City Council weighs subway loop and city projects
The City Council plans a public hearing next Monday on a Cambridge Street to Scollay Square subway loop under the Common at Park Street. Other items include pension bill timing, library printing plant costs, Paine's offer to sell nearby houses for convalescent parents, and funding requests for London exhibit, city boat replacement, fire equipment, and hospital needs.
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Cambridge Street
Scollay Square
Park Street
City Hall
City
McDonald
Public Library
Thebrary
Robert Treat Paine
Harr Bon and
Massachusetts Avenues
South Department
City Hospital
Committee
Paine
Boston
London
Infirmary
George A. Hibbard
John Howard
Carroll
Divorce Action Seeks Restoring Sadofsky Name
Chicago court hears Jacob Barandol formerly Sadofsky petition to undo marriage effects. He alleges wife Charlotte N Baran dol exercised overpowering control, terrorized him, and took his business. He asks restoration of his bachelor name and freedom from domination.
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Chicago
Charlotte N. Barandol
Jacob Barandol
Sadofsky
Barandol
McNary Discusses Tariff Views At Ward Meetings
William S. McNary candidate for Congress in the Tenth district spoke to large crowds at Court House Dorchester Street Ward 15 and Clan-na-Gael Hall Ward 13 about tariff policy Cannonism and his opponents O Connell and Curley He argued Democrats should nominate a candidate to keep the district safely Democratic and push tariff reform to lower living costs and ease burdens on the ordinary man He cited his past victory margins to claim he would win Republican votes and noted his long record as a tariff reformer.
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William S. McNary
Tenth District
Court House
Dorchester Street
Clan-na-Gael Fiall
McNary
Joseph F. O'Connell
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Congress
Boston
O’connell
Curley
Quincey
Milton
O'Connell
Galvin
Man seeks proper wife via Census Bureau appeal
Joseph Simcoe, a 35 year old distiller near Spokane Washington, writes to the Census Bureau asking for help finding a wife. He includes a photo showing a husky man in work clothes with a heavy mustache and notes five years of financial success but no suitable partner. The letter was sent to census staff but no decision has been made.
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Washington
Joseph Simcoe
Spokane
Wash
Census Bureau
Simcoe
First Argentine corn and flour arrives in Jamaica
Kingston reports the first shipment of corn and flour from the Argentine Republic, signaling a potential new competition with American products. Local firms are said to be negotiating for broad imports from South America.
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Kingston
Jamaica
South America
Man Dies After 25-Foot Fall From Tree
Everett death report says Michael Monahan aged 40 of 14 Elm Street was killed instantly when a limb broke while he was pruning a tree on Robbins Street. He was doing forestry work and had climbed to attach a rope before the limb snapped and collapsed.
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Everett
Michael Monahan
Elm Street
Robbins Street
Monahan
Grateful Letter Praises Father John’s Medicine
Mrs. Harry Sperling of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania writes that a four year old girl has been saved by Father John’s Medicine which her family uses daily. She claims the remedy nourishes flesh and strength while curing colds throat and lung troubles.
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Father John
Baby
Harry Sperling
7Th Avenue
Beaver Falls
Molasses leak prompts clean up at Cummins store
Town records show Officer Coughlin seeking an injunction against grocer Herbert Cummins to stop molasses leaking from his store floor into jail cells below. Cummins calls the overflows accidents. Selectmen plan an investigation after promising to review the issue tomorrow.
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North Brookfield
John F. Coughlin
Selectmen
Herbert BE. Cummins
Coughlin
Cummins
Cummins’ Store
Brilliant Fall Goods Display at Houston Company Opens
A new stock of fall goods drew a throng to the James A. Houston Company opening. Dresses by Dreco Hermann and Cheruit were shown with American designs. there were hobble skirts, dancing frocks for school and college girls, Norfolk jackets, a new rug department, and waists in lace and chiffon. Most of the second floor was devoted to the display as heavy fabrics and fall styles promise a stylish season.
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James A. Houston Company
Dreco
Hermann
Cheruit
Houston
Kenney Body to be shipped to Abington Mass
The body of James Howard Kenney 46 manager of the United States Shoe Machinery Company in St Louis will be buried at his birthplace Abington Massachusetts Funeral services were held today and the body left tonight for Massachusetts He leaves a widow three brothers and five sisters all sisters live in Massachusetts.
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ST. Louis
James Howard Kenney
United States Shoe Machinery Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Abington
Mass
Massachusetts
Iwenney
CABBAGES ON APPLE TREE STAGED IN MONROE ORCHARDS
In New York on September 12 Brian G. Hughes and his English guest Colonel William C. Elkington toured Monroe with a story of grafting tricks. The pair feigned a wonder orchard with apples bearing cabbages and other produce growing among fruit, staged for humor and astonishment.
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New York
Brian G. Hughes
William ¢. Elkington
Monroe
Hughes
Republican city committee shifts in state and district races
At a city committee meeting J Henry Leonard replaced Archibald Pratt for the State committee in the ninth district. No change in the 6th district race with Daniel Lane unopposed by Cotton. The seventh district Governor’s Council race sees Winfield Schuster challenging Charles Prouty, considered a near victory. In Worcester, Pickford faces Harding and Gast, while Denny has no opposition. Ward 8 hinges on Martin Lomasney’s backing and primary day strategies.
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Republican City Committee
J. Henry Leonard
Archibald D. Pratt
State Committee
Daniel W. Lane
Stephen O'Meara
W. Dudley Cotton
Winfield S. Schuster
East Douglass
Governor’s Council
Charles Newton Prouty
Spencer
Schuster
Prouty
Worcester
John H. Pickford
Charles H. Harding
Julius Gast
Daniel E. Denny
Grahame-White Signs Brockton Fair Flying Contract
The Brockton Vair managers announce a contract with Claude Grahame-White paying him 15500 dollars to perform daily flights during the October 4 to 7 fair. White, leading the Squantum rear meet and holder of the Boston Light trip prize, is famed as England’s champion aviator and noted for night flights and passenger carries.
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Brockton Vair
Claude Grahame-White
White
Squantum
Boston
England
Harvesting Tobacco on a Reading Farm
Reading, Sept. 12. The tobacco harvest on George D. Warbanks farm is in progress. Ten acres are cultivated annually with leaves reaching up to eight feet long and two feet wide as harvest continues.
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Reading
George D. Wairbanks
Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion
Readers are urged to use Pape s Diapepsin to ease dyspepsia and sour stomach symptoms within minutes. The ad claims a 50 cent case removes heartburn belching and nausea, improves appetite and breath, and leaves stomach and intestines feeling clean and refreshed.
Man eats 395 clams for $50 prize in public outing
William Lickman of Avenue A and Tenth Street a 370 pound Progressive Republican Club member devoured 395 steamed clams at Belvedere Park during the club’s annual outing. He pocketed $50 as champion clam eater after no one joined him.
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New York
Long Island
William Lickman
Avenue A
Tenth Street
Progressive Republican Club
Belvedere Park
William
Bride Joins Telegraphist After Tragic Suicide
Elizabeth Eileen Corcoran wed Joseph L. Kelly at St. Peter's Church in Great Barrington after the death by suicide of Gamaliel Bradford III, a Boston heir, following pressure over the engagement and romance that began as telegraph colleagues. Bradford, 3d, killed himself in South Framingham hotel when Corcoran would not break the engagement.
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Bradford
Great Barrington
Elizabeth Eileen Corcoran
Gamaliel Bradford
Court frees liner captain in Saxonia smuggling case
Captain H M Benison of the Cunard steamer Saxonia is discharged for lack of evidence by US Commissioner Hayes after a hearing on alleged smuggling of eight Chinamen. Two ship officers were also freed. a main witness contradicted prior testimony, saying he lied for money. Federal grand jury subpoenas followed as officials pursue higher figures.
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H. M. Benison
Cunard Line
United States
Hayes
United States District Court
Saxonia
James Evans
William Hackett
Jo Sney Kee
James Waters
Vans
Hackett
Messenger charged in jewelry theft at Boston store
Amos Malloy, a messenger, was arrested after being charged with entering the store at 292 Boylston Street and stealing jewelry valued at $500. Police say he forced entry from the building cellar Thursday and disposed of chains, pins, and other small articles. Malloy is married and previously had a clean reputation.
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Amos Malloy
Cusumano
Columbus Avenue
Boylston Street
Malloy
Chimney Doctor James H. Page Dies at Home
James H. Page known as the Chimney Doctor died yesterday at the Roslindale home. He earned no traditional medical degree but learned from hundreds of Boston and Vicinity neighbors whose chimneys he repaired. His son recalls his practical training and local service as a trusted craftsman and healer.
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James H. Page
Roslindale
Boston
Guard shores for burglars glove at Massachusetts coast
Mattapoisett reports police and civilians patrolling miles of shore after burglars raided summer homes of Mrs. Arthur W. Blake of Boston and Mrs. A. J. Devoken of ChiCago, stealing jewelry valued over 10000. No motor landings allowed until identities proven. two suspects seen at Buzzards Bay.
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James Hurley
Wareham
Plymouth
Buzzard’s Bay
Hurley
57 Preachers Quit Pulpits in Upper Iowa Conference
Charles City Iowa September 12 The upper Iowa Methodist conference will meet amid a preacher shortage as 57 charges may require replacement from an unknown source. Most quitting ministers are young and leave to pursue secular work due to insufficient salaries to support families.
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Charles City
Upper Iowa Methodist Conference
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