Powder Mills Wreck a Town Tragedy Fallout and Injuries
A massive powder mill explosion near Fontanet and Coal Bluff caused widespread destruction. Eighteen dead, over fifty injured, and about 1000 residents affected as mills burned and a powder magazine exploded, flattening churches, depots, and schools. many townspeople aided the rescue despite danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert ‘Webster
Grace Branson
Elmer Bright
George Hodgson
General Walker
Ll. M. Carroll
Thomas Parr
Martha Webster
William Hodges
Andy Pittman
H. M. Edwards
Rache Montgomery
W. P. McCoy
William Shearrowd
Charles Nash
Willard Carroll
J. R. Shoptaugh
Fontanet School
George Stewart
Susan Bishop
Coal Bluff
Wasteller
John Gray
Terre Haute
Plan for Boston Chelsea Tunnel in Rapid Transit Scheme
The Boston & Eastern electric railroad seeks approval to build a 5400 ft tunnel under Boston Harbor linking East Boston and Chelsea. The $11,000,000 project would enable rapid trains from Salem and nearby towns at up to 69 mph with a 14 minute Boston Lynn run and 12 cent base fares, plus discounted commutation rates. A new steel double tracked bridge to Breed's Island and a Postoffice Square station would handle up to 150,000 daily passengers.
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Boston & Eastern Electric Railroad
Boston Harbor
Boston
Chelsea
Salem
East Boston
Central Chart
Lynn
Postoffice Square
Chelsea River
Breed’s Island
Revere
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promised Relief For Stomachs
An advertisement argues digestive trouble from stress and overwork is not due to cigars but stomach issues. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural aid with pepsin and diastase, available in fifty cent packages and a free trial offer from TF A Stuart Company Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
Portrait of Officers By Horace Greeley Lodge
Horace Greeley Lodge 163 Ixnights of Pythias held a daytime program as Wiliam C Trump presented a large portrait of the officers. Charles H Carr accepted the gift and spoke for the lodge. A candidate for page joined the composing room and a future meeting at William Parkman Hall on the 22nd will initiate several members into esquire.
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Horace Greeley
Pythias
Wiliam C. Trump
Charles H. Carr
C. C
William Parkman Hall
Burglar Poses as Husband Over Phone in Tacoma
Mrs. BE A McDougall, in Tacoma, traced a ruse by a burglar who answered a home call and spoke in her husband’s voice. She detected the impersonation, asked questions, and the thief fled after hanging up.
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Tacoma
BE. A. McDougall
McDougall
Man Moves Toward Gallows After Murder Conviction
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on October 15 Charles Watzel of Shenandoah after weeks of feigning insanity and suicide attempts has accepted his death sentence for the murder of his sweetheart Marie Belinski He says he is penitent and no longer haunted by the victim and awaits execution by gallows.
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Pottsville
Charles Watzel
Shenandoah
Marie Belinski
Twin sisters meet again after decades apart in Lynn
Laura Anderson of 25 Washington street Lynn and Lois Anderson of 23 Hutchins court Gloucester twins born February 27 1896 were separated after their mother died three months after birth. Newspaper publicity led Lois to contact Laura and arrange a reunion this week.
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Lynn
Laura Anderson
Washington Street
Lois Anderson
Hutchins’ Court
Gloucester
Laura
Walter Haynes
Lois
Accident marred Greene county outing near Washington
An outdoor party in Greene county turned dangerous when Tom Decagan fired a shell at a supposed groundhog. A fellow hunter rose from the bushes, and a dozen shot struck him in the head and hand, nearly fatalizing the incident.
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Washington
Penn
Greene County
Tom Decagan
Dougan
J W Boody Dies at 65 Noted Natural Sculptor in Northwestern
In Northwestern, a town in this county, J W Boody died at 65. His farm is blanketed with cobblestones and large boulders he carved into portraits of hundreds of prominent men and women.
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Utica
N. Y
Northwestern
J. W. Boody
Boody
Moore Sues City for Heel Loss in Seattle Runaway
Matthew Moore files suit in Superior Court against the city of Seattle seeking 10142 dollars for damage to his right heel after a runaway accident on a street described as in bad condition.
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Seattle
Matthew Moore
Superior Court
City of
Sailor Runs Amuck Aboard Atheniana in East Boston
A drunken Swedish crewman on the steamer Atheniana at Simpson's dry dock in East Boston attacked boatswain William Jordan with a belaying pin. Jordan wrested the weapon, and the assailant fled through the Marginal Street wharf district in trousers only, with officers searching for him.
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Boston
William Jordan
Jordan
Widows Clash Over Deposition in Greenough Estate Case
In Probate Court Judge Grant heard a dispute between Mrs Martha D Greenough now in London and Mrs Emma P Greenough over deposition procedure in the late Joseph I Greenough estate case. The judge proposed cross examination in London if the London widow does not travel to be examined and suspended the hearing for a decision. The case raises questions about the family secrets surrounding the near one million legacy.
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Joseph I. Greenough
Martha D. Greenough
London
Emma P. Greenough
Grant
Greenough
Golden Textiles Workers Assemble In Providence
Providence R I Oct 15 The United Textile Workers of America convened its seventh annual meeting with John Golden of Fall River and Albert Hibbert urging direct employer bargaining over statute law and supporting an eight hour day Hibbert also proposed holding the next convention in a Southern state to address immigration labor issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Textile Workers of America
John Golden
Fall River
Albert Hibbert
Hibbert
Dress Reform in Paris Brings Silk Shirts for Evening Wear
Paris fashion notes report a sensational shift in dress with men choosing pale silk shirts in yellow green or blue to match waistcoats for evening attire. The piece highlights Judge Cohen of New York as an early proponent of the trend.
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Paris
Judge Cohen
New York
Italian merchant seeks wife through priest in St Louis
Michael Saracini of Poplar Bluff Missouri writes to Rev Fr Cesar Spigardi pastor of St Charles Borromeo church asking him to find a wife. Saracini is worth seventy five dollars.
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ST. Louis
Michael Saracini
Poplar’ Bluff
Cesar Spigardi
St. Charles Borromeo Church
Saracina
Annie the peripatetic omelet in a girl’s dress
Central police in Pittsburg investigate the case of Annie Zambia a waitress accused of concealing food items as she was escorted from a downtown resort to police headquarters. Eggs butter sausage and tomatoes were found hidden in her clothing and belongings.
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Pittsburg
Central Police
Annie
Annie Zambia
Boy 17 Kills Mother in Kansas City Home
George Smiley aged 17 shot and killed his mother Mrs Jizzie Schoffer 42 in her Myrtle Avenue home early today. Smiley told police he acted in defense against a burglar. He is held pending investigation.
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Kansas City
George Smiley
Jizzie Schoffer
Myrtle Avenue
Smiley
Cow injures owner as he attempts to remove horns in Sharon
Jacob Jones of Superior Street in Sharon faces a dangerous incident after trying to debone his in corrigible cow with a saw. The cow charged and fell on Jones, pinning him. the animal is now for sale.
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Sharon. Pa
Jacob Jones
Superior Street
Murder trial opens in Maine court over dynamite killing
Wallace G. Everett a 50 year old Crocker Hill mine watchman stands charged with stabbing Edgar Radcliffe 22 and blowing up a shed with dynamite to conceal the crime. Radcliffe had life insurance payable to Everett and supposedly knew too much about Everett.
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Paris
Maine
Supreme Judicial Court
Wallace G. Everett
Crocker Hill
Paris Hill
Edgar J. Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Eiverett
Everett
Coal Dealers Split Over Price Rise Blocking Woods of Brighton
Boston coal merchants largely back a 25 cent per ton price increase effective two days ago. Alderman Woods of Brighton stands alone in refusing to join the rise. W H Pevear of Watertown suggests shortages drive the change and recalls a long pattern of annual spring price jumps since the five year coal strike.
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Alderman Woods
Brighton
Brighton Coal Company
Boston
W. H. Pevear
Watertown
Japanese Laundry Wrecked in Frisco After Night Attack
In San Francisco on October 15 a Japanese laundry was attacked injuring the proprietor and an employee who lie in a hospital. Many whites sustained bruises as police investigate. Exterior of the laundry is a wreck.
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San Francisco
Sheffield Gay Boy Suspended for a Year
New Haven Conn Oct 15 For participation in the student outbreak in this city last week Edward Fisher of New York a freshman in the Sheffield Scientific School Yale University has been suspended from college for one year by the faculty Fisher has been fined 19 in court for painting his class numerals on a city bridge on Temple street.
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New Havien
Conn
Edward Fisher
New York City
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Fisher
The Vanishing Fleets Prelude in The Sunday Post
Roy Norton reveals a mysterious disappearance of the Japanese and British fleets in an upcoming Sunday Post Magazine installment. The sensational war story promises global concern and dramatic intrigue as nations watch for answers.
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Roy Norton
Sunday Post
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Monahan
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Moose Run
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