Life of Mrs. Catherine Tucker Spurs Abolition Ties
The Boston woman died from burns at City Hospital and will be buried at Forest Hills after a two part life marked by abolitionist ties, wartime escape efforts, and care for stray cats. She aided slaves by aiding their escape and converted her Confederate husband to abolition before the Civil War.
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Fisher
Garrison
Phillips
John Pierpont
Ohio
Cincinnati
Captain Thomas Tucker
Canton
Miss
Captain Tucker
Mobile Bay
Boston
City Point
Animal Rescue League
Carver Street
First Street
Bobby
Tucker
America to be Represented
Great Britain invites governments from the last Hague conference to send experts to London to draft a code of procedure for the proposed international prize court. The United States will be represented at the London conference, which will be informal. no legislation needed, perhaps a small appropriation. Conference date not fixed. ratification of the treaty may await the experts’ report.
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Washington
Great Britain
London
United States
Law for Honest Weight in Ohio backs false scale penalties
The Ohio Legislature concurred with the Senate amendment to the Ritter bill. The measure becomes law once the Governor signs. It imposes penalties for using computing scales with false or inaccurately placed gradations affecting weight or price.
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Columbus
House of the Ohio
Senate
Ritter
Architects Prepare Plans for Boston College Extension
After a college retreat Rev. Thomas I. Gasson announced ground could break in spring or sooner if plans proceed. Architects compete to design buildings while a student committee surveys sites in Newton for a new athletic field.
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Boston College
Thomas I. Gasson
Father Gasson
America
Catholic University
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
William Fitzgerald
Thomas O. Neil
Williams College
John T. O’hare
Thomas J. Murphy
Eugene H. Dorro
John J. Sullivan
Ambrose D. Walker
Louis White
James J. Cotter
T. J. Murphy
Newton
Seek Trace of Nellie Brown Missing in Akron
An anxious Akron family appeals to the Post to locate Nellie Gertrude Brown born March 16 188? in Wilmington Massachusetts aged 23. She has brown hair blue eyes stands about 5 ft 2 in and weighs 100 pounds with a birth mark on the left side of her face and under her chin. She worked in Medford three years ago and a friend says she was seen in Lynn two years ago.
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Nellie Gertrude Brown
Akron
Post
Miss Brown
Wilmington
Mass
Medford
Lynn
Druce Witness Receives Four-Year Perjury Sentence
Miss Mary Robinson, a Druce case witness, is sentenced at the Old Bailey to four years penal servitude for wilful perjury. The verdict for Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, convicted of perjury and conspiracy, was postponed awaiting a legal appeal.
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London
Mary Robinson
Druce
Old Bailey
Margaret Hamilton
Typhoid In Jamaica Plain Tied to Local Milk Supply
John J Fallon a Jamaica Plain milkman lies dead at 353 Lamartine Street after typhoid infection. Autopsy by Medical Examiner McGrath linked the illness to milk contaminated after leaving Southboro farms. About 20 new Jamaica Plain cases reported, with total Jamaica Plain cases near 238 as the epidemic progresses in Greater Boston.
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John J. Fallon
Lamartine Street
Jamaica Plain
McGrath
Southboro
Fallon
Boston
Greater
Barre Strike Nearing Settlement After Harmony Talks
Barre Vermont April 10. After a four hour harmonious conference between granite quarry workers and owners, the strike ongoing since March 1 appears to be settled this week with workers expected to return to work on Monday.
Worcester Woman Fined for Walking on Tracks
Angela Tomascello became the first woman to appear in Worcester court for walking on railroad tracks. She was fined $5 after a Boston and Albany detective testified he had warned her off several times.
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Worcester
Angela Tomascello
Boston & Albany
Woman Charged With Shoplifting Appears In Court
A middle aged woman named Emma Armstrong described as from New York faced the local police court on shoplifting charges. She attempted to flee during court, was stopped, rearrested, and later sentenced to 20 days in the House of Correction. The article notes a strike settlement discussion at Webb Granite Company with engineers seeking 45 hour weeks and a minimum wage of 18 dollars weekly.
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Emma Armstrong
New York
Buswell
Pemberton Square
House of Correction
Webb Granite Company
Manufacturers’ Granite Association
Milford Engineers Strike Still Unsettled
Milford April 10 no agreement was reached at a conference between Arthur H. Huddell second vice president of the International Union of Steam Engineers and a Milford branch committee with George D. Webb president of the Enginemen and Firemen union opened discussions to resolve the Milford strike impasse still unresolved at press time
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Milford
Arthur H. Huddell
International Union of Steam Engineers
George D. Webb
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Kuppenheimer
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Prince Alberts
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Fr. Gasson
Nellie Brown
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Nellie G. Brown
Jamaica Plain Milkman
Barre
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