Allies Wit in the Balkans and On the Somme Front
Despatches from Saloniki report Serbian gains on their home soil with seven towns captured. Allied forces also advance in the Macedonian front while Romanian success continues in Transylvania. German notes acknowledge retreat of Teuton-Bulgarian forces near Presha Lake. On the Somme, bad weather limited infantry actions to artillery duels.
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London
Transylvania
Saloniki
Presha Lake District
Somme
Milk Flood Rebutts Boston Milk Famine Rumors
Milk pours into Boston despite reports of a famine. Contractors claim supply remains steady and will continue, while New England Milk Producers' Association officials warn of a serious shortage in carloads today and tomorrow.
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Boston
Pattee
New Paéland Milk Producers’ Association
Quincy House
Evidence in Small Murder Case Points to Clock Fuse
Prosecutors examine clock portion of time fuse as key evidence in a small murder case. Investigators focus on mechanism to establish timing of the blast and link to suspect.
Expert Finds Body Covered With Resin In Murder Case
In Mountainview New Hampshire October 4 testimony on mechanism of a clock and time fuse used to set cottage ablaze may open tomorrow at preliminary hearing for Frederick L Small charged with killing his wife Florence Ilene Small. Prosecution may present life insurance policy, chemist report on torso parts, alleged phone wire cutting, and testimony from 10 witnesses. Also coverage notes McGraw’s Giants dispute over pennant race and potential managerial changes.
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Mountainview
N. H
Frederick L. Small
Boston
Florence Ilene Small
Charles S. Miles
Small
New York
National Commission
John J. McGraw
Giants
Brooklyn
McChawinnter
Jack Herzog
Ciants
Mbbet
Mate
Napoleon
Polo Grounds
St. Helena
Elba
Buck Herzog
McGraw
Chicago
Wilson cheered in Midwest during train tour
President Wilson, en route to Omaha for a speech, drew large crowds in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Working men shook his hand as trains stopped and he noted warm reception while discussing the eight hour railroad employee law.
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Chicago
Wilson
Middle West
Omaha
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
political stop links Wilson with Western Democratic leaders
Mr. Wilson met in Chicago tonight with Senator Walsh in charge of Democratic Western headquarters Senator Saulsbury of Delaware manager of the senatorial committee and other department heads. Several hundred persons including local politicians railroad men and not a—
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Mr. Wilson
Chicago
Senator Walsh
Democratic Western
Saulsbury
Delaware
Senatorial Committee
Priest Killed in Auto Upset Near Princeville
Father J S cheuets chancellor of the Peoria Catholic diocese was killed when the automobile carrying church figures to a confirmation ceremony turned over into a ditch near Princeville. Bishop M Dunne suffered a dislocated shoulder and Vicar General James V Shannon was slightly injured.
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Phoria
Serbian Advance Report Claims Strategic Romanian Rail Station
Special despatches state Kessali railway station has been occupied and the Toherna River crossed as Serbian forces advance. Bulgarians suffer a sanguinary defeat on Nize Mountain while retirement is said to be aimed at prepared positions.
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Kessali
Toherna
Nize
Roper Verdict Expected Today in East Cambridge Murder Case
The jury of 12 faces a lengthy decision on whether Albert J. Roper is acquitted or sentenced to the electric chair for his father’s murder. Closing arguments were made by defense counsel William H. Wilson and prosecuting attorney Major Robert L. Crowley. Roper declined to speak when asked to address the panel.
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Albert J Roper
Stevens
East Cambridge
William H. Wilson
Roper
Robert L. Crowley
Major Crowley
Albert J. Roper
Dying Man Beside Mountain Road Found Unconscious
Police and county authorities probe a mystery after Herbert W. Burnett aged 57, Adams resident and Savoy farmer, was found unconscious with a fractured skull beside the Accus Savoy mountain road at 4 PM.
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Herbert W. Burnett
Adams
Savoy
Accus
Brockton Gambling Raid Arrests 26 Guardians
In Brockton on October 4 a large squad of plain clothes officers closed what is described as the city’s largest gambling raid. Twenty six men, many believed from Boston, were arrested in an Emmett Street shack while others escaped through windows and doors. Four patrol wagons ferried the detainees to the station for arraignment on the charge of being present where gambling implements were found.
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Brockton
Boston
Emmett Street
Morris Plain Money Lending Ad Boasts 60 Percent Discount
An ad from a lending company offers loans to individuals of good character with steady employment without pledges or wage assignments. Repayments are in small weekly installments at 60 discount per year, citing an example of 8 discount and $100 investigation charge for a $50 loan. The Morris Plain operates in 11 cities and has loaned over $17 million to 150,100 people.
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United States
Injured man dies after buggy wreck near Savoy Adams
An injured man was taken to North Adams hospital after a crash on the Savoy Adams road. Police believe an automobile struck the buggy, hurling the driver and breaking the horse's shoulder before fleeing the scene. The brother Alph Burnett found the wreckage and, with the horse dying, located the injured man nearby. The hospital reported slim prospects for recovery.
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North Adams Hospital
Burnett
Alph Burnett
Savoy-Adams
Flo
Savoy
Adams
Burdett College Night School Opens in Boston
Burdett College announces the new night school program now open at 18 Boylston Street. Day students are admitted every Monday, expanding access to evening classes for local residents.
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Burdett College
Boylston St
Milk Arrives On Time At Charlestown Receiving Station
Post reporter visits the new milk receiving station at Charlestown and finds ample supply with no signs of abated shipments. Regular quantities arrive, dispelling famine rumors and filling the Public Gardens pond with milk.
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Charlestown
Boston & Maine Railroad
Post
Everett Boy Coming Back
Fred Marshall captain of Inverett High School football, who disappeared after being barred from playing for academic reasons, will return to Everett with Roy Marshall and George Babb today. Roy Marshall telegraphed that Fred agreed to come home and they will arrive this afternoon.
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Fred Marshall
Inverett
Rookwood
Everett
Charles Bruce
Roy Marshall
George Babb
Allenstown
Penn
Wakefield Closes Movies and Library to Children
The town shut all moving picture shows Sunday schools and the town library to anyone under 16 due to fears of infantile paralysis spread. The Green Wood School is already closed and the order also bars children from Baptist Congregational and Methodist churches in the area.
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Wakefield
Board of Health
Greenwood
New Order
Baptist
Congregational
Methodist
Hundreds of Cottages Burn at Hedding Camp Ground
Sixty small cottages at the Hedding Methodist campsite near Epping burned tonight, many wooden structures. total loss likely around 40000. Fire started in Dr. Ira Chase’s vacant camp and spread rapidly, threatening 300 houses before volunteers from Newmarket Exeter and nearby town helped extinguish after burning cottages east of Cass Avenue. Owners named include William Goodspeed Mrs Mary A Jones Walter L Fogg Thomas W Lane William Gerrish and Ss I Dawson. Camp had been used since 1862 and previously hit by fires in 1881 and 1906.
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Epping
Hedding Methodist Camp Ground
Ira Chase
Haverhill
Mass
Cass Avenue
Newmarket
Exeter
Broadhead
Adams
Perkins
Heddings Avenues
William Goodspeed
Somerville
Mary A. Jones
Medford
Walter L. Fogg
Boston
Thomas W. Lane
Amesbury
William Gerrish
Lynn
Ss. I. Dawson
Lawrence
Hedding
Escapee Moran Sought After Break From Concord Reformatory
Massachusetts reformatory guards halted roads from Concord Junction overnight to find John J Moran 26 from Boston who escaped yesterday afternoon. A £50 reward is posted. Moran is believed hidden in nearby woods with a search by guards and attendants surrounding the area.
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Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord Junction
Concord
John J. Moran
Boston
Moran
Reformatory
Defense Arguments On Back Door Lock In Case
The defence plans to prove the back door lock was secured from inside the door. They contend it would be impossible for Small to lock it from outside while the key remained inside the house.
Girl Who Stole New York: Court Suspends Sentence for Romance
Dorothy Korn holz, 21, admitted stealing 5000 from lace makers where she worked as bookkeeper. Judge Wadhams suspended sentence after a clerk, Harry Richard Mattison, presented a marriage license and pledged partial restitution with rest to follow.
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New York
Dorothy Kornholz
Court of General Sessions
Wadhams
Harry Richard Mattison
Second Regiment Faces Delayed Start At Border
The Second Regiment again delays its departure from the border as the Department of the South orders guards home in winter clothing. Soldiers had just been issued new cotton summer outfits less than 48 hours earlier.
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Columbus
N. M
Department of the South
Massachusetts National Guard Faces Transport Delays at Border
Western Massachusetts troops awaiting departure from a border base face a month long stay for woolen uniforms due to scarce winter gear and limited transport. Orders flip between hopeful and delayed as depot officials at El Paso await more cars while other regiments depart.
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Mexico
Funston
Massachusetts
el Paso
National Guard
Pennsylvania
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