Wenona the Apache marksman joins Miller Bros 101 Ranch show
From Death Valley to Boston Arena Wenona a full blood Apache woman rifle shot joins Miller Bros Arlington's 101 Ranch Wild West show. She famed for perfect aim with a Winchester and can ride bucking ponies and handle a six shooter with ease. Her past as a desert waif and daughter of chief Aquinto adds to her legend.
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Death Valley
Wenona
Miller Bros. & Arlington
Boston Arena
Joe Miller
Tale of Joe Miller and the Death Valley mine
In 1905 at Bliss Oklahoma on the 101 Ranch Joe Miller learned of the Indian warf of Death Valley. He also heard she could shoot some and that she lived entirely on the kindness of stray oil prospectors or borax miners, refusing to leave the hole she had dug in the sand cliff side.
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Joe Miller
Bliss
Oklahoma
Death Valley
Funeral of Marjorie Russell in Dorchester
The funeral for Marjorie Russell the child killed by her mother Mrs. Clara Russell was held at Village Congregational Church Dorchester with Rev G Wolcott Brooks officiating. Burial followed at Milton. The service was private and Edward S Kimball headmaster of the Gilberts Stuart School attended with five young students present. Mrs Russell appeared unemotional at Dorchester Court and admitted the killing. Judge J R Churchill ordered commitment to await grand jury action while her mental condition is observed.
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Marjorie Russell
Clara Russell
Village Congregational
Dorchester
G. Wolcott Brooks
Milton
Edward S. Kimball
Gilbert Stuart School
Marjorie
Dorchester Court
J. R. Churchill
Zorn to Paint President Portrait in White House
Swedish painter Andres Zorn will begin next week a portrait of the President after being introduced by Secretary Nagel. Several presidents have had portraits painted, but none yet hung in the White House corridors beside former chiefs. the President’s preferred portrait will be the one displayed.
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Washington
Andres Zorn
Sherman
Nagel
White House
Sagging Rails Delay Trains on New Haven Line
Trains on the Braintree branch near Pope's Hill Dorchester were delayed as sagging rails on new grade tracks from Savin Hill to Neponset required rapid repairs after a sand train and heavy plow weight pulled cables taut. Hundreds of passengers were delayed up to 45 minutes with workmen scrambling to elevate the rails so service could resume.
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Braintree
New Haven Road
Pope’s Hill Crossing
Dorchester
Savin Hill
Neponset
Quincy
Cape
Boston
Cambridge man jailed for uttering forged check
Herbert Strathard of Cambridge Massachusetts pleaded guilty to uttering a forged check and was sentenced today to 18 months in the county jail here. He was arrested in Cambridge, extradition papers were granted, and he was brought to Halifax for trial.
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Halifax
Herbert Strathard
Cambridge
Mass
Strathard
Cotton Manufacturers Press to Curb Cotton Speculation
The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers closed its two day annual meeting in Huntington Hall and adopted resolutions urging limiting cotton speculation in every legitimate way. The resolutions follow.
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New York Cotton Exchange
Aend
Association
John W. Weeks
Atlantic
Maclaurin
Technology
James A. Lowell
Workman’s Compensation Commission
Ee. C. Smith
Hawaiian Islands
Henry G. Bradlee
Boston
Lewis D. Parker
Resolutions Committee
Charles T. Plunkett
Harry W. Butterworth
Lyman M. Cousens
John B. Kendrick
Mr. Parker
William
Albert F. Bemis
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Huntington Hall
Foss Denies Stock Ties to Street Railway Trusts
Governor Foss declares no personal stake in Boston & Northern and Old Colony Street Railway stock. Massachusetts Electric Co. holds the shares, trustees endorse them in blank, and dividends go to the electric company. Foss resigned as trustee and the shares were transferred to Gardner M. Lane. The piece argues the timing aims to discredit a consolidation bill in the Legislature.
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Governor Foss
Boston & Northern Street Railway
Old Colony Street Railway
Massachusetts Electric Cos
Old Colony
Boston & Northern
Massachusetts Electric
Foss
Massachusetts Eiectric Cos
Gardner M. Lane
House
Senate
Sullivan
Railroad and Bank Commissioners
Railroad Commission
Four Largest U S Battleships Reach Charlestown Navy Yard
Four of the Atlantic fleet’s largest battleships arrive after target practice off Virginia capes. Rhode Island Nebraska Georgia and Virginia dock at Charlestown with 3000 sailors disembarking. Delaware arrives later for overhaul until May. Easter leave and Boston visitors expected.
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U. S
Charlestown Navy Yard
Virginia Capes
Howard
Georgia
Rhode Island
Boston
Navy Yard
Nebraska
Virginia
Chatham
Cape Cod
Capes
Charlestown
Delaware
Paul West Ghost Story Loses Local Connection
Paul West's ghost tale in the Boston Sunday Post magazine contest drew praise for its plot but few readers realized the setting is Lawrence where the author once began his journalism career years ago.
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Lawrence
Paul West
Boston Sunday Post
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Miller
Aquinto
Russell
Zorn
Weber
Sample Shoe
Washington St
Adams House
National Association of
Gov. Foss
Street Railway Cos
Mien
Granite St
Ark Pl
Pawtucket
Manchester
Westminster St
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