Forest Hills Elevated to Gain Southbound Track
Plans filed with the Public Service Commission by L S Cowles of the Boston Elevated Railway seek to widen Forest Hills station by adding a second southbound track. The new track would create an island allowing boarding from both sides and the city has bought land from the New Haven railroad to widen the street.
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Forest Hills Elevated
Public Service Commission
L. S. Cowles
Boston Elevated Railway Company
New Haven Railroad
Birthday guests honor 87th of Francis Adams Proctor
In Lunenburg on September 28 a party for Francis Adams Proctor drew about 100 guests, nearly all over 70, to celebrate his 87th birthday this afternoon. The item also teases rare facts about Billy Sunday in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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Lunenburg
Francis Adams Proctor
Billy Sunday
Next Sunday Post
Le Duc Defends Wife Innocent After Hotel Walton Scene
Chicago merchant Joseph C. Le Duc pledges unwavering support for his wife Lillian Kappes Le Duc amid a Philadelphia hotel incident involving J. C. Graveur. He asserts her innocence, describes their marriage as true, and details her account of a masked assailant firing in the hotel room after a theatre outing.
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Philadelphia
Walton
J. C. Graveur
Joseph C. le Duc
Chicago
Lillian Kappes le Duc
Midnight murder at Hotel Walton shocks city
Mrs Le Duc was critically wounded at the Hotel Walton during a sensational midnight murder. Her companion Joseph C Graveur of New York was killed by Mrs Harry Belzer of Brooklyn who then killed herself. Within an hour Le Duc arrived and spoke to reporters before a dramatic interview with his wife clarifying attitudes. Later investigators revealed troubling details at the crime scene.
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Walton
J. C. Graveur
New York
Philadelphia
Water geyser erupts as gas workers hit water pipe on Highland avenue
A burst water pipe caused a 75 foot high water jet blasting over roofs on Highland avenue Arlington as gas workers attempted a gas connection. The incident followed an error by Arlington Gas Light Co crew tapping the line.
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Highland Avenue
Arlington
Arlington Gas Light Company
Fore River Worker Killed by Collapsing Steel Plates
Angelo Calaghi aged 87 of 154 Quincy Street Quincy died after a pile of steel plates toppled at Fore River Shipbuilding Company. The plates weighed over a ton and trapped him for more than ninety minutes before he died en route to Quincy City Hospital.
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Angelo Calaghi
Quincy Street
Quincy
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy City Hospital
Fore River Strike Expands At Quincy Shipyard
About 150 chippers and caulkers at Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy quit for higher pay from 34 to 44 cents per hour. Over 1560 reamers and bolters joined in solidarity. Planned sympathy strike by 30 heater boys could disrupt 100 riveters. Strikebreakers arrived and are housed nearby. Mayor Bates refused to authorize armed constables and ordered police to protect strikebreakers.
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Bates
Sullivan seeks recount of primary votes in seventh Suffolk district
Representative William H. Sullivan asks for a recount of votes from the Democratic primary in the seventh Suffolk senatorial district. The recount starts Monday at the election commissioners office in City Hall, with Senator James P. Timilty winning the nomination.
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William H. Sullivan
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