Infant Burned to Death in Waltham Fire
In Waltham on January 13 today the infant son of Mr and Mrs William H Cole of 15 Lyman Street died after their nursery fire started by two older children playing with matches. Mrs Cole rushed from the first floor to save the child wrapping it in a blanket. the firemen quickly extinguished the blaze but the infant died before medical help arrived. Mrs Cole sustained minor burns.
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Waltham
William H. Cole
Lyman Street
Congregationalists Plan Union with Berkeley and Reinforcement
The Boston union conference of Congregational churches approves uniting Berkeley Temple with Union Church on the latter's site. Shawmut Church will be reinforced as Berkeley Temple is costly to repair and its funds divertable to Union Church, amid declining local Congregationalist numbers.
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Berkeley Temple
Union Church
Shawmut Church
Union Conference of Congregational Churches of
Boston
Old South Church
Samuel Lane Loomis
South End
Mill Girl and Harvard Man Entangle in Silk Romance
Pittsfield January 13 A budding romance between mill girl Miss Bessie Baker and Taunton youth Chester Benton Harvard graduate unfolds after a silk bundle note travels from a Pittsfield mill to Benton’s Taunton shop. Benton’s Harvard friend H T Pierpont visits, plans to deliver Benton's verses, and arranges a church supper meeting. A telegram summons Pierpont home before the encounter, and Miss Baker ends the correspondence, breaking it off.
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Pittsfield
Taunton
Bessie Baker
First Street
Benton
Chester Benton
Harvard
H. T. Pierpont
New Bedford
Pierpont
Chief White
Police Department
Miss Baker
Brookline Man Converts Auto Into Ambulance For Hospital Run
B F Sherman of 1213 Beacon Street Brookline converted his auto into an ambulance and rushed to City Hospital to save Charles D Moore 35 of Copley Square Hotel after Moore, riding a high dog cart, was knocked unconscious when his horse shied at a passing car and leaped a lumber pile on Boylston Street near Fairfield Moore recovered after the urgent transport aided by Sherman and his companions.
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B. F. Sherman
Beacon Street
Brookline
Charles D. Moore
Copley Square
Mr. Moore
Boylston Street
Fairfield
Mrs Maria Dinsmore Dies at 93 in West Somerville
Mrs Maria Dinsmore aged 93 died at an early hour yesterday morning in West Somerville where she had resided with her niece Mrs Charles H Vose at 214 Morrison avenue. She was widow of Fox Dinsmore who died in December 1882.
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Maria Dinsmore
Charles H. Vose
Morrison Avenue
West Somerville
Fox Dinsmore
Heir to Dorchester Estate Allegations and Nighttime Intrusion
Dr. James L. Simonds leaves his Dorchester estate to Catherine Degnan, his longtime dental parlor attendant, including 75,000 feet of land and the Els mere house with 22 rooms. Degnan reports a nighttime break in, firing three shots at a prowler as two St Bernard dogs remained quiet, suggesting the intruder may be known to the household.
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Catherine Degnan
James Ll. Simonds
DR. Simonds
Captain Webber
Fire Department
James L. Simonds
Shawmut Avenue
Freeport Street
Dorchester
Dorchester Bay
Elsmere House
Simonds
Degnan
Boston
Mrs. Hooper Dies at Beacon Street Home in Boston
Mrs. Robert C. Hooper, 448 Beacon Street corner Hereford, longtime leader of Boston society, dies after a lengthy illness. She inherited wealth from the Ames estate, married into the Hooper family, designed her city house, and hosted charity events. She leaves a husband and several children.
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Robert C. Hooper
Boston
Beacon Street
Hereford
Hooper
Helen Ames
Ames
Mr. Hooper
Hoopers
Rabies Fears Rise as Several Dogs Reported
Reports from officials across Milford Hyde Park and Brookline indicate multiple dogs with rabies. A 13 year old Cambridge boy, Thomas Reidy, was bitten near Bushway Ice Cream Company and treated at Cambridge Relief Hospital after a white dog attacked him.
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Potomac
Austin Peters
State Cattle Commission
Milford
Hopedale
William T. White
Hyde Park
J. A. Soule
F. A. Osgood
Brookline
Thomas Reidy
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Thomas
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Reidy
Bushway Ice Cream Company
E A McGrath Dies Somerville Oil Works Manager
Edward A. McGrath aged 38, manager of the New England Oil Works in Somerville, died at his Cambridge home after three days illness of pneumonia. Born in Somerville, he lived there before moving to Cambridge and graduated from Somerville Grammar School in 1882 and Somerville High in 1886. He had managed the oil works about 10 years and is survived by his widow. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at St. Mary's Church of the Annunciation in Cambridge.
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E. A. M’grath
N. E. Oil Works
Edward A. McGrath
New England Oil Company
Somerville
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
Mr. McGrath
Somerville Grammar School
Somerville High
St. Mary’s Church of the Annunciation
United Carmen to Seek Raise in Railroad Workshops
At a public installation of Bay State Lodge officers 1000 workmen from three Boston railroads attended as delegates from Allston Fitchburg Salem Concord and Plymouth lodges planned to form a district council of railroad carmen machinists blacksmiths and bolters to boost wages and working conditions A committee was named to arrange delegate meetings and a ball is set for Odd Fellows Hall April 1.
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Bay State Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
Boston
Allston
Fitchburg
Salem
Concord
N. H
Plymouth
International Union, Painters’ Union
P. J. Cronin
Carman
John J. Gallagher
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Electrical Workers Honor McLoughlin and Joyce in New England
John J. McLoughlin and Martin T. Joyce of the Boston Electrical Workers Union were elected president and secretary-treasurer of the New England Electrical Workers Unions at the Providence convention. McLoughlin reported New York electricians rejoined the union after fines of more than 5000 were paid. A Boston Typographical Union indorsement circular lacking the union label was returned unread by the secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. McLoughlin
Martin T. Joyce
Boston Electrical Workers’ Union
New England Electrical Workers’ Unions
Providence
R. I
McLoughlin
New York
Brotherhood
Boston Typographical Union
Joyce
Typographical Union
Labor unions push wage hikes and shorter day in Boston area
Boston Cement and Asphalt Workers Union demands raise wages from 45 to 50 cents for finishers, 32 to 37 cents for helpers, 25 to 80 cents for laborers, and an eight hour day starting May 1. Officers named across several locals include Charles Smith as president and William Corcoran as master workman. Union activity covers Plymouth Rock Lodge 184 Allston Allston and Sanitary and Street Cleaning Departments Teamsters 149 with term renewals and recent benefits payments. A convention of city employees’ unions is planned to form a state organization.
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Boston Cement and Asphalt Workers’ Union
Charles Smith
Dennis Murphy
James E. Dorkins
Andrew Larson
Fred B. McGrath
John J. Buckley
Ben Franklin Assembly
K. of L
William Corcoran
William Cronan
Bernard Harkins
Philip Shanley
John E. Gillespie
Outside Sentinel
Hugh M. Dolan
Inside Sentinel
Eugene Leonard
Richard Powers
Peter Callahan
William Mahoney
Thomas Burke
James H. Keenan
Martin Fitzgerald
Joseph Smith
Marshall Mills
Simon Cavanaugh
John Green
D. A
K. of L., Incorporated
Daniel Leonard
J. J. Curley
Lawrence O'Neil
Plymouth Rock Lodge
Arthur Walker
Augustus Bartz
James J. Gallagher
Augustus Murphy
John,Markert
Charles Shortsleeves
Otto Swanson
William Baher
Levy Frank
Allston Lodge of
Carmen
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Allston
William Johnson
James F. Kelley
J. L. Mann
John Lerson
George Augherton
Harvard Hall
Teamsters’ Union
William P. Greaney
John H. Hurley
James J. Burns
James Green
John T. Kane
P. Haverty
P. McCarron
Treasury
Joseph J. Downey
Dennis D. Driscoll
William Borle
Wagon Drivers’ Union
Peter McNeally
Curtis Guild Sr Celebrates 80th Birthday Quietly
Curtis Guild Sr oldest newspaper man in the state and father of the Governor marked his 80th birthday at his Beacon Hill home. He received congratulations from friends nationwide as floral tributes filled his front room. He and his son Courtenay attended Arlington Street Church and he noted feeling well.
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Curtis Guild
Mt. Vernon Street
Beacon Hill
Governor Guild
Levi Willcutt
Bostonian Society
Guild
Courtenay Guild
Arlington Street
Illinois Central sued for back taxes in Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield Illinois January 13 arrangements completed tonight for the suit to be filed by the attorney general's department against the Illinois Central Railroad Company for back taxes. Action probably will be instituted tomorrow or Tuesday in the Supreme Court of Illinois in the nature of a bill for an accounting.
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Springfield
Ill
Attorney-General’s Department
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Illinois
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