Harbor Fog Delays Ferry Service Across Boston Harbor
Dense fog disrupted harbor traffic and freight movement as ferries slowed to a crawl and boats lay up. Tugboats, dredgers, and ocean steamers faced delays while pilots warned with bells and horns. The Melrose departed for Newport News as the fog began to lift later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Coal Company
Catalone
Louisburg
C. B
Governor Russell
North Ferry
Captain Jacobson
Boston
Chelsea
Charlestown
East Boston
Reverse Beach
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Road
Melrose
Newport News
Bostonight
Rate War A Serious One Among Atlantic Lines
London reports a fierce rate war among Atlantic steamship companies intensified by the German pair North German Lloyd and Hamburg American agreeing to a state approved plan. British shipping circles await a climactic showdown in passenger traffic rates and working conditions as big lines consider a major reconstruction under vast financial resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic Steamship Companies
North German Lloyd
Messrs, Ismay
Pirrie
Morgan
Laura Lewandrowski Denies Involvement In Kubak Tragedy
In Peabody Laura Lewandrowski sobs and pleads innocence as police report a witness ready to claim she threatened Kubak over past remarks. Authorities disclose new details from the Gerry family and a Polish settlement search. A distant relative notes Kubak warned of trouble before disappearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Laura Lewandrovski
Ludwyk Kubak
Michael Grady
Grady
Miss Lewandrovski
William McSweeney
Salem
Gerry Brothers
Koral Gerry
Kubak
A. G. Wells
Abraham Finks
Mason Street
Sherman ‘Street
George C. Neal
State Police
Mr. Wells
John Matnsack
Matnsack
Fire Heroes Nuremberg Block Rescue Noted by Citizens
Citizens say Patrolmen James Shea and John J. Crow deserve Carnegie Fund Commission recognition for carrying several children to safety from the Nurenberg block in Suffolk square during an early morning fire. The award body’s attention may be drawn to the officers’ courageous acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
James Shea
John J. Crow
Nurenberg
Suffolk Square
Carnegie Fund Commission
Fireyrage at Nurenberg block endangers forty plus
A large fire in the Nurenberg block gutted the interior and damaged first floor stores. Officers rescued Emma and Ruben Pekarsky on the top floor amid heavy smoke. The blaze started under Jacob Ruben's barber shop and caused over $10 000 in damage as thirteen families sheltered there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Pekarsky
Emma
Ruben Pekarsky
Nurenberg
Harry Nurenberg
Maurice
Rosie
M. Grover
Joseph Galles
Hume
Lillie
M. Smith
J. Moglefsky
Jacob Ruben
Harry Horovitch
Frank McClosky
Denounces the Open Saloon at Chelsea Church
In St. Rose Catholic Church Chelsea yesterday morning Rev Father Thomas F Cusack delivered a strong temperance sermon denouncing the open saloon as a menace. He urged parishioners to avoid liquor excess and noted many dealers abstain while consumers pay the price. He vowed to help defeat the Monor cause and urged increasing church capacity in Mill Hill with thirty thousand dollars already raised for a new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Rose Catholic Church
Chelsea
Thomas F. Cusack
Mqnor
Father Cusack
Mill Hill
Havana Seafront Hit By Heavy Northwest Storm
A strong northwest gale drove high seas against the ocean front in Havana deluging the Malecon sea wall and flooding the Prado and nearby streets to several feet. Vedado’s lower areas also experienced inundation.
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Havana
Malecon
Prado
Vedado
Woman Central Figure in Somerville Oil War
A political and business clash grows in Somerville as the New England Oil Company seeks to block a Bay State Oil entry led by Anna M McGrath widow of a former manager. Police protection is in place amid rumors of a consipracy with former Attorney General Herbert Parker examining evidence.
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Somerville
Standard Oil
New England Oil Company
Allen Street
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Board of Aldermen
Bay State Oil Company
Anna M. McGrath
New England
New England Oil Com
JAIL JUDGES WHO DIVORCE
Local ministers criticized a bill about to be introduced to the Legislature that would make it a crime to marry persons without proper inquiries into annulment of a former marriage. Penalties include six months in jail or a $100 fine. Ministers argued the measure is unfair and impractical.
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Henson
Frederick D. Richards
Phillips ‘ Congregational Church
South Boston
Joseph H. Perry
Warren Avenue
Blizzard Halts Communications in Chicago Area
A severe snow and wind storm shuts down wire communications into Chicago and surrounding areas from dawn through the day. Snow continues to fall tonight as the city endures the blizzard conditions.
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Chicago
Woman Killed by Electric Car Near Randolph
In Randolph near the Braintree line two women were struck by an electric car at 9 50 pm one killed instantly and the other badly injured. The deceased was Mrs Leahy of 14 Everett street Dorchester and the injured Mrs Annie Fitzgerald of the same address. The car, bound for South Braintree, did not stop until after the impact. Medical Examiner Frasier Weymouth and Dr William F Holmes Randolph responded. Undertakers Cartwright and Hurley Randolph took the body away. The incident occurred about two miles from Randolph Centre.
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Randolph
Braintree
Leahy
Everett Street
Dorchester
Annie Fitzgerald
South Braintree
Frasier
Weymouth
Willam F. Holmes
Cartwright & Hurley
Randolph Centre
Escape as barge sinks in Newburyport harbor
Four crewmen aboard the barge Henry Clay awoke to rushing water and jumped to a nearby barge as their vessel sank at the Philadelphia & Reading wharf. The coal laden barge, 980 tons, was towed from Philadelphia by the Tamaqua and sank within seconds after the crew escaped.
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Newburyport
David Gifford
Henry Clay
Philadelphia & Reading
W. W. Brown
Thomas Bryan
James Thomaston
Philadelphia
Tamaqua
Sail for Flag of Chesapeake in Britain Challenge
Dublin report: prominent Irish yachtsmen propose Britain buy the Chesapeake warship flag sold at London auction and issue a sailing trophy challenge to America. The plan envisions crack American boats contesting for the historic ensign, leveraging its prestige as a new cup rival.
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Dublin
Chesapeake
London
Great Britain
America
William H. Croston Dead in Malden
William H. Croston 50 a partner at Loomis Co Boston wholesale clothing died at 208 Webster Street Maplewood after midnight from septic pneumonia He leaves a wife and three children Frank Walter and Marion He was a member of Malden Lodge Elks Maplewood Lodge Knights of Columbus and the A U W бю
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Malden
William H. Croston
Silas W. Loomis & Co
Boston
Webster Street
Maplewood
Mr. Croston
Malden Lodge of Elks
Maplewood Lodge
K. of C
Frank
Walter
Marion
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Carnegie Commission
Norebee Son Crow
Sanes, Shea
WARRY Sid/riz
Nurenberg- Block
SAL
DELY
Pekar Sky, Neen. Sauith
Ano
Rebecca Siith
Nurenberg Block
Compan
COK
Partlead
Sudbury
Peril
Charles Towns
Dr. Henson
Mrs. Leahy
Companion
Cealer
A. Shuman & Co
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