Remodelling of Historic Suffolk Reserves House Begins
Carpenters started tearing the front of the 150 year old Suffolk Reserves House on Adams street Milton Lower Mills to convert the lower portion into stores. The landmark once hosted colonial delegates and General Joseph Warren. Landlord Mortimer Safford of East Milton leases the building to a tailoring shop amid preservation talks.
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Suffolk Reserves
Adams Street
Milton Lower Mills
Philadelphia
Joseph Warren
Bunker Hill
Mortimer Safford
East Milton
Dorchester
Milton
Irish Libel Trial Collapses Over Contempt Bid
In Cork the libel suit brought by Alex Burke Roche against Sir Timothy O'Brien ended after evidence suggested an attempted juror tampering. Burke Roche, son of Baron Fermoy, had accused O'Brien of denouncing him at a hunt meeting and of cheating at horse sales. The judge referred the contempt attachment to the higher court.
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Cork
Ireland
Alex Burke Roche
Timothy O'Brien
Burke-Roche
Baron Fermoy
America
Timothy
Burke- Roche
Evans' Son in AIST Fight Aboard Georgia
Honolulu reports Lieutenant Frank T. Evans son of Rear Admiral Evans and Lieutenant Commander J. F. Carter of the battleship Georgia fought on board last Tuesday. An investigation and possible court martial are expected, with the act deemed a gross breach of naval discipline under department rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Frank T. Evans
Evans
J. F. Carter
Georgia
Washington
Department
Colored Clothes Wash With P G Naphtha Soap
The ad explains washing colored fabrics with P G Naphtha Soap using cool water and light suds. Clothes are washed one by one, hems rubbed on a board, then rinsed in several cool waters and starched. It notes drying inside out in the shade and promotes the 5 cent cake price.
Lawyer Welch Held in Assault on State House Representative
William J. Welch, a Huntington Avenue attorney, was arrested on assault charges after allegedly striking Representative Coombs of Quincy in a State House corridor. At Municipal Court Judge Burke set bond at $200 pending sanity inquiry. Welch remained silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Welch
Huntington Avenue
Representative Coombs
Quincy
State House
Welch
Burke
Hazing Leads to West Point Cadet Suspensions
Eight cadets at the United States Military Academy West Point N Y are suspended and sent home as investigations into hazing of fourth classmen proceed. Names include William T Russell and Harry G Weaver among others with the case to be reviewed by the Secretary of War awaiting action at home. The incident involved plebes mustering at drum tap and a punishment involving capturing ants and confinement in a locker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
William T. Russell
Harry G. Weaver
Illinois
Byron Q. Jones
New York
George W. Chase
William W. Pryde
Alabama
Isaac Spaulding
Oklahoma
William Noell
Virginia
James A. Gillespie
Pennsylvania
G Company Street
Plebe
1700 Mile Auto Run Ends With Dramatic Trophy Contests
The 1700 mile Glidden tour ends in Saratoga after a Bethlehem start with three teams tied for the Glidden trophy the Buffalo Pierce Arrows Columbus Peerless and a Chicago mix. A run off to decide winners will begin tomorrow from Saratoga to Buffalo and back. The Peerless team withdrew after a protest leaving the Pierce Arrows in position for the trophy while five runabouts contend for the Hower prize. 28 of 42 cars finished with clean records including Marmon Rep Premier Franklin Rainier and Garford models.
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Saratoga
N. Y
American Automobile Association
Bethlehem
N. H
Vermont
Pierce Arrows
Buffalo Club
Peerless
Columbus Club
Chicago
Haynes
Oldsmobile
Hower
Stoddard
Daytons
Buffalo
Ruble
Columbus
J. W. Maguire
Pierce
Kreuger
Studebaker Company
Maguire
Charley Burman
Peerless Company
Marmon
Bay State
W. C. Marmon
Frank Wing
R. M. Owens
H. L’ Hamemond
Paul Gaeth
Gaeth
Gus Buse
Thomas
C. Carris
Rider Tries Suicide in Somerville Home
Horace J. Rider a 28 year old married man attempted to end his life at 405 Highland Avenue Somerville by inhaling gas just after 11 last night. Sergeant James Harmon acted quickly and saved him. Despondency over business reverses is given as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace J. Rider
Highland Avenue
Somerville
James Harmon
Police Department
Oxton arraigned for illegal use of transfer checks
Ernest Oxton of 181 Northampton Street faced the South Boston Municipal Court arraignment on the illegal use of transfer checks tied to Dorchester Avenue and Broadway line. He pleaded guilty and Judge Fallon continued sentencing until Saturday. He reportedly gave a fictitious alias as Joseph Gilmore.
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South Boston
Ernest Oxton
Northampton Street
Dorchester Avenue
Broadway
Peninsular District
Fallon
Hare
Joseph Gilmore
Tremont Street
Dorchester Man Found Dead In Gas at Home
Albert H. Baker 45 lived at 23 De Wolfe Street Dorchester and headed East Boston wharves for American Agricultural Chemical Company. Police found a tube connected to a gas jet in his mouth after neighbors smelled gas and entered his room. Body sent to City Hospital morgue.
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Albert H. Baker
de Wolfe Street
Dorchester
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Boston
Baker
The
Chemical Company
Columbia Yacht Club
Waldron and Doherty
Station 11
Sadie Baker
Portsmouth
N. H
City Hospital
Somerville Board Maintains Mayor Veto on Liquor Licenses
Mayor Grimmons’ veto of liquor licenses was sustained by the Somerville Board of Aldermen 10 to 8. The veto required 12 votes to be overridden. The board appropriated 1500 dollars to grade land on Powder House boulevard for an athletic field and adjourned to September 10.
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Grimmons
Somerville
Board of Aldermen
Powder House Boulevard
Seasick Remedy Promises Safe Travel by Sea or Car
Mothersill's Seasick Remedy offers quick relief for sea and car sickness with claims of safety and no harmful drugs. The ad promotes capsules priced 50 cents and 1 dollar, available on steamships and at multiple Detroit and Boston drugstores with mail order options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothersill
Mothersill Remedy Co., Ltd
Cleland Building
Detroit
Record Attendance Star Miss Rossi Earns Remarkable School Pace
Boston girl Miss Susie Rossi completed graded schools and Girls High in eight years without a absence or tardy. She attended Hancock School and Girls High, graduated last June near top of her class, finished two years of work in one on two occasions, and aims to teach. She is 17 with a soprano voice and sings in Prince Street Church choir.
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Marion Colebrook
Worcester
Thomas J. Perkins
Boston
Susie Rossi
Hanover Street
Colebrook
Hancock School
Parmenter Street
Girls’ High School
Miss Rossi
Prince Street Church
Gargan Makes Good Rally After Berlin Operation
Professor Koerte performed a gastric operation on transit commissioner Thomas J. Gargan in Berlin. The procedure connected the stomach to the intestine to relieve constriction. it lasted 50 minutes. Gargan was cheerful before the ether and emerged in good condition. full success won’t be clear for ten days.
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Koerte
Thomas J. Gargan
Boston
Berlin
Post
Blmden-Azores
America
Fractured Arm From Quick Door Turn
Mrs. Edward F. Krueger of Bloomfield is hospitalized at Mountainside with a fractured arm from turning a door knob at a friend’s house in Montclair. She rang the bell and, after no answer, gave the knob a quick twist causing the injury.
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Montclair
Edward F. Krueger
Mountainside Hospital
Bostonian Couple Registers in London
Archibald and Mrs Boyd of Boston registered at the Herald Bureau in London on July 23 in a brief, official note describing their visit and registration status during their stay abroad.
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London
Archibald
Mrs. Boyd
Boston
Herbald Bureau Today
Maps Flake Wheat Ad Promotes Scientific Preparation
The ad touts Maps Flake wheat as superior due to steam cooking for six hours, curing, ultra thin berry flakes, and 30 minute baking at 400 degrees. It claims digestion benefits and long term merit over fad cereals, presenting Maps Flake as the wheat prepared in a scientific form.
Ideal hot weather cereal recommendation
The passage extols Mapl-Flake as ideal for hot weather with minimal heat production and high nourishment. It promotes cereal as a daily summer breakfast with fruit, urging readers to tell grocers to stock it and asserting no other cereal matches its quality.
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Irish Court
Timothy O’brien
Burke Roche
Aist Fight
omyneGlb If Pah
P. & G. Naphtha
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton
Rep
Coombs
Rider
A. H. Baker
Somerville Board
Aida
Henry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Streets
Mass
Sail Ee
Pte
Paris
Cc Box
Reg
Tan Russia
Eac
Camille
Madras
Smart
Symphony
China
Dime
Worcester Maid’s
Best c
St. Charles
Borden’s
Rance St
Brandel Lata
Washington Street
Weybosset Street
Providence
Main Street
Fall River
William Street
New Bedford
Brooklyn
England
N. B
Arm Uist
Gargan
Bostonians
Battle Creek
Mich
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