Sunk British schooner Unique hits wreck of Alice M Lawrence
Nantucket July 10 The British schooner Unique coal laden from New York to Halifax struck the submerged wreckage of the Alice M Lawrence off Tuckernuck shoal and went down after her crew were saved by coast guardsmen. The wreck spot lies in a dangerous part of Nantucket Sound where another vessel sank years earlier. All crew were landed safely.
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Nantucket
Unique
New York
Halifax
Alice M. Lawrence
Tuckernuck Shoal
Nantucket Sound
Coast Guard
Massachusetts street railways seek funding relief
Bentley W. Warren representing the Massachusetts Street Railway Association testified before the Special Street Railway Investigation Commission that the state's street railways need financial relief. He warned that without aid, trolley service will deteriorate and both the public and the companies will suffer greatly.
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Massachusetts’ Street Railways
Special Street Railway Investigation Commission
Bentley W. Warren
Massachusetts Street Railway Association
Warren urges reforms for street railways and taxes
Mr. Warren, representing the New England Street Railway Club, will tell the commission what the Commonwealth should do to remedy the situation. He proposes higher company revenues and changes to franchise and commutation tax laws to ease tax burdens. City Solicitor George Grime argues that unless management changes, even $1 fares could ruin the companies.
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Warren
New England Street Railway Club
Commission
Commonwealth
George Grime
Fall River
Fall River Officials Push Railroads to Improve Management
He and Mayor James H. Kay addressed the commission, noting that while railroads deserve a fair return and higher net income, better management could boost efficiency. The Fall River officials did not want to appear hostile to the industry, emphasizing cooperation and practical remedies over confrontation.
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James H. Kay
Fall River
Grime
Counterfeit Plant Found in Lawrence Tenement
Secret Service Agent Walter Ferguson traced an amateur counterfeiting setup to a Lawrence tenement at 244 Valley Street after John Delotto's arrest for forging counterfeit half dollars. The plant included a cement mould an iron ladle and crude coins. a similar coin led to Delotto’s Lowell arrest and he is held in $1000 bail ahead of a July 21 hearing.
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Secret Service
Walter Ferguson
Boston
Valley Street
Lawrence
John Delotto
Lowell
Delotte
United States
Marshal Ghiloni
Hayes
Delotto
Kermit Roosevelt to Serve Against Turks
Ker mit Roosevelt accepts a staff commission with the British army opposing the Turks in Asia Minor. He left Plattsburg with his wife after discharge to visit his father at Oyster Bay before sailing Saturday for Spain.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Kermit Roosevelt
Asia Minor
Oyster Bay
Spain
Funeral services for Richard A Callahan Friday
Richard A Callahan former member of the Ninth Regiment Hospital Corps MNG was killed in an automobile accident on Great Plain avenue near Needham square He ran his car into a lamppost while attempting to avoid a child Funeral services will be held Friday morning at the Church of the Sacred Heart Roslindale
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Richard A. Callahan
Ninth Regiment Hospital Corps
Hospital Corps
Ninth Regiment
Church of the Sacred Heart
Roslindale
Callahan
Great Plain Avenue
Needham Square
Waiters Strike Over Hotels Agree to Demands
The union says hotels will hire new waiters through the union if possible and employ competent men otherwise. A late afternoon strike suspension followed a miscommunication, but leadership announced the strike nearly over as about 95 percent of workers would return to duty. Night settlements occurred between union reps and managers bypassing the Hotel Proprietors' Association.
Trench Hero for Harvard receives Chapman memorial scholarship
Paris July 10 Ayme Martin an undergraduate of Lyons law school has been decorated with the military medal and discharged from service because of wounds He becomes the first holder of the Victor Chapman scholarship and will study comparative American and French law at Harvard in 1917 1918 Corporal Chapman a member of the Franco American flying corps died in June 1916 at the front Harvard corporation recently established a memorial fellowship in his name.
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Paris
Ayme Martin
Lyons
Victor Chapman
Harvard
Harvard Corporation
No Border For U. S. Colors
In Janesville Wisconsin a United States flag bordered with white was ordered hauled down from the Clear Lake Camp of pacifist Rev. Jenkins Lloyd Jones. Sheriff Bob Whipple served notice to lower the flag and remove the white margin to comply with federal statutes. Jones complied. The sheriff acted on orders from the U S district attorney.
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Janesville
Wis
United States
Clear Lake
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Bob Whipple
Tilton Girl Elopes Marries Boy From Tilton, N H
Miss Sarah L Stewart an 11 year old Tilton girl who fled home by a sheet from a bedroom window to be near the youth she desired married last Sunday and is now Mrs George Leslie Barnard. Barnard son of Frank Barnard of 40 Prospect street Everett. The romance began at Tilton Seminary.
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Sarah L. Stewart
Tilton
N. H
George Leslie Barnard
Young Barnard
Frank Barnard
Prospect Street
Everett
Tilton Seminary
Bread Probe Coming to Boston Bakers
Boston Attorney General Attwill announced an inquiry into a possible conspiracy among bakers to keep bread prices high. He noted flour costs fell from 16.50 to 11 cents a barrel in two months while bread prices stayed steady, and said the probe will compel testimony and book production under last year’s law.
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Boston
Attwill
63 New Students for Navigation School
Henry Howard of the United States Shipping Board announced 63 applications for admission to free government navigation and engineering schools. Applicants will be sent to government schools to train officers for the new merchant fleet.
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Henry Howard
United States Shipping Board
Custom House
American Bark Hildegard Sunk by Submarine in Atlantic
The American barkentine Hildegard, 622 tons, sailing from Havre to St. Thomas, was sunk after being becalmed this morning. The 10 American crew members escaped to lifeboats, which the submarine towed back to the ship before it was destroyed by bombs. The Germans warned the Americans to flee as another American vessel was expected.
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London
Havre
St. Thomas
West Indies
CURED PATIENTS TESTIFY TO Osmo-Chemic Treatment
A series of testimonials from patients across Massachusetts and New Hampshire claim major health improvements after Osmo-Chemic treatment. Individuals include Alex Wood of Kendell Green seeking deafness relief, Cordelia Ellis of Somerville noting stomach and rheumatic relief, Ada Smith of Roxbury reporting stomach and liver cure, and A B Litchfield of Assinippi describing weight gain and diet tolerance.
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Alex. Wood
Crabbington Lodge
Kendell Green
Mass
Cordelia Ellis
Albion St
Somerville
Ada Smith
Windsor St
Rox
Alice Brown
Medford St
Medford
Walsh
A. B. Litchfield
Assinippi
Fred Wrace
P. O
Nashua
N. H
Lawrence J. Gavin Dead
Lawrence J. Gavin a Watertown merchant died at his home 66 Irving Street in his 61st year Funeral will be a solemn high mass of requiem at St Patrick s Church Watertown at 10 o clock Thursday morning
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Lawrence J. Gavin
Watertown
Irving Street
St. Patrick's Church
Dillon Beats Clifford in Ten Round Brooklyn Bout
Indianapolis light heavyweight Jack Dillon defeats Brooklyn challenger Jack Clifford in a ten round match in Brooklyn. Dillon weighed 169 pounds while Clifford tipped the scales at 175.
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Jack Dillon
Jack Clifford
New York
Indianapolis
Brooklyn
Dillon
Arbolene praised by society devotees for weight loss claim
A physician behind the anti fat treatment five grain tablets Arbolene receives praise from many women in society circles. A Los Angeles poet writes a poem celebrating success in reducing weight using Arbolone, stating the tablets safely dissolve fatty elements and curb cravings. Sold by druggists in sealed tubes with full directions.
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Los Angeles
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