Ten Die As Ice Jam Drags Oyster Boats From Tilghmans
Ten oyster men are believed drowned in the Choptank River when their boats were carried into open water by an early morning ice jam and gale. The Annapolis has yet to find any trace of the missing launches and crews. Five other launches escaped and are anchored mid river awaiting calmer seas.
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Tilghmans
Tilghmans Island
Annapolis
Covington
Tilghmans Packing Company
Geaunch
A. P. Mister
Uighmans
Feur
Freight Wreck Delays Boston Line Near Wells Beach
Freight train No 246 from Portland to Boston derailed near Wells Beach when a wheel broke. The car left rails and skidded along sleepers for hundreds of yards before rejoining the track. The incident halted the Western division for over nine hours with trains diverted to the Eastern division between Portland and North Berwick.
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Wells
Finnegan
Western “Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Wells Beach
Portland
Boston
North Berwick
Appleton M. E. Church Neponset History and Leaders
The Appleton Methodist Episcopal Church on Walnut Street Neponset traces to Rev. Thomas W. Tucker's 1848 efforts with meetings in Union Hall. The Second Dorchester M E Church formed, the 1850 edifice dedicated, later renamed Neponset A M E Church and then Appleton M E Church in honor of Mrs. Mary Appleton after mortgage cancellation. The present church, dedicated 1861, sits under Rev. George H. Cheney with a long line of pastors noted here.
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Appleton M. E
Appleton Methodist Episcopal Church
Walnut ‘Street
Neponset
Thomas W. Tucker
Tucker
North Quincy
Atlantic
Union Hall
Dorchester M. BE
New England
Bradford K. Pierce
Walnut
Oak Street
J. M. Bailey
Wood's Hall
Walnut Street
Second Methodist Church
Dorchester
Watson M. Ayres
Religious meetings highlight Boston church scene
Clergy across Greater Boston hold discussions on topics from the Lawrence strike to Baptist and Universalist concerns. Addresses by Rev. Arthur Barber and Rev. S. H. Roblin set the tone amid prospective pastor calls and renovations at St. Thomas Somerville.
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Lawrence
Arthur Barber
Boston
Pilgrim Hall
al Priddy
Chipman Hall
Baptists
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren Avenue Church
Untitled fragment hints at 1918 contract action
A garbled line mentions Marty O'Toole and a contract for 1918 with unclear details. The readable parts suggest a professional engagement or agreement linked to that year.
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Marty O'Toole
Deaf Man Hears Funeral Report by Stenographer
Clarkson Willcutts, a merchant killed by a highwayman, had his funeral report read to his deaf son Calvin Willcutts in Marion. A stenographer in an adjoining room copied prayers and sermon text for his consolation. Nearby, youths and girls skated in Central Park mimicking condemned measures, as John W Beatty notes a rise in turkey trotting on the ice.
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Marion, Inc
Clarkson Willcutts
Calvin
Willcutts
Central Park
John W.beatty
Broken joints used to train acrobat wrestler in Ohio
In Cincinnati a private performance showed a boy about years old whose wrists and ankles were broken at 10 days old by his Greek father R Ga Neof. The father, claiming verbal consent, trained the child for wrestling resulting in dislocations as the boy bent in a wrestler's bridge with 180 pounds on his chest.
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Cincinnati, CO
Humane Society
R. Ga. Neof
Neof
Man Loses English Speech in Glanders Case
Albert Naegal a 49 year old German born resident of New Haven is dying of glanders. He spoke English fluently for years but recently failed to answer in English while responding to questions in German indicating a loss of English language expression as the illness progresses.
Turkey Trotters and Wigglers on the Ice Clash
New York officials confront the Turkey Trotters and Walrus Wiggle acts on the ice in a clash that highlights municipal concerns over safety and public skating standards.
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New York
Park Department
Overproduction Fears in Kentucky Whiskey Trade
Bonforts Wine and Spirit Circular warns that whiskey overproduction in Kentucky could collapse prices. It cites 1910s and 1911s crops totaling tens of millions of gallons and questions whether 1912 production can be limited without dealer pressure.
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Kentucky
Bonfort
Fragmented prompt fragment on competition ethics
The readable snippet asks whether vast crops or pushing a competitor to the wall is the intended tactic. It presents a terse question about aggressive business strategies without further context or named entities.
Chloroform Used to Halt Laughing Fit at Circus Tale
Mrs. A Fox of Ames Iowa suffered a prolonged laughing spell after her daughter's circus story. Doctors administered chloroform to interrupt two hours of laughter as she slowly recovers from the incident.
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A. Fox
Barefooted boy uncovers gold nugget near Foots Creek
Ed Koster a 14 year old boy found a bright metal piece while walking Foots Creek and brought it home to reveal a gold nugget valued at 50.18. The discovery sparked excitement and many residents of the Foots Creek mining district searched the area for more treasure.
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Medford
Orc
Foots Creek
Ed Koster
Yonkers Man Found Dead In Woods With Note In Pocket
A man believed to be Augusta Winkler a 32 Manhattan street New York City butcher was found dead hanging from a tree in Yonkers near Midlane avenue. A pocket letter read Mr and Mrs Fouch showing suspected personal motive.
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New York
Augusta Winkler
Manhattan Street
New York City
Midlane Avenue
Yonkers
Fouch
Internal Bath Promises Health By Colon Cleanse
The ad advocates the J. B. L. Cascade internal bath to cleanse the colon, claim it prevents biliousness constipation and poisons entering the blood, and boosts energy and efficiency. It notes doctors prescribe it and that Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in New England display a booklet.
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Riker- Jaynes Drug
New England
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Pape
Tam Am
Washington
Presbytery of
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Somerville
Norman MacQueen
B. A. Willmott
First Church
Lowell
Bethany Congregational Church
Quincy
Union Congregational Church
William Snow
The
United Society
H. Roblin
D. D
Universalist
William Harman van Allen
Chattanooga
Tenn
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van Allen
Grand Rapids
Mich
Western Michigan
McCormick
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Archdeacon Babcock
Washington Street
A. Winkler
Hin
Schlitz
Bohemia
Jos. Gahm & Son
C Street
Milwaukee
Blackburns
Blackburn Products Co
Dayton, Ohio
BROWN
Carpenter
Event Manor
Charles D. Brown & Co., Inc
Federal &T
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