Fire at Central House Ashburnham Wiped Out by 10 Below
In Ashburnham on a 10 below day the Central House four story wooden hotel burned, destroying the building and causing $20,000 in damage. Cushing Academy coeds saved over $5000 in merchandise from three ground-floor shops, aided by Fitchburg and local firemen as 40 mile wind channeled icy spray.
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Ashburnham
Mercury
Fron
Cushing Academy
Fitchburg
Jin
Atlantic & Pacific
Hare's
John Batty
J. Raymond Dwyer
Raymond House
Howard Tashua
D. A. Peeler
Cushing
Gladys Johnson
Winthrop Avenue
Winthrop
Elizabeth Blood
Groton
Hubert
Gob
Gray Hair Remedy Promoted by Mrs Mackie Actress
Mrs Mackie a famed New York actress now a grandmother endorses a home hair dye remedy. She says dissolving Orlex powder in two ounces of distilled water and combing it through the hair instantly changes gray streaks to black brown or light brown with no rubbing off or greasiness. Each box lasts months and directions are in the box.
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Mackie
New York
Dog and owner hailed for thwarting major fire at asylum
Torch bearing dog Ben Augustus Sheehan and his mistress Mrs. Dennis Sheehan prevented heavy fire loss at the Adams Nergine Asylum in Jamaica Plain. Authorities believe two youths set the fire to the vacant men’s house, keeping damage down from hundreds of thousands to about ten thousand dollars. The blaze was set at the rear on the first floor, yet smoke emerged from all four chimneys, delaying outsiders from recognizing the inferno.
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Ben Augustus Sheehan
Dennis Sheehan
Adams Nergine Asylum
Jamaica Plain
Healing Cream Stops Catarrh in Head Cold Relief
An advertisement for Sly's Cream Balm promises instant relief from nasal congestion and catarrh. The antiseptic cream is applied into the nostrils to clear air passages, relieve head congestion, and enable free breathing with no more hawking or snuffling.
Robbery slaying of Lowell merchant at busy Middlesex Street
David Tallen, 40, well known Lowell haberdasher, was robbed and shot dead at his brightly lit store at 229 Middlesex Street as hundreds watched. Alfred Portier, 26, captured after a long chase, confessed to firing one shot and named two accomplices. Evidence found on Portier and other arrests followed, with competing accounts about motives and the alleged fight.
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Lowell
David Tallen
Middlesex Street
Tallen
Alfred Portier
Lake View Avenue
Joseph Clark
Spring Street
Portier
Clark
Redmond Welsh
Pulice
New York
Merrimac Street
Emile
Leo Thiberge
Hurd Street
Central Falls
R. 1
Spring
Oscar Jones
Jones
T. B. Smith
Dover Street
Auto Garage Fire Destroys 30 Cars in Old Town
In Old Town Maine on January 25 a fire of unknown origin leveled the Maine Street Garage owned by Fred Sawyer. The frame building stored 30 automobiles and burned rapidly, causing an estimated loss of 40 000 to 60 000 dollars with partial insurance. Snow on roofs limited spread as flames scattered brands through the city.
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Oldtown
Maine Street
Fred Sawyer
Untermyer Assaulted By Palmer In German Interest Charge
Attorney General Palmer accused Samuel Untermyer of acting in German interests and serving his old clients in criticizing the alien property custodian. He quoted Captain BoyEd and Heinrich Albert to depict Untermyer as an unpaid legal adviser to the German embassy and implied motives to undo wartime property seizures.
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Washington
Palmer
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Boy-Ed
Palestine
Heinrich F. Albert
Boyrd
Untermyer
Dr. Albert
Mr. Untermyer
Greystone
Hudson River
Friends of
Germany
Congress
Executive
Prof Sedgwick Dies At Door Of Home
Professor Sedgwick, who graduated in 1877 and earned a PhB, earned a PhD at Johns Hopkins in 1881 and a DSM at Yale in 146. He married Mary Katrine Rice in 1881. He taught physiology and chemistry at Sheffield Scientific School from 1848 to 1879, then biology at Johns Hopkins, and joined MIT as assistant professor of biology in 1883. He served as curator of the Lowell Institute from 1888 to 1896 and was a biologist.
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Johns Hopkins
Yale
Mary Katrine Rice
New Haven
Sheffield Scientific School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notable public health figure and civic leader obituary
The article profiles a longtime Lowell Institute curator and prominent public health reformer with roles including chairman of the Pauper Institution trustees, Simmons College trustee, Sharon Sanatorium president, and advisory member of the Hygienic Laboratory. He held leadership posts in Boston civil service reform groups and national health and scientific associations, authored books on biology and science.
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State Board of Health
Hoe
Lowell Institute
Simmons College
Sharon Sanatorium
Hygienic Laboratory
United States Public Health Service
Boston Society Municipal Officers
Tle
Boston Civil Service Reform Association
Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association
American Society of Naturalists
New England Water Works Association
American Public Health Association
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Public Health
Motor inspector injured by auto in Fall River
Charles Young son of John M. Young recently left the local police to become inspector under Registrar Frank A. Goodwin in the registry of motor vehicles Department of Public Works was struck by a car in Fall River tonight and severely injured.
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Fall River
Charles Young
John M. Young
Frank A. Goodwin
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Department of Public Works
Man dies in want as house reveals fate
The record notes a man likely died in poverty with about $10,000, yet his house shows the condition of neglect. Surviving relatives are four nephews and a niece residing in West Newbury, Massachusetts.
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West Newbury
Mass
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Atlantic Ave
Dewey Sq
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Wonderful Richardson
Boston
Richardson's
Beecham
Druggicte
Artisey
Yeggs
Lowell Man Hel
Trio
TeaTrotz
Jaeger
Dr. Jaegers Co
Boylston St
Prof
Sedgwick
State Department Health of
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St. Botolph Club
Technology Club
Dr. A. Reed Cushion
Dr. A. Reed
Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoe CO
West Street
Want Derry
N. II
John Wanderson
Legal Stamps
Merchants Legal Stamp Co
Washington St
Graton & Knight
Worcester
Graton & Knight Mfg. Co
Graton & Knight Leathers
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