Boy rides freight car leg severed in train crash
Michael Levansky a 16 year old from Roxbury Massachusetts dragged himself a mile along Philadelphia and Reading tracks at Lansdale after a freight car accident. Found by a track walker he was taken to Jewish Hospital where the crushed limb was amputated. He remains in serious condition from blood loss but is expected to recover.
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Elphia
Penn
Michael Levansky
Roxbury
Mags
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Lansdale
Jewish Hospital
Levansky
Lansdale Station
Governor Foss Proposes New State Prison Plan
Governor Foss plans sweeping prison changes including moving the state prison from Charles Town to a rural site and creating a segregated system with farm work. He offered the chair of the Board of Penal Commissioners to Fred B. Gore, who reportedly declined.
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Commonwealth
Board of Penal Commissioners
Fred 8. Gore
Boston
Gore
State Commission
Jordan Marsh Store Outing Fetes 800 at Riverside Grounds
More than 800 Jordan Marsh Company staff and Mutual Aid Association members attended a sunny annual field day at Riverside recreation grounds. Events included baseball, track races, and prizes awarded by the store and association. winners listed include James Riordan and John Leary, with executives and guests among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan Marsh Company
Mutual Aid Association
Riverside Recreation Grounds
Store Or Aid Association
Rohbert Jordan
G. W. Mittoh
F. W. Coombs
W. A. Hawkins
Scere
M. Wrigley
G. §. Richards
C. J. Brady
W. J. Corbett
F. G. Ahearn
John Leary
Joseph Donovan
Mary Mahan
Margaret O'Neil
G. Rounsefell
John O'Brien
A. McDonald
J. A. Black
T. Flaherty
A. G. Thompson
F. W. Kimball
James Riordan
Ronald Cody
Margaret O'Nell
Edna Johnson
Explosion damages Swampscott club. arrest made
A mysterious explosion wrecked the Swampscott Improvements Club on Burrill Street at 2 AM causing over $3000 in damage. Fred W. Seavey, a trolley car employee who ran a store and restaurant on the ground floor, was arrested on suspicion and faces possible stronger charges.
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Swampscott
Swampscott Improvements Club
Burrill Street
Fred W. Seavey
Carson
Corsen
Seavey
Elsie Ferguson
John D Bentley
Rescue at Sea: Hull Lifesavers Save Pa and I Crew
A night sea rescue off Nahant after a derelict motor boat Pa and I and its crew of Nicholas family members faced a gale. Captain William Sparrow and Hull life savers joined MacDougall and Tony Joe in a long search with multiple boats and a late return to shore.
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Hull Life Saving
William Sparrow
Nicholas
Charles
Henry
Nahant
John Nicholas
Bass Point
Ernest
Charlie
Beachmont
Alfred MacDougall
Pa and I
Boston Bay
MacDougall
Tony Joe
MaceDougall
Pa Andra
Relay House
Hayman
Wiggin
McIntyre
Lewis
Brewsters
Hull
Graves
McDougall
Veiled Lady’s Skin Cure Sparks Poslam Spotlight
A Woonsocket woman hidden by a veil due to a facial skin disease finds relief after applying Poslam. The ad touts rapid cures for eczema and other conditions, claiming several benefits and listing retailers and a sample offer from Emergency Laboratories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
R. I
Riker-Jaynes
Eepugiten & Dutton
Deuayiots
West 25Th Street
Riker Drug Stores
Houghton & Burton's Drug Dept
Nes
Haverhill Aviator In Long Fall
Clifford Webster, a Nassau Boulevard Field aviator, fell about 75 feet in a Wright biplane as his engine died during a flight. He survived with facial cuts and declared he would fly again, despite his parents’ opposition to his flying.
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Haverhill
New York
Clifford Webster
Nassau Boulevard
Mass
Wright Fliers
Curtiss Company
Wrights
al Welsh
Wright
Webster
Aero Club of America
Loving Cup Presented to Rev. Dr. Adolf A Berle
The Rev. Adolf Augustus Berle received a silver loving cup from Shawmut Congregational Church members and friends in Cambridge. The surprise presentation by O. L. Norton honored his faithful ministry and farewell as he joins Tufts College as chair of applied Christianity in the theological department in Boston on Oct. 12, 1911.
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A. A. Berle
Shawmut
Boston
Berle
Tufts College
Strength and Digestive Health Declares Dyspepsia Cure
An advice piece extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a non medicine digestive aid. It claims the tablets provide pepsin diastase and other elements to digest food and prevent fermentation, endorsing them with physician approval. It warns against neglecting digestion and cautions about potential cancer if ignored.
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Stuart
United
Angel of Slums Weds a Convert in Shawmut Mission
Frank Malone, foreman at a brass finishing shop, married Anna Charrier known as The Angel of the Slums in a unique mission ceremony at Shawmut Avenue Mission in Boston. The couple met when she sang a hymn his mother once sang, and the event featured mission workers as ushers and a simple wedding repast. The ceremony was led by Evangelist Eben Creighton and Rev. J. F. Coolidge with the organist playing Have Been With Thee.
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Shawmut Avenue Mission
Frank Malone
Anna Charrier
South End
Angel
Mission
Eben Creighton
Annexation meeting to push Ward 26 of Boston in Hyde Park
A monster annexation meeting is planned this evening in Waverley Hall Hyde Park by annexationists seeking to make the town Ward 26 of Boston A special balcony section for women and a band are arranged Speakers include Henry C Long Boston on Greater Boston Jean P Nickerson Mt Hope Five Cent Fare Ray P Delano Dorchester on Boston Valuation and the Saloon Question A Shuman outlines Boston hospitals Salem D Charles on Boston streets and Mr Brock and Mr Lee on Boston schools
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Waverley Hall
Hyde Park
Ward 26
Bostor
Henry C. Long
Boston
Greater Boston
Jean P. Nickerson
Mt. Hope
Ray P. Delano
Dorchester
A. Shuman
Salem D. Charles
Mr. Brock
Mr. Lee
Man credits eczema treatment and ailment with severe distress
A worker from Pierrepont City recalls months of severe eczema on face and scalp beginning in December and lasting into March. Despite early treatment he suffered sleepless nights, intense skin eruptions, and doubts about recovery before finding ointment relief.
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Wien Mys
Allan
Steig
Cfo
Paymaster
Pier * Ork City
Wil Bell
Pont Figs
Unions Call Aid in Hanover Battery Building Collapse Probe
Labor groups led by the Building Trades unions press for an inquiry into the Hanover and Battery street collapse that killed three and injured many. Bricklayers Union No. 3 appoints a three member committee to assist Mayor Fitzgerald and report findings, naming George J. Twiss as chairman, with John T. Walsh and Thomas Mulvey as members.
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Hanover and
Battery Streets
Bricklayers’ Benevolent and Protective Union
Fitzgerald
John F. Fitzgerald
Matyer
Bricklayers’ Union No. 3
Boston
Bricklayers' Union No. 3
George J. Twiss
John T. Walsh
Thomas Mulvyee
Admiral Schley Estate Valued at Under 20000
The estate of Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley is estimated at not more than 20000 dollars after a petition by his widow and children for probate of his will was filed in Washington today.
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Admiral Schley
Washington
Winfield
Schley
Cascarets Promise Quick Nighttime Stomach Relief
Advertisers claim Cascarets cleanse and regulate the stomach by removing sour undigested food and toxins. They promise a clear head and cheerfulness by morning with a 10 cent box, noting children enjoy the taste and that the product works while you sleep.
Laxative Cough Syrup Recipe in Historical Ad
A historical note describes making a cheap cough syrup by mixing Mentholaxene essence with sugar and boiling water in a pint bottle. A teaspoonful every hour or two supposedly acts as a laxative and cough remedy, with stronger effects for chronic cases and adjustments for children.
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Train
Will
Ren
D. & J. Anderson
Sripleles
Ecun
Adamson
New State Prison
Jordan Marsh Store
W. N. Dakers
Boston and Maine Railroad
Swampscott Improvement Club
Seavey’s
Revere
Life Savers
Rev
DR. Berle
Angel OF
Wanderer
Eczema
Distalery Liquor Store
John
Doane
Blackstone St
Bosteny
Bretton Hall
Broadway
86Th St
Ste Yo
New Yortk
Central Park
Riverside Drive
Anderson & Price CO
Ie Eee Couyright
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