Providence Fire Alarm Aboard Fall River Liner Sparks Rescue
Captain Appleby orders four blasts and wireless alerts as a Providence fire breaks out. The Peck Philadelphia-bound ship speeds to assist while the Boston closes in from up the Sound. Crew contain the blaze, passengers evacuated to the Peck, bags left in cabins, minor damage to woodwork.
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Fall River
Providence
Boston
Appleby
Peck
Nickerson
Fall River Line
Long Island Sound
Illness hits church sociable with ptomaine poisoning origin
In Upper Sandusky Ohio on March 18 five hundred people fell ill from ptomaine poisoning after a church sociable serving chicken and waffles. Many sickened after returning home and by midnight all local doctors were occupied. Some stores closed as clerks also became ill.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Inquest Drags Over Arsenic Doubts in Baker Case
The inquest into Baker’s death yields no definite suspects as arsenic is the sole material clue. Dr Harrington suggests alternate explanations and an autopsy may be requested after the will’s probate. Witnesses including Hurd household staff face further questioning at the March 20 session.
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Baker
Harrington
Ricardo
E. E. Smith
Lawrence
DeMund
Massachusetts
Boston
Koester
Bogota
C. A. de Mund
Hurd
Howard F. Baker
Tanner
Mr. Mulligan
Sniffen
Walter Baker
Harry Lee
Mrs. Young
Beverly Brittingham
Inquest Postponed in Walter Baker Death Case
Hackensack New Jersey March 13 coroner's inquest into Walter Farnsworth Baker of Boston was postponed adding mystery to the death investigation. Coroner cited unspecified reason delaying the proceedings scheduled for 3 p m.
Lodge to Force Castro's Hand
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, chair of the foreign affairs committee, says patience has ended with Venezuela's President Castro. He plans a joint resolution authorizing the President to take forceful action if Venezuela refuses satisfaction on U S claims tied to asphalt bed contracts worth millions. Roosevelt would decide the next steps.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Castro
Venezuela
United States
Senator Lodge
Roosevelt
Fleet 10 Journey Around the World
San Diego March 13 The American battleship fleet will tour the world within two months after arriving at San Francisco May 5. The voyage begins July 6 through Suez, Africa, the Mediterranean and the Pacific. President and Navy Department messages welcomed the plan and officers expect visits to France Germany and England. The South Dakota and California arrived with the Tennessee and Washington off Coronado Beach.
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Suez
Washington
Connecticut
Hawaii
Samoa
Australia
Philippines
Navy Department
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Pacific
Suez Canal
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Asiatic
North African
France
Germany
England
Gibraltar
New York
California
Tennessee
Slander Charge Over New Haven Rail Merger Hearing
Charles F. Choate Jr charged William B. Lawrence with making slanderous statements and being obsessed against the proposed New Haven Boston and Maine merger. Lawrence testified before banks and banking committee on savings banks investing in New Haven securities. He cited $103 million spent on new investments 1903 to 1907 with only $2 million returned and warned New Haven securities are precarious. He noted $917 million of securities held by 179 of 189 state savings banks.
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Charles F. Choate, Jr
New Haven Railroad
William B. Lawrence
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Committee On Banks and Banking
Lawrence
Mrs Eliza Trask Hill Ill as Suf frag Leader
Mrs Eliza Trask Hill president of the Winter Hill W C T A and a noted temperance advocate and suffragist is dangerously ill at her home 140 Sycamore street Winter Hill Somerville Thursday her condition grew serious and recovery is unlikely.
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Eliza Trask Hill
Winter Hill
Sycamore Street
Somerville
Leap Year Outing by Adams Suit and Cloak House
About a dozen young ladies from Adams Suit and Cloak House dined at United States Hotel and then went to the Majestic to see The Gay White Way. The outing was enjoyed and was voted to become a regular feature of their store life.
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Adams Suit and Cloak House
United States
Majestic
Hitchcock Trial Proceeded With Alibi Emphasis
New York March 13 The criminal branch of the Supreme Court adjourned as the Hitchcock trial moved to alibi strategy. The defendant appeared a nervous wreck and witnesses including 13 year old Elsie Veecks corroborated parts of Helen Von Hagen's testimony. A jury verdict may come by Tuesday.
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New York
Supreme Court
Raymond Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Harry Thaw
Helen von Hagen
John B. Stanchfield
Elsie Veecks
Stanchfield
Helen
West Forty-first Street
Flora Whiston
Forty-first Street
Mr. Hitchcock
Mr. Stanfield
Brown's Bronchial Troches Selling in 25c 59c and $1 Boxes
For coughs and throat disorders use Brown's Bronchial Troches. Their efficacy proven by many years of test. Sold only in boxes priced 25c 59c and 1. Absent any harmful contents.
Collapse at Steamer Dock Ends Hope of Homecoming
Anthony Peppas of Lowell, worn by illness and poverty, collapses at the White Star dock in Charlestown after immigration officials refuse him passage home. He is carried to Relief Hospital and not expected to live.
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Sunny Grece
Anthony Peppas
Lowell
White Star Line
Charlestown
Relief Hospital
Peppas
Elbert Hubbard Draws Crowds at Hall Lecture
Elbert Hubbard world famous author of the Philistine Magazine and Little Journeys spoke at Chickering Hall last evening on the Religion of Humanity. His address held the audience with close attention and frequent applause showing a broad message for Garcia and all mankind.
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Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys
Chickering Hall
Garcia
Yale & Towne Mfg Co Lockmakers Highlighted
The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co is promoted as the sole producer of genuine Yale locks, emphasized as the trusted brand for security hardware.
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THE
Yale & Towne Mfg. CO
Yale
Governor Guild's Health Update
Governor Guild remains in bed at his Marlboro Street home with a violent grip and rheumatism. He can use only his left arm as Dr Winslow of Commonwealth Avenue continues constant attendance to prevent dangerous complications.
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Governor Guild
Marlboro Street
Winslow
Commonwealth Avenue
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Women
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy for nervous strain and female ills. It cites Mrs Ella Griffin of Park St Canton NY and claims long standing relief from weakness backache and dizziness. It invites women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Ella Griffin
Park St
Canton
N.Y
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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