Fight Against Phone Change in Regional Telephone Service
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company asked the Public Service Commission to remove all six party district service telephones from the Salem Beverly Peabody Danvers and Marblehead district. Former Representative Alvah J Bradstreet of Danvers opposed the petition while Vice President E K Hall for the company argued the change served the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Salem
Beverly
Peabody, Danvers
Marblehead
Public Service Commission
Alvah J. Bradstreet
Danvers
E. K. Hall
Telephone Company
Woman Burned in Bed as Curtain Blows into Gas Jet
Dora Bauer eight years old of 78 Berkeley Street South End was seriously burned last night when a lace curtain blew into a lighted gas jet. While asleep she was enveloped by flames. Fireman J H Donahue from Ladder 18 carried her from the room and she was taken to City Hospital in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Bauer
Berkeley Street
South End
J. H. Donahue
Ladder 18
City Hospital
Thief Steals $733 From Desk At Waltham Store
Miss Helen Krapton, a Waltham furniture store employee, reported a thief took her life savings of 733 dollars from a roll top desk at 343 Moody Street. She had left the money in the desk after withdrawing it from a bank before lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Krapton
Waltham
Moody Street
Hughes Speech Faces Open Letter Ad From Noted Publicists
When Hughes speaks here tomorrow he will confront a quarter page advertisement in this newspaper containing an open letter signed by leading publicists and literary men of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
United States
Battery D Leaves for Home from El Paso
Battery D of the Bay State Field Artillery and all horses of the Second Battalion left El Paso tonight for Massachusetts. Batteries E and F remain until tomorrow to complete mustering out papers and secure additional freight cars.
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EL Paso
Tex
Bay State Field Artillery
Massachusetts
D Battery Men Bid Farewell From Camp Pershing
The D Battery men march away with Captain Perkins as B and F Batteries prepare to load their equipment. The three batteries head to Salem Massachusetts for muster out and the first Georgia troops are due to relieve the Eighth and Ninth Massachusetts in El Paso tomorrow.
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Perkins
Camp Pershing
Massachusetts Field Artillery Regiment
Massachusetts
Robert Davis
Salem
Mass
Camp Cotten
Georgia
el Paso
Georgia Cavalry
Bay State
Camp Morris
Washington's home burned in Fairfax County blaze
Alexandria Va Oct 24 a three story colonial house on the Hayfield farm built in 1772 by George Washington and sold to his cousin Samuel Washington in 1784 was destroyed by fire today. It was owned by James M. Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Hayfield Farm
Fairfax County
George Washington
Samuel Washington
James M. Duncan
Shoemaker Samuel A Doble Ends Life With Revolver
Samuel A Doble a 63 year old shoemaker of 3 Pond street South Weymouth shot himself through the heart Monday night. He left a note on his bench dated Oct 23 stating he was going to meet his wives and did not care to live here asking the town to bury him and take his property as payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Doble
Pond Street
Weymouth
Franklin Square House Fund Moves Toward $100,000 Goal
The campaign to raise 100000 for the Franklin Square House shows progress with 7536.75 collected last week. Dr. George L. Perin reports the institution has now raised 39827 to date.
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Franklin Sq. House
Franklin Square House
George L. Perin
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the Common
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