Seven Made Orphans In Trolley Car Crash At Newton
At 33 Thurston road Newton Upper Falls the bodies of Mr and Mrs Henry Batey were killed when their carriage was struck by a Boston and Worcester trolley car. Their seven children Dorothy Helen Etta Margaret Charlie Thomas Robert aged six to twenty three were left orphans with no relatives in this state. The family had moved from England to Scotland then to Saxonville before settling in Newton. The incident occurred near Boylston and Hartford streets Newton Highlands. Motorman Thomas Quinn and conductor Justin Starkie were on board. police could not interview Quinn yet. Mrs Batey’s brother David Welsh was notified in Philadelphia and was expected to arrive.
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Batey
Thurston Road
Newton Upper Falls
Henry Batey
Boston
Mr. Batey
Driv
Wallace MacMullen
Happiness in Town as John Quits Drinking
A reader proclaims joy in a small town setting, celebrating John quitting alcohol and returning to his former self. The note expresses broad happiness and a hopeful view of the world as a result of his abstinence.
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John
Life Saving Station Planned for Appledore Coast
The U S government establishes a life saving station on Appledore Island to cover 31 miles of rocky coast from Portsmouth to Biddeford Pool and the Isles of Shoals reefs. The new station will supplement the inadequate prior aid from Jerry's Point and cover a wide stretch seen from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise.
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United States
Appledore Island
Portsmouth
Biddeford Pool
Appledore
Isles of Shoals
Cape Ann
Cape Porpoise
Atlantic
Jerry’s Point
Birkmyer
Miramichi
Arno
Henrietta
Flying Fish
Wleanor
May
Spray
Clad Crown
Cecilia
Pilot
Breeze
Sarah FE. Babson
Sylph
Newsboy
Billow
Pinafore
Mermaid
Tragabigranda
Bramhall
Eliza B. Campbell
Seine Flood Deluges Paris Suburbs and Regions
The Seine rises after heavy rains swelling its tributaries. Paris river traffic halted as many suburbs flood. The Maerthe and Moselle valleys flood, driving 1500 from Nancy homes and forcing factory closures across flooded areas.
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Paris
Seine
Francs
Nancy
Moselle
Church Paper Loses Props Under Mission Board Decision
The General Committee of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York decided the Christian Republic must go subscription or be abolished. It currently circulates free, with a $140,000 cap for all publications. A proposal to merge it with World Wide Missions failed after two years of consideration.
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New York
Board of Home Missions
Church Extension
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Republic
World Wide Missions
Foreign Missionary Board
Hungarian Youth Detained Over Rockefeller Blackmail Letter
Peter Lillijohn a young Hungarian is held on a technical charge of attempted blackmail after detectives arrest him for writing a threatening letter to John D Rockefeller demanding $50,000. Hugo Kardoff says he received three letters from Lillijohn including one to Rockefeller.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Peter Lillijohn
Hugo Kardoff
Lillijohn
Mr. Rockefeller
Kardoff
Standard Oil
Free Marshall Bail Cut in Bank Misuse Case
After four months in Charles Street jail on aiding and abetting George W. Cole in misapplying National City Bank of Cambridge funds, government lowers bail from 10000 to 1500. Mrs. Marshall to secure release. trial date unsettled pending Kelcher case rulings.
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John R. Marshall
Charles Street
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Marshall
Philadelphia
Kelcher
Powers Will Notice Lisbon
Washington, Nov. 11, The State Department reported a cable from Henry T. Gage saying Britain, Italy, France and Spain told Portugal's provisional government they are ready to transact business. They have not recognized the republic, only de facto control. The United States will not recognize the republic until it proves stability.
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Washington
State Department
Henry T. Gage
United States
Portugal
Great Britain
Italy
France
Spain
Portugual
Gage
Meat prices fall in Worcester with broad cuts
A Worcester despatch reports a sweeping meat price drop not seen in over two years. Local prices mostly under Boston levels, with Worcester reductions led by chickens from 26 12c to 25c and pork chops from 28c to 20c, roast beef 20c to 18c, sirloin 35c to 32c, and lard 17c to 16c.
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Worcester
Boston
Miners killed and injured in Shoal Creek mine explosion
In Panama Montgomery county four miners died and 10 were injured in an early morning explosion at the Shoal Creek Coal Company mine. About 360 men were underground and 50 workers in the affected section were rescued by fire and heat in the mine.
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Hillsboro, Lib
Shoal Creek Coal Company
Panama
Montgomery County
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Newton
Joan
Dr. J. W. Haines Company
Glenn Bldg
Cincinnati
Ohio
John D
Powers
New England
Marion Hiltz
Bartlett St
Roxbury
Greater
Stein-Bloch
Society
Henry Siegel Co
Saturday Evening Post
Stein-Bloch and
Sporting Goods
Jack Rogers
Harvard
Dartmouth
Wright’s
9&C
Wright
Ullman
Phoenix Knitting Works
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Heenry Seng
Wadler & Ziegler
21St
America
Boston and Worcester
Valencia
Caracas
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