Fire Records Major Ashland Loss in Maine Blaze
A large Ashland Maine fire destroyed one third of the business district. Nine wooden buildings including the Ashland House hotel and the Loane Opera House burned, with an estimated $100,000 loss. No injuries. limited outside help due to fire facilities and distance.
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Ashland
Ashland House
Loane Opera House
Presque Isle
Aineman
E.F. Daniels
Main Street
Main and Exchange Streets
A. Koslosky
W. W. Loane
J. Woodside Loane
J. F. McGuire
Opera House
Shepard Sale Report Dismissed Providence Business Retained
Denial issued yesterday denying a report that John Shepard Jr sold his Providence business. He retains the Shepard Company of Providence and all shares in the Shepard Norwell Company of Boston.
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John Shepard, Jr
Providence
Shepard Company of
Shepard Norwell Company of
Boston
Cotton Duck King Courts Marie Winthrop Ward in Scandal
New York today reports Miss Marie Winthrop of Groton Mass a famed breeder of bull dogs is drawing the attention of 55 year old Thomas M Turner the so called Cotton Duck King whose second wife just divorced him. Turners ward term is questioned as relations with the heiress escalate while legal and social circles watch if adoption papers exist and whether the Brooklyn heiress is involved.
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New York
Marie Winthrop
Groton
Mass
Thomas M. Turner
Cotton Duck King
Turner
Helen Blair
Chicago
Conrad & Co Celebrates 27th Anniversary in Boston Store
The Conrad & Co firm marks 27 years since opening in Boston and six years at its Winter street building. Sales have more than doubled since moving here, with record daily takings during the anniversary sale week. David Conrad, founder, is 82 but remains deeply interested as customers flood the store for special offers and new conveniences.
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Conrad & Co
Winter Street
Boston
David Conrad
Goldberg brothers face trial over alleged jewel theft
The trial of Joseph and Jacob Goldberg, recently extradited from Austria, for larceny of $15,000 in jewelry from Boston jeweler Samuel Allian begins Tuesday. Their counsel sought a one week delay to locate witnesses, but the request was denied.
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Goldbergs
Joseph
Jacob
Austria
Samuel Allian
Boston
Rattigan
Woman Reveals Simple Method To Remove Superfluous Hair
Kathryn Firmin describes a new treatment claimed to remove facial neck and body hair without painful needles or lasers. She cites trials and endorsements from testers and a French chemist, promising permanent results and softened, whitened skin.
Life nets save dozen from death in Boston blaze
Boston firemen used life nets yesterday morning at 38 Athens Street South Boston to rescue over a dozen people trapped in a burning building. The stairs were filled with flames and smoke after escape routes were cut off, forcing residents to leap from windows into the nets.
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Boston
Athens Street
Fire Awakens Mrs Lizzie Baxter at Home
Mrs Lizzie Baxter on the top floor awoke to crackling flames and engulfing smoke that filled her room. She quickly grabbed her husband and infant as they fled to safety in the smoke filled house.
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Lizzie. Baxter
Heywood
Goodyear West
McKay
Walton
Courageous Act of Mrs Baxter in House Fire
A mother shielded her months-old baby by leaping into a fire net after flames engulfed a residence. Captain Richardson ordered the net as Mrs Baxter urged her husband to follow. Firemen saved the family and extinguished a second blaze from clothes behind a stove, causing about $2000 in damage.
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Engine 15
Captain Richardson
Mrs. Baxter
American roads best says Brown
New York October 6 President William C Brown of the New York Central declared American railroads superior to Britain's He cited higher British carrying rates and wages at about 60 per cent of American levels He noted Britains strike was handled well by government and railroads while warning labor there is waking to its power
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New York
Great Britain
William C. Brown
New York Central
Europe
Brown
England
No Japs Left at Newport Quietly Noted
Newport Rhode Island October 5. Unusually note that in recent months Japanese servants of navy officers stationed here have disappeared one by one until now not a single servant of that nationality is employed here.
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Newport, R. L
Navy
Japanese Presence in Newport Draws Military Notice
A year ago many Japanese were seen around Newport in marketing areas and near fortifications. One servant was caught by a navy officer for sending home reports to Japan, was dismissed, and it is believed most Japanese were ordered to move.
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Newport
Navy
Japan
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Miss Winthrop
Miss Blair
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Westminster Kennel Club
Mary Winthrop
Goldberg Brothers
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