Congress as Paper Joke Sparks Print Law Debate
Idaho Senator Heyburn urged recodifying printing laws to lower the Congressional Record price arguing newspapers mock Congress and mislead the public. He warned suppression of the Record would worsen sensational coverage and claimed his plan could push circulation to two million copies per edition.
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Washington
Heyburn
Idaho
Congressional Record
Congress
Munchausen
Senate
Bronx Woman Captures Burglar With Toy Pistol
Mrs. Sarah Ehrlich, wife of a fur importer, returns home in the Bronx to find a burglar in the dining room. She quietly uses a toy pistol to compel him to surrender and march him downstairs to the basement.
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New York
Sarah Ehrlich
Bronx
Woman Uses Toy Revolver To Foil Robbery
Mrs Ehrlich, alone at home on her silver wedding anniversary, held a would be robber at bay while she called police. Her captor, tricked by a toy revolver, asked to be locked up as officers arrived.
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Polic
Edwin Ginn III at Pasadena
Edwin Ginn III, Boston publisher, is seriously ill at the Hotel Raymond in Pasadena with a rheumatism attack. Doctor David Starr Jordan could not be admitted to visit. Ginn has been in the area about a week visiting family. son Morris Ginn reports hope for a full recovery.
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Pasadena
Cal
Edwin Ginn
Boston
Raymond
David Starr Jordan
Boy Falls Into Open Sewer and Drowns in East River
A four year old boy named William Boherley fell into an open sewer on East Seventy-fourth Street and was swept into the East River near Blackwell's Island. Rescuers arrived but the child died. recovery was not achieved by nightfall and identification was uncertain due to many youths nearby.
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Boy OF Four
New York
William Boherley
East Seventy-fourth Street
East River
Blackwell's Island
World’s Richest Woman Opens Business Office
New York April 5 Mrs Hettie Green opens her own offices at 111 Broadway near Wall Street after decades banking with others. She moved from Chemical National Bank to National Park Bank and now uses the Westminster Company offices to house her financial interests.
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New York
Hettie Green
Broadway
Wall Street
Chemical National Bank
National Park Bank
Westminster Company
Rheumatism Relief with Eimer & Amend N Y 2861
The ad says rheumatism relief from Eimer & Amend N Y 2861, recommended by users. T Metcalf Co of Boston stocks it at 535 Boylston Street.
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Eimer & Amend’s
N. Y
T. Metcalf Co
Boylston St
Boston
Plea Beats Back Manslaughter Case Over Leniency Request
Judge Michael J. Murray declined to hear evidence in the manslaughter case against Nathaniel Andrews of 88 Waumbeck Street Roxbury after a woman not related to the defendant asked him to show leniency at his Jamaica Plain home.
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Michael J. Murray
Nathaniel Andrews
Waumbeck Street
Roxbury
Andrews
Jamaica Plain
Judge Murray Delays Case After Home Visit
In the first Police Court session Judge Murray halted proceedings after recounting an improper approach by a woman at his Jamaica Plain home. He ordered the case continued to next Thursday with a different justice, while noting a bond of $2000 for Andrews and refusing to name the visitor.
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Murray
Joseph Dugan
George B. Magrath
Studley and
McNealy
Lagrange Street
John F. McDonald
Jamaica Plain
McDonald
Andrews
Noted Sea Captain Jabez Amsbury Dies at 72 in Rockport
Rockport Me April 5 Captain Jabez Amsbury died at his home after a week’s illness. He was 72 and had retired five years ago after a career spent sailing the world. Amsbury seven times circumnavigated the globe and captained the William H Macy and the Roanoke on perilous voyages including a near collision with a British steamer and a 2200 mile coal voyage with the Roanoke afire en route from Norfolk to San Francisco in 1901.
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Rockport
Jabez Amsbury
Amsbury
Rockland
William H. Macy
Bath
Roanoke
Macy
Yokohama
Pacific
Norfolk
San Francisco
Fishermen Seek Relief for Gill Family After Tragedy
Officers of the Fish Masters Association urge a relief fund for the widow and children of William Gill, one of ten fishermen missing after the Patrician sank off Nova Scotia. Gill's body was recovered and buried after Boston dealers raised 105 dollars for the cost. The family at 288 East Ninth Street, South Boston, faces destitution with a blind daughter, another child with eye issues, and a son gravely ill with tuberculosis.
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Fish Masters’ Association
William Gill
Nova Scotia
Patrician
Gill
Boston
T Wharf
East Ninth Street
South
Market Limits to Be Extended on Saturday Nights
City Hall announced that market limits will be extended to relieve congestion Saturday nights after a conference between Mayor, Pedl ers Superintendent John McLaughlin and Chief Inspector George W. Smith of the health department.
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Pedlers
John McLaughlin
George W. Smith
T the
Health Department
Sacred Concert for Somerville Bazaar Held Easter Night
A sacred concert to aid the Somerville Knights of Columbus bazaar will be at Odd Fellows Hall Winter Hill Somerville on Easter Sunday night. The program includes moving pictures of Cardinal O Connell investiture and Rome ceremonies with Bart Grady directing music and a lineup of noted vocal and instrumental artists.
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Somerville Knights of Columbus
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Winter Hill
Somerville
Cardinal O'Connell
Rome
Bart Grady
Keith's Theatre
Feudists Beg At Cabin For Food In Virginia Hills
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, described as courthouse assassins, approached Sug Smith’s cabin near the Mt Airy road toward the Carolina line last night seeking food. Allen knocked, Edwards watched, both claimed no meals that day, but Smith gave none and they fled into the mountains.
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Hillsville
Sug Smith
Mt. Airyway
Carolina Line
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Allen
Edwards
Smith
Outlaw Gang Raid Leaves Five Dead in Carroll County
A mountaineer hid details until midnight as a posse pursued fugitive outlaws after a March 1 raid on Carroll County Court House. Sheriff Haynes led btoodhounds that failed to scent the trail while Gov Mann's proclamation urged citizens to withhold aid. Allen and Edwards are named as the only two survivors among the eight gang members.
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Mountaineer
Haynes
Mount Airy
Smith
Mann
Allen
Edwards
Gang of Eight
Carroll County Court House
Woman Wins Suit Against Cambridge City for Injuries
Mrs. Rose J. Davis of Cambridge won a civil court verdict totaling 2900 dollars from the city of Cambridge. She sought 4000 dollars for injuries from a defective sidewalk in Central Square on March 2, 1907.
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Rose J. Davis
Cambridge
Superior Civil Court
East Cambridge
City of
Central Square
Cascarets Promise Quick Cure for Indigestion
Sour stomach and indigestion blamed on undigested food and bile. Cascarets cleanse the stomach and bowels by removing foul gases and decomposed waste, promising relief by morning.
ConFor on Relations of Trusts
Attorney General Wickersham held conferences on the Sherman anti trust act with Harvester Steel and Beef industries. Negotiations with International Harvester for a friendly dissolution reached a critical stage amid uncertain outcome.
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Washington
Wickersham
Harvester
International Harvester Company
Woman falls in grand jury room halting Hackett murder probe
Augusta Maine April 5 the sudden collapse of Mrs Gertrude Morrell sister of Bert Raymond in the grand jury room halted the Mattie Hackett murder investigation for a time. The fainting spell increased tension as courthouse activity surged briefly.
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Augusta
Gertrude Morrell
Bert Raymond
Grand Jury
Mattie Hackett
Government discussed two company plan with experts
Counsel for the company filed written proposals with the government after oral briefings. The two company dissolution idea was reviewed with Attorney General James A Fowler and Herbert Knox Smith plus Francis Walker of the Bureau of Corporations. The government favours more than two companies but has not rejected the plan. Wickersham discussed steel trust suit plans with Jacob M Dickinson and J E Colton. Testimony is expected to begin soon. A long conference on meat packers acquitted in Chicago on Sherman Act charges did not settle the matter.
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James A. Fowler
Herbert Knox Smith
Francis Walker
Bureau of Corporations
Mr. Wickersham
Steel Trust
Jacob M. Dickinson
J. E. Colton
Chicago
Grand jury case delayed as witnesses heard and investigation continues
Mrs Morrell was moved to a ladies room where Mrs Elsie Raymond aided her. Dr Mann was summoned and she partially recovered before nightfall. The investigation was not completed and two to three witnesses remain. a possible special indictment remains doubtful as County Attorney Williamson avoids confirming timing. Hackett parents return to the old farm on Kents Hill Readfield.
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Williamson
Hackett
Kents Hill
Readfield
TIZ Foot Bath Ad Promises Relief and Comfort
An old advertisement touts TIZ foot bath as miracle relief for aching feet. It claims benefits include reduced bunions and callouses, smaller shoe size, and renewed comfort. It urges readers to request a free trial from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago.
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Casey
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
South Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
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