Woman Brings Three Suspects Into Custody in Lynn
Mrs. Arthur D. Ploof spotted three men leaving Woodfall's pawn shop and alerted Officer Lyons. They followed the trio to a building where Inspector Burckes arrived and confirmed the suspects matched warrants for breaking and entering Churchill's factory. Property identified by Churchill was found on the men. Names: Frank Humphries, John Clark, Frank A'Hearn.
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Lynn
Arthur D. Ploof
Central Avenue
Churchill
Gypsy Moth Commission
Ploof
Frank Humphries
John Clark
Frank A’hearn
City Doctor Black Suspended in Lawrence
Lawrence April 2 Dr George L Black city physician is temporarily suspended with Dr Timothy J Daly named as replacement while authorities investigate charges of conduct unbecoming a public official and a physician stemming from weeks of rumor. Black says he faces persecution.
Fish Swarm At Nantucket
Nantucket report from April 2 notes an unprecedented fish run with codfish and pollock abundant all winter. Quidnet shore boats average nearly 500 fish daily as about 100 men work on a vast cranberry bog seen as the island’s next large, profitable industry after the whale fishery ended.
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Nantucket
Quidnet
Wakefield Police Chief Accepts Provincetown Post
Retiring Wakefield Police Chief Harvey M. Coffin has been appointed chief at Provincetown. Provincetown had operated without a police force, but due to crimes this winter the Selectmen vote to establish a force of one chief and three men.
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Wakefield
Apr
Harvey M. Coffin
Provincetown
Civil service bill gains House engrossment amid city power debate
In Boston politics Rep Thomas J Grady and Rep George A Scigliano led fights for opposing wards over the Lomasney civil service bill. The measure passed 134 to 44 to be engrossed, allowing appeals to the State Board of Arbitration. Lomasney supporters hint broader reform including a new city finance head and strict control of expenditures.
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Thomas J. Grady
Fitzgerald
George A. Scigliano
Martin Lomasney
Lomasney
Civil Service
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Grady
Charles Theodore Russell
Civil Service Commission
Scigliano
Offie
Boston
Boston civil service bill vote totals and city leadership notes
Vote of outside members on passing the civil service bill shows large Ames and Boston bloc support with many names listed. The House roll call reports Mayor Fitzgerald's margin with 42 Boston men split among wards. several leaders and allies named.
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Yeas
Ames
Orange
Andrews
Barker
Barnes
Barry
Cambridge
Bassett
Bearse
Bell
Bennett
Saugus
Birch
Blanchard
Somerville
Bodurtha
Bodwell
Bower
Brigham
Brooks
Bullard
Burnett
Chandler
Clark
Brockton
North Brookfield
Cook
Crafts
Dean
Wakefield
Taunton
Dennett
Denny
Dowd
Downey
Driscoll
Chelsea
Duane
Dunham
Evans
Faxon
Fennelly
Goddy
Goodhue
Goodwin
Graham
Grant
Griswold
Hall of
Acton
Hall of Milton
Hancock
Hayes
Hibbard
Hilliard
Howard
Hoyle
Hultman
Hutchings
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Stoneham
Keefe
Lamoureux
Locke
Long
Lowney
Macomber
Mapes
Mayberry
Mayhew
McCann
McManus
McNerney
Meyers
Morse
Murphy
Nason
Nelson
Packard
Peloquin
Phelps
Poor
Porter
Putnam
Rugg
Sawyer
Shackford
Sherburne
Sowle
Stevens
Stoddart
Swig
Tarr
Thompson
Tilton
Totten
Trudel
Tuttle
Wittum
Walker
Waltham
Walsh
Weeks
Everett
Wellington
White
Wier
Willetts
Williams
Winch
Woodhead
Wooldredge
Young
Bayrd
Newhall
Dyer
Bounke
Gage
Knowlton
Easton
Pickford
Nays
Barrett
Buckley
Butler
Callahan
Doyle
Ogg
Healy
Kelleher
Leonard
Lothrop
Luce
Lynch
Mellen
Mitchell
Peabody
Phelan
Sherman
Sullivan
Maynard
Brookline
Ward
Whiting
O’brien
Fitzgerald
Boston
Lomasney—Abbott
Brazzell
Creed
Cushing
Glynn
Teavitt
Lomasney
Ward & McKttrick
Webster
Bolton
Burr
Conway
Daly
Drincoll
Egan
Ewell
Gethro
Grady
McDermott
McDonald
Mooney
Power
Quinan
Waltham A O U W Lodge to Host Salem Visitors
Waltham lodge No. 26 A O U W prepares a grand reception and entertainment for John Endicott lodge No. 12 A O U W of Salem on April 12. Visitors will be met at Waltham station by the Waltham lodge and the American Watch Company Band. The party is organized by C. J. Adcock F. H. Creed J. F. Hawley A Ll Moody G W Chamberlain C S Hammond H Wyman R A Clark H N Lovers E Bellis S D Watts D H Hawley and P C Turner.
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F. H. Creed
J. F. Hawley
A. Ll. Moody
G. W. Chamberlain
C. S. Hammond
H. Wyman
R. A. Clark
H. N. Lovers
E. Bellis
S. D. Watts
D. H. Hawley
P. C. Turner
New Horse Law Stricter Protection Passed by Legislature
Massachusetts legislators enact a stringent humane statute making it a crime to sell or lead a lame horse on public ways. The law targets country dealers shipping injured animals to interior Maine New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Massachusetts
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Melrose Man Arrested Over Typewriter Sale
Arthur E. Small, 25, of 185 Florence Street Melrose was arrested by Boston inspectors for selling a typewriter valued at 97.50 obtained under a conditional sale. The machine belonged to Charles D. Washburn.
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Arthur E. Small
Florence Street
Melrose
Boston
Charles D. Washburn
Heiress Baby Missing In Virginia Ruse Suspected Kidnap
Ruth Anderson Lockhart, four, daughter of C. D. Lockhart heir to $1,000,000, disappeared from a Richmond kindergarten after being seen with a woman. Police and detectives circulate 50,000 circulars with her photo and description of the suspect, Mrs J S Foushee, as relatives fear a ransom plot.
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Richmond
Ruth Anderson Lockhart
C. D. Lockhart
J. S. Foushee
Miss Lockhart
Charles Lockhart
Pittsburg
Judge Sees Need For Whipping Post For Boyle Case
Lynn, April 2. Judge Berry condemned William Boyle calling him a big burly brute and sentenced him to six months in the House of Correction for the offense. He noted Boyle often strikes and blocked his wife’s eye. The woman, holding a baby, said she has two more at home and that Boyle does little for their support.
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Lynn
Berry
William Boyle
House of Correction
Boyle
Town Meeting Supports Drainage Funds Plan
Wakefield town meeting shows little opposition to the selectmen's plan to appropriate 100000 dollars for surface drainage projects, presenting a strong endorsement of the proposal.
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Wakefield
Selectmen
Coffee Jags Report From Philadelphia Woman
A Philadelphia woman describes years of coffee “jags” causing nervousness indigestion disturbed sleep and headaches. She switched to Postum and, after careful home preparation, reports improved health and no coffee cravings, crediting Postum with ending her ailments.
Sewer Loan Battle Rages in City Board
In a heated Aldermen session the $1,000,000 sewer loan was blocked by five opponents. They unveiled four probing orders to expose past sewer contracts and graft, while pressuring for a concurrent $500,000 street loan. Mayor Fitzgerald faces pressure as highway funding could determine the sewer bill’s fate.
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Board of Aldermen
Quincy
Bangs
Brockton Society Maids Stage Daring Opera Performance
In Brockton on April 2 the Young Matrons Club presented The Maid and the Middy with 16 young performers and eight men in a lively comic opera. The audience split between praise for the clever chorus and criticism from older matrons who called the outfits and dancing shocking. Revered pastor W. H. Morrison deemed it a delightful entertainment as club members and society ladies applauded.
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Brockton
W. H. Morrison
First Universalist Church
Uts
Charles R. Storey
Herbert L. Tinkham
George J. Taylor
Harry L. Thompson
Karl Pinco
N. F. Lincoln
G. F. Briggs
Committee Fails to Complete City Budget
The city council appropriations committee met for the third time in two weeks but did not finish the annual budget work. City Auditor Mitchell and other officials attended, pushing departmental claims as they adjourned to Friday evening.
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Mitchell
Draper Reveals Alderman Committees At Meeting
Chairman Draper announced committee assignments after the Board of Aldermen meeting. Dorchester Day members are Bell Hennessey and Baldwin. The billboard nuisance investigation joint committee includes Hennessey Cauley Bangs Curley Baldwin Berwin Kneeland Bell, with Hennessey resigning later.
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Board of Aldermen
Draper
Dorchester
Bell
Hennessey
Baldwin
Cauley
Bangs
Curley
Berwin
Kneeland
Alderman Hennessey
Society Women Turn Shoplifters for Joke in Providence
In Providence on April 2, Mrs Elmira Green and her daughter Mrs Mary Sterling two wealthy society women visited several department stores on a shoplifting expedition. Laughing and joking they gathered about 10 dollars worth of goods before they were arrested. They wept when arraigned before Judge Lee who lectured them severely and fined each 50 dollars.
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Providence
R.I
Elmira Green
Mary Sterling
Lee
Wakefield Sues for Forty Thousand Over Sewer Contract
The town of Wakefield filed a $40,000 suit in Superior Court against the American Surety Company. In 1901 the town contracted Minehan and Costa to build three sewers, with the defendants acting as surety for the project. The contractors reportedly failed to complete the sewers.
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Town OF Wakefield
American Surety Company
Minehan & Costa
Princess editors to helm aristocrat weekly paper
London April 2. Lady Dudley member of the King's party at Biarritz will edit a weekly paper for the aristocracy. Subscriptions set at a half crown per issue and not solicited. Princesses and duchesses will furnish the news for the paper.
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London
Dudley
Biarritz
Lafond Arraigned in William Vincent Murder Case
Arthur Lafond was arraigned in Lowell on a murder charge for William Vincent. He pleaded not guilty. Counsel waived examination and Lafond was committed to await grand jury action.
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Lowell
Arthur Lafond
William Vincent
Lafond
Amendment to Rate Bill Faces Senate Floor
The amendment to the House railroad rate bill, agreed at the White House for limited review of ICC orders, was offered in the Senate by Mr Long but failed to gain floor time. Senator Fulton spoke for the measure as interruptions sparked a tentative debate. Mr Nelson and Mr Heyburn offered brief comments. Roosevelt and Senator Elkins conferred on the amendment after last Saturday’s White House conference.
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Phila
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Washington
White House
Friends of
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Long
Kansas
Fulton
Oregon
Nelson
Minnesota
Heyburn
Idaho
Roosevelt
Senator Elkins
West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Committee
Somerville Lawyer Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Frederick H. Jackson, a Somerville lawyer, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court. Liabilities listed at $12 533 91, assets $300, claimed exempt as personal wear ing apparel and books. Unsecured creditors include Garrett Ford Co note 215, Bryant Kent land 877 75, Pierce Butter Pierce piping 250, and others for goods and services totaling over $12 000.
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Frederick H. Jackson
Stickney Avenue
Somerville
United States District Court
Garrett, Ford Co
Bryant & Kent
Pierce
Butter & Pierce
W. HK. Florence & Co
R. IT. Ireland
T. J. Lally
R. H. White & Co
W. G. Nash
J. H
Jordan Marsh & Co
Walker, Pratt Company
Bartlett & Anderson
Lamson & Hubbard
Mary L. Clarke
J. O. Shaw, Jr
Edwin H. Watson
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N. K. Fairbank Company
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Draper Names Committees
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Elkins
Jackson of
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