Four children rescue Teddy bears from Winthrop Centre fire
Four children of L N Chase at 137 Bartlett Rd Winthrop Centre risked their lives to save their Christmas Teddy bears as a wooden frame house burned. The blaze drove out nearby residents including R Hallahan and caused several hundred dollars in damage though parts of the structure remained intact. The Winthrop fire department earned praise for a swift response.
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L. N. Chase
Winthrop Centre
Nathaniel
Catherine
Dora
Kenneth Chase
Bartlett Road
Chase
Bora
Kenneth
R. Hallahan
Natty
Hallahan
Lewis Wharf
Winthrop Fire Department
Roosevelt Balks When Quizzed on Politics in Africa Visit
Feb 27 GONDOKORO Soudan Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit with their shooting party rested after a strenuous trek seeking giant elands. He refused to discuss politics, saying he had lost touch with the world and needed time to review public affairs. The party, including the Congo hunters known as Congo poachers, will move to Mongalla next seeking enthusiastic receptions.
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Gondokoro
Soudan
Roosevelt
Kermit
Elands
Mongalla
Congo Poachers greet Roosevelt in Uganda
Congo poachers greet Colonel Roosevelt during the American hunting and scientific expedition's trek from Hoimi to Rutibia on Lake Albert Nyanza. They camped at Kajarus in a native structure built for them, passing through uninteresting country with no game, as Commander H Hutchinson, Uganda marine superintendent, oversaw boats toward Rhine camp.
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Pekin
Albert Nyanza
Koba
Congo
Roosevelt
United States
John Boyes
Boyes
Kiwanjui
Abyssinia
Mombasa
Quentin Grogan
Ewart S. Grogan
Cape
Cairo
White Rhine
Rutibia
Uganda Protectorate
Hoimi
Lake Albert Nyanza
Kajarus
H. Hutchinson
Uganda
Rhine Camp
Hutchinson
Colonel to Meet Wife at Khartoum
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter Ethel arrive at Naples aboard the Hamburg en route to Khartoum to meet the former President. The ship left New York February 15 and faced a stormy crossing with high seas. all passengers are reported well aboard.
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Naples
Theodore Roosevelt
Ethel
Khartoum
Hamburg
New York
Religion In Amusements Sermon Attacks High Living
Rev. Cortland Myers at Tremont Temple denounces the high cost of living as money wasted on amusements. He condemns Salome dances and prize bridge whist as degrading, urges bread raising for women, and criticizes bank officials for depositor risk while urging moral restraint amid hard times.
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Cortjland Myers
Tremont Temple
Ohio River Flood Fears Rise Along Ohio and Tributaries
Cincinnati reports a 24 hour downpour that has caused the Ohio River and its tributaries the Licking and Little Miami to rise to flood stage. The river at Cincinnati has climbed ten feet today signaling imminent high water.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Licking
Little Miami
Fore River wins Argentine warships contract
London reports surprise and dissatisfaction over the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Massachusetts winning the contract for two new Argentine warships. Critics attribute the loss to waning British shipbuilding and blame Britain’s free trade policy amid tariff reform commentary.
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London
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Massachusetts
Britain
Global ship orders cited in free trade debate sparks ire
The Daily Mail highlights that American prices beat British bids by over 40 a ton, and foreign yards offered quicker delivery. It notes Blohm & Voss and other German and Italian firms underbid Britain, undermining free trade. Editorial questions Taft Knox assurances linking Argentine battleships to U.S. orders. Quincy to honor Admiral Bowles with a large public tribute and employment surge.
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Daily Mail
Blohm & Voss
Armstrong & Vickers
Italy
Germany
Quincy
Francis I. Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Admiral Bowles
Fireboats Save Onondaga As Lewis Wharf Fire Rages
A Friday arrival from Charleston and Jacksonville docked at Lewis wharf. Fireboats 44 and 47 battled flames that endangered turpentine and rosin stores, saving the Onondaga and part of the pier. Damage to the ship and merchandise pegged at about 120000 and 100000 respectively.
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Charleston
Jacksonville
Lewis Wharf
Grady
Mullen
Clyde Line
Boston Fire Department
Googins
Onondaga
New York
Belmont and Bride Go South
Belmont and Bride depart for the South this afternoon in a private car belonging to Mr. Belmont atop the Seaboard Air Line. The bride, formerly Mrs Eleanor Robson, is identified, and the route heads toward New York with Feb 2% noted in transmission.
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New York
Mont End
Eleanor Robson
Mr. Belmont
Seaboard Air Line
Benn Children Narrowly Escape Gas Leak in Lanestreet Home
In Middleboro early today three Benn children Mabel aged 3 Lavinia 13 and Elsie 16 slept in a room with a coal stove when gas began escaping from the stove. With doors and windows shut the fumes went undetected until the baby cried, alerting adults to the danger.
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Middleboro
Mabel Benn
Lavinia Benn
Elsie Benn
George H. Benn
Lanestreet
Tragedy After Gas Fumes In Benn Home
Lavinia Benn awakened by cries of year old Mabel, tried to help but collapsed. Elsie also fell attempting to reach the door. Elsie crawled to her father’s room and alerted him. Mr Benn opened doors and windows. Lavinia recovered, but Mabel inhaled gas and doctors fear for her recovery.
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Lavinia Benn
Mabel
Elsie
Mr. Benn
Lavinia
Fair Slugger Beats Captor at Salem Street Raid
Patrolman George McCaffrey, famed for brawn, was beaten by Annie Smith, 30, during a raid at 60 Salem street. She broke his belt, struck his face, and grabbed buttons and cloth before officers restrained her as six patrolmen raided the Smith residence. Beer and whiskey were confiscated.
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George McCaffrey
Hanover Street
Salem Street
Annie Smith
McCaffrey
Fire scare in Chelsea causes three houses to burn
Chelsea residents faced a blaze at 870 Crescent Avenue with high winds spreading embers to 372 and 374 Crescent Avenue and 104 Carroll Street. The Locke estate building was the origin from a defective chimney. Total loss estimated at 650 dollars.
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Chelsea
Mill Hill
Crescent Avenue
Locke
Carroll Street
Spectacular Cotton Warehouse Fire Devastates New Bedford
A major blaze destroyed the Dennison Brothers Company cotton warehouse in New Bedford at 1 30 PM. Officials estimate damage above 200000 dollars, with spontaneous combustion suspected as the cause in the baled cotton blaze.
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New Bedford
Dennison Brothers Company
Fire destroys large cotton and coal storage at waterfront mill
A massive fire at the Nonquitt Mill destroyed over 5000 bales of cotton and much finished cloth, with thousands of tons of Dennison Bros. coal. The blaze, discovered by a Garfield Proctor Coal watchman, spread rapidly across the warehouse and coal pockets built on waterfront land, threatening adjacent property until containment efforts limited spread. Chief Cahill dispatched a second alarm as hoses stretched from the New Bedford Spinning Company to battle the searing blaze.
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East Boston
Ritchie
Lewis Wharf
Merchants’ Steam Lighter Company
George J. MacQuesten
North Pier
Pier House
Nonquitt
Dennison Bros
Garfield Proctor Coal Company
Edward P. Cahill
New Bedford Spinning Company
Nail Causes Lung Fever Ingestion by Child in New York
A nine year old boy, Jacob Miller, was found to have an inch long brass headed nail embedded in his upper right lung. Doctors removed it with forceps guided by X ray. The child admitted he put the nail in his mouth five weeks earlier while playing and inhaled it while breathing. Surgeons expect recovery.
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New York
Jacob Miller
Hamlin Not to Enter Race for Congress in 14th District
Charles S. Hamlin has decided not to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 14th district. He announced the decision after a lengthy conference with Fred J. Macleod, chairman of the Democratic State committee. It is probable that E Gerry Brown will challenge the Republican nominee.
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Charles S. Hamlin
Mr. Hamlin
Fred J. Macleod
Democratic State Committee
E. Gerry Brown
Four Injured as Bricks Shower From Batterymarch Building
Four people, three men and one woman, escaped serious harm yesterday when hundreds of bricks loosened between the third and fourth stories of the Batterymarch Street building at 35-39 and rained onto the street below. The incident disrupted the area as passersby watched the danger from the sidewalk. Authorities investigated the collapse and warned of debris hazards in the area.
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Batterymarch Street
Bricks Fall From Seven Story Curtis Building
Just after 9 o clock Thomas E Smith Frank J Davis and Maurice Freedberg heard a grating sound then bricks fell from the Curtis Moore Company seven story building onto Batterymarch Street near Miss Ellen Philpot Roxbury. The plastering between the third and fourth floors had weakened and a full layer of bricks dropped yesterday. Police roped off the area and the building department will be asked to order demolition if needed.
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Thomas E. Smith
Frank J. Davis
Maurice Freedberg
Ellen Philpot
Roxbury
Batterymarch Street
Curtis & Moore Company
City Hall Avenue
City
Asquith Faces Serious Crisis In Parliament
London February 27 The House of Commons session tomorrow could define the Liberal government with a potential Radicals and Nationalists defeat The ministry may fall or endure amid ministerial rifts over Lords reform and could be saved by Unionist votes in a volatile political crisis.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
House of Lords
Asquith to Present Policy Amid Election Uncertainty
The article notes Premier Asquith will outline government policy to Parliament after Cabinet discussions and a King’s Saturday interview. Most aim to avoid a general election, with Nationalists planning a pre-assembly meeting to decide actions. If Lords reform is postponed and veto power limited, the government may survive a few months.
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Asquith
House of Lords
Lords
Watson Meets Mrs Asquith at Liberal Reception
At Wimborne House a tense moment arose when poet William Watson greeted Premier H H Asquith with a gesture that sparked Mrs Asquith’s fury. The couple’s formal crossing with Mr and Mrs Ivor Guest ended with Asquith turning his back as Mrs Asquith reddened and then grew pale, drawing sharp stares from attendees.
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London
Wimborne House
Ivor Churchill
Mrr
William Watson
Asquith
Mrs. Watson
Mrs. Guest
Watson
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