Wakefield's Great Loss Fire in Wakefield Chair and Carriage Shop
A major blaze began at 8 o'clock in the Reed Chair and Carriage company building in Wakefield on July 22, spreading to the old rink and surrounding wooden structures. Firefighters from Wakefield and aid from Reading, Stoneham, and Melrose battled the flames. several workers were rescued from a fall through a loft, and a crowd narrowly avoided injury when bricks rained down from a collapsed chimney. Losses include W. C. Jordan 20000 and Wright & Ditson 50000 with total estimated damage up to 100000.
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Boston
Wakefield
Rink
Reed Chair & Carriage Company
George Ayscougn
Albion Street
William Cade
Wakedell
Reading
Stoneham
Melrose
Wakefield Department
Charles Lindley
Edward Potter
Lewis Low
Greenwood Hose Company
John Day
Salem
Main Streets
S. J. Putney
H. & L. Company
W. . Jordan
Wright & Ditson Manufacturing Company
New England Telegraph & Telephone Company
A. W. Carleton
L. H. Porter
Universalist Church
Main Street
Crescent Street
Sidney Merchant
Centre Street
W. C. Jordan
Roger Howard
Buckley & Draper
Wright & Ditson
G. O. Sanborn
Chester W. Eaton
Nellie Gaffey
Park Officer Fires Wounding in Forest Park
Springfield July 23 Park Officer Arthur J Cleary shot and likely fatally wounded Thomas McGrath in Forest Park after McGrath allegedly insulted a young woman with a male companion. McGrath suffered a head gash and a bullet wound to the lung. witnesses vanished. He was taken to Springfield Hospital.
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Springfield
Park
Arthur J. Cleary
Thomas McGrath
Forest Park
Cleary
McGrath
eGrath
Springfield Ospital
Buzzards Bay Blaze Threatens North Falmouth Villages
A Boston Globe special from Buzzards Bay Massachusetts reports a forest fire raging near North Falmouth and Calumet. The blaze, which burned 25 square miles on Friday and Saturday, has intensified and spread along the railroad between the villages. Firefighters fear loss if flames reach Buzzards Bay shore. few houses burn while locals saved others.
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Boston
Globe
Buzzards Bay
Masc
Saga
North Falmouth
Calumet
Bugzarde Bay
Fatal accident as woman struck by electric car
In Fall River on July 22 Mrs Robert Fietcher aged about 40 years was fatally injured when she was run over by an electric car in a street accident. The city mourns as police investigate the incident and identify how the tragedy occurred.
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Fall River
Robert Fietcher
Ron
Tiverton Car Crash Ends in Fatal Amputation
A passenger in an electric car near Tiverton leapt from the moving vehicle as a fuse blew near Fall River. Mrs. Fletcher, wife of Captain Fletcher of Steamer 6, was fatally injured when her right leg was crushed and amputated at Emergency hospital. she died about an hour later, with her daughter among the other passengers who escaped.
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Tiverton
R. L
Fall River
Fatal Quarrel Ends in Brakeman's Fatal Blow
Worcester dispatch reports brakeman Edward P. Morrison struck Henry Layden during a Foresters excursion. Layden, 22, died from skull fracture. Morrison, arrested in Brighton, charged with manslaughter and held without bail for tomorrow's hearing. Morrison's father, a Boston trainmaster, accompanied him to Worcester.
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Worcester
Edward P. Morrison
Boston & Albany
Henry Layden
Morrison
Brighton
Boston
Layden
Foresters
South Terminal
Noted Lawyer Dead in Burlington After Illness
Hon. L. E. Chittenden, famed Vermont lawyer and Lincoln era registrar of the treasury, died at his daughter's home in Burlington at 78 after a brief cholera morbus illness. He suffered earlier injuries from a New York street accident but had begun improving before the final fatigue. A descendant of Vermont’s first governor, he authored works on Thomas Chittenden and Lincoln figures, and served in the Vermont State Senate from 1856 to 1860.
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Burlington
L. E. Chittenden
Vermont
United States Treasury
Lincoln
New York
Thomas Chittenden
Abraham Lincoln
Chittenden County
State Senate
Chicago Stone Cutters End Strike Impasse With Arbitration
After months of idleness thirty cut stone contractors mostly from the Building Contractors' council agree with the Stone Cutters' union to resume work and submit disputes to a permanent arbitration committee of ten. The pact curtails business agents' power as strikes require arbitration and union vote if the committee fails to agree.
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Chicago
Building Contractors’ Council
Stone Cutters’ Union
Washed Revenue Stamps Case In New York
Angel N. Trujillo, operator of the Universal Stamp Co in Nassau street, was held in 2500 bail by U S Commissioner Shields on a washing internal revenue stamps charge. Authorities say stamps used by C A Harned & Co were washed, with Trujillo’s outfits and funds found in Atlantic Highlands. Trujillo, arraigned and released on bail, claims sales to Harned and knowledge of no wrongdoing. Col Thompson says he has captured the top stamp washer in the country.
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New York
Angel N. Trujillo
Universal Stamp Company
Nassau Street
Grand Jury
United States
Shields
Internal Revenue
Thompson
Internal Revenue Department
Stock Exchange
C. A. Harned & Co
Atlantic Highlands
Trujillo
W. R. Grace & Co
Mr. Grace
Las Nevadades
Col. Thompson
Premature Burial Charter filed in New York
The American Society for the Prevention of Premature Burial seeks a state charter. It aims to require death certificates signed by physicians and introduce tests for death, including artery incisions, candle flame breath tests, facial respiration checks, and skin blister tests. The plan envisions mortuary chapels and holding bodies for hours as part of death verification.
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New York
American Society For the Prevention of
H. Gerald Chapin
Kapin
Quiet in St Louis Two Cars Blown Up and One Woman Shot
In St Louis on July 22 two Transit company cars were blown up causing rail damage on South Seventh Street and South Broadway. A woman, Mrs Annie Kollmeier, was lightly wounded by a stray bullet in the disturbance.
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St. Louis
Transit Company
Southwestern Division
South Seventh Street
Broadway
South Broadway
Annie Kollmeier
State Politics in Boston observes looming party plans
Boston July 21 report outlines Republican state committee calls for next week to set congressional conventions and schedule the October state convention. It notes likely caucus timing, election dates, and potential Senate and House leadership changes while Democratic HQs stay shut and McNary remains absent. Names include Goetting, McNary, Myers, Engstrom, Soule, Chamberlain, Joy, Woodsum, and Smith with implications for future elections and leadership roles.
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Boston
Republican State Committee
Col. Goetting
Commonwealth
Body of Fred Lord Found Near Oldfield
The two and four year old Fred Lord was found dead in woods three miles from Oldfield by children at play. Coroner F. Ham, summoned from York Beach, viewed the remains. Authorities say death likely occurred about three days ago and an investigation is underway with a theory of foul play but no reasons known.
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Smith
Rufus A. Soule
New Bedford
Chamberlain
Brockton
Fred Joy
Winchester
B. H. Woodsum
Braintree
Senator Soule
Congress
Greene
Senate
Joy
Middlesex County
Middlesex
Marlboro
Medford
Waltham
Brigham
House
Manufactures
South Berwick
Fred Lord
Oldfield
York Beach
New York Population Projection for Greater New York
Census figures for Manhattan and the Bronx show 2,100,000 residents. At this rate Greater New York may reach about 2,700,000. The counts are rounded. exact totals to be published in Washington in a few weeks. A century ago New York’s population stood around 35,000.
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New York
Greater
Manhattan
Bronx
Washington
Statuti Held In $300 Bond In Boston Case
Gio vanni Statuti known as G Stato arrested by U S authorities for sending an obscene letter appeared before U S Commissioner Fiske and waived examination, bound over in 100 for trial in September term of the district court.
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Boston
G. Stato
Giovanni Statuti
United States
Fiske
Istrict
Luetgert Mystery Returns as Skull Found in Rendering Tank
Chicago police probe a new Luetgert style case after a human skull and a pair of shoes are found in a rendering tank at a stock yards packing house. Several men recently employed by the company have vanished, and investigators seek a possible victim and motive. The theory is that the person was pushed into the tank.
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Chicago
Walker May Recover After Boston Street Prank Stabbing
John H. Walker, stabbed early Sunday by Salvatore Pisano on an over street in Boston, showed much improvement by Monday and is expected to recover. Walker arrived in Boston from Exeter, New Hampshire, with Pisano claiming the blow was in self defense.
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Walker
Boston
John HH. Walker
Salvatore Pisano
Exeter
Woman Jumped From Excursion Steamer Near Crescent Park
Mary Malcolm, a Pawtucket woman about years old, attempted suicide by leaping from a Crescent park excursion steamer. The crew rescued her with a life boat, and she was saved from the water.
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Providence
R. L
Mary Malcolm
Pawtucket
Crescent Park
Three Young Girls Drown in Owl Creek Near Hamburg
News from Hamburg Hardin county Tennessee reports three young women Misses Cora Townsend Ruby Townsend and Pearl Flack drowned while wading in Owl creek One stepped from a shelving rock into deep water and the others could not swim they perished together seeking to rescue the sole responder.
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Neshville
Tenn
Hamburg
Hardin County
Cora
Ruby Townsend
Pearl Flack
Owl Creek
Incendiary work blamed for fire at Menard property
Middleton Massachusetts July 22. A fire that destroyed a house and barn owned by Otto Menard caused about 9000 in losses. The fire started when occupants were away and a woods fire nearby was being fought.
Drowned Child in Vinton Pond Towns Downes
In Fitchburg Massachusetts on July 2 Henry Culliton about one year old drowned while bathing in Vinton pond West Townsend. He ventured into deep water and sank before help arrived. He was said to be married.
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Fitchburg, Mase
Henry Culliton
Hue
Vinton Pond
Weet Townsend
Died of glanders in Fitchburg death notices
Fitchburg July 2 Lyman C Alber aged two and Wallace Alber aged five lie at the point of death from glanders contracted from a horse. The illness caused the death of Lyman today and threatens Wallace, with reports of other symptoms in the household.
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Fitchburg
Maes
Handere
Lyman C. Alber
Wallace
Dr Wood s Norway Pine Syrup Ad Promotes Colds Cure
An old advertisement urges care of small colds that can worsen into consumption and death. It promotes Dr Wood s Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy for early symptoms and emphasizes watching the little colds closely to prevent serious illness.
Political horse-trading swamps state Senate odds
The piece outlines likely Senate alignments and rivalries among Chamberlain Joy Woodscum Soule and others across districts with talk of presidential outcomes and promises. It notes ex legislator Tomes and faces a contested auditorship while hints at factional pacts and retirements.
School City training promotes active citizenship in Syracuse
At an educational council meeting in Syracuse Principal Drum of Montgomery school praised the School City concept. He argued it builds character and public duty by placing children in self government with a mayor, police, and ward officers, noting improved order and reduced misbehavior while stressing character over politics.
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Educational Council
Syracuse
Co. R. Drum
Montgomery School
Syracuse Herald
Mr. Gill
Montgomery
Franklin School
Franklin
The Magic of a Bathing Suit
A Philadelphia Press correspondent muses on how bathing suits strip adults to a primitive state, turning even graybeards into barefoot boys. The piece observes men of business relaxing on the shore, sketching canals and bridges in sand with renewed childlike energy.
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Pladelphia Press
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