Fire Devastates Middleton Business District
A major blaze destroyed most of Middleton's business section in Halifax N S with losses around 150000 dollars. The fire torched Royal Park and the stores of Bentley Co Elliott Co and A Marsden. all wooden structures burned and no homes were lost. Middleton lies about 100 miles from Halifax in Annapolis County on the Bay of Fundy shore, a key railway junction town with 600 to 609 residents. Most property was insured for about two thirds of its value.
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Halifax
N. S
Middleton
Annapolis County
Bay of Fundy
Royal Park
Bentley & Co
P. Elliott & Co
A. Marsden
John Quits Drinking Sparks Town Happiness
A quiet town rejoices as John stops drinking, seen as a miracle by a woman who notes her happiness and sings. She recalls a verse about Mary's Miracle and plans to share the imagined remedy with John.
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John
Ely
Boston & Maine loses bid for new tracks amid Vermont Senate action
Trunk Wins ee Base Montpelier Vermont January 27 The Boston and Maine railroad faced a severe setback as the Vermont Senate amended a bill to grant Central Vermont practical control of any new tracks between Brattleboro and South Vernon and denied B and M the right to take land by eminent domain.
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Montpelier
Boston & Maine Railroad
Brattleboro
South Vernon
Central Vermont Railroad
Senate
Central Vermont
Boston & Maine
Boston & Maine seeks new trackage rights in Vermont
A bill to grant Boston & Maine through double line rights from Springfield to Sherbrooke and terminal rights in Brattleboro faced a stiff fight in the Vermont Senate. The committee reported it 7 to 6 in favor before the report was overthrown and an amendment passed. The Grand Trunk, controlling Central Vermont, opposes the Boston & Maine and favors a Providence line.
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Boston & Maine
Springfield
Mass
Sherbrooke
P. Q
Brattleboro
South Vernon
Vermont
Senate
Committee On Railroads
Grand Trunk Railroad
Providence
Overflow automobile show to run March in two halls
The Boston Auto mobile Dealers Association announced an overflow show from March 4 to 11 at Horticultural Hall and Mechanics' Building with one admission price and a continuous bus link between venues. Demand for space exceeded capacity, spurring the joint event and broader public interest in cars and transport.
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Horticultural Hall
Boston Automobile Dealers’ Association
Mechanics’ Building
Bronze marker replaces flowers on graves by veterans group
The First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Veteran Association will place bronze grave markers instead of flowers to honor the dead. The marker features a seven inch square top with the white diamond corps badge and a 34 inch bronze staff, replacing the traditional floral tributes prompted by Corporal Luke R. Landy of Company F.
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Massachusetts
First Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Veteran Association
Corps
Luke R. Landy
Company F
Gaynor as Compromise Candidate for U.S. Senate
In Albany rumors circulate that Mayor Gaynor or Justice James A. O Gorman may be named as compromise candidates for the United States Senate. Legislators returning home for the weekend expect a decision next week amid a deadlock shift. William F. Sheehan returned to New York claiming his support remains strong.
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Albany
N. Y
Gaynor
James A. O’gorman
Supreme Court
United States
William F. Sheehan
New York
Police Ball Largest Ever Held in Medford
The Medford Police Relief Association hosted its annual ball at the Lawrence Armory drawing over 2000 attendees. Chief Emery OD Holmes and wife led the grand march as more than 2500 funds will bolster the association’s relief fund.
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Medford
Medford Police Relief Association
Lawrence Armory
Emery OD. Holmes
Scott's Emulsion Promises Strength for Weak and Aged
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as renewing strength for weak babies pale delicate children tired nervous women and feeble aged people It claims to contain no alcohol or harmful ingredients and to build up both young and old.
Rich Man Ewbank Wanders Lost in Brockton
William H. Ewbank the wealthy Flushing New York financier was found by a Brockton policeman wandering aimlessly in the early hours. The aged man dressed fashionably told a rambling tale of coming from New York to Boston then Brockton by electric car and of an attempted robbery while in the city. He had been walking the streets all night.
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Olympia
Brockton
William H. Ewbank
Flushing
L. I
New York
Boston
Millionaire Mr Ewbank Detained in Brockton
Police hold 80 year old bachelor and Flushing property owner Mr Ewbank in Brockton after he cannot explain his trip from New York. He shows $104 and provides a Flushing address and a cousin’s name while a lawyer heads from New York to locate relatives.
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Flushing
L. I
Brockton
New York
New York City
Ewbank
Opium Den Controversy Stirs Boston Exhibition Debate
In a Boston meeting the board of trustees debated whether an opium den should appear in the World in Boston exposition to be held at Mechanics Hall in spring. Opponents argued it insults Chinese officials and endangers youth, while supporters say the display exposes opium’s effects to fund missionary work. The board voted to act at next Friday’s session.
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China
Board of Trustees
Boston
Mechanics’ Building
Great Britain
Gillison
Hankow
H. T. Waller
Cambridge Y. M. C. A
Waller
May Hold Meet Earlier In Boston High Track League
The Boston High School indoor track league may move its regimental meet from March 25 to the prior week at the request of several member schools.
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Boston High School
Wife Expects to Join Schenk in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 27 the bail for Mrs. Schenk is to be decided soon with prosecutor Handlan resisting any reduction from ten thousand dollars. Mrs. Schenk remains hopeful about reuniting with John and the children despite divorce talk and bitter Schenk supporters after an eleven to one acquittal vote.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Schenk
Five New Sugar Scales for Boston Customs
Five automatic weighing scales accepted by Treasury officials will be installed in Boston customs to weigh sugar. Tests show each scale can handle 600,000 pounds with under 1 percent error at 325,000 pounds per hour. Scales slated for Revere Refinery Charlestown and American Refinery South Boston.
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Treasury
Washington
Customs Service
Revere
Charlestown
American
South
Boston
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Trunk
E. A. Gilmore
Whitten-Gilmore Company
Chalmers
Harry Jewett
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
Detroit Athletic Club
Jewett
Fantry Veterans Association
Brockton Po
Lice Station
Cambridge
A. M. Gardner
Harriet Carter
Wing Guy
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Houghton & Dutton
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