Autos Make Fast Time In Run To Boston
Glidden tour autos reach Boston completing the Hartford to Boston leg in under eight hours a Knox truck set a new 7 hour 56 minute record. Several cars arrive with notable entrants including White Cleveland Rambler Gilmore and Pope Toledo as Bay State officials join for the next leg toward Bretten Woods.
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Boston
Gilmore
Knox
Hartford
Elliot GC. Lee
American Automobile Association
Lewis R. Speare
Bay State Automobile Association
W. J. Foss
Bretten Woods
Lucius Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Walter White
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Paul
E. A. Gilmore
Mr. White
Groton Town 250th Anniversary Celebrated Quietly
The Groton 250th anniversary was held with simple dignity. A town hall reception, cornet band performance, and speeches by notable guests including Hon. Samuel A. Green and Major-General Bancroft highlighted the day. A dinner, concerts, and a final reception closed the observances.
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Ofen
Groton
Charley Baldwin Tooting
Samuel A. Green
Boston
William A. Bancroft
Cambridge
Shumway Field
Guild
Lawrence
C. W. Clark
C. Q. Tirrell
United States
George A. Marden
Charles 8. Hamlin
A. B. Jones
Nashua
N. H
George A. Sanderson
Charles W. Stone
Pennsylvania
Lunch Carts Ordered Off Public Streets
The Board of Police bans street lunch carts on public thoroughfares and will issue licenses only to carts operating on private property. Judge Emmons notes the street cart trade is illegal and all carts must discontinue unless they relocate. Cart operators dispute the board’s stance, blaming lunch dealers for opposition.
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Emmons
Post
Board of Police
Gauss Catarrh Cure Promises Quick Permanent Relief
An advertisement touts Gauss Catarrh Cure as a radical cure for catarrh claiming it eliminates poison germs and prevents debility. It offers a free trial package by mail to prove efficacy and invites readers to mail name and address to KE Gauss of Marshall Michigan.
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Co. E. Causs
KE. Gauss
Main St
Marshall, Mich
Gauss
C. E. Gauss
Main Street
Marshall
Mich
Sick Babies on Hospital Boat
The Boston Floating Hospital treated ill infants yesterday with fewer new patients. Dr. Hastings said some babies might not survive but the hospital offers hope and care. The voyage was a memorial gift from Mrs. E. C. Turner for her granddaughter. A grieving Italian family sought a photographed keepsake of a baby who died last year.
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Boston Floating Hospital
E. C. Turner
Waiter Boyce Arrested in $456 Larceny Case
Victor Boyce alias Dudley V. Boyce 22 of 9 Allen Street West End was arrested in New Bedford on larceny charges for stealing 456.60 from Joshua H. Cornell of Beacon Chambers on July 10. Cornell tipped Boyce $5 earlier and, after meeting him later, found his money missing. about 300 was recovered at arrest.
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Victor Boyce
Dudley V. Boyce
Allen Street
West End
Boston
New Bedford
Joshua H. Cornell
Beacon Chambers
Boyce
Washington Street
Cornell
Girl Takes His $300 in Street Robbery
Jacob Short of 24 Avery street reported a theft late last night. A 27 year old woman, about 5 feet 6 inches, 120 pounds, wearing a white waist, black silk skirt and picture hat, allegedly pickpocketed him of $300 during a brief acquaintance.
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Jacob Short
Avery Street
Short
Commissioner Wells Announces Six Fire Department Transfers
Fire Commissioner Wells announced six transfers to take effect Friday at 10 am. Lt. J. J. McCarthy of Engine 2 will swap with Lt. C. J. Doherty of Engine 7. P. J. Darcy of Ladder 8 will exchange with J. F. Haley of Tower 2. W. H. Richer of Engine 17 will move with W. H. Burke of Engine 7. A further thanks was sent to W. H. Baldwin of the repair shops for aiding Engine 43 at Albany Street, marking his tenth such letter.
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Wells
J. J. McCarthy
C. J. Doherty
P. J. Darcy
J. F. Haley
W. H. Richer
W. H. Burke
W. H. Baldwin
Albany Street
Father doubts son died by leap from steamer
George H. Ambrose says his son Frank S. Ambrose did not end life on Monday night aboard the Bay State to Portland. He suspects Frank went to New York and may have boarded a steamer to Europe. Ambrose cites nervous mood from eyesight loss and forced retirement as factors, with no reported marital quarrel.
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Bay State
Portland
New York
Europe
George H. Ambrose
Dunbar
Frank S. Ambrose
Cliff Street
Board demands action on Everett gas stench or plant shutdown
The State Board of Health threatens the New England Gas and Coke Company plant at Everett to stop the odor or shut down. Officials weigh charging the odor as a common nuisance while investigations continue. A move could cost Everett $40,000 in tax revenue from the $10 million investment, drawing mixed local reactions from Mayor Newton and Chelsea’s mayor.
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State Board of Health
New England Gas and Coke Company
Everett
Charles E. Davis, Jr
The
Board of Health
Newton
Willard
Chelsea
Looted Westfield Whip: Train Guard Fights Mob
A guard at Westfield was beaten with contusions to the face and right eye after soldiers burst into a car during a speeding 50 mph train run. Worcester Phieffer, startled by the doorway intrusion, ordered halt and bayonet threat but was overpowered. Other guards intervened to prevent a riot.
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Cuneo
Hartford
E. H. Woods
Worcester
Howard G. Reynolds
Phieffer
Troops Break Camp at Westfield After Militia Move
Westfield July 12 The troops under Lieutenant General Miles woke to bugle calls announcing camp break. After singing Auld Lang Syne by 6500 men they packed their outfits and began departing. The first train left at 9 35 followed by fourteen more trains within minutes. Citizens filled the public square to bid farewell.
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Camp Bartlett
Westfield
Miles
Prisoner Breaks Cell Door. Caught in Revere Station
Arthur McCauller, 26, of Franklin New Hampshire, broke open a jail cell door at the Revere police station and fled briefly before Officers Blackmar and Quinlan pursued and recaptured him. He had been held on drunkenness charges.
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Revere
Arthur McCauller
Franklin
N. H
Liberty
Blackmar
Quinlan
McCauller
New York Prepares to War on Masters of Slave Girls
A New York Dispatch report details Emil Gerdron and others exploiting European girls lured to the city. Masters operate an organized slave trade from Ellis Island to a secretive system, with clubs, espionage, and coercive marriages. Sentences under vagrancy laws are often insufficient, with many escapes through higher court dismissals.
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New York
Emil Gerdron
Berthe Claiche
Europe
Ellis Island
Publisher faces libel charge over Miss Roosevelts slur
Robert W. Creswell, editor of The New Yorker, is held on $1000 bail in the Tombs Court on criminal libel charges for an article claiming Congressman Joseph L. Rhinock was indicted for robbery and unfit to meet Miss Roosevelt. Hearing set for July 17. Longworth named as introducer.
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New York
Robert W. Creswell
McAvoy
Tombs
The
New Yorker
Miss Roosevelt
Joseph L. Rhinock
Kentucky Dis
Rhinock
Roosevelt
Nick” Longworth
Congress
Longworth
Taft Philippine Party
Kentucky
Citizens Association Formed to Counter Labor and Capital Trusts
A call for a National Citizens Association to defend the public from labor and capital trusts. It details alleged abuses by unions and trusts, advocates peaceful counter organization, and outlines local citizen committees to settle disputes, protect industry, and preserve personal liberty.
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Industrial Ass’n of America
Citizens’ Association
Citizens’ Associations
Labor Trust
Labor
Citizens’ Committee
Beef Trust
Oil Trust
C. W. Post
J. A. Emery
A. C. Rosencranz
Labor Union
Citizens’ Industrial Associatio
St. James Building
26Th and
Broadway
New York City
America
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Portsmouth
Rye Beach
Newcastle
Charles Gillette
Springfield
Charles Jerome Edwards
Brooklyn
Mr. Truesdale
Truesdale
Hugh Thomas
Lenox
Mr. Thomas
New Britain
Mrs. Thomas
White
Knox Truck
Mrs. Cuneo
Gen. Bancroft
General Bancroft
New England
Girl
Ambrose
Everett Gas Co
New York World
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