Subway System Tie Up Delays Traffic After Derailment
A derailment on the northbound track at North Station caused a major subway disruption. About 30 cars in the Park Street subway were dark, 300 passengers walked to Scollay Square, and 5,000 transfers were made to surface cars. Through trains helped relieve congestion and delays ranged from 10 minutes to over an hour. No injuries were reported and the southbound track cleared by 12 30.
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Park Street
Scollay Square
Park Square
Adams Square
Atlantic Avenue
Dudley Street
Sullivan Square
North Station
Don’t Blame Her for Her Hysterical Condition
A persuasive plea suggests women are driven to distraction by feminine derangement and promotes a remedy acting on the organs to restore health, claiming it will dispel hysterical and irritable conditions.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Patient
A Parsons Kansas woman Mrs Mattie Copenhaver reports relief from severe female ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter presents the remedy as longstanding standard for displaced organs inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms seeking reader trust.
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Mattie Copenhaver
21St St
Parsons, Kans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Graft charge leveled over city land sale for new grammar school
Alderman James M. Curley accused the Brimmer-Winthrop district and the Schoolhouse Commission of graft in the sale of land at Ferdinand and Melrose streets for a mammoth grammar school. He said the site was bonded through a straw man and that $100,000 too much was paid.
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Ferdinand and Melrose
Brimmer-Winthrop
James M. Curley Yester
Alderman Curley
Boston aldermen press Schoolhouse Commission over新 site deal
Aldermen accuse the Schoolhouse Commission of not acting in Boston's interests as they demand the panel appear at City Hall to explain charges about a Brimmer Winthrop district site. Curley says cheaper, better site exists near three minutes from the accepted one and urges inquiry into land sale details and the commission’s reasoning.
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Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Aldermanic Committee On Schools
Schoolhouse Commission
Boston
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Curley
Aldermanic Committee
Walker Building
Boylston Street
Brimmer- Winthrop
Committee On Schools of the Board of Aldermen
Fore River
Quincy
Boston & Albany
Mhatter
Alderrfian Donnelly
Way Street
Albany To West Newton Tramp Seeks Shelter
Peter Marvin 75 walked from Albany to West Newton and arrived at the police station almost starving after four hours with no food except a peanut snack. He was provided a meal and a room for the night.
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Newton
Albany
Peter Marvin
West Newton
Vote Split Across Cities and Counties Shapes Next Legislature
The two parties split 20 cities with 10 seats each while Republicans added gains in counties. Heavy rural turnout favored Democrats due to Mr Gardner's popularity among farmers, suggesting a Republican lean in the upcoming Legislature.
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Gardner
Republicans regain Portland and four others in Maine cities
In Maine on September 14 the two parties split the 20 cities evenly at 10 each while Democrats led in total votes by 1306. Republicans won Portland and cities including Auburn Augusta Belfast Ellsworth and South Portland. Democrats held the rest and increased margins in Bangor Biddeford Brewer Old Town and Rockland where Gardner resides.
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Portland
Eastport
Calais
Hallowell
Gardiner
Auburn
Augusta
Belfast
Ellsworth
South Portland
Bangor
Biddeford
Brewer
Old Town
Rockland
Gardner
Maine voters urged direct legislation, Libby notes
Herbert Co. Libby, president of the Maine Referendum League, said in an interview that early returns indicate Mainers favor direct legislation though the total vote is still impossible to estimate.
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Waterville
Herbert Co. Libby
Maine Referendum League
Maine
Fire sweeps sawmill and spreads to four residences at West Newton
A two alarm blaze at the C. F. Eddy sawmill in West Newton raced through piles of wood and coal then to houses on Border and Crescent streets. Residents Antonio Nicholas Albert Rouse Medeaglia Gennaro and Joseph Pugliese escaped as flames consumed the structures and a nearby trestle. Damage is estimated at 4000.
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Newton
C. F. Eddy Coal and Wood
West Newton
Border Street
Washington Street
Antonio Nicholas
Albert Rouse
Medeaglia Gennaro
Joseph Pugliese
Nicholas Saunders
Crescent Street
Robinson Crusoe Granted U S Citizenship in Court
In a United States District Court yesterday Judge Dodge granted citizenship to Robinson Crusoe a 44 year old Norwegian sailor residing in the North End. He had faced initial surname doubts but provided witnesses to prove his identity and will receive the first vote cast by Taft.
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United States District Court
Robinson Crusoe
Dodge
United States
William Howard Taft
North End
Crusoe
Fair Brookline Divorcee Engaged to Old Admirer
Miss Bonnie Belle Beard of Brookline announces engagement to Mr. George D. Smith of North Scituate a friend for years. The 23 year old daughter of the late Dr Cornelius Beard formerly married to Robert Osborn Dalton. she resumes her maiden name after divorce.
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Bonnie Belle Beard
Brookline
George D. Smith
North Scituate
Miss Beard
Cornelius Beard
Robert E. Lee
New Orleans
Mr. Smith
Garden Road
Robert Osborn Dalton
Samuel Dalton
Mr. Dalton
Rousing Greeting Planned for Irish Envoys in Boston
The reception for Irish envoys John Redmond Joseph Devlin and Roscommon official John Fitzgibbon is to surpass past events in Boston. Officials and United Irish League members will join prominent local citizens to welcome the delegation Friday afternoon.
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Ireland
John E. Redmond
Joseph Devlin
West Belfast
John Fitzgibbon
Roscommon County Council
Boston
United Irish League
Willing 10 Make a Fight for Governor Nomination
Brockton September 14 Gerry Brown a Brockton Democrat declared his bid for the gubernatorial nomination against Vahey. He cited voting strength from a 1906 lieutenant governor race and asserted Vahey has untested support while his own has been tested.
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Brockton
Vahey
Draper
Irish Envoys to Visit Boston Amid Extensive five day Program
A reception committee forms to welcome Irish envoys in Boston as the five day visit begins at the American baseball grounds with a 1 to 10 pm athletic program. Notables include W Bourke Cochran and William Dillon, with 1000 delegates expected. The group will move to New York by steamship Oceanic on Wednesday.
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Boston
Oceanic
New York
New York City
United Irish League
Hoffman House
Huntington Avenue
Messrs
Redmond
Devlin
Fitzgibbon
Hotel Lenox
W. Bourke Cochran
William Dillon
Chicago
John Dillon
Edward Devoy
St. Louis
D'Arcy Scott
Ottawa
Canada
Draper
Hibbard
Brown forecasts governor bid amid labor endorsement
In a candid interview Mr. Brown reacts to unanimous labor support and weighs a gubernatorial run. He says he will run if the party wants him, notes rival candidates, and emphasizes a broad campaign approach and shifts in views from prior campaigns.
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Brown
Organized Labor
Eben
Draper
John R. Thayer
Worcester
Stimson
Dedham
Charles S. Hamlin
Vahey
Labor
Democratic Party
Jewels Lost or Stolen From Mrs Baldwin on Vineyard
Mrs William F Baldwin of 39 Columbia read Dorchester reports jewelry valued at 3000 dollars missing after a possible robbery near her Vineyard Haven summer home on Martha's Vineyard. A package with toilet articles bracelet necklace pearl brooch rings and Nordica items vanished from a carriage seat en route to the depot. A 500 dollar reward was offered after initial 3000. Search by villagers and bushes yielded no results.
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William F. Baldwin
Columbia
Read
Dorchester
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Vineyard Haven
Martha’s Vineyard
Mrs. Baldwin
Mme. Nordica
Baldwin
Wind Delays Wright Flight at Fort Myer
Washington report says no flight at Fort Myer as a strong northwest wind kept the Wright brothers from launching after testing the motor. Earlier, Wright noted a 40 to 41 mile per hour capability with two men aboard, while at Kitty Hawk the two men achieved 41 mph.
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Washington
Fort Myer
Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wright Brothers
Coats for Travelers Offer Fine Tourist Garments
Daily arrivals fill the Cloak department with an assortment of tourist coats in selected fabrics. The coats boast fit and style, with prices at 29.50, 31.50, and 45.00.
Passadumkeag in Fire Peril
A crew of several hundred men battles a forest fire one mile from Passadumkeag village. By nightfall the fire remains uncontrolled posing a critical threat to the village. The blaze between Bangor and Wafield has damaged timberland worth thousands of dollars and is still unchecked.
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Lincoln, Me
Passadumkeag Village
Bangor
Wafield
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