Packers to Fight Prize Court Edict
Chicago report says London ordered confiscation of American meat cargoes may reach $15 million in value if upheld on appeal. Packers plan to appeal to the British privy council with Swift & Co. Armour & Co. Morris & Co. lawyers stating the decision is a blow to neutral trade and rights.
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London
Privy Council
Henry Veeder
C. J. Faulkner, Jr
M. W. Borders
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
England Seizure of American Meat Declared Unjust
The statement claims Britain’s confiscation of 15 million dollars of U S meat products lacks lawful basis and violates neutral trade. It asserts shipments were to neutral nations, with ship papers proving non-enemy destinations and calls for stronger State Department protests for fair settlement.
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England
Great Britain
Department of State
Weeks Indicates Push for Presidential Run
Senator John Wingate Weeks of Massachusetts signaled a possible bid for the presidency after a Bellevue Stratford luncheon in Philadelphia. He said New Englanders urge his candidacy, but he has not decided, noting the East talks and that he would run if the people want him to.
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United States
John Wingate Weeks
Massachusetts
Chamber of Commerce
Bellevue Stratford
Senator Weeks
Weeks
New England
Red Sox Fall to Tigers in Fenway Blowout
The opening clash of the series ended in a one sided defeat for Boston at Fenway Park as Hughie Jennings' Tigers outplayed them. Nearly 22,000 fans witnessed the Tigers seize the early momentum and lead the standings.
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Tigers
Hughie Jennings
Crew
Fenway Park
Jungaleers
Boy Drowns While Swimming in Merrimac
Sept. 16 Haverhill Louis J. Obert 14 of Bradford district drowned while swimming with two companions in the Merrimac. His body was recovered by divers after he sank in a hole where he vanished immediately. The other two boys could not swim.
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Louis J. Obert
Bradford
Obert
Bryan Denounces Loan to Allies
William J. Bryan denounces the proposed billion dollar loan to the Allies in a statement to correspondents in Washington. He had just left the Department of Justice after requesting Attorney General Gregory to appoint William H. Thompson of Grand Island Nebraska as federal district judge for Nebraska to succeed Judge Munger.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan
Department of Justice
Gregory
William H. Thompson
Grand Island
Neb
Nebraska
Judge Munger
Death of Harvard Law Dean Thayer Ruled Self-Destructive
The death of Professor Ezra Ripley Thayer, dean of Harvard Law School, is attributed to self-inflicted causes driven by mental derangement from intense despondency and a prolonged illness. His body was found in the Charles River Basin near his residence at 77 Bay State Road shortly before noon yesterday.
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Harvard Law School
Dean Thayer
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Thayer
Bay State Road
Charles River Basin
Marshall Studio
Death ruled self-inflicted by prominent lawyer educator
Medical Examiner Magrath, a personal friend of Dean Thayer, and the dean’s physicians and close relatives all agreed that the distinguished lawyer and educator had taken his own life.
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Dean Thayer
England Explains Shipments to U S in Commons
London September 16 The foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey told the House of Commons the government does not interfere with shipments from Germany of goods contracted and paid for by neutrals before March 1 He said hampering such shipments would hurt neutrals and that Britain allows free passage of drugs and certain chemicals produced only in Germany for which neutrals have a critical need.
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London
Sir Edward Grey
House of Commons
Edward
Great Britain
Germany
Boston Worcester trolley service ad for business and pleasure
Advertising copy promotes using the Boston and Worcester trolley for travel to Worcester and intermediate points. It advertises express and accommodation services, highlighting convenient schedules and comfortable cars for business or leisure trips.
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Boston & Worcester Trolley
Worcester
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Year End Score Pushes 94.6 as State Beach Attendance Surges
Tremendous rush to beaches marks the day as state bath houses report their biggest annual turnout. Officials note a high mark of 94.6 in the year’s attendance metrics with strong crowding at coastal areas and popular baths.
Fire injures twelve in Troy street storehouse collapse
A two alarm blaze tore through the sixth floor of the R. H. White Company's Troy street storehouse. A motor ladder truck sped along Harrison avenue struck a street gully and jumped onto the sidewalk, injuring twelve people including a baby snatched from death amid smoke and exhaustion. Dozens of employees narrowly escaped entrapment as the blaze raged yesterday afternoon.
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R. H. White Company
Troy Street
Harrison Avenue
Baby Crushed In Store Incident Sparks Rescue Efforts
14 month old Eugene Kirby was snatched by the heels and carried through a doorway as a machine crushed a carriage. His three year old sister was dragged by the dress but only slightly hurt when mud guards struck her. Max and Mrs. Edelstein were hurled from chairs as an iron railing loosened by the machine toppled them. Mrs. Kirby fainted on seeing wreckage. Fire cause unknown. Albert Sterling, a 15 year old elevator boy, reported smoke on the sixth floor and a flickering red glare before fleeing to warn his father, Albert J. Sterling of Cambridge.
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Max
Mrs. Edelstein
Mrs. Kirby
Albert J. Sterling
Tremont Street
Cambridge
Heat Wave Claims Eight More Lives Across New England
As a record heat wave grips New England eight more fatalities occur, hospitals flood with heat related cases in Greater Boston. Ambulance crews report widespread distress and a woman leaps from a fifth story window seeking relief. A river rescue ends with two rescuers saving a man.
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Greater
Boston
Charles River
Moon Phases and Celestial Timings Amid War Year Notes
The notice lists moon phases for the year including full moon Sept 23 and new moon Oct 8, plus astronomical timings from Gloucester and Newport. It notes twilight lamp times 6:23 and 6:53, mentions Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus, and recalls historical anniversaries such as the 1787 U S Constitution drafting and the 1862 Antietam battle.
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United States
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Partly Cloudy Forecast for Boston and New England
Partly cloudy in Boston and vicinity with cooler temperatures and light to moderate winds for Friday and Saturday. In northern New England, expect partly cloudy skies Friday with possible showers in Maine, northern Vermont, and northern New Hampshire, followed by Saturday fair.
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New Hampshire
Lightning Strikes Trolley Car in Wakefield Panic Amid 30 Passengers
A trolley bound from the Wakefield Reading Fairgrounds to Wakefield square was struck by lightning near 7 pm. Two youths, William Dulong and Henry Muse, were knocked unconscious and treated by Dr. O Leary. both are reported not seriously hurt. The bolt also damaged the second car, knocked out electric service, and forced a shift to kerosene lamps until restored. A separate runaway horse on Gould street dragged Thomas Giles before halting at a telegraph pole, leaving him with bruises.
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Wakefield Square
William Dulong
Vers Non Street
Henry Muse
Richardson Street
Wakefield
Joseph O'Leary
Chestnut Street
Fair Grounds
Dulong
Muse
Thomas B. Dwyer
Democratic State Committee
Gould Street
North Common
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Giles
Escapes From Court Youth Recaptured in Home
Wendell Nason a 16 year old from West Quincy forced two iron doors to escape a detention room in Quincy District Court but was recaptured late at night in his home authorities said.
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Wendell Nason
West Quincy
Quincy District Court
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