Minister’s threatened child auction sparks near riot
Pittsburg Sept 18 The Reverend Thomas G Board pastor of Wylie Avenue Baptist Church announced he would auction two of his five children to the highest bidder in Circleville Penn near Irwin He was interrupted by a crowd of about 1000 protesters and nearly mobbed before finishing the sale attempt was halted by the mob and authorities. no children were sold.
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Thomas G. Board
Wylie Avenue Baptist Church
Auction of two Board children stirs Pittsburg crowd
In Circleville a circular advertised a public sale of Mr. Board’s two children a boy seven and a girl ten with job prospects and nursing skills. In Pittsburg the crowd abused him as he explained he needed funds to support five children. He later called the sale a joke amid Prohibition candidate’s claim of misinterpretation.
Emerson Explains West End Subway Loop Plan
Boston engineers and property owners push a West End loop linked to the Cambridge subway to ease Park Street congestion. Edmund D. Codman Alexander Whiteside and others back a $2,000,000 plan to connect Scollay Bowdoin Cambridge streets with a Tremont Street loop and future extensions to South Station Chelsea and Dorchester.
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Alexander McGregor
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Fort Point Channel
Boys Rescued At Riverside In Near Drowning Incident
Newton Sept 18 two non swimming boys fell from a river float near Long Bridge and were rescued by Metropolitan Park Patrolman Ryan after exhausting attempts to stay afloat. A second incident saw two boys upset a canoe near Norumbega boathouse but they reached shore unaided.
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Reverend E W Virgin Dies at Dedham
Dedham notes the death of the Rev Edward Warren Virgin a prominent theologian writer and genealogist. A longtime minister and Mason he served 50 years in ministry and Masonry and attended the 1867 World's Sunday School Convention in Paris. Born Marlboro June 27 1836 he died of heart failure.
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Paris
France
Virgin
Marlboro
Fulton’s Renal Compound Promises Bright’s Disease Relief
Estimates for recovery with Fulton’s Renal Compound vary by patient condition. In very weak cases with imminent crises the rate is low, while earlier treatment yields higher success, with up to nine in ten responding when started at onset. The note urges physician and patient correspondence and offers free literature and contact details in Boston and San Francisco.
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Jaynes Drug Co
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San Francisco
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One Long Station Proposes Single Track for Loop
Mr. Lancaster argues for a single track loop to allow simultaneous loading and unloading. He asks the City Council hearing on Sept. 19, 1910, to direct Cambridge streetcars to Scollay square to avoid public and property disruption across Scollay square Court street Bowdoin Square Hanover street Brattle street Cornhill Adams square and Haymarket square and to prevent Park street congestion.
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Riverbank
G. A. Lancaster
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Post
Lowdoin Square
Cambridge
Court Street
Bowdoin Square
Hanover Street
Brattley Street
Cornhill
Adams Square
Haymarket Square
Plan Big Columbus Day Parade Approval By Foresters
Assurance from the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters that members will take part in a Columbus Day parade in the city. A large Holy Name Society drill was held at St. Catharine’s Somerville with parish men, and St. Patrick’s Dudley Street Roxbury will join with Holy Name Society members at Mt. Pleasant Avenue parish hall.
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St. Catherine
Somerville
St. Patrick’s
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Roxbury
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Tomer Advertising Agency Moves to New Offices
The Tomer Advertising Agency will relocate today to 946 947 Old South Building due to rapid growth. The firm states that demand has doubled in the past year and the larger space is equipped with modern conveniences for its expanding operations.
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Maine Mule Metaphor Highlights 1930s Political Debate
The Rev. Herbert Johnson at Warren Avenue Baptist Church says Maine voters rejected the Republican party due to economic injustice. He compares Maine to a mule and argues the outcome reflected underpaid workers and unequal wealth distribution rather than Prohibition or candidate personalities, urging a square deal as Roosevelt described.
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Herbert §. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
United States
Roosevelt
Ford Hall Series Announces 16 Speakers for Season
The Ford Hall Series will open October 16 with Henry Jr as the first speaker on Has the Single Tax Got Anywhere. The announced list includes Alexander Irvine Alfred C Brown Rev Lyman Abbott Rev O P Gifford Professor Walter Rauschenbaugh Norman Hapgood and others. A new precentor John H H Gutterson will lead singing and Russell R B Kingman will handle Sunday concerts.
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Ford Hall
Henry Jr
Alexander Irvine
Alfred C. Brown
Lyman Abbott
D. D
O. P. Gifford
Walter Rauschenbaugh
Norman Hapgood
William Lawrence
Teddy's Photo in the Cellar
In Worcester on September 18, Eva Alden Thayer, a former admirer, removed Theodore Roosevelt’s picture from a wall and placed it in a cellar after recent remarks by Roosevelt. The Thayers, Eli Thayer and Dr Charles Robinson, are linked to abolitionist action in Kansas.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Eva Alden Thayer
Eli Thayer
Charles Robinson
Kansas
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
John Brown
WaIter and Chef Clash at Wellesley Inn
Thomas James a waiter and George Rodgers assistant chef at the Wellesley Inn clashed in the kitchen this morning. The altercation nearly sparked a riot, leaving both cut and bleeding. Patrons mistook it for murder until a policeman separated them. Both were charged with mutual assault and disturbing the peace and bailed out by the inn manager.
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Wellesley
Thomas James
George Rodgers
Wellesley Inn
Corner stone laid for Dorchester Jewish destitute children home
The corner stone at the Dro home for destitute Jewish children at Austin and Cant Streets Dorchester was laid with Lehman Pickett ex-president of the Jewish Federation of Boston among many dignitaries. Over 2000 attendees included rabbis and civic leaders. The copper box held by laws and historical notes of local Jewish charities and a roster of contributors. 36 children from the Helping Hand Home attended in seats of honor. Speakers included Levy Herman David A. Laurie Samue L. Dana Rabbi Phineas Israey Rabbi Wolf Margolis and several congressmen and councillors. The new home will cost 100000 and house about 200 children, one of three facilities for Jewish children in need alongside Leopold Morse Home and Helping Hand Temporary Home.
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the Post
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David A. Laurie
Samue L. Dana
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Congregation Adath Jeshurum
Blue Till Avenue
Wolf Margolis
Beth Israel
Baldwin Place
Andrew J. Peters
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