Fire destroys Harvard House hotel in Gloucester blazes
A three story Harvard House fire on Main and Water streets in Gloucester killed one man, injured several, and caused $50,000 in losses. Rescue by Thomas C. Roberts, Henry Joyce, and Peter McDonald saved many guests as flames cut off escapes from 3:50 to 6.00. John La Fontaine died after leaping from the roof.
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Gloucester
Harvard
Main
Water Streets
Thomas C. Roberts
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Henry Joyce
Peter McDonald
Boston
John la Fontaine
Walter C. Johnson
A. Anderson
Dartmouth Street
George Powers
Zalario Giricinco
Edward Wallace
Wallace Parsons
Gamoire
del’ Nickerson
Eugene McEachern
David Hinckley
Daniel J.evons
Man shoots ex wife then kills himself on Harrison avenue
Alfred Britton 65 of 363 Tremont street attempted to kill his former wife Alice Carroll 35 of 5 Andrews street on Harrison avenue in front of City Hospital at 6 40 am. He shot her three times then turned gun on himself, dying at City Hospital morgue. The couple had a prior history including a Deer Island sentence and a decree nisi on cruelty and non support.
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Alfred Britton
Tremont Street
Alice M. Carroll
Andrews Street
Warrison Avenue
City Hospital
Worcester Square
Britton
Deer Island
Concord Street
Fish Found Alive Inside Ice Cake
This morning Sheriff Stewart discovered a two inch fish embedded in a cake of ice weighing about 300 pounds. He freed the fish into water where it swam again after thawing, having been cut from the block last January.
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Catsisies, Gs
Stewart
Series of Receptions for Catholic Club
The Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston will entertain as guests the upper classmen of Boston College tomorrow evening. On Saturday evening Dec 14 a reception will be given to the Catholic Club of MIT, and on Jan 18 the St. Paul’s Catholic Club of Harvard.
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Young Men's Catholic Association of
Boston
Boston College
Catholic Club
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
St. Paul's Catholic Club
Harvard
Will Institute A. O. H. Division At Houston Me
National Organizer George H. Sheehan travels to Houlton Maine to establish a new Ancient Order of Hibernians division on Sunday. County President Cummins accompanies him. Division 44 will host the national president William H. Cuddihey as toastmaster for the event.
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Houston
George H. Sheehan
TF Houlton
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Cummins
Division 44
William H. Cuddihy
Free gifts and prizes offered by Everyday Life Magazine
The notice invites readers to request a premium list and sample copy from the Premium Department at Everyday Life Magazine, 182 Main Street, Buffalo New York. It promises a full list of free gifts including money, fur coats for winter, plates, a tea set, and other prizes for a foolish verse contest and a novoplex puzzle solution, totaling $1000 in prizes.
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Everyday Life Magazine
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
Health of School Pupils Guarded by New Measures
A five member committee reports on the School Board’s health initiatives. It cites passage of a nursing act, home hygiene guidance, daily child health inspections, and expert commissions guiding lighted classroom design, lighting, desks, and play supervision. It highlights a new director Dr Thomas F Harrington and competitive appointment of athletic instructors. The city leads in national health efforts for schoolchildren.
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Committee of Five
Park Department
Thomias IF. Harrington
Boston
New Conn River Bridge Opens Replacing Toll Bridge
A stone bridge spanning the Connecticut River was formally opened to traffic in Hartford marking the permanent replacement for the 1895 toll bridge destroyed by fire. The bridge’s completion signals the end of toll bridges over the river and underscores its architectural and civic significance.
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New Conn
Heartford
Conn
Newngland
Connecticut River
Connecticut
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