Kite Flight at Blue Hill Observ. Yields One High Altitude Test
At Great Blue Hill the observatory directed by A Lawrence Rotch sent a single kite aloft due to light winds. Kite No 10 rose half a mile and began descending by 5 pm. The 12 640 foot ascent used a meteorograph to record upper air conditions as clouds broke near 4:30 pm. Rotch expects better conditions today with several kites.
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Blue Hill Observatory
Great Blue Hill
A. Lawrence Rotch
Rotch
Ferguson
Wells
Fergus
McGreagor
Will Veronal Becomes Habit Questioned By Medical Experts
A Boston medical magazine editorial questions whether veronal could form a habit as dangerous as chloral or opium. Physicians report no veronal victims yet warn a weak mind might develop dependence. the drug, a sleep aid, must be prescribed and is not sold openly. Boston health officials and a local drug house confirm it is prescription-only and viewed as a physician's remedy with limited public familiarity.
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the Hospital
Boston
Samuel H. Durgin
Boston Board of Health
Mrs Fairbanks Not Disturbed at Pedrick Farm
Danvers July 22 Robert and Frederick Fairbanks visited their mother and sister at the Pedrick farm summer home of the Vice-President. The family deny reports of annoyance from reporters souvenir hunters and curious crowds. Frederick denied his mother needed police protection and said their father was on the Pacific slope and unlikely to arrive before August first.
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Danvers
Robert
Frederick Fairbanks
Pedrick Farm
Fairbanks
Pacific
Cold wave at City Hall over loan bill stance
Politicians visiting Mayor Fitzgerald's office were met with a chilly reception as the mayor stated he would devote all his time to Old Home Week celebrations and did not sign the loan bill.
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Fitzgerald
Cambridge grocer Patrick McLaughlin praises Cooper medicines
Patrick McLaughlin of Cambridge, once deaf for twenty years, says his hearing returned after three days using Cooper medicines. He visited Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston, agents for the drugs, and reports no relapse since the initial revival. He states specialists failed him before Cooper and his hearing has continued to improve.
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Patrick [McLaughlin
Patrick Mclaughlin
Cambridge
McLaughlin
Cooper
Jaynes Drug
Boston
Europe
Bass Point excursion crowds Boston Sunday Post readers
Readers flocked to Bass Point Nahant as Post coupons offered half price steamers from Boston. Thousands rode Governor Andrew and Governor Lincoln on a sunlit 12 mile trip with families enjoying hotels, rocks, picnics, and music. Children dominated the scene, anglers lined the rocks, and crowds anticipated more trips next Friday if coupons recur.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Boston Sunday Post
Boston
Point
Andrew
Lincoln
Marpor
Casey Nooks
Conners
Izaak Walton
South Boston Court Delivers Parental Lecture For Boys
Crowds filled the South Boston Municipal Court yesterday as Judge Fallon prepared to lecture parents of four boys charged with breaking glass. The plan, new to the court, aimed to curb juvenile misbehavior by bringing parents before the judge for guidance on parental control.
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South Boston
Judge Fallon
May Again Take Up Pipe at 91
Worcester, July 22. William Metcalf, 91, of Medford, visiting Frank Arnold in Quinsigamond, says he could learn to use tobacco again after 40 years quit. He recalls giving up chewing during a strawberry harvest to protect his crop, and has not smoked or chewed since.
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Worcester
William Metecalf
Medford
Frank
Arnold
Millbury Street
Quinsigamond
Metcalf
Pope Thanks Ouchida on Vatican Mission
In Rome on July 22 M Ouchida the Japanese minister to Austria Hungary was received by the Pope. The Pontiff thanked him for the gracious reception by the Japanese emperor to Archbishop O Connell of Boston during his Japan trip two years ago and for the liberty enjoyed by Roman Catholics in Japan.
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Rome
M. Ouchida
Austria-Hungary
Vatican
Japan
O'Connell
Boston
Miss Helen Madigan Dies After Albany Collision
New York July 22 Miss Helen Madigan who was injured in a collision between an automobile and a Long Island railroad train at Albany last night where her fiancé Dr Edward J Gallagher was killed died today in a hospital.
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New York
Helen Madigan
Long Island
Albany
Edward J. Gallagher
Boils and Carbuncles Cured by Household Surgeon
Druggists refund money if Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails. Contains cure claims for boils and carbuncles and prices at 25 cents. Local ad style reflects period medical remedies and consumer protection promise.
Miles Issues Orders for Old Home Week Civic Parade
General Miles, chief marshal, announces staff led by Colonel Charles H. Cole and sets a detailed parade schedule for July 31. Units including Grand Army of the Republic and Kearsarge Naval Veterans form at specified times and positions along Commonwealth avenue and surrounding streets with police ambulances stationed at key corners.
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Nelson A. Miles
N. A. Miles
Charles H. Cole
Old South Building
Grand Army of the Republic
Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association
Commonwealth Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Tremont Street
Eliot Street
Kearsarge Naval Veterans
Shawmut Avenue
Arlington Street
Newbury Street
Boston Letter Carriers’ Association
Marlboro Street
Charles Street Mall
Boylston Street
Beacon Street
Charles Street
Park Square
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Washington Street
Summer Street
High Street
Pearl Street
Milk Street
Broad Street
State Street
Devonshire Street
Hanover Street
Tremont Row
Castle Street
Tremont
Kneeland Street
Washington
Chauncy Street
Summer
Congress Street
High
Dock Square
Court Street
Hanover
Park Street
Spruce Street
Star Feature of Old Home Week Militia Parade in Boston
Militia encampments for both brigades conclude with mobilization in Boston on Aug 3 for Old Home week parade and Aug 8 review by Governor Guild. Units from Fifth Infantry to Coast Artillery join maneuvers July 27 to Aug 2, with further drills across South Framingham Boxford Hing ham and Boston routes leading to Forts Warren Strong Revere Andrew Banks.
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Boston
South Framingham
Fifth Infantry
Corps of Coast Artillery
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
C. F. Sargent
South Shore
First Corps of Cadets
Thomas Talbot
Hingham
Naval Brigade
George R. H. Buffington
First Squadron Cavalry
W. A. Perrins
Worcester
Governor Guild
Commonwealth Avenue
South Side
Arlington Street
Arlington
Beacon
Charles
Park Square
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley
Tremont
High
Pearl
Broad
State
Washington
Beacon Street
State House
Warren
Strong
Revere
Andrew
Banks
Salem Woman Takes Her Life in Tragic Melancholia
Salem July 22 Mrs Susan A Buxton 64 years old ended her life by inhaling illuminating gas at her Washington square home after years of suffering from melancholia linked to the death of her husband Dr Charles A Buxton and their daughter Florence 25 who both died by their own hands in Wollaston in 1903 and 1906 leaving one daughter.
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Salem
Susan A. Buxton
Washington Square
Buxton
Charles A. Buxton
Wollaston
Florence
Simple Medication Gains Favor in Germany
Berlin July 20 1907 a simple remedy advocated by Dr Peter Hoffman stomach specialist gains support among physicians in Germany The three ingredient formula claimed to cure various stomach ailments uses bicarbonate of soda Bislac and burnt magnesia sold only in original sealed packages Readable fragments describe method and cautions about substitutes
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Germany
Berlin
Peter Hoffman
Hoffman
Accused Man Baird Ends Life in Central Park
A. Lansing Baird, formerly assistant manager at Brown, Ryan & Williams, shot himself in Central Park after being missing for three months. He was accused of misappropriating several thousand dollars from the brokerage firm.
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New York
Brown, Ryan & Williams
A. Lansing Baird
Central Park
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Gefv Nelsov
Alice Cary Waterman
Janet M. Hill
America
Postal
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National Starch Company
F. M. Crossy
R. F. McConnell
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