Cape Cod Fire Sweeps Through Dry Woods Threatening Towns
Firefighters battle fast moving flames across Cape Cod as drought tinderlike woods ignite repeatedly. Despite steady southwest wind, backdrafts terrorize crews with flames leaping ahead and men taking cover. Reinforcements rush in while officials fear fires may reach the coast through heavy timber regions near South Wellfleet and the Marconi plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred T. Dill
Cape
Marconi
South Wellfleet
Divorce Case Sheds Light On Actress Bride
In Providence tomorrow, Warren Fales seeks divorce from actress Katherine Fales after secret filings. The case cites a 1901 London marriage, a $40 000 Babylon estate, corespondents Kattenbaugh and Stiles, and alleged hotel incident at the Waldorf Astoria. Katherine defends and counters, with witness travel to Europe ongoing.
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Fales
New York
Kattenbaugh
Abe Hummel
Stiles
Farrell
Europe
Times Square
Kid McCoy
Fales No
Babylon
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Katherine Fales
Providence
Thomas F. Farrell
East Providence
University Heights Named for BC Grounds at Newton
Rev Thomas I Gasson president announces University Heights as the Boston College grounds name in Newton At a June 20 lawn party planning meeting guilds and societies attend and hear progress reports A complimentary reception for the ladies who helped in the work will be held next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Heights
Boston College
Newton
Thomas I. Gasson
Montague Gets Two Years for Larceny in Concord Case
James L. B. Montague is sentenced to two years in the House of Correction by Judge Aiken after admitting to receiving stolen property in a jewelry theft from Concord families. Mildred Montague is placed on probation for the larceny. both had faced charges from the Sewell and Wright households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. B. Montague
House of Correction
Aiken
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Mildred Montague
Concord
Montague
Sewell
W. B. Wright
Taft Fate on Early Ballot at Lincoln Club Talk
Colonel S. O. Bigney told the Lincoln Republican Club that Taft must be nominated on the first or second ballot or Roosevelt would secure the nomination. He praised Roosevelt as laying the corner stone of a great administration and urged Taft as the natural successor. Bigney predicted a Taft boom and cited Louis A. Frothingham as likely Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
S. O. Bigney
Lincoln Republican Club
American House
Taft
Bigney
Massachusetts
Louis A. Frothingham
Girl Tugs Free After Foot Caught on Track
In Woburn Mary Ring was trapped with her foot wedged between the planking and the rail of an outward-bound line as an in-bound train passed. Companions Annie Ring and Alvah Foster freed her before danger escalated. The girls, shaken, resumed their walk to parochial school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Boston & Maine
Mary Ring
Annie Ring
Alvah J. Foster
Foster
Brown Tail Poison Stopped By X-Zalia
Advertisement claims X-Zalia relieves itching and burning from brown tail poison by cooling the skin and healing quickly. It promotes immediate relief and faster recovery for affected flesh.
Consolidation Forms American Piano Company
A Pittsburgh consolidation uniting William Knabe & Co. of Baltimore Chickering & Sons of Boston and the Foster Armstrong Company of Rochester creates the American Piano Company in New York. The firm will be incorporated in New Jersey with capital stock of 6 million dollars preferred and 6 million dollars common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Knabe & Co
Baltimore
Chickering & Sons
Boston
Foster-Armstrong Company
Rochester
N. Y
American Piano Company
New Jersey
Moran urged to seek southern clime for health
District Attorney John B. Moran faces medical orders to abandon the keen New England winds and spend months in a milder climate. He may travel this week if possible, but will stay in touch with his office in Boston for a few days. Moran, who favored amendments and avoided politics, did not deny possible Denver convention attendance if feeling well on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Moran
New England
Moran
Boston
Massachusetts
Denver
Inaugural Officers Named for Music Firm Incorporators
The incorporators are Ernest J. Knabe Jr president of William Knabe & Co Charles H W Foster president of Chickering & Sons George G Foster president of the Foster Arm strong Company The officers named include President Ernest J Knabe Jr Vice Presidents George G Foster William Knabe Charles H Eddy and William B Armstrong Treasurer George Eaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest J. Knabe, Jr
William Knabe & Co
Charles H. W. Foster
Chickering & Sons
George G. Foster
Foster-Armstrong Company
William Knabe
Charles H. Eddy
William B. Armstrong
George Eaton
Horse Trader by Mail Arrest in Charlestown Scam
Joseph H. Campbell proprietor of the Bunker Hill sale and commission stable was arrested on a charge of using the mails to defraud G W Mitchell of Kennebunkport Me by offering an 8 year old mare in foal and sending a bony old nag instead. Post office reports also involve a Vermont man who paid $65 for a chestnut pacer advertised as Kitty Mack but received a buckskin with lameness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Campbell
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
United States
Marshal Waters
G. W. Mitchell
Kennebunkport
Campbell
Mitchell
Boston & Maine Railroad
George H. Smiley
Montpelier
Kitty Mack
Bag Vanished on L Train
The Rev. Father George De Butler of Boston College reports a yellow travelling bag missing on an elevated car trip between Rowe's Wharf and City Square Charlestown on Friday. He was extending courtesies to a visitor returning from Nantasket when the loss occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George de Butler
Boston College
Rowe’s Wharf
City Square
Charlestown
Nantasket
Father de Butler
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Henry Siegel Co
Washington
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Mass
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Gilchrist Co
Houghton & Dutton Co
Cape Cod
Sweetland
Superior Court
Warren Fales
New York City
Edna May Company
London
Carrie Fales
L. I
B. C
Washburn-Crossby Co
Jakes I.B. Slonpac Cust
Chickerings
Knabe
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Bedford Street
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Wall Paper
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Madison Square
Hoffman House
Hoffman
J. P
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