Two Escape In Explosion At Malden Dye Works
Two Boston Dye House employees at the corner of Eastern avenue and Main street Malden narrowly escaped serious burns after a naphtha machine exploded at noon. Flames swept the machine room but were confined to that area. The men, alone in the room, fled as a spark ignited naphtha fumes causing a fireball. Firemen extinguished the flames with only minor property damage from smoke and water.
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Boston
Eastern Avenue
Main Street
Malden
Prowler Arrested Near White House by Police
A man who gave the name Clyde Wrythers and an address in Washington was arrested by the White House police force while prowling in the shrubbery south of the White House early today.
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Catchman
White House
Washington
Clyde Wrythers
Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil Introduced by Kellogg's
Pure castor oil is now tasteless and odorless thanks to Spencer Kellogg & Sons refiners. The purified product works better and is gentler on the stomach, making it easy for children to take. Sold in 25c and 50c bottles, labeled Kellogg's with a green castor leaf and the Buffalo, New York refinery mark.
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Spencer Kellogg & Sons
Kellogg Mills
Kellogg
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc
Buffalo
N. Y
Bulkeley Sought Records in New Haven Bond Fight
The Supreme Court case over the 67 million New Haven bond issue faced a setback as Judge Sheldon ruled that the hearing evidence would not be sent to the full court. Petitioners argue the record lacks definite findings of fact and seek admission of more testimony, while opponents defend the commission’s broad evidentiary discretion and aim to preserve швид financing avenues for large corporations.
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New Haven
Sheldon
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Commission
Bulkeley
James F. Jackson
James M. Swift
Charles F. Choate, Jr
Edward D. Robbins
Prouty
Charles F. Choate Jr
Railroad
New Haven Company
Train kills boy on South Boston tracks
A 13 year old boy, Zysgunt Trawirski of 2 Boston Street, South Boston, was struck and killed by an inbound freight train while running along railroad tracks under the Dorchester Avenue bridge yesterday at noon. He and companions were collecting half burned signal sticks. the boy died instantly when hurled against the bridge. The other boys escaped injury.
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Dorchester Avenue
Boston
Zysgunt Trawirski
Boston Street
Hodgkins Funeral Held in Cambridge
The funeral for G. Harry Hodgkins, longtime athlete, was conducted yesterday afternoon at his home 120 Berkshire Street Cambridge with many attendees including Mt Olive lodge Masons Cambridge Lodge Elks and members of the B A A. Rev Francis L Beal of the Church of the Ascension led the services. burial followed at Cambridge Cemetery.
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G. Harry Hodgkins
Berkshire Street
Cambridge
Mt. Olive Lodge
Masons
Cambridge Lodge
Elks
Francis L. Beal
Church of the Ascension
Cambridge Cemetery
Children’s Aid Society reports caring for 2210 children 400 placed
Boston’s Children’s Aid Society released a year end report showing 2210 children aided across its departments and 400 placed in good homes in New England. The group spent 57 325.77 on supervision and maintenance while noting legislation and immigration issues shape private social work and community needs. Officers elected include Horatio A. Lamb as president and I. Tucker Burr as treasurer.
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Boston
Children’s Aid Society
New England
Massachusetts Commission On Immigration
Horatio A. Lamb
Henry Co. Pickering
Charles G. Ames
Jeffry R. Brackett
George A. Gordon
D. D
William Lawrence
Francis G. Peabody
Walter C. Cabot
Robert B. Stone
I. Tucker Burr
Cambridge Couple to Wed on Thanksgiving Day
Miss Alice E Fitzgerald of Cambridge will marry William R Mahoney private secretary to General Hugh Bancroft of the Port of Boston at St Pauls Church Harvard Square on Thanksgiving Day. Mahoney has long been active in militia circles and served with the adjutant general at the State House. The engagement was announced a year ago and the date was set recently.
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Alice E. Fitzgerald
Cambidge
William R. Mahoney
Cambridge
Hugh Bancroft
Boston
Benedict
William F. FitzGerald
Hammond Street
St. Paul's Church
Harvard Square
Youthful robbers sentenced in Manchester court
Ralph E. Howard 22 Ray A. Howard 17 and Walter J. McKinley 19 were jailed for one year for carrying concealed weapons after being accused of planning a $50,000 hold up of Orrin Clark near Derry, New Hampshire. Police set ambush, deputies arrested them as they approached the Clark home.
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Manchester
N. H
Ralph E. Howard
Ray A. Howard
Main Street
Haverhill
Walter J. McKinley
Amesbury
Orrin Clark
Derry Road
Judge Center
Ralph E
Bernard Fitzgerald
Washington Street
Derry
Clark
Steamship Lines May Be Merged
John S. Emery & Co announced it was appointed manager of the Harper Transportation Company succeeding William Harper Jr. Many expect consolidation of the two lines though both planned independent Pacific canal ventures. Harper Jr resigned to focus on Boston & Virginia Transportation, which plans Boston Pacific service with two new steamers and more under consideration.
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John S. Emery & Co, Inc
Harper Transportation Company
William Harper, Jr
Harper Company
Emery Company
Boston & Virginia Transportation Company
Harper
Miss Ryan Responds in Suit for Breach of Promise
Miss Elizabeth M. Ryan of New Haven, suing Harry Mansfield of Ferncroft Inn for 50000 dollars, says in answer to interrogatories that the promise to marry was both expressed and implied and repeated orally on several occasions in Suffolk Superior Court.
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Elizabeth M. Ryan
New Haven
Harry Mansfield
Ferncroft Inn
Suffolk Superior Court
Woman Says Promises to Marry Referred in Writing and Speech
Woman testifies that the defendant repeatedly promised to marry her both in letters and in conduct while the man denies any promise. She cannot give exact dates for the promises, but says the plan to wed was discussed among mutual friends, notably in July 1908 at a hotel.
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Mansfield
Promised Marriage Delays and Witnesses Names Refused
In New York and abroad the case concerns Mansfield pressuring witnesses for a marriage promise. Miss Ryan declines to name witnesses without court order, citing fear of harassment and notoriety. She accuses Mansfield of failing to keep his promised marriage since the original pledge.
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Manhattan
New York City
Ferncroft Inn
Bermuda
Monte Carlo
Mansfield
Miss Ryan
Lennox Dies at Lynn Home
Patrick Lennox, eight year old member of a notable Lynn leather and morocco family, died at his Lynn residence. He served as a director of the National City Bank of Lynn and was an early financier of the Thomson Houston Company of Lynn, now General Electric. The Lennox firm P Lennox & Son collapsed in 1907 for $2,000,000 with a 25 percent creditors’ payout. personal creditors of Patrick and son James T. Lennox were paid in full.
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Patrick Lennox
National City Bank of
Lynn
Lennox
Thomson, Houston Company
General Electric Company
P. Lennox & Son
92 and Still a Police Man
Oliver Houghton former Weymar chief of police celebrated his 98th birthday yesterday. He is described as the oldest police officer in the country with many officials and friends congratulating him. He is said to be healthy and to continue serving on his 14th anniversary. A 1612 mile tunnel through the Caucasus to connect the Baku and Russian railroad systems is proposed.
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Oliver Houghton
Weymar
Ananv
Pri
Caucasus Mountains
Baku
Russ
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