Escape Death in Wreck Off Scituate
A schooner Withington ran aground off Scituate as anchors failed and waves surged. Rescues by Fourth Cliff and North Scituate life-saving crews succeeded after perilous climbs through snow and surf, saving all crew members including Albert Langthorn and Peter Kruse. The vessel is expected to be a total wreck.
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Chris O’neil
Scituate Humane Society
Fourth Cliff
Matthew Hoar
Frederick Frazen
North Scituate
Third Cliff
Hear
Cook
Albert Langthorn
Boston
Thomas Wold
Norway
Peter Richards
Nova Scotia
Rodney McNeil
Cape Breton
Cornelius Driscoll
Newfoundland
Peter Kruse
New York
Devereaux
Newburyport
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Constipation Relief
Advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute for chronic constipation and torpid liver. It claims 17 years of medical practice, no calomel, mild laxative action, and "pleasant results" from one or two tablets at bedtime, priced at 25 cents per box.
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Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
Four Women Testify To Lydia E Pinkham Cure
Yonkers New York Mrs H J L Feather aged 61 reports relief from female trouble backache nervousness and indigestion after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Danville Mrs O A Coe credits it with saving her life from severe female illness Ridgway Pa Mrs Rhines says it avoided surgery North Haven Conn Mrs Florence Isella reports health restored through change of life symptoms The testimonials assert the compound works for distressing female illnesses and changes of life.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. J. L. Feather
Hamilton Ave
N. Y. Danville
O. A. Coe
Batestown Road
Danville
Ridgway
Florence Isella
North Haven
Conn
Lydia Binkham
Beating Stomach Souring With Magnesia and Hot Water
A home remedy advises taking a teaspoon of bisurized magnesia in hot water to relieve sour stomach and bloating caused by poor blood supply and excess acid. The method claims fast neutralization, safer than pills, and recommends Bisulated Magnesia from a druggist.
Randolph selects three for board of selectmen and town moderator
Walter S. Stephens Jeremiah J. Des mond and Michael E. Clark were yesterday elected members of the Randolph Board of Selectmen. James E. Foley was chosen town moderator. The town voted no license, the vote being No 314 Yes 218.
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Randolph
Walter S. Stephens
Jeremiah J. Desmond
Michael E. Clark
Lawrence Merchant Dies On Street Car
Eli A. Lithgrow, 65, a Lawrence business man, died tonight on a Bay State Street Railway trolley car en route to Haverhill to visit his son, George Lithgrow. He is survived by his wife.
Doctor Philip Place to quit Boston hospital for Cincinnati post
Dr Philip Place an attache in the contagious ward at Boston City Hospital has been chosen to head the contagious department in Cincinnati Ohio. He recently returned from Europe after a ten month service with the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps.
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Philip Place
City Hospital
Boston City Hospital
Cincinnati
Worst winter storm hits Boston coast and Maine
The severest winter storm battered the coast, with 11.5 inches in some areas and winds up to 60 miles per hour. Boston delayed trains and busy streets were churned with slush and ice as ships and streetcars struggled. Schools closed, deliveries slowed, and damage from shattered windows and wrecked vessels was reported along the coast.
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Maine
Boston
Federal Tower
New England
Bay State
Public Works
Murphy
Boston Elevated
Edgar Thompson
Malden
Cambridge
Archibald Dakin
Massachusetts Avenue
Wilson to Continue Fight on Armed Ships
The President seeks to empower armed merchant ships or place them under the Shipping Board as naval auxiliaries to defend American rights. Navy opposition cites strategic concerns. A Senate rule change to end filibusters is contemplated as a crisis measure, with a Democratic caucus to decide fate. Senator added to signers backing armed neutrality. inaugural address stresses armed neutrality.
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Shipping Board
Navy Department
Senate
Congress
Lst
Bomb plot suspect Kolb tied to Kingsland devices in New York
Police say Carl Kolb, a Cologne native and Newark bartender, housed bombs and lab like materials in a Port of New York hotel room. The seven inch long devices used copper tubing fuses and contained powerful explosives. Kolb claimed the room was used by a man named Karl.
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Kolb
New York Detective Bureau
Germany
Karl
Cologne
Mexico
British Keep Up Raiding Across Front in France
London reports British and French raids around Arras and near Ginchy with German casualties and prisoners. German efforts near Bouchavesnes repulsed. French counter-attacks north of Boils Courieres regained some elements. Aerial activity frequent with losses on both sides. cold weather hampers operations on the Russian front. Petrograd cites repulse of a Turkish attack near Kalkit.
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France
Arras
Ginchy
London
George
Bouchavesnes
Boils Courieres
Bois Courieres
Romania
Kalkit
Armenia
Petrograd
Frederik VIII to Reach Copenhagen This Weekend
Count von Bernstorff and party travel on the Frederik VIII. and expect to reach Christiania on Thursday morning if the weather holds. The liner is anticipated to reach Copenhagen by Saturday morning.
Anderson pitcher quits game to sell picture frames
Pitcher George McConnell of Anderson, D. C., declares retirement from baseball to pursue a new career as a traveling salesman. He plans to sell picture frames as his first line of goods.
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George McConnell
Anderson, D. C
Cure a Cold in One Day LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Ad
An old fashioned drugstore ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets claiming remedies a cold in one day. It notes Pruggists refund money if it fails and Groves signature appears on each box. The price is set at 25 cents.
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Grove
Italian Troops Seize 2700m Stronghold in Costabella Group
Official reports say Italian forces breached a high mountain position in the Costabella group at over 2700 metres and took 61 enemy troops and one machine gun. French recon detachment launches several successful attacks near Tracy Le Val Ayocourt wood and Rheims with counter offensives on the Meuse. German assaults on the Verdun front fail with heavy losses as French repels advance.
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Spellegrino
Avisio
Costabella
Rome
Tracy-Le-Val
Ayocourt Wood
Troyon
Rheims
Paris
Meuse
Boiseaurieres
Verdun
Courieres Wood
U-Boat Took Cylinder Oil In Atlantic Raid
Newport News dispatch reports German submarine commander who fired on the Westwego off Fastnet on January 31 demanded four barrels of cylinder oil and warned the captain to dump the cargo worth about $1,000,000 or face destruction. After seizing the oil and issuing a further ultimatum, the submersible U-45 departed and was not seen again. The Westwego, after undergoing the encounter, reached Hampton Roads yesterday with no hits recorded from the five shots fired prior to boarding.
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Fish Pier
Boston
Eben Parsons
Parsons
Gloucester
Savannah
Cape Cod
Kershaw
Norfolk
Cape
Waltham
Watertown Square
Gore Street
Newport News
Westwego
Fastnet
McCoy
Hampton Roads
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Gail
D. A. Flaherty
Sloan
Lawrence Merchant
Fate Oid
Malden Square
Malden Electric Company
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Vermont
Portland
Newtons
Eastern Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Nantucket
Wilson
Curley
Lippitt
Rhode Island
Weeks
Port of
Canadian Car & Foundry Company
Kingsland
N. J
Theodore Kemper
Newark
Kemper
Long George
Young Men’s
Nuff
Iwolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover Streets
Scott
Scott’s
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
B. Reduse Co
W. B. Redluso
W. B. Elastine Reduso
W. B. Nuform
W. B. Corsets
Wiinearten Bros., Inc
Curcaco
San Francisco
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