Whipping case shocks Dearborn school board meeting
A letter detailing the 8 year old Willie Kelcourse whipping by Dearborn principal Charles F King prompted a board vote to form a investigating committee. The reading spurred reactions from Mrs Julia Duff and Miss Dierkes as the panel moves to scrutinize the incident.
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Willie Kelcourse
Charles F. King
Dearborn
Julia Duff
Merritt
Dr. Duff
Michael J. Kelcourse
Winslow Street
Roxbury
Man slashes sweetheart in South Boston rage
Grace Gertrude Lacey an 18 year old said to be wife of John F. Hurley 23 of 24 Lark street South Boston lay in City Hospital with a deep throat wound after Hurley allegedly drew a razor and attacked her following a dispute over her returning to relatives. Hurley fled to Dr Bernard’s home shouting I have cut my girl's throat. A sister in law said the couple appeared affectionate and she had not seen the alleged marital ties before. The Laceys previously lived on Baxter street and Harrison avenue addresses could not be confirmed.
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Grace Gertrude Lacey
John F. Hurley
Lark Street
Boston
City Hospital
Miss Lacey
Hurley
Dr. Bernard
Dorchester Street
Edward Fasney
Post
Harrison Avenue
Laceys
Baxter Street
Miss Walker
Massachusetts
Tucker
Damariscotta
Tremont Temple elects deacons at annual meeting
Tremont Temple Baptist Church members met last night for their annual meeting and approved an official ballot with no opposition. Eight candidates stood for deacon and four were chosen: O. M. Wentworth, L. W. Hazen, J. Duncan Jr., and Wm. A. Marks. The total vote was 400 with counts of 013, 254, 230 and 231.
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Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Deacon
O. M. Wentworth
L. W. Hazen
J. ¥. Duncan, Jr
Wm. A. Marks
First Ball Opens Cracker Bakers and Biscuit Workers Union 29
Nearly 800 attended the union 29 Chelsea ball with a grand march led by Floor Director P. J. Rogers and Miss Kitty Downey.
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Cracker Bakers and Biscuit Workers’ Union 29
Chelsea
P. J. Rogers
Kitty Downey
Radium on View at Regal Shoe Stores in Boston
Seven Regal Shoe Company outlets in Boston display tubes of radium from Paris, worth about 8 million dollars per pound, with radiographs and ore samples. A signed 1904 letter from Columbia University physicist Geo B Pegram confirms radium in the exhibits, and a notary testifies to the letter’s authenticity.
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Regal Shoe Company
Boston
Paris
Mme. Curie
Regal
New York
Summer Street
Mass
L. D. Gardner Company
Geo. B. Pegram
Columbia University
The
Prescott I. Hersey
Notary Public
Chicago Man Wins Suit After Four Years
Chicago figure Frank Fahrig wins from the Appellate Court a ruling that the alleged brewery trust story in Chicago and Milwaukee must be presented in court after four years of effort.
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Chicago
Frank Fahrig
Milwaukee
New Witness May Shatter The Alibi In Page Murder Case
Weston April 12 The State police hold evidence believed to strengthen the government’s case against Tucker. Three witnesses Edward L Shayler Marketman Blake and Mrs Manda Miller met a man resembling Charles L Tucker near Ridgeway road and the Page estate around 11 45 a m on March 21 the day Mabel Page was killed. Shayler who spoke with the man refuses to reveal identity until summoned by the government. The testimony could undermine Tucker’s alibi and bolster the police theory beyond the broken knife and blood stained trousers found earlier.
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Weston
Tucker
Post
Page Estate
Edward L. Shayler
Marketman Blake
Manda Miller
Oak Square
Charles L. Tucker
Ridgeway Road
Mabel Page
Cutter’s Corner
South Avenue
Cutter’'s Corner
Mr. Blake
Mrs. Miller
Shayler
Ross
Miller
Mystery centers on Miss Walker in Tucker case
Damariscotta Maine April 12 describes how Miss Mabel Walker, 19, holds back crucial secret testimony about Charles L. Tucker. Police and defense both seek her cooperation yet she insists she cannot be compelled to testify, keeping the secret and avoiding press exposure amid town excitement.
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Damariscotta, Me
Miss Walker
Teeth models not seen since being made by Dr Pom fret
West Newton April 12 Dr Pom fret says the impressions and models of Tucker’s teeth are in his possession and have not been shown to anyone else. He confirms no tests or experiments have been conducted with them on any knife handle.
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West Newton
Pomfret
Tucker
Deadlock in Cambridge over 500000 pipe line appropriation
Cambridge officials clash over a 500000 pipe line project from Hobbs Brook to Fresh Pond. The Water Board favored locally sourced labor. the Common Council delayed the order amid opposition. A liquor controls remonstrance and a 5000 allocation for a Ward 10 fire station were noted.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Hobbs Brook
Fresh Pond
Carstein
Water Board
Cambridge
Harrington
Common Council
Walcott
Downey
Citizens
Joseph FE. Wall
Decatur Street
British Major's Boston Bride
In spite of yesterday’s rain, King's Chapel hosted the wedding of Eleanor Annistead Appleton to Major Robert Hargrave Fraser Standen. The ceremony featured Easter lilies, bridesmaids from London, and a postman cousin officiating, with a breakfast at 462 Beacon Street and plans to reside in Halifax after a journey.
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King's Chapel
Eleanor Annistead Appleton
William Appleton
Beacon Street
Robert Hargrave Fraser Standen
Cambridge
Howard N. Brown
B. J. Lang
William Sumner Appleton
London
James Freeman Curtis
Greeley Stevenson Curtis
Lewis Addison Annistead
Harry Appleton Curtis
George S. Whiteside
John M. Palfrey
Robert Treat Paine 2d
John F. Moors
Laurence Minot
Charles M. Cabot
Major
Mrs. Standen
Halifax
Dorchester Wedding Joins Pierce and Cochrane in Early Evening
A pretty wedding at First Parish Church Dorchester on Meeting House Hill united Miss Nanette Rea Pierce and Mr. Henry Jessup Cochrane of New York at 5 o’clock. The bride wore duchesse satin with old lace. sister Katherine Pierce attended. Clarence Hastings was best man and several ushers from New York Morristown Quincy and Brookline. A reception followed on Bellevue Street Dorchester. The couple will reside in New York.
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Dorchester
Meeting House Hill
Nanette Rea Pierce
J. Homer Pierce
Henry Jessup Cochrane
New York
Katherine Pierce
Clarence Hastings
John CC. Rogers
Stoward Carter
Dunbar C. Bursch
William A. Watts
Morristown
N. J
Charles T. Hough
Quincy
George Canterbury
Brookline
Bellevue Street
Cochrane
Bennett fears party defeat in New England plea
Former Representative Frank P. Bennett of Saugus told the Legislature’s committee on federal relations that the Republican party faces defeat unless New England interests are served. He warned that nominating Hearst could prompt a national backlash, while a Cleveland or Parker option might fracture unity and risk New England support.
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Frank P. Bennett
Saugus
Committee On Federal Relations
New England
Republican Party
Hearst
Bryan
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Parker
Foss
Blake Saw Young Man Near the Page House
Weston poultryman John Blake told a Post reporter he was among three witnesses whose testimony about the day of the Mabel Page murder had been concealed by state police. He described a young man, about 25, seen near the Page estate at noon on March 31, with two others including neighbor Edward L. Shayler and Mrs. Miller, but would not identify a suspect from newspaper likenesses.
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Weston
John Blake
Post
Mabel Page
Blake
Page House
Framingham Road
Auburndale
South Avenue
Cutter’s Corner
Page Place
Edward L. Shayler
Pages
Tucker
South Avertue
Page Estate
Many Conferences at Attorney General's Office
The attorney-general's office held multiple conferences yesterday on the Page murder case. State police met Parker, reporters were received, Tucker's counsel was consulted, and Dr. E. S. Wood along with District Attorney Sanderson and the attorney-general attended an executive session. A chemical analysis report addressed to Officer Whitney by Dr. Wood was reviewed, but details remain confidential.
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Page
Parker
Tucker
E. 8. Wood
Harvard
Sanderson
Whitney
Wood
Commonwealth Avenue
Tucker's Counsel Confer With Attorney General
A consultation was held yesterday afternoon in the office of Attorney General Parker between the attorney general and James H. Vahey and Charles H. Innes, counsel for Charles L. Tucker. They discussed exhibits in the case, notably the note said to have been left by Mabel Page for her father. Vahey spoke after the conference.
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Parker
Messrs
James H. Vahey
Charles H. Innes
Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Harvard Men to Try for Rhodes Scholarship
About 10 Harvard men will enter the Rhodes scholarship exams tomorrow at Boston College parlors, the Oxford, England opportunity open to Massachusetts candidates.
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Harvard
Oxford
England
Massachusetts
Boston College
Cuticura Remedies Cure Neck Tumor in Weeks
A Chicago reader recounts removing a neck swelling through Cuticura Resolvent Ointment and Soap. After weeks the tumor formed a head, opened with a needle, drained, and finally disappeared. The patient notes relief of chest soreness and offers to verify details by letter. Chicago, Nov. 12, 1902.
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