New Fire Department Appointments Announced
Fire Commissioner Charles H. Cole announced new hires for the department effective tomorrow at 10 a m. The list includes John M. McLaughlin Engine 19 Walter P. Nolan Engine 2 temporary William M. Phelan Engine 40 Andrew J. Jennings Ladder 17 temporary Joseph L. Dowd Engine 46 Michael T. Murphy Ladder 28 and Anthony R. Connor Chemical 6. Transfers: John J. Kennedy Engine 14 to Ladder 18 Frank J. Sullivan Engine 40 to Engine 27 Adrian R. Grace Engine 17 to Chemical 5 John H. Hoar Ladder 28 to Engine 17 Frank L. Jewett Ladder 2 to Ladder 21 John J. McGlinchey Ladder 21 to Ladder 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cole
John M. McLaughlin
Walter P. Nolan
William M. Phelan
Andrew J. Jennings
Joseph L. Dowd
Michael T. Murphy
Anthony R. Connor
John J. Kennedy
Frank J. Sullivan
Adrian R. Grace
Chemical
John H. Hoar
Frank L. Jewett
John J. McGlinchey
Ground Gripper shoes open new store in city
BH. W. Burt & Co. opens a new Ground Gripper store at 196 Washington Street near State Street due to rising demand. The company says the new shop will sell only men's footwear, while their 32 West Street location continues to offer men’s and women’s shoes. Ground Gripper is manufactured patented and distributed by the firm in major cities.
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BH. W. Burt & Co
Washington Street
State Street
West Street
Open Hearing Sparks Clash Over Press Access
Chairman Frederick J. Macleod and Commissioner George W. Anderson clashed over press admission during a Hampden Railroad bond petition conference. Macleod argued only invited attendees should be present, amid heated discussions on the $2,500,000 bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Frederick J. Macleod
George W. Anderson
Hampden Railroad Company
Macleod
Secret Hearing Clash Over Hampden Road Contract
Commissioner Anderson threatens to quit if hearings stay secret. Chairman Macleod demands newspaper notice. The board planned a public conference with all parties after a prior public hearing on road costs. Henry W. Ely cites Boston & Maine as the actual contract party and denies improper expenses.
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Anderson
Macleod
Henry W. Ely
Ralph D. Gilletti
Hampden Railroad Company
Woronocco Construction Company
Mr. Ely
Hampden Road
Boston & Maine
Commission
Fire Wipes Out Town of Thousand New Orleans
Independence Louisiana reports a devastating blaze that destroyed most of a 1000-resident town, with losses estimated over 200000 dollars. Only three structures, a small box factory and two houses, survived.
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New Orleans
Independence
It's Risky to Want Things cartoon by Flagg previews meeting authors
The upcoming Post Magazine features a James Montgomery Flagg two page cartoon from the It's Risky to Want Things series. The panel humorously imagines the scene of fans meeting their favorite authors, with characteristic sharp satire and period charm.
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James Montgomery Flagg
Post
Wild Auto Amuck As Bus Goes Home in Haverhill
Mrs. D. Albert Dillon of Bradford district drove her new car for the first time when it ran amuck racing down a hill and through streets. It damaged a hydrant flooding two streets, tore out a bay window, and then stopped at the Dillon home. Mrs. Dillon uninjured.
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Haverhill
D. Albert Dillon
Bradford District
Fare-Taker Forty Years in Newburyport Street Service
Cyrus Adams known as Uncle Cy reaches four decades of service with Citizens' Street Railway in Newburyport on July 9. He rode the first horse drawn car into Amesbury and long connected with poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who frequent visited Cartland house where relatives of local Quaker families resided. Adams remains on the job in all weathers and plans to continue beyond forty years.
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Newburyport
Cyrus Adams
John Greenleaf Whittier
Parker River
Citizens’ Branch
Massachusetts Northeastern Railway
Citizens’ Road
Amesbury
Poet Whittier
Whittier
Cartland
Repair Time's Ravages on Hair and Skin Ad
Home made sham poo is pitched to treat dry or oily scalps with a canthrax mix and hot water. The article promotes a one cup mixture and claims it loosens dust and oil, stimulates hair roots, restores color, adds softness and luster, and eases styling. A skin lotion blends spurmax hazel water glycerine to reduce pimples.
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American Health Journal
Girl Burned by Match Head in East Boston Home
Althea Long five died after a match head ignited bed sheets in a bedroom at 49 Saratoga Street East Boston. Her brother Elmer was severely burned while trying to beat out the flames.
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Althea Long
Charles L. Long
Saratoga Street
Boston
Relief Hospital
Elmer
Money order thief busy targets Boston hotels
Federal officials warn Boston business men and hotel clerks to beware cashing postal money orders after blank orders stolen in Gaylord Virginia were cashed in northern cities by a well dressed man. Postmaster Fred Greiner of Buffalo says orders numbered 83 to 1000 were stolen May 1 and describe a man about five feet ten, 35 to 40, 160 pounds with reddish hair.
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Gaylord
Fred Greiner
Buffalo
N. Y
Gardner Naughton Dies by Gas at Hibernians Lodge
Despondent over tuberculosis John Naughton of Salem ended his life in Beverly during the night. He wrapped a pool table cover around himself and turned on the gas in the lodge room of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
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Beverly
John Naughton
Salem
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Naughton
Death claims Rear Admiral Caswell after long service
Rear Admiral Thomas Thompson Caswell retired dies at Weekapaugh where he spent summers for eight years. He had suffered a valvular heart disease since June 14 and leaves 38 years of continuous naval service with retirement on June 5, 1899.
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Providence
Thomas Thompson Caswell
Weekapaugh
Navy
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