Three Hurt When Car Hits Auto Truck on Massachusetts Ave
Three people injured near Norway Street when a Roxbury Cambridge electric car collided with a loaded truck at noon. Abbie Doyle, 50, fractured jaw and internal injuries, serious condition. Neil Ingles, 42, left arm and body injuries. John J. O'Brien, 42, right leg injuries. All taken to City Hospital.
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City Hospital
Boston Post Dog Story Contest Opens for Prizes
The Boston Post invites submissions of dog stories up to 200 words for a chance at prizes including a Double Gold Eagle worth 20 dollars and a Single Gold Eagle worth 10 dollars. Stories may be original or not and will be printed daily until further notice.
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Boston
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Post
Dog Story
The Beagle Breed Provenance and Traits
The beagle is an ancient breed traced to fox hounds and described as a miniature foxhound. It chases hares and rabbits, though used for deer and foxes where game is scarce. Shakspere notes its presence. the dog stands about 15 inches high and shows all hound colors with a solid form and a brushy, curled tail.
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Shakspere
Laddie the Singing Dog Draws Crowds at Parties
A dog named Laddie becomes a popular soloist at children’s parties drawing many visitors. He performs best when a piece of meat serves as a baton, guiding his singing act.
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Laddie
Encore Laddie After Cousin Martha Sings
A concert at Music Hall ends with Laddie joining Martha on stage to sing amid a coughing fit. The audience applauds an encore as the memory of Laddie lingers despite his passing months ago. Mrs. Frank A. Alden signs off from 86 Summer Street Somerville.
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Martha
Laddie
Frank A. Alden
Summer Street
Somerville
Glove Lost by Beacon Street Dogs Returns by Pledge
In Beacon street a gentleman met two handsome dogs who approached with wagging tails as he clicked his fingers. He later found his glove missing and, returning to Beacon street, saw one dog dash up with the glove in its mouth and deposit it at the man’s feet before resuming play with its partner. Jos. E. Tinkham, 109 Leyden street, Brockton.
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Walnut Street
Mt. Vernon Street
Jos. E. Tinkham
Leyden Street
Brockton
Wanted His Dinner Paid For
A true story about Rover the retriever loved by all. He learned many tricks and would await dinner, often refusing it until his owner declared it was paid for. At a friend's house Rover finally ate after being told the meal was paid for. Grace Fisher Pemberton, 107 Pleasant Street, Fall River.
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Rover
Grace Fisher Pemberton
Pleasant Street
Fall River
Denys the spaniel and her brave sitter pups
A brown water spaniel named Denys outlived four siblings after their mother was poisoned. Denys learned many tricks, including closing doors, and her litter followed her into the house until punished. She then ran swiftly, slammed the living room door shut, and wagged her tail in triumph.
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Denys
Door Incident Noted at 324 Longwood Avenue
E. M. Appleton of 324 Longwood avenue, Boston, stated that seconds quicker the outcome would have been a crushing collision at the door.
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E. M. Appleton
Longwood Avenue
Boston
Peter the Loyal Brown Dog
A reminiscence about a small brown short haired dog with bat ears and bright eyes named Peter. The narrator recalls receiving him at age four, loving him through nine years, with Peter sharing daily life from sleeping and eating to attending school and pleasing the teacher.
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Peter
Dead rabbits and a returned boy in Brighton
A 13 year old boy William A. Coombs recalls finding dead rabbits and a live escape of a dog named Peter after an auto collision left him with a dislocated shoulder a year earlier. Neighbors mourned then rejoiced upon news of his survival and homecoming.
Faithful Pete the guard dog meets untimely end
Pete, a yellow dog belonging to a family with a baby, stayed by the baby carriage every day and escorted the infant home on the electrics. One stormy day he remained with the carriage until evening. As the child grew, Pete rode the electric car and eventually boarded a car alone, then was struck by an auto and died. Donald C. Walker. Box 783, North Brookfield.
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Donald C. Walker
North Brookfield
Pearl Hunting Spaniel Mogee Beats Maine Valuation
Spaniel Mogee owned by Michel King in Maine is described as the most valuable dog in the state due to pearl catching. Mogee, a brown Irish water spaniel, dives in West Branch Lakes to retrieve freshwater mussels. about one in five mussels yields a pearl sold up to 25 dollars, with over 500 mussels collected per season, funding the camp.
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Michel King
Maine
Mogée
West Branch
Michel
Magee
Lillian C. Feldman
Lincoln Street
Boston
Notice to Sick Women From Bridgeton Ad
A Bridgeton reader testifies to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound easing inflammation irregularity and painful periods. She reports relief from severe aches and urges others to try the remedy for female distress including displacements and nervousness.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Milford T. Cummings
Harmony St
Penn's Grove
Woman Ten Days In An Open Boat
Mrs Grace Bond widow of Captain Bond recounts ten days and eleven nights adrift after the Itasca sank off Bermuda. She describes the ordeal aboard a small life boat with eight men and one engineer drowned, severe thirst, dwindling rations, and the rescue at dawn after a dramatic capsizing and explosion.
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Itasca
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bond
Post
Mrs. Bond
Harry Watson
Bermuda
Harry
Heroic Spaniard aids crew in peril at sea near Nantucket
In a desperate voyage to Boston, a large quiet Spaniard named Joe Tabita stood at the boat’s end cutting the waves during three fierce storms. Though he spoke little English, his courage sustained the sailors as ships passed and the San Mateo of United Fruit Company finally reached them. One man, Thomas Smith, died on the rescue boat before they knew he had been saved, as the survivors reached Boston.
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Nantucket
San Mateo
United Fruit Company
Thomas Smith
Boston
British Mission to Meet Labor Officials in Pittsburg
Members of the British ministry of munitions mission now in the United States will visit Pittsburg next Monday to confer with heads of major manufacturers and Pittsburg labor union officials, following a letter from Secretary of War Baker.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Ministry of Munitions of Great Britain
Baker
Red Cross Appeals for Immediate Knit Sweaters
The Metropolitan Boston Red Cross appeals to knitters to send woolen sweaters at once for dispatch to military camps. The drive runs a week from headquarters and aims to meet a French request for 1,200,000 sweaters before winter.
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Red Cross
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Harness Prices to Rise at New England Dealers Meet
Harness and saddlery goods will cost more after the New England States Harness Dealers Association voted to raise prices. The decision was announced yesterday during their fifth annual convention held all day at the Quincy House.
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New England States
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Health Tonic
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable laxative substitute for calomel. It claims to improve complexion and vitality by stimulating the liver and bowels, noting safe use with a nightly dose and cheap prices.
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