Spencer a Drug Fiend Nerve Is Now Broken
Spencer, a 27 year old Lebanon Conn. native and former clerk, confesses to multiple engagements with young women and describes slipping into a life of burglary aided by morphine and cocaine. Identified by victims, he is charged in Springfield and likely to face the May grand jury term.
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Spencer
Lebanon
Conn
West Springfield
Elizabeth Young Meyers
Dow
Arch Street
Cranston Prison Sentence for Bertram Spencer
Bertram Spencer, who confessed to murdering Miss Martha B Blackstone in Springfield, served a year and five months at the State prison in Cranston on a breaking and entering charge. Det. Captain Cannon traced the arrests after a series of daylight breaks in 1903. Spencer faced three charges, was held for the grand jury, and received a two year sentence at Cranston, with nearly the full term served.
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Spencer
Navy
San Francisco
Springfield
Taft
Providence
Bertram Spencer
Martha B. Blackstone
Cannon
Cranston
Marble Shafi for Cleveland Monument Marks His Grave
In Princeton New Jersey a first memorial to ex president Grover Cleveland was completed on his grave with a Tennessee marble monument ten feet high bearing a simple inscription. A matching marble slab was placed on Ruth Cleveland's grave, bearing a similar inscription, as Mrs. Cleveland oversees the project from Europe with her children.
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Princeton
N. J
United States
Grover Cleveland
Caldwell
Ruth Cleveland
Taft Cancels Indianapolis Visit Over Indiana Snub
President Taft cancels his May 5 visit to Indianapolis. The move follows the Indiana State Republican convention where Roosevelt was praised while Taft received little notice. Senator Beveridge denounced the Payne Aldrich tariff in a speech that drew loud applause.
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Washington
Taft
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Payne-Aldrich
Beveridge
Grocers Support Unification of Massachusetts Food Laws
Haverhill April 6 The annual Massachusetts Retail Grocers and Provision Dealers Association convention endorsed House Bill 826 to align state pure food laws with national standards. Nearly 200 delegates attended as prominent trade figures spoke and officers were elected, including President A T Faunce and an executive committee with members from multiple cities.
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Haverhill
Massachusetts Retail Grocers and Provision Dealers’ Association
Massachusetts
A. T. Faunce
North Abington
David Gerow
Lowell
A. KE. Jewell
Worcester
I. KE. Hurd
O. P. Parks
Westfield
W. Harry Fairey
Brockton
E. S. Randall
Medford
Nahum Reed
Whitman
A. A. Fales
Charlestown
W. K. Hutchinson
Arlington
W. R. Berry
Milford
Alanson Gray
H. S. Phelps
W. C. Walker
Wakefield
Man Found Killed on Railroad Tracks Near Elm Street Crossing
The body of a man about 35 was found cut in two on the Boston and Maine tracks 100 yards east of the Elm street crossing at 11 15 tonight in Waltham.
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Waltham
Boston & Maine Railroad
Elm Street
Deserter Rogers Surrenders to Seek Chelsea Fortune
Wallace Rogers, a trooper who deserted from the 11th Cavalry, turned himself in at Fort Ethan Allen to pursue an inheritance said to be left him by a Chelsea Mass relative. Army officials, wary of earlier hoaxes, question his claim but will process his surrender without punishment.
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Fort
Ethan Allen
Wallace Rogers
Chelsea
Mass
Seaman Hall
Portsmouth
Rochester
N. Y
Rogers
11Th Cavalry
Uncle Sam
New York State
Fort Lathrop
Salt Lake City
Army
Fairhaven
Deserter Rogers Held by Guard at Fort Two Rivers
A man accused of spreading a rumor that he was the nephew of H. H. Rogers is kept in the guard house in charge of colored 10th Cavalry. Rogers, considered a deserter on two counts, has powerful friends in Washington, following a Salt Lake City arrest months ago.
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H. H. Rogers
Colored 10Th Cavalry
Rogers
Washington
Salt Lake City
New Milk Board Urged by Senate Public Health Panel
A Senate public health committee favors creating a Milk Board by combining three State Board of Health members and three Dairy Bureau members. The measure targets regulation of milk production transport and delivery and aims to counter high railroad tariffs. Violations carry a 50 dollar fine and up to 80 days in jail.
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Legislative Committee On Public Health
State Board of Health
Dairy Bureau
Railroad Commission
Medford Man Refuses Probation in Drunkenness Case
William T. Brisbin of 50 Canal Street Medford refused probation in Malden District Court for drunkenness. Judge Bruce offered probation until June 1 but Brisbin declared his intent to refuse. The judge sentenced him to 390 days in jail, citing his need for rest and illness.
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Medford
William ‘T. Brisbin
Canal Street
Malden District Court
Bruce
Brisbin
Vahey Told to Withdraw in Massachusetts Governor Race
The day’s major political development centers on a meeting between James H. Vahey and Mayor Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald urged Vahey to withdraw from the Democratic gubernatorial contest, arguing for a united party behind Congressman Foss and stressing a national impact if a Massachusetts victory occurs. Vahey rejected the mayor’s interference, angered by the demand, and plans a formal statement tomorrow.
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James H. Vahey
Fitzgerald
Congressman Foss
Vahey
Mayor Pressures Vahey to Withdraw Amid Contest
Mr. Vahey challenged the Mayor's stance by phone over a Post interview he said was accurate. A meeting followed to discuss the dispute, where the Mayor urged Vahey to bow out of the race. The Mayor also commented that Congressman-elect Foss, prevailing in the 14th district, had strong support.
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Vahey
Fitzgerald
Foss
Harvard approves new appointments across departments
The Harvard board of overseers approved several promotions and new roles. G A Reisner shifts to assistant professor of Egyptology, while W R Brinckerhoff advances to assistant professor of pathology. Other staff promoted include H W Holmes H N Davis H W Morse L J Henderson S B Wolbach and C W Greenough to assistant professorships in their fields.
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Harvard
G. A. Reisner
H. W. Holmes
W. G. Howard
H. N. Davis
H. W. Morse
L. J. Henderson
W. R. Brinckerhoff
United States
Leprosy Investigation Commission
Molokai Island
S. B. Wolbach
C. Wn, Greenough
Tragedy Links Pittsburg Shooting Widow in Beverly
Arrangements were made to bring the body of Edward Walsh to Beverly after he shot Mrs. Martha Ryan in Pittsburg and killed himself. His widow, living with five children, was informed as physicians care for her injuries and condition.
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Beverly
Edward Walsh
Martha Ryan
Pittsburg
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