Seven Die As Auto Falls 20 Feet In Thunderstorm
A car carrying seven New York City residents plunged through a railing and fell 20 feet onto the New York Central tracks at Dobbs Ferry. Dr George H. McGuire 58 and his wife Florence 42, son George Jr 16, daughter Mary 16, John J Hawley 58, wife Anna 52, Edward Mulrooney 15, and Francis McGuire 12 survived with a broken leg. The group were returning from Orange Lake near Newburgh. the storm and driver confusion led to the fatal plunge.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
New York Central
Dobba Ferry
New York City
George H. McGuire
Florence McGuire
George H. McGuire, Jr
Mary McGuire
John J. Hawley
Anna Hawley
Edward Mulrooney
Francis McGuire
Dobbs Ferry
New York
Orange Lake
Newburgh
McGuire
Car crash at river bridge traps occupants under wreckage
A vehicle plunged into the Hudson River area and struck an iron fence guarding a bridge over railroad tracks. The car overturned and occupants were pinned beneath the wreckage.
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Hudson River
Masonic Rites Held for William H L Odell in Dorchester
Masons from across Greater Boston and distant states attended the funeral of William H. L. Odell at Pilgrim Congregational Church Upham's Corner Dorchester. The service featured three clergymen and Masonic rites by Robert Lash Lodge Chelsea with Alton B. Atwood presiding. Burial followed at Beverly.
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Greater
Boston
William H. L. Odell
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Upham's Corner
Dorchester
Odell
R. Perry Bush
D. D
Chelsea
George Luther Cady
Refugees Reach Ismid After 40 Days Wander in Wilderness
Constantinople reports fifteen hundred refugees arrived in Ismid from Kirazli after wandering 40 days through wilderness and valleys at risk from bandits. They are said to have lost about 1000 people to starvation and privations.
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Constantinople
Ismid
Asia Minor
Kirazli
Spouters on Boston Common Rally for Free Speech
A large crowd gathered on Boston Common in the afternoon to discuss free speech and a free press. The event spanned several hours as speakers argued the merits of First Amendment protections, drawing thousands of attendees and recalling the nation’s founders.
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Boston Common
Campaign Row On Boylston Street Spills Into Street
A crowded public scene on Boylston and Charles streets features speeches by Morse the astronomer asserting a flat earth, Socialist candidates Debs and Ware on soapboxes, and a heated clash with a heckler over tax and policy. A National Socialist gathering mocks Democrats and Republicans as crowds mill between lectures and hymns.
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Boylston Street
Morse
Ferdinand
Isabella
Charles Street
National Socialist Party
Blanche Watson
New York
William H. Ware
Debs
Socialist Labor Party
William Cox
Missouri
August Gillhaus
Prohibition Debate and Early Dedham History Highlight Forum
A Rationalist Society gathering featured a heated exchange on prohibition and political alignment as a heckler challenged socialist views. William A. Wood faced a lively debate on capital and labor. The passage notes Concord and Dedham as early Bay State settlements, with Dedham and Concord among the first inland towns after Plymouth.
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Plymouth
Dedham
Concord
Bay State
Concord's Birthday Observed Quietly in Town History
Concord marked its 28th birthday today without official ceremonies or observances. The absence of public events reflected a low profile approach to the milestone in the historic town.
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Concord
Expert Urges Credit to Street Railways
John H. Pardee, president of the American Electric Railway Association, urged reestablishing credit to street railways and securing sufficient revenues to attract new investors as the only solution to the electric railway situation in a statement issued last night.
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John H. Pardee
American Electric Railway Association
Pop Concert at Symphony Hall Opens with Overtures
The programme in Symphony Hall tonight features overtures and excerpts from operas. Conducted selections include Eugen Onegin polonaise, Barber of Seville overture, Tam-Tam interlude, Louise entr’acte, Carmen Gypsy Dance, and other operatic highlights by Verdi Puccini Leoncavallo Saint-Saens.
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Symphony Hall
Agide Jacchia
Eugen Onesi
Achaikoweky
Wada
Louise
Pitermesas
Pagtaci
Leoncavallo Acchanale
Bameon
Delilah Saint-Saens
Young Lieutenant Tremblay Dies From Gas Poisoning
Pittsfield flourishes a wartime obituary for Lieutenant Hector Richard Tremblay aged four, a veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars. He succumbed to gas poisoning suffered while leading his company across No Man's Land in the Metz sector just before armistice. He previously served aboard the cruiser Montgomery as sergeant of marines, and saw action in the Boxer Rebellion and the relief of Pekin with allied forces.
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Pittsfield
Hector Richard Tremblay
No Man’s Land
Metz
Tremblay
Montgomery
Pekin
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Cape Cod
New England
Johnson Educator Food CO
Cambridge, Mass
Rationalists Society
William A. Wood
Copernicus
Socialist Party
Wis KG
Tremont St
Park St
Miss Watson
Rationalist Society
Mr. Wood
Porcel
Magee Furnace Co, Inc
Union Street
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