Anxious News on Bremen Submarine Sightings
Reports circulate that a German submarine, the Bremen, may have been captured or destroyed. Boston harbor watchers keep vigil as ships and officials dispute which subs reached or escaped. Captain Howarth cites authorities claiming two subs were taken, one possibly the Bremen, though details remain unconfirmed.
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Bremen
Boston
F. B. Howarth
White Star
Cretic
Naples
Howarth
United States
Germany
Extra crew boards tug Thomas F Timmins for Deutschland tow
A supplemental crew joined the tug Thomas F Timmins in Baltimore as preparations continued to tow the submarine Deutschland to the Capes. Captains Koenig Hinsch and Cullison met aboard the tug while engine tests persisted amid reports of possible machinery defects, officially denied as routine testing.
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Baltimore
Thomas F. Timmins
Capes
Paul Koenig
Frederick Hinsch
Zach Cullison
Timmins
Maryland Pilots’ Association
Gustave Prusse
Koenig
Hinsch
Plattsburg marksman struck by ricochet bullet
Fred W. McConkey Jr of Portland Maine was struck on the side of the head by a ricochet bullet as he left the pits behind the rifle range at Plattsburg barracks July 28. He was taken to the post hospital and the wound was not serious.
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Plattsburg Range
Plattsburg
N. Y
Plattsburg Barracks
Fred W. McConkey, Jr
Portland
Post Hospital
Wilson to Work on Speech During Chesapeake Cruise
President and Mrs. Wilson left Washington for a weekend cruise on the Mayflower down Chesapeake Bay. A stenographer accompanied them, with the President expected to work on his speech accepting the Democratic nomination. He may not return until Monday morning.
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Washington
Wilson
Chesapeake Bay
New York Street Car Strike Heads Toward Manhattan
In New York City on July 28 rioting in the Bronx preceded a forecast that the strike would spread to Manhattan and Brooklyn within 48 hours. W. D. Mahon, president of the National Union of Street Railway Employees, said general strike plans would be discussed at mass meetings with delegates from all trolley lines.
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New York
Bronx
Carmen
Manhattan
Brooklyn
W. D. Mahon
National Union of Street Railway Employees
Police mobilize vast reserve as strike cripples city transport
Chief Inspector Schmittberger declares over 3000 officers on reserve with potential recall of 900 on vacation as strikes derail 30 cars and damage many more. Union funds offer aid, gunmen feared, gangsters linked to strike-breakers, and drivers keep fares.
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Schmittberger
Police Department
Mahon
Boston
Union
New York
Two Men Arrested With Soap After Break-In
Patrolman McCabe arrested George Whiton aged 30 of Charlestown and Edward McCall aged 25 of Dracut on larceny charges after catching them on Mystic avenue with long bars of soap. The Hinckley Rendering Company factory on Mystic avenue had been broken into and soap stolen.
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McCabe
Somerville Police
Mystic Avenue
Somerville
George Whiton
Charlestown
Edward McCall
Dracut
Hinckley Rendering Company
Warns Housewives of Dishonest Tradesmen
Hanson state weights and measures commissioner targets dishonest butchers bakers and candlestick makers. He circulated hundreds of letters to housewives and a booklet Measurements for the Household. He invites women to notify him if short weight or measure is suspected for immediate investigation.
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Hanson
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Sealer Warns Households on Weights and Measures
In a pamphlet by Commissioner Hanson the state tips on reliable scales and sealed devices for groceries. It urges checking goods, demanding reweighing of meats and poultry, and insisting on sworn coal certificates. It also covers milk bottles caps, ice weights, and proper dry and liquid measures.
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Hanson
Massachusetts
Alfred Hines to Be Buried in Somerville Church
Funeral services for Alfred H. Hines of Somerville will be held tomorrow afternoon at Prospect Hill Congregational Church where he served as treasurer for years. He was a deacon and Sunday school superintendent and treasurer of the Somerville YMCA. A resident since 1872.
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Alfred H. Hines
Somerville
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Somerville Y. M. CG. A
Change in Recruiting Officer at Cambridge Armory
Cambridge recruiting is led by Captain Arthur W. Burton C A C with a detail of three men. Captain Burton relieves Captain R O Dalton who had directed the Cambridge Business Men’s Training School since the Eighth Regiment departed for the border. Four of nine recruits were accepted yesterday.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Armory
Arthur W. Burton
Burton
R. O. Dalton
Cambridge Business Men's Training School
Border
Man injured, dies after falling on Wollaston railroad tracks
William Cochran 48 of 115 Beach Street Wollaston was found unconscious and mangled on the New Haven tracks at Wollaston station after the 11:36 a.m. Boston train left. He died at Quincy Hospital shortly after arrival. Police suspect he slipped and fell beneath a train. no witnesses. Cochran, machinist and former head of the Tubular River and Stud Company experimental department, held patents and was a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason. He leaves a wife.
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William Cochran
Beach Street
Wollaston
New Haven
Boston
Quincy
Cochran
Tubular River & Stud Company
Lawrence Engraver Commits Death by Own Action
Herbert Boardman, 50, of 141 Parker Street, shot himself late this afternoon, ending his life after despondency from an old injury costing him his job. He left a wife and four children, and was an engraver at Pacific Mills. He had spoken at the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness event at 601 Boylston Street yesterday.
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Lawrence
Herbert Boardman
Parker Street
Pacific Mills
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Boylston Street
J. Montgomery Sears
Elizabeth Flowers
Boston station seeks 12000 to fund relocation
City Council considers selling the old Broadway police station in South Boston for 7000 but must raise 12000 on the ground to proceed. Assessed value stands at 28000 and the plan hinges on securing funds to move the station.
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Boston
Broadway
City Council
Council to Approve Supplementary Budget
The City Council will meet next Wednesday to approve Mayor Cur ley's 412 390 supplementary budget. Pruning of 93 976 funds supports the reserve sule. The plan funds department needs for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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Curley
Sule
Body of 2 year old found in Fort Meadow Lake
The body of Trene Akroyd, 2, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Akroyd of 4 Edinboro street, was found face down in a foot of water in front of Clifton Greenwood cottage at Fort Meadow Lake. Efforts with a pulmotor failed, doctor believed she had been in water about an hour. The family had been summering at the Greenwood cottage.
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Akroyds
Greenwood Cottage
City Council to Probe Rents for City Jobholders
The City Council plans an inquiry into building use by city job holders with little or no rent, aiming to see if the 1914 Finance Commission recommendations have been followed.
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Finance Commission
Dorchester Woman Acquitted in Manslaughter Case
Mrs. Winifred F. Buckley of St Mart ford Street Dorchester was acquitted in Dorchester District Court of manslaughter after an automobile she drove struck and killed Aaron Spieback who rode a bicycle on Columbia Road Tuesday night.
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Winifred F. Buckley
St Martford Street
Dorchester
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Thane
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N.y.carmen
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Mercury
Pfoff
Thure Hanson
Weights and Measures
R.R
Finis
Sonny
Resinol
Beecham’s
Alice Bradley
Marlboro
Coats
Wolf
Hanover and
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Oxfords
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