Fatrolman Rescues Man From Mud At Mystic River
Fatrolman Michael J. Lynch of Charlestown saved an unidentified man from drowning in the Mystic River near Sullivan Square playground Saturday night. He heard a cry at the seawall and found the man 15 feet below as the incoming tide flowed toward the end of the wall. Lynch procured a boat and reached the Place, bringing the stranger ashore just as four men claimed him as a boarder from Robbins Street, Everett, and were allowed to take him home.
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Fatrolman
Michael J. Lynch
Charlestown
Mystic River
Sullivan Square
Lynch
Robbins Street
Everett
Fallen poles halt traffic on New Haven line at Canton Junction
A gale toppled two telegraph poles across tracks near the Viaduct bridge at Canton Junction, tying up north and south bound trains on the New York New Haven Harvard road for several hours today.
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Canton
New York, New Haven & Harvard Road
Canton Junction
Free Passes For Employees Wives Announced In New Welfare Move
President Theodore P. Shonts of the Interborough announces a December 1 pass card program for the wife of every employee who has served one month. The card provides free transportation on the employee's system as part of welfare efforts.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
The
Interborough
Woman killed in auto crash near Franklin New Hampshire
In Franklin New Hampshire on November 23 Mrs Lizzie Leavitt 65 was instantly killed when an automobile owned and driven by Harry Bennett of East Tilton bound for Saugus Massachusetts grazed a telegraph pole and threw her from the car. Bennetts mother in law sustained a fatal head injury. Two others were injured in the crash.
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Franklin, N. H
Lizzie Leavitt
Harry Bennett
East Tilton
Saugus
Mass
Leavitt
Bennett
Car Crashes in Saugus. Bennett and Mrs Philbrick Injured
Bennett and Mrs Philbrick were shaken but escaped the overturning auto when it struck a telegraph pole on Central street. Mrs Philbrick was taken to Franklin Hospital, Bennett to the police station and later released on $500 bonds to appear in court.
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Bennett
Josephine Philbrick
Saugus
Central Street
Leavitt
Philbrick
East Tilton
Fatal auto crash roils society circle near Ferncrest
A prominent socialite returning from Harvard Yale festivities collided with a car driven by Howard Weston of Aicwiveges Maine. Miss Mabel Clark and Miss Olive Bullock of Jamaica Plain were injured but survived. The other vehicle carried A. W. Spencer and an injured companion.
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Kiown
Ferncrest
Howard Weston
Aicwiveges
A.W. Spencer
Lowell Place
Arlington Heights
Mabel Clark
Olive Bullock
Wyman Street
Jamaica Plain
Weston
Boston
Cambridge
Newtowne Club
Portland
Safe Blow-Ins Crack Eliot Street Safe for $200 Haul
At 4 am a break in at Grass & Miller clothing makers on Eliot street yielded $200 cash from a damaged safe. Pierre Pomes, a baker living on Lagrange street near the rear areaway, woke and shouted, ending the quiet Sunday.
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Eliot Street
Grass & Miller
Pierre Pomes
Lagrange Street
Robbery at Eliot Street building ends with escape
Police investigate a tied theft at Grass & Miller on Eliot Street after robbers drilled holes in the outer safe door and blew it open with a charge. A lookout fled via a fire escape to a Washington Street shop window. Officers link the incident to two prior safe blows at nearby Union Furniture.
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Eliot Street
Grass & Miller Company
Pierre Pomes
Pomes
Theran
Washington Street
Lasrange
Grass & Miller
Grass
Roxbury
Yegigmen
Baker Pomes
Union Funiture Company
Jimmy
Union Furniture Company
Wealthy Buffalo man linked to fatal crash after party
The article reports a wealthy Buffalo financier involved in a fatal accident. He had been warned by authorities about speeding and threatened with suspension or expulsion by the dean of the Institute of Technology. The evening before the crash he hosted a party at the Ferncroft Inn and departed for Boston late at night with a woman.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Institute of Technology
Schoetlkopf
Ierncroft Inn
Boston
Furs, Dispute and Flight End in Scratches in Boston
A boast of owning the finest furs ends in a dispute among women's circle as to who accompanies a man back to town. Miss Clark and Miss Bullock suffer severe scratches and bruises while Spencer injures a knee and is shaken up. Schoellkopf escapes unhurt.
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Boston
Miss Clark
Miss Bullock
Spencer
Schoellkopf
Car Man Nabs Runaway Boys
In Woburn on November 23 a street railway motorman stopped two boys who jumped aboard his car and asked for a free ride to Boston. Police traced them to James I. OConnor 14 and James Eddy 10 of Somerville, who had escaped the Middlesex County Training School at Chelmsford last Saturday night.
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Portland
Boston
Wellington Bridge
Schoellkopf
Weston
Spencer
Arlington
Woburn
Billerica
Bay State Street Railway
James I. O’connor
James Eddy
Somerville
Middlesex County Training School
Chelmsford
Urges Jews to Become Citizens at Boston Mass Meeting
A mass meeting at Ohel Jacob Synagogue in East Boston urged Jewish citizens to naturalize. Prominent Hebrews asserted political and social recognition rests on strong organization and united action.
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Ohel Jacob Synagogue
East
Boston
Jews in East Boston Urged to Join Y M H A for Unification
A large East Boston assembly urged Boston Jews to join the Y M H A to unite efforts for naturalization and public influence. Judge A K Cohen and Abraham Alpert led calling for government representation and broader Jewish civic power.
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Boston
Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association
A. K. Cohen
Abraham Alpert
Bernard Vernon
Leo Isyers
Max Ul
City Hall
State House
In Charlestown Fire an Invalid Rescued from Second Floor
At 79 Cambridge Street Charlestown a three story building housing Mary McCabe’s grocery on the street floor caught fire just after 9 PM. William Wilson an invalid with Theumatium was saved from the second floor by Reserve Policeman Brown of Station 15 as flames and smoke hindered escape for all occupants.
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Willian Wilson
Brown
Station 15
Cambridge Street
Charlestown
Mary McCabe
John Green Wight Dies at Utica
John Green Wight a renowned educator aged 71 died suddenly in Clinton at his son Percy J. Wight’s home Hamilton College. He had just taken a long walk and death was due to over exertion. He previously served as principal of Worcester Classical High School Worcester Massachusetts.
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Utica
N. Y
John Green Wight
Ditt
Clinton
Hamilton College
Wight
Worcester Classical High School
Worcester
Mass
Masons Lay Corner For New St Andrew's Church
The corner stone of St Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church Orient Heights East Boston was laid by Everett C. Benton grand master of Masons of Massachusetts with Deputy Grand Master Herbert I E Fletcher and other officers. They were escorted to the site by Hammatt Lodge of Masons Fast Boston.
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St.Andrew’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Collins and
Bayswater Streets
Orient Heights
Boston
Everett C. Benton
Masons of
Massachusetts
Herbert IE. Fletcher
Leon M. Abbott
W. H. H. Soule
James Gleason
Milber A. Dykeman
Chauncy E. Peck
Horatio
D. W. Roberts
St. John's Episcopal Church
Benton
St. Andrew's Parish
Horton
Bush
Gleason
Te Grand Lodge
Grand Master of Masons
Readers per Bishop Letters in City Church Box
Readers heard letters from Bishop Lawrence and Bishop Babcock. In the copper box were placed items from St. John's and St. Andrew's churches including fair visitor lists church calendar the Church Militant East Boston papers the Boston Post and other city papers vestry, building committee tors and trustees of St Andrew's Mission names of architects and contractors current coin collection.
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Lawrence
Babcock
St. John’s
St. Andrew's
St. John's Fair
Church Calendar
Church Militant
East
Attempted Auto Theft in Boston Damages Car
A group of thieves tried to steal a $5000 touring car owned by Walton A. Green of the Boston Journal. They reached Water Street and evanshire street, crashed into a fire alarm box and electric pole, then fled after the damage. Earlier, a Brighton physician had his car stolen from Beacon Street in front of the Press Club.
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Walton A. Green
Boston Journal
Water Street
Water
Evonshire Street
Brighton
Press Club
Beacon Street
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Hear Ean
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Coats
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Masons
Grand Lodge
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Masterole Company
Cleveland
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Florida
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Skill Dental CO
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