Blaze Destroys Three Buildings Threatens Revere Waterfront
A $10,000 fire yesterday morning gutted two wooden buildings and damaged a third at Revere waterside. Mrs. John Wilkins, overcome by smoke, was rescued by George Kirsey. The blaze began at 108 Boulevard in a building owned by Mrs. Catherine O'Brien and occupied by Samuel Broudy, also burning the Wilkins building and the Excelsior cafe owned by M. F. Gordon.
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Revere
John Wilkins
George Kirsey
Boulevard
Samuel Broudy
Catherine O’brien
Wilkins
O'Brien
Excelsior Cafe
M. F. Gordon
Despondent Chelsea Man Leaps to Death from City of Malden Ferry
Louis Richman aged 55 of Chestnut Street Chelsea jumped over the rail into Boston bound harbor at Brown's Wharf aboard the City of Malden at 6 15 yesterday morning. Despite efforts a boat could not reach him and he drowned. Despondency was given as the cause.
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Louis Richman
Chestnut Street
Chelsea
City of Malden
Boston
Brown's Wharf
Richman
Child prisoner in car travels from Kansas City to Denver
Mabel War ren, 13, fell asleep in a box car in Kansas City as it moved. She cried for help but was unheard, slept, and heard rain on the roof during stops. The car reached Denver, where she was found and cared for before being sent back to her Kansas City grandmother.
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Denver
Mabel Warren
Kansas City
National Team Owners Association Holds Seventh Convention
Team owners from many cities gather for three days at the seventh annual National Team Owners Association convention opened at the Revere House in Boston. Willis C. Bray presided as Boston association president. J. Cavanaugh reported notable growth. General Francis G. Peabody spoke on cooperation with the Work Horse Parade Association. The Ladies Auxiliary toured Charlestown Naval Yard and Bunker Hill before evening trips to Revere Beach.
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United States
National Team Owners’ Association
Revere House
Willis C. Bray
Boston Team Owners’ Association
Hibbard
J. Cavanaugh
Chicago
Francis G. Peabody
Boston
Work Horse Parade Association
Ladies’ Auxiliary Committee
A. H. Weeks
Charlestown
Navy Yard
Bunker Hill
Revere Beach
Mrs Harry Lauder bitten by pet bulldog in car
Mrs Harry Lauder wife of the Scotch comedian was attacked and badly bitten by a bulldog while driving home in her automobile today. Her brother Harry Valance who accompanied her was also bitten and both were taken to a hospital. The dog was killed.
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London
Harry Lauder
Harry Vallance
Anne Adams Tufts Tablet Unveiled in Somerville
A tablet memorializing Anne Adams Tufts for patriotic Revolutionary War service was unveiled in Paul Revere Park Somerville by Miss Sallie Adams Bascom. The ceremony included speakers Mrs E A Maynard and Rev William H Pierson and a reading by Miss Nellie R Bray. Mayor John M Woods accepted the tablet for the city.
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Anne Adams Tufts
Somerville
Paul Revere Park
Main Street
Broadway
Sallie Adams Bascom
Clinton
Tufts
Sycamore Street
George H. Carleton
John M. Woods
Winter Hill Congregational Church
E. A. Maynard
Nellie R. Bray
Sam Walter Foss
Anne Adams-Tufts
Sally A. Bascom
Mrs Gould and Prince of Egypt in Cairo Visit
New York reports Council for Mrs Howard Gould presented evidence denying any wrongdoing at the Khedive of Egypt dinner or the Goulds Cairo palace visit. Testimony noted Howard Gould's displeasure over Prince Mohammed Ali's attention to Mrs Gould during the events.
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New York
Boston
Council
Howard Gould
Egypt
Goulds
Cairo
Mohammed Ali
Gould
Aldermen See Shifs In Parties In Boston Court Showdown
The defense rested in the famous separation suit after claiming Mrs. Gould drank without cause. Witnesses testified to her restraint and affability, while depositions challenged the accusations of excess. Depositions will be used to rebut husband claims, including alleged ties to actor Dustin Farnum.
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Howard Gould
Gould
Dustin Farnum
Alice Stickney Bankhead
Henry McCauley Bankhead
Fort McPherson
Mrs. Gould
Shepard's
Cairo
Egypt
Boston Aldermen gridlock blocks mayoral finance moves
The city board refused to act on appointments for Eadward G. Richardson and Alonzo F. Andrews as assessors, while party lines defeated measures for free East Boston ferry tolls and a public hearing. They stalled the Finance Commission funding, rejected street widening loans, approved three weeks of deed registry vacation, and authorized a land lease for recreation. Fireworks discharge rules were corrected to allow July 5 use.
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Messrs. Richardson and Andrews
Boston
Finance Commission
Registry of Deeds
Eadward G. Richardson
Alonzo F. Andrews
Common Council
Giblin
New Finance Commission
Austin
Pierce Farms
Brand
Committee On Public Improvements
Norfolk Street
Geneva Avenue
Committee On Finance
Bowdoin Street
Columbia Road
Howe Memorial Association
M, WN
Eighth and
Ninth Streets
South
Park Commissioners
Melbourne Street
Dorchester
Joseph F. O'Connell
Peary Sets Date to Reach the Pole
Friends of Commander Robert E Peary announce he is at the North Pole unless the Roosevelt expedition failed. No contact since Aug 17 1908 from Etah Greenland. Peary aimed to winter at Els mere Island then sled 420 miles in February. He held a prior farthest north record at 87 degrees 6 minutes.
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Robert Edwin Peary
Peary
North Pole
Roosevelt
Etah
Greenland
Elsmere Island
Pole
Message in a bottle found off Florida shores
A. Paynter of Bunnell in St. Johns County Florida reports receiving a letter with a message said to be found in a bottle off the Florida coast. The note references the name Peary and arrives as a curiosities tale from the sea.
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Paynter
Bunnell
St. John’s County
Fla
Message in a Bottle from Peary Expedition Found in Florida
A 1906 bottle with a plea for return to the Boston Morning Post was found near the Florida coast, signed by William Carden. It claims a Peary expedition ship lost a propeller and drifted among ice floes, predicting a lonely death. The piece notes Peary and his crew remained alive and advancing toward their goal in later years.
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Florida
St. Augustine
Boston Morning Post
Peary
North Pole
William Carden
Gulf Stream
Bunnell
Fla
Home Made Cure for Eczema from the Ladies' Magazine
A household remedy for eczema and salt rheum on hands is described. Mix four ounces luxor with four tablespoons alcohol and one half pint water, shake, apply to irritated skin until it dries, repeat as needed. Luxor is available at drug stores and claimed to cure many eczema cases after other remedies failed.
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Ladies’ Magazine
Luxor
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