Escape Asylum Spoon Aid Sparks Escape Plot
Providence, March 12. After a week of liberty from Danvers State Hospital, Grace Warren and Adie Gordon were picked up on Exchange Place by police inspectors and returned to the hospital. Authorities say a spoon from their meals aided a planned escape by removing screws on a ward window. Warren is listed as from Malden and Gordon from Lynn.
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Providence
R. I
State Hospital For the Insane
Danvers
Mass
Grace L. Warren
Adie Gordon
Exchange Place
J. Ahern
L. F. Godfrey
Police
Warren
Malden
Miss Gordon
Lynn
Races Mile in Dory to Save Two Chums
Wilfred Penney of the fishing schooner Leo faced a perilous open sea mile race in a dory with no aid, determined to save two chums whose lives depended on his strength and endurance after the Leo burned at sea Monday night.
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Dory
Wilfred Penney
Leo
Clarence R. Thompson
Penney Brings Aid During Leo Fire Rescue at Sea
Wilfred Penney bravery helped reach the burning Leo as Captain William Devine and Cook John Lawrence fled the blaze. The auxiliary schooner, valued at 4000 dollars, was saved as life savers from Plum Island and other stations aided the crew while the remaining men sought safety by rowing to the ship.
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Penney
William Devine
Cook John Lawrence
Lynn
Leo
Devine
Thatcher
Cook
Plum Island
Salisbury Beach
Wallis Sands
Isle of Shoals
J. J. Leonard
Charles Street
Boston
Miss Aiken In Auto Accident at Coolidge Corner
Virginia E. Aiken of Brookline, a teen and the nation’s youngest woman motor sales agent, collided yesterday at Coolidge Corner with a large touring car owned by Otto Piehler. George E. Sharp, the driver, reported no injuries as both vehicles sustained bent hoods near the street car waiting room.
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Virginia E. Aiken
Brookline
Coolidge Corner
Miss Aiken
Otto Piehler
Chestnut Hill Avenue
George E. Sharp
Gardner Brothers to Build $100,000 Factory in Roxbury
After labor disputes and talks among Gardner Brothers the Carpenters Union and the Master Builders' Association Brockton loses the planned factory. Gardner Brothers announce a Roxbury site on Rogers Avenue to start when weather permits. The move ends Brockton’s hope for the plant and secures a new Roxbury factory.
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Brockton
Gardner Brothers, Builders
Carpenters’ Union
Master Builders’ Association
Rogers Avenue
Roxbury
Gardner
Chamber of Commerce
Textile mills raise wages for 25,000 workers in New England
Between 175000 and 200000 textile operatives in the New England States receive at least a 5 percent wage increase set to take effect before March end. Treasurers of 100 print cloth mills owned by 35 Fall River corporations approve a 5 percent rise for 25000 employees on March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Fall River
Textile workers across New England seek wage rises
A broad pattern of 5 percent wage increases spreads through cotton and woolen mills in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and beyond as leading firms announce higher pay. In Rhode Island and surrounding areas thousands of operatives await decisions, with projections of 5 to 7 percent industry wide costing about 5 million dollars annually. The Knights of Providence report no immediate raise but expect action as business conditions improve.
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Tauton
Holyoke
Chicopee
Worcester
New England
Boston
Rhode Island
Blackstone Valley
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Bedford
B. B. & R. Knight Company
Providence
Knights
Woonsocket
Westerly
Riverpoint
Arctic
Pontiac
Natick
Centreville
Clyde
Jackson
R. I
Rodgerville
Readville
Hebronville
Manchaug
Mass
Eastern
Berkshire County
N. H
Waltham
Taunton
Nashua
Salmon ‘Alls
North Adams
Liner Collision Off New York Bay Damages City of Savannah and Navahoe
In fog near Ambrose channel lightship, the Ocean Steamship Company vessel City of Savannah and Clyde line’s Navahoe collided. Savannah suffered a bow rip above water while Navahoe’s bow crumpled and she listed. both ships reached port under their own power with no serious injuries reported. Captain Dreyer cited limited visibility and a failure to heed signals as the cause.
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New York
City of Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
Navahoe
Clyde Line
Savannah
Ambrose Channel
T. L. Dreyer
City of
Dreyer
Packer
Miss Winchenbach Debuts In Steinert Hall Piano Recital
Miss Ruby Winchenbach, pianist, gave a recital in Steinert Hall last night. She performed Grieg and Liszt pieces with Mr. Stone at the second piano and played Chopin and Schumann. The review notes earnest study and musical tone, but nervy debut and need for maturation.
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Ruby Winchenbach
Steinert Hall
Grieg
Liszt
Miss Winchenbach
Chester Kent Cures a Headache Continues Sunday
Chester Kent delivers a second appearance fully meeting reader expectations. The concluding part of Chester Kent Cures a Headache in the next Sunday issue is promised to be even more fascinating than the prior installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Kent
Sunday Post Magazine
Fraudulent $4822 Check Case Reaches City Prison
Inspector Pierce brought Isadore Weiss alias Samuel Cohen to face local charges after an alleged forgery of the Allen Arnold Company signature on a $4822 check cashed at the National Shawmut Bank on April 13 1910. Weiss and two associates were arrested in New York after a check transaction there and Weiss reportedly testified to avoid prosecution. He allegedly withdrew nearly all funds from his Puritan Trust Company account before uttering the check.
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Inspector Pierce
New York City
Isadore Weiss
Samuel Cohen
Allen Arnold Company
Devonshire Street
National Shawmut Bank
Weiss
Puritan Trust Company
Bibles Presented to West Point Cadets
At the United States Military Academy West Point N Y March 12 the annual Bible presentation to 96 graduating class cadets occurred in the cadet chapel. Each cadet chose a personal edition including Swedish French authorized Douay American Revised and Spanish versions with counts listed for each version.
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West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Lecture Monday on French Art Exhibit
Christian Brinton of New York will lecture at the Art Museum on the current special exhibition of French paintings Monday at 4 PM. A noted author and art critic, he has long acquaintance with the Sa Nouvelle artists, lending authority and interest to his talk.
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Christian Brinton
New York
Art Museum
Brinton
Sa» Nouvelle
Breakwater Construction Averts Sea’s Erosion at Breakers Estate
In Newport Rhode Island on March 12, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt battles encroaching seas eating away the Breakers estate lawn. Landscape designers and engineers approve building a large breakwater, the second of its kind after one by Mrs H McKay Twombly, to protect the land from further erosion.
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Newport
R. I
Breakers Estate
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Salisbury Beach Day Newburyport Civic Vote
Salisbury Beach will remain in the no license column after Newburyport voters approve the motion by a margin over a score of votes at today’s annual town meeting.
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Newburyport
Salisbury Beach
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Hanover
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Atjorie Hamilton
Denver
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Miss Hamilton
Issa Jamilton
Tire
Misa Hilton
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Crash Inn
Belmont
Manhattan
Lenox
Harvard
Washington Street
Tos
Washington and
Winter Streets
Pero
Th Street
Mr. O'Keeffe
Delishus
Richmond
Arrante
Strictly Fresh
Maat
Gilchrist
Axminster
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