Gloucester Sailors Survive Shipwreck on Atlantic Voyage
The fishing schooner Scepter from Gloucester wrecked off Scatterie Island Cape Breton in a blinding snowstorm. Three men are missing while sixteen survivors arrived in Boston aboard the Prince Arthur, after care in Sidney and transport arranged by the American consul. Survivors include Captain Charles C. Malone and Bernard Maloney among others.
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Scepter
Gloucester
Boston
Georges
Scatterie Island
Cape Breton
Sidney
Charles C. Malone
Horace Goodlick
Goodlick
Jacob Atwood
Clifford Wawes
Nathaniel Quinan
Angus Mce Vwachern
Bernard Maloney
John Mchkil-lep
Frank Thompson
Edward Summers
Edward Snow
Hiram Wilson
Fred Trafts
Tee Elliott
Joseph Hersey
Boston Mayor Says City Faces Economic Decline
Mayor Fitzgerald spoke at the Columbus Club in Dorchester declaring Boston is slipping commercially and becoming a national laughing stock due to discrimination by old family business leaders against Irish members.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Hall of the Columbus Club
Dorchester
Cleveland
Buffalo
City Hall
State House
Mayor Fitzgerald criticizes Boston politics and city funding
In brief dispatches from across the country, Mayor Fitzgerald denounces state interference that limits Boston’s budget and power, cites an $8000 bill for a court case as evidence, and laments Civil Service restrictions. Other items note international prep, financial changes, and local incidents.
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Moran
Chase
Fitzgerald
Boston
Civil Service Commission
Sister of Dr Day asserts he was murdered
The sister recounts family turmoil over Dr Cushman Day’s marriage to Miss Callahan and disputes reports of suicide. She says Cushman planned to announce the marriage, expressed love for his wife, and believed foul play may be involved, as motive remains unexplained.
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DR. Day
Cushman
Mother
Massachusetts
Mother’s
Boston
Mrs. Wilson
Police seize ale and beer at Italian social club
Officers of Station 9 served a search warrant at the Italian social club on Wranklin Court in Woerchester yesterday afternoon and seized a quantity of ale and beer.
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Station 7
George J. McCarthy
Chelsea Street
East
Boston
Wranklin Court
Woerchester
National inland water route eyed for eastern states
Representative Joseph Ramsdell of Louisiana says a proposed inland water route from Boston to the Carolinas will be seriously considered at the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington December. The plan aims to cut freight costs, aid during war, and may receive initial funding in 1909.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Carolinas
Washington
Joseph Ramsdell
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Capital
National Congress
Congress
Ramsdell
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Atlantic Coast
Car collision injures Dorchester man. arrests after raids
A Dorchester man Richard Kelley 55 was severely cut on Berkeley street when a coupe collided with a South Boston car. Passengers I. D. Clapp and Mary Smith uninjured. Police raided two Oxford street resorts and arrested 11 Chinamen for gambling and Sabbath gaming.
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Richard Kelley
Hancock Street
Dorchester
I’. D. Clapp
Mary Smith
Bride Not Dead After Death By Own Act In West Roxbury
Mrs. Jennie Callahan learns her daughter Estelle Maud Cushman Day is in Brooklyn with Dr. Albert Cushman Day. A telegram to Mrs. Wilson in Brooklyn clarifies Estelle is alive, though her husband is dead, and the funeral follows in Brooklyn. Miss Hattie Callahan testifies to the ceremony.
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West Roxbury
Albert Cushman Day
Estelle Maud
Jennie Callahan
Brooklyn
Dr. Day
City Hospital
Pstelle
Susan Geary dress mystery linked to hospital romance
A telegrapher from Winthrop recalls the engagement of Dr. Day and Estelle. They planned a April wedding with a leave of absence, secretly married at Rev W Sherman Thompson's church in Somerville. The witness, a sister, helped dress the bride and they later sailed aboard the Yale to New York.
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Winthrop Office
Susan Geary
W. Sherman Thompson
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Mr. Thompson
Boston
Baker Memorial Church
Yale
New York
Daily Horoscope Guide by Recognized Astrologer
The series presents daily zodiac guidance crafted by a reputed astrologer. Readers need not believe to enjoy insights and reflections meant for everyday life.
Propitious Day for Land Deals and Elder Counsel
On this 801st day of the year with Mercury and Saturn in helpful aspect, signing real estate deeds and agricultural contracts is advised. A golden key signals earth touching success for miners, and elders offer blunt but valuable counsel. The birth sign suggests a profitable year, a clever boy, and a girl likely to marry an older person.
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Southern
Pacific
Boyhood Friends Reunite After 27 Years At Sea
Captain Daniell of the Norwegian ship Ingrid, arriving from Buenos Ayres, meets Carl Anderson of Gill & Sootz upon docking. As youths they studied at Laurvig Norway and later pursued separate fortunes with Carl sailing the seas and Certety taking to the ocean.
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Daniell
Ingrid
Buenos Ayres
Carl Anderson
Gill & Sootz
Laurvig
Norway
Garl
Certety
Onnel
Winthrop Praises Chief Buffinton and Police Strength
A Winthrop official lauds the town police department led by Chief Buffinton. He cites reduced lawlessness, shut-downs of illegal liquor sellers, and squelched speeders, calling Winthrop an ideal residential area with growing permanent residents and strong support for the chief.
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Winthrop
Buffinton
Massachusetts
Holy Name Society Plans Thanksgiving Church Reunion
At a St. Vincent's Church South Boston meeting the Holy Name Society decided to hold the annual reunion in Bethesda and Bernice Halls on Thanksgiving Eve. Elected to the committee of arrangements were Bartholomew Lynch John J. Lydon John Murphy William Denehy and T H Cahill.
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Holy Name Society
St. Vincent’s Church
Boston
Bethesda
Bernice Halls
Broadway
Bartholomew Lynch
John J. Lydon
John Murphy
William Denehy
T. H. Cah&l
Dorchester Honors Woman at Home Reception
Mrs. Peter H. Rogers wife of Patrolman Rogers Station 11 hosted a Dorchester reception at 19 Adams Street attended by numerous friends. She returned Friday from a three months Europe tour with her two sons Henry and John. Patrolmen of Station 11 gifted her a costly silver tea set.
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Peter H. Rogers
Rogers
Station 11
Adams Street
Dorchester
Kidney Trouble Remedy Promoted For Suffering Readers
An article urges readers with kidney or bladder trouble to avoid expensive specialists and use a home remedy. It recommends mixing Concentrated Barkola Compound and Cascara Aromatic, take one teaspoon after meals and at night, claiming Dr. Flood endorsed it as superior for kidney, bladder and rheumatic ailments.
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Flood
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