Motor Engine Walks On Dorchester Road Near Peabody Square
A fire department motor engine swerved onto the sidewalk in Dorchester avenue near Peabody square while responding to an alarm. One rear tire slipped, nearly hitting three boys, including 11 year old Henry Fallon from the Dorchester Home for Incurables who uses crutches. The engine crashed into a fence at 2004 Dorchester avenue before the driver, Thomas Kelly, stopped. Two boys on the sidewalk saved Fallon from the path of the unruly vehicle.
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Fire Department
Dorchester Avenue
Peabody Square
Thomas Kelly
Henry Fallon
Dorchester
Miss Melzian Released From Massachusetts General Hospital
Mildred Melzian left Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday after being seriously wounded in a taxi shooting on January 4. She returned to her Brookline home at 64 University Road as the case involving James Riley of Somerville, who fatally wounded himself, moves toward calmer days and a rapid recovery in the following week.
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Mildred Melzian
Massachusetts General Hospital
University Road
Brookline
James Riley
Pearl Street
Somerville
Miss Melzian
Religion Has Three Needs Unitarian Sermons Across New England
Unitarian ministers across New England urge fellowship based on progress freedom and use of reason rather than creeds. They warn divisions arise from emphasis on outer forms and ritual and call for spiritual focus with freedom in secondary matters. A 10 week Dec 1 to Feb 4 campaign ends with a mass meeting at Symphony Hall.
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Fellowship of Churches
New England
Henry Hallam Saunderson
Liberal Evangelism
American Unitarian Association
College Avenue Unitarian Church
Somerville
Symphony Hall
Widow claims unpaid share in late Chauncey Churchill will
Mrs. Ella I. Churchill of Dedham appeals the executors report on Chauncey Churchill's estate claiming her widow’s share was not fully paid. She contests the accounting by Ralph W. Redman and Joseph H. Soliday for the $150,000 estate and says property including furnishings, a car, and a yacht given to others deprives her of her due portion. The account covers 1914 to 1915 with a balance of about $101,000 and shows she received $825.69.
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Churchill
Dedham
Chauncey 8
Ralph W. Redman
Joseph H. Soliday
Survivors of Russian Reach Boston After Sinking
One hundred forty eight survivors, mostly American muleteers from the British steamer Russian torpedoed in the Mediterranean, reached Boston aboard the Leyland liner Devonian after a perilous voyage from Malta to Marseilles and Havre. Seventeen Americans lost their lives. US diplomacy responded to the attack.
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Boston
Liverpool
George McDaniels
Robert Harris
George Allard
James Parker
Charles Robinson
Harris
Malta
Marseilles
Megantic
Havre
Southampton
Leland Line
Newport News
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Greece
United States
Germany
Worcester Minister Declines Somerville Call
Reverend Davis Miller, pastor at Lincoln Square Baptist Church in Worcester for two and a half years, announced he has declined a call to Union Square Baptist Church in Somerville.
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Worcester
Davis Miller
Lincoln Square Baptist Church
Union Square Baptist Church
Somerville
Sailors from Charlestown navy yard to testify in riot case
Sailors who helped quell a crowd in Adams Square will line up in court this morning to testify. The disturbance began on a crowded Malden Melrose car when three intoxicated men insulted women passengers and fought with the conductor, prompting the sailors to intervene and calm the scene. Police later arrested the trio on intoxication charges.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Adams Square
Malden-Melrose
William F. Logeff
William R. Murray
City Hall
Hide and Seek with U Boats Aboard Devonian
Charles W. Biddle a Dartmouth junior and former night watchman aboard the Leyland liner Devonian returned to Boston after Christmas in London and across the Atlantic being the only horseman allowed to visit the city. He evaded reporters on arrival and had spent the voyage playing hide and seek with German submarines aboard the Devonian while overseeing more than 100 British war horses and four army mules.
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Charles W. Biddle
Dartmouth
Boston
Liverpool
London
Man Registers at Alien HQ in Liverpool Aims for London
He registered as a student at an alien headquarters in Liverpool and planned to go to London. After two days under surveillance a U S consul arrived and vouched for Biddle, sending him to London. Eight days later he returned to the ship.
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Alien
Liverpool
London
United States
Dartmouth
Biddle
Child of Drug Family Dies After Brief Illness
Louis K. Liggett Jr the youngest child of the head of United Drug Company and Liggett drug stores died at Chestnut Hill residence after a two day stomach illness. He was 2 years 10 months old. Funeral from the family home on Tuesday will be private.
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Louis K. Liggett, Jr
United Drug Company
Liggett
Chestnut Hill
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