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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1913

Page

18

Radium Rich Springs Sighted Near Berkshire Hills

Williams College reports radium emanations from a warm spring on Dome-Jet Mountain and a second spring nearby on Northwest Hill. Professor Shrader tests suggest underground radium deposits and possible mining interest in the Hoosac area. Local residents recount past cures and a 100000 dollar lifetime radium intake claim.

Professor Shrader Shrader Northwest Hill Hoosac River Taconic Mountains Arthur Rich Hoosac Camelet

Williamstown Professor Finds Hidden Radium Deposits

Radiu m deposits may lie beneath Williamstown mountains, discovered by Professor J H Shrader of Williams College. The find promises vast wealth to the discoverers as details of how it occurred are explained.

Shrader Joachimsthal Bohemia William F. Goodell Williamstown J. H. Shrader Williams College

Flag Tearing Under Probe Near Saugus High School

Chief C. Thompson and civic leaders from the Progressive party probe the tearing down of a large American flag displayed in front of Saugus Centre High School on Friday night. The banner bore the words Progressive Party and was hung with town permission between two trees.

C. ©. Thompson Saugus Progressive Party Saugus Centre High School

Brookline Home Robbery Steals Jewelry From Parker

Thieves entered Frederick F E Parker at 18 Winslow Road Brookline through a rear door and ransacked the house taking a considerable amount of jewelry. The break in was discovered last night when Parker returned from a business trip.

Frederick FE. Parker Winslow Road Brookline

Prisoner Rescued After Six Hours in Wood Hopper

Chelsea youth Joseph Lizzetto fifteen years old of 227 Chestnut street Chelsea spent about six hours trapped in the mouth of a huge wood hopper at Atwood and Mc Manus box plant. Firemen of Ladder 1 extricated him after about four cords of kindling were pulled from the chute.

Atwood & McManus Chelsea Joseph Lizzetto Chestnut Street Ladder 1

Boy Trapped In Factory Chute Rescued After Hours

A boy climbing to the top of a factory hopper chute slipped into the kindling chute. Frightened and wedged inside, he called for help for hours. Firemen freed him after opening the chute at the wagon landing. he suffered no lasting injuries.

Everett Avenue Pinkham David Hudson Fire Department Hudson

Rockefeller's Wife Ill Forces Change of Plans

In Cleveland on October 19, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller's grave illness prompts her husband to abandon plans to return to New York for the November 4 mayoral election. Details of her ailment remain private as she stays at Forest Hill estate and is rarely seen.

Cleveland John D. Rockefeller New York Rockefeller

Touring Car Skids and Hits Hydrant in Brookline

An auto owned by James A. Lowell of 571 Hammond Street Chestnut Hill Brookline swung into Park Square from Columbus Avenue around 6 o clock last night. The front wheels locked and the car nearly struck the Franklin Savings Bank window. Operated by A J Ringer the front wheels stuck the rear swung in an arc and struck a hydrant with a wheel flying off.

James A. Lowell Hammond Street Chestnut Hill Brookline Park Square Columbus Avenue Franklin Savings Bank A. J. Ringer

Police Dogs Arrive on Board in Cincinnati Arrival

Munich police official Herr Severin Fieber arrived on the Hamburg American liner Cincinnati with six trained police dogs. He plans demonstrations in metropolitan centers to show dogs' value in detecting criminals and to appeal to dog raisers and sportsmen. Also aboard were two Boston Opera Company members, tenor V. Tanlongo and baritone Taddeo Wronski.

United States Severin Fieber Cincinnati Herr Fieber Munich Boston Opera Company V. Tanlongo Taddeo Wronski

Boston Weather Forecast Sees Rain and Cold Snap

Weather Bureau reports Monday and Tuesday rain for Boston and vicinity with colder temperatures. A new storm, originating in the Ohio and Missouri valleys, spreads rain across the eastern U S, with stronger winds near Cape Hatteras and Nantucket. Temperature in Boston ranged 56 to 59 degrees yesterday as forecasters warn of cooler conditions ahead.

Weather Bureau Boston New England Ohio Missouri Indiana Tennessee United States Illinois Florida Peninsula Cape Hatteras Nantucket

Socialism in Country Predicted at Ford Hall

John Graham Brooks of Cambridge argued last night that cooperation precedes socialism. He forecast that by mid century the United States would see state and municipal ownership of railroads telegraphs telephones express companies and utilities including electric power and water.

John Graham Brooks Cambridge Ford Hall America

Co operative farming and social reforms outlined in speech

A speaker advocates public utilities run for the people not strictly by the State. He cites private railroads in 40 nations and envisions multiple crops per year, women working on the soil, and broad cooperative growth including arbitration and peace habits. Granger cooperatives in the West are cited as success stories.

America England

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