Eels Cause Water Service Woes in Somerville Area
The Somerville water department faced disruptions as eels entered service pipes, cutting water flow and hurting business. Prescott School suspended sessions due to an eel in the pipes, and the Boston and Maine railroad had locomotives and roundhouse facilities crippled until water workers removed eels from cisterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Water Department
Prescott School
Boston & Maine Railroad
Prison Point
Mystic Junction
Cuticura Ointment Ends Eczema Nightmare for Mrs Lewis
A Cambridge, Massachusetts woman describes severe eczema above the knee worsened by scratching. After trying carbolic salves and hazel, she found relief within a week using Cuticura Ointment and Soap, costing about 75 cents for full treatment.
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Whitney
Ave
Cambridge
Mass
W. E. Lewis
Cuticura
Dept.t
Boston
New Wrinkle Remover Claims Quick Half Hour Cure
An advertisement touts a home treatment that allegedly removes deep wrinkles and crow’s feet in about thirty minutes without plasters mas sage or injections. It promises a free trial and offers a commission for agents, urging readers to send 25 cents in stamps to Blanche Kershaw in Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Kershaw
Syracuse
N. Y
A. N
Drops Dead in New York
Bernard Donnelly, a member of John Donnelly & Sons, a leading billing and posting firm in the city, collapsed and died yesterday in New York after complaining of side pain at the Marlboro hotel. He died before reaching the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard. Donnelly
John Donnelly & Sons
New York
Hotel Marlboro
Donnelly
Heshad
Temporary subway detours through Massachusetts and Huntington avenues
Due to construction on Boylston Street, traffic on Newton Commonwealth Avenue and Chestnut Hill Ipswich Street is diverted. Park Street subway routes run temporarily via Massachusetts and Huntington avenues in both directions.
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Boylston Street
Newton Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill
Ipswich Street
Park Street
Massachusetts
Hunstington Avenues
Tennis Ace George Peabody Gardner Engaged
Harvard athlete and tennis expert George Peabody Gardner is engaged to Miss Rose Grosvenor of Newport and Providence. The wedding date is not set but planned for the early winter season. Gardner is a noted former intercollegiate champion and 1910 tennis captain.
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George’ Peabody Gardner
Harvard
Rose, Grosvenor
William’ Grosvenor
Newport
Providence
Gardner
Lowell
Harvard Corporation
President Taft Day Caps Brockton Fair With Record Attendance
President and Mrs Taft visited the Brockton fair in Boston day style drawing about 100000 spectators. Taft waved to crowds from his car while a Boston soprano led the Star Spangled Banner with a large band. Officials noted a record turnout and a non political visit amid horse races vaudeville and attractions.
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Boston
Brockton Fair
New England
Taft
Howard
John’ S. Kent
Charles Howard
The
Brockton Agricultural Society
Boston Clergy and Churches in Brief Community Notes
The article records multiple clergy movements and events in Boston and nearby: Rev. Clayton Wyand preaching to the deaf in New England with Sunday services in Boston and other cities. Rev. Clifton D. Gray leaving Dorchester to Chicago for editorial work. a farewell dinner for Dr Gray at the City Club. Britian churches invited Rev. O P Gifford to visit next winter. First Free Baptist Rally Week in Roxbury starting Sunday. Rev. James A Frangis to speak in the evening at Clarendon Street Church. Bradford parishioners plan a memorial tablet in Salem for the ordination of New England missionaries. the memorial site ties to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
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Clayton Wyand
IA. M
New England
Boston
Clifton D.gray
Stoughton Church
Dorchester
Chicago
The
Standard
First ‘Free Baptist Church
Roxbury
James A. Frangis
Clarendon ‘Street
First Congregational’ Church
Bradford
Salem
American Board,of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Bradford Common
Auction Sale of Symphony Seats Today
The final auction sale of season tickets for Symphony concerts begins at 10 this morning with $10 seats for Saturday evening performances. The seats include the last nine rows on the floor, the last five rows in the first balcony, and the entire second balcony. It should take less than two hours to sell the floor and first balcony, while second balcony seats are advised to bid by 11:30.
Train strikes wagon at Union Square crossing injuring eight
Eight persons were injured when a passenger train on the Hanover branch of the New York New Haven Hartford struck a wagon at Union Square crossing in Rockland. Six physicians treated the injured at a temporary hospital set up in the nearby station. Two people, Roach and Wade, were fatally injured and taken to Brockton hospital. Others returned home after treatment.
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Williams
Rockland
Hanover Branch
New York, New
Haven & Hartford
Union Square
Pital
Roach
Wade
Brockton
Brockton Train Wreck Injures Flagman and Town Residents
A Brockton incident left John Roach the flagman severely injured and several local residents hurt after a wagon was struck by an engine. Maguire, owner of the team, claims he did not see the flagman or hear the engine as the wagon was toppled onto Roach at a crossing protected by a flagman. Hospital reports list serious head and brain injuries with multiple concussions and fractures among victims aged 14 to 42.
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John Roach
Flagman
Siull
Brockton City Hospital
Harry Wade
Brockton City
Jerry Ryan
Daniel Lynch
Charles Wade
James McGrath
Te ‘Maguire
Charles “Cunningham
Cunningham
Brockton
Roach
Maguire
Brockton Fair
Nion Square
Cure for Unwanted Hair Claims Breakthrough At Home
A personal testimonial promotes a Japanese hair removal method that supposedly eliminates facial and arm hair in minutes without pain or skin damage. The sender, Caroline Osgood, offers free full details by mail for a two cent stamp, directing inquiries to New York City to Department 289 DD, 118 East 28th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Osgood
East 28Th ‘St
New York City
Danderine Hair Cure Promises Quick Lustrous Results
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a quick hair cleanser that removes dust oil and dandruff while invigorating the scalp. It claims immediate beautifying effects and, after weeks of use, new fine hair growth all over the scalp. A 25 cent bottle is suggested from druggists.
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Knowlton
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