Boy Sacrifices Life While Saving Sister’s Shoe at Pond
Louis Kreiger an 8 year old Dorchester lad died in an effort to recover his sister Rosie's shoe from Scarboro Pond Franklin Park. He was with his brother David 10 and Rosie 7 and playmate Philip Bearson 8. Rosie waded without shoes as the toy skiff drifted.
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Scarboro Pond
Franklin Park
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David
Rosie
Philip Bearson
Braves Rally To Narrow Gap In Standings
Braves climb back into contention as wins pile up and the pennant race tightens. The Cubs and Pirates continue chase while the Dodgers and Phillies split, leaving Atlanta 1.14 games behind the leaders.
Braves Shortens Gap as They Sweep Cubs
Through a double victory over the Cubs yesterday the Braves shorten their deficit to one and a half games behind the Dodgers and one game behind the Phillies. The Red Sox did not play and the Tigers won, narrowing the Tigers’ gap to two games behind the Red Sox.
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Braves
Dodgers
Phillies
Red Sox
Tigers
Slough Cubs in doubleheader 7–3 and 11–6 to gain pennant
The saves rallied to defeat the Chicago Cubs in a twin bill yesterday afternoon. They won the first game 7 to 3 and the second 11 to 6, securing their pennant pursuit.
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Cubs
Chicago
Braves Rally Past Cubs as Maranville Returns
The Braves rebounded strongly as Maranville returned to the lineup driving a powerful offensive showing. The Dodgers slipped another game while the Phillies split, leaving Atlanta a game and a half behind the Dodgers and one behind Philadelphia.
Baseball Scores From Shared Doubleheader Night
National league results show Boston routs Chicago 7 to 3 in the first game and 11 to 6 in the second. Pittsburgh beats Brooklyn 3 to 0 as New York and Cincinnati split. St Louis defeats Philadelphia 7 to 4 in the first, Philadelphia wins 5 to 4 in the second. American league Detroit defeats New York 4 to 1. Chicago scores 9 to 1 over St Louis in 10 innings. Cleveland beats Philadelphia 8 to 4. Eastern games list Portland over New Haven 4 to 0. Worcester beats Bridgeport 6 to 5 and New London 8 to 3 over Bridgeport.
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Chicago
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Boy Waif Will Get Fine Home
New York reports a two week old baby boy left on banker William Salomon’s steps during a dinner party. Miss Daisy Plowden stated she would adopt the waif now in Bellevue, and Mrs Salomon chose not to call a policeman, ensuring the child’s fate within the home.
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William Salomon
John Doe
Elen Gould Shepard
Daisy Plowden
Madison
Bellevue
Cecilian Guild Girl to Be Bride
Mr and Mrs Richard T Green of Everett and Cohasset announce the engagement of their daughter Mary to Mr John Bernard Doyle of New York. Miss Green is a Cecilian Guild member and Boston Chapter Trinity College alumna.
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Richard T. Green
Everett and Cohasset
Mary
John Bernard Doyles
New York
Miss Green
Boston iChapter
Trinity College
D A to Probe New England Milk Producers Rise in Prices
United States District Attorney George W. Anderson said he will start an inquiry into the New England Milk Producers' Association executive committee vote yesterday to raise milk prices by about a half cent per quart for Boston dealers.
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United States
George W. Anderson
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Boston
New England
L. E. Lake
Grafton
N. H
Richard Pattee
Laconia
Edward O. Colby
Whitefield
F. A. Rogers
Meriden
J. W. Sanborn
Gilmanton
Standing
H. M. Tucker
Canton
H. L. Kimball
Northboro
Frank Northrup
Ludlow
Jonas Bemis
Charlton
George B. Tuttle
Chichester
District Attorney to Probe Milk Price Increase by New England Producers
The district attorney states it is his duty to investigate any suspected price fixing and plans to inquire into the proposed milk price rise by New England producers. He notes the U S Attorney General holds the authority to sue, but he will report and pursue the matter as part of his duties.
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United States
Anderson
United States Attorney-General
New England
Police Airman Murphy Falls In Quicksand Aboard Bus Crash
Police airman Charles M Murphy, famed for a 60 mile an hour ride on a board track and later a bicycle racer, was injured when a sightseeing bus struck his motorcycle wheel on the Manhattan bridge. He suffered a broken left leg and a compound knee fracture and may never fly again. He was taken to Gouverneur Hospital.
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New York Police Department
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Empire State Company
Gouverneur Hospital
Charles M
Long Island
Engagement of Rose Peabody to William Parsons
The Rev Dr and Mrs Endicott Peabody of Groton Mass announce the engagement of their daughter Rose Saltonstall Peabody to Dr William Barclay Parsons of New York City son of Mr and Mrs William Barclay Parsons. Miss Peabody just returned from Europe on the Touraine where she aided war relief work. Her father heads the Groton School and Mr Parsons is the son of the engineer who built the New York subway and the Cape Cod Canal.
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Endicott Peabody
Groton
Mass
Miss Rose
Saltonstall Peabody
William Barclay Parsons
Miss Peabody
Europe
Touraine
Groton School
Mr. Parsons
Cape Cod Canal
Woman shoots at sister's husband then kills herself
Miss Rose D. Willets, 23, fired twice at John E. Devette, her sister's husband and local coal dealer, through his office window in Burlington Vermont. She then shot herself, dying ten minutes later amid the coal yard grime.
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Burlington, Vt
Rose D. Willets
John E. Devette
Shooting at Devette Coal Yard Prompts Legacy of Suspicion
Miss Willets, fueled by alleged slander from Devette, shoots through a south window at his coal yard on lower Champlain Street. Devette, seated in his office reading election returns, is grazed and wounded in the cheek and leg as a coal pile blocks closer approach. his father nearby."
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Woman Victim of Footpads in Cambridge Robbery
Mrs. Walker A. Woods of 57 Crescent Street Cambridge was attacked on Massachusetts avenue near Sacramento street at 11:35 last night by two young men who followed her from a car. One held a hand over her mouth while the other took a handbag containing $7 and minor items.
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Cambridge
Walker A. Woods
Crescent Street
Mrs Anne Howe in Critical Condition in New London
Mrs Anne Howe, sister of President Wilson, is critically ill in New London. Doctors say she has been comfortable earlier but shows a perceptible loss in strength this evening, according to a 9 o'clock bulletin by Dr. E P Davis and Dr H M Lee.
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Conn
Anne Howe
Wilson
E. P. Davis
Philadelphia
H. M. Lee
Tragic Pond Accident Claims Dorchester Boy
Louis Kreiger, 12, waded into a pond at a park in Dorchester to recover a shoe. The bank gave way and he sank in 165 feet of water. Bernard Connelly and a rope rescue pulled him from the depths after four attempts. Louis was the son of Mr and Mrs Nathan Kreiger of 9 Lorne Street.
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Rosie
Louis Kreiger
Louis
Little Rosie
Bernard Connelly
Nathan Kreiger
Lorne Street
Dorchester
Queen of All Hens Dies at Eglantine Farms
Lady Eglantine the famed single comb white Leghorn of Eglantine Farms in Greensborro Md has died. She laid 315 eggs in a pullet year and left only nine cockerels and three pullets among her progeny. Her eggs fetched a record $10 each. The owners seek buyers of remaining eggs to trace potential descendants.
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Greensboro
Lady Eglantine
Eglantine
Imperial Hotel
Fisher Business Colleges Open in Roxbury and Nearby Cities
Fisher Business Colleges announce new campuses in Roxbury Somerville Cambridge and Waltham offering night classes starting September 25th with evening programs advertised.
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Roxbury
Somerville
Cambridge
Waltham
Transit Strike Grips New York After Six Days
The city remains in transit turmoil as Mayor Mitchel and the Public Service Commission fail to mediate between railway companies and their workers. Union leaders are willing to arbitrate, but officials have not reached a settlement.
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New York
Mitchel
Public Service Commission
Subway Cries Traffic Turmoil as Strike Bites
Police and engineers determine the so called din amite in a East River tube was a piece of carbide. With all surface car lines in Manhattan and the Bronx halted at night and crippled by day, the subway and elevated overflow causes great commuter delays. The Grand Central homeward rush was the worst since the strike began with over 75000 people seeking trains before eight o clock.
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East River
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Bronx
Grand Central Terminal
Four Story Building Collapses on Summit Street
A four story brick building on Summit Street in Toledo Ohio collapsed with little warning sending debris into a crowded street. Police stated no deaths and no serious injuries after workers cleared the rubble though some people suffered cuts from flying glass. The remodel had weakened a support earlier in the day.
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Ohio
Summit Street
Swaps stock for old auto in New Hampshire farm trade
Harold Harvey of Croydon Flats traded his livestock and farming equipment for a Ford automobile. He exchanged 16 Yorkshire pigs 2 horses 2 cows 82 year old heifers 3 calves a horse rake a horse hoe a cultivator in excellent condition for the car.
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Croyden, N. H
Harold Harvey
Croyden Flats
Kimono Speech Sparks Debate in House Session
A special House session heard a so called kimono speech describing a debate on the Suffolk county apportionment bill. Representative Burr of Boston mocked the speeches saying they cover everything yet touch nothing as he struggled to respond within the time limit.
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House of Representatives
Burr
Boston
Suffolk County
Milk Company Defaulted After Court Etiquette Lesson
Solomon Berger faced police court for improper attire and failing to prove authority to represent Farmers' Milk Company. The milk found on Berger's wagon led to the company's default, prompting the judge to admonish him and teach etiquette.
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Bennett
Berger
Farmers’ Milk Company
Fierce Fighting on Macedonian Front Allies Claim Gains
British forces which crossed the Struma River in Greek Macedonia have been withdrawn after inflicting heavy losses on the Bulgars, according to a report from the British press representative at Saloniki.
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Struma River
Greek Macedonia
Saloniki
Greece Likely to Join Allies Today
Reports from Athens indicate M Dimitracopulos has formed a new cabinet and will declare Greece's immediate entry into the Allies after talks with Entente ministers. French forces on the Somme claim major gains at Combles with 2300 prisoners 10 guns and 40 machine guns captured.
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Athens
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French Troops Hold Salient North of Peronne
French forces trenched north of Peronne cling to a salient they punched into German lines east of the Bethune Veronne road near Bouchavesnes as World War I combat continues.
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Bethune-Veronne
Bouchavesnes
Fire injures 75 workers at Newburyport factory
In Newburyport on September 13 a celluloid dust flash at the George W. Richardson Company plant set off flames across the second floor. Seventy five workers escaped injury as Joseph Allen clung to a window sash until firefighters rescued him with singed hands but no serious harm.
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George W. Richardson Company
Joseph Allen
Mexico Oil Troops Capture Salem Anniversary Note
A scattered historical recap notes Mexico action and U S events from 1628 Salem to McKinley’s 1901 death and Roosevelt succession. It mentions a year ago’s South Carolina prohibition vote and other dated items as a chronicle snippet.
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Salem
Mass
McKinley
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Forecast for Boston and vicinity turns fair
Weather note from Washington reports fair conditions for New England on Thursday with likely fair weather continuing Friday Light variable winds accompany the forecast for Boston and surrounding areas through the period.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
Massachusetts Legislature Grants Extended Nomination Deadlines
Four acts extend filing time for nomination papers in Suffolk districts after reapportionment. A fifth act pays guardsmen on border duty extra state pay and allows absentee voting for federal officers. Another act validates local salaries and aid for guardsmen and dependents. Governor McCall addresses infantile paralysis spread with a message to the special session.
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Istricts
Massachusetts National Guard
Massachusetts
Governor urges act to empower local boards to quarantine premises
The Governor asks the Legislature to empower local boards of health in Massachusetts cities and towns to quarantine premises where infantile paralysis is found until the next session. He aims to stamp out the disease before it becomes an epidemic as schools churches and theaters close in many communities. Authorities question if current laws grant quarantine power and hope new law will curb spread.
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Boards of Health
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Sugar Price Up Fifteen Cents in San Francisco Trade
Refined sugar prices rise by 15 cents per hundred pounds in San Francisco on September 13, following a prior 7 cent cut the week before. The gain is linked to heavy raw sugar trading in New York. Refined sugar now sits at 1.40 dollars per hundred pounds higher than the year beginning.
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