Heat Claims Victims Across Boston Area
A list of deceased and prostrated from a heat wave names Joseph Norjinsky James Glinn Edward G Tutein Matthew Allen Albert Anderson John Maginnis Frank M Colby Peter J McCormack John Reioux John McLaughlin with ages and street addresses across South Boston Boston Revere Chelsea and Chelsea area with residences and notes of residents laid low by the heat wave.
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Joseph Norjinsky
Rogers Street
Boston
James Glinn
East Brookline Street
Goetting Declares Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
Colonel A H Goetting of Springfield formally announces his bid for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant-Governor. He says he seeks party support based on his record and would accept any ticket, including with Curtis Guild Jr. The weather storm in Boston dominated the day with a 14 degree rise to 90 by 5 PM and record humidity and heat.
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A. H. Goetting
Springfield
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
Four houses blown up by gas in Pittsburg blast
In Pittsburg on Liberty avenue an explosion of natural gas killed Mrs. Margaret Dillon and injured seven others after Mrs. Dillon entered the cellar with a lighted match. Two houses were wrecked and two more damaged. husband Thomas Dillon is fatally injured. Property loss described as small.
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Pittsburg
Thomas Dillon
Liberty Avenue
Margaret Dillon
Occasional Showers Forecast for Boston Area
Occasional showers are expected in Boston and vicinity on Thursday and Friday with light southwest winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Looted Westfield Whip Shop Mystery
Soldiers en route to Boston from camp are said to have stolen unfinished whips from a Westfield factory. Boston police questioned arriving soldiers at Huntington avenue yards but were unable to prove theft as the men claimed they bought the items. Westfield authorities may pursue suspects if identified.
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Boston
Westfield
Huntington Avenue
Guard attacked on car as he prevented desertion near Westfield
Private George Phieffer age 25 of Somerville charged bayonets to stop volunteers leaving their quarters on a platform train bearing soldier boys home from Westfield. He was assaulted by a group of volunteers before reaching Boston. Continued on Page 4 Third Column
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Westfield
George Phieffer
Prescott Street
Somerville
Eighth Regiment
Boston
Phieffer
Horsford Acid Phosphate Refreshes Spring and Summer
An advertising note promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a cooling refreshing drink that dispels the dragging sense of weariness during warm seasons. It markets the product as invigorating and helpful for daily vitality.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Offer Fast Skin Relief
From Brown tail moth rash and any irritation of skin or scalp from infancy to age, instantly relieved and speedily cured by warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment, the great Skin Cure.
Quit the Use of Whiskey For Everyday Ills
Advertisement promoting Sanford's Ginger as a superior healthful remedy claiming it is ten times more effective than whiskey for common ills.
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Sanford
Lawsons 5000 Policy Holders Suit Against Equitable
A day's developments report Thomas W. Lawson stating he will sue the Equitable Life Assurance Co on behalf of 5000 policy holders seeking millions. Chauncey M. Depew is urged to resign as an Equitable official and Yale board of control member by requests from cable and the New Haven Register. Equitable announces salary cuts of 20 percent for officials saving over 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lawson
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Chauncey M. Depew
Cable
Equitable
Depew
New Haven Register
Board of Control
Yale University
Shakspere
New York
Europe
Yale
University
United States Senate
Depew Under Pressure Over Equitable and Yale Roles
The day brings demands for Chauncey M. Depew to resign from Equitable Life and to quit Yale board duties after a loan controversy. Yale leaders urge him to plan an exit while opponents push for his Senate retirement amid the scandal.
Murder on trading schooner Olympia shocks New Orleans
The Norwegian steamer Bratten reports a massacre aboard the small schooner Olympia bound from Otilla to Truxillo via Ruatan. A negro named Robert McGill, resident of Atilla, killed all 12 aboard with a gunfire and oar strike, sparing only a young woman who escaped by swimming ashore. McGill forced a crewman to scuttle the vessel, then shot him before fleeing in a dory and later being captured in El Proveno, Honduras. The captain's cabin held 1400 dollars.
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New Orleans
Bratten
H. Holm
Ceiba
Honduras
Olympia
Otilla
Truxillo
Ruatan
Robert McGill
McGill
Atilla
MccGill
el Proveno
Mysterious Caroline Rose Tied to Eastern Massachusetts Robberies
Caroline Rose arrested at 50 Oak Street amid claims she aided James J. Bailey and George W. Scott in a spree of breakings and entries across Randolph Weymouth Quincy Beverly Lynn and others. She is held without bail at Dedham jail as a witness while Bailey and Scott face bonds and charges.
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Caroline E. Rose
Oak Street
Massachusetts
Dedham
Caroline Rose
John Lawrence
Mabel Crawford
James J. Bailey
George W. Scott
Quincy
Randolph
Weymouth
Beverly
Lynn
Connecticut
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Cattermomiter
HE_ BREEZE
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Edward G. Tutein
Payson Street
Revere
Matthew Allen
Albert Anderson
Tremont
John Maginnis
Gilbert Avenue
Chelsea
Frank M. Colby
Oliver Place
Peter J. McCormack
John Reioux
Union Park
John McLaughlin
Harrison Avenue
Rockwood
Thompson's Spa
Goetting
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Spin Ac Eaceeeacan
DEW Kssas Rese Aba
P. m Ee
State Street
Boston Banking Company
Worcester
Front St
Rhode Island Bank
Horsford’s
Equitable, Yale and
Senate
Depew Improvement Company
Boston Post
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