Suffolk Will Case Reveals Grave Removal Plan
Samuel Austin testifies in Suffolk Superior Court that he drafted the will executor’s directive to move his brother Thomas Austin’s body from its grave to a hidden plot near the potter's field. He contests the will on grounds of unsound mind and undue influence by Mabel J. Ashman, who received $1600 plus a Roxbury house. The case resumes tomorrow.
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Samuel Austin
Thomas Austin
Boston
Suffolk Superior Court
Potter’s Field
Austin
Mabel J. Ashman
North Avenue
Roxbury
Walter A. Buie
Donovan Backs His Budget Estimates In Boston
City Clerk James Donovan responded to Mayor Curley and Finance Commission findings by affirming department budgets. He cites a department that over eight years increased work 30 percent while cutting staff seven employees and saved 7800 dollars from eight years ago and 6000 dollars from 18 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Donovan
Curley
Finance Commission
Donovan
Mr. Donovan
Express Drivers Cruel to Horses in Boston Letter
A Dorchester reader urges action against horse cruelty by express companies in Boston. He cites lash use, overloading, and see saw reins, noting police indifference and predicting higher costs from ongoing abuse. April 17, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
A. H. Lawson
Dorchester
Evangelist Billy Sunday's Boston Push Sets Rally Pace
The Boston campaign aims to mobilize 50,000 men into Bible classes by Christmas as Rev George E Dewey urges clergy to prepare for a large revival. He predicts Boston will be shaken as 30,000 daily attendees in Philadelphia showed how crowds respond to the revival and gradual spiritual engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George EB. Dowey
Philadelphia
Greater
Boston
George E. Dewey
Greater Boston
Park Street
Tabernacle
Engineer of gilt edge flier wrecked. two saved
Bradford observer recounts a crash where Constable John S. Thompson, nearby on steps, helped flee the smoke and described rescuing as two women and two men remained pinned under shattered seats before their deaths.
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Bradford
R. I
John S. Thompson
Thompson
Constable Thompson
Boston revival plan targets ministers in Billy Sunday effort
A Boston revival push led by Billy Sunday aims to mobilize church members into Bible classes to attract new converts. Officials cite Philadelphia results with 12,000 church accessions and 20,000 men in classes, urging local clergy to organize 75 invitations per reluctant recruit.
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Tabernacle
Boston
The Standard Remedy in Countless Homes
Indigestion and constipation are linked and cause discomfort. A mild laxative tonic, Dr Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, claims quick relief by clearing stomach waste and restoring regularity. Available in stores for 1 cents a bottle with a free trial offer by writing to Dr Caldwell.
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Dr. Caldwell
RB. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello, IL
Sunday Sends Thanks to the Legislature
Representative George Louis Richards of Malden, vice chairman of the Boston Sunday Evangelistic Committee, received a telegram from Billy Sunday thanking the Senate and House for passing the bill to erect a wooden tabernacle in Boston. The message promises moral uplift for Boston and New England and hopes to thank each legislator in person.
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George Louis Richards
Malden
Boston Sunday Evangelistic Committee
Billy Sunday
Care
State House
Boston
Mass
Senate
House
New England
W. A
Rail line sold at auction for seven thousand seven hundred
The Citizens' Materials railway between Portsmouth and Greenland, an electric car line, was auctioned for $7700 to Thomas Butler & Co. of Boston who quickly sold it to Roxbury Iron & Metal Co. for $8000. The Boston & Maine mortgage on the line, which ceased operations April 1, was settled by the sale. Only copper wire and steel rails were included.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Citizens’ Materials Railway
This City
Greenland
Thomas Butler & Co
Boston
Butler
Roxbury Iron & Metal Company
Boston & Maine
Veteran Engineer Mansfield's Career on Boston New York Line
Charles H. Mansfield, veteran engineer of the 6:34 Boston to New York express, has served since 1882 with the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. He was born January 12, 1864 and promoted to engineer in 1887. He lives at 216 Howard Avenue New Haven with his family. On July 26, 1913 he commanded Adams Express when it collided with a freight train at Stonington Connecticut, one man killed. He left Boston yesterday afternoon on the usual run, familiar with every foot of the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Mansfield
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Mansfield
Howard Avenue
New Haven
Boston
New York
Stonington
Probe Inio Accident Sparks Immediate Investigation
Dr. Michael S Scanlon medical examiner says a vigorous immediate inquiry will determine blame for the wreck in Washington County. He pledged thorough investigation with aid from the attorney general to get to the bottom of the case.
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Bradford
R. L
Michael S. Scanlon
First District
Washington County
Early official to investigate wreck with incomplete notes
The speaker says he will confer with the attorney general today and open an investigation into the catastrophe. He has only tentative statements from those who can light on the accident, excluding the rear brakeman. The New Haven officials notified him soon after, he rushed to Westerly, found no engine, and arrived at the scene as cars began to burn. The medical examiner believes no more bodies will be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Westerly
Signals Against Express Day Towerman Reported to Authorities
West erly April 17. John F E McCluskey day towerman Bradford tower on his way home saw the local stalled and in danger unless the fast express was stopped He reported to authorities that signals were against the express McCluskey and H F McMann night towerman Bradford saw the express crash into the local McMann formerly towerman in Providence home is in Providence with hours from 11 p m to 6 a m
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Day Towerman
Westerly
John FE. McCluskey
Bradford Tower
McCluskey
H. F. McMann
Bradford
Providence
McMann
Mi McMann
Wreck Near Bradford Linked to Poor Engine Shape
Bradford, R I April 18 Poor equipment caused a wreck on the New London local as a Gilt Edge passenger train struck a rear coach on a siding. Defective valves left the New London engine short on steam forcing slow stopping response and delaying transfers for New York passengers. Local officials had planned a transfer but signals and siding maneuvering failed to avert the collision.
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Bradford
R. I
Post
New London
Boston
Fast Trains Late From New York Arrive Boston Hours Late
Wreck delays slowed trains from New York to Boston with multiple diversions via New London and Plainsfield. Merchants' Limited Train 2 left New York at 5 pm and reached Providence, then Boston by 1 am. Train 26 left at 5:10 pm and arrived in Boston at 2 am. Passengers received $1 rebate due to delays.
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New York
Boston
Merchants’ Limited
New London
Providence
Plainsfield
Whaley Projects Low Bradford Wreck Toll
Vice-President Whaley of the New Haven Railroad said late at night that reports of 30 or more deaths in the Bradford incident were false. He asserted there were not more than three fatalities, if that many.
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New York
Whaley
New Haven Railroad
Bradford
R. C
Gilt Edge Express Crash Near Westerly Station
Westerly police report the Gilt Edge express plowed toward the rear car of a stalled train and stopped within three seats of the front platform of the last car, indicating a near-miss accident on the line.
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Post
Bradford
Thompson
Westerly
R. I
Wreck on Gilt Edge Train Spurs Police Inquiry
Police from Westerly and Bradford investigate a collision involving the Gilt Edge. The rear train backed from the wreckage and caught fire after the crash. passengers on the rear train were not shaken, while those on the front did not realize a wreck had occurred. Chief Allen P. Brown leads the inquiry.
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Allen P. Brown
Westerly
Bradford
New Haven Road Collision Near Bradford Rhode Island
General Manager C. L. Bardo reports a 7 32 p m collision between a Boston local and the New York express near Bradford Rhode Island. One to three killed and 12 injured as the local train caught fire and Bradford station burned amid track damage. Relief trains from New London and Providence dispatched. Investigation to be led by Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Boston
Bradford
R. I
New London
Providence
C. Mansfield
The
Express
Public Utilities Commission of
Rhode Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
Five Bodies Recovered From Wreck In Westerly
At 1 o'clock this morning Westerly police said five bodies were taken from the wreck and it is feared others may be dead in the burned wreckage.
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Westerly
R. L
Mayor Curley Remains Home With Grippe
Mayor Curley continues to be confined to his home with grippe. Secretary Charles Power said he will not return to City Hall until Thursday.
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Curley
Grippe
Charles Power
City Hall
Funeral Party in Wreck Near Westerly
A party of French travelers en route to a funeral near Westerly were in a coach wreck. Mrs Olivia Martell and her nine year old son from Southbridge Massachusetts were in the group and were hurled from the coach through a wide gash caused by the impact.
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Bradford
R. L
Westerly
Olivia Martell
Southbridge
Mass
Wreck Toll as Gilt Edge Collides at New London
The Gilt Edge express plowed into the New York local near a village station injuring Mrs. Oscar Martell who died at New London Hospital. Her 9-year-old son and Simon O Connor were badly hurt and taken by ambulance and hospital train. Local physician Dr Marr treated seven or eight injured at a nearby drug store as flames spread to the depot.
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E. W. Vars & Son
Michael Scanlan
Henry Johnson
David F. Marr
Westerly
Marr
Bradford
Oscar ‘Martell
New London Hospital
Stockade Built for Mexican Prisoners at Columbus
Preparations underway in Columbus New Mexico to confine Villa followers captured at Guerrero and Aguas Calientes. A stockade of twelve foot posts and barbed wire will enclose an acre of army tents for the prisoners who are to be turned over to civil authorities for trial on charges related to the raid on Columbus.
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Columbus
N. M
Guerrero
Aguascalientes
New Mexico
Typhus Raging in Northern Mexico
Reports from El Paso Texas say typhus fever is raging in Northern Mexico and threatening to become an epidemic. The illness is described as a deadlier foe than the pursuit of Villa, with both Americans and Mexicans affected.
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el, Paso
Texas
Villa
Mexico
Lift Freight Embargo on Rhode Island Towns
The embargo committee of the Eastern freight accumulation conference announced last night that at midnight tomorrow the New Haven railroad embargo will be lifted against Naugatuck Waterville Bristol and New Britain. It will continue for the present against Waterbury Torrington and Hartford.
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Rhode Island
Eastern Freight Accumulation Conference
New Haven Railroad
Naugatuck
Waterville
Bristol
New Britain
Waterbury
Torrington
Hartford
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Dayville
Danielson
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Rumford
Dighton
Myricks
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E. Freetown
Braleys
i\Acushnet
Geng
MART
Vineya
Sunday
Jones
Smith
Him
Cambridge
South End
Woburn
Somerville
Brookline
Quincy
Jamaica Plain
Bradford Dyeing Company
Mrs. Oliver Young
Probe Inio
Tower
New Haven Road
C. L. Bardo
Wreck
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