Freight wreckclaims many lives near Fairfield Connecticut
A rear end collision on the New Haven & Hartford line near Fairfield killed several crewmen and injured many others. Fire and rescue teams worked through darkness to recover bodies and stabilize the site as crews cleared tracks and rerouted trains. Authorities identified dead engineers and conductors while hospitals treated the injured for severe trauma.
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Agen
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Ona
Chia
Higgins
Wollock
Woodd
Trela
Boston
Daptobe
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Wes
Gerrice
Saat Bonny
Harlem River
Holywake
Midner
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Saves
Breman
L. F. Harris
Attra
Pulrfield
Bridgeport
Phy
Bridgeport Soapitals
Sreman
Tonge
Gates
Harman
Beeen
Easland Weat
Veteran actor Harrigan dies at home in New York
Veteran actor and playwright Howard Gerri gan Harrigan died today at his New York home aged years. Born in New York, he first appeared in 1887 at the Olympic Theatre in San Francisco, then toured and starred in New York from 1874 to 1894. He had been inactive for two years, leaving behind a widow and six children, famed for the Mountihan Guards plays with music by David Braham.
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New York
Jude
Howard Gerrigan
Vera
Olympic Theatre
San Francisco
Harrigan
Vie
Ife
Hasrigan
Moulhigan Guards
David Braham
Postum Replaces Coffee Improves Digestion and Mind
A Wis manager reports coffee harmed his health and work. After wife switched him to Postum and followed box directions, his digestion, heart palpitations, and mental sharpness improved, allowing better office performance. The testimonial, from Michigan, labels Postum as a daily table drink.
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Ile Alomach
Nat
Foshiin Co
Table Creek
Mich
Irish Type in Popular Theater Shapes Public Taste
Fragmentary review notes the rise of the “complete Irish type” in contemporary plays, highlighting the period’s trend toward a distinctive Irish character in leading roles and staging. The commentary marks the productions as pivotal in defining the era’s popularity of such works.
Stage figures linger in memory of forgotten drama
The passage recalls Tony Hart Henry Fisher and Annie Yea many who led in the plays and were nearly as popular as the author Anilatar.
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Tony Hart
Henry Fisher
Annie Yeamany
Anilatar
Royal initials and queen's day jokes from a bygone era
Fragmented reminiscence recalls Caroline Sox and May 24 1847 Queen Victoria birthday as Charles James Max and Lord Albemarle share light quips. It notes Edward VII’s succession, a Windsor music practice anecdote, and a garbled reference to Albert Edward christening. Ends with odd Liver health ad copy.
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Caroline Sox
Victoria
Charles James Max
Charles
Lord Albemarle
London
Edward VII
Walter Parratt
University of Oxford
Windsor Palace
Sheen Learing
Kira
Walter
Richard H. Burham
Ingoldsey
England
Albert Edward
Durham
Uliinet
Street design praised by Harvard professor at 20th Century Club
Professor James Sturgis of Harvard addressed the Boston 1915 City Manning Seminary gathering at the Twentieth Century Club, arguing that crooked, irregular street layouts are advantageous. He cited dust control, social and economic benefits, and better lot shapes for the poor, while condemning straight, uniform streets and axis-centered squares.
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James Sturgis
Harvard
Boston
City Manning Seminary
Twentieth Century Club
Pray
Protessor
Stimson Vaccinated For Typhoid At Army War College
Secretary of War Stimson received a typhoid vaccine at the Army War College as a precaution amid a push by the War Department for compulsory inoculation. Mayor Tha sol administered the shot while clouded skies and steady wind affected related public health efforts at San Antonio Texas.
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Thasol
Army War College
War Department
San Antonio
Pex
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