Wind and Rain Wreak Havoc Across Boston Area
A fierce wind and rain storm battered Boston and nearby waterfronts causing injuries and widespread damage. Winds peaked near 84 mph at Blue Hill Observatory with 1.65 inches of rain flooding streets and basins. Injured include Frederick Kaes and Walter Lanners. rescuers saved Maria Silva from drowning at Kent Street station as floodwaters rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Great Lakes
Blue Hill Observatory
Maria D. Silva
Kent Street
B. & M. Railroad
Somerville
James Pepper
Silva
Somerville Avenue
Frederick J. Kaes
Sixth Street
South Boston
Carney Hospital
City Point
Walter Lanners
Beacon Street
Chelsea
Glass of Salts Cleans Kidneys and Backache Relief
An old health advice item promotes a rad salts and Jad Salts regimen to cleanse and stimulate kidneys by flushing with lithia water. It claims high water intake, four ounces of salts daily for a few days, and lists kidney function as blood filtration with relief from backache and bladder irritation.
Gale Wrecks Trees Vessels and Smashes Shorefront
A Boston area gale injures several people on Meridian Street and Charlestown amid falling chimney bricks and shattered gates. A large willow near Longfellow’s St Albans home is uprooted. Vessels drag moorings from Nahant to Dorchester Bay, with ships like Orozimbo and Fannie Hall torn from anchors. Coast guard and tugs respond as shore facilities and rail lines suffer damage and yachts are wrecked along Cottage Park and Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lief Hospital
Meridian Street
John Thomas
Maplewood Street
Malden
Hanover Street
Thomas
Haymarket Square
Joseph Joyce
Mystic Wharf
Charlestown
Joyce
Congress Avenue
Chelsea
Walter Mammoth
Annie Mammoth
Beacon Street
Boston
Helen Cuyvie
Elliot Street
Newton Upper Falls
Cambridge
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
St. Albans Street
Highland Light
Cape Cod
Orozimbo
Dorchester Bay
Recreation Pier
South Boston
Nellie
Lynn
Boston & Maine
Winthrop
South Shore
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Thornton
Orient Heights
Jeffries Point
Cottage Park
Winthrop Yacht Clubs
J. J. Kimball
Ruth N
Commodore
F. Brooks
Winooski River Floods Basements as Banks Overrun
Swollen by today’s storm the Winooski River rose rapidly in Montpelier and overflowed its banks. Water reached seven feet above normal flooding many store basements in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Winooski
Magrane Houston Co Employees Stage Halloween Benefit
More than 800 people attended a Halloween party by Magrane Houston Company workers at the Dorchester Club Dorchester to raise funds for knitting soldiers. The Knitting Club organized a program of music entertainment and dancing with acts including a Hawaiian dance by Miss May McCabe and Timothy Desmond. A Uncle Sam impersonation by Robert Dennis and Liberty by Miss Josephine Cullinane drew praise while guests contributed to a Kaiser's jaw punch for 10 cents. Adelaide Magrane and A Hanley attended the event with committee members led by Mary Hoey and Lillian Ormand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Magrane Houston Company
Dorchester Club
Talbot Avenue
Dorchester
Knitting Club
Uncle Sam
Robert Dennis
Liberty
Josephine Cullinane
Adelaide Magrane
P. B. Magrane
A. Hanley
Mary Hoey
Lillian Ormand
Margaret Lyons
Mary Cox
Genevieve Trainor
Man Killed in Maine as Storm Rages Across State
Eastern Maine faced a ferocious storm with downed wires and power outages. In Oldtown a man named McPhetree was killed after contact with a live wire, while Eben Leavett of Bangor was knocked unconscious by a falling branch as the state endured the blackout by candlelight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bringor
Maine
Oldtown
McPhetree
Eben Leavett
Bangor
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound advertised in Richmond
A Richmond advertisement features Mrs Lena Wynn praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life. The message lists symptoms such as headaches dizziness hot flashes and nervousness and urges use of the remedy to restore normal health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena Wynn
E. O Street
Lydia B. Pinkham
Diamond shirt stud blocks escape for Illinois bank robber
William Moffatt, a Chicago bank robber, was released from Deer Island and rearrested after an Atlanta shirt stud larceny. Inspector Sheehan met the Deer Island boat, and Moffatt was arrested on a warrant for stealing the shirt stud on Oct. 30, 1913, in Atlanta. He is held at the Tombs for Atlanta police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
William Moffatt
Chicago
Ill
Deer Island
Sheehan
Moffatt
G. H. Seal
Mansfield Would Oust Endicott in Western Campaign
Democratic nominee Frederick W. Mansfield wrapped four days of campaigning in western Massachusetts with rallies in Malden and Medford. He blasted Governor McCall and Endicott over the food situation, accusing McCall of hiding behind Endicott and claiming relief is being obstructed to aid McCall’s campaign. He cited health department reports supporting claims of hoarding and storage, and urged a Democratic win to address farmer issues. Matthew Hale and several party speakers stressed electing a Democrat to Washington. The campaign plans more rallies in Greater Boston with a 500 mile western swing behind a likely Democratic vote surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Mansfield
Massachusetts
Malden
Medford
McCall
Endicott
Henry B. Endicott
Mansfield
Mr. Endicott
Matthew Hale
Washington
Josiah Quincy
Edward P. Barry
Thomas J. Boynton
John J. Mitchell
N. F. Shaw
Louis K. Sullivan
Robert 8. Corrigan
Robert Robinson
Boston
Revere
Lynn
Peabody
Salem
Southbridge
Obstructive Milk Policy Sparks Call to Remove Endicott
Mr Mansfield charges that Endicott supports Governor McCall by blocking reforms and aiding Hood & Sons in a 10 to 14 cent milk price scheme. He accuses Endicott of creating a milk monopoly and failing to protect drivers, employees, and the public amid Massachusetts stockpiled food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endicott
McCall
Mansfield
Quincey Man Joins Naval Reserves as Ship's Cook
George McEwan of 1109 C street Quincy is 61 and has been accepted by the Naval Reserves as a first class ship's cook. He will begin instruction of younger bakers at Commonwealth Pier after a bakery career in Dorchester and retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McEwan
C Street
Quincy
Naval
Commonwealth Pier
McEwan
Dorchester
Newton Youth War Hero Receives Croix de Guerre
Richard W. Westwood a 21 year old Newton resident and son of Mr and Mrs Frank G Westwood was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France for bravery under fire. While serving with the American Field Service he carried wounded from a shell zone despite a leg wound from shrapnel and was blown from his ambulance seat by a shell burst but resumed duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Westwood
Frank G. Westwood
Richardson Street
Newton
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New England
Naval Aviation
Squantum
New Brunswick
Cerva
LEMP
ST Louis
C. B. Smith & Bro
Mass
Fannie Hall
Nahant
Frank Gove
The
Winooski River
Magrane Houston Co
Famine
Cam
Mewan
Naval Reserve
Jordan Marsh Company Reat
Abpoluss Satisfaction
IIHER
Richard W., Westwood
A. W. Jones
Velvet
New York
Paris
A. W. Jones CO
Chauncy Street
Hovey
8&T
Fr.e
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson
Buffalo, N. Y
Iiec
Westland Avenues
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