Owner Held in Fire Case In Waterbury
Roswell A. Clark owner and general manager of American Shear and Knife Company at Hotchkissville was arrested on a charge of being implicated in causing a factory fire that destroyed the plant with a $200000 loss. He posted a $5000 bond. Jacob B. Stein clerk at a Clark financed hotel was detained on arson charges and released on bond. Clark defended Stein as innocent.
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Waterbury
Conn
Roswell A. Clark
American Shear & Knife Company
Hotchkissville
Jacob B. Stein
Clark
Stein
Consul Booming Trade With Russian Ports
John H. Grout former Boston newspaperman and ex consul at Odessa now United States consul at Milan arrived to meet Boston merchants. He aims to foster trade relations between Boston and Russian ports.
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John H. Grout
Boston
United States
Odessa
Russia
Milan
Italy
Fire Claims Life Of Adele Rosmann In Camp Fire
Adele Rosmann, a domestic, died after refusing to flee the flames that swept the kitchen when an alcohol lamp exploded while she filled a coffee percolator. The fire destroyed Dr. Virgil Coblinz's large camp at Clearwater Pond in Farmington, Maine.
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Farmington
Adele Rosmann
Virgil Coblinz
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clearwater Pond
Tragic Explosion Scene In Camp Ends In Fire
A blast sent a girl fleeing into danger in a camp fire. Sieg Coblinz, 17, burned while trying to save her and drag her from the blazing kitchen. The girl perished in the ruins. Mrs Coblinz narrowly escaped while her son aided and later fled.
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Siegfried Coblinz
Coblinz
Miss Rosmann
Shoplifter Suspects Claimed by Police
Two men named Albert Rose of 168 Harrison Avenue and John M. Evers of 68 Cambridge Street were tracked by two downtown store detectives and arrested by Patrolman John McGillicuddy after a tussle. They face charges of stealing goods valued at $5.
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Albert Rose
Harrison Avenue
John M. Evers
Cambridge Street
John McGillicuddy
City Hall Avenue
Driver Injured in Wagon Collision and Nurse Incident
Norman Manley of Everett a Hood Milk Company driver is on the dangerous list at Lafayette Hospital Cheha after being stepped on by a nurse when he was thrown from his wagon. The wagon struck by a large auto truck owned by New England Gas Coke Company at the corner of Mystic and Bow streets Booverett yesterday morning.
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Norman Manley
Everett
Hood Milk Company
Lafayette Hospital
Cheha
New England Gas & Coke Company
Mystic and
Bow Streets
Boverett
Blooming Garden in Fenway Prepares for Florists Convention
Fenway's Garden and 16 acre Stony Brook border will bloom for the 80th annual meeting of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulture on August 18. Mayor Curley praised the garden as beautiful as planners showcase a Japanese section with a pagoda tea house and Oriental plants imported for the exhibit.
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Stony Brook
Fenway
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulture
Curley
Farquar Brothers
Japan
Huntington Avenue
Dedham
Society OF American Florists
Boston
Grasshoppers Damage Farms Across New Hampshire
Reports to State Commissioner Feiker detail thousands of dollars in crop losses from grasshoppers across the state. Severe impact noted in Merrimack Valley, North Conway, and Franklin with Holderness potato fields reported destroyed as grasshoppers appear in threatening clouds.
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Concord
WN. H
Andrew J. Feiker
Merrimack Valley
North Conway
Franklin
Holderness
Gates Leaves Boston for Newark YMCA Move
After nine years building the Boston Y M C A boys division from 300 to over 1000 members Don S Gates, a prominent YMCA figure, accepts a call to the Newark New Jersey association.
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Boston Y. M C. A
Don S. Gates
Newark, N J
Church Sues Morgan Estate Over Trust Fund
St George s Episcopal Church sues the trustees of the late J P Morgan estate for an accounting of income from a 600000 fund left to the church by Morgan. The New York Diocesan Convention is a co defendant. The complaint notes only about 1400 of 4000 annual income has been paid and seeks proper will construction.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
St. George's Episcopal Church
Morgan
Letter Carrier Discovers Woman Dead in Woburn Home
Stephen Flynn delivering mail at 40 Highland Street in Woburn found Mrs. Conselta Rigitsa dead on the floor. Medical Examiner Keleher ruled the death due to natural causes yesterday afternoon.
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Stephen Flynn
Conselta Rigitsa
Highland Street
Woburn
Keleher
Business unrest dismissed by banking and retail leaders
Chicago July 24. George M Reynolds president of the Continental and Commercial National Bank and John C Shedd president of Marshall Field Co testified before the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations that there is little basis for widespread agitation over U S business conditions.
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Chicago
United States
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National Bank
John C. Shedd
Marshall Field & Co
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Unrest in Industry Seen as Progress Not Evil Says Leaders
Witnesses assign modern unrest to broad political and economic goals. They note widespread desire for better living, housing, clothing, and leisure, with unions and wealth concentration sparking debate. They caution most people are honest and argue unrest reflects progress rather than downfall.
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Shedd
One Killed in Fire Threatening Jacksonville Business District
An explosion during a dynamite blasting attempt to halt a blaze left one man dead and several injured in Jacksonville Indiana. Wires were down, the fire was checked by six o clock, and damages are placed at about $400,000.
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Jacksonville
Ind
Frenzied dog shot after biting two in Brookline area flare
A pointer dog with a brass collar plate named J D Leland of 30 Prescott Street Brookline bit two people in a wild chase from Woburn toward Winchester. Chief McIntosh and two officers fired 13 shots, killing the beast on Cutting Hill. Victims John Shea of Winchester and Miss Catherine Langford were bitten, Judge John G. Maguire was nearly struck. Police advised immediate medical care for those bitten.
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Woburn
Winchester
McIntosh
Cutter’s Hill
J. D. Leland
Prescott Street
Brookline
John G. Maguire
John Shea
Catherine Langford
Symmes
Kelley
Hargrove
Quincy Man Shoots Self at Plaza Hotel
Mason S. Brown aged 8S from Wollaston shot himself at the Plaza hotel just before noon and died at City Hospital before 6 pm. He had been a hotel guest a week using the name H W Bartlett. A bank book led to identification and a doctor was summoned to aid him.
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Mason
Brown
Wollaston
Ftotel Plaza
City Hospital
H. W. Bartlett
Harold F. Parker
Columbus Avenue
N. 8. Brown
Quincy
Newport man to be sentenced for ringing false fire alarm
John Mullen a 50 year old Newport resident will face Judge Creed in the police court to be sentenced for ringing a false fire alarm at Causeway and Haverhill streets early Friday morning. He claimed in court his mind was blank and he had not seen any fire.
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John Mullen
Newport
R. L
Creed
Causeway
Haverhill Streets
Mullen
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