Ifs in life shape career of Charlestown and Boston women
A column contrasts two Charlestown and Boston women showing how fate, choice, and circumstance steer life. It notes how a young Charlestown girl faces peril yet finds saving grace, while a Boston woman gains fortune through a valued friendship. The piece invites readers to buy next Sunday's Post for more such stories.
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Charlestown
Boston
Bryan
Massachusetts
Dewey
Washington
Taylor
Grant
White House
Jeffries
Duffy
Brooklyns
Great Britain
Foston
Murder and mutiny aboard Brazilian brig in Atlantic incident
The Brazilian brig Julian A Schlosser reported murder of the captain, wife, and mate by the helmsman while en route to Brazil. A Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel approached, crews boarded after fire was returned. Eleven sailors jumped overboard and were captured. the helmsman died by suicide. another murdered man was found aboard.
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Santa Cruz DE Teneriffe
Julian A. Schlosser
Brazil
Infanta Isabel
Boy 3 Falls From Roof in Levante Accident Tragedy
Henry Miller Mes, 3, died after falling from a flat roof at his parents' home on North Margin street. He struck the sidewalk thirty feet below and died soon after at Tinkham's undertaking establishment on Howard street. Neighbors say many children played on the roof.
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Henry Miller Mes
Tinkham’s Undertaking Establishment
Howard Street
Eath
Henry
North Margin Street
Enry
Bankers Meet as Roberts Hails Gold Supply Boost
Ellis H. Roberts, U S treasurer, addressed the Pennsylvania Bankers Association in Scranton noting a strong currency and gold reserves. He cited record treasury gold, high gold in circulation, and gold certificates lifting monetary stability with 38 24 percent of money in circulation in gold at the start of October.
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Scranton
Penn
Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Unknown woman dies en route to station in Pitts Street alley
Officers found a 65 year old woman unconscious in an alley off 19 Pitts street at 8 40 last night. A doctor aboard the patrol wagon declared her dead en route to the station. She likely lived on South Margin or North Margin street.
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Pitts Street
South Margin
North Margin Street
North Grove Street
Suspect Charged with Arson in Cambridge Street Fire
Sergeant O Nell of Station 3 arrested 33 year old Charles P Hilton on arson charges. He allegedly set a fire at a building on Cambridge Street owned by W K Porter on the 15th of the month.
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O’nell
Charles P. Hilton
Cambridge Street
W. K. Porter
Fair Weekend Forecast From New England To Washington
Fair conditions expected in New England on Friday and likely Saturday with light northeast winds. Local outlook calls for Friday mostly fair and continued fair Saturday with moderate winds.
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Washington
New England
Race Summary From Outer Mark to Aborted Columbia Lead
Race started at 11 01 33 with outer mark at 2 24 45 and 2 31 03 when called off. Columbia gained to outer mark at 4 19 00 and held a lead of about three miles at the time the race was halted.
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Columbia
Wind saves Shamrock from whitewash in New York Cup tests
The New York October wind kept the Columbia Shamrock series from a three straight loss as the defender still led early but could not close the final gap. A wind shift turned a likely finish into a broad reach, allowing Shamrock to escape a more painful defeat. experts favor Columbia in light airs or gale conditions, though the race was halted near the time limit with Columbia ahead by about three miles.
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New
York
Hmit
Columbia
Sir Thomas
William
Meteor
Balast
Herreshoff
Shamrock
Boom launched to improve Boston Harbor and channel
A conference of seven Massachusetts Congressmen Senator Lodge and Chamber of Commerce leaders backed a project to deepen Broad Sound to 35 feet and widen the entrance to 1200 to 1500 feet. Officials say the harbor upgrade would attract ocean trade worth millions and save travel time for ships from Europe. The entire Massachusetts delegation pledged support.
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Broad Sound
Boston
Europe
Massachusetts
Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge
Messrs. Lawrence
Moody
Gillet
Naphen
Weymouth
Boston Seeks Harbor Improvements to Boost Ocean Trade
A Boston conference at the Exchange Club brought Senator Lodge and Congressmen together to press for harbor upgrades. They backed widening and deepening Broad Sound channel to 35 feet and 1200–1600 feet, creating a reliable ocean passage into the inner harbor for large ships and faster freight and passenger service.
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Boston
Inner Harbor
Senator Lodge
Naphen
Tenth District
Broad Sound
Cape Town dispatch reports Vryburg surrender and Mafeking at risk
The Cape Town correspondent says Vryburg surrendered after police withdrew inviting Boer occupation. The fallout threatens Mafeking, cut off by Boer forces. Bridges at Fourteen Streams and Modder River blown to isolate Kimberley as fighting looms near Ladysmith Glencoe and Dundee with Boer and Free State troops massing.
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London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Vryburg
Kuruman
Mafeking
Kimgerley
Modder
Kimberley
Ladysmith
Glencoe
Dundee
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Washington St
Hanover St
Sumatra
F. R. Knowlton
MAKER
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Acton
Mass
Gareer
Exultina Florist
St. Docton
Henry Miller
R. H. White Co
Henry F. Naphen
Water Front
Boston Harbor
Bay State
Columbia. Shamrock
Atlantic
Exchange Club
Wallace F. Robinson
The
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Robert Bonner
New York
Bernard M. Wolf
Col. Hanover and
Portland Sts
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