Auto Crushed by Pole Injures West Somerville Doctor
Dr. Ernest D. Pillsbury of 8 Curtis Street West Somerville was injured when a telegraph pole fell onto his auto on Grove Street between Elm and Highland yesterday afternoon. The pole, carrying heavy electric wires, collapsed as the doctor was responding to a sick call, wrecking the canopy and injuring him in the chest and hands.
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Ernest D. Pillsbury
Curtis Street
West Somerville
Grove Street
Elm Street
Highland Avenue
Doctor Escapes Serious Injury In Pole Crash
A physician crashed through a canopy of wires after his auto hit a pole snapped at the ground. Firemen from Engine 4 Somerville freed him from the wreckage before he reached his home where he later collapsed from chest pains. The Edison Electric Light Company crew replaced the pole and cleared the scene.
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Engine 4
Somerville Fire Department
Edison Electric Light Company
Raines Denies G O P Deal Over Election Law Amendments
Canandaigua New York October 10 John Raines the majority leader of the State Senate responded to charges by Herbert Parsons president of the New York county committee claiming a deal among state Republican leaders defeated key election law amendments to win Democratic votes for Speaker Cannon. Raines asserts only two of seven amendments had rules suspended while one proposal called the identification bill was cited by Parsons as part of the supposed deal.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
John Raines
State Senate
Herbert Parsons
New York County Committee
Cannon
House of Representatives
Raines
Agnew
Judiciary Committee
Parsons
Auto injures aged woman on Magazine Street
Mrs. Lydia A. Strong, 70, was struck by an automobile near Grace Methodist Church in Cambridge while crossing Magazine Street. The car, owned by George H. Lovsett, 53 Ashford Street, Alliston, caused serious head and body injuries. Doctors fear she may not recover due to her age and injuries.
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Magazine Street
Grace Methodist Church
Cambridge
Lydia A. Strong
George H. Lovsett
Ashford Street
Alliston
Smetana Opera Dalibor Debuts Brilliantly in Berlin
Berlin audiences at the Royal Opera House heard Dalibor for the first time in Germany. The performance was a brilliant success, signaling strong reception for Smetana's work.
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Berlin
Smetana
Dalibor
Germany
Royal Opera House
China 10 Boycott the Japs Peoples Assn Circulars Reach Japan
Copies of circulars issued in North China by the Popular Association of the Three Eastern Provinces have been received in Japan after widespread distribution among Chinese of the lower classes. The texts denounce Japan’s aggression and cite China’s supposed weakness.
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TOKIO
China
Popular Association
Japan
China Protest Circulars Call Boycott of Japanese Goods
Reports describe anti Japanese propaganda circulars urging Chinese boycott of all Japanese goods and services. They claim Japan has damaged North China arable lands and brutalized laborers along the Antung Mukden line. Chinese authorities are expected to suppress boycott efforts swiftly.
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Japan
China
Antung-Mukden
Clergy reflect Columbus birthday across Boston churches
Catholic churches in the city and suburbs marked Columbus Day with services. At the Cathedral, thousands attended the special devotions and Archbishop O Connell joined vespers. Monsignor O Callaghan led the fore noon high mass in South Boston, honoring the explorer. Italian Columbus groups from the North End joined morning services honoring Columbus.
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Columbus
Boston
Dennis O'Callaghan
O’connell
North End
Columbus Associates
Columbus Society
Labor Notes Walks With District Machinists Over Hyde Park Plan
District 19 International Machinists will seek the stance of Lieutenant Governor candidate Eugene N. Foss on labor issues and aid for organizing Sturtevant Blower Works in Hyde Park Massachusetts. Delegates from eastern New England met at 694 Washington Street to discuss boost for eight hour bills and union campaigns. The MA State AFL convention opens in Holyoke with leaders traveling from Boston.
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International Machinists’ Union
Eugene N. Foss
Hyde Park
Mass
International Machinists’ Association
Washington Street
New England
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Central Labor
Wells Memorial Building
Senate
House
A. F. of L
Massachusetts State Branch
French Memorial Hall
Dolyoke
Philip H. Sweet
Dennis D. Driscoll
Boston
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department
Harry J. Jennings
Team Drivers’ Joint Council
William P. Greaney
Boston & Maine
E. of
Ladies’ Tailors and Dressmakers’ Union
Fromer
New York
BE. A. Horton
State Senate
Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union 9077
Archbishop Blesses New St. Marys Church Corner Stone
Archbishop William H. O Connell blessed the foundation and laid the corner stone of the new St Marys Church at Newton Upper Falls. The basilican 125 foot high building at Eliot and High streets seats over 700 with a 15 foot square campanile and a four faced clock.
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New Newton Church Corner
Newton
William H. O'Connell
St. Mary’s Church
Newton Upper Falls
T. J. Danahy
Eliot
High Streets
Augustus
Pola
Dalmatia
O’connell
North Congregational Church marks 40th anniversary
Lynn observers begin a week of celebration highlighted by an anniversary sermon from Rev. Daniel E. Burtner. A reception for former and current members is planned for Monday evening October 18 as the church honors four decades of service.
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Lynn
Daniel E. Burtner
North Congregational Church
North Congregational
Warns Congregation Against Pickpockets at Roxbury Mission
Father Wessel of the Mission Church of Roxbury warned during the married women's mission that expert pickpockets have been following the event as closely as fairs and circuses. He urged attendees not to leave valuables unattended in pews to avoid theft during the Redemptorist Fathers led gathering.
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Wessel
Roxpury
Body of Unknown Woman Found in Stam ford Street Room
An unidentified woman, about 40, 5 feet 3 inches, 140 pounds, wearing a signet ring marked R, was found dead in her Stam ford street room by boarder Ernest Young. Cause of death is not yet determined.
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Stamford Street
Ernest Young
Democrats Schedule Rallies Across Three Cities
The Democratic State committee outlines a week of stump speeches for Vahey and Foss with multiple assistants. Rallies run tonight in Haverhill Lawrence and Lowell, moving between cities by auto. The schedule continues through Fall River New Bedford Holyoke Springfield West Springfield and Great Barrington Stockbridge Lee Pittsfield Adams North Adams Williamstown Greenfield with visits by James H. Bryan and other key figures.
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Democratic State Committee
Messrs. Vahey
Foss
Lowell
Lawrence
Haverhill
Vahey
John FF. Fitzgerald
William F. Murray
Joseph ¥. O'Connell Leon Egges
Daniel V. Crowley
William H. O’brien
Charles D. Smith
Edward EB. O'Brien
Roger Sherman Hoar
Edward P. Barry
Fred W. Mansfield
Frank M. Coakley
Richard S. Teeling
John F. McDonald
Martin F. Carney
Thomas P. Riley
Norman C
Great Barrington
Stockbridge, Lee
Pittsfield
James H. Bryan
Adams
North Adams
Williamstown
Boston
Greenfield
Franklin County
14 Cats Watched Her Body At Quiet Vermont Home
In Wallingford Vermont Miss Mary J. Johnson aged 67 was found dead in her home near The Bridges. Police indicate murder and note that 14 cats were her only companions in life and watched over her body.
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Wallingford
Mary J. Johnson
Detained man questioned in possible murder case
Robert Eddy held on intoxication charges and must account for Saturday night whereabouts amid a fatal incident. Miss Johnson, a recluse with feline wards, was found dead after neighbors reported a silent house and a cat parade of purring responses. An autopsy was ordered for tomorrow afternoon by State's Attorney J. C. Jones.
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Robert Eddy
Miss Johnson
J. C. Jones
Dr Wu Expands Interests to Spiritualists in Washington
Chinese minister Dr Wu Ting Fang visited a Temple League of Spiritualists meeting after examining flying machine techniques with Wilbur Wright. A medium claimed spirits hovered beside him, including a woman in white robes and two children, which Wu queried in wary, cautious terms.
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Washington
Wilbur Wright
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Temple League of Spiritualists
Dorchester Couple Marries Quietly in New Brunswick
Miss Myrtle Keith and Augustus Jenkins of Dorchester wed secretly on September 26 in St. John New Brunswick. After a wedding journey to Niagara they plan to live at 274 Bowdoin Street Dorchester and then travel to Washington DC.
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Myrtle Keith
Augustus Jenkins
Dorchester
Miss Keith
Jenkins
St. John
N. B
Mr. Jenkins
Boston
Bowdoin Street
Niagara
Washington, D. C
Soldier Ends Life In Cell At Fort Thomas
Despondent after a guardhouse sentence for an alleged discipline infraction, Ernest C Nelson a private in Company E Second Infantry Fort Thomas Ky hanged himself with a roller towel today. He enlisted July 26 at Fort Thomas and his Providence R I based parents are reported wealthy.
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Cincinnati
Ernest C. Nelson
Second Infantry
Fort Thomas
Providence
R. I
Commander Fisher Dead in East Boston
Commander Andrew P. Fisher of Joe Hooker Post G A R and longtime East Boston real estate figure died at Haymarket Relief Hospital at 5 AM Sunday from brain hemorrhage after collapsing near Tremont and Boylston following a Masonic meeting. A Civil War veteran, he served 1861 to 1864, was born in Portsmouth New Hampshire, and held Masonic degrees including 32d Mason and Mystic Shriner and was Urban Real Estate Association vice-president.
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Andrew P. Fisher
Joe Hooker
Boston
Haymarket
Fisher
Masonic Temple
Tremont
Boylston
Mr. Fisher
Barnes’ Company
Twenty-ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Urban Real Estate Association
Portsmouth
N. H
Post Office to Employ Cats to Fight Rats
Postmaster-General Hitchcock proposes hiring cats in U S post offices to curb rat damage to letters and property. About 1350 dollars will be spent this year on cat meat, and feline applicants must pass a civil service exam proving rat killing ability.
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Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Dead boy first hunting victim in Nova Scotia
Sydney Nova Scotia October 10 The first fatal hunting accident of the season occurred when 16 year old Harry Ritchie son of S A Ritchie yard superintendent of Dominion Iron and Steel was accidentally shot and killed at Barrasois
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Sydney
N. S
Harry Ritchie
S. A. Ritchie
Dominion Iron & Steel Company
Barrasois
Carriage accident injures two in Nahant near police station
George Coakeley of 168 Chestnut street and Miss Florence Kent of 4 Andrews street were thrown from their carriage in Nahant near the police station on October 10. Both sustained slight injuries and were checked at the scene.
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Lynn
George Coakeley
Chestnut Street
Florence Kent
Andrews Street
Nahant
Prisoners Rescued at Gun Point in Portland District
In Deering, a gang forced two game wardens at gunpoint to release three prisoners held for shooting robins. The trio were recaptured later, but by late evening another member of the group had been seized.
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Portland
Deering
Robins
Robber gang confrontation halts arrest of Italian suspects
Warden Cushman and Deputy Adams sought robbers accused of shooting birds by foreigners. After one arrest failed for lack of gun, they detained Ferdinando Manganiello Giuseppe Manganiello and Antonio Cavallaro. When the gang produced revolvers and demanded release, Cushman stood unarmed and Adams faced threats while the prisoners were released and later re-arrested as police closed in. The group held several robins.
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C.be. Cushman
Moses P. Adams
Robins
Ferdinando Manganiello
Giuseppe Manganiello
Antonio Cavallaro
Cushman
Adams
Auto Struck By Trolley In Medford Incident
Five men escaped serious injury when an auto owned by James McGann of Cambridge was struck by an inbound surface car on Main street near Dexter. The impact threw occupants from their seats but caused no injuries and only slight vehicle damage.
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Medford
James McGann
Cambridge
Main Street
Dexter
Man Thrown From Wagon When Horse Bolted in Cambridge
Joan Mackey aged 54 of 2254 Massachusetts Avenue North Cambridge is at Cambridge Relief Hospital with cuts and bruises after a runabout carriage was overturned when his horse bolted in Harvard Square yesterday. A companion steered the horse to the curb but could not stop before the buggy was wrecked.
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Joan Mackey
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Harvard Square
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