Inferno of Flames Destroys City Blocks in Lynn Chelsea Fire
A January gale fuels a citywide blaze in Lynn Chelsea sweeping from Maverick to Chelsea Creek. It erupts across barriers destroying thirteen churches, two hospitals, the Fitz Public Library and City Hall. Fire crews from multiple towns battle shifting flames with hundreds displaced and thousands homeless.
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Frank M’carthy
Philip Dulond
Frank A. Chase
Paul Freeman
Maverick Street
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Children’s Hospital
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St. Stanislaus Polish Catholic Church
Chestnut Street
First Baptist Church
Central Avenue
Central Unitarian Church
Hawthorne Street
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Cary Avenue
Elm Street
Walnut Street
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H. A. Spencer
Boston
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Cambridge
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Fourth Street M. E
Advent Christian Church
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First Universalist
R. Perry Rush
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Fitz Public Library
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Portsmouth
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Coffee and Postum Ease Doctor’s Heart Trouble
A physician who loved coffee found his heart action disturbed after resuming coffee intake. One week off coffee and on Postum, he had no heart symptoms. The account claims coffee causes functional heart disturbance and endorses Postum as a substitute with a reason.
Tents and blankets sent to Chelsea fire sufferers
Six carloads of tents and blankets from the State camp left the Boston and Worcester Railway for Chelsea fire victims tonight.
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South Framingham
Mass
Boston & Worcester Railway
Chelsea
French Gunnery Much Improved on Naval Turrets
Paris docks report French naval guns no longer lag behind rivals. Improvements include near instant reloading and automatic turret stabilization keeping aim despite ship motion. These inventions ensure exceptionally fast firing for French fleets.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Belgian Mayors Protest High Speed Auto Rules
A Brussels meeting of Burgomasters condemned the government plan to allow forty five kmh on roads and eighteen kmh in towns. They urged a reduction to twelve kmh in towns and thirty kmh in the country.
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Commercial Tribune
Brussels
Senators Inspect Cincinnati Distillery Dairies
Twenty five State Senators and Representatives including Agriculture committee members will visit Cincinnati distillery dairies to inspect where cows are fed distillery slop. A special car will take them from Columbus this morning, arriving in Cincinnati this afternoon for the tour.
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Committee On Agriculture
Cincinnati
Columbus
General Cutcheon Dies at 72 prominent Civil War veteran
Obituary reports General Byron M. Cutcheon of Manistee Michigan a four term congressman and Civil War hero died in Ypsilanti after a lingering illness aged 72 Born May 11 1836 in Pembroke New Hampshire he served in the 20th Michigan Volunteers participating in 25 battles and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in the Wilderness Lieutenant Charles A L Totten a retired U S Army officer and former Yale professor also died at his Milford Connecticut home He was 57 and known for his mathematical prophecies and writings including Our Race and various prophecies published in book form He retired from the army in 1892.
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Yale
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Ohio Fire Marshal’s Department Could Be Abolished
A Columbus dispatch reports strong odds that the Seventy-seventh General Assembly may abolish the Fire Marshal's Department of Ohio due to cost and limited results. The piece traces prior efforts, budget figures, and convictions, plus mounting opposition from lawmakers favoring regular county prosecution routes.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Seventy-seventh General Assembly
H. D. Davis
Letcher
Williams County
California
Reformatory
Patterson
Grocers Hold Meeting To Oppose Sunday Closings
The Butchers and Grocers' Protective Association met at Brigh ton German Bank Hall to oppose the Retail Grocers' Association which seeks Sunday store closings. Amos Foster, their attorney, urged arrest of detectives gathering evidence against grocers open on Sundays as the Protective Association plans to continue its campaign.
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Butchers and Grocers’ Protective Association
Brighton
Sunday Dinners Badly Scorched In Tenement Blaze
Fire under a Walnut street apartment floor started by cooking coals falling onto carpet. Mrs. Gaffney’s third floor unit evacuated as flames were quickly extinguished by Engine 93. Separate roof blaze at 5627 Torrence Road caused by chimney sparks, with $25 damage. Early morning fire at 211 Walnut Street Belting Co. offices blamed on crossed wires, $100 damage.
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Washington Streets
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Shurtleff
Walnut Street
James Gaffney
Michael Healey
Torrence Road
Bradford Belting Company
Michael Stein
New British Cabinet Named in London
Official notice lists Asquith as Prime Minister and First Lord, Lloyd George as Chancellor, Tweedmouth as President of the Council, Crewe as Colonial Secretary, McKenna as First Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill as Board of Trade President, Runciman as Education President, Morley as India Secretary, Fowler as Duchy Chancellor, with peerages while retaining offices. Seeley under Secretary War Office, Acland Financial Secretary, War Office, Buchanan Parliamentary Secretary India Office.
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John Morley
India
Henry H. Fowler
Duchy of Lancaster
J. E. Seeley
War Office
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Thomas R. Buchanan
India Office
Voltaire Collides With French Cruiser Near Santos
The British steamer Voltaire, while leaving Santos, collided with the French cruiser Republique causing considerable damage. The Voltaire continued its voyage without stopping and there were no fatalities.
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Voltaire
Santos
Republique
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