Panic and Rescues At A West End Fire
Ex fireman Dunn and William Cummings discovered a fire at 11 Wall Street a three and a half story house. They carried down Mrs Dalanski and John Prevoir who were overcome by smoke while patrolmen helped about 20 others to safety. Firemen extinguished the blaze and damage totaled 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Dunn
Wall Street
William Cummings
Cummings
Mrs. Dalanski
John Prevoir
Lahey
Walker
Fay
Hull Soldiers Rampage Prompts Pub Disturbance
Hull Sept 14 Patrolman Brewster Mitchell and three Fort Revere soldiers fought late last night laying out one serviceman. The trio, drunk and boisterous, fled without arrest after one was knocked down. The prior evening soldiers attempted liquor theft during a police raid. An editorial by Miss Floretta Vining urged restoring the army canteen to keep soldiers off streets and fund soldier meals, arguing entertainment and restraint via canteen profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Brewster Mitchell
Fort Revere
Mitchell
Floretta Vining
Girl in Chains Six Years Near Croton Lake
A New York report describes Margaret Ryan, 30, kept in a single room by her mother Ann Ryan near Croton Lake. For six years she has lived chained to the floor with a two and a half foot chain attached to her waist, the lock and heavy leather restraining her movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Ryan
Ann Ryan
Croton Lake
Margaret
Loom Fixers in Convention Discuss Standards
The National Loom Fixers Association of America met in annual convention at 724 Washington Street with 52 delegates. It is expected that 10 new delegates arrive today. The session opens at 8 a.m. and adjourns at noon. Officials anticipate the convention will complete its business by Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Loom Fixers’ Association of America
Washington Street
Morgan Calls For Money From Steel Trust Syndicate
J P Morgan and Company sent notices to members of the second Steel Trust underwriting syndicate. They request a nine month extension to the underwriting agreement and offer an option to withdraw for members unwilling to extend. The notices also call for a cash payment tied to a contingent liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Second Steel Trust
United Workmen Protest Against Assessment Increase
Representatives from 17 lodges of the Ancient Order of United Workmen met in Pilgrim Hall Chelsea to protest a National Grand Lodge increase in assessments. They adopted a resolution urging Massachusetts to withhold relief and guarantee funds to other jurisdictions until those jurisdictions pay their own death claims. Speakers included W. B. Libby P. W. Curry and F. W. Bailey with Joseph Sy monds and John Symonds, E. E. Tucker presiding and Thomas Thomas secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancient
Order of United Workmen
Pilgrim Hall
Odd Fellows
Chelsea
National Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
W. B. Libby
Roslindale
John Symonds
Lynn
P. W. Curry
Melrose
F. W. Bailey
Boston
Joseph Symonds
E.E. Tucker
Bay State Lodge
Thomas Thomas
Registration in Cambridge Ahead of Caucus
The Cambridge Board of Registrars opened ante caucus work in Central square from 7 to 10 last night and will continue daily this week except Saturday. Seventy two new names were added. last year 16,130 names existed with 1717 dropped. A District Court special session will be held Thursday evening for naturalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Board of Registrars
Central Square
District Court
Jordan Marsh Co bed linens and quilts sale listing
Full size red bed linens with pin borders silk binding white wool blankets blue trim and 11 4 price notes. Marseilles quilts sheets bleached and torn pieces with hem details plus pillow slips rubber sheets and various sizes with unit prices listed.
Richest Imported Lace and Swiss Stocks Sale
Importer offers vast lace and Swiss stocks collection with regular prices from 50 cents to 60 dollars and sale prices as low as 1.98 up to 100 dollars. Largest assortment yet presented with discounts on numerous patterns and sizes.
Textile sales and classic book offers at discounted prices
A newspaper snippet lists fabrics such as Boc Scotch Suitings 88 inch, English Tailor Suitings 52 inch, and various shirt waist materials with prices from 16c to 4.00. It also advertises affordable editions of Lawrence Sterne and Swift works with illustrations at reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Tailor
Cees
Fall Ribbon Styles In Bright Silk and Taffeta
A street floor display offering all silk hair ribbons in new light colors at 10c. Also fine taffetas 84 inches in a choice line and fancy effects 4 to 5 inches with an endless assortment priced up to 39c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Street
Half Holiday for Caucuses Is Granted by City Board
The Board of Aldermen approved an order urged by Mr Flanagan to instruct department heads to grant half-holidays to all city employees for attending city and State caucuses. An additional order backed by Flanagan urged merchants to provide two-hour leaves for employees to attend caucuses. The board also confirmed James Mulcahy as building inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Flanagan
Alderman Flanagan
James Mulcahy
Naturalizing in Ward 20 Dorchester District Court
Fifteen new citizens were naturalized yesterday in Dorchester District Court in a sitting sparked by lawyer Joseph F. O Connell. Judge Clark spent two hours hearing witnesses and administering oaths as Italians Hebrews and Irish led the group. An additional session was planned for today with help from the Young Men's Democratic Club for Democratic applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester District
Joseph F. O'Connell
United States Court
Dorchester
Clark
McKinley
Emerald Isle
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Ford Memorial Plans Complete for 250000 Edifice
Plans for the 250000 Ford memorial to rise at Ashburton place and Bowdoin streets by the Baptist Social Union are nearly ready. An eight or nine story terra cotta and stone building will feature a two story high hall seating about 1000 and basement business space. The site was secured two years ago after Ford’s death, with a Supreme Court ruling granting permission to rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburton Place
Bowdoin Streets
Baptist Social Union
Ford
Supreme Court
Twomblys Celebrate 60 Years of Marriage in Winchester
Ex Representative Samuel W. Twombly, known as Winchester’s grand old man, and his wife marked their 60th wedding anniversary. He is 81, born in Tamworth, N H, and has lived in Winchester over 50 years. A former Village Improvement Association member and state representative in 1871 and 1901, he has three children and 11 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Samuel W. Twombly
Twombly
Tamworth
N. H
Village Improvement Association
State House of Representatives
Child Struck By Electric Car In Charlestown
Three year old Gertrude Barnes of 24 Joiner Street Charlestown narrowly escaped serious harm when an outbound elevated car struck her on Chelsea Street opposite 35. She sustained a gash to the forehead and was removed to Relief Hospital by police ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Barnes
Joiner Street
Charlestown
Chelsea Street
Relief Hospital
Mission preacher wins favor with Roxbury youths
The Rev. Henry C. Gareis of Mission Church Tremont Street is this week conducting a mission for the boys at the House of the Angel Guardian in Roxbury. He has become a favorite with the boys, who listen closely to his sermons and find his topics both serious and accessible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Gareis
C. SS. R
Mission Church
Tremont Street
House of the Angel Guardian
Roxbury
Father Gareis
Funeral Services for Dr Frank A Hill Today
Funeral services for the late Dr Frank A Hill will be held at 4 o clock this afternoon at the Shepard Memorial Church in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hill
Frank A. Hill
Shepard Memorial Church
Cambridge
Mad dog drives household out in Somerville street
A mad dog terrorized Norfolk street residents in Somerville last night causing a family to flee their home. John Dunne, 415 Norfolk Street, had taken in the dog earlier but the animal snarled and barked, prompting patrolman C. E. Byrnes to shoot it through the doorway. the dog died in a 2 by 3 foot hole behind the house. Heat is thought to have contributed to the animal going mad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Street
Somerville
John Dunne
Dunne
C. E. Byrnes
Ends Struggle for a Living by Asphyxiation
Ernest Gerhard of New York City, desperate after failing to secure a job, ended his life by self asphyxiation in a lodging-house room. Police found him at 2 AM with an open gas jet and blocked entry points, indicating a premeditated suicide after a long bout of unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gerhard
New York City
New England Conservatory Opens with New Opera and Orchestra
The New England Conservatory of Music on Huntington Ave and Gainsboro St opens September 17 with entrance exams after September 10. The School of Opera opens October 1 led by Sig. Oreste Bimboni and the Orchestra led by George W. Chadwick. Public concerts, resid es, and lectures are free. inquiries invited for yearbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservatory
School of Opera
Sig. Oreste Bimboni
George W. Chadwick
Workers Cooperate Bank Ad Promises Easy Mortgage Payoff
An ad from Workingmen's Cooperative Bank at 101 Tremont Street Boston promotes first mortgage loans with monthly payments. It claims no commissions, fixed appraisal and title examination fees, and a monthly loan capacity of $25,000. Secretary Frank Burbank signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Securit Committee
Workingmen’s CO. Operative Bank
Tremont St
Cor
Boston Endures Fatal Heat Wave With One Dead
A Boston heat wave reached 91 degrees at 3 pm causing one death and three in critical condition. Louis L. Harrison died at Roxbury George and Hampden streets while waiting for an ambulance. Eugene Berry of Jamaica Plain, at 19 Spalding Street, and an unnamed Italian man in Roxbury near Cabot Street were in critical condition. Several others were treated at City and Relief hospitals as the city faced extreme conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Harrison
George and
Hampden Streets
Roxbury
Eugene Berry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Evning
Berry
Spalding Street
Jamaica Plain
City Hospital
Tremont
Cabot Street
Boston Man Dies in Leominster Trolley Yard
A Boston laborer, Thomas Winn, part of a group replacing strikers on a Leominster trolley loop, collapsed from heat at 5 PM and died at 9 12 PM. He told workers he had relatives in Boston before he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leominster
Worcester
Thomas Winn
Prostration by Heat Sends Forest Hills Man to Hospital
Eugene Berry aged 35 of 19 Spaulding Street Forest Hills collapsed from heat at South Station around 620 PM yesterday. He was removed to Massachusetts General Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene BE. Berry
Spaulding Street
Forest Hills
Massachuetts General Hospital
Domestic Nellie Allen Collapses in Heat at Newton Home
Nellie Allen a domestic helper at Mrs. William Kinchella’s home at 68 Charlesbank road was overcome by the heat this evening in Newton and was taken to Newton Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Nellie Allen
William Kinchella
Charlesbank Road
Newton Hospital
Flies Stir Up Runaway in West Newton
In Newton on Burnham street at 9 this morning a chestnut horse valued at 350 dollars owned by James T. Bailey of Watertown street bolted after being stung by flies. The frenzied horse struck a grocery team owned by W J Forbush and another owned by C G Carley tinsmith, covering about an eighth of a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Burnham Street
West Newton
James T. Bailey
Watertown
W. J. Forbush
C. G. Carley
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Morgan
United Workmen
Jordan Marsh CO
Koline
Satteen
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Europe
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Silver
Sea Island
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Moire Velour
Floor
Dwight Tilton
Cranford
Mrs. Gaskell
T. H. Robinson
Lawrence Sterne
Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jonathan Swift
Mulcahy
By Francis Prevost
the Apostle of the
Elizabeth Duer
E. F. Benson
Jack London
E. Nesbit
Charles Battell
Loomis the Helix
Morgan Robertson
Rafael Sabatini
Twombleys
Samuel W. Twombley
Mad Dog
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Huntington Ave
Gainsboro St
Mercury
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