Rise in infantile paralysis cases prompts local measures
Twenty nine new cases reported yesterday raise Boston and statewide totals to a new daily high. Health Commissioner Mahoney urges Hyde Park theater owners to bar children. Brookline records its first death, Lincoln Cummings of Brookline, son of L C Cummings. Boston College and Huntington School delay openings due to outbreak.
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Boston
Mahoney
Hyde Park
Brookline
Lincoln Clifford Cummings
Harvard
L. C. Cummings
Druce Street
I. A. Flinner
Huntington School
Kills Man for Evil Proposal at New Jersey Farm
In Livingston Park New Jersey George Kish comes home to find Joseph Buscah dead on the floor. Mrs Kish says Buscah attacked her with a revolver and she shot him during the struggle. Kish and his wife are jailed with their 9 month old baby as the case goes to a grand jury.
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New Brunswick
N. J
George Kish
Livingston Park
Joseph Bucsah
Kish
Democratic Speakers Begin Western Tours
A dozen or more well known Democratic speakers will begin tours of the Central and Western States within a few days in behalf of Wilson and Marshall. The list includes Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, Senators Underwood Hoke Smith Shafroth Robinson James Hamilton Lewis W J Stone James A Reed and W J Bryan.
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Chicago
Wilson
Marshall
Thomas R. Marshall
Underwood
Hoke Smith
Shafroth, Robinson
James Hamilton Lewis
W. J. Stone
James A. Reed
W. J. Bryan
Father John’s Medicine Endorsed by Maine Mother
A letter from John C. Boote of Yarmouthville Maine praises Father John’s Medicine as the sole remedy used for his two daughters Elizabeth and Gertrude who suffered whooping cough. The ad claims the product is safe for all ages, non alcoholic, and a nourishing food medicine with over fifty years of successful use.
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Elizabeth
Gertrude
John
John C. Boote
Yarmouthville
Night rider wounded in rifle-range clash near Tres Hermanas
A lone horseman at the Columbus New Mexico rifle range escaped after four sentry challenges and gunfire from Private Romeo J. Cadieux. Bloodstains, a desert chase into a cactus valley, and signal fires framed the pursuit. The Penniman letter dispute and medical updates on Private Low and Lt. Murray’s border trek followed.
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Columbus
N. M
Rifle Range
Romeo J. Cadieux
Springfield
Cadieux
Perley R. Penniman
Tres Hermanas
Penniman
Tomorow
John L. Low
Machine Company
Archie F. Murray
Worcester
Mexico
General Pershing
Pitch fire explosion at Hazen Brown plant injures worker
A vat of melted pitch at Hazen Brown Company shoe factory back fired causing an explosion that critically burned Frank King 30 of 379 Crescent Street and scorched the clothing of 11 other workers. The blast nearly demolished the building ell and caused about 10000 dollars in damage.
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Brockton
Hazen-Brown Company
Frank King
Crescent Street
Billy Sunday Funds Home Donation Declared
The Rev. Dr. George Drew announced Billy Sunday gave $6000 from a 10 day Ocean Grove campaign to establish a home for dependent clergymen. Sunday turned the funds over to Rev. Elijah P. Brown who mentored him in his early ministry.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
George Drew
Third Baptist Church Today
Billy Sunday
Elijah P. Brown
Baptist Ministers
Drew
Woman Dies of Accidental Suffocation in Somerville
The body of Bertha E. Dodge aged 4 was found wedged between a bed and wall with a pillow wrapped around the head. Patrolman John Cadman forced an entrance and police determined accidental suffocation as the cause. Dodge, a house keeper for George W. Chase, lived at 3 Record Court.
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Bertha E. Dodge
Record Court
Somerville
John Cadman
George W. Chase
Democrats Open Campaign at Joplin
In Joplin Missouri on September 12 Vice President Marshall Senator James A Reed and Speaker Champ Clark headlined the Democratic State campaign opening. Marshall spoke in the afternoon while Clark and Reed followed with remarks.
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Joplin
Marshall
James A. Reed
Champ Clark
Clark
Reed Nie
The Day of Rest Copyright 1816 Freas Publishing
A brief notice credits Freas Publishing Company for the 1816 work The Day of Rest, indicating copyright ownership and publishing details of the historic text.
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The
Freas Publishing Ce
Fault Found With Big Armory at Allston
State military officials question the Commonwealth Armory for mounted troops in Allston after reports that the newly built structure costing 443000 leaks widely. Adjutant-General Gardner W. Pearson says storerooms under the terrace are unsuitable for rifles munitions and signal corps equipment.
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Commonwealth
Allston
Gardner W. Pearson
Signal Corps
Water leak at armory prompts inquiry into blame
General Pearson reports daily eight inches of water in the rifle pit and 2700 gallons pumped out, with leaks reaching storerooms under the stable terrace and boiler rooms. He and a contractor's representative investigated, while Emery denies a leak and Colonel Cole defends the building as accepted by the Armory Commission on January 1, 1916.
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Pearson
William B. Emery
Armory
Armory Comission
Armory Commission
Cole
Edward D. Logan
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry
F. F. Cutting
J. J. Princiville Company
Framingham
Post
Mexico
Emery
Water leak blamed on Boston street grade changes
General Cole said the rifle range flooded due to a non water proof concrete floor, below the Charles River water level after Gaffney street was altered. Architect James FE McLaughlin denied other leaks and cited the same water level issue.
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Boston
Gaffney Street
Charles River
General Cole
James FE. McLaughlin
Rifle Range
Looked at girl found insane in Illinois case
Bert Watson Griggs of Morris Illinois was adjudged insane in Grundy County Court forty days ago and petitions release from hospital via habeas corpus. The case cites two alleged mental molestations of women as grounds for commitment, which Griggs denies, claiming gentlemanly conduct.
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Kankakee
Ill
Bert Watson Griggs
Morris
Grundy County Court
High School Romance Leads to Engagement
Miss Helen Natalie Baker of Newtonville and Brigham Kendall Watson of Grove Hill, graduates of Newton High School in the same honored class, announce their engagement after a long high school romance. A new Sunday Post biography of Billy Sunday features rare illustrations.
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Helen Natalie Baker
Wallace B. Baker
Gay Street
Newtonville
Brigham Kendall Watson
Grove Hill
Newton High School
Billy Sunday
Next Sunday Post
White
Boston
Braves Chief Loses Auto After Long Drought
Percy D. Haughton, head of the Braves, parked his car at the Tennis and Racquets Club on Hereford Street. After a short visit, the automobile vanished and police were alerted to circulate a description across the area.
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Chicagos
Braves
Percy D. Haughton
Haughton
Hereford
Boylston
DuPont Reports Large Smokeless Powder Contracts
E I DuPont de Nemours announces closing of major powder contracts in New York. Officials withheld figures but it is believed the orders total between 50 000 000 and 150 000 000 pounds for probable Entente allies, marking the largest shipments in months.
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Wilmington
Del
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co
New York
Plans for Mass Meeting by Massachusetts Birth Control League
The Massachusetts Birth Control League opened headquarters at 86 Bromfield street and scheduled a mass meeting within two weeks to raise funds for the defense of Van Kleeck Allison, charged with distributing birth control literature. Professor Charles Zueblin led the plans as leaders of the movement weighed Faneuil Hall or the Majestic Theatre as the venue. The executive committee will finalize arrangements and Mrs. H. B. Gabine will run the new office, open weekdays 2 to 5.
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Massachusetts Birth Control League
Bromfield Street
van Kleeck Allison
Charles Zueblin
Faneuil Hall
Majestic Theatre
League
H. B. Gabine
Des Moines Doctors Back Birth Control Plan
A group of Des Moines physicians and heads of Iowa institutions endorsed birth control at a meeting. They argued careful regulation could reduce crime disease and social vice. Prof Van Epps of Iowa State University noted wealthier classes already practice birth control and urged sharing knowledge with poorer classes.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
van Epps
Iowa State University
Lexington High Opens 1916 Football Practice
Twenty candidates, including ten 'L' men from last season, joined the first uniformed practice of the Lexington High School football eleven at Lexinger Athletic Field yesterday afternoon.
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Lexington
Lexinger
Vpodumites in Busi Train for Expert Office Roles
Vocational guidance urges trained men to leave routine bookkeeper work and advance into expert accounting, sales, publicity, or office management. Emphasizes self development and practical skill growth for career advancement.
Hughes Says Maine Victory Signals Republican Unity
Charles E. Hughes declared in Plattsburg that the Maine result shows the Republican party is reunited and will not change its plans or aims. He sent hearty congratulations to Maine Senatorial candidates and to Maine Republican State chairman F J Ham, praising the splendid victory.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Hughes
Frederick Hale
Maine
F. J. Ham
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes proclaims GOP reunion as Maine vote confirms unity
Mr Hughes declares the Republican party reunited after Maine's result and pledges continued effort and forward plans. He criticizes the Wilson administration on cost of living, extravagance, and overseas policy, then notes the campaign remains good natured. Hughes departs for New York then Bridgehampton for a rest before a second campaign swing.
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Mr. Hughes
Republican Party
Maine
Hughes
Wilson
William E. Howell
Progressive County Committee
Plattsburg
New York
Bridgehampton
Long Island
Marshall Not Surprised By Maine Victory
Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall visiting Joplin Missouri to aid Democrats remarks on Maine election results. He said a small Republican majority under fifteen thousand was in effect favorable to Democrats and expected Democrats to be beaten. He noted some Progressives returned to Republicans while many did not.
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Joplin
Thomas R. Marshall
Missouri
Maine
Gov Curtis accepts defeat with grace in milliken win
Portland Mo September 12 The best man won said Governor Curtis on Milliken victory There are no bones broken and the campaign is over He will ponder his fit in the job and congratulates the successful candidates
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Portland
Curtis
Carl E. Milliken
Roosevelt Boosts Pep In Campaign At Oyster Bay
At Sagamore Hill Colonel Roosevelt begins a more active role in the Republican drive after the Maine results. He receives leaders and communicates with New York headquarters while expressing satisfaction at telegrams praising his Maine impact and the bulk of the Progressive vote moving to the Republicans.
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Maine
Oyster Bay
Bull Moose Party
Suffragists warn Wilson of danger after Maine vote
Miss Alice Paul, chair of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, said the Maine election defeat shows the need for 91 electoral votes from the 12 Western states where women vote. She urged Wilson to call a special session to pass the national woman suffrage amendment to avert antiwar votes in those states.
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Chicago
Alice Paul
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Maine
Wilson
Congress
Woman's Party
Maine election defeat cited by Speaker Champ Clark
Joplin Missouri reports Speaker Champ Clark said we got whipped and that is all I will say about the Maine election We got beaten good and plenty Clark noted his active role in the Maine campaign and offered no further comment on the outcome.
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Joplin
Maine
Champ Clark
Clark
Concrete Ship Floated from Christiania Yards
A new vessel arrives from Christiania fiord built almost entirely from concrete with steel ribs. Described as the first stone ship ever floated, its hull is said to resist damage better than steel or wood and to be safer.
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Christiania
London
Christianiafiord
Miss Leila Verity Smith Weds Wallace LeCount Currier
Miss Leila Verity Smith of Roslindale married Wallace LeCount Currier in the Church of Our Saviour with Rev. Phillips E. Osgood and Rev. Charles P. Wilson officiating. Attendants included Miss Lucy Daggett maid of honor and bridesmaids Thelma Rice Thalia Marion Christine Nielson Ruth Borden. The couple will reside in Portland Maine.
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Leila Verity Smith
John W. Smith
Roslindale
Wallace LeCount Currier
Church of Our Saviour
Phillips E. Osgood
Charles P. Wilson
Lucy L. Daggett
Brooklyn
Thelma Rice
Thalia Marion
Brookline
Christine Nielson
Erie
Penn
Ruth Borden
Holyoke
Mason P. Currier
West Roxbury
M. P. Currier, Jr
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NY Department
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Adj
Delaware Company
Birth Control League
Iowa
Vpodumites
Busi
School OF Commerce and Finance
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Tremont Building
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T. R
Currier—Smith
Fenway
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Saazer Kreis
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