Yeggs Try Express Co Office
A band of professional thieves attempted to blow open the American Express Co Pleasant street office in Malden. Driver Charles J. Wicher arrived after hours and found the door burst, tools scattered, a soup can explosive, and dynamite. The safe had a one inch drill hole and a large cash and orders inside, interrupted by Wicher’s knock.
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Malden
American Express Company
Charles J. Wicher
Pleasant Street
Wicher
Boston Board Eliminates 15 Percent Fire Premium
The Boston Board of Fire Underwriters yesterday removed a 15 percent fire insurance premium charged on all city buildings after the San Francisco fire, reducing annual costs by about 75,000 dollars for major business properties. The move follows their October 15 reduction of 15 percent on certain brick and frame dwellings in residential districts.
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San Francisco
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
Boston
Board of Fire Underwriters
First Snow May Cost Life In Worcester Sled Crash
The first snow of the year in Worcester caused coasting accidents ending with Philip Nelson, 15, in a dying condition after a sled crash into a stalled car on Bourne street. His home is 20 Airlie street. Albert Andrews, 14, was involved and several others were injured.
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Worcester
City Hospital
Philip Nelson
Albert Andrews
Bourne Street
Harry D. Ramsey
Nelson Boy
Airlie Street
Rheumatism Relief Claim for Himer & Amend’s 2S5t
An ad promotes Himer & Amend's 2S5t as a remedy for rheumatism. The copy claims thousands speak well of it and that reliable druggists carry the product.
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Himer & Amend
Adut
Personal and Unusual Incidents in War News
A disquieting Es sen report claims tensions between the Kaiser and his godchild Mme Bertha Krupp von Bohlen over delivery of her great howitzers. The piece notes strict adherence to the period’s spirit and subtle stage conflicts, with a remark on fashionable socks as a contrast.
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Essen
Mme
Bertha Krupp-von-Bohlen
van Bertha
England's Defence Army and the Armchair Strategist
In a club library a man estimates Britain's military reach as he counts regular troops and colonial contingents. He adds five million guarding Britain and Ireland, joking the English Channel protects better than soldiers, immune to sickness and gunfire while mocking Zeppelins and Taubes.
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George
Great Britain
Ireland
Knitting at Theatre During King Henry IV Run
Report from His Majesty's Theatre notes ladies knitting for English soldiers during a performance of King Henry IV. A khaki sock project unfolds in the left stage box as Sir Herbert Tree smiles approvingly, suggesting knitting was a genteel pastime in that era.
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Henry IV
His Majesty’s Theatre
Lady Mortimer
Herbert Tree
Sir Herbert
Lady Massereene Launches Motor Ambulances For Front
Lady Massereene of London to run two fully equipped motor ambulances to the front. Her husband holds the Irish title Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, the only Irish title heritable by women. Diana, her five year old daughter, was heiress to the title until a son and heir was born recently.
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Lady Massereene
London
Viscount Massereene
Ferrard
Diana
Liege Rebuilt as Model German Fortress for Military School
The article details rapid German fortification of Liege after siege. Forts repaired or replaced with Krupp siege artillery, updated ramparts trenches and observation posts, with landscape altered for defense. Used as a teaching example in German military schools.
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Liege
Hubbard in Pay of John D Jr and the Colorado Strike
The telegram from Rockefeller Lee Associates to Colorado Fuel and Iron Company president Welborn reveals Ivy L. Lee as author of coal strike publicity and Rockefeller Jr s aim to influence public opinion for operators in the United Mine Workers dispute.
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Denver
Col
Ivy L. Lee
Philadelphia
Colorado
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
United Mine Workers of America
Rockefeller, Lee & Associates
J. F. Welborn
Colorado Fuel
Welborn
Rockefeller
Wyoming
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lee
United Mine
Iron Company Appears Before Federal Commission
An iron company presented its case to the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations today. Details of testimony and any outcomes were not disclosed in the brief excerpt.
Rockefeller Telegrams Mention Premium Article Campaigns
Elbert Hubbard received 200 dollars for a thousand copies of a magazine article favorable to copper operators, with price fixed beforehand. Colorado funds covered most costs. Welborn called it fair minded publicity and Rockefeller agents coordinated telegrams from Rockefeller Foundation directors and others. The communications discuss potential socialistic clergy in Wyoming and a Wyoming governor race, with notes on strike tactics and non union workers.
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Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
N. Y
Colorado
Mr. Welborn
Walsh
Rockefeller
Starr J. Murphy
Jerome D. Greene
Ivy J L. Lee
W. L. Mackenzie King
Rockefeller and operators shape Colorado strike info
Lee's dispatch says Rockefeller urged the operators to issue statements for public judgment. He explains selecting unbiased facts from available print to ensure disinterested observers' statements guide the bulletins. Operators approved and sent the bulletins to the public on their own responsibility.
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Lee
Harvard Register Issued Tomorrow
The 1914 15 volume of the Harvard Register will be issued tomorrow. It will include a directory of the university the names of all Harvard club members a complete record of varsity athletic teams and data on other Harvard student organizations compiled by Harvard students with graduate advisors.
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Harvard Register
Harvard
T Harvard
Auto garage fire harms property in Winthrop
The Ocean Spray garage on Shirley Street Winthrop was partially destroyed by a morning fire that began in an overheated furnace. One car was lost and several other vehicles burned causing about 500 dollars in damage.
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Ocean Spray
Shirley Street
Winthrop
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