Dentist Blamed by Policeman in 1914 Dental Malpractice Suit
Sergeant Frank A. Carter of the metropolitan park police testified in Superior Court that a 1914 dental procedure by Dr. William H. Riley in Chelsea led to a fractured jaw infection and ultimately a carcinoma diagnosis. Carter, 20-year veteran, says poor care forced his hospital surgery and 80 days off work.
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Frank A. Carter
Metropolitan Park Police
William H. Riley
Chelsea
Sisk
Carter
Park
Medford
Dr. Riley
Hugh Williams
Beacon Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Williams
Junior Red Cross picks committee for Boston auxiliaries
Miss Frances G Curtis elected chairman of the Junior Red Cross school auxiliaries for the Boston Metropolitan Chapter announces a twelve member committee. Walter Humphreys Frank V Thompson Oscar Gallagher Mrs David Scannell Miss Mary Winsor Rev A F Hickey Farnsworth Marshall Miss Jeanie Kendrick Curtis opens temporary offices on Mason Street with an office secretary to assist daily.
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Frances G. Curtis
Red Cross
Boston
American Red Cross
Walter Humphreys
Humphreys
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brookline
Frank V. Thompson
Boston Public Schools
Oscar Gallagher
West Roxbury
David Scannell
Scannell
Miss Curtis
Wilson
Red Cross Opens Full Day Dressings Workrooms
Mrs. Edwin S. Webster announced that the Commonwealth avenue surgical dressings workrooms of the Boston Metropolitan Chapter American Red Cross will operate 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m every weekday except Saturday when closing at 1 p m. The main rooms at 142 Berkeley street are led by Miss Louise Brown with room to accommodate 80 to 100 volunteers.
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Edwin S. Webster
Commonwealth Avenue
Surgical Dressings
Boston
American Red Cross
Surgical Dressings Committee
Boston Metropolitan
Berkeley Street
Louise Brown
Webster
Death for Murderers in Chicago Case
Nov 16. Harry Schwartz and Abraham Kramer, bandits, killed grocer Adolph Soldinger last July. They stole $3. A jury found them guilty and imposed the death penalty.
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Chmicago
Harry Schwartz
Abraham Kramer
Adolph Soldinger
Warning to Torchers Sparks Plymouth Herring Rift
Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner Orin D. Steele warned Plymouth harbor locals against the Boston Italians known as torchers who fish for herring by torchlight without licenses. Interpreters helped convey that permits are required or war measures may follow as tensions flare between Plymouth fishers and the Boston group. The Italians dispute licensing limits, and Plymouth lantern fishers grew enraged by the confrontation.
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Plymouth
Boston
Fish and Game
Orin D. Steele
Steele
Plymouth Fishermen Clash Sparks Nightly Torchlight Tensions
Armed Plymouth men say unlicensed fishermen have pursued them by torchlight and cast nets nearby, leading to hand to hand encounters and claims that fishing rights are being contested by force.
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Plymouth
Saikai Maru Loss: Million-Dollar Cargo Sinks En Route
Word reached Boston yesterday of the Japanese steamer Saikai Maru loss from Calcutta to Seattle with a $1,000,000 cargo of jute burlaps and tea. A burlap shipment valued near $100,000 consigned to downtown importers also disappeared with the vessel.
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Boston
Calcutta
Seattle
Urges More Infant Welfare Stations
Dr Grace Meigs of the Children's Bureau in Washington spoke at the Women's City Club in Boston urging more infant welfare stations and more child welfare nurses nationwide. She said college women will find a good field in this work.
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Grace Meigs
Children’s Bureau
Washington
Boston
Women's City Club
Mayor Probes Movie Prices Over War Tax Increases
Mayor Curley held a conference in his office to learn why theatre and cinema prices rose by five cents or more after the war tax. Theatre and movie managers cited higher costs from film and operations as an unavoidable burden while citizens questioned the justification of price jumps on 100 cent tickets.
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Curley
Barre Workers Get 20 Percent Wage Increase
Granite workers in the Barre district about 5500 employees will receive a 20 percent wage hike starting April 1, 1918. The raise is voluntary by the employers and announced tonight in Barre Vermont.
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Barre
Aviation Student Falls 800 Feet At Chanute Field
Charles B. Johnson of Rinco Oklahoma fell over 800 feet Thursday evening when his aircraft hit an air current at Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois He was an aviation student at Rantoul and came from Asbury Field in July Physicians said his injuries are serious but his recovery chances are good
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Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Charles B. Johnson
Rinco
Okla
Johnson
Asbury Field
Death of Captain Alfred A. Galiano of Hull
Funeral services for Captain Alfred A. Galiano selectman of Hull and noted steamboat captain will be held at Hull Methodist Episcopal Church. A charter Elks member, he saved 53 sailors with Hull Volunteer Life Saving Crew and earned a Congress gold medal for 1898 Portland storm rescues.
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Alfred A. Galiano
Hull
Main Street
Hull Methodist Episcopal Church
Quincey Lodge of Elks
Captain Galiano
Galiano
South Shore
Board of Selectmen of
Old Boston & Hingham Steamboat Company
Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company
Hull Volunteer Life Saving Crew
Congress
Gallano
Portland
Massachusetts Humane Society
Kansas City Steamer Believed Lost in September Convoy Break
Unconfirmed reports say the British steamer Kansas City is lost after breaking from her convoy in the September 5 storm while heading from England to the United States. Only Navy man aboard was J S A Muir, a first class signalman.
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Kansas City
England
J. S. A. Muir
Motor License Fees Revenue Forecast for U.S. and Massachusetts
A special legislative committee projects about 33 million dollars in annual motor vehicle license fees nationwide. Massachusetts alone is expected to collect over 2 million dollars this year from these fees.
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United States
Massachusetts
Austrians in Virginia Minn Murdered Over War Bonds
Three Austrians, a woman and two men, were killed in Virginia Minnesota for supporting Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives. Victims were Mr and Mrs Paul Alar and Peter Trepich, a boarder. Ax and knife wounds found. killer left note in Austrian dialect vowing similar acts against opponents of the Kaiser.
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Virginia
Minn
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Paul Alar
Peter Trepich
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Washington St
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