Rescue from an Air Shaft Fatal fall
Fireman George Parnell of Aldrich Crisbee Company 25 fell 99 feet from a roof into an air shaft. Patrolman James Lewis retrieved him from the shaft and carried him to the third floor. He was taken by ambulance to Relief Hospital in serious condition.
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George Parnell
Allen Street
Aldrich- Crisbee Company
Portland Street
James Lewis
Hanover Street
Parnell
Relief ‘Hospital
Fall Millinery Boom at Kornfeld’s Wears Best Hats
Fall is here with warm days gone for good and the selling of fall hats booming. Kornfeld's millinery promises beautiful fall hats with smart lines and quality materials and workmanship making it the best a woman could wear down to the smallest detail.
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Kornfeld
Coercion by L Line Charged in Suffolk Grand Jury
A Suffolk county grand jury reported to Clerk John P. Manning an indictment charging the Boston Elevated Railway Company with coercion of employees.
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Suffolks County
Grand Jury
John P. Manning
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Indictments Held Over Labor Coercion at Elevated Railroad
Four counts charge the Elevated Railroad with coercing John J. Van Wart Frank J. McGuire and others unknown to refuse labor organization membership as a condition of employment or continued work. District Attorney Pelletier says a corporation can be indicted as the employer and held responsible for actions by superintendents and agents. Elevated officials and carmen union officials declined comment as indictments were discussed at a directors meeting.
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John J. van Wart
Frank J. McGuire
Carmen
Arbitration Board
Grand
Pelletier
Janitor Transforms Dump Into a Flourishing Garden Spot
Jacob Mayer a school janitor turned an eyesore lot beside Joshua Bates School on Harrison Avenue into a thriving garden. He graded the ground fenced it with donated wire and tended vegetables and flowers, creating a study space for local students with no city labor cost.
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Joshua Bates School
Harrison Avenue
Jacob Mayer
Mayer
Joshua Bates
Paralyzed Brighton Man Still Missing
William Winch, 51, partly paralyzed, vanished from 39 Pomeroy Street Brighton on Sept 6 and remains missing at midnight. His brother and sister in law, Frederick and wife, say they do not fear foul play and believe he may have wandered away. police have not been notified. He is described as about five feet five inches tall and paralyzed on the right side.
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William Winch
Pomeroy Street
Brighton
Mr. Winch
Frederick Winch
Poslam Soap Promoted as Pure Skin Remedy
Poslam Soap is advertised as the pureest best soap for daily use improving skin color and texture. It claims health benefits for hands face and scalp with a 25 cent price and free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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Emergency Laboratories
West 26Th Street
New York City
Street riots mar Peace City during royal procession
In The Hague on September 17 socialists clashed with police after a demonstration for universal suffrage. Rioters were dispersed by sabre, then routed again near Parliament as cordons held. Reinforcements were called as fear of more trouble spread. The Queen opened Parliament later without incident.
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Hague
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Eit
Henry
Wakefield High School forms three military companies
The Wakefield High School student body organized three military companies with E Helen Walton as major and Fred McKie as adjutant. Officers for Companies A B and C are listed, followed by a political speech by Governor Wilson criticizing tariff board ideas and praising or accusing experts, with remarks on benzoate of soda and trust dynamics.
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Wakefield High School
E. Helen Walton
Fred McKie
Alvin W. Gordon
John Beebe
Earl Bears
Alfred
Tcollinson
George F. Gardiner
Manson Dillaway
Alfred Hendrickson
Henry Richards
Fred Reid
Frank Avery
Roger Vint
Lincoln Dillaway
Everett Winslow
Raymond Cassidy
Robert Jackson
Leutenants
Albert Johnson
Leon Horne
Eugene Lenners
Howard Bouve
Harold Pearson
Russell Savage
Millard Thresher
Arthur Collinson
Alexander Iliams
Paul Guillow
Arthur Anderson
Henry Reid
Raymond Griffin
Edward A. Bridge
Robert Skinner
Charles Dazell
Ralph Belmore
Elliott Zwicker
Stanley Collinson
Gray Brockbank
Roy Fryeburg
Borman Kingston
Clifford Sawyer
Wilson Endorses Wiley in Pure Food Debate
Governor Woodrow Wilson spoke at the Interstate Fair endorsing Dr. Harvey W Wiley amid disputes over enforcement of pure food laws. He attacked the effectiveness of expert boards like Roosevelt era chemists and argued against commissions to handle tariff and trust issues.
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Sioux City
Harvey W. Wiley
Woodrow Wilson
Board of Chemists
Roosevelt
Nashua backs Grand Trunk plan to cross state
At a Nashua Board of Trade meeting 300 votes for 3 urged support for the Grand Trunk railroad proposition allowing the Southern New England line to cross New Hampshire toward Boston. Boston & Maine demanded a hearing on the issue as Concord attorney Remick, Jackson and Cy Warman of the Grand Trunk attended.
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Nashua
N. H
Board of Trade
Grand Trunk Railroad
Southern New England Railroad
Boston
Boston & Maine
New Road
Messrs. Remick and Jackson
Concord
Cy Warman
Grand Trunk
Falling Roller Hills Teamster Fatality at Mill Yard
East Boston laborer James Love, 21, employed by George McQuesten Lumber, died after a heavy roller fell from a shed roof at the William F. Hunter yard 166 Liverpool Street. The accident occurred last night in the mill yard.
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Boston
George McQu
Custody Battle Over Five Year Old Seeks Court Action
Mrs Frances P Kaplan of Lena Park Dorchester seeks custody of her five year old son Peter J Corcoran who has lived with his grandmother Mrs Rosa A Corcoran of Lowell since his father died Kaplan who remarried claims the child is unlawfully withheld by the grandmother under pretence of abandonment She filed petition in the Supreme Court yesterday.
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Frances P. Kaplan
Lena Park
Dorchester
Peter J. Corcoran
Rosa A. Corcoran
Lowell
Kaplan
Supreme Court
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Boston and Mane Railroad
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Conteast
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Boston & Albany R. RR
New York
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Fall River Line
Beach St
Wash. St
Pense’ Eef Broth
Balman
Virginia
Radishes
UonIngreso
Peace City
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Wilson
Tariff Board
Wiley
Pure Food Administration
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Tremont Street
Eliot
Elle Pure
RYTEO
DR. F. Flagg & CO
Blackstone ST. Teas
Eee
Atlantic
Fourth-Atlantic National Bank
Fourth Atlantic National Bank
Waldorf Shoes
Waldorf Shoe Stores
Washington Street
Hollis Street
Dock Square
Dudley Transfer
Broadway
Cambridge
Massachusetts Ave
Central Sq
Ea Fopax
Canaee Co
Ea Lg
Ache
Brookside
Old Homestead
Wilson Brothers Scollay Sq. Stair Vt
Wilson Brothers
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