Boston Sides Narrowly Favor Bryan or Taft in City
Democratic leaders predict Boston will back Bryan by a substantial plurality while Republicans insist Taft will carry the city. Figures vary among officials but both sides claim a City vote tilt toward their national candidate with confidence in victory.
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Boston
William J. Bryan
William H. Taft
Democracy
Vahey
Bryan
William F. McClellan
Democratic City Committee
Fitzgerald
Edward &. Graves
Republican City Committee
Herman Hormel
Republican Organization
Taft
Graves
Hormel
Safe blowers fooled at Attleboro grain mill
Burglars drilled and blew the safe in E. A. Briggs & Co. grain mill early today but the explosion jammed the money chest. They fled in an automobile after being spotted by awakened citizens, with three men seen fleeing the mill office.
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Attleboro
E. A. Briggs & Co
Two Large Citron Plants Highlight Hampton Harvest
Dr S F A Pickering reports two enormous citrons grown at his summer home near Little Bodt s Head Hampton New Hampshire. The two fruits weigh between 2 and 30 pounds together and were grown as an experimental seed crop. Such size surpasses typical monstrous eight pound citrons known to local agriculturists.
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S. F. A. Pickering
Little Bodt’s Head
Hampton
N. H
Decapitation at Cleveland Steel Mill
Erick Els, a wire drawer at American Steel & Wire Company mills in Cleveland, was decapitated when a hot red wire broke during drawing. The released wire wrapped around his neck as tension released, burning through his neck and severing his head in seconds.
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Cleveland
Erick Els
American Steel & Wire Company Mills
Els
Charlestown Armory to be Dedicated January First
A $200000 Charlestown armory dedication is planned for Friday evening January 1. Uniformed officers from the army navy and militia will participate in a reception and exercises. Charlestown headquarters and all three Charlestown companies of the Fifth Regiment will supervise with several thousand spectators expected.
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Charlestown
Army
Navy
Militia
Dr John H Jackson Dies After Brief Illness in Fall River
Fall River obituary notes the death of Dr John H. Jackson a longtime local physician and brother of former mayor after a brief illness at his home.
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Fall River
John H. Jackson
Jackson
Franklin Street
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Boston
City considers contract for garbage collection with New England Sanitary
The Garbage Commission favors a contract system to collect and dispose of all city refuse. Mayor Hibbard seeks fair wages for sanitary workers as a condition. New England Sanitary Product Co. bids under $600,000, with current costs around 54,000 for disposal and 13,000 for wharf rent. Ex-Superintendent Sullivan offers free handling of paper and combustibles, currently done by City Refuse & Utilization at 5,500 annually. The plan would extend the contract through 10 more years beyond 1912.
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New England Sanitary Product Company
Hibbard
Sanitary Division
Bangs
Garbage Commission
Emerson
Finance Commission
Hecht
Sanitary
Daniel Sullivan
City Refuse & Utilization Company
Five Northport cottages burned in summer colony fire
Bangor Oct 28 Five cottages valued at about 1500 dollars each were burned at Northport this afternoon. There was little fire protection and the entire summer colony was seriously threatened by the blaze.
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Bangor
Northport
New System Aims to Regulate Boston Fish Sales
The Fishing Masters Association of Boston skippers met at 10 Long Wharf to form rules governing trips of fish landed at the pier. A three-man delegation from the Fresh Fish Dealers' Association, Benjamin Rich Maurice Shaw and Bert Phillips, will negotiate the new regulations to take effect within two days.
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T Wharf
Fishing Masters’ Association
Boston
Long Wharf
Fresh Fish Dealers’ Association
Benjamin Rich
Maurice Shaw
Bert Phillips
Life of a Pimple Clears Overnight
Dispensers announce possum skin remedy promising rapid clearing of complexion and pimple disappearance. A 10 cent box available at local drug stores claims to ease eczema acne tetter and itching including scalp and feet. Free experimental package offered by mail from Emergency Laboratories New York.
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Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton’s
West
Twenty-Fifth Street
New York
Hamilton College President In Critical Carriage Crash
Melancthon Woolsey Stryker president of Hamilton College is in critical condition after a runaway carriage overturned on College Hill in Clinton New York. The 57 year old scholar suffered concussion and possible internal injuries though no bones were broken. Stryker, a Hamilton alum and longtime church pastor, has led the college since 1892 and written hymns.
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Clinton
N. Y
Woolsey Stryker
D. D
Hamilton College
Stryker
Hamilton
The
Auburn
Ithaca
Holyoke
Mass
Chicago
Senator Bourne Loses Big Poker Game in Portland
Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr of Oregon played in a $40 limit six handed poker game at the Portland Hotel. He says one player lost $5000, while he is short a large sum of money. The event occurred Sunday and highlights Bourne’s noted political stance for Roosevelt.
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Portland
Ore
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Oregon
Roosevelt
Girl Florence Damney Reported Missing After Fourth Elopement
Philadelphia October 28 Mrs Florence Damney 17 again elopes with a man. Parents say she has eloped three times before and is now missing from home.
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Philadelphia
Florence Damney
Aged Russian patriot Tschaikovsky released from imprisonment
Nicholas Tschaikovsky, an aged Russian patriot and early reform leader, was freed in St. Petersburg after nearly a year in jail. A bail fund raised in England covered his release, received locally, and deposited in the Imperial Bank. He left the prison under escort for the gendarmerie headquarters. The release follows international protests and petitions.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
England
Tschaikovsky
Imperial Bank
Russia
Great Britain
United States
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