Babe Ruth Wins Flag for Team as Indians Are Routed
Babe Ruth stars for the Yankees in a 7 to 2 victory over the Indians at the Polo Grounds. Ruth hits two homers and drives in three runs, fueling New York’s pennant push in the final petworlds series. A dramatic live wire accident at Kingston claimed three children as the wire broke and fell.
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Four Children Electrocuted on Brockton Trolley Line
In Kingston four schoolchildren were killed when a high tension wire broke as a trolley car left the tracks. A nine year old boy and additional pupils were shocked. 16 others were saved. The accident involved the Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway and left one girl seriously injured.
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Dynamite Carrier In Crash Near Wolfboro
Alton New Hampshire Sept 26 four cases of dynamite were spilled when John J Given fifty of Wilton NH driver of a dynamite truck left the road and overturned three times near the Wolfboro town line He is in the Sherden House Wolfboro with minor injuries Police may charge him with driving while intoxicated Given drove from Concord to Melvin NH for Mansfield Construction Company repairing the highway The popular make auto with truck body overturned piling driver and cargo onto the highway near Dug Hill
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Wilton
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Liqour
Concord
Melvin
Mansfield Construction Company
Dug Hill
Bride Dies After Strangling Self on Boat
A bride died in an apparent suicide aboard a boat when she tied a rope around her neck and secured it to the craft. The incident is under investigation, with authorities reviewing circumstances and seeking motive.
Tragic End of Honeymoon
Mrs Norah Johnson Kettelle died by strangulation and her body entered Lake Mashapaug Judge John E Fahey announced after seven witnesses and the husband testified at a coroner inquest The case was heard in Rockville Conn on September 26 by staff writer Herbert L Baldwin
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Stafford
Springs
Conn
Norah Johnson Kettelle
Lake
Mashapaug
John E. Fahey
Rockville
John Dunster Kettelle
Cambridge
Plasterers Strike Ends After Negotiated 40 Hour Week Talks
An agreement reached yesterday between the Plasterers' Union and the Master Plasterers' Association ends the strike that began last Saturday. The 40 hour week will be negotiated between union and employer representatives.
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Master Plasterers’ Association
Wilson’s Busy Days After Illness Anniversary
Washington marks two years since Woodrow Wilson fell ill and left the White House. Despite the shadow of illness, sizable crowds and diverse political followers recall the former president and ponder his activities.
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Associated Press
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Mr Wilson Reappears as Quiet Local News Figure
Although he no longer dominates headlines, Mr. Wilson remains a recognizable local figure in ongoing community coverage and archival notices.
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Wilson
Cardinal O Connell Returns Home After Washington Visit
Cardinal O Connell returned to Boston after attending meetings with Catholic University trustees and the U S hierarchy. He will preside at Roxbury Mission Church golden jubilee ceremonies and oversee diocese school reopenings as classes resume. He plans a seminary visit soon.
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Plans for workless under way to work them out
The national conference on unemployment, called by President Harding, met in Washington and adjourned until October 5. Ten subcommittees will present emergency relief recommendations then as Hoover and the president seek to avoid treasury drain.
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Washington
National Conference On
Harding
Harding Opens Session Citing War Inheritance Drag on Industry
President Harding opened the initial session by declaring the current industrial downturn is a war inheritance. He linked the slump to postwar adjustments and urged measures to revive production and employment.
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Harding
Man Dies on Wagon Road Job in Somerville
William Hanna 62 of 34 Fromside Avenue West Somerville, a foreman in the Somerville highway department, dropped dead yesterday afternoon from the seat of the wagon he was driving at the corner of Glenwood Road and Medford Street. Death attributed to natural causes.
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William Hanna
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West Somerville
Somerville Highway Department
Glenwood Road
Medford Street
Yesterday's Temperature Reported by Thompson
Average yesterday across the recorded period shows a high of 78 and a low of 60 with temperatures peaking in the 70s. Daily readings include 72 at 9 AM and 76 at 4 PM, with a mid-day high near the 70s.
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Wicese Se
Three Alarm Blaze Destroys Hyde Park Factory
A three alarm fire at 1566 River street Hyde Park destroyed a one story wooden building housing Pluff Manufacturing Webb Company and a soap maker. Estimated damage nears $40 000 as flames breached the roof. Police ordered nearby residents to ready to move while fire crews contained the blaze by 3 30.
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River Street
Pluff Manufacturing Company
Webb Company
Bootleg Whiskey Delivered by Police Patrol in Chicago
Federal authorities hold evidence that bootleggers supplied whiskey to customers through the Grand Crossing precinct police patrol. An extra $5 per case was charged for the patrol use and a uniformed escort of patrolmen, according to Assistant District Attorney Merensky.
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Chicago
Grand Crossing
Merensky
Germans push on allied left in 1914 and 1915
We note today anniversaries from 1914 to 1918 including Germans attempting to pierce the Allies left in 1914, Allied advances in the west in 1915, a Bulgarian armistice request in 1918, and influenza closures in Boston theatres. One year past, twenty thousand A B I veterans marched at Cleveland as the American Legion convention opened. Scottish troops fired on Trim inhabitants.
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Cleveland
Trim
Ireland
Forecast for Boston and vicinity shows unsettled showers
Weather forecast for southern New England calls for fair conditions Tuesday and unsettled showers by Wednesday. Mild temperatures and moderate southerly to southeasterly winds are expected, with a disturbance moving eastward from Ontario toward the Maritime Provinces and another system in Saskatchewan progressing east.
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Weather Forecast Says Bright And Mild Through Tonight
The forecast indicates continuing bright and fair weather with moderate temperatures today and tonight. No major changes expected, and sunshine should dominate the day.
Baseball results from yesterday in the leagues
National League games featured New York defeating St Louis 4 to 1 and Philadelphia edging Pittsburgh 2 to 1. American League action saw New York beat Cleveland 8 to 7 and Philadelphia win 3 to 0 against Chicago.
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