Odd News Notes From The Steamship Dinedalehall Foretop
A lightning bolt struck the foretopmast of the steamship Dinedalehall and passed along the captain’s pipe. Mrs. Sarah Van Gender of Washington tells a judge Roger’s 13 would work, or his stepfather must. A new $50 cigarette manufacturing combine is announced after Tobacco evils are exposed by Hygiene Congress. A Russian infantryman’s conviction stems from a button found on trousers in a murder case near St Petersburg. The Department of Vericulture will defer beer questions to Congress after two years of debate.
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Sarah van Gender
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Department of Vericulture
Congress
Postal Savings Banks Boom Reports Boston Deposits and Withdrawals
Mansfield notes the Boston Savings Banks held 929230 in deposits on Oct 1 from 14180 people. Withdrawals totaled 406, making a cumulative 1335490 since Aug 1, 1911. September saw 7474 deposited and 1008 new accounts. withdrawals reached 48533.
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Postal Savings Banks
Mansfield
Boston Savings Banks
Boston Postal Savings Banks
East Walpole Post Office Safe Blown by Robbers
Night Watchman Richard McCabe and three masked men blew the East Walpole post office safe. The trio fled in a car after a revolver duel with McCabe, one likely wounded, as the incident interrupted bystanders and cut tree limbs in front of the building.
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Postoffice
East Walpole
Richard McCabe
Charles 8
Bird
No More Roosters for Hub Ends Rooster Voice in Boston
The Boston Board of Health bans roosters in the city, declaring the loud crowing of Bold Chanticleer a relic of the past. The action marks the end of rooster sounds in this portion of the city as officials sign the death warrant.
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Chanticleer
Herald
Boston
Board of Health
Rooster Battle Looms As Boston Board Grants Henkeeping Licenses
Mayor Fitzgerald faces pressure as Boston passes a health order allowing hen keeping within approved enclosures. A 3 cent license from Oct 1 to Oct 1 is required, with roosters briefly framed by a tongue in cheek bulletin noting the mayor claims his rooster has had its tonsils removed.
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King
Fitzgerald
Boston
Board of Health
Bulletin
Woman hit by auto truck on Massachusetts Ave site
Emily Smith, 47, living at 77 Appleton Street, was struck while crossing in front of 193 Massachusetts Avenue yesterday afternoon. The vehicle was an automobile truck driven by Walter I. Rollins of 50 Blue Hill Avenue. She was taken to City Hospital.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Emily Smith
Appleton Street
Walter I. Rollins
Blue Hill Avenue
Miss Smith
City Hospital
Laborer Crushed Between Coal Cars in Accident
Pasquale Ragino, 28, a laborer with the New York New Haven railroad, was crushed between coal cars in a fatal or serious industrial incident. Police and railroad officials investigated the scene and a formal report is pending.
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New York
New Haven
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