Forest Fires Burn $20,000 In Maine Damage
Three fires raged across Wells and surrounding coast causing nearly 1000 acres of timber to burn. Three cottages perished and property damage is estimated at about $20,000. Fires stalled along the Wells turnpike and near Mouse Lane and Lord's Point on Kennebunk Beach. Names linked to owners include John Beane of Biddeford William F Hall of Marlboro and W F Tibbetts and brother.
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Wells
Wells Turnpike
Boston & Maine Western Division
Ocean
Mouse Lane
Sanford
Lord’s Point
Kennebunk Beach
John Beane
Biddeford
William F. Hall
Marlboro
Mass
W. F. Tibbetts and Brother
Annual Fox Hound Show Held at South Lincoln
The fourth annual show for fox hounds harriers and beagles will be held at South Lincoln on Saturday May 2 on the grounds of A Henry Higginson under the Masters of Fox Hounds Association of America. Entries close May 20 with Mr Higginson at South Lincoln.
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South Lincoln
A. Henry Higginson
Masters of
Fox Hounds Association of America
Mr. Higginson
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Said to Cure Cyst Tumor
A testimonial from Mars. May Fry of Lindley Ind claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound removed a four year cyst tumor after doctors advised surgery. The ad touts the remedy as a standard treatment for female ills and urges sick women to try it before hospital procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
May Fry
Lindley
Westinghouse and Bride Here on Saxonia
George Westinghouse Jr of Pittsburg and his English bride Miss Vio let Brocklebank arrived in Boston aboard the Cunard liner Saxonia from Liverpool with nearly 1600 passengers. They will live with the elder Westinghouse at Solitude in Pittsburg. The voyage also saw the funeral of Hans Hetland and medical cases including Edwin Smith's recovery after a ruptured hernia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Westinghouse, Jr
Pittsburg
Violet Brocklebank
Sir Thomas
Lady Brocklebank
Irton Hall
Cumberland
Eng
Liverpool
Westinghouse
United States
Englanh
David Macintyre
Smith
City Hospital
Rosamond Elliot
Virginia Frothingham
Frothingham
John Bradford Morrison
John Holmes Morrison
Wellesley Students Readmit Trousers in College Theaters
Wellesley College announces a change allowing female actors to wear male trousers for indoor dramatics, with bloomers reserved for outdoor barn performances. Barnswallows and college followers welcome the move as a partial victory with plans for new costumes and two classed stages next year.
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Wellesley
Paradise
Wellesley College
Barnswallow Society
Barnswallows
War as Antiquated Concept Promoted at Peace Society Dinner
Bishop J W Hamilton told the American Peace Society dinner that war is antiquated and a product of class conflict. He urged settling war versus peace through intellect ethics and spirit. Robert Treat Paine presided as about 200 attendees heard remarks from Beals Rosentwist Kaltenborn Yeh Mead and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
American Peace Society
Twentieth Century Club
Robert Treat Paine
Charles E. Beals
Chicago
Berger C. Rosentwist
Boston
Hans von Kaltenborn
Harvard Cosmopolitan Club
Yeh
Edwin D
Mead
Hugging Led To A Divorce In Malden Suit
Nellie Rowe and Guy Menut of Malden testified that two hours of afterwork hugging occurred in a factory where Menut is superintendent. Mrs Ella Menut sought a divorce accusing Rowe of alienating her husband. Judge Hardy ruled in favor of Mrs Menut ordering alimony and weekly support.
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Nellie Rowe
Guy Menut
Malden
Menut
Officer Lonergan
Hardy
Fast
Mr. Menut
Lonergan
Decrease in Deaths on Rail
Chicago reports a sharp drop in railroad fatalities for 1908 with 1952 fewer deaths than 1907. The 1906-07 fiscal comparison shows a 2173 or 43.4 percent decline, with passenger deaths down 570 to 292 and employee deaths from 4430 to 2535.
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Chicago
Slason Thompson
Bureau of Railway News and Statistics
Thompson
New England Takes Up Child Hygiene
The National Congress of Mothers executive committee concluded a two day Philadelphia conference and outlined plans for the national board meeting in Atlantic City on November 9 and 10. Reports show the child hygiene department is progressing, with work begun in Massachusetts and Providence among other places.
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Philadelphia
National Congress of Mothers
National Board of Managers of
Congress
Atlantic City
Massachusetts
Clemenceau Wins Postal Strike Vote In Chamber
Paris May 13 The Chamber of Deputies endorsed the government policy on the postal strike by 454 to 59 and affirmed that postal workers and other officials may not strike. The chamber then passed a separate vote of general confidence in the government, 365 to 159.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Chamber
Strikers Press On as Government Hints Plans
The strikers greeted the Chamber reprimand with a shrug, insisting it would strengthen unity and spur a large future surge. Authorities reportedly have other plans to offset growth, while by midnight no change was seen and strike sentiment appeared to weaken. If big progress is not made tomorrow, belief grows that the movement may fail.
Roosevelt Raps Tolstoi On Peace and Navy
Ex President Roosevelt debates Tolstoi in Outlook on Bryan and peace. He notes the 1908 platforms contained a dangerous plank on Asiatic labor and compares the naval issue as a defensive, ineffective navy. He says Tolstoi influences only weak and fantastical minds and has limited impact on action.
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New York
Roosevelt
Leo Tolstoi
Bryan
Party of Peace
Tolstoi
Men of
Army to Build Aerodrome Rivaling Berlin and Paris
General James Allen announced a forthcoming aeronautic field near Washington to rival Berlin and Issy-Les-Moulineaux. The Wright brothers are due in June to complete official trials by June 28, and will be honored by President Taft with gold medals in the East Room of the White House.
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Washington
United States Army
Berlin
Issy-Les-Moulineaux
Paris
James Allen
Aero Club of Washington
Allen
Wrights
Aero Club
Wright Brothers
Acro Club of America
Taft
White House
Jersey cow disrupts Cambridge traffic near Harvard Square
A Jersey cow ran amok around Harvard Square yesterday causing store panics and trolley delays. Spectators and students pursued the beast through the square before the owner corralled it in a rear yard.
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Cambridge
Harvard Square
John Harvard
University
Harvard
The Man Who Invented the Food Shot from Cia Guns
Professor Anderson describes a method to expand starch granules by blasting moisture with heat in sealed guns to create Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice. Kernels puff eightfold, remain in coat, and melt in the mouth as a popular cereal. The ad notes a million monthly sales and urges readers to try a package of each.
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CIA
Prof. Anderson
New York
Mars Habitable Propositions Spurred By Polar Ice Melt
The south polar cap of Mars shows two rifts observed by Professor Percival Lowell at Flagstaff. As Mars nears perihelion next August the retreat of the snow envelope may reveal a warmer climate and possible life in low forms. Melting snow implies 32 degrees Fahrenheit and raises questions about the glacial period and terrestrial origins debated for decades.
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Mars
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff
Earth
Torpedo Boat Tingley Is 1908 Pennant Winner
Washington May 13 report that the torpedo boat Tingley was the pennant winner for combined day and night practice in guns and torpedoes during the 1908 season.
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Torpedo Boat
Tingley
Washington
Lacey Named Brookline Superintendent Amid Tree Planting Drive
Daniel Lacey, 26, a Brookline native and longtime clerk in the streets office, was appointed superintendent at $1500 yearly. He will oversee tree planting and the extermination of gypsy and brown tail moths, while former Town Forester Perrin and committee members faced staffing changes.
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Brookline
Daniel Lacey
Asip Perrin
Ernest B. Dane
Perrin
James C. Bowditch
Emma Cummings
Europe
Mr. Lacey
William H. Wincoln Grammar School
Lisbon Earthquake Appeals Seek Aid Through U S Consul
Advices reaching the Port uguese consul Viscount de Valle da Costa note great distress after the April 23 earthquake near Lisbon. He is ordered to appeal to the American people for assistance. Costa will receive monetary contributions clothing and perishable provisions at the consulate 82 Hanover Street.
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Viscount de Valle da Costa
Lisbon
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Oxford
Madras
Percale
Batiste
Westinghouse and Bride
Saxonia
Hamilton
New England
ARMY
A. P. Anderson
Columbia University
Quaker Oats Company
Lacey
Bosto
Ime
Eernty
Seap
COCVA
St.Charles
Lta
Washington St
Friend St
Weyboscet Street
Providence
Main Street
Fall River
Williams Street
New Bedford
Brooklyn
London
England
N. B
Tal
U. mm
Wm. Read & Sons
Boston, Mass
Samuel Ward
Compan
Franklin St
Rexall
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
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