World Tour Night at Dorchester Church Fair
Women of Christ Church Dorchester plan a home fair to simulate travel from England to Holland France Italy Japan and the United States. Guides start at Dix street garden cafe with an auto shuttle visiting Mrs Howard Florida Street Holland Rev Pratt Mill Street Wallis Mather Street Japan Farwell King Street and Dr Douglas Centre Street before returning to the cafe.
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England
Holland
France
Italy
Japan
America
Christ Church
Dorchester
C. J. Douglass
M. E. Reynolds
Dix Street
United States
Charles Howard
Florida Street
G. F. Pratt
Mill Street
J. J. Wallis
Mather Street
F. F. Farwell
King Street
C. J. Douglas
Centre Street
Russian Joan of Arc: Katrina Shefts Quietly Living in Roxbury
Mrs Katrina Shefts, a refugee known as the Russian Joan of Arc, has resided at 3 Prentiss Street Roxbury for over a year. Neighbors do not know her true identity as she figures prominently in records of Russian revolutionary societies and activities.
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Prentiss Street
Roxbury
Katrina Shefts
Joan of Arc
Activist Katrina Linzit Sparks Baltic Uprising
In Sisigal Livland Katrina Linzit led a popular rising against the autocratic government. Her relatives also played key roles and were banished. several were butchered by Cossacks. Linzit, a fair haired blue eyed woman, energized peasants and drew government attention.
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Sisigal
Livland
Katrina Linzit
Chelsea Forms State’s First Vigilance Committee
Chelsea residents organized the first vigilance committee in the state to guard the devastated city. The group began its nightly patrols last night to protect against further fires and maintain security.
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Chelsea
Hebrew Ward 2 Vigilants Quell Night Fire Threat
The Hebrew residents of Ward 2 organized 16 self appointed guards who patrolled all night. No fires were reported in Chel sea yesterday or this morning as vigilance remained high. Joseph Barger of 242 Second Street leads the group as president of the Hebrew Firebug Protective Association, driving efforts to curb incendiary acts.
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Chelsea
Joseph Barger
Second — Street
Spirits Run Riot in Home At Lambert Household
New York report describes alleged clairvoyant abilities of seven year old Junior in the Lambert home. Mrs Jordan W Lambert of St Louis, wife of a chemical manufacturer, cites the boy's powers to Professor James H Hyslop, executive secretary of the American Society for Psychical Research.
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New York
Junior
Jordan W. Lambert
St. Louis
James H. Hyslop
Hyslop
American Society For Psychical Research
Noted Lambert Seance Manifestations Draw Wide Attention
Mrs Lambert recounts seven pages of testimonies in the current journal. William Hannegan, a former office worker turned Lambert family attendant, is cited by Professor Hyslop as a remarkable subject. Reports describe a moving table, music drawing power, astral wandering, object location, and fragrant roses appearing as gifts from spirits.
Papermaker Strike Breakers Detained In Rumford Lockup
In Rumford Maine on October 23 two strike breaking papermakers from the International Paper mill were chased by union pickets after leaving a building. They sought tobacco and fled through Canal Street before seeking refuge in the town lockup.
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Rumford
International Paper Company
Canal _ street
New Haven Road Objects to Three-Judge Merger Trial
Officials of the New Haven road object to pursuing the New England merger case before three United States Circuit Court judges on constitutional grounds. The government expects no delay from the objection.
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Bonaparte
New England
New Haven Road
Conductor Arthur C. Carnes Convicted of Larceny
Conductor Arthur C. Carnes of the Foston Elevated was tried and convicted yesterday morning in the Roxbury District Court on a charge of larceny of fares from that company. Carnes lives at Calumet Street, Roxbury, and worked in Division 2 of the surface lines.
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Arthur C. Carnes
Foston Elevated
Roxbury District Court
Carnes
Calumet Street
Roxbury
Fire roars through Oliver Street building injuring firefighters
Chief Mullen and Lt Teehan of Engine 7 were lightly hurt while battling a four story blaze at 156 to 166 Oliver Street. Laddermen Crowley and Toomey rescued Barnard McFadden from a fourth floor window as flames cut off his escape. Fire began on the third floor at 6:55, damaging the Buck Advertising top floor and other tenants. Estimated damage is $10,000. A bystander named John Andrews suffered an epileptic episode. The Hill Clarke Machine and Frank B Fitts occupy the lower floors. spontaneous combustion is suspected.
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Mullen
Teehan
Engine 7
Oliver Street
Crowley and
Toomey
Company 8
Barnard McFadden
Standard Glue
Blake Electric Companies
Buck Advertising Company
Hill-Clarke Machine Company
Frank B. Fitts
Purchase Street
Buck Plant
Bernard McFadden
McFadden
Crowley
Bangor
John Andrews
Relief Hospital
Hill-Clarke Company
Pistol Duel As Robbers Fire On Cab In Boston Chase
Police chased two highwaymen after a cab robbery on Columbia Road. Joseph Moran, 21, was captured after firing at officers. a second bandit fled, and a driver escaped unharmed. Moran found with a blackjack. he is to be examined at headquarters.
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Paul Clifford
Joseph Moran
Worcester Square
Jenkins
Columbia Road
Moran
Boston
Accused of Manslaughter After Roxbury Death
James Harvey aged 21 was arrested on an indictment warrant for manslaughter in the July death of John F. Carpenter a coal team driver who formerly lived at 1005 Columbus Avenue Roxbury after a struggle with Patrolman Powers of Station 10 late last night.
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Powers
James Harvey
John F. Carpenter
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
Rare Beasts Arrive Aboard Steamer Herminius in Boston
The steamer Herminius from Buenos Ayres brought unusual animals to Boston including vicunas armadillo condor and spur winged turkeys destined for the National Zoo in Washington. In exchange North American birds and animals will go to Buenos Ayres. The lonely armadillo and ferocious birds drew visitor interest as the voyage noted.
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Herminius
Houston
Boston
Buenos Ayres
Vicunas
National Zoo
Washington
Peruna Editorial Promotes Public Use and Transparency
The author asserts Peruna will be offered to the people as a household remedy with full ingredient disclosure and willing testimonials. It pledges ethical advertising, promises to publish user statements and portraits by request, and claims Peruna as a great medicine with worldwide expansion plans.
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Peruna
Man Dies Saving Horse at Brookline Stable Fire
Evariste Ouimet, 35, a coachman for the Goddard family in Brookline, was fatally burned while attempting to rescue a favorite horse in a stable fire shortly after midnight yesterday. He risked his life to save the animal and perished in the blaze.
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Evariste Ouimet
Goddard
Brookline
Julia Goddard
Ouimet Dies in Stable Fire While Saving Horse
Ouimet, 62, woke to flames bursting from a stable roof on his birthday. He rescued one horse before continuing into the blaze despite his wife’s pleas. His body, and the horse and cow he tried to save, were recovered from the ruins the next morning.
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Ouimet
Senator Crane’s Cars Used in Auto Theft Probe
Dalton October 23 Senator Crane lent his automobiles to State Police Officers Bligh and McKay and to the Dalton police to pursue thieves who broke into his residence last night. Police have searched miles around but found no clue as yet.
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Dalton
Crane
Bligh and McKay
Tang Shao Yi meets Chinese Emperor in audience
Wire report items from various cities note Tang Shao Yi special envoy of China is touring to study conditions and was received by the Emperor. Also: Nanshan coal collier reaches Amoy for American battleships. Clyde Edeburn fatally shoots police officer Thomas Farrell in Pittsburg. Mrs Krusie Alberta kills baker Zito Frappampino in Chicago. Bishop Potter wills all to five children. Buddecke dies in Washington. Unity Athletic Club quarters damaged in Lawrence by fire.
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Torio
Tang Shao-Yi
Amoy
Nanshan
Pittsburg
Clyde Edeburn
Thomas Farrell
Chicago
Krusie Alberta
Joe Alberta
Zito Frappampino
New York
Potter
Buddecke
Washington
Lawrence
Unity Athletic Club
Broadway
Prizes Awarded For Gardens In South End Districts
Boston residents in crowded tenements received garden and window box prizes last evening as Mayor Hibbard distributed awards under the South End Social Union. Speakers included Robert A. Woods and Principal Owen. Winners covered gardens and window boxes across multiple streets with first and second place prizes listed.
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Boston
South End
Elizabeth West
Vernon Street
Denison House
Ellis Memorial House
Hale House
South End House
Lincoln House
Roxbury Neighborhood
Emmanuel House
Ruggles Street
Brookline Sees Town Meeting Debates On Square Naming
Brookline residents prepare for a special town meeting to decide if Village square should be renamed Lincoln square with over 300 signers on a petition. Contested items include a $2000 sanitary in the square, a $60,000 fire house view, a $600 weather vane for the high school, a $250,000 library, a $10,000 Lincoln School trust, and $3000 for spraying machines to combat moths, totaling $342,535.47.
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Brookline
Village Square
Lincoln Square
William H. Lincoln
William H. Lincoln School
Textile Workers Re Elect John Golden President
The eighth national convention of the United Textile Workers of America in Cohoes closed with Charlotte, North Carolina chosen for the next meeting. John Golden of Fall River was reelected president with James Tansey of Fall River as first vice president, James Pringle of Lowell as second vice president, and Albert Hibbert of Fall River as secretary treasurer.
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Schenectady
N. Y
United Textile Workers of America
Cohoes
Charlotte
N. C
John Golden
Fall River
Mass
James Tansey
James Pringle
Lowell
Albert Hibbert
Oraca Bessa Arrives At New Vergeans After Hurricane
United Fruit Company's steamer Oraca bessa docked at New Vergeans in a badly battered condition after 60 hours overdue and 52 hours in a Caribbean hurricane that began Friday.
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New Vergeans
United Fruit Company
Weather Chief Predicts Rain Douses Fires
Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, says rain is falling in several states south and west of New York and is likely to reach New York and New England tomorrow to extinguish forest fires. He denounces artificial rain as dangerous charlatanism and warns against exploiting public need for profit.
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Washington
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
New York
New England
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed Worldwide
A vintage advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the leading remedy for feminine ills. It claims decades of success treating inflammation, ulceration, spinal weakness, backache, irregularities, and nervous symptoms, promising relief and compatibility with the female system.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chelsea to Have a New Masonic Temple
Chelsea plans a new Masonic temple replacing the fire-destroyed building. The structure will rise on the St James site on Broadway and be one of the state’s most imposing classic designs. Construction starts soon with $60,000 stock issued and a 16-member board of prominent merchants elected.
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Chelsea
St. James
Broadway
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Marion Reynolds
City Harbors Fair
Vigilance Committee
Fic Syrup Co
Peruna Editorial NO. 1
South End Social Union
Textile Workers
Moore
Lydia E. Pinkhaw
Baltimore
Wellington A. Hardy
Hinckley Bldg
Water St
Brewster
Casey
Ladies Wien
Telephone
Oxford
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