Attempt to Save His Pies Ends in Fatal Heart Failure
In Woods Hole a cook named Ira Brightman died of heart failure while trying to save pies from a sinking lighter at the Eel Pond channel stone pier. The Nechter, owned by J. C. Terry Contracting Co, was used by workmen rebuilding a drawbridge. after a plank ripped free, the craft listed and sank. Brightman vanished to retrieve his galley pies, collapsed, and was found dead.
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Stone Pier
Eel Pond Channel
Ira Brightman
Brightman
Nechter
J. C. Terry Contracting Company
Fail River
Eel Pond
Frank Peterson
John Ross
Cook Brightman
Everett Hilton
Eighty Thousand In Suits For Man's Death
Four suits of twenty thousand dollars each were filed yesterday in the East Cambridge Superior Court by Bessie Bouthier of Malden as administratrix of Ralph H. Bouthier’s estate. He was killed by a live wire on Lynn street Malden on October 20 1913. Defendants are the city of Malden the town of Revere and the Suburban Gas and Electric Company of Revere.
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East Cambridge
Bessie Bouthier
Malden
Ralph H. Bouthier
Lynn Street
City of
Town of
Revere
Suburban Gas and Electric Company
Discovered Cure for Asthma by Local Chemist
Mr D J Lame a chemist at 832 Lane Bridge St Marys Kas has found a simple home remedy for asthma He tested it on long suffering patients who report relief A $1 bottle may be sent by express with payment only if it cures The user must judge effect within ten days and mail name and address on a postal card for a bottle with no money required
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D. J. Lame
Lane Bridge
St. Marys
Kas
Lane
Express
Stamese Twins Separated in Delicate Paris Operation
Madeleine-Suzanne, the French Siamese twins, were separated today in Paris by a highly delicate surgical procedure. Doctors Gustave de Villia tre, Risacher, Delaunay and colleagues performed a 15 minute operation using a local anesthetic. One child’s intestinal portion lay within the other’s abdomen and had to be detached from the connecting wall. Both cried briefly and appeared to tolerate the procedure, though final outcome remains uncertain.
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Paris
Madeleine-Suzanne
Gustave Fte Villiatre
Risacher
Victor Delaunay
Madeleine
Suzanne
Resolutions Ordered Joint Session on Panama Canal Tax Break
Washington March 4 resolutions were adopted in both houses calling a joint session for tomorrow at 12 30 PM to hear President Wilson urge repeal of the Panama canal act exemption that relieves American coastwise shipping from tolls.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Wilson Pushes Tolls Repeal Amid Canal Debates
President aims to persuade Congress to reverse toll exemptions citing the Hay Pauncefote treaty. House interstate commerce panel to draft repeal legislation, revive Sims Tennessee bill, and push fast action. Democrats split with Underwood declining to lead opposition, while O Gorman and Chamberlain plan Senate resistance. Supporters predict passage in both houses.
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Wilson
Congress
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Sims
Tennessee
House
Underwood
Senate
O'Gorman
Chamberlain
Oregon
Limit Length of Courtship Debate By Cambridge Women
Private hearing on the bachelor bill held at Mrs Caro line Nelson’s Cambridge residence drew prominent women urging legal protection for women who invest their affections in indecisive suitors. Mrs Charlotte Smith, head of the Woman Homestead Association, argued that no man has a right to court a woman for 15 years.
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Caroline Nelson
Cambridge
Charlotte Smith
Woman Homestead Association
Shoe Worker Dead at Whitman Home
Whitman reports Thomas Devine a 55 year old shoeworker found dead at his home 107 Shoe Street the body located at the foot of stairs and medical examiner said death from natural causes with death dating to Sunday and he lived alone
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Whitman
Thomas Devine
Shoe Street
J. J. McNamara
Watson renews attack in court over Mrs Abbott case
Councillor James A. Watson provoked a sensational scene in Superior Criminal Court while defending Mrs Estelle Abbott of 10 Blackwood Street. Abbott faced sentence after a guilty verdict for performing an illegal operation on Minnie White, a 19 year old Brockton girl. Watson targeted Sheriff John Quinn who was present in the courtroom.
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James A
Jerry) Watson
Superior Criminal Court
Estelle Abbott
Blackwood Street
Minnie White
Brockton
Watson
Abbott
John Quinn
Mrs Abbott to Be Key Witness in City Jail Probe
Mrs Abbott is to be the leading witness for the defense in the City Council investigation of the Charles street jail. She supplied information used in attacks on Sheriff Quinn and jail administration. Judge Chase halted further remarks as Watson pressed for immediate sentence. sentencing was set for Friday at 10 AM.
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Abbott
City Council
Charles Street
Quinn
Suffolk County
Chase
Watson
Meade Named Clerk of Brockton Courts by Governor
Brockton March 4 Representative Timothy J Meade who has served seven years in the General Court received from Governor Walsh the appointment as clerk of courts of Brockton
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Brockton Courts
Brockton
Timothy J. Meade
General Court
Walsh
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
Advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism remedy that gives instant relief when rubbed on tender spots. It claims most cases need no internal treatment and cites cures for sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and swelling, urging readers to try a small trial bottle.
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St. Jacobs
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