Electrician Electrocuted On Top Of Telegraph Pole
Michael Glancy 40 of 70 Ziegler Street Roxbury died after being electrocuted while on a telegraph pole at Humboldt Avenue and Brookledge Street around 2 30 yesterday afternoon. Foreman Maloney and three linemen William O'Brien James Hughes and Edward J Hennesey were at the Edison Electric Company work site. Glancy lay across the cross bar near the top as O'Brien stood below him.
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Michael Glancy
Ziegler Street
Roxbury
Humboldt Avenue
Brookledge Street
Glancy
Foreman Maloney
William O'Brien
James Hughes
Edward J. Hennessey
Edison Electric Company
Lineman O’brien
Lineman Dies After Falling From Pole In Chicago Incident
O'Brien heard a scream as Glancy fell across wires and braved the danger to descend a rope to ground. Dr. Simon Richmond declared death instantaneous. Glancy, longtime Edison Company lineman, is survived by a brother who works as a city lineman in Springfield Massachusetts.
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O’brien
Glancy
Simon Richmond
Humboldt Avenue
Gilane
Taft views Roosevelt stance as Roosevelt acts from abroad
President Taft shows no doubt about Theodore Roosevelt's attitude toward his administration. Roosevelt’s close aides Senator Root and William Loeb Jr. maintain contact with him, fueling talk that Taft could face a Roosevelt bid. Taft suggested he knows enough about Roosevelt's plans to gauge the party’s direction.
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Washington
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Root
Roosevelt
Khartoum
William Loeb, Jr
Mr. Roosevelt
Traft
Large dry dock planned in St John for naval ships
ST. JOHN N B April 4 a large dry dock capable of housing naval vessels and trans Atlantic steamers will be built here if plans agreed to by the Canadian government are carried out
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ST. John
N. B
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Promises Kidney and Bladder Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a top remedy for kidney liver and bladder trouble including back pain frequent urination and Bright's disease. It promotes a sample bottle and free book by mail from Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York and urges readers to respond via the Boston Daily Post.
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Nature
Rhen
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
WN. Y
Boston Daily Post
Reno Divorce Colony Faces Mixed Public Judgment
Reno’s divorce colony, home to famous names and quiet residents, is blamed for Reno’s bad name by some while others defend it as harmless. Estimates place about 200 residents, with 162 decrees granted last year, listing notable arrivals and ongoing suits among a diverse mix of society figures.
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Kentucky
Reno
Smith Hollins McKim
Judge Coyne
William K. Vanderbilt
Virginia Harned
Edward Sothern
James Gardiner Gayley
Pittsburg
George Brodbhage
Lutheran Church
Washington
J. H. Moore
Chicago
Davis Dowsett
David Weil
Colony
Anna Barton
Frank Barton
Henry Foster Spies Kip
Keith Donaldson
Elihu B. Frost
L. H. Caldwell
Clyde Day
M. France
Lockhart to Fight Charges in Bank Looting Case
Wilson W. Lockhart to contest the government case in the Nat City Bank of Cambridge looting. His counsel, William A. Morse, says Lockhart will enter court end of April prepared to prove any act was without fraudulent intent. Coleman may change his plea. both cases to be heard together. Coleman enjoys life, funds plentiful, despite the bank loss items refused by ex-Gov Bates.
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Wilson W. Lockhart
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
William A. Morse
Morse
Lockhart
Coleman
Mr. Morse
John L. Bates
City Wins Land Strip Contest
The city of Boston won a six year legal fight with the Chamber of Commerce over a small greensward in front of the Chamber. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city, which had taken the land six years earlier for street widening and used it as a sewer passage, countering the Chamber’s claim for $60,000 versus the city’s $500 assessment.
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India Square
Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court of the United States
City of
Boston
Chamber
Hosley Nominated for Massachusetts G A R Vice Commander
George A. Hosley discussed as candidate for junior vice commander at a G A R Club meeting in the Revere House. The Massachusetts division election is at Faneuil Hall midweek. ex Governor Samuel R. Van Sant and G A R leader will attend. Hosley, Civil War Navy veteran, past Post H commander, is endorsed by Post II.
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George A. Hosley
Massachusetts
Grand Army
G. A. R. Club
Revere House
Faneuil Hall
Samuel R. van Sant
Minnesotta
Navy
Post 11
Arson case ends in acquittal for Mrs Kelleher
Mrs Mary Kelleher of Somerville was tried on six counts of arsenic poisoning linked to the deaths of six family members. The jury returned a not guilty verdict after accepting the mattress arsenic bath explanation, amid long imprisonment and later release.
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Mary Kelleher
Somerville
East Cambridge
Dana
Stevens
Hugh Bancroft
Mrs. Kelleher
Post
William Knowles
Somerville Avenue
Bridget Knowles
Annie T. Kelleher
Stephen Kelleher
William Kelleher
Katherine Kelleher
Kelleher
Higgins
Bancroft
Ikxellener
Jury to Rule on Murder Case After Delays
District Attorney Higgins awaited medical examiner data before pressing charges but sent the matter to the grand jury after a year. Assistant District Attorney Hardy handled the case until his death three weeks ago, causing delays. A week later a jury ruled Mrs. Kelleher sane.
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Higgins
Hardy
Kelleher
Yellow peril bill advances to third reading in House
The measure forbidding white women under 21 from entering Chinese restaurants without a male escort passed to a third reading in a 111 to 80 vote amid a heated debate. Representative Charles I. Underhill of Somerville warned he would offer an amendment to include four Boston cases, aiming to affect several large establishments. The bill progressed without amendments despite his opposition.
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Charles I. Underhill
Somerville
House
Boston
Underhill
Walker
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