Gas foes as eight escape death in city house blaze
A Philadelphia street gas leak filled a home at 5 Phipps place with fumes, injuring seven people including two children. Neighbors, led by Mrs Calhoun, opened doors and windows and rescued the unconscious residents. Dr Elliot treated the worst patient until recovery, while officials blamed old pipes and promised an inquiry and repairs by the gas company.
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Francis A. Dunn
Phipps Place
Joe Kennedy
Post
Fall River Boom Boosts Boston Post Sales
In Fall River January 15 report shows Boston Post sales rising fast under agent James Duckett. Sunday sales reached 600, up about 100 from the prior Sunday, while daily sales double amid rival Boston Herald and Globe obstacles. Duckett’s push threatens established papers and signals a strong local following.
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Fall River
Boston Post
Boston
James Duckett
Hustleville
Post
Duckett
Juv ers Financial Gnaw s Recovery From Abbott Act
Dover New Hampshire January fifteenth. Bank examiner Dorr uncov ers a ten thousand dollar note in the name of M Nelson lacking a genuine signature. Miss Mertie Nelson, housekeeper at the Abbott mansion, denies signing. Abbott, late Dover National Bank cashier, faces investigations, city council meets to review finances, and an assignee is appointed for the savings bank as the bank scandal unfolds.
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Dover
N. H
Isaac F. Abbott
Dover National Bank
Dorr
M. Nelson
Mertie Nelson
Abbott Mansion
Miss Nelson
Abbott
Savings Bank
Foss
National Bank
Savings
City Treasuer
Hartford County Agricultural Society
City Hall Commission
Bank cashier Abbott amid defalcation scandal exposes massive loss
Investigators trace a large bank fraud led by Isaac F. Abbott who served as cashier and city treasurer among other posts. The total deficit reaches up to 830000 with suspicions of higher totals as loans to friends and stock dealings are explored. The case hints at multiple accomplices and a shadowy motive.
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Post
Abbott
McCarthy
New England Telephone Announces Measured Service Rates
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. schedules new measured service rates for Boston and Suburban Exchanges effective February 1. Subscribers face tiered charges per hundred calls, with 4.00 per hundred for all calls and incremental per-call costs, under contract circuit terms, with varying rates across exchange call volumes.
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Boston
Jasper N. Keller
Death Spark Explosion Kills Dozens In Butte Rail Yard
A massive powder explosion in the Montana Central Railroad yards at Butte on January 15th caused multiple blasts. Fifteen confirmed dead, many injured, including firemen. crowd among victims. hospitals overwhelmed as debris flew and buildings burned.
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Butte City
Mont
Montana Central Railroad
Li Ne
Borning
Secon
Tead
Injunction Granted Against Labor Officials in Salem Case
In Salem Superior Court Judge Bond granted an injunction petitioned by Chick Bros. of Haverhill against named labor union officials and former employees. The order bars visits to the factory, interference with contracts, intimidation, and efforts to hinder employees or the plaintiffs' business near the plant.
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Salem
Bond
Chick Bros
Haverhill
Mary E. Nison
William H. Niles
C. A. DeCourcey
W. S. Peters
Theodore P. Pomeroy
Heman H. Hodgkins
May Gardner
Thomas F. Strafford
William J. O'Connell
Perley A. Shute
John H
CONEY ISLAND ROOKLYN STREETCAR STRIKE TENSE
In Brooklyn on January 15, violence sprouted around streetcar protests led by strikers. A Fifth Avenue car was halted near Twenty Fourth Street with 15,000 onlookers. Police charged crowds, keeping lines moving at times. Later 1000 protesters seized a mail car. police needed reinforcements. By 2 PM, 3000 stood at Propect Park plaza blocking cars. officers dispersed them. Road presidents warn cars resume normal schedules by Wednesday.
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Brookyn
N. Y
Knights of Labor
Cts
Reet
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Ninth Street
Kellar
Atlanti Avenue
Union Street
Fifi Avenue
Proect Park
Casimir-Perier resigns as France's president
Paris reports M Casimir-Perier has resigned after stating his inability to defend himself amid a struggle against parliamentary regime. Challemel-Lacour may convoke assembly to elect a successor, with Brisson viewed as likely if Casimir-Perier declines candidacy.
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Challemel-Lecour
Brisson
Paris
M. Casimir-Perier
France
M. Challemel-Lacour
Senate
Premier Dupuy
Chamber of Deputies
M. Charles Dupuy
Council
Republic
United Press
National Assembly
Casimir-Perier
la Petit Republique
M. Casimir- Perier
NO CABINET FORMED YET IN PARIS CRISIS
Paris papers predict a long, difficult settlement with a concentrated ministry led by M. Bourgeois. President Perier asked M. Brisson to form a cabinet. Brisson declined. The retiring ministry was led by M. Charles Dupuy with ministers including Guerin Hanotaux Poincare Mercier Faure Leygues Barthou Sourtes Viger Delcasse. Bourgeois may yet form the next cabinet.
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Paris
M. Bourgeois
Casimir Perier
M. Chaliemel-Lacour
Senate
M. Brisson
Chamber of Deputies
M. Felix Faure
M. Charles Dupuy
M. Eugene Guerin
M. Albert A. G. Hanotaux
M. Raymond Poincare
General Mercier
M. Jean Cc
G. Leygues
M. Jean Louis Barthou
Commerce
M. Sourtes
M. Albert Viger
Theophile Delcasse
Leon Bourgeois
Fatal draw bridge crash at Fort Point Channel
A freight train bound for South Boston plunged as a drawbridge opened to permit a tug and barge. Engineer David H. McCalmon died after pushing to warn fireman John Stewart, who survived. The wreck left a submerged engine and several cars, with the signal crew asserting proper signals.
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Fort Point Channel
New York & New England
Congress Street
David H. McCalmon
John Stewart
South Boston
Jack
Round House
Weather Forecast for New England and Nearby States
Forecast for Wednesday calls for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont fair then snow or rain with warmer temperatures and southerly winds shifting to easterly. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and eastern New York expected rain.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
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Dupuy
Havana
Waitt & Bond
Blackstone Cigars
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