Seven Rescued After Sink of Boston Schooner Frank B Witherbee
Seven men were rescued after the Boston schooner Frank B Witherbee sank in a collision with the steamship City of Atlanta off Cape Hatteras. The City of Atlanta's lifeboat crew, led by First Officer L G Dalzell, saved the men who clung to a section above water. Three passengers aboard the City of Atlanta were women, including Mrs. E A Redmond of Lynn and Mrs. William M Peters and daughter Melba of Somerville.
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Cape Hatteras
Boston
Frank B. Witherbee
City of
Atlanta
Lewis Wharf
Witherbee
L. G. Dalzell
William M. Peters
Melba
Hamlet
Highland Avenue
Somerville
E. A. Redmond
Lynn
United States Navigation Authorities
S. A. Ellis
Ellis
Wiggins
S. C
United States
Ocean Steamship Company
Rogers & Webb
O'Connell
Arnold Dalzell
City of Atlanta
Harwich
Mass
J. Rabe
Norway
Walter Clark
Pennsylvania
James Thompson
New York
Eric Hansen
James Travers
Baltimore
William Donnelly
New Brunswick
Nantucket
Phippsburg
New York-Savannah
Savannah
Waltham
W. E. Peters
Melba Peters
ZEMO Shaving Aid Ad Promises Instant Relief
An old advertisement touts ZEMO as a miraculous skin remedy after shaving. It claims to calm rough skin, heal cuts, pimples, and irritation, and guarantees itch relief for conditions like eczema and rash. The 25 cent sealed bottle is sold by druggists and mailed by Rh W Mose Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zemo
Temo
Rh. W. Mose Medicine Co
St. Louise
Boston
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Praised by Walter Shiver
Walter Shiver of Hope Arkansas recounts relief from kidney disease after using Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. He credits the remedy with restoring his health and mobility and urges others with kidney troubles to try it, sworn by notary A V Ware on March 25 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Shiver
Hope, Ark
A. V. Ware
Notary Public
Prove What Swamp-Road Will Be For You Letter to Kilmer Co
A promotional letter from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York urges readers to request a free sample bottle and booklet on kidneys and bladder. It claims the sample will convince anyone and references Boston Daily Post. Regular sizes are sold at drug stores nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Gardner in S C Boston for Stars
In South Boston Congressman A P Gardner Republican candidate for Governor opened his campaign with a rally at the municipal building. He urged compulsory arbitration railroad labor eight hour day for women and urban colonization financed by the Commonwealth. Kinney pledged united support of the ticket.
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Bailiwick
South
Boston
A. P. Gardner
Municipal
Fourth
Dorchester Streets
Commonwealth
Gardner
Republican Party
Williams. Kinney
Ward 10
Remodelling Plans Chosen for St Pauls Cathedral
The Cathedral Chapter of the Episcopal Church selects Cram Goodhue and Ferguson of Boston and New York to redesign St Pauls Cathedral Tremont Street. Ralph Adams Cram will personally supervise the plans while he is in New York. Work is expected to begin in early spring.
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Episcopal Church
Boston
New York
Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tremont Street
Ralph Adams Cram
Bird promises books to boys during Massachusetts rally tour
Springfield dispatch reports Progressive Flying Squadron campaigns through Holyoke South Hadley Falls and Granville center. Two thousand two hundred people heard speeches as 110 mile day covered 14 towns. Bird offered to supply Theodore Roosevelt biographies to any boy who writes.
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Springfield
Holyoke
South Hadley Falls
Progressive
Massachusetts
Northampton
Boston Harbor
Bird
George P. Webster
Granville Center
State House
Mr. Bird
Jane Addams
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Miss Addams
Colonel Roosevelt
Runaway Boy in Maine Woods
William Hodgson Jr., 18, of Dorchester, left home Sept 28 with a companion and planned a trip to Maine. They went to New York, later returned, but Hodgson again started for Maine on a Christmas tree expedition, without reporting home.
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William Hodgson, Jr
William Hodgson
Pierce Avenue
Dorchester
Maine
New York
Hodgson
Man Mistakenly Takes Poison Substances In Error
James E. Mattie, 25, of 756 Parker Street in Roxbury, is listed as dangerous at City Hospital after mistaking corrosive sublimate tablets for his usual rheumatism remedy.
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James E. Mattie
Parker Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Ring Lost in Sewer Recovered After Five Hour Search
William Craine offers $15 to Boston sewer department to reclaim his $10 diamond ring lost near Boylston and Tremont. Eight men labored five hours at dawn. the ring was retrieved from the manhole after being loaned to vaudeville actor Louis Keene who wore it for luck.
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William Craine
Holyoke Street
City of Boston Sewer Department
Sewer Department
Craine
Boylston
Tremont
Louis Keene
Keene
Touraine
Ganz
William Km. Flynn
Bovlom
Busy Day at Boston Custom House Under New Tariff
The Boston custom house saw its busiest day ever as from 9 a.m. to close orders for imported goods were processed in bond. Receipts for the day are expected to exceed all records, with goods released under the old rate awaiting future adjustment. It is anticipated the new rates take effect today. On Saturday over $60,000 worth of goods were released, and officials believe several times that amount was released yesterday.
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Boston Custom House
Ellector
Pew
Custom House
Ancient and Honorable Artillery visits West Point
Two hundred members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston toured the Military Academy at West Point. They viewed the post, observed artillery and infantry drills by cadets, and departed for Albany on a 5 30 p m special train.
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West Point
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Boston
Military Academy
Albany
Boston Public Schools Enrollment Reaches 203,273
The city’s public schools enroll 203,273 pupils per superintendent Dr. Franklin B. Dyer, up 3,022 from last year. East Boston and North End drive the increase, while Brighton Dorchester and West Roxbury report normal gains. The board names new schools after Archbishop Williams, Dr. Dwight, and John D. Philbrick, approves an industrial school site near the Museum of Fine Arts, and accepts a retail sales class quarters offer.退休 teachers include Estelle Williams Helen Waterman Lizzie Simpson and Dora Brown. New appointments are postponed for a week. Open air classes planned for 50 patients at Mattapan.
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City of
Boston
Franklin B. Dyer
East Boston
North End
Charlestown
South Boston
Brighton
Dorchester
West Roxbury
Joseph Lee
John J. Williams
Groton Street
South End
Thomas Dwight
Harvard Medical School
Walk Hill Street
Roxbury
John D. Philbrick
Folsom
Jewett Streets
Roslindale
Parker, Ward
Wm. Filene Sons Company
Dorchester Evening Commercial High School
Estelle M. Williams
Louisa May Alcott
West Concord Street
Helen M. Waterman
John A. Andrew
Lizzie Simpson
James A. McDonald
Dora Brown
Rice School
Dartmouth Street
Daniel T. Curtin
Andrew R. McCormick
Maurice Husick
High School of Commerce
Robert B. Masterson
Machanic Arts
Denis F. Sullivan
Dorchester High School
Lucinda W. Prince
Miss Prince
Boston Consumptives Hospital
Mattapan
Boston school board acts on open air classes and staff moves
The superintendent and Jr Harrington were authorized to establish open air classes with the parks department. Henry D Colton is appointed teacher coach at Mechanic Arts High School. The Dorchester Oliver Wendell Fielmes district reports rapid advancement losses for bright pupils. The board will send Frank V Thompson W Stan wood Field John C Brod Mabel Kinsey to the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education convention at Grand Rapids Michigan in October. A request from David A Ellis former board chairman seeks more accommodations for Ward 11 children in the Prince district.
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Jr. Harrington
Parks and Recreation Department
Henry D. Colton
Mechanic Arts High School
Oliver Wendell Fielmes
Dorchester
Boston
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Grand Rapids
Mich
Frank V. Thompson
W. Stan
Wood Field
John C. Brod
Mabel ©. Kinsey
Trade School For
David A. Ellis
Mountford Street
Prince District
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Eilis
Ruth
Holland
Everett Spring
Jamaica
Burke’s
McMullen
M.& R. Vermouth
Hennessy
Free Ginter Co
Union, Cor
Washington
Canal Specialty Shop, Inc
ST. Paul’s
Col. Roosevelt
China
Electric Utilities
Jordan Marsh Company
Artwares
Gilchrist
Gilchrest
Winter Sts
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover
Portland
Rice & Hutchins
FOUCA
ALL America Shoe Shop
Willson’s Shoe Shop
Old South Church
East
UCA
Rice & Matchins Boston
Allo Americas
Mayfairs
Bostoi
Brockton
Beverly
Daniel Steele
D. D
EI Street
Milton
College
Hig
Hyde Park
Worcester
the House of Ruppenheimer
The
Woodrow
Kuppenheimer
Kennedy’s
Hawley Streets
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