Cape Cod Newsful Sunday Post Dominates Cape Relay Race
Provincetown reports record arrival times for the Sunday Post by relay tricycle from Middleboro to Provincetown covering eighty five miles in nine hours and twenty one minutes. The Post outsold the Herald and Globe, with 70 Post copies and 37 Globe copies sold in town, while crew members and the Newport train relay drew crowds and cheers.
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Provinceton
Post
Sunday Post
Sunday Herald
Sunday Globe
Provincetown
Cape
Sanborn
Newport
Middleboro
Gunfisé
Burgard’s Bay
Yarmouth
Orleans
Herald and Globe
Sandwich
J. Harvey Dearborn
A. L. Putnam & Co
Herald-Globe
Will Baker
Death by Chloroform Shocks Medford Family
Waldo H Brigham 23 employed by Acme Extract Co at 127 Summer Street Medford died after inhaling chloroform in his Boston office His despondency had troubled him and he left home Saturday evening for work then never returned The body was found at 127 Summer Street with the bottle still present Medical Examiner Draper ruled death by inhalation and interment was arranged for Medford.
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Waldo H. Brigham
Acme Extract Company
Summer Street
Brigham
Bummer Street
Medford
Boston
Gaskin
Division 4
Jones
Lagrange Street
Draper
Man Behind Alias Claims Kinship to Canadian Chief Justice
Under an alias, the man who killed Cook Joy Melisop says he is a nephew of Canada’s Chief Justice Jonason. He asserts this relation to gain leverage and attention in court proceedings.
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Cook Joy Melisop
Says He
Jonason
Canada
Runyan identity claimed by Boston killer in kitchen
A Boston killer, unknown by Johnson, claims to be a nephew of Chief Justice Johnson of the Supreme Court at Ottawa. Evidence suggests Runyan used an assumed name, came from Montreal, and worked at the Davis Street Home before stabbing a cook. The murdered man Joseph Mellsop, 52, left behind a family in Cambridgeport and Worcester.
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Johnson
Supreme Court of Canada
George Johnson
Joseph Mellsop
Davis Street
Inap
Somerville
Supreme Court
Ottawa
Beleve
Ermont
Post
Montreal
Runyan
Bunyan
Boston
Washlington Street
Roberts
Elmira
Todd
Joiner
Mellsop
City Hospital
Alleen
Meltser
William C
Henry Blewett
Leverett Street
Sidney Street
Cambridgeport
Elliot
Joe
Worcester
Joe Mellsop
William
Lawrence
Joe Melisop
Washington Street
Ingersoll on Lincoln at Boston Theatre
Robert A. Ingersoll delivered a forcible lecture on Abraham Lincoln to a full Boston Theatre audience. He praised Lincoln as a unique figure, noted the Emancipation Proclamation, and contrasted Lincoln with other leaders while praising his moral and political stature.
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Boston
Robert A. Ingersoll
Abraham Lincoln
North
South
Lincoln
Bendonin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Oltaire
Thomas Paine
Robbery at L. L. Atwood's Drug Store Suspect Caught
William Palmer, 17, arrested in Pitysfeld for rifling the safe behind a Persian behind the back of the store. He repeated Sundays when a lone clerk attended. Today he was caught with $13.75 in the till and will be arraigned tomorrow.
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Pitysfield
William Palmer
L. L. Atwood
Almer
Palmer
Atwood
Elmer
Boston & Maine to cut train service and jobs
The Boston and Maine Railroad plans a sweeping reduction across divisions canceling about forty trains. Eight Western eight Eastern seven Lowell and others on remaining divisions will be dropped, saving over 3000 miles daily and cutting expenses by about $2000 daily. Managers also discharge all non essential workers amid a belief passenger and freight business will rise within two months.
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Boston & Maine
Dominion on Fire at Sea
The German steamer Markomannia reports the Dominion of the Dominion line caught fire on November 14 in the Atlantic between 48N and 41W. All cattle on board burned, carcasses cast overboard, and Captain Cross sustained a dislocated right arm while fighting the blaze. Crew members were rescued. repairs planned before continuing to Avonmouth.
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Halifax
Markomannia
Hamburg
Dominion
Domin Line
Montreal
Avonmouth
Eng
Cross
The
Cornell Instructor and Student Missing After Lake Rowing
L. 8. Merriam, an instructor at Cornell University, and Miss M L Yeargin, a student, went rowing on Cayuga Lake. Their overturned boat was found, and no trace of them has been found, with presumed drowning.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Merriam
Cornell University
M. L. Yeargin
Cayuga Lake
Channel Storm Devastates English Coast Across Calais to Dover
Descriptions detail a devastating Channel storm drowning hundreds near Calais and along the Kentish coast. Vessels driven ashore, piers damaged, and many ships reported missing or wrecked from Dover to Scotland. Survivors and officials report widespread destruction and cold, violent seas.
Rivalled Nutmeg Scheme Busted In Hartford Scam
John H. Plumb was arrested after arranging to sell for 20 cents on the dollar greenbacks produced by a machine he demonstrated. Two Burnside blacksmiths reported the tale to Sheriff Foley. The gang substituted brown paper for true money at delivery while another man, George Best, was nabbed for selling non existent railroad aid society ball subscriptions.
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Hartford
John H. Plumb
Burnside
Williams
Plumb
Best
Great Valley Rail Strike Grips Wyoming Division
Thousands fill Lehigh Valley station as labor strife escalates. Engineers and firemen join a looming nationwide dispute halting most trains on the line from Wilkesbarre to Sayre. Through trains may run tomorrow despite blockades and union prohibitions.
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Lehigh Valley
Wyoming
Costello
Wilkesbarre Rndies
Bernice
Jersey Central
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
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