Somerville Wood Plant Burns in Beacon Street Fire
A wood factory at 281 Beacon street Somerville owned by Adams Wood & Coal Company burned to the ground. A row of three nearby apartment houses was saved after a general alarm summoned most of the Somerville fire department and Cambridge units. Fire spread quickly but only damaged the surrounding area. coal and wood in freight cars were moved to safety. The Kent court building, owned by E F O’Neil and occupied by his family, escaped damage as flames approached but were kept away by water and quick action.
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Somerville
Cambridge
Beacon Street
Adams Wood & Coal Company
Rich
Kent Court
E. F. O'Neil
Frank Lawrence
Somerville Avenue
Five Horses Saved From Factory Fire By Teamsters
Fire at Adams Company factory damaged a large building and its contents with J Adams estimating value near 20 000 for the structure and 2000 for insurance. Edward Williams, a teamster for Adams Company, alarmed neighbors after discovering the blaze just before 7. Five horses in the stable were rescued by teamsters and a citizen who leaped from a passing car before the flames fully took hold.
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Jacob Adams
Edward Williams
Adams Company
Williams
William Joslin of Chelsea Dies at 83
William Joslin aged 83 and Chelsea’s oldest resident died at his home after a long illness. He was the eldest Mt Bellingham Methodist Episcopal Church member, 61 years, born in Devonshire England. He leaves his wife, a daughter Mrs C M Peabody of Malden, a sister Mrs Ann Jones of Chelsea, and a brother Rev George A Joslin of Madison Wisconsin.
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William Joslin
Chelsea
Chester Avenue
Mt. Bellingham Methodist Episcopal Church
Devonshire
England
C. M. Peabody
Malden
Ann Jones
George A. Joslin
Madison
Wis
American Trust Co Host to Employees at Faneuil Hall
The American Trust Company entertained its employees last evening at the Faneuil Hall bowling alleys. Refreshments were served and prizes awarded the winning team and top scorers. The ladies of the company attended the theatre.
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American Trust Company
Faneuil Hall
Hobbs Refuses to Excuse Self on Railroads Bill
Senator Clarence W. Hobbs, chair of the legislative committee on railroads, refused to excuse himself from consideration of the state aid bill for funding the unfunded Boston & Maine debt. Con rad W. Crooker, counsel for minority stockholders, requested removal. the committee took no action and Crooker pressed his protest with statements of presumed prejudice.
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Clarence W. Hobbs
Legislative Committee On Railroads
Boston & Maine
Conrad W. Crooker
Hobbs
Crooker
Committee On Railroads
Dakota Dan to wed Melrose woman former playmate
Dakota Dan Russell, once an unsuccessful claimant for heir status to Senator Daniel Russell of Melrose, plans to marry a Melrose woman who was a former Playmate. He is in Grand Rapids Wisconsin working as a blacksmith and says his wife will be happy after the wedding. He was divorced from his first wife who returned west while he pursued recognition as the senator’s son.
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Russell
Daniel Russell
Melrose
Dakota Dan
Grand Rapids
Wis
Unique civil suit heard in Municipal Civil Court
James P. Roberts of Dedham sued the United Injector Company of Boston for $300 damages after a passing automobile splashed mud on him July 2 1915 while he walked on Pearl street Boston. Judge Wentworth presided and reserved his decision in what is said to be the first such case in municipal civil court.
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Municipal
Wentworth
James P. Roberts
Dedham
Pearl Street
Boston
United Injector Company of
Missing Roberta Hoyt serial opens with suspense and romance
Adele Luehrmann presents Missing Roberta Hoyt a modern New York serial about a clever young man and a beautiful woman who vanishes. Kidnapping detective work and personal adventure drive the plot with lifelike social-world stakes.
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New York
Adele Luehrmann
Marie Dupont
Sunday Post
Roberta Hoyt
Mystery Romance on Fifth Avenue Ends With Disappearance
In October 1916 on Fifth Avenue a man recalls a chance meeting with Miss Roberta Hoyt a heiress tied to a will and a looming marriage crisis. A later call hints Hoyt’s illness and a mysterious departure as her fiancé Herbert Farnham and a British connection surface, culminating in Hoyt’s sudden four day disappearance.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Miss Hoyt
Roberta Hoyt
Cecil
Miss Roberta Hoyt
Missing- Roberta Hoyt to be continued in Boston Sunday Post
The note indicates the continuation of the missing Roberta Hoyt story will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine, guiding readers to await further coverage.
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Roberta Hoyt
Boston Sunday Post
Will cuts off brother with $1 in Suffolk probate filing
The late Mary Lizzie Macomber, an artist of 4 Harcourt Street, leaves $1 to her brother Walter Frederick Macomber of Everett, shielding herself from him since childhood. She died February 4 and left $25,000 to friends. He vows to contest the will with counsel.
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Mary Lizzie Macomber
Harcourt Street
Suffolk County
Miss Macomber
Walter Frederick Macomber
Everett
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Tremont Street
Temple Place
Says Bride
Sues
Roberts
Post
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Bobbie Hoyt
Talbot Sands
Tal
Riverton
Broadway
Martin
Higgs
South Eden
Herbert Farnham
Hoyt
Martin Place
Associated Sunday Magazines
Macomber
Sister
Vorenberg
Washington Woolen Mills
Serges Cassimeres
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