Fidelia Wins Song Contest at New England Saengerbundes
Fidelia of West Roxbury and the German singing club earned the Schiller Verein 250 silver cup with 219 points at the New England Saengerbundes festival. Vorwarts of North Attleboro took the Alexander Grant cup with 206 points, while laurel wreaths and diplomas were awarded to several choruses. The festival ends Tuesday with sightseeing trips.
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Roxbury
Lyra
Lawrence
Beethoven
Manchester
Turnverein
Clinton
Jung Mannerchor
Fitchburg
Liederkranz
Eintracht
Schiller Verein
Deutscher Mannerchor
Berkeley
R. I
Charles Hector
Albwin Handschumacher
Lantern Fire Destroys Melrose House on Otis Street
The home of Joseph Etelstien at 48 Otis street Melrose was gutted by a blaze sparked by a Japanese lantern touching hunting on cne piazza. Mr and Mrs Etelstien were at the beach with children left in charge. Fire damage estimated at 2500, insured.
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Melrose
Joseph Etelstien
Otis Street
Cne Piazza
Razors in Park Melee Flag Off Newton Arrest
In Newton tonight Patrolman Joseph Seaver fought to arrest four suspects three men and a woman outside Norumbega Park. A razor, canoe blanket and a hand bag sparked the fracas. The quartet including Clara Brady of New York and John Nocarro and Giuseppe Nocarro of Newton were captured after a half mile chase. They face court tomorrow.
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Newton
Norumbega Park
Joseph Seaver
Seaver
Pigeon Hill
Joseph P. O’brien
Guisseppe Nocarro
John Nocarro
Clara Brady
New York
Night Riders Indictment Trial Likely Delayed
Union City Tenn July 5 It is probable the trial of 56 men indicted for being members of the Reelfoot band of night riders will not take place until next fall.
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Union City
Tenn
Reelfoot
Night Riders
Cholera Strikes Wife of Interior Ministry Official
In St Petersburg on July 5 a cholera patient is Madame Kryzhanovskaia wife of a high official in the ministry of the interior, among today’s reported cases.
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ST. Petersburg
Madame Kryzhanovskaia
Ministry of the Interior
Woman Dead by Fireworks in Medford Porch Spark
In Medford on July 6 Mrs. Augustus Whausheller of 331 Salem street was burned when a sparkler lit her dress as she sat on a porch with her 20 month old son John. She leaped to smother the flames, saving the child but died at Massachusetts General Hospital hours later. A nearby storekeeper John Roberson helped smother the fire with his coat. the baby escaped injury.
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Medford
Augustus Whausheller
Salem Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Piazza
John Roberton
Stars of Jamaica Plain Win Plout in Firemen's Association Playout
Several thousand observers watched the Veteran Firemen's Association of Boston event on the Common. Stars of Jamaica Plain won $100 for the longest 192 ft Sin stream, Ginger Tubato earned $65 with 180 ft 10in, Roxbury Vets took $35 with 169 ft 11in, while Dorchester's Teneon failed after a single throw due to a broken piston rod amid gusty winds.
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Firemen's Association of
Boston
Stars
Jamaica Plain
H. S. Wilbur
Ginger Tubato
Dorchester
G A R Gets Use Of U S Tents And Cots
The secretary of war is authorized by a Senate passed House resolution to loan cots and tents for the 43d national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Washington
Secretary of War
House
Senate
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Utah
A Home Shampoo That Dries Quickly
An article promotes a home shampoo using canthrox dissolved in hot water for quick drying and rich lather. It claims at one cent per use and available from a druggist, touting cleansing, soothing effects and relief of scalp irritation.
Income Tax Amendment Moves Forward In Senate Session
The July Fourth Senate session adopted Senator Brown of Nebraska’s income tax constitutional amendment proposing Congress tax incomes without apportionment. The measure faced a party line split on an alternative seeking state conventions. Debate also covered tariff provisions and a proposed customs court, amended to exclude criminal cases, with a finish near for the tobacco tax item.
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Brown
Nebraska
Senate
Congress
Bailey
Raynor
Customs Court
Aldrich
Root
United States
Finance Committee
House
McCumber
Northwest
Died to Save Little Girl A Grandfather Figures in Salmon Bay Tragedy
Webster July 5 George Regan aged 60 sacrificed his life to rescue his four year old granddaughter Harriet Regan after she fell from a rowboat near Union Point. The child was saved by bystanders while Regan disappeared beneath the water his body not recovered.
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Webster
George Regan
Harriet Regan
Union Point
Mr. Regan
Regan
Long Island
Dorchester Car Crash Injures Spang Party
A touring car driven by Augustus Thurgood of Somerville collided with Joseph P. Spang’s auto from Sharon at Harvard and Kilton streets. Spang and family were shaken but unhurt. Spang’s car was crushed, and Thurgood’s passengers emerged after disentangling the wreck. Spang and wife with two children were returning from Franklin Field fireworks.
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Augustus Thurgood
Somerville
Joseph P. Spang
Sharon
Harvard and
Kilton Streets
Dorchester
Spang
Franklin Field
Kilton Street
Hib bard Has A Busy Day
Mayor Hibbard divided Fourth of July duties between city business and public observances. He visited City Hall and Faneuil Hall for the official event, hosted a dinner at Young's Hotel, canceled a Knights of St. Brendan picnic due to throat trouble, then joined Jamaica Plain Citizens' Association for fireworks at Jamaica Pond.
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Hibbard
City Hall
Faneuil Hall
Young's Hotel
Knights of St. Brendan
Jamaica Plain
Escapes Fourth But Boy Drowns in Lake Mishap
Frank Dixon a 14 year old boy, son of George W Dixon of St Louis, drowned yesterday in Horse Shoe Lake near Madison Illinois. He and his brothers were sent to the area to avoid fireworks risk in St Louis. The accident followed a can cracker explosion that frightened him, causing him to fall from the lakeside bank where he dozed.
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Madison
Frank Dixon
George W. Dixon
St. Louis
Horse Shoe Lake
Dixon
St.Louis
Arrest in Safe Robbery at Main Street Provision Store
Gloucester July 5 Peter Frazier 27 was arrested this afternoon charged with opening the safe of How ard Harding while Harding was absent and taking 100 Harding identified Frazier as the man in his provision store on Main street when carpenters called him to the basement Harding heard a noise upstairs and found the safe door open and Frazier gone $100 was taken from a roll of bills totaling several hundred Frazier had 80 on his person at arrest
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Gloucester
Peter Frazier
Howard Harding
Harding
Frazier
Main Street
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