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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1915
Page
8
Columbus Ohio September 19 Thirty eight events in stakes futurities and class races with purses totaling 87000 mark the opening of the Grand Circuit meeting at the driving park tomorrow through Friday October 1. Key events include the Horse Review Futurity 8000 and the Hester Columbus 10000 stake for 214 trotters.
Halifax reports the Donaldson line steamer Athenia is on fire at sea while en route from Glasgow to Montreal or Quebec. A radio message says the ship was abandoned and the Anchor liner Tuscania is standing by to assist passengers, with few if any aboard.
Miss Florence E. Allen, suffrage leader from Cleveland, declares democracy cannot exist without women voting at a large outdoor Votes for Women meeting on Charles Street mall. Kate Ryan Nolan and W. T. Collier of England argue for universal suffrage and economic benefits of women's votes.
An official Berlin statement, rebutting Arthur J. Balfour's claim that London was not fortified, says the city sports numerous permanent fortifications and many field works. It notes continuous enemy air attacks on German towns beyond the war zone and on railway passengers.
The body of 7 year old Wilfred Beaudreau son of Mr and Mrs Simon Beaudreau of 116 Clifton Street North Cambridge was recovered yesterday from Spy Pond Arlington after a three day disappearance. His companions had thought he had gone home. The body was found after Fred Roos on Belknap Street spotted shoes under a pond float and pulled the body onto the float.
An electric car slowed near the Cancer Institute and struck Shackleton’s vehicle. Fortin was thrown about 15 feet, while Richardson, 40, was hurled 20 feet and died at Lawrence Hospital. Police say Shackleton is blameless and no arrest was made. Shackleton resides at 206 Bailey Street, Lawrence.
Mrs. Charles Andrews wife of a local East Parsonsfield businessman suffered likely fatal injuries when an automobile driven by her husband crashed into a tree near Lebanon Maine. Andrew’s brother Edward and a nephew Walter and niece Elsie escaped with minor injuries as the vehicle rolled over on a steep hill along the busy Rochester New Hampshire to Sanford route.
A touring car with slipping brakes careened down Hancock street in West Bend last evening. It smashed through the plate glass of a tailoring shop at the foot of the hill, carried away the frame, broke a fence, and narrowly missed pedestrians after crossing Cambridge street.
The Stabat Mater by Astorga, hailed as the year's finest musical treat, was performed by an augmented choir at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The packed auditorium heard Hauptmann’s Salve Regina and, at benediction, Sehaeken's O Salutaris and Tantum Ergo.
Mrs Margaret Shea 42 of Watertown walked into the Roxbury canal at Hilton street. Captain Moran of the schooner Brewer rescued her with a boat and she was taken to City Hospital.
Lowell report: Manuel Nedato, 80, mill worker of Iris Lawrence street, fell asleep smoking in bed. Fire damaged his face arms and legs before helpers saved him. He was taken to St John’s Hospital for treatment.
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