Brave West End mother dies saving child in Brighton fire
Mrs Solomon S Sinking, living on the second floor at 124 Brighton street West End, faced death by suffocation amid thick smoke yesterday afternoon after a fire started by careless matches. She clutched her 2 year old babe, rushed to the door, but fled back to her room and shielded the child at a window with a towel. Firemen found them in a weak condition but restored consciousness with restoratives as the alarm from Box 415 brought Engine Company 6 to the scene.
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Solomon S. Sinking
Brighton Street
West End
Engine Company 6
Sinking
Duke Connaught Named General Field Marshal in German Army
Berlin reports the Militaire Wochenblatt announces the appointment of the Duke of Connaught to the post of general field marshal in the German army.
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Berlin
The
Militaire Wochenblatt
Duke of Connaught
Fruit Co Sued For 6 000 000 In Sherman Case
The American Banana Company of Alabama sues United Fruit Company of Boston and New York in U S Circuit Court alleging Sherman anti trust violations. Damages sought total 6 million triple under the act. The suit claims Costa Rican troops were paid to disrupt cultivation on a Costa Rica Colombia border plantation tied to United Fruit steamers.
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New York
United Fruit Company
Boston
United States Circuit Court
American Banana Company
Alabama
Alabama Corporation
The
Costa Rica
Colombia
Central America
Central American
Boston Merchants Urge Gas House Site Sell Off
Boston merchants press the Treasury to dispose of the North End gas works site costing 250000 after protesting the purchase for the appraisers stores. They seek a more accessible location and hope for a hearing via Senator Lodge. transfer papers were sent to Washington. sale near completion except for titles and payment.
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Boston
Treasury Department
Senator Lodge
Shaw
J. L. Richards
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Washington
Actress Wife Arrests Husband In Chicago Abandonment Case
Francis A. Cuddihy 27, of Roxbury addresses and J J Cuddihy Stone Co., was held in Criminal Court on a wife abandonment charge brought by his actress wife Lillian Hallinan. The pair wed about 18 months ago after meeting in New York during her Globe Theatre engagement. He previously pursued her to New York, later bankruptcy followed, and she searched Boston for him before meeting him in Chicago and securing his arrest.
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Chicago
Francis A. Cuddihy
Waumbeck Street
Roxbury
Lillian Hallinan
Criminal Court
Cuddihy
J. J. Cuddihy Stone Company
New York
Globe Theatre
Boston
New York City Hall
Florodora
Evelyn Nesbit
Mr. Cuddihy
Charles Brown
Cambridge
Cupid Hit Man of 4 Women 62
Dominick McDevitt of 7 Holton Street Danvers 74 plans marriage to Maria Brooks 1808 Cambridge Street Cambridge 62 They appeared at Cambridge city clerk office to apply for a license McDevitt filled blanks took oath and obtained license.
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Dominick McDevitt
Holton Street
Danvers
Maria Brooks
Cambridge Street
Cambridge
McDevitt
Sunday law hearing hears broad views on observance
A Worcester hearing before a special Legislature committee examined Sunday observance at Wonderland and Paragon Park with varied viewpoints. Rev A E Kneeland described talks with Governor Guild and Attorney General Malone on a measure to curb Sunday licenses, noting past House passage but Senate delay and potential financial influences in some towns. A second item reports Worcester manufacturer Joseph M Basset dying in Paris on his wedding tour at age 73 while traveling with his second wife Anna L Phipps.
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Wonderland
Paragon Park
A. E. Kneeland
Sabbath Protective League
Governor Guild
Malone
House
Senate
Selectmen
Ravere
Worcester
Joseph M. Basset
Paris
France
Anna L. Phipps
New York
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Pietro Vallini
Milan
Italy
Louis C. Elson
E. Charlton Black
Wallace Goodrich
Prace Tical
Conservatory
Ralph L. Flanders
Huntington Ave
Boston Sunday Post
New England
Sunday Post
Francis A. and
Mrs
Lillian Cuddihy
Waumbeck St
Cupid
Houghton & Dutton Co
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Lithia
Askets
Slic
Hosiary
Coffea Fancy Santos
Hamburgs
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Brussels
St. Gall
Wit
Ers
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Harding
Maine
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Eton
Gal Stan
Christy
Gilbert
Henry Hutt
Solia
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Landers
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Dey
Marseilles
Green
E. R. Knights & CO
Tremont
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