Rob 4 Houses Get Only 8
Burglars entered four Somerville homes on Saturday night ransacking rooms while residents slept. They used ladders to force entry at three sites on Moore street and one on Holland street, stealing a total of 8 dollars in money and small valuables including a gold chain. Police suspect initial entry at 192 Holland Street and note thefts at 16 Moore, 25 Moore, and 41 Moore streets. Mrs Bissett, at 25 Moore, frightened the intruders away.
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Somerville
Moore Street
Holland Street
William Henderson
Moore
Holland Streets
Henderson
Frank N. Crossman
Lauyer
Henderson House
Joseph
Bissett
J. Frank Foster
Chief Cahoon's Surprise Boston Wedding Stuns Fire Crew
Swampscott on April 9 reports Chief George P. Cahoon of the town fire department secretly wed Newton native Miss Mary Murray in Boston after a trip to Elmira New York to inspect a new automobile fire engine. The couple now reside at 19 Maple Avenue in a Casey cottage as fellow firefighters fear practical jokes in response to the surprise ceremony.
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Swampscott
George P. Cahoon
Mary Murray
Newton
Bachelors' Club
Boston
Elmira
N. Y
Swampscott Fire Department
Bridegroom Mayor Disappears After Springfield Wedding
Springfield social circles buzz as Mayor Robert E. Lee and Mrs. Kate Cozzens wed the night before he vanished within three days of the ceremony. He has not attended City Hall since the day after the wedding, while Mrs. Lee remains ill and denies a separation. Relatives reportedly know his whereabouts but won't discuss the absence.
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Springfield
Kate Cozzens
Socialist Worker
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Virginia
Indiana man’s vote tied Texas annexation to history
Milton Everett of Austin reports a chain of one vote links Indiana to the 1845 Texas annexation. He attributes the decisive 1845 U S Senate tally to Senator Hannegan of Indiana, chosen by a single vote in the Indiana House via Madison Marsh of Madison County.
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Austin
Texas
Milton Everett
Union
Indiana
Texas Republic
Everett
United States
Hannegan
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Madison Marsh
Madison County
Marsh
Powers Faces Bar of House Over Kentucky Democrats
Representative Mann of Illinois will not assign Powers to committees with Kentucky Democrats who refused to be sworn in with Powers. The Kentucky Democrats refuse to serve with him, and Powers fears a move to vacate his seat in the House.
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Washington
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Congress
Representative Mann
Illinois
Kentucky
Powers
Garden of Eden tale challenged by horticulturist
Hartford April 9 The Garden of Eden apple story received a skeptical rebuttal from George W. Smith secretary of the Connecticut Horticultural Society. He argued Eve likely chose a pear from a local orchard and that the Eden climate could not resemble a tropical paradise.
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Hartford
Conn
Garden of Eden
George W. Smith
Melrose
Connecticut Horticultural Society
Adam
Bar Fovrty as Divorce Grounds
In New York Supreme Court Justice Newberger tells lawyers for Gerald P Wadsworth and Laura Deas V Wadsworth to take clients home to reconcile. Four years after their 1904 marriage Wadsworth failed in business and left their shared apartment for a furnished room, prompting the divorce proceedings.
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New York
Justice Newberger
Gerald P. Wadsworth
Laura Deas
Wadsworth
Supreme Court
Abandonment Suit Dismissed After Brief Evidence
In East Orange a husband sued for abandonment after forwarding a weekly allowance and the wife resisting returning home. She countered for separation, claiming failure to support since June 1910. Judge Newberger dismissed both complaints, urging reconciliation and suggesting the parties return home to try again.
Blaze Recalls Chelsea Fire and Rescue at 154 Arlington Street
A three story brick tenement at 154 Arlington Street in Chelsea caught fire with smoke and flames. John Moir rescued two children Abraham and Minnie Myers aged 10 and 8 from the second story, both uninjured. Loss to the building $600 and to contents $1200. Palm Sunday anniversary notes Chelsea’s rapid rebuilding and rising taxable property.
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Chelsea
Arlington Street
John Moir
Abraham
Minnie Myers
Louis Myers
George
M. E
Chester Avenue
Ireland Population Declines Ahead of Census
Ireland's estimated population fell from 4,376,534 on Dec 31 1909 to 4,371,144 on Dec 31 1910. Emigrants from Ireland in 1910 totaled 2,447. Among the UK branches only Ireland is expected to show a population decline in the current census.
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London
Ireland
United Kingdom
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