Thousands Flock to Tabernacle for Billy Sunday Sermon
More than twenty thousand people filled the Huntington Avenue Tabernacle and another three thousand watched outside as Billy Sunday urged debt forgiveness and proposed closing churches next Sunday. Sunday’s Boston visit drew thirty five thousand listeners across morning, afternoon, and evening services, with eight to ten thousand in each session.
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Huntington Avenue Tabernacle
Billy
Boston
Public stand for Christ draws 1581 seekers in fur coat night
He gave the call for converts three times and the aisles filled with people. When the last handshake was given, a well to do looking 40 year old in a fur coat joined the crowd as the day’s tally reached 1581 men and women embracing the faith.
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Christ
Tragic Brighton Child Killed in City Car Crash
Five year old Margaret Gangemi of 7 Saybrooks Street Brighton was crushed under a Boston Elevated car at Market and Faneuil streets. The mother watched in horror as she stepped from an outward bound car with family members and was struck while crossing tracks. Conductor John C Connelly and Motorman James M Granger aided by passengers lifted the body. The child died at St Elizabeth's Hospital. Motorman Granger was arrested for manslaughter and bailed for 2000 dollars.
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Margaret Gangemi
Saybrooks Street
Brighton
Boston
Market
Faneuil
Gangemi
John C. Connelly
James M. Granger
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Felix MccGirr
North Grove Street
Granger
Taunton Driver Arrested After Pedestrian Fatally Struck
Thomas Dolan aged years old of 9 Leonard Street died after a touring car lost control and swerved onto the City square sidewalk striking him. The car hit A P Coffin drug store window. Callaghan McCarthy escaped with minor injuries. Driver Peter Angiers, owner Philip Curran, was arrested on a manslaughter charge and released on bail pending a bearing tomorrow.
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Taunton
Thomas Dolan
Leonard Street
City Square
Dolan
A. P. Coffin
Callaghan McCarthy
Washington Street
Philip Curran
Peter Angiers
Stable Fire Claims Two Lives as Melrose Section Burns
A fierce stable blaze in Melrose East Side yesterday morning killed two men and destroyed twelve horses. The fire raged for hours but stayed confined due to no wind and aid from nearby towns.
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Melrose
Melrose Stable Fire Claims Two Firefighters While Saving Horses
In Melrose a three story stable owned by Robert Philpot burned after 2 am. Henry R. Philpot and Harry E. Dowden died after attempting to free horses. Six of eighteen horses survived, three pigs and several chickens perished. Loss estimated at 26000 dollars. Dowden’s body found in a stall. Philpot’s nearby. Investigators to probe origin.
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Henry R. Philpot
Dell Avenue
Melrose
Harry E. Dowden
Central Terrace
Robert Philpot
Harry
Richard Philpot
Melrose City Hall
Daniel J. Trumble
Fieldscourt
Thomas L. Kelley
Linwood Avenue
Philpot
Dowden
George E. Kerr
Henry Philpot
Stell
Charles Woodward
Maplewood Knights of Pythias
England
Wiping Vice Out Of New York
New York reports a sharp drop in vice across the city as the Bureau of Social Hygiene led by John D. Rockefeller Jr. credits the mayor police civic groups the district attorney and the courts for eradicating the vice ring and driving resort owners out of the city.
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New York
Bureau of Social Hygiene
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Climax of Leak Probe Set for Tomorrow Hearing
The rules committee of the House prepared for a climax to its probe into the peace note leak. Democratic members expect tomorrow’s testimony to decide if a mysterious leak caused the stock market break or if press reports anticipated the White House peace move.
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Washington
Rules Committee of the House
White House
Lawmakers Hold Inquiry Into Leaks Allegations
The rules committee prepares to question Thomas W Lawson and others about leaks tied to President actions. Witnesses include Charles H Sabin Bernard Baruch and Wall Street officials. Secretary Lansing and Joseph Tumulty will testify voluntarily as Allen Curtis faces subpoena.
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Rules Committee
House
Thomas W. Lawson
Washington
Boston
Charles H. Sabin
The
Representative Henry
A Curtis
Henry
Allen Curtis
Wall Street
Curtis and Sanger
Curtis
Representative Wood
Small on Trial for Wife’s Murder in Ossipee
Frederick L. Small, ex-Boston broker, faces a 12 man jury in Ossipee New Hampshire tomorrow over the murder of his wife Florence Arlene Small. Defense by William S. Matthews and prosecution by James P. Tuttle preceded by closing arguments. Small expresses confidence in acquittal.
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Ossipee, N. H
Frederick L. Small
Boston
Florence Arlene Small
William S. Matthews
James P. Tuttle
Small
Trial Schedule Ahead of Judge Kivel Defense Case
State and defense prepare for tomorrow’s proceedings before Judge John Kivel. The State’s argument is expected to last about two hours, the defense up to three hours, with a possible afternoon charge to the jury.
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John Kivel
Kivel
Death leap from Governor Dingley near Graves light
A young man, identity unknown, jumped from the steamship Governor Dingley off Graves light in Boston harbor Saturday night. Passengers reported the act, lifeboats searched for over an hour with the ship’s crew using a searchlight, but no body was found. The Governor Dingley had departed Boston at 8 30 and docked in Portland earlier.
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Governor Dingley
Graves
Boston Harbor
Portland
Eastern Steamship Company
Ninth Regiment Boys Dance At Camp Cotton Hall
Tales of the border will be told when the Ninth Regiment members gather for a dance of the Camp Cotton Association at Paine Memorial Hall tonight.
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Ninth Regiment
Camp Cotton Association
Paine Memorial Hall
Gerard Dinner in Berlin Honors Ambassador James W Gerard
The American Association of Commerce and Trade in Berlin hosted a dinner for James W. Gerard, the American ambassador to Germany, who recently returned to Berlin from a U. S. visit. The event evolved into a demonstrative display of goodwill.
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Berlin
Sayville
American Association of Commerce and Trade
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
700 Miles in a Motorboat From Abandoned Vessel
Five crewmen of the American schooner Rob Roy recount that after their ship sprang a leak in a November gale, they abandoned the Rob Roy on November 20 and sailed 70 miles in a motorboat toward land. They reached Mogador Morocco, sought help from the American consul, and were sent to the Canary Islands then Havana aboard a Spanish steamer.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Morocco
Rob Roy
Havana
Mexico
Alicante
Spain
Navy
Mogador
Canary Islands
Fearful Ice Tragedy Aids Divers Search
A boy drowns in muddy river water while others are rescued as divers search for additional victims feared drowned. Ralph Huntington White, president and owner of the R H White Company, dies suddenly at his Back Bay townhouse aged 75.
Death of Boston magnate in Fenway home shocks city
Mr White died at about five after returning to the Fenway house where he rested before dinner. Mrs White sat nearby as he complained of feeling ill and died moments later. Doctors Garland and Phipps attributed the death to angina pectoris. White, born January 11 1841 in Hinsdale, rose from farmer's son to head of a major East Coast department store.
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Fenway House
Mrs. White
Mr. White
Drs. Garland
Phipps
Boston
East
Hinsdale
Berk
Eclipse of the Moon Obscured by Clouds at Harvard
Harvard observatory reports hindered eclipse observations due to cloud cover. Professor Edward C Pickering with Edward S King and Leon Campbell monitored the event from Jarvis Field as totality began around 2 AM and was to end by 5:52 AM.
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Harvard Observatory
Edward C. Pickering
Edward S. King
Leon Campbell
Jarvis Field
R. W Wilson
Riley Dies of Wounds After Botched Suicide Attempt
James J. Riley died at 1 30 this morning in St Elizabeth Hospital after attempting to kill himself following a Thursday shooting of Miss Mildred Melzian of Brookline in a taxicab. Miss Melzian, at Massachusetts General Hospital, was listed as improved at midnight and could be removed from the dangerous list today.
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James J. Riley
Mildred Melzian
Brookline
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Miss Melzian
Massachusetts General Hospital
Allies End War Council in Rome Unity of Entente Views
The Rome Paris meeting of entente allied governments closed with full unity on key war questions. Statesmen to depart Rome with a resolve to coordinate efforts for a successful outcome of the war.
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Rome
Paris
Entente Leaders Rally After Boselli Luncheon
At a Boselli luncheon honoring ministers, cordial speeches praised the entente allied powers. Italian premier and French premier voiced confidence in victory, amid enthusiastic ovations for M Briand and David Lloyd George. The Giornale D Italia notes early favorable results.
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Boselli
M. Briand
David Lloyd George
Giornale D'Italia
Wanted An Active Partner Near Boston
The Post seeks an active partner investing at least 25000 dollars in a well established business near Boston. The arrangement promises absolute safety and the strictest possible investigation, labeled H 1068.
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Boston
the Post
Ice Tragedy on Muddy River Drowns 17 Year Old
Daylight alarm for Frost Hall girls proves false as a 17 year old boy drowns after falling through treacherous ice on the Muddy River in Fenway. Rescue efforts including a firehook from a locomotive and navy yard divers are described, with reports of missing Conservatory students later resolved.
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Fenway
Joseph Finn
Middleboro
Westland Avenue
Navy Yard
New England Conservatory of Music
Frost Hall
Frost and
Dana Halls
Gardner
Conservatory
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