Boston Elevated Car Plunges. 40 to 50 Feared Dead
A Boston elevated rail car with 40 to 50 passengers aboard plunged through an open drawbridge into Fort Point Channel. Twelve rescued. Thomas G. Gannon died on shore. Motorman Gerald Walsh and conductor George McKeon arrested on manslaughter charges.
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Boston Dispatch
Boston Elevated Street Railway
Fort Point Channel
Thomas G. Gannon
Ran
Gerald Walsh
George McKeon
Eastern Electric Company
South Boston
Monroe ordinance taxes circuses and traveling shows in 1916
The Monroe Board of Aldermen enacts a broad tax schedule for circuses menageries and traveling entertainments. It imposes per day and per week fees based on train car count attractions and exhibits with penalties for unlicensed tents or exhibitions within city limits. The ordinance takes effect after adoption on June 6 1916 and names J Fowler mayor and O Lee Jr city clerk.
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Board of Aldermen of
City of
Monroe
Entertainments
Canvays
Carnival
Carnival Company
Lota
Association of
J Fowler
Lee, Jr
Preacher shoots boy amid street noise in New York
Reverend Hugo Holmgren of St Bartholomew's Swedish Chapel confessed to firing a revolver at youths playing on East 127th Street. James Long, ten, was grazed in the left side but not seriously hurt. Holmgren was arrested for felonious assault and later sent to Bellevue for mental state examination.
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Hugo Holmgren
Harleas
New York
No. 164
O'Callaghan
Hartem Hospital
Dr. Janoff
St. Bartholomew's Church
Holmgren
Holm
Ten
Bellevue
Skeletons Best Kept Secret Promotes Silent Shame
A poem urges readers to forget embarrassing secrets about friends or themselves to avoid grief and social disgrace. It argues that exposing private wrongs harms joy and trust, and urges discretion, labeling gossip as a bad habit to resist.
Sufferer From Indigestion Finds Relief with Chamberlain's Tabs
Mrs. Thomi Casey of Geneva New York states her husband endured years of indigestion with stomach pains after meals. After taking Chamberlain's Tablets he was relieved of these symptoms promptly. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Look After the Children's Teeth in Progressive Farmer
The article advises careful dental care for children including a stiff toothbrush and simple dentifrice. It recommends brushing before bed and after meals, rinsing with lime water to neutralize mouth acids, and emphasizes morning cleaning as well. It warns against bad breath and poor dental hygiene.
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pumuUnery
Union Drug Co
Rexall
U. S
Rex Theatre
Philadelphia Life Insurance Company
Gordon Insurance & MM
North Carolina
Just
Armfield Bros. & Co
Armfield Old Stand
James C. Crane
Fulton ST
Dr. King
Preacher
Ollage
Amoor
L. A. Reynolds
Clemmons
N. C
Collins
Franklin Street
S. R. Helms
Rudge's
M. L. Flow
Bear Skin Creek
Icemorlee Mill
T. J. Price
Monroe, N. C
T. C. Horton
F. W. Walters
King Segis
Pontiac
A. H. Fateh
Fateh’s
Benton's Cash Store
Armfield Bros
J. W. Lathan
Lathan & Richardson
Jersey Wakefield
Charleston
Wakefield
Express
R. O. Parks
Utah
W. F. Lambert
Coles
Reliable Pressing Club
John McCall
Rl, Payne
W. Kt
Outen
Boz
A. Hodges, Hillard
Fla
W. R. Outen
Lathan & Richardson's
Watt Ashcraft
Hayne Street
Court House
H. B
Cooperative Mercantile Company
Texas
John M. Deese
Belmont Drug Co
Charlotte, N.C
Henry Lily
IFINE
Randolph County
Whitney
Denton
P. &. Shore
Lesington
T. L. Crowell
Jersy
Charleston Wakefield
W. A. Lingle
Lancaster
3. C
J. D. Ham
la Mar
S.C
Armfield’s
Coles Store
Union County
Robeson
General Assembly of
North Caroina
Robeson County
Bladen
Union
Sloan
R. H. Garren
Hamilton-Liles Co
Julia BR. Price
N.C
East Windsor
G. M. Smith
Union Drug Store
W. B. Houston
Fitzgerald Building
B. Bivens
Marshville
Carolina Bank
R. L. Payne
Old Postoffice
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
Matthews
W. B. Love
N. Y
Law
W. C. Lemmond
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