Golf Links Keeper Killed by Lightning at Northampton
Patrick Finn, keeper of Warner Meadow golf links, was struck dead by lightning during a thunderstorm while sheltering under a pine tree. Fredrick Kneeland, cashier of First National Bank, and Dr. Elmer H. Copeland, a physician, were seriously injured but expected to survive. Finn, 41, leaves a widow and three children.
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Northampton
Patrick Finn
Fredrick N. Kneeland
First National Bank
Elmer H. Copeland
Warner Meadow
Finn
Mr. Kneeland
Dr. Copeland
Mr. Finn
Kneeland
Copeland
Fire Wipes Farm Buildings After Lightning Strike
A bolt of lightning struck Calvin Brown's Alexandria farm in New Hampshire setting fire to buildings. The hay crop was stored, a horse and some live stock perished, with total losses estimated at 4000 dollars and insurance coverage of 2600 dollars.
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Bristol
N. H
Calvin Brown
Alexandria
Lightning Fires Break Out Across Brockton
A severe thunder shower caused fires in Brockton. Lightning struck L. G. Manley’s barn on Saber Street, burning it to the ground with an approximate loss of about 00. James Pratt’s dwelling on North Main Street was hit but saved after minor damage and a quick firefighters’ response.
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Brockton
L. G. Manley
Saber Street
James Pratt
Main Street
Aldermen mull a million dollar loan bill
In a two hour committee session Aldermen debated numerous funding requests for ward improvements. With election looming they agreed a new loan bill would be drafted for Monday, likely totaling about one million dollars or more for municipal buildings fire houses and other needs.
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Committee On Public Improvements
Jordan
Roxbury Court House
Miller
Ward 16
Faneuilah
Kelly
Dyar
Senate
Gerry
Doyle
Public Improvement Committee
Theatregoers Hurt In Trolley Collision Near Park Square
A dozen theatregoers were seriously injured when rear end streetcar wreck on Eliot street near Park Square at about 11 PM. A stuck switch and slippery rails caused the crash as cars bound for Harvard Square collided. several victims named include George B. Fox Alice Mason Carrie Pond Edward LePage and Martha Green with various injuries.
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Eliot Street
Park Square
Harvard Square
Undi
George B. Fox
Alice Mason
Ashburton Place
Mason
Carrie Pond
St. James Street
Edward LePage
Cambri
Martha Green
Cambridge
Pittsburgh Strike Movements Amid Peace Talk and Plant Openings
Reports from Pittsburgh indicate Shaffer denies terms for settlement and vows the steel worker battle will continue. U S Steel officials move to reopen South Side plants as Star mills fill with skilled workers, while pickets are kept back and benefits proceed.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
New York
United States Steel Coreee
Monongahela
American Tin Plate Company
Star Plant
Union Station
Star Mills
Star
Williams
Amalgamated Treasury
Sym
Hun
Dou Thomas
Irons
Ee Soe
Councilurg Acuss
Horgan Rally in Ward Ends Slander Campaign Push
The Ward rally at West End Union Hall drew about 800 people to back Representative Francis J. Horgan in the third Suffolk Senate race. Horgan attacked anonymous circulars and Lomasney's Hendricks Club then warned against slander and political maneuvering while citing evidence and urging voters to support his bid. Ex Representative Douglass from East Boston credited East Boston with unity for Horgan against Lomasney and Fitzgerald.
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Francis J. Horgan
Suffolk
West End Union Hall
Canal Street
John J. Brophy
Eesane. Horgan
John J. Douglass
Henry Koch
John J. Collins
M. W. Brick
Adolph Burroughs
Horgan
Ward
Hendricks Club
Lomasney
Martin Lomasney
Common Council
Kiley
Lfe
Paris
Democratic Party
John F
Fitzgerald
Hart
Nashua
Billerica
Lowell
Martin
Cambridge
East Boston
Francis Organ
Senate
John F. Fitzgerald
Czar Meets Kaiser on Imperial Yachts Standart and Hohenzollern
Off Dantzic the imperial Russian yacht Standart met Emperor William aboard the German Hohenzollern as both fleets paraded. The two rulers exchanged greetings on deck, inspected guards, and dined together with a high-ranking retinue including Russian foreign minister Sams̄dorff and German chancellor Von Buelow.
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Czar
Kaiser
Hohenzollern
Standart
Nicholas
William
Count Platen
Guard of Honor
Grand Duke
Alexis
Count Sams¢dorff
Count von Buelow
Imerial
Count von Eulenberg
Baron Fredericks
von Schaieffen
von Hoffman
von Tirpitz
Hela
Imperial Bridge
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Horgan Erie
Anargyros
Yee
Cee
Lea
Borvaiant
Ian
Gananayeos
Prussia
Milburn
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