Tragedy in South Boston Family Shooting and Suicide
In South Boston a man attempted to kill his wife and then shot his son in the abdomen before turning the gun on himself, shooting through his right eye. Eleanora, the daughter, found them in agony and summoned officers who sent both victims to City Hospital where they rested comfortably at last report. The son, married, had been staying at his parents’ home on 174 Hi street.
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Carroll
Blair
Division 6
City Hospital
Hi Street
Baby’s Eczema Trials End in Frustration
A child’s persistent eczema worsens despite constant salves and remedies. The condition spreads from the arm to the ear and face, causing ongoing distress and repeated medical attempts with no lasting relief.
Little Girl Cured Of Eczema By Cuticura Regime
Mrs. Lillie Bittner reports extensive eczema relief for her daughter after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes initial doctor care failed, then monthlong treatment led to improvement and eventual cure, recommending the remedies.
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Lillie Bittner
Ontario St
Bethlehem
Cured by Cuticura for Psoriasis in Four Years
Alfred Levy of Wood Green England describes a long battle with psoriasis from head to foot. After five doctors and various remedies, he tried Cuticura Soap and Remedies in 1906 and achieved a complete cure by October that year.
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Alfred Levy
Winkfield Rd
Wood Green
England
Ecare
Ointraent
Potter Drug
Chess. Corp
Columbug
Opening of county building marks Chicago anniversary
Gricago marks the 1871 fire anniversary with the opening of a new 5 million dollar county building and a municipal holiday proclamation by Mayor Busse. A seven year old boy's body is found in Belford Rhode Island, Harold McCloud identified. Lord Northcliffe Alfred Harmsworth aboard Lusitania. Agricultural Bank begins in Manila with capital of 1 million pesos amid typhoon damage and Taft town destruction.
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Gricago
Chicago
Busse
Belford
Harold McCloud
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Harmsworth
Lord Northcliffe
Liverpool
Manila
Agricultural Bank
Taft
Samar
Lasters Jar With Police
In Lynn, October, strikers and sympathizers gathered around Harney Brothers and J. L. Walker Company plants as strikebreakers faced dismissal. Police cleared streets while 17 Armenian workers escorted to lodgings and Hebrew workers to trains home to Boston. Union official cites Caunt factory dispute as the main issue.
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Lynn
Harney Brothers
J. L. Walker Company
Hast Lynn
Boston
M. J. Tracy
Lasting
Machine Operators’ Union
Joseph Caunt Company
Caunt
Mechanics' Building Fair Draws Large Crowds
Daily crowds filled Mechanics' Building for the New Zealand Food Fair and House Furnishing Exposition. Thousands of Lynn school pupils and teachers toured the event, including the Mexican government exhibit valued at $50,000.
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Mechanics
New Zungland
Lynn
Bostock
Mexico
Taft and Roosevelt to Confer in Washington Sunday
Taft and President Roosevelt will meet in Washington to plan campaign work. Taft will spend Sunday, Oct. 18, in the national capital likely at the White House, arranging future campaign duties.
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Taft
Roosevelt
White House
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
Washington
National
Taft Plans Southern Swing After Ohio Stump Tour
After three days in Ohio Taft will spend the last three days of the week in the South. He said he is not chasing rainbows but would speak in Southern cities if he continues the campaign. Planned stops include Louisville Oct 15 Chattanooga Oct 16 Knoxville and Bristol Oct 16 Greensboro Oct 17 and Richmond Va date to be announced.
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Ohio
Taft
South
Ohioan
Louisville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Bristol
Tenn
Greensboro
Cardinal Gibbons Defends American Women in Interview
In New York Cardinal Gibbons rebuts Dr Andrew McPhail’s London article praising American women who work and criticizing the idle wealthy. He argues most wealthy and middle class women are virtuous and that foreign critics misread American life by focusing on scandals and divorces. He notes a million happy homes unseen by tabloids.
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New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Andrew McPhail
London
America
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Panama
Rham
Wright
Merino
OLF
Hanover
Portland Streets
Gainsborough
South Boston
Bartholomew J. Donovan
the Poultry Trust
New Poultry
North Market St
Lasters
Lupe Baas
McPhail
Gale & Kent
96 Court Street
Post and Journal
Court Street
Food Fair
Sousa
Park Square Coliseum
Mane
Union
Hargedon & Lynch
Globe Theatre
Blackstone
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