Ice Chest Kills Valuable Horse in Roxbury Accident
A valuable horse owned by T. S. Gwynn Company in South End was killed yesterday afternoon when an ice chest fell from the fourth story window of an apartment on 84 Walnut Avenue Roxbury. Furniture movers were lowering the chest into a wagon, part of a span hitched to the wagon when the accident occurred.
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Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
T. S. Gwynn Company
West Brookline Street
South End
Fall of Chest From Window Sparks Pickup Issue
A chest being lowered from a fourth floor window with a block and tackle began safely to the third floor but slipped from the lower man’s control. The janitor says no guide rope was used to guide the chest into the wagon, and the process halted with an accident.
Tragic fall from chest leads to horse collision and death
A man failed to check the rope as a chest swung and toppled three stories. It struck the ground, rolled onto a horse, felled the animal onto car tracks, hindering traffic. The horse died to end its suffering.
Reversed Flag Stops Business in Postoffice Square
A flag atop the federal building was found flying upside down by a blonde stenographer and sparked near an hour of fluttering activity in the Postoffice Square. Word spread quickly among the blonde sisterhood as offices paused. the Postmaster ordered the flag replaced after the alert.
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Postoffice Square
Federal Building
Mexico
Mansfield
Thoughts Have Color Claim by Mrs Randall at Metaphysical Club
Mrs William E Randall of New York delivered the sixth of a seven lecture series at the Metaphysical Clubrooms claiming thoughts have colors and emotions tint the soul aura influencing responses. She linked personality to dress and said mahogany surroundings tend to induce sensuality, noting mahogany red signals that trait.
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William E. Randall
New York
Metaphysical
New Parish Planned in Dorchester Field's Corner
Cardinal O Connell arrived back from Rome as Dorchester plans a new Catholic parish in Field's Corner. Mgr Peter Ronan of St Peter's Church offered 30 cents a foot for land in Gibson street water service yard, about 21 20 square feet, assessed at 30 cents a foot. Mayor Curley will seek council approval to sell and consolidate water and sewer yards to enable the sale. Proceeds would fund city debt reduction under the new ordinance.
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Field’s Corner
Dorchester
Cardinal O'Connell
Rome
Mgr. Peter Ronan
St. Peter's Church
Curley
Gibson Street
Mer. Rowan
Rose color and second coming themes in Mrs Randalls talk
Mrs Randall in a recent interview presented New Thought ideas on color meanings and the second coming of Christ. She linked rose to purity and affection, red to power and anger, pink to spiritual love, blue to aspiration, green to maternal instinct, yellow to intellect, and warned that thoughts shape life outcomes including wealth or poverty.
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Edison
God
Christ
Prizes Awarded in Fine Arts at School of the Museum
Six advanced students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts won prizes for drawing painting and design in a special competition funded by Mrs J Montgomery Sears and Dr W S Bigelow. First to third prizes in drawing and painting went to Earl Edward Sanborn Una Gray and Marion L Pooke. In design the top three were Miss Elizabeth B Lee George C Sturtevant and Miss Eliza S Bott with Miss Maria G Webber's central panel commended.
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts
J. Montgomery Sears
W. S. Bigelow
Department of Design
Earl Edward Sanborn
Una Gray
Marion L. Pooke
Elizabeth B. Lee
George C. Sturtevant
Eliza S. Bott
Maria G. Webber
Hamburg American Lines Record Cargo From Boston Pier
Hamburg American Line ships Cleveland Rhaetia and Boheme sailed to move 36000 tons of freight from the Commonwealth pier. The port’s freight handling proved adequate and the line’s Boston service began 20 days earlier than last year. New England representative A von Schroeder is praised.
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Boston
Cleveland
Rhaetia
Boheme
Hamburg-American Line
Commonwealth Pier
New England
A. von Schroeder
Adamson's Balsam Advertised as Cure for Cold
A period advertisement warns against trifling with a cold and asserts Adamson's Balsam will cure it, urging readers to trust this remedy. The terse copy emphasizes quick relief and the product’s effectiveness for common cold symptoms.
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Adamson
Teamster Jumps to Death in Harbor
John J. Shea a 40 year old widower leaped from the rear of the New England Confectionery Company plant on Summer Street South Boston. Timothy Sheehan tossed a plank to aid him but Shea pushed it away. Pearl Sargent and William W. Polk attempted rescue but failed.
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John J. Shea
New England Confectionery Company
Summer Street
Boston
Timothy Sheehan
Shea
Pearl Sargent
William W. Polk
Death of Rev Peter B Shiere G A R Chaplain
The Rev Peter B Shiere retired Congregational minister died at his home 210 Elm St West Somerville after a three day illness He was 72 born Havre France educated at Kimball Academy Brown University 1870 Brown grad enlisted in the Eleventh Rhode Island Regiment later studied at Hartford Theological School He served as pastor in Chatham and Maynard and traveled widely He was a 35 year Somerville resident and served as chaplain of Willard G A R Post and Middlesex County G A R at his death.
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Peter B. Shiere
Elm Street
West
Somerville
Havre
France
Kimball Academy
Brown University
Place
Brown
Rhode Island Regiment
Hartford Theological School
Chatham
Maynard
Willard GC. Kinsley Post
Middlesex County
Quincy Goes Dry Licenses Held Up
Mayor Miller postpones issuing new pony express licenses as Quincy remains dry all day yesterday. Old licenses expired and the mayor has not signed fresh documents, leaving the town awaiting action.
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Quincy
Miller
Secret kept as ex Ppressmen retreat from business
The text notes a hidden arrangement while 18 former Ppressmen withdraw from normal trade activity. It hints at ongoing secrecy and reduced business among the ex workers.
Court Held In Woman's Home In Dorchester
A Dorchester court held a special session at 163 Talbot Avenue in the apartment of Mrs. Helen F. McGrath. Mrs. McGrath had charged her husband Joseph, 27, with non-support amid the wife’s illness. Judge William F. Merritt and Assistant Clerk Frederick E. Simmons presided. decision reserved.
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Dorchester
Dorchester Court
William F. Merritt
Frederick E. Simmons
Helen F. McGrath
Talbot Avenue
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Traveler Shoe Company
Washington Street
Col
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Washington St
Bacon’s
Mrs. Randall
Mgr
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Rose
Teamster
Harbor
P. B. Shiere
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Frederic J. Haskin
Col. Goethals
Suez Canal
Haskin
Riker-Jaynes
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Riker
Jaynes Drug Stores
Ito
Mail Order Department
Mass
Isthmian Canal Commission
Ernest Hallen
Canal Zone
National Geographic Society
Canal
G. Thomas Ritchie
Library of Congress
Howard E. Sherman
Goverment Printing Office
United States
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