Rescued by Boys Save Mrs Day at Lake Quannapowitt
Wakefield Sept 1 Mrs Georgianna Day 65 wife of Benjamin Day a retired shoe maker attempted suicide by drowning in Lake Quannapowitt but was saved by Edward Walsh and Harry Highland both young men who swam to her aid and brought her to shore where a physician revived her She cited illness and nerves as motive and was acclaimed for her church and charity work by local residents.
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Wakefield
Georgianna Day
Benjamin Day
Lake Quannupowitt
Edward Walsh
Harry Highland
Een
IMacure Remedy for Obstate Indices and Ailments
A brief note advertises IMacure as a remedy claimed to ease nervous dyspepsia headache low mood and general obtrusive indices. The item presents as a medical patent remedy from an early period, listing symptoms rather than proven medical efficacy.
Alleged Woman Firebug Puzzles Police in Dorchester
Miss Mary Webb of 851 Washington Street Dorchester is jailed at Station 11 on arson charges. Her age is listed as 35 though believed older. She sang snatches from ditties and pranced on crutches throughout the night, acting like a child shown fairyland wonders.
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Station 11
Mary Webb
Washington Street
Dorchester
Boston Woman Arrested for Alleged Arson
Miss Webb was arrested after fire investigators presented evidence she stood in the street singing and dancing while her apartment burned. The mattress in her room was torn and soaked with kerosene, and neighbors describe her as a peculiar local character who makes point lace for pediers and lives alone on the first floor of the burning tenement.
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Miss Webb
Boston
Miss Webb Charms District Children With Ghost Tales
Neighbors say Miss Webb often tells ghost stories to district children. A crowd gathers at her doorway as she tells fairy tales and chases youngsters around the lawn on one crutch, delighting the youngsters with her tales.
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Miss Webb
Post
Overcoats Sold at Discount in Gray County Store
Gray Co. offers winter overcoats priced at 18 and 20 dollars for 7.90 dollars each. Washington, Han over.
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Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Fall suits offered at five ninety today
Display of fall suits priced at 5.90 unfolds in Washington and Hanover with emphasis on bargain fashion.
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Washington
Hanover
Black Tibet Suits to be Sold by Gray Co
Gray Co Washington Hanover will sell fine black tibet suits at seven dollars ninety cents each. The announcement notes the stock and pricing for potential buyers in Washington and Hanover.
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Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Fall Styles Parade at F. Gray Co Hats
Washington and Hanover offer $2 hats at 98 cents each. Fall styles featured by F. Gray Co. ready for customers seeking affordable headwear options this season.
Riot at Salem Pavilion Sparks Vandalism and Fights
Salem September 2 A crowd of Chelsea pupils refused entry to the Gasino dancing pavilion at midnight and rioted around Market square. They vandalized property assaulted bystanders and damaged several stores and saloons in the vicinity.
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Salem
Gasino
Chelsea
Market Square
Chelsea gang disturbance quelled by arrival of officers
Police intervened as a gang action risked a large armed disturbance. Ten Chelseaites were arrested and will be arraigned in local court today on charges. Additional officers from Lynn and Swampscott were alerted as others planned to regroup before morning following a surprise party for local boxer Kid Carter.
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Chelsea
Kid Carter
Turbine Steamer Victoria Grounded Near Cape Charles
The Allan liner Victoria, a new turbine steamer, ran aground near Cape Charles about noon amid a dense smoke plume from nearby forest fires. The 350 passengers are safe and will be forwarded on the Bavarian next Friday as wreckers move to free the vessel.
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Montreal
Sept. L
Cape Charles
Quebec
Crane Island
Ring Worth 2500 Stolen From Young's Hotel Hidden By Two Women
Mrs. Robert B. Kelly reports an oriental pearl ring valued at 2500 dollars disappeared from the ladies writing room at Young's Hotel on Thursday evening. A colored maid has been cleared. police suspect another woman shared the theft during Mrs. Kelly's long writing session.
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Robert B. Kelly
Philadelphia
Young’s
Pants on sale for 99 cents at F. Gray Co
Continued notice from the seventh page column advertising 500 pair men s pants priced at 99 cents each by F Gray Co in Washington. The sale is today only and applies to the listed stock.
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F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
School Days Near F Gray Co Open Fall Styles Today
Washington Hanover retailer F Gray Co unveils fall styles with 1000 suits priced at 1.49 dollars. The event marks the start of a new season and highlights large stock and promotional pricing.
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F. Gray Co
Washington
Hanover
Japan in new perils after Portsmouth treaty
By John J. Kenney. Hotel Wentworth New Castle NH Sept 1. Japan faces perils from revolution fears over concessions and loss of Sakhalin. Envoys Komura fear hostile reception and anger at delays in armistice until the peace treaty is signed.
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Wentworth
Newcastle
N. H
Japan
Portsmouth
Sakhalin
Komura
Police Seek Prison Angel In Cambridge Missing Girl
Mrs. Ethel Lowe 16 known as the Prison Angel is missing from 139 Thorne Street East Cambridge. She may be detained by a former lodger at home or in South Framingham after three weeks away. Police describe her as tall and slender with a scar over one eye and gold front teeth.
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Ethel Lowe
Cambridge
Angel
Mrs. Lowe
Thorndike Street
East Cambridge
Boston
Violet Lowe
Ethel
South Framingham
Boston Weekend Weather Outlook
Local forecast for Boston and surrounding areas calls for Saturday fair skies with light variable winds. Sunday remains partly cloudy with a chance of light showers.
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Boston
Vicinity
Weather summary and departures forecast
Yesterday’s average temperature 63 while the previous year’s reading remains unspecified. Steamers leaving Saturday for European ports expect light to fresh southwest winds and partly cloudy conditions toward the Grand Banks.
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Ean
Grand Banks
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