Aged Laborer Fatally Electrocuted In Auburndale Yard
Frederick W. Swaine a 75 year old former city laborer died after touching a live wire in his yard at 55 West Pine street Auburndale yesterday afternoon. He saw the wire fall and a fire started in leaves and grass. He attempted to move the wire to extinguish the blaze and was fatally burned when the current flashed. Neighbors helped, one knocked the wire away and another smothered the flames. A doctor arrived but he was dead.
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Frederick W. Swaine
Newton
West Pine Street
Auburndale
Swaine
O'Meara Secretary to Wed Miss Lynam
Miss Ida Lynam daughter of Mrs Margaret Lynam of 8 Hawthorne street West Somerville will wed Leo A Rogers private secretary to Police Commissioner Stephen B O’Meara next Wednesday The ceremony at 7 pm will be at St John’s Church North Cambridge Rev Fr James P F Kelly officiating A reception will follow at the bride’s home Miss Marguerite Lynam bridesmaid and Dr Raimund A Rogers best man Rogers son of Mr and Mrs Abraham T Rogers resides at 20 Robinwood street Jamaica Plain
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O’meara
Miss Lynam
Ida Lynam
Margaret Lynam
Hawthorne Street
West Somerville
Leo A. Rogers
Stephen B. O'Meara
Somerville High School
Rogers
Harvard
Harvard Law School
James P. FF. Kelly
St. John’s Church
Cambridge
Marguerite Lynam
Riamund A. Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Abraham T. Rogers
Robinwood Street
Jamaica Plain
The Last Rose of Summer Illustration in Post Magazine
The illustrated song in next Sun day’s Post Magazine is that favorite the world over The Last Rose of Summer. The drawing is by F Walter Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
F. Walter Taylor
Freckles Cure Promises Clear Complexion
A new drug, ethine double strength, advertised by Houghton & Dutton and Riker Jaynes Drug Co promises to fade freckles. Apply at night and rinse by morning for most cases. money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles.
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Houghton & Dutton
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Slit Skirt Trend Warns Of Street Fashion
New York readers are treated to Ethel Lloyd Patterson's Evening World column praising visible skirt slits. The piece details slits varying by street and social position from Harlem to the Battery, urging bold tailoring with a casual, humorous tone.
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New York
Ethel Lloyd Patterson
Evening World Tonight
Slit skirts spark Paris to New York fashion wave
Max Fiedler and wife arrive in Boston as the Symphony Orchestra prepares a season. Strauss sketches a large two movement Alps Symphony and Debussy promises Gigue publication this winter. Reger’s Opus 120 premiere and Enesco praised mark hopeful concert debuts aboard for Boston audiences.
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Max Fiedler
Symphony Orchestra
Strauss
Rheinhardts
Max Reger
Debussy
Rondes de Printemps
Boston
Dippel
Chicago Opera Company
Wilhelm Stengel
Madame Sembrich
P. J. McManus Denies Rumor Of Backing Candidate
Joseph McManus a former Ward 19 candidate denies rumors he was aligned with Representative James H. McInerney in the recent primary. He says the rumors arose from a misperception and that he campaigned solely for his own interests.
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Joseph McManus
Ward 19
James H. McInerney
Merrimac Valley Apples Are Wonders
A Groveland harvest festival display showed Baldwin apples from the Merrimac valley. Fiveclustered apples weighed over five pounds with the largest at 12 12 inches in circumference. The grower asked to remain unnamed to prove the valley’s fruit quality.
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Merrimac Valley
Harvest Festival
Groveland
Merrimac
Newlyweds Surprise Gift From Roxbury Dealers
Mr and Mrs Walter Milliken arrived home from a bridal tour through the West to find the Roxbury Provision Dealers Association awaiting them with a diamond pin and an elaborate cut glass water set. Andrew Ronald gave the diamond presentation and Arthur W Clarke presented the glass set.
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Walter Milliken
West
Roxbury
Evangelist J Wilbur Chapman Sails for Belfast to Begin European Mission
Evangelist J Wilbur Chapman departs New York aboard the Celtic to Europe with Charles M Alexander and others for a year of evangelistic work. They will begin in Belfast on October 8 and also hold meetings in Lyne England before returning to the U S in December and planning Australia travel by February. During the European stay they will meet Presbyterians in Ireland Scotland England and Wales with Dr W H Roberts accompanying.
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J. Wilbur Chapman
New York
Europe
Belfast
Lyne
England
Dr. Chapman
Charles M. Alexander
Robert Harkness
E. W. Naftzger
Ralph C. Norton
Australia
United States
Mr. Alexander
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
W. H. Roberts
Presbyterian General Assembly of
Starving Children Found Locked in East Side Tenement
In a locked East Side tenement, a janitress heard moans and police found Goldie Kurland 9 and her sister and baby brother almost unconscious from starvation. The children said their parents left after a quarrel Monday night. the baby is in danger. John J. Kurland and his wife are sought by authorities.
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New York
East Side
Goldie Kurland
Children's Society
John J. Kurland
New Haven Railroad Boss Calls Fairfield Wreck Worst Since 1853
President Mellen, addressing stockholders, cites the Fairfield wreck of July 11 as the most deplorable event for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railway since the Norwalk disaster of 1853. He says the crash was not caused by human foresight lack and that death claims will burden operating expenses only minimally due to reserves from an accident fund established in 1906.
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New Haven
Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Fairfield
Norwalk
Destroyers Collide During French Navy Maneuvers at Toulon
In Toulon France on September 27 two French torpedo boat destroyers the Trident and Mousqueton collided during maneuvers. Mousqueton sustained heavy damage but reached port and there were no fatalities reported.
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Toulon
France
Trident
Mougequeton
Services Held for Cornelius J. Coughlin
Funeral rites for Cornelius J. Coughlin senior member of his namesake hide and leather firm were conducted at St William Church Dorchester A solemn requiem mass was officiated by Rev John J Fietener with assistants and a choir under Miss Crosby The pallbearers included members of Division 72 Ancient Order of Hibernians and the county board of the order as treasurer at his death from St Peters Court Foresters
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Cornelius J. Coughlin
Hide and Leather
Marning
St. William’s Church
Dorchester
John J. Fietener
James J. Mel Carthy
Michael J. Cuddihy
St. Margaret's Church
Crosby
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
St. Peter’s Court of Foresters
Harvest festival guidance and home care tips in Post
A preview notes the household section of next Sunday's Post will feature a harvest festival arrangement guide, nursery furnishing ideas, paper bag cooking methods, and a full page of house warm tips and suggestions for home use.
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Hamm Haa
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the Battery
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Forty-second Street
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Chicago
Wetweee St. Paul
Badger State Express
Wisconsin
Suner
Duluth-Superior Limited
Superior
Assenger
Chicago and
North Western
J. E. Brittain
Washington St
Boston, Mass
P. J. M’manus
Evangelist Chapman
Victor Records
David Air
Tetrazzini
Gerville Reache
Lamarco
Rigoletto
Elman
Victor Light Opera Company
Jordan Marsh Company
Caerere
New Victor Records
Victor
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Victor Talking Machine Co
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