Three Saved by Cool Nerve on Everett Street
Motorman Jere Long of a Malden Broadway line halted his inbound car at Broadway and Corey street Everett to avert a collision with a fast touring car. The stop occurred within 20 feet saving three occupants whose identities were not learned. Conductor Charles Domey of Medford was thrown from the rear into glass doors, suffering cuts to his hand and arm.
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Jere Long
Broadway
Corey Street
Everett
Charles Domey
Medford
Domey
Pope Pius X Sends Blessing to Boston Archbishop
The pope writes to Cardinal O Connell congratulating him on the churchs flourishing state in the Boston archdiocese and the faithfuls attachment to the Holy See. His Holiness also extends apostolic benediction to the cardinal the priests and all the faithful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’connell
Pius X
Boston
Holy See
Man Electrocuted Incident Leaves 24 Year Old Unconscious
Nicola Demina, 24, of 70 Revere Street in Revere, was working in a trench near Orleans and Porter streets in East Boston when he grasped a live wire and lost consciousness. He is recovering at East Boston Relief Hospital.
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Nicola Demina
Revere Street
Revere
Orleans
Porter Streets
Boston
East Boston Relief Hospital
Misery Hates Company But Loves TIZ
An old advertisement promotes TIZ foot remedy claiming it draws acids from corns bunions chilblains and callouses and enlarges foot pores. It urges readers to obtain a 25 cent box and to request a free trial package by sending to Walter Luther Dodge & Co in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
S. Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ini
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets for Bad Breath Ad
A vintage advertisement promises relief from bad breath with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. Describes tablets as a vegetable laxative aiding bowels and liver, purifying blood and system without griping, claiming effects after one week of nightly use. Shows price 10¢ and 25¢ per box from The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Home Rule Resolutions Opposed In House Debate
An opposition to congratulatory resolutions on Ireland’s Home Rule bill passed through a brisk House debate yesterday afternoon. Mayor P. J. Duane of Waltham and Irish groups officials attended, with National Secretary John O Callaghan and others from the United Irish League seated in the chamber.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
P. J. Duane
Waltham
John O’callaghan
The
Irish League
Dennis O’reilly
William J. Jordan
Henry V. McLaughlin
John Woods
Michael Maynes
Dennis Scannell
P. C. Kelly
C. O’connell Galvin
United Irish League
Massachusetts House Backs Home Rule Resolutions Opposing Britain
Boston figures including Channing H. Cox and Underhill debated Ireland home rule resolutions. Speakers praised Home Rule while some warned Massachusetts should not intervene in British affairs. No division occurred as proponents argued the state’s sympathy and political stance aligned with the Irish cause.
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Channing H. Cox
Boston
House of Commons
United Irish League
Underhill
Somerville
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Giblin
East Boston
Donovan
Ward 7
Washburn
Worcester
Barnes
Mansfield
McCarthy
Douglas
Daniel O’connell
Murphy
South Boston
England
Ireland
Meaney
Blackstone
Bill Allows Autos to Pass to Left
A roads and bridges committee bill would permit automobiles to pass street cars on the left if approved by the Legislature. Other actions include leave to withdraw a petition from the Legal Association to erect sign boards, a prohibition on throwing glass on public highways with penalties, and a $2000 agriculture grant to the State Board of Agriculture for premiums to encourage farming and home arts among youth.
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Roads and Bridges Committee
Legal Association
Legal Affairs Committee
Committee On Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Paintings by M. C. D. Borden fetch record US sale
The closing night in New York realized a total of 1,244,725 dollars from 82 canvases the largest US sale to date. Corot’s Le Bateau au Clair de Lune led at 41,600 dollars bought by former Senator W. A. Clark. Other top works included Daniel’s Le Wagon de Troisieme Classe at 40,000 and Sunger by Innes 24,000.
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New York
M. C. D. Borden
United States
Corot
W. A. Clark
Daniel
Innes
Daubigny
Millet
Human chain rescues two on Dorchester Bay ice
Two men breaking through ice in Dorchester Bay were saved by a five fireman and a large man chain across 500 yards of ice. Firefighters formed a rope aided rescue, then with ladders and a third cast reached and pulled them to safety as cracks opened. Lieutenants Noonan and Dacey and others guided the operation, delivering the victims to a waiting auto.
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Dorchester Bay
Noonan
Dacey
Baldwin
Hart and Murphy
Dixon combination auto fire engine to be tested in Boston
The Boston Fire Department will test the Dixon combination auto fire engine at Bristol Street headquarters. The 94 horsepower gasoline unit powers a pumping engine and hose wagon, potentially replacing horse drawn gear and reducing crew sizes by three on steam engines.
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Boston Fire Department
Bristol Street
Gets Divorce for Nagging
Charles G. M. Bond of Winchester and president of a North Cambridge box factory was granted a nisi divorce from Lizzie N. Collins Bond now at the Hotel Nottingham by Judge Hall in East Cambridge. The grounds were cruel and abusive treatment. Bond testified that his wife nagged him and kept him awake with scolding after card games and that she threatened suicide on two occasions. Mrs. Bond denied the allegations and said he could not hear her due to deafness in one ear.
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Winchester
Cambridge
Lizzie N. Collins Bond
Nottingham
Fire rescuer John Gill saves boy at Somerville fire
John S. Gill of the Boston Globe rescued 5 year old Edward Ellison from suffocation at a fire on 59 Church street Somerville. Neighbors and two women aided by throwing water on the flames which were in a closet on the first floor. Damage reached $150. The cause remains unknown.
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John S. Gill
The
Boston Globe
Church Street
Somerville
Edward Ellison
Henry Ellison
Gill
Charles A. Smith
Dock Men to Vote Tonight in Boston Meeting
The Boston Longshoremen Union Trade Council held a late meeting and decided that a mass gathering of six affiliated unions will vote tonight in Faneuil Hall. About 300 men may participate if the strike vote is carried, with aims possibly including a strike of longshoremen clerks and dock freight handlers.
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Trade Council of the
Boston Longshoremen’s Union
Faneuil Hall
Longshoremen’s Union
Five Charges For Short Weight At Chelsea Court
Samuel Horovitz a clerk at Metropolitan Provision Company Chelsea faced five complaints for short weight. The Chelsea court continued the case until February 21 as Sealer Arthur H. Upton and Deputy Percy R. Long testified to five purchases with weights short by five to 18 ounces.
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Samuel Horovitz
Metropolitan Provision Company
Chelsea
Chelsea Court
Arthur H. Upton
Percy R. Long
Burglar Sacrifices Self to Save Baby in Los Angeles
A masked burglar who attempted a robbery at Mrs. Fred Morris’s Los Angeles home helped treat her stricken baby for croup. He stayed inside, mixed vinegar sugar and water for the child, rubbed Olive oil on the chest, and left after the infant improved. He told Mrs. Morris he had five children.
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Los Angeles
Fred Morris
Derelict river steamer collision nets $60,000 bullion
In a heavy fog off San Francisco two river steamers the Seminole and H J Corcoran collided and capsized. About 40 aboard the Seminole were saved and the Corcoran crew escaped. The Seminole sank bottom up with an anchor fast, the Corcoran disappeared in the fog with $60,000 in gold bullion likely aboard. Half a dozen tugs pursued the derelict as navigation in the channel was threatened.
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San Francisco
Seminole
H. J. Corcoran
Corcoran
Golden Gate
Mayor Fitzgerald's Bills Rejected by State House Committees
Two of Mayor Fitzgerald's measures were rejected by State House committees. One bill aims to create a department of diseases dangerous to public health, the other to establish an agricultural school in the Boston metropolitan district.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
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Temple
Shepard Norwell Compa Temple
Tremontst
Winter ST
Charles G. M. Bond
Nisi
Blaze
Act
Esgcere
Guibae
Ieee
Tet
Croup
Statin Henry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Streets
Mass
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Chase
Siegel Chain of Stores
Emperor
Hoes
U. S
Suara
Dh. Ee
Wade & Butcher
Morley
Star
Careae
Meteor
Opera
Hamilton
I.o
Ginter Co
Canal
Elm & Union
Washington St
Cor
Water St. Stere
Elgin
Elgin Watch Co
Elgin, Ill
Otis Union
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