Fire devastates Barrett Manufacturing main building on Beacham Street
Fire at Barrett Manufacturing Company Everett early today destroyed the main wooden 300 foot long building after explosions from tar and oil tanks. Defective wiring started the blaze. water supply was delayed by frozen hydrants and a 150 minute firefighting delay. Boston fireboats helped prevent spread to adjacent New England Coal and Coke works.
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Barret Manufacturing Company
Beacham Street
Everett
Boston
New England Goal & Coke Company
Barret Company
Boy Scouts Welcome Baden-Powell in New England
A thousand Boy Scouts from New England lined a drill hall to cheer Lieuten ant-General Sir Robert S. S. Baden-Powell. The famed British general, hero of Mafeking, spoke of world peace through the Scout movement while dressed in his uniform.
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New England
Wilds
Robert
S. S. Baden- Powell
Latin School
Baden- Powell
Caen
Boy Scouts of
Baden-Powell
THE
BOY Scouts
Ireland to be governed by a two chamber Irish Parliament
Forecast of the Home Rule bill outlines an Irish Parliament with a Legislative Council of about 50 and a Legislative Assembly of 10, a suspensory veto, and continued imperial representation. It grants Ireland customs control and a 12 year imperial police oversight, with a $10 million annual subsidy for five years, then contributions to imperial costs.
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London
England
Ireland
Threatens other means to free jailed Etter
The strike committee has hired prominent attorneys and plans habeas corpus actions to free the prisoner. William D. Haywood said if habeas corpus fails, other methods will be used, asserting no permanent solution yet.
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Chandler Ream
Reading Man Fires Self in Town Building Tragedy
Charles Haag of 12 Ash Street Reading, a clerk in Hose 1 of the town fire department, shot himself in the Reading town building and lies at Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition with a abdominal wound. Haag reportedly became demented after his two sons were killed in a railroad accident years earlier.
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Charles Haag
Ash Street
Reading
Massachusetts General Hospital
Haag
General passe-Powell Observes Scout Demonstrations
For over an hour General passe-Powell leaned over the improvised platform, watching the Scout demonstrations with keen interest. He questioned presenters about details of their knot tying and praised notable Scout feats as they came before him.
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passe-Powell
Cure for All Forms of Stomach Trouble Advertised
A customer letter from Boston praises Stomach Rite, claiming relief from two years of indigestion and gas. Additional endorsements from D Bordic of East Providence and others state the remedy cured heartburn and stomach troubles. The ad notes the medicine is sold by stores and via mail order for 60 cents.
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Huntington Ave
Boston
Mass
Havy B. Mead
Mauran Ave
East
Providence
Highest Bid Wins Husband Auction In Brockton
Six prominent Brockton men aged 22 to 27 including Harold Ellis Eben Tilden Clarence Peckham Frank Wengren Henry Thatcher and Fred Wood will go on the auction block at the First Congregational Church on March to pre empt leap year proposals. The event aims to provide a playful social spectacle and preserve order in the city.
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Brockton
First Congregational Church
Old
Harold Ellis
Eben Tilden
Clarence Peckham
Frank W. Wengren
Henry Thatcher
Fred Wood
Runaway Horse Terrorizes Brookline Streets Injuring Woman
Mrs. Thomas F. Leahy of Roxbury was knocked down by a runaway horse that traveled over two miles through Brookline. The horse, owned by A. J. Furbush and attached to a gas company pung driven by William F. Robertson, collided with an electric pole near Coolidge Corner, sending the driver into a snowbank as pedestrians fled to doorways.
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Hillside Road
Roxbury
Brookline
William F. Robertson
Beacon Street
Coolidge Corner
Horse in Bid for Run Leads to Collision and Breaks Free
A horse pulling a harness torn loose on Beacon Street galloped through Coolidge Corner and Brookline areas before striking Mrs Leahy near Washington Street. It then headed to the gas company stables, causing a street‑level disturbance.
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Beacon Street
Coolidge Corner
Washington Street
Brookline Village
Brookline Avenue
Hilles Predicts Taft Nominated and Re-Elected
Charles D. Hilles, secretary to the President, issued his first authorized statement on the Taft campaign predicting that President Taft would be nominated and elected.
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Hilles
Taft
Washington
Charles D. Hilles
Moon Day Details on the Forty-Third Winter Day
The entry notes the Moon on JNS752 im with a 10 hour day, the 33rd day of the year, a 56 minute daily increase, and marks it as the forty-third day of winter
Birth Anniversaries and Historical Events Highlighted
Curtis Guild Jr former Massachusetts governor and ambassador to Russia. Justice John H Hardy of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Samuel Ross state senator and labor leader. Delia Bacon author of Bacon Shakspere theory (1811 1859) cited. Admiral Farragut sailed from Hampton Roads to the Mississippi in 1862. House of Representatives in Washington votes East PORE on a nine week contest. Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo signed between U S and Mexico.
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Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachuesetts
Russia
John H. Hardy
Massachusetts Superior Court
Samuel Ross
Delia $. Bacon
Bacon
Farragut
Hampden Roads
Mississippi River
House of Representatives
Washington
Guadaloupe Hidalgo
United States
Mexico
Forecast for Boston and vicinity turns colder with light snow
Washington reports New England forecast showing light snow and colder conditions on Friday with Saturday fair, brisk northwest winds moderating by weekend. Frigid air moves through the region as temperatures dip before the weekend.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Temperature Report From Thompson Spa Yesterday
Average temperature yesterday recorded as 24 degrees with readings from morning to evening. Data shows hourly figures including a high of 27 and a low around -16, reflecting a typical daily swing.
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Thompson
BORO
Pereee
Best Service to California Standard or Tourist
The note records a travel option from Berth Wash toward Sunger Route with a milk detail and a casual reference to passenger handling. It mentions a standard or tourist service and indicates a personal, unchanged execution of the latter.
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Sunger
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