Park Board backs Sunday games and Olmstead plan for Franklin Park
The Park Board endorses reviving portions of the Olmstead plan for Franklin Park to create a long shaded promenade and central music amphitheatre. It urges filling Fenway marshes and argues the city should allow quieter forms of Sunday recreation, boosting playground use while proposing lighter enforcement of curfews.
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Convenient Street Floor Store Draws Mothers
A street floor store location appeals to mothers seeking easy access and convenience for shopping. The brief note highlights practical layout and proximity to residential areas as key benefits.
Boston Haberdashery for Infants Opens With Nurse Help
The most convenient infants' haberdashery department in Boston offers a fully equipped, scientific setup. A trained nurse is on hand to advise and assist customers in selecting approved infant requisites.
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Infants’ Haberdashery Department
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Police say killer captured and robber Spencer seized
Police report the murderer of Miss Blackstone and the terrorizing robber Spencer are in custody. The locket found at the Blair residence linked Spencer to the crimes, and three women later identified him as their attacker. A large loot haul, including 195 pieces of jewelry, was found at his Porters Avenue home.
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Mother's Picture Linked to Spencer Nemesis Case
Bertram Spencer, accused Springfield murderer, was located after police traced a locket found near A. E. Blair’s robbed house. The locket bore pictures of Spencer's mother and sister and the initials B G S. Police narrowed suspects by checking the Springfield directory.
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Vermont reads him as railroad worker linked to robberies
Brattleboro police connect Hertram G. Spencer a railroad man to a string of burglaries after jewelry found at his Brattleboro home during an April investigation.
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Hertram G. Spencer
Burglary Ring Tie Brattleboroto Springfield Suspect
A gold ring seized in Springfield hints that Spencer may be linked to Brattleboro burglaries in summer 1908. Police investigate whether the trainman connected with houses burgled including Dr. C. F. Pratt on July 26 and whether he possessed Walter H. Childs's ring found at his home.
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Father Denounces Arrest in Springfield Murder Case
In Lebanon, Conn, W L L Spencer's father defends his son amid reports he was arrested in connection with the Miss Blackstone murder in Springfield. He says the youth, aged family man with a navy background, has no criminal record and has lived a quiet life on a Lebanon farm.
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Bartender Responds to Pastor Criticism in Post Letter
A Boston bartender with 17 years at one bar defends his honesty after Rev. Herbert Johnson labelled bartenders as thieves. He quotes his $22 weekly pay and urges the editor to publish the letter to defend bartenders against public injurious characterizations.
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Post Letter Box Answers to Correspondents
Readers submit questions on puzzles hylid optical tricks and Hektograph recipes. The column provides explanations and lists basic facts about the University of Chicago including its president and founding head.
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Miller testifies in Crescent City murder trial
Dr. W R Miller on trial for the Sayler murder told how he shot his friend J Byron Sayler in the Sayler home at Crescent City last July. He offered no motive for the alleged savage attack. Mrs J B Sayler sat tearful, with her father John Grunden also a co defendant present.
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Witness recounts Sayler shooting in parlor confrontation
The witness described Sayler rushing in with a hatchet and attacking Miller after refusing to join three defendants in a card game. In darkness four shots killed Sayler, with Miller recalling the struggle, the overturned lamp, and Sayler collapsing after the fourth shot.
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Mrs. Agnes C. Goff Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Agnes C. Goff, wife of Lt. Michael Goff of the North End station, died at her Mystic Street Charlestown home yesterday morning after a two week illness.
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Bank Robbery in McKees Rocks Nets $400 in Cash
Four desperadoes staged a wild west style bank robbery at the Victor Banking Company offices in McKees Rocks. One man was killed and two others wounded, as the robbers fled amid pistol volleys taking about $400.
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McKees Rocks
Victor Banking Company
Bank raid leaves three wounded near McKees Rocks
Samuel Friedman, general manager, was killed during a bullion vault robbery at a foreign exchange bank on the outskirts of McKees Rocks. His assistant Isaac Schwartz was wounded in the head, and passerby Robert King was shot in the groin. The three were tied up as four robbers took the cash and fled, Friedman collapsing after a second volley.
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Medford City Treasurer Parker Litchfield Dies
Parker R. Litchfield, Medford city treasurer for 40 years, died at home after a stroke. A longtime Masonic secretary for 49 years, he also served as city clerk before his treasurership, with a record of continuous municipal service unmatched in New England.
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