Opening Word of the Fall Tailoring Season at Gale & Kent
The opening fall tailoring season invites men in Greater Boston to visit Gale & Kent at 96 Court Street. The firm touts new facilities and lighting, a strong price advantage for suits at 15 to 25 dollars, and urges measuring now for timely fall and winter delivery.
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Greater Boston
Gale & Kent
96 Court Street
Court Street
America
New England
Boston
Child's Hand Crushed in Street By Ice Wagon Wheel
Mrs. Margaret Donohue of 44 Athens Street South Boston left her year old baby in a carriage on the curb while she fetched money. An ice wagon driver behind the cart struck the carriage wheel tipping it over. The left hand was crushed and hospital care followed with possible amputation.
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Margaret Donohue
Athens Street
Boston
Boston Ic Company
Blazing Clothes Save Lives After City Oil Stove Blast
In South Boston at 24 Athens Street a kerosene stove exploded last night at 7 10 injuring four occupants. Annie Zulia 20 suffered serious burns while Julia Malvinos and others helped extinguish flames. both women were hospitalized but expected to recover as the fire was quickly controlled.
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Athens Street
Boston
Annie Zulia
Julia Malvinos
Charles Washreh
Lizzie Kazlarinoski
Zulin
Miss Malvinos
Washreh
Miss Kazlariioskii
Frantic Woman Hailed By Herbal Remedy Claim
A 19th century advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles and nervous conditions. It cites testimonials from Mary Wood of Christiana Tennessee and Wallace Wilson of Thompson Connecticut claiming relief from displacements inflammation and period pains after using the remedy. The ad asserts the product has cured thousands of women over thirty years.
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Mary Wood
Christiana
Tenn
Lydia KE
Pinknaie
Wallace Wilson
Thompson Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Forty seventh Regiment Boys Hold Sixteenth Annual Reunion
The 16th annual reunion of the Forty seventh Regiment M V M was held at the American House with about 50 members present along with ladies and friends. Officers elected for the year are President B F Hatch Secretary and Treasurer Alex M Robinson and chaplain Rev H C Cunningham. Prominent members included Major E S Horton Sergeant Bates H P Simonds and Frank A Titus. About 200 Civil War veterans remain living and the committee plans to boost attendance next year. A morning business meeting was followed by a banquet in the hotel dining room.
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Fortyseventh Regiment
B. F. Hatch
Alex M. Robinson
H. C. Cunningham
E.S. Horton
Bates
H. P. Simonds
Frank A. Titus
Keliher Backed for Fourth Term by Ward 6 Democrats
At the Ward 6 Democratic Club meeting held at 231 Hanover Street the candidacy of Congressman John A. Keliher for renomination and reelection was endorsed. Ex congressman Joseph A. Conry’s 1903 remark labeling Ward 6 voters as flotsam and jetsam drew condemnation from attendees. Frank Pettiti presided as club members including Dr L J Marccucci Ubaldi Guidi and James V. Donnaruma praised Keliher. The hall displayed Italian and American flags. Unanimous vote supports Keliher for a fourth term in Congress.
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Ward 6
Democratic Club
Hanover Street
John A. Keliher
Joseph A. Conry
Congress
Jets& T
John F. Fitzgerald
Frank Pettiti
Keliher
L. J. Marccucci
Ubaldi Guidi
James V. Donnaruma
Italy
America
New Cure for Asthma Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts ascateo as a new asthma remedy with immediate relief from a single dose of seven drops and permanent cures after five hundred drops. It claims hay fever relief and lists Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores and Boston stores as sellers with explanatory literature from the Austrian Laboratory in New York.
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Ascateo
Riker-Jaynes
Drug Department
Houghton & Dutton’s
Boston
West 25Th St
New York City
Woman reports assault and robbery after job offer in Quincy
Katherine Clark, 26, living with friends on Harrison avenue, says a man about 35 offered her a housekeeping job in Quincy for 3 a week. She says he seized her in woods during a purported shortcut, robbed her, and left. She has a father, two brothers, a sister at 7 Pine street, and a husband she is not living with.
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Katherine Clark
Harrison Avenue
Lancaster
State Employment Bureau
Kneeland Street
Quincy
Pine Street
Wright's flight ends after 52 seconds in big aeroplane
In Washington on September 7 Orville Wright flew his large white winged machine for 52 seconds. He circled the field once then landed after lubrication issues with the brake band caused the planes to drift requiring manual lever control.
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Washington, D. C
Orville Wright
Gypsy Smith's Son Appears in Boston Revivalist
Albany Smith, son of Gypsy Smith, world renowned evangelist, appeared in Boston yesterday at Shawmut Avenue Mission. He did not preach but sang religious songs to a packed hall. He spoke between verses about his conversion and world travels before returning to New York.
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Gypsy Smith
Boston
Albany Smith
Shawmut Avenue Mission
Fireman Bravely Rides Pole to Stop Runaway Team
Lieutenant Frank A. Draper of Somerville Fire Department crawled along Ladder 1 to seize a three horse hitch that bolted in Washington Street after a call from Box 18 near 2 PM. Pedestrians narrowly escaped injury as the prospect of a collision loomed.
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Somerville
Frank A. Draper
Washington Street
Horses Run Wild After Reins Break on Decoration Day Parade
Three black workhorses pulling a truck at Decoration Day parade break loose after a rein separate. Lieutenant Draper vaults to the driver seat and, gripping bridles, manages to halt the runaway team as bystanders follow anxiously.
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Lieutenant Draper
Charles M. Craig
Washington Street
Draper
Animala
Schoolma ams Arrive Home Homeward bound teachers return to Boston
About 200 teachers returned to Boston aboard the Laurentian docking at Allan pier Chelsea. They greeted another 200 teachers with handkerchief waves. The group had spent three to four weeks touring Italy and Switzerland visiting Rome Florence Venice Genoa and the Alps before splitting to Germany and France.
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Boston
Laurentian
Allan Pier
Chelsea
Italy
Rome
Florence
Venice
Genoa
Switzerland
Alps
Germany
France
Berlin
Leipsig
Sorbonne
Paris
Missing Girl Grace Murellor Sought by Parents
Grace Murellor a 16 year old girl from 212 Ninth street disappeared from home Sept 5. She left to go to the city to make purchases wearing a blue suit and hat and a white shirtwaist. She is about 4 feet 10 inches tall 115 pounds with brown hair and a medium complexion.
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Grace Murellor
Ninth Street
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Flight Impresses Army Board
The big machine circled at 30 to 40 feet, landed gracefully after a 52 second flight. Major Saltzman and army officers witnessed the test as Wright hoped for another run but darkness halted plans. Nearly 1000 spectators, cars, and officials observed the demonstration with strong signs of controllability and progress.
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Army
Navy
Charles McK. Saltzman
Board of
Child Burned in East Boston Tragedy
Mary Curley seven, of 526 Saratoga Street East Boston, suffered nearly fatal burns yesterday while playing with matches. Her clothing burned away, and onlookers rushed to help. She was carried to the Relief Station. her father is John Curley.
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Mary Curley
Saratoga Street
Boston
Curley
William Twoomey
John Curley
Lad Dying in Gun Accident in North End
A youth named Rafaele Scoltzi, 18, of 142 Salem Street lies dying at Relief Hospital after a loaded revolver accident. His employer Morris Price, 21, of 15 Stillman Street is under arrest at Hanover Street station. Pietro Machini, a friend, is being sought by police in a wild rooftop chase across a block.
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North End
Rafaele Scoltzi
Salem Street
Relief Hospital
Morris Price
Stillman Street
Hanover Street
Pietro Machini
England Receives Pope Praise on Jubilee Visit
The Pope welcomed French pilgrims marking his priestly jubilee. He urged France to preserve churches and warned that liberty is trampled by force while England honors Catholic sacraments and London streets.
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Rome
France
England
London
Moors Surround French Post at Boudenib Frontier
Reports from Boudenib on the Algerian frontier say twenty thousand Moors surrounded the French post near COLOMB BECHAR. The garrison at the post numbers 6000 men and is heavily pressed by the encirclement.
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Colomb-Bechar
Algeria
Boudenib
Knox Not in Accident Report, Geneva Police Say
Inquiries by friends in Berne regarding a reported Geneva automobile crash involving Senator Knox and family receive no police confirmation. Geneva authorities say no such accident has been reported and they have no information on the incident.
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Berne
Switzerland
P. Cc. Knox
Geneva
Police Seek Leo Cutter Staten Island Teen In City
Police try to locate Leo Cutter 17 and his friend Arthur Chadwick 19 after they arrived in the city from Staten Island. A telegram from Staten Island informs that Leo’s mother is dying and asks the police to notify him. Details of their lodging are unknown.
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Leo Cutter
Staten Island
N. Y
Arthur Chadwick
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