Local flyer sets new American speed record in climb
H. M. Wright piloting a Sturtevant Aeroplane Company craft yesterday afternoon at Squantum established a new American record for speed in reaching 5000 feet in 9 minutes, beating the previous mark by several seconds. He later climbed to 12000 feet before cold forced a descent, aiming to surpass the world altitude record of 26240 feet set in 1914 by a German aviator at Leipzig.
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H. M. Wright
Sturtevant Aeroplane Company
Squantum
Wright
Leipsic
Germany
Residents Press For Later Sunday Streetcar Service
Residents of Billerica and Lowell push for extended Sunday night streetcar runs to Boston from local rails. People spending Sundays in Boston must now exit by 9 PM to catch the last car to Lowell. weekday last cars run an hour later.
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Billerica
Lowell
Boston
Bay State Street Railway
Middlesex and Boston Street Railway
Purity and Power Hood’s Sarsaparilla Advertisement
Purity and Power claim Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies the blood to remove disease poisons and restore strength. Pepticon Pills are pitched as a tonic to increase red blood cells and energy, with Hood’s Sarsaparilla praised for four decades of public favor and availability through every druggist.
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Hood
25 Chelsea Families Driven Out by Fire
Scene of Chelsea’s 15000 dollar blaze ruins the sales stables of Isaac Kotzen on Everett Avenue. The fire forced 25 families from homes, with calls for aid to Everett and Revere. A brick fire wall saved the Interior Building Finishing Company plant shown beside the burning structure.
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Chelsea
Chelsa
Isaac Kotzen
Everett Avenue
Everett and
Revere
Interior
Fire destroys stables forcing Chelsea families from homes
Twenty five families fled their Chelsea homes yesterday as a fire swept the sales and auction stables of Isaac Kotzen on Everett Avenue near the Boston and Maine railroad. The blaze caused panic among residents in the tenements on Everett Avenue and East Fourth Street.
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Chelsea
Isaac Kotzen
Everett Avenue
Boston & Maine Railroad
East Fourth Street
Fire Threatens Tenements and Oil Plant Stables
A blaze damaged or threatened several tenement blocks the Interior Finishing Company plant and Standard Oil works. Everett aided with apparatus, fire confined to stables, 165 horses rescued, while Revere support failed en route as flames pushed back rescuers attempting to remove wagons and harness.
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Interior Finishing Company
Standard Oil Works
Everett and
Revere
Everett
Fire cripples Kotzen stables in Kenton district blaze
A large fire engulfed the Kotzen stables with the entire area in flames when fire apparatus arrived. Bay State trolley lines to Malden Melrose Everett square and the Everett avenue line were shut down for over an hour. The blaze, thought caused by a careless smoker, caused about 10000 in losses to the stables and about 2000 in damage to adjacent property.
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Bay State Street Railway
Malden
Melrose
Everett Square
Everett Avenue
Kotzen
Jerome B Wyman Receives Boston Post Cane Honor
Jerome Bonaparte Wyman aged 91 of 10 Ocean Avenue Winthrop now holds the Boston Post cane after it passed from Daniel Hollinger who lived to 100 and held it for years before his death several months ago.
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Jerome Bonaparte Wyman
Ocean Avenue
Winthrop
Boston Post
Daniel Hollinger
Mr. Holinger
Boston
Christmas Trees Barred From Ohio By State Board
Ohio bans New England Christmas trees for the season due to the gypsy moth pest threat. The State Board of Agriculture announced the measure in Columbus. The action aims to prevent spread of the pest.
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Columbus
New England
Ohio
State Board of Agriculture
Postal Clerk Sentenced for Mail Embezzlement
Jesse W. Chanman a longtime Lowell Post Office clerk was sentenced by Judge Morton in U S District Court to one year and one day in Plymouth jail for embezzling letters from the mails yesterday.
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Jesse W. Chanman
Lowell
Plymouth
Morton
United States District Court
Democrats 10 Rally At Faneuil Hall With Hogan Curley
The Democratic city committee ready for a big rally at Faneuil Hall on Saturday night to back the party’s candidates. Judge Thomas F. Hogan Illinois attorney-general will deliver a principal speech and Mayor Curley is among the speakers.
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Democratic City Committee
Faneuil Hall
Thomas F. Hogan
Illinois
Middle West
Curley
Love Loses Divorce Case Over Custody Fight
Wesley C. Love a U S Navy coppersmith at Charlestown navy yard asked Judge Fox for a divorce from Anna M. Love alleging her intoxication and seeking custody of their two year old son Marton. The court refused the divorce due to lack of corroborating evidence as Love could not locate his wife or child.
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Wesley C. Love
United States Navy
U. S
Duncan
Charlestown Navy Yard
Fox
Anna M. Love
Marton
Love
Simmons Girl Bride of Harvard Graduate
Miss Myrtle Vinton Ellis daughter of Lt and Mrs Fred M Ellis of the Cambridge police married Clifton L Rice of Lowell at First Baptist Church Cambridge. She a Simmons College graduate now in social service with Margaret Fuller House. Rice, Harvard 1912 alumnus, sanitary engineer by profession in Lowell.
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Myrtle Vinton Ellis
Fred M. Ellis
Cambridge Police Department
Clifton L Rice
Lowell
First Baptist Church
Central Square
Cambridge
Arthur 8. Burrows
Immanuel Baptist Church
Charles& Rice
Harvard
Mayor Seeks Expert to Aid Boston Assessors
The Boston Mayor calls for greater efficiency and a better accounting system in the city assessing department. He asks the Finance Commission to study options and favors hiring an expert accountant, proposing Carnegie Steele as a highly qualified choice.
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Boston
Finance Commission
Carnegie Steele
Darken Gray Hair With Simple Home Recipe
A Kansas City resident shares a home remedy to darken gray hair and boost growth. The mix uses bay rum glycerine Barbo Compound and water and is applied every other day until the desired darkness is reached. The formula is claimed to relieve itching and dandruff and not stain the scalp.
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Kansas City
Marine Corps Recruiting Office Extends Hours
The Marine Corps recruiting office at 22 Tremont Row will stay open until nine to accommodate prospective recruits. Major Charles B. Hatch said the extended hours are not related to army manpower shortages or planned house-to-house canvassing.
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National Biscuit Company
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Jerome B. Wyman
N. E
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Greater Boston
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Brookside
National Biscuit Co
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