Boy Scalded by Exploding Water Can at Beach Incident
An 18 year old, Charles Babcroft of 13 St Mark Street, was sprayed with scalding water when a can of water exploded on a bonfire at Dewey Beach in Charlestown. He fell to the ground in pain and was treated at Haymarket Relief Hospital for facial and ear burns.
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Dewey Beach
Charlestown
Charles Babcroft
St Mark Street
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Government
Boston
Boston Fails to Gain Leviathan Refit Amid Wheat Aid Row
President Harding and the Shipping Board shut Boston out of the Leviathan refit. Senator Lodge notes no Atlantic Coast yard besides Boston can take the job, unless New York Central lowers Northwest freight rates. Governor Cox may press for Charlestown Navy Yard refit.
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Robert L. Norton
Washington
Boston
Harding
Shipping Board
Congressman Dallinger
Boston Navy Yard
J. W. Powell
Senator Lodge
New York Central Railroad
Northwest
Philadelphia
Palmore
New York
S. Davis
Maritime Association
Chamber of Commerce
New York Central
Bastor Navy Yard
Congress
Atlantic
Dallinger
Navy Department
Cox
Massachusetts
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston Bhee of Commerce
Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce
Organized Labor
Fire Rages After Still Explosion in Chelsea Rag District
An illicit still exploded in an unoccupied wooden building behind 81 Elm Street Chelsea triggering a general alarm fire in the rag district. Four wooden rag-filled structures between Elm Third and Fourth streets burned, including the origin. Damage is about 75000 with police seeking the distillery ownership responsible.
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Elm Street
Chelsea
Elm
Third
Fourth Streets
Fire Rages Through Elm Street Structures Causing Wide Firestorm
First alarm sounded shortly after ten as flames breached the Elim Street building and spread to adjacent wooden structures. Firefighters from Revere and Everett joined the battle after a general alarm as crowds gathered, while investigators found two stills and 14 barrels of mash in the original warehouse.
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Elim Street
Revere
Everett
Sam Leverett
Elm Street
William Williams
Zabel Frothman
Cambridge Council Approves Walsh Bros Hospital Wing Payments
Following Saturday inspection findings of satisfactory work the Cambridge City Council voted to continue payments to Walsh Bros contractors building a hospital wing and expressed confidence in the firms. A prior motion had suspended payments pending investigation.
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Cambridge
Walsh Bros
Cambridge City Hospital
Stoddard Head Elected President Of Illegal Coalition
Demarest Lloyd, president of the Illegal Coalition for two years, declined re election at the annual meeting. Lothrop Stoddard of New York City was chosen president, with Arthur W. Joslin as treasurer and Telfair Minton as secretary. Lloyd vowed continued support and a pledge to keep the coalition a patriotic national force.
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Demarest Lloyd
Mount Vernon Street
Lothrop Stoddard
New York City
Arthur W. Joslin
Telfair Minton
Lloyd
Gobelin Tapestries To Be Shipped To United States
Vienna January 10 United News reports the famous Gobelin tapestries, pawned for three million pounds to an American syndicate, will be shipped to the United States soon. The tapestries were owned by the Austrian government.
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Vienna
United News
United States
Man Dies From Wounds After Charter Street Shooting
Nicholas Di Rosa a 38 year old resident of 3 Commercial Place North End died last evening at Hay Market Relief Hospital from injuries received when he was shot on Monday on Charter Street. Police have not yet identified the shooter.
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Nicholas di Rosa
Commercial Place
North End
Charter Street
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Harvard Men Locked In Cell At Deer Island
A group of Harvard social ethics students under Professor Richard C. Cabot toured Deer Island to study prison conditions. Five explored an empty cell and were accidentally locked inside when an outside friend closed the door. The warden lacked a key, and a key later opened the cell.
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Harvard
Deer Island
Richard C. Cabot
The
Charles
Social Ethics
Unfaithfulness Granted After Sensational Week-Long Hearing
The East Cambridge Court granted the request on grounds of unfaithfulness after a sensational hearing that lasted a week.
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East Cambridge Court
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Effie M. Nelson
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