Fire Records From Boston Area Aboard Various Addresses
Fire log lists incidents from 2 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. across South Boston East Boston Chelsea and nearby streets. Losses range from 5 to 150 dollars involving individuals such as Samuel Hillman Mrs C D O Brien Nellie Buckley Benjamin Gruber and Katherine O Brien plus the F H Odione Coal Company and the New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
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First Street
South
Boston
New York
New Haven
Hartford R. R
Chelsea Street
East
Samuel Hillman
Shawmut Avenue
C. D. O Brien
Lexington Street
Nellie B. Buckley
Northampton Street
Charles E. Downes
Phillips Street
Benjamin Gruber
Milk Street
F. H. Odione Coal Company
Washington Street
Katherine O’brien
Asthma and Catarrh Cured By Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey
Mrs. H R Saunders of Galesburg Indiana credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey with curing her husband of asthma and catarrh after years of illness. She herself recovered after two bottles and recommends it to others including her sister-in-law who suffers from diabetes. The product is praised by ministers doctors and nurses as a perfect tonic stimulant and medicinal whiskey.
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Duffy
Mrs. Saunders
H. R. Saunders
Main Street
Galesburg
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted as Medicine
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a strength-builder and tonic for disease prevention and cure. It claims use for consumption pneumonia grippe bronchitis coughs colds asthma malaria fevers and general wasting. The ad urges sealed bottles only priced at $1.00 and warns against bulk sales with a reward offered for violations.
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Duffy’s
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
O'Meara Endorses White Slave Bill At Judiciary Hearing
Police Commissioner O'Meara supported framing a white slave bill before the judiciary committee. He testified in private session to discuss Boston social conditions and the underworld as he found them, seeking to avoid sensationalism.
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O'Meara
Committee On Judiciary
Boston
City officials discuss social evil bill and stage child policy
Mr O Moeara criticizes drastic measures. judiciary committee plans leave to withdraw on a bill allowing children under 14 to perform on stage. Sen Teeling dissents. Riley and Cumming reserve their right. A limited amendment to mesne process is also reported and warrants for arrest may require a judge. The bill aims to protect state residents from out of state claim agents.
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O'Meara
Watch and Ward Society
Committee On Judiciary
Teeling
Riley
Malden
Cumming
Boston
First Flying School Activity at Plum Island
W Starling Burgess, famed yacht designer and Herring Burgess bi plane firm member, surveyed Plum Island for America’s first flying school. He outlined a site three miles south of Plum Island Hotel near the halfway house with secrecy. If successful, the school could become a summer spectacle attracting many visitors.
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Newburyport
W. Starling Burgess
Herring-Burgess
Plum Island
America
Wellesley Girls Try to Stop Runaway Horse
Wellesley College students rushed to aid a runaway horse that jumped a four-foot wall and injured the driver. A 16-year-old boy, John McGee, son of a West Roxbury milk dealer, was hurt while driving the animal home after buying it from a local coal dealer. Four physicians attended to him as scores of students gathered.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
John McGee
West Roxbury
Man Breaks Leg in 25 Foot Fall at Brookline Garage
John King 40 fell 25 feet from a garage staging at Commonwealth avenue, sustaining a compound fracture of both bones in his right leg and severe scalp wounds. He lives with his family at 4 Juniper street Brookline.
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John King
Commonwealth Avenue
King
Juniper Street
Brookline
Salem Wilder Dies at 88 in Winston-Salem
Salem Wilder, noted author and magazine writer, died at age 88 in Winston-Salem N C He moved to the South a decade ago after prolonged illness His birth site was Sterling Massachusetts January 28 1823 He studied in New Hampshire and attended Colby College but did not graduate He later ran a sewing machine and patent agency business with W H Plummer before continuing solo He married Betsey S Shaw in Nahsua New Hampshire February 18 1851 and they had three daughters
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Salem Wilder
Winchester
Mass
Wilder
Sterling
New Ipswich
Hancock
N. H
Colby College
Waterville
Boston
W. H. Plummer
Nahsua
Betsey S
Kaward
Betsey Shaw
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Boston Post
Bamburg
Batiste
Hamburg
Mer
Jardiniere
Bentwood
Henry Siegel Co
Washington
Essex
and Glize
D’ Alencon
Ne Pond
Royal Axminster
Kirman Turkey
Bigelow and Sanford
Pratans
Ugs
China
Sriday
iFelas
Finnan Haddie
Pat Ars
Tue
Duffy’s Pure
O’meara
U. S
Post
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Department B
Thomas B. Jeffery & Company
Massachusetts Avenue
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