Five Children Saved As Fire Destroys Lexington Farmhouse
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hardy of Concord avenue Lexington escape with their five children aged up to ten after a fire tore through the Bryant farmstead. The hired man and Hardy carried the children from the house in night clothing. Neighbors aided in saving cattle and furniture as flames forced the closure of the carriage shed and spread to the barn. The fire department arrived late. loss estimated at $10,000.
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William T. Hardy
Concord Avenue
Lexington
Mr. Hardy
Avaie
Hant
Leximeton
Hardy
Bryant
Fire levels Pol’s Park Theatre block in Springfield
A morning fire destroyed Pol’s Park Theatre block in Springfield. The building containing a theatre and ground floor storerooms burned out, with damage estimated at 75 000 dollars. Losses were shared by the Whitney estate, S Z Poli, who leased it, and P A Breglio Co., liquor dealers. The blaze threatened nearby buildings in the wholesale district and required almost the entire fire department to control.
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Springfield
Pol’s
Fire Destroys Dowlin Block in North Adams
A double alarm blaze in the six story Dowlin block on Main street caused about 75000 in damage. Wilson department store stock valued at 60000 was nearly wiped out. Other losses hit F T Martin Company stationery and several office tenants upstairs.
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North Adams
Dowlin
Main Street
Wilson Department Store
F. T. Martin Company
Fisk seeks divorce to avoid Vermont remarriage law
Augustus R. Fisk of Woodstock Vermont, married in this city December 13 1912 to Mrs Barbara Knight Cobb of 222 Marlboro Street, files again as the defendant in a divorce action to avoid remarriage being classified as bigamous under Vermont law.
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Augustus R. Fisk
Woodstock
Barbara Knight Cobb
Marlboro Street
Vermont
Prominent New England Divorce Case Involving Fisk and Cobb
Mrs. Fisk seeks 39000 alimony amid accusations of statutory offences and chronic intoxication. The couple, prominent in New England and New York, wed after Mrs Cobb’s first husband died. The pair, formerly from Woodstock and Newton, moved to Boston to marry under Vermont law changes.
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Standard Oil Company
Cincinnati
Woodstock
Fisk
Cobb
Edwin A. Knight
Vermont
Newton
Mass
Boston Broker Dies After Hotel Bath Incident
Frank H. Jeffries a Boston broker died at Rhode Island Hospital Providence from injuries after being found unconscious in the bathtub of his Narragansett Hotel suite. He had moved to the hotel Feb 11 and was found about 2 pm yesterday. He passed away roughly three hours later.
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Frank H. Jeffries
Boston
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence
Narragansett
Jeffries
Brookline Broker Dies After Apparent Self Inflicted Wound
A slip bearing Bertha Bliss’s name and address was found on the dead man, with the hotel register also identifying him. The broker cut his throat and gash wrist with a razor beside the bathtub. Mrs. Jeffries, once Miss Bliss, is living with her sister at 71 Aspinwall Avenue, Boston. The couple had separated months earlier, a factor said to have weighed on him. They previously resided at 1887 Beacon Street and on Newbury Street during the past year.
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Bertha B. Bliss
Aspinwall Avenue
Brookline
Mass
Jeffries
Miss Bliss
Henry D. Hyde
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Rushing in Returns on Income Tax
The income tax filing deadline is today at 4 p.m. with possible extended hours until midnight due to heavy demand. Officials expect about 20,000 returns filed already and plan to handle a final surge with over 10,000 more blanks anticipated this morning.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Boston
Bank Loans Cover Blank Shortage at Corporate Office
On Saturday a large shortage of blank forms for corporations forced Collector Malley to borrow supplies from several local banks to meet demand.
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Malley
Back Pay Will Be Paid to Boston Elevated Workers Today
The Boston Elevated Company begins distributing back pay under arbitration awards to its 7000 to 8000 employees including shop and division staff and female ticket sellers. Total payments expected between 500 000 and 600 000 dollars with most workers receiving 50 to 100 dollars and some over 100. Payments to be made from 8 30 to 9 30 a m at division and shop superintendent offices. a temporary pay car option was rejected.
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Boston Elevated Company
Arbitration Board
Bomb Explodes in St John’s Church Westminster
A bomb exploded in St John’s Church Westminster shortly after the service, placed under a seat in the gallery above the pulpit. The blast, attributed to suffragettes, damaged the interior and shattered several stained glass windows.
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London
St. John’s Church
Westminster
Beachey Survives 1600 Foot Plunge From Biplane
Santa Barbara Cal March 1 Lincoln Beachey the aviator looped in flight lost control and fell 1600 feet then recovered to 400 feet from the ground and escaped with slight injuries his machine crashed into a tree but caused only minor damage to the craft and the pilot was unharmed.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Lincoln Beachey
Wilson fears intervention in Mexican crisis grows
President Wilson now fears intervention is unavoidable as Constitutionalists falter. An international commission trip to view the body of William Benton, a British subject killed by Villa, is canceled by rebel orders. Carranza resents US communication with Villa over Benton. Britain will not recognize the Constitutionalist party.
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Wilson
International Commission
William S. Benton
Villa
Carranza
United States
Benton
Great Britain
Constitutionalist Party
Lionel Carden
Mexico
President weighs near term intervention in Mexico
The President signals possible armed intervention in Mexico if Carranza and Villa fail to topple Huerta within weeks. He rules out foreign troops or aid, aims for a unilateral U S action, and notes arms embargo removal has not aided Constitutionalists. The move hinges on a decisive outcome and a new government in Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Villa
Huerta
Senate
United States
China
New England Weather Devastation Strikes with Violent Gale
Across the northeastern seaboard a storm with 85 mph winds leaves towns in darkness. Eight saved as four barges sink in Long Island Sound. two schooners ashore. a train and trolley services disrupted. telegraph and telephone wires down. grain elevator collapsed at Narragansett Pier. Clapp shoe factory fire at Avon. barometer at a record low. widespread unroofed houses and damaged infrastructure in New England.
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Long Island Sound
New England
East
Boston
Weather and celestial notes with anniversaries for Today
Continued column lists tides and times for Portland and Gloucester, moon and sun phases, and an Easter cue. It notes morning stars and planets, urges turning on auto lamps before 6 05, and marks Texas independence anniversary and other historical dates.
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Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Colder Outlook With Snow Flurries In New England
Weather forecast for Boston and northern New England calls for snow followed by clearing and a cold wave. Monday and Tuesday show fair skies with northwest gales, while southern New England may see snow preceded by fair, then cold, with continued northwest winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Yesterday's Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa
Yesterday's readings from Thompson's Spa show temperatures ranging from the mid 30s to low 40s with an average around 39. The data also notes yesterday’s average temperature and compares it to last year's figures.
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Thompson's Spa
Sia
Sailor Sacrifices Life Amid Block Island Rescue
In a March 1 report from Block Island life saving station Captain Teal describes the wreck of the schooner Jacob S. Winslow off Block Island during a gale. A heroic sailor went back to save others despite warnings to guard against a raiding sloop and did not survive.
Courage and tragedy on the Jacob S Winslow wreck
Lifesavers battled a raging sea to rescue Captain Wilson and eight crewmen from the Jacob S Winslow, but a second rescue attempt to save William Hannibal ended in tragedy as a line broke and he was swept away among the wreckage near Black Rocks.
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Wilson
Hannibal
New Haven
Teal
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