Old Man Dies After Candle Fire in Lowell
Albert G. Norcross aged 77 of 34 Stackpole Street Lowell is burned to death after his clothing caught fire from a candle he carried upstairs to his bedroom. His son in law Fred Morrill smelled smoke and rushed up stairs finding Norcross on the floor with flames on his upper body. He smothered the blaze with bed clothing but the man died of suffocation.
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Lowell
Albert G. Norcross
Stackpole Street
Fred Morrill
Norcross
Dressed Boys In Female Attire Used to Foil Attacks
In Pittsburg on February 4 police dressed two messenger boys in female clothes to catch attackers targeting white girls. Detectives followed as one decoy was grabbed by a Black assailant and another suspect fled but was captured nearby after a struggle with the other decoy.
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Pittsburg
Hill District
Ebodh Street
Martin Denies Brokaw Charge in Baltimore
Dr. Frank Martin, a top Baltimore surgeon, rejects the accusation by W. Gould Brokaw that he flirted with Brokaw's wife while she was a patient. He says the charge is cowardly and he recalls Brokaw's November arrival from Lakewood to undergo surgery. He notes a private talk never occurred and asserts no knowledge of the allegations.
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Baltimore
Frank Martin
W. Gould Brokaw
Hotel Belvedere
Martin
Norris Raps Paper Makers
John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association told the House Ways and Means Committee that the International Paper Company misrepresented wage figures in arguing to keep the paper tariff. He alleged 136 of 140 cited rates overstated Canadian pay compared with U S wages.
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Washington
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
House
Ways and Means Committee
International Paper Company
Norris
Rag Doll Key in Jewelry Theft Case in Greenwich
Mrs. Luke A. Lockwood of Riverside reported jewels valued at several hundred dollars stolen by John Mc Ginley. The case grew serious after Mc Ginley allegedly took the granddaughter’s favorite rag doll and gave it to his own two year old child, prompting a court appearance.
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Greenwich, Conn
Luke A. Lockwood
Riverside
John McGinley
Eagle snatches child but drops girl unharmed
Josiah Olmtree, a Pitcairn farmer in Utica area, heard his 5-year-old daughter screaming near the barnyard. He rushed out to find an eagle gripping the girl, and the frightened bird released her, leaving the child uninjured.
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Utica
N. Y
Josiah Olmtree
Adirondacks
Pitcairn
Olmtree
Double matrimonial entanglement shocks inspectors
Marie Claus a 22 year old girl and Michels Francois were detained by immigration inspectors on arrival from Belgium and ordered deported. Francois allegedly robbed his friend of his wife then returned to Belgium to settle affairs, a tale heard by the special examining board.
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Marie Claus
Michels Francois
Belgium
America
Francois
Special Examining Board
Belgian immigrant entanglement ends in deportation
Francois Michels fled Belgium with the wife of a former friend promising a bright future in America. The case reveals marriages, elopements, and a web of deceit involving Marie Claus, Peter de Niger, and a child. The commissioner will notify the husband. Marie Claus to depart on the Ivernia next week.
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Boston
Francois
America
Belgium
Ghent
Lowell
Peter de Niger
Michels
Chicago
Marie Claus
Alfonso
Marie
Atlantic
Ivernia
Baldwin, Dean of Turf, Nearing Death in California
E. J. Lucky Baldwin, famed California horseman, is said to be dying of heart disease at his ranch 24 miles from Los Angeles. Close sources report an alarming condition after weeks of grip and a recent fainting spell. Doctors have attended him as heart symptoms worsen, with worry over the California racing scene cited as a contributing factor.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. J
Baldwin
California
Even His Lone Vote Was a Mistake Defeated Candidate Hires Sleuth
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania John McDevitt the unsuccessful councilmanic nominee disclosed he paid a detective to identify the lone voter who cast a ballot for him in the first district of his ward The Election Board later showed no ballot had been cast for him and the vote credited to him was a mistake
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
John McDevitt
McDevitt
United States Allocated $300,000 for Brussels Exhibition
Washington February 4. The House committee on foreign affairs approved a favorable report on a bill to appropriate $300,000 to enable the United States to participate fittingly in the international exposition at Brussels from April to November 1919.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs Today
United States
Brussels
Robbers Enter by Skylights Steal from Fortunato Home
Harry Carmine Fortunato of 4 Blossom Street was robbed early yesterday as intruders forced a skylight entry. They took $35 in cash and a valuable gold watch from his room.
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Harry Carmine Fortunato
4 Blossom Street
Apsley Rubber Plant Cuts Hours for 700 Workers
Hudson February 4 continued unseasonable conditions reduce demand for rubbers and force the Apsley plant to operate five days a week eight hours daily from the former 54 hour schedule.
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Hudson
Apsley Rubber Plant
Septuagenarian Dies Teething Third Time
In McKeesport Pennsylvania on February 4 78 year old Mrs Therese Suckfiel died yesterday from complications related to a third set of teeth. She began cutting the third set years ago and developed other physiological changes that puzzled physicians. She had lived in the city 37 years.
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M’keesport
Penn
Therese Suckfiel
Enterprise Street
Doctor Burkhart cure claim for disease prone readers
An advertisement promises relief for imaginary diseases from Dr Burkhart's Vegetable Compound. The pitch targets worried readers, offering a 25 cent treatment with money-back guarantee and a free trial if the reader cannot afford it.
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Burk
Taft to Visit Yale for Feb 15 Events
Word from William H Taft says he will attend Yale Feb 15 and address the Yale corporation. He will join the Connecticut Editorial Association meeting and the Yale Phi Beta Kappa banquet. His son Robert Taft will be received into Phi Beta Kappa by merit as a 1910 class member.
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New Haven
Conn
William H. Taft
Yale
Yale Corporation
Connecticut Editorial Association
Yale Scholarship Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Robert
Copper used as cutting tool discovered in New Jersey
Charles Ludlow of Keansburg New Jersey says he refined copper to temper it into a usable cutting tool. After four years of experiments he attracts interest from a New York firm that has offered 54000 dollars for the discovery. Negotiations have begun with the copper trust for sale of the patent.
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New York
Charles Ludlow
Keansburg
N. J
Ludlow
Copper Trust
Reverend Calley Accepts Jamaica Plain Church Call
After a decade away from the city the Rev. Walter Calley D D accepts the call from Centre Street Baptist Church Jamaica Plain and resigns his pastorate at Upland PenDe.
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Walter Calley
Centre Street Baptist Church
Jamaica Plain
Upland
PenDe
Clews Opposes Subsidy Seeks Registry Reform
Henry Clews spoke at a New York convention backing a bigger American merchant marine. He opposed government subsidies but supported repealing the law that blocks transferring foreign built ships to American registry and urged removal or reduction of shipbuilding material duties.
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New York
Metropolitan Temple
Henry Clews
Clews
Eighth Annual Banquet of Roxbury Catholic Association
The St. Alphonsus Association of Roxbury will hold its eighth annual banquet in the school hall on Smith Street Wednesday evening February 10.
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St. Alphonsus Association of
Roxbury
Smith Street
Australian dry air cure offered for catarrh and asthma
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co advertises Hyomei as the Australian dry air cure. An inhaler and outlet cost $1, claiming to purify air and kill germs in catarrh and asthma sufferers with a money back guarantee if not healing.
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Australia
Massachusetts Italian relief and Red Cross fund totals
Massachusetts up to date reports contributions of 188 036.88 for the Italian relief fund 154 221.48 to the Massachusetts Italian relief fund and 33 815.85 to the Red Cross Society. The treasurer Lee Higginson Co acknowledges excesses over 100 dollars from various citizens and committees including Brockton Medford Worcester New Bedford Gloucester Fall River and Gardiner M Vane with notable gifts.
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Massachusetts
Italian Relief Fund
Red Cross Society
Lee, Higginson & Co
Brockton
Mass
Medford
Worcester
Vegei
New Bedford
Gloucester
Gardiner M. Vane
Red Cross
Fall River
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Turf
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Sleuth
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tEnamel Toe
Valentines
New England
Stein-Bloch
Tams
Henry Siegel Co
Wilson Bros
Siegel
United
Wen Boos
EBA
CEL
Madras
Taft
ST. Alphonsus
Inland
Bass & CO
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General Fund
Italy
American Red Cross
Italian Red Cross
A. A. Elston
A. A. Fiston & Co
John F. Elston
Francis H. Swift
A. A. Elston & CO
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