Florence Crittenton League Home Opens for Public Inspection
The Florence Crittenton Home Society and the Life Line League of Boston merged as the Florence Crittenton League of Compassion. The Watertown home was opened for public inspection where visitors saw neat rooms housing six months old mothers and babies awaiting placement. The charity, started by a New York druggist in memory of his deceased daughter Florence, funds no fees and aims to help vulnerable girls, with special attention to monitoring travelers who arrive at railroad terminals seeking guidance.
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Florence Crittenton Home Society
Life Line League of
Boston
Florence Crittenton League of Compassion
Watertown
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Florence
League
Train Kills 5 Year Old at Mystic Junction Somerville
Arthur Driscoll, a five year old resident of Mystic Square, Somerville, was struck by an inward bound Bangor Express at Mystic Junction while on the way to a swimming pool. He died shortly after the accident despite being carried toward a Boston hospital by conductor Samuel Lund.
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Arthur Driscoll
Mystic Junction
Somerville
Mystic Square
Samuel Lund
Boston
Woburn Man Weds Lois Irene Young Beside Fire Scene
Lewis J. Waterman of Woburn married Lois Irene Young at the East Boston home of the bride’s parents with Rev. E B Crooks presiding. Guests watched a nearby pier fire threaten their home as sparks flew toward the residence.
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Lewis J. Waterman
Woburn
Lois Irene Young
E. B. Crooks
Central Square
Maverick Congregational Church
Webster Street
Boston
Cure for eczema praised Cuticura remedies
A resident from Rockcastle P. O. Jackray Se describes severe eczema affecting eight Snel husband and six children. After ineffective home remedies and doctor visits, she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills along with Cuticura Soap, reporting rapid relief and recommending the products.
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Ye. Beé
Rockcastle P. O
Jackray
Cuticura Remedies Advertised for Skin and Hair Care
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products including Soap, Ointment, and Chocolate Coated Pills for skin, scalp, and hair issues. It claims relief and potential cure where other remedies fail, listing prices and the Potter Drug & Chem Corp contact in Boston.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Ps
Columbus Ave
Boston
Finance Commission halves Hibbard street repair funds
The Finance Commission ruled that 150000 of 182000 state armory money must stay in city treasury for state tax, leaving only 32000 available for street repairs. The decision forces the mayor and City Council to readdress the 182000 transfer, risking calls to recall aldermen from vacation for new funding.
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Hibbard
Finance Commission
City Hall
Commission
Hat Trimmers Strike Stalls Arbitration Talks In Boston
About 150 women workers at Guyér Hat Company in Roxbury and Lamson Hubbard in South Boston quit work and the factories shut down. Union president Miss Lida McFeaters says the strikers will not return without a satisfactory agreement and arbitration is proposed. The women claim new price bills cut pay and shift silk trimming to them. Local men’s hatters unions will back the strikers.
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Guyér Hat Company
Hampden Street
Roxbury
Lamson & Hubbard
Boston
Lida McFeaters
Hat Trimmers’ Union
English pupils observe Fourth of July holiday in Wales
July 8 pupils at John Bright Memorial School Llanidudno Wales were given a holiday on the Fourth of July for the first time. Trustees approved the observance to honor the dedication of the school last September by Whitelaw Reid the American ambassador.
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London
John Bright
The General Demand for a Simple Laxative Remedy
The Well-Informed world seeks a simple pleasant liquid laxative of known value. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a wholesome, gentle, and effective laxative. Buy only the genuine product manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co. priced at fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Caliornia Fig Syrup Co
Heatwave relief as new hot spell looms over Boston
Boston endured record heat with over a dozen deaths and numerous prostrations as temperatures rose. Officials noted a cooling breeze and predicted a new heat spike despite relief from a northwest wind.
Boston Weather Chief Bows To Protest For Cool Spell
John W. Smith of the Boston Weather Factory relented after protests from sweltering crowds. He promised at least three days of cooler seasonable weather with no rain, though a new heat wave was expected Saturday and Sunday. Mercury fell below 70 degrees after the reversal. A Post reporter interviewed Smith at his Cumberland Street home.
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Boston
John W. Smith
Boston Weather Factory
Hub
Mercury
The
Post
Smith
Cumberland Street
Hub Biker Toss Marks Indoor Races at Madison Square Garden
Indoor cycle races at Madison Square Garden produced several spills with no serious injuries. Fred Hill of Boston led late in the five mile miss and out before being thrown by another rider. Carl Vanoni of Italy won the one mile handicap for pros and E F Root of Boston with Joe Fogler of Brooklyn took the tandem. Frank L Kramer of Orange New Jersey won the five mile professional lap race by inches over Joe Fogler. Kramer also won the five mile pro event while C H Stein of New York captured the 800 meter amateur with Hill second.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Fred Hill
Boston
Hill
Carl Vanoni
Italy
E. F. Root
Joe Fogler
Brooklyn
Frank L. Kramer
Orange
N. J
Kramer
C. H. Stein
Girl Hero Killed Saving Brother by Cambridge Drag
A six year old girl Annie Grace McDonnell of Cambridge died after her brother Daniel stepped onto the street forces. Her act to pull him back saved him but cost her life when a heavy drag driven by William J. Murray of Boston ran over her head. She died at Cambridge Relief Hospital about a half hour later. Her sister Margaret arrived before she died.
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William J. Murray
Boston
Annie Grace McDonnell
Tremont Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Street
Prospect Street
Daniel
Annie
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Margaret
Shortage of Bathing Suits Triggers Dewey Beach Response
The Post protested a suit shortage at Dewey Beach in Charlestown prompting the bath department to send an extra team and add suits for boys and girls free where lockers exist. Men and women pay a five cent nominal charge. officials say hot weather caused the temporary shortage and supplies will normalize as cool weather returns.
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Post
Dewey Beach
Charlestown
Bath Department
McManus
Henry Chrrich
Bath Commission
John H. McManus
Mystic
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Iegel CO
Washington & Essex Streets
Mass
Rosas
Bain
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Batiste
A. Ae Ao
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Henry Siegel Co
Washington and Essex Sts
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Plympton Street
City Hospital
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Julia Murphy
Foster Place
Walter Bredell
Cobb Street
John Foall
Chestnut Street
Wrence
General Hospital
Edward Foley
Massachusetts Avenue
Fannie Blake
Stillman Street
North End
Relief Hospital
Mary Donaldson
Ashland Street
William Harrigan
Nashua Street
Rutherford Avenue
Mary M’bride
North Station
Back Bay
Mr. Smith
Atlantic States
Mississippi
KE. F. Brennan
Hamilton
Brennan
T’pson
Cial Spa
Spa
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Boston Ice-Cream CO
National Starch Company
Wew York
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