Child Fatally Struck By Auto In City Street
Fight-year-old Celia Blum of South End was injured when struck and run over by an automobile at Harrison avenue and Decatur street yesterday noon. The machine owned and driven by Metcalf A. Polly of Winchester passed over the child as she crossed the street. City Hospital staff are treating her condition as critical. Police from Station 5 investigated. Polly was not detained.
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Celia Blum
Rose Street
South End
City Hospital
Harrison Avenue
Decatur Street
Metcalf A. Polly
Foxcroft Road
Winchester
Station 5
Polly
College Men Act as Stewards on Liner
A dozen students from Harvard Brown Western Reserve University of Illinois and Nebraska University returning from Europe last night joined the Adriatic as stewards. Vacancies arose due to the strike in England and the college men were hired. They traveled free and earned a little money through the arrangement.
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New York
Europe
Adriatic
England
Harvard
Brown
Western Reserve University of Illinois
Nebraska University
Ancient and Honorable Artillery fete Portland naval unit
The Naval Reserve company from Portland Maine arrived in Boston and was hosted by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company at Faneuil Hall. They enjoyed an 85 mile trolley outing, a 1:30 dinner aboard the Chicago, a banquet in the trophy room, and a Portland officers’ reception before returning to the Chicago for a smoker and evening boat to Portland.
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Naval Reserve Company
Portland
Faneuil Hall
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Massachusetts
Greater
Boston
Massachusetts Naval Militia
Chicago
Portland Company
Ancients
Everett C. Benton
Reuben R. Dyer
Augusta Mayor Receives Threatening Letter From Rome
Augusta Me Sept 4 Mayor Remel J Noyes received a threatening letter written in broken Latin and mailed from Rome addressed to His Eminence the Mayor of Augusta He suspects a crank or joke and notes similar letters may have reached other mayors Officials report the message promises perpetual death and is signed Josafat
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Augusta
Rome
Remel J. Noyes
Noyes
Josafat
Warship Rams Excursionists Off Toulon Coast
The French battleship Brennus collided with the excursion steamer Magali of Marseilles near Toulon while en route to naval maneuvers. No deaths occurred though the Magali was badly stove in and passengers were landed safely after a dense fog caused panic.
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Toulon
France
Brennus
Magali
Marseilles
Mésgall
Carrie A Lane Floated After Grounding Near Shinnecock
The four masted schooner Carrie A Lane, bound from Pascagoula to Boston with pine ties, ran aground near the Shinnecock Life Saving Station on Long Island. The vessel was freed at high tide by the revenue cutter Seneca and the wrecking tug I J Merritt and towed toward Boston. Captain C W Stratton, ill with swamp fever, was treated aboard the Seneca.
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New York
Carrie A. Lane
Shinnecock Hfe
Long Island
Seneca
Pascagoula
Miss
Boston
I. J. Merritt
C. W. Stratton
West End Stockholders Vote on Subway Merger with Elevated
The West End and Boston Elevated stockholders meet to decide on consolidation under the 1911 act. A negative vote is deemed unlikely as the merger appears set, with the Elevated pledged to accept the new subway bill upon West End approval. If language passes, construction could begin immediately.
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West End
Boston
Commission
Elevated
Subway Plans Drawn for Three New Lines
Transit planners reveal draft routes for three new subways. Officials say timelines, funding, and impact on neighborhoods will be assessed before public hearings. Community groups urge careful zoning and equitable displacement protections.
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Transit
Arrest under way Faro raid arrests Holyoke man
James H. Walters age 20 of Holyoke was arrested yesterday afternoon under Pope's Hill crossing bridge Dorchester by Sergeant Sumner Foster Station 11 for promoting a faro game. Foster, in plain clothes en route to Tenean Beach to watch flying machines, observed the game and made the arrest.
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James H. Walters
Holyoke
Pope's Hill Crossing
Dorchester
Sumner Foster
Foster
Tenean Beach
Fiance Dead as She Lands in New York
Mary Williams returns from Europe to learn fiance Daniel E. Garrison Jr. died by suicide at the Waldorf Astoria. She collapses at the dock and is unable to travel to Rye Beach New Hampshire as planned. Garrison, visiting from St. Louis, had been badly injured and died from self-inflicted gunshot while grieving over ill health.
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New York
Daniel E. Garrison, Jr
Europe
Mary Williams
Garrison
Waldorf-Astoria
Rye Beach
N. H
Miss Williams
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the Centaur Company
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Maine
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