pape
Cincinnati
Urge Building of Great Mall in Boston Park Plans
City departments urged the Aldermen to fund park improvements from the Parkman fund including relocating statues on the Common and Public Garden at 10 000, renovating soil and irrigation at 70 000, adding a music stand at 75 000, and pursuing Olmsted plans for a greeting and an amphitheatre at Franklin Park. Park Commission to provide cost estimates and print the request as public record.
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Park, Art and Music Commissions
Board of Aldermen
Hamilton
Glover
Garrison
Commonwealth Avenue
Cass, Sumner
Everett
Shaw Monument
Park and
Beacon Streets
Franklin Park
Boston Park
Park Commission
Home Made Quinine Hair Tonic Promises Hair Growth
A Woman’s Journal feature describes a simple tonic using quinazolin and alcohol to treat dandruff and thinning hair. The recipe calls for dissolving one ounce of quinazolin in a half pint of alcohol and mixing with a half pint of water, then rubbing into the scalp to promote growth. A famous opera star is cited as using the tonic.
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Fin. Com
Knights OF Pythias
Mrs. Kane
V.f.o.rye
Hub
Portant
Emma Goldman
Mrs. Belmont
Daily Fire Record
Vote School OF Printing
Hud
Bostondiass cSliis
Toras
Pras Iit
Pero
Washington St
Gilchrist’s
Parkman
The
Woman’s Journal
Price
Jason Weiler & Son
Col. Franklin
Highland Ladies’ Orchestra
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Haymarket Square
Adams Square
Scollay Square
Friend-Union Street
Subway
Portland Street
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