Liquor Cited in Majority of U S Industrial Accidents
Chicago Oct 18 Sixty percent of the nation s industrial accidents are charged to liquor according to L R Palmer chief inspector of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry who spoke to delegates at the National Congress for Industrial Safety today.
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Chicago
United States
L. R. Palmer
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
National Congress For Industrial Safety
Saloon Isolation Tactic Aimed at Boosting Workplace Morale
A speaker predicts a widening gap between saloons and the industrial plant, arguing business needs better worker entertainment than taverns. He adds cash payments to deter workers from redeeming wages at saloons, reducing illicit currency conversion.
Two Children Die in Calais House Fire
Calais Maine October 15 Two children aged two and eight of Fred Eaton at North Perry were burned to death in their home today. The eldest boy threw two siblings from an upper window and escaped but could not save them. Mrs Eaton was away at a neighbor’s when the fire began.
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Calais
Fred Eaton
North Perry
New York Shifts From Drought as Rain Arrives
New York City received rain this afternoon, ending a 46 day dry spell with only traces on Sept. 24 and 25. The seven week total rainfall measured one-fifth of an inch, marking one of the longest drought periods recorded by the local weather bureau.
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New York
New York City
Weather Bureau
Sunday Post Pictures Start A Loose Leaf Scrap Book
Sunday Post announces the creation of a loose leaf scrapbook featuring Sunday pictures and outlines how to assemble it next Sunday. The note invites readers to collect images and arrange them for a personal keepsake in the weekly feature.
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Sunday Post
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Imperial Arcadia Opens As Foremost Boston Lodging House
On the Arcadia site near Dover street a new lodging house named the Imperial opened to house 200 men. Precautions include automatic sprinklers on floors two to four, fire alarms, non combustible floors, wire lathed plaster walls, fireproof stairs, outward opening windows, and a district fire alarm system. John G. Lyons, former Arcadia lessee, now owns the Imperial.
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John G. Lyons
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Resolution proposes inquiry into US war preparedness
Washington October 15. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts introduced a joint resolution in the House to create a national security commission to probe the military status of the United States. Gardner says the public search will reveal that the nation is totally unprepared for a war, defensive or offensive, against a real power.
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United States
National Security Commission
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Gardner
Massachusetts
Europe
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Crozer Leaves $653,000 in Bequests to Baptist Groups
The will of Robert H. Crozer of Chester Probate here provides 100000 in trust to Crozer Theological Seminary and 10000 for student aid. Each of the American Baptist Publication Society American Baptist Missionary Union American Baptist Home Mission Society gets 50500 in trust plus 10000 outright. Additional gifts range 5000 to 50000 to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania churches and charities. A hospital in Upland is funded with 200000.
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Robert H. Crozer
Crozer Theological Seminary
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American Baptist Publication Society
Philadelphia
American Baptist Missionary Union
Boston
American Baptist Home Mission Society
New York
Pennsylvania
Thrown From Wagons Kill Man and Boy in Me
Two fatal accidents were reported in Presque Isle Maine on October 15. Henry Duncan, 66, a prominent farmer, was thrown from a wagon when his horses ran away and died of a broken neck. A four year old boy, John Henderson, son of Ora M Henderson, was also thrown from a wagon and run over.
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Henry Duncan
John
Ora M. Henderson
Belgium Aid Fund Drive Launched In Tremont Building
The first city appeal to boys and girls and to churches for Belgian relief funds was organized by Consul E Sumner Mansfield in the Tremont building yesterday afternoon. The Belgian people are starving in their devastated country and the drive seeks aid from American citizens and institutions.
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Boys and Girls
America
Belgium
E. Sumner Mansfield
Tremont
Boston Belgians Relief Fund opens with $5022 donation
A Boston appeal reports $5022 raised for Belgian relief as circulars go out across New England urging small donations. New York contributions topped $100,000, detailing Belgium’s devastation from German shelling and urging clothing donations. The Federal Trust Company will accept funds, with Larz Anderson as honorary chair and a large executive committee including John D. Long and Ellery Sedgwick among others. The opening gift was $5,022.
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New England
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Belgium
Belgian Relief Committee
Federal Trust Company
Larz Anderson
United States
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Charles S. Rackemann
Joseph H. O'Neil
John PD. Long
Ellery Sedgwick
John BE. Thayer
James J. Storrow
Joseph FE. Warner
Thomas L. Livermore
Galen L. Stone
Frederick C. Shattuck
James M. Morrison
Paul Thorndike
Henry Parkman
George A. Gordon
Augustus Hemenway
John O’connor
Humphrey O'Sullivan
Regnald Washburn
Francis G
Andover to Get 462000 Bequest in Day Will
Phillips Andover Academy in Andover Massachusetts receives about 462000 as residue of Melville C Day’s estate. A life estate ends leaving about 45000 to the academy. Other bequests include 25000 to the Wardwell Home for Old Ladies in Saco Maine and 2500 to Gould Academy in Bethel Maine. The total estate was about 669000.
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Phillips Andover Academy
Andover
Mass
Melville C. Day
Florence
Italy
Phillips Andover
Wardwell Home
Saco
Gould Academy
Bethel
Bartholdi's Widow Dies in Paris Residence
Madame Bartholdi widow of Auguste Bartholdi sculptor of the Statue of Liberty died at her Paris residence. The statue, presented by France and erected in New York Harbor, remains a landmark of Franco American friendship.
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Madame Bartholdi
Auguste Bartholdi
United States
New York Harbor
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