Missing Tucker witness John Watt vanishes from South Acton case
John Watt labeled the Tucker reward case witness disappeared from Mrs. Lothrop's estate in South Acton after a morning letter and a claim of a Boston job offer. He had been hired to guard a horse and barn, had recent salary payments, and told of information about the murder near the Page home.
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John Watt
Tucker
South Acton
T. C. Lothrop
Watt
Vals
Lothrop
Henry Peterson
Industrial Aid Society
Weston
Page
Boston
Page House
Peterson
Hawkins Street
Fire destroys Eastport sardine plant. 100 workers left jobless
Eastport Maine October 6 a fire wiped out the Wastport Sardine Company plant with 30 000 in building and fixtures and 10 000 in canned sardines ready for shipment. The loss totals 40 000 and nearly 100 workers are left unemployed as flames are believed to have started around the smoke stack.
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Eastport
Wastport
Black River Falls Flood Destroys Large Part of Town
The Black River at Hatfielddam caused a wave that swept through Hatfield and the La Crosse Water Power Company embankment. Half of Black River Falls business area, part of the residential district, is destroyed and residents report the town may be wiped out.
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LA Crosse
Wis
Black River Falls
Black River
Destruction in Tremon as Flood Destroys Town Housesh
Reported tonight that two persons are missing with floods still rising. Between 2 and 30 business houses and equal number of houses were destroyed on two streets. The Tremon Hotel, a three story building, was the first to collapse as debris swept away.
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Tremon
Hub Engraving Co Fined for Union Label Violation
Boston labor union officials celebrated after the Superior Criminal Court found Hub Engraving Company on Summer Street liable for using an improper union label. Judge Duff fined the company fifty dollars, a payment that was made in court.
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HUB Engraving CO
Boston
Hub Engraving Company
Summer Street
Superior Criminal Court
Duff
Gray Co. Great Black Suit Sale
Black sale advertises a $20 suit for 9.90 featuring gray co branded vicuna anita made from pure Australian wool with heavy black lining. Shown at Gray Co. Wi ado location with emphasis on high-class menswear.
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Society
Boston
Rochester
New York
Henry Siegel
Chicago
N. Y
McGraw, Benjamin & Hayes
Hancraft
F. Gray Co
Gray Co
Winter Blues Ahead in a Maudlin Frightful Forecast
A satirical verse forecasts a harsh winter bringing influenza and blizzards. It humorously contrasts the public’s winter woes with the longing for summer, mentioning buying coal clothes drugs and the irritation of pests. The piece parodies seasonal fears in a dated 1911 tone.
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Winter
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Governor's Day Ends Big Brockton Fair
Governor Foss and Lt Governor Frothingham join Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston as 50 000 gather for Brockton Fair finale Beachey performs in the air while chariot races thrill spectators Atwood earns cheers and a horse dies in the final race in the show ring a rider breaks a leg during jumping contests Mme Calvert sings The Star Spangled Banner as the crowd rises Mayor Fitzgerald cites a sore throat and declines to sing
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Brockton
Foss
Frothingham
Fitzgerald
Boston
Beachey
Clarence de Mar
Atwood
Mme. Calvert
Sweet Adeline
Pablo Overcoats Offer At F. Gray Co
Don't pay fancy prices. We show the largest stock in Boston. English keys worth $2000 priced at 9.90. Satinined finish. See them in our windows at F. Gray Co. Washington and Hanover.
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Boston
F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
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Springfield
U.S. Cavalry
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Snow & Son
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