Public Bequests in McKeany Will Fund Missions Abroad
Springfield April 6 Public bequests totaling 64000 are listed in the will of Rev Bartholomew McKeany rector of the Bondville Roman Catholic church Hampden County Probate records show 59040 for church funds. The largest 25000 is to be used for saying masses in China India and Africa for souls of McKeany and former parishioners with masses celebrated only by missionary priests. The balance supports the same mission aims. A 10000 endowment fund supports training for future missionaries in China India or Japan. 709 is for the Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. 5000 is given to Mercy Hospital. Real estate except one Belchertown farm goes to the church with a 3000 gift for gynony.
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Springfield
Bartholomew McKeany
Bondville
Hampden County
Father McKeany
China
India
Africa
Japan
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Mercy Hospital
Belchertown
Gynoney
Mrs Harrison Credited With Mayor Harrison Victory
Chicago crowds credit Mrs. Harrison with swaying voters through her diplomacy and cheerful visits that aided Carter H. Harrison in the mayoral election. Her musical talents and generous entertaining helped secure support from friends who might have joined opponents.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Harrisons
Grandpa Whitaker dies at 85 in Somerville
James IL Whitaker known as Grandpa by Winter Hill residents died at his home 146-A Sycamore Street after a long life of service. A Civil War veteran he served in the 39th Massachusetts Regiment and later was a deacon at Winter Hill Congregational Church and engineer of the Forester School. He moved from Hopkinton to Medford then Somerville and is survived by three sons James E Milo R and Joseph W Whitaker.
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James IL
Whitaker
Winter Hill
Somerville
Sycamore Street
Forester School
Ms. Whitaker
Hopkinton
Medford
Thirty-ninth
Massachusetts Regiment
Willard C. Kinsley
Coeur de Lion Commandery
Knights Templars
James E
Milo R
Joseph W. Whitaker
Cambridge man awarded 2500 in injury suit
Michael Coyne of Cambridge was awarded 2500 by a Superior Civil Court jury before Judge King in East Cambridge. He sued John B Byrne of Cambridge for 16000 over injuries from a staging collapse at Byrne's Stoneham job on January 31, 1910.
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Michael Coyne
Cambridge
East Cambridge
King
John'b Byrne
Coyne
Byrne
Stoneham
Foss May Veto Bill on Street Railway Purchase
Governor Foss is expected to veto a bill authorizing the Old Colony Street Railway Company purchase by the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company. Several Beacon Hill observers close to the situation foresee the action.
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Foss
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Beacon Hill
Boston and Northern bonds shift savings bank investments
The bill would exchange 8 million dollars in bonds for cash in Massachusetts savings banks. Governor Foss faces pressure to sign, tied to the Old Colony and Boston & Northern railroads and a planned 50 year bond issue. Litigation over the Quincy power station casts doubt on asset values and prompts criticism of consolidation claims.
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Massachusetts
Foss
Draper
New Haven
New Haven Railroad Savings Bank
Boston & Northern
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Old Colony
Old Colony Street Railway
Old Colony Road
Quincy
Boston & Northern Savings Bank Investments
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Sullivan
Roosevelt's Negro Steward Henry Pinckney Dies in Washington
Henry Pinckney the White House Negro steward through the Roosevelt era died in Washington. A Charleston native who spent much of his life in Albany he served as a messenger for Governors Flower Black and Roosevelt before accompanying the vice president to the capital. He remained a White House messenger at his death.
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Washington
Henry Pinckney
White House
Roosevelt
Pinckney
Charleston
S. C
Albany
N. Y
Governors Flower
Black
Turkish relief force enters Sanaa during rebellion
Constantinople April 6 Turkish relief force reached Sanaa this morning as reinforcements arrived. The government gains the upper hand in the Arabian rebellion. Sanaa, population 50,000, is the chief city of Yemen, a district of Arabia under Turkish rule.
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Constantinople
Sanaa
Yemen
Arabia
Turkey
Popcorn Funds Support Leon Kansas Band
In Leon Kansas the town of about 400 residents sustains a band through popcorn sales run by the wives and sweethearts of the musicians and led by band master Mort Marshall. Each cent needed to maintain the organization is raised this way.
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Leon
Kan
Gold Seekers Rally North to Quebec Prospecting Frontiers
Ottawa reports a surge of northern prospecting with 60 miles northeast of Cobalt staking 60000 acres in Quebec. Sam Leroy led the charge as molybdenite deposits near Turkback Lake drew interest from M J O’Brien and Clifford Sifton, with a German syndicate said to have bought the claims for half a million dollars.
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Ottawa
Ont
Quebec
Cobalt
Porcupine
Keekeek
Sam Leroy
Turkback Lake
Leroy
M. J. O’brien
Clifford Sifton
Thack
Mayb Denite
Keekeek Lake
Indian woman uses flesh as bait to feed starving children
Vancouver report describes an Indian woman on a northern island who, in extreme hunger, cut a strip of flesh from her body to tempt fish for her starving children. She and her children faced starvation with no food or game available.
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Vancouver
B. C
Here
Flesh Used as Bait In Body Parts Incident
A report describes flesh from the body used as fish bait to sustain a person until help arrived. The account notes the gruesome detail of improvised sustenance during a dire emergency.
Alligator scare at Lawrenceburg bar ends with broken window
Captain Jacob Rief used two small alligators named Tom and Jerry to scare two intoxicated Kentuckians at his Lawrenceburg bar. The men fled through a shattered plate glass window toward the Ohio River after the odd confrontation.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Tom and
Jerry
Jacob Rief
Ohio River
No Children Wanted Edict Sparks Apartment Row
New York story reports King Stork rebuking Westminster Court landlord over an edict stating no children. A baby was born in the building on Sunday, with further births on Monday and Tuesday. No evictions had been ordered by last midnight.
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New York
King Stork
Westminster Court
Beverly Road
Flatbush
Tremont Temple Elevator Stoppage Clarified
An official statement from the Tremont Temple superintendent corrects reports about an elevator incident. A fuse blew between the fourth and fifth floors, stopping the car with about a dozen passengers aboard. The fuse was replaced and the car moved to the street floor by the electric engine board. no injuries occurred.
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Tremont
Temple
Electric Engine Board
Carpenter dies after 49 foot fall from cupola
Sharon reports 50 year old Barney Cahill of Pend Street killed while at work on the cupola of C. E. Osgood's summer home near Massapong Lake. He fell 49 feet and died two hours later from a broken back.
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Sharon
Barney Cahill
Pend Street
C. E. Osgood
Boston
Massapong Lake
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Springstield Street
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Henry Siegel Co
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Nomen Cin
A. Sasecemee
Se Vetoes Feather CO
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Sera Connor
UNIO
Union ST
Greater Boston
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Agata
Brookside
Pure Creamery
H. H. Pratt
Harvey H. Pratt
Old Colony Railway Company
Boston & Northern Railway
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Washington St
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N. K. Fairbank Company
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