Troops Move Camp to New Site Under Pershing Review
Western Massachusetts guards, 1500 men, broke camp at dawn in Columbus New Mexico and moved to a higher site near Tres Hermanas Mountains. Brigadier General Pershing visited, reviewing units as officials planned return from border patrol and a 325 mile hike to Albuquerque for the state fair.
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N. M
Massachusetts
National Guard
War Department
New Mexican Guard
Albuquerque
John J. Pershing
Mexico
Second
Massachusetts Regiment
Dozens in Danger as Runaway Horse Plunges Through Boston Crowd
A horse hitched to a delivery wagon broke through the crowd in Scollay square near Cornhill and Court street, shattering plate glass in two stores before Patrolman Fox stopped it. Driver Patrick Brennan of 255 East Ninth Street South Boston suffered a fractured foot.
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Cornhill
Court Street
Fox
City Hall
Patrick Brennan
East Ninth Street
South Boston
Boston Stranded Travelers Rush as Railroad Strike Grips City
Railroads faced overwhelming inbound and outbound traffic as a strike halted normal service. Special baggage trains and extra crews were arranged to move luggage, while North and South stations stored baggage outside amid hotels overflowing with travelers and commuters seeking shelter for the holiday.
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Boston
Western Union Case Put Off To Sept 12
A case by Albert J Buck state industrial inspector against Western Union Telegraph Co for discharging David Howett after he joined a union was continued to Sept 12 in municipal court. The complaint alleges enforcement by force and intimidation on July 4. The company pleaded not guilty and sought a bill of particulars. Frederick W Mansfield represented the State Board of Labor and Industries.
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Albert J. Buck
Western Union Telegraph Company
David Howett
Creed
Howett
Frederick W. Mansfield
State Board of Labor and Industries
Militia Expect Orders To Return Home Soon
El Paso Texas September 1 Massachusetts militiamen here express joy and believe recent developments point to imminent orders from the War Department to entrain for home in the Bay State.
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EL Paso
Tex
Massachusetts
War Department
Bay State
Bay State Militia Hints at Northward Move Amid Orders
Bay State militia, after reports some National Guard units were sent home, anticipates relocation to the North. Washington orders bar students and those with dependents from leaving the border and hints at broader mobilization, with Massachusetts units training vigorously at Fort Bliss.
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Bay State
National Guard
Washington
Mexico
Congress
Massachusetts
Witness fears haunt Boston gunman case split move
Assistant District Attorney Smith reported a New York gunman living in Boston vicinity of Castle Square threatened to shoot one of his assistants. Police scoured the city while five witnesses were captured at Revere and prepared to depart for New York. Smith refused to name the witnesses, fearing death by former allies.
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New York
Smith
Dwight Street
Revere
Boston
Castle Square
John Schick
Boston Gangster Stages Threats While In City
A member of the Denny Slyberg gang of the East Side is under arrest on a white slavery charge. The suspect, who arrived in Boston last Monday, has remained undercover and threatened to kill a stool pigeon.
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Schick
Denny Slyberg
East Side
Boston
Old Man of the Mountain Safe. New Hampshire Sets Guard
Governor Spaulding and the Executive Council voted to have the state assume responsibility for stabilizing the Old Man of the Mountain forehead. Storms and frost loosened the stone, risking loss of the profile’s characteristics. Engineers under Colonel Charles H. Greenleaf will secure the stone to its proper position.
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Concord
N. H
Spaulding
Executive Council
White Mountains
Charles H. Greenleaf
Franconia
Auto Kills Seven Year Old in West End
Beatrice Lapino seven years old of 62 Hale Street West End was struck and killed by an automobile while playing on Stamford Street near South Margin Street at 7 40 last night. Charles Brack owner and driver of the car of 187 Bisecon Street was arrested by Joy Street station officers charged with manslaughter.
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Beatrice Lapino
Hale Street
West End
Stamford Street
South Margin Street
Charles Brack
Bisecon Street
Joy Street
G A R Elects New Officers At Kansas City Encampment
William J. Patterson of Pittsburg Pennsylvania was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the Kansas City encampment. He succeeds Captain Elias R. Monfort of Cincinnati. New officers include William H. Wormstead of Kansas City senior vice commander and Missouri department commander, N. K. Russ of New Orleans junior vice commander in chief, Orville S. Reed of Manzanola chaplain in chief, and William M. Hanna of Aurora Illinois surgeon general. Staff named: H. H. Bengough Pittsburg adjutant general General Cola D. R. Stowitz Buffalo quartermaster general J Henry Holcomb Philadelphia assistant quartermaster-general and custodian.
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Kansas City
William J. Patterson
Pittsburg
Penn
Grand Army of the Republic
Elias R. Monfort
Cincinnati
William H. Wormstead
Missouri
N. K. Russ
New Orleans
Inchief
Orville S. Reed
Manz
Cohasset Man in France Serving in Ambulance Unit
In Suffolk Superior Court the case of Daniel H. Coakley against William De Ford Bigelow of Cohasset was continued. Coakley sought answers to written questions regarding a $50,000 note. Bigelow could not answer. The suit remains active, Bigelow currently in France with the American ambulance.
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William de Ford Bigelow
Cohasset
France
Suffolk
Daniel H. Coakley
Boston
Superior Court
Coakley
Bigelow
Carnegie's Yacht Reaches Eastport From Digby
The steam yacht Surf, used by Andrew Carnegie, arrives in Eastport Mississippi from Digby, N. S., en route to Bar Harbor after cruising Canadian waters.
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Carnegie
Eastport
Andrew Carnegie
Digby
Bar Harbor
Neal Institute claims seven year Boston success for Neal Treatment
The Neal Treatment reportedly ends liquor cravings in three days without injections or withdrawal. The Neal Institute in Boston founded seven years ago now cites over 60 institutes nationwide with similar success and offers free consultation.
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New England
America
Boston
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