Heroic rescue by Watertown mother ends in tragedy
Mrs. John McGrath of 45 California Street leapt into the icy Charles River at Watertown to save three children stranded after their sleds broke through. She saved two Farrell children and her own son John, but her daughter Katherine, 9, drowned. Firemen and workers aided. Katherine died at the starch factory engine room. the mother, already ill, was nearly prostrated.
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Watertown
John McGrath
California Street
the Charles
Katherine
Katherine McGrath
Josh
Joseph
Elizabeth Farrell
Mrs. McGrath
Farrell
John
James Reagan
Timothy Reagan
Barker Starch
Kelley
Hfe
Joseph Farrell
Battle in Manchuria forces Russian retreat at Beresneff Hill
A Sachetun dispatch dated February 24 reports Japanese troops in superior numbers driving the Russian detachment from Tsinkhetchin to abandon Beresneff Hill. The clash is described as desperate with no clear outcome yet.
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ST. Petersburg
Sachetun
Tsinkhetchin
Beresneff Hill
Retailers Testify Before U. S. Dist. Atty Adams Today
Boston markets face higher prices as beef trust witnesses are summoned. United States Attorney Melvin C. Adams prepares subpenas and will confer with witnesses, while government action against the Boston beef trust intensifies. Morales assassination attempt in San Domingo City is reported but details remain limited.
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Washington
United States
Dawson
San Domingo City
State Department
Morales
San Domingo
Beef Trust
Boston
Snow argues fair value of plains for gas firms
Frederick E. Snow defended the Consolidated Gas Company before the State Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners arguing the board should determine the fair value of each company’s plants and property. He contends the consolidation benefits the community and that capitalisation and surplus profits are grounded in long historic development. The discussion covered depreciation replacement costs and expert appraisal by board‑appointed specialists.
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Frederick E. Snow
Consolidated Gas Company
State Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Snow
Boston
Boston Gaslight Company
Boston Gas Company
Boston Company
Fair Local Forecast for Boston and Vicinity
Fair weather expected in Boston and surrounding areas. Saturday and Sunday will be dry with light to moderate winds from the northwest to west. A pleasant weekend forecast for outdoor plans and travel.
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Boston and Vicinity
Temperature yesterday and year ago figures
Yesterday’s average temperature was 31 percent, with a year ago at 33 percent. The data summarises comparative daily temperatures without further context or location details.
Miles Refutes Salary Claims as Massachusetts Inspector General
General Miles warned the army bill conference that denying the militia state harm will result. He denied receiving $3000 as acting inspector general of Massachusetts, saying he serves only at Governor Douglas's request and takes no salary, only a $15 per diem for actual duty when inspecting militia companies.
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Washington
Miles
Massachusetts
Douglas
War Department
Never Felt Better Says John Newall
John Newall of Amsterdam New York testifies that Father John’s Medicine kept him from pneumonia after repeatedly suffering lung problems and five prior cases over eleven years, and that he never felt better.
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Father John
John Newall
Amsterdam
N. Y
Seek Girl Detectives Probe Cheney Bond Mystery
Detectives seek Olive Olsen once employed in Cheney family home in Southbridge on a 285000 bond case. Pinkertons chase tips across three states from Meriden to Providence, with no location yet found. Authorities deny any relative responsibility and continue searches in Southbridge and Rhode Island.
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Olive Olsen
Hermans Cheney
Southbridge
Providence
Pinkertons
Miss Olsen
Rhode Island
Now I Lay Me in Peril Debate Over Prayers
The article reports Rev Dr Henson of Tremont Temple opposing a Chicago mothers council push to replace Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep with new wording. He defends the traditional prayer as a centuries old, comforting rite and a memory cherished by New England families and their eleven children.
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Dr. Henson
Tremont Temple
Chicago
New England
Boston
Conference Denied by Railroad Over Firemen Demands
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen met at Grand Central seeking talks with New York New Haven Hartford officers but were refused. They were told President Mellen had given his answer and no further conferences were possible. Mellen was in Boston all day.
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New York
Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Grand Central Station
Mellen
Boston
Jilted man swallows creosote after dance in Boston
A 21 year old man, Frank Steurber of 116 Seventh Street, attempted suicide with creosote after a row at Bethesda Hall in South Boston. He is hospitalized at City Hospital with hopes for recovery while the girl involved awaits word and faces regret.
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Bethesda Hall
Boston
City Hospital
Frank Steurber
Seventh Street
Station 12
Steurber
Newman Street
100 Bodies Recovered From Virginia City Mine
Rescue work ends for the day after 100 bodies are recovered with seven or fewer believed still in the mine. Mine officials expect the number of remaining victims to drop to three or four. A later line references Piso's Cure as a lung remedy sold by druggists.
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia City
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Public Franchise League
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Cheney
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Joseph B. Shaw
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