McCullough and Cassidy Face Trial Over City Book Deal
Leo F. McCullough former president of the Common Council and attorney James T. Cassidy are jailed in a conspiracy and larceny case tied to a $200 book purchase. Court scenes included a fistfight between a lawyer and a court officer as Feeney seeks to bar Finance Commission reports.
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Leo F. McCullough
The
Common Council
James T. Cassidy
Court House
John P. Feeney
McCuullough
Finance Commission
McCullough
Courtroom Scuffle Delays Ruling in Massachusetts Reports Case
Judge De Courcey postponed ruling until a fuller hearing after a scuffle in which Curtis Wright collided with Court Officer Tracey as Wright attempted entry. The government alleges improper use of $200 paid to Cassidy for Massachusetts reports bought by ex president McCullough, who kept the books.
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de Courcey
Curtis Wright
Wright
Tracey
Common Council
McCullough
Massachusetts
James T. Cassidy
George C. McCabe
Allison B. Cushing
Cassidy
M. H. Cabe
P. H. Fahey
Roscommon Knights and Ladies Hold Sixth Anniversary Ball
The Knights and Ladies of Roscommon marked the sixth anniversary with a ball at Odd Fellows Hall attended by about 1000 guests. Floor marshal Michael J. Kenney led the event with assistances from Michael J. Scully and Frank J. Mulhern directing, and Thomas J. Finigan with Martin J. Kelly as assistants.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
of the Knights and Ladies of Roscommon
Michael J. Kenney
Michael J. Scully
Frank J. Mulhern
Thomas J. Finigan
Martin J. Kelly
Frothingham Named Executor in Boston Will
The will of William Parsons Lunt filed for probate names Lieutenant Governor Frothingham as executor and includes old family heirlooms such as a silver vase from Louis C. Adams. Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham receives other heirlooms, Ellen H. Monroe gets the residue, to be divided among nephews and nieces after her death. The deceased was a noted writer and antiques collector.
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William Parsons Lunt
Boston
Frothingham
Louis C. Adams
Paul Revere Frothingham
Ellen H. Monroe
Fishermen Bring In Large Groundfish Fleet at Wharf
A fleet of 70 sail producing more than 1.5 million pounds of groundfish arrived after business hours, delaying docking and filling the wharf from north basin to Commercial wharf. Prices paid ranged from haddock two to two and a half cents, large cod four to four and a half cents, hake twenty one and a fourth cents, and pollock three cents a pound. dozens of vessels remained to depart the next day.
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Haddock
City golf plan urged for Cambridge Fresh Pond area
Alderman Jeremiah F. Corkery pushes a measure to have the Water Board lay out public golf links on city land near Fresh Pond. The proposal, supported by the council, envisions free access for residents on about ten acres of unused land.
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Cambridge
Jeremiah F. Corkery
Water Board
Fresh Pond
James
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Corkery
Brooks
Manuel Andrew
Board
Henry W. Beal
Warren P. Dudley
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Felix S. McBride
Hammond for School Board in Gloucester
John Hays Hammond, longtime friend and adviser to President Taft and resident of Gloucester, was elected this afternoon to fill a vacancy on the school board. He will accept the post.
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Gloucester
John Hays Hammond
President Taft
Hammond
Tenants' Union to Invite Lawson at Union Square Meeting
In New York on April 20 the Tenants' Union of 5000 small rent payers decided at a meeting to protest wheat price increases. They will hold a public mass meeting in Union Square next Tuesday where Thomas W. Lawson will be asked to speak.
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New York
Tenants’ Union
Union Square
Thomas W. Lawson
Suicide at Charlesbank Park West End
An unidentified man leaped into the water from Charlesbank Park opposite Fruit Street in the West End, after pacing nervously. He removed his coat and jumped, the fatal act witnessed by bystanders.
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Charlesbank Park
Fruit Street
West End
Boston Delegates Named for International Pressmen Union Meet
Boston will be represented at the annual convention of the International Pressmen and Assistants Union in Omaha Nebraska next June by delegates John J. O Hare Edward W Gordon and James J McNamara Alternates are R H Farwell W H McEwen Jr and R H Kelley
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Boston
International Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
Omaha
Neb
John J. O'Hare
Edward W. Gordon
James J. McNamara
R. H. Farwell
W. H. McEwen, Jr
R. H. Kelley
Bryan Honored at First Young Men's Democratic Dinner
Kansas City report says William J. Bryan was guest of honor at the Young Men's Democratic Club inaugural dinner held at the Cowes House in Kansas City Missouri on April 20. The item also notes an advertisement asking readers to ask grocers for a 10c packet of Salada Tea praised as absolutely pure and of incomparable quality.
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Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Young Men's Democratic Club
Cowes House
Charley Burns Receives Artificial Leg From Boston Post Readers
Charley Burns of Cambridgeport received a first class artificial leg thanks to readers of the Boston Post who funded the aid. He can walk a few steps without a cane though he still needs practice and sometimes falls. He thanks the Post for publicizing his story which enabled the aid for him and his family.
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Charley Burns
Boston Post
Charley
the Post
Windsor Street
Cambridgeport
Post
Sailors Struck by Squall Free Schooner Eugene Boothbay Bound
The schooner Eugene Borta from Stonington Connecticut carrying coal bound for Boothbay Maine lost its sails in a squall near Provincetown. The vessel anchored leaking off Wood End and asked the Wood End life saving crew for aid. Lifesavers pumped out water and towed her into harbor.
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Provincetown
Eugene’ Borta
Stonington
Fire tears through three flat at 268 Second Street
A blaze in a wooden three flat at 268 Second Street Chelsea broke out on the first floor last night. Owner Harry Tolman reported $1900 in losses as residents fled the smoke filled building.
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Second Street
Chelsea
Harry Tolman
Baby girl seeks foster home after mother cannot care
A Dorchester mother, 33, requests help finding foster parents for her four to five month old daughter Stella. The father has left to seek work and has not returned. The mother, in good health, cannot provide for all her children and asks interested families to write to the Baby Editor at the Boston Post.
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Stella
Blue Hill
Dorchester
Boston Post
British Veterans Hold Brilliant Military Ball
The 12th annual military ball of the British Naval and Military Veterans Association of Massachusetts drew over 150 couples to Paul Revere Hall Mechanics' Building. Lt Col John R. Smith led the grand march with Mrs J B Masson, followed by a long list of dignitaries and guests including Brig Gen N C Rogers and Consul General F P Leay. The event featured floor direction by T F G Day and an added corps of aides.
Governor Lilley Near Death in Hartford Bedside Update
Hartford April 20 Governor Lilley is very ill and sinking, with Dr Graves of Waterbury racing to the scene to treat him at his bedside as night falls.
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Hartford
Conn
Johnson admits bigamy in New York suit
Mrs Edytheea Chase Johnson, author and relative of former Delaware governor Preston Lea, confessed today in New York to bigamy. She is named defendant in a Supreme Court suit by Professor Enos Johnson to annul his marriage claiming she was already married to Captain Arthur W. Chase of the U S Army at the time.
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New York
Edytheea Chase Johnson
United States Army
Preston Lea
Delaware
Supreme Court
Enos Johnson
Arthur W. Chase
Woman’s mental state cited in divorce suit amid wartime mixup
Through counsel the woman admits to a mitigating stance. She contends she was not mentally competent when the second marriage occurred and believed her first husband was dead. Captain Chase, reported killed in 1904, later returned to claim the marriage shattered by the Johnson alimony. The divorce suit remains pending.
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Chase Johnson
Captain Chase
Philippines
Chase
Confessed killer held for extradition over 1906 murder
Philip Allston alias James Frank Parker confessed in Captain Dugan's office to shooting Lizzie Wilson in Louisburg in October 1906. He was arraigned before Judge Parmenter and held without bail until April 30 for extradition arrangements by Southern city officers. He has a wife in this city, married a month after the murder.
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Philip Allston
James Frank Parker
Barrows Stricken in New York Hospital
Rev. Dr Samuel June Barrows, secretary of the Prison Association of New York, is ill with pneumonia at Presbyterian Hospital. His wife, in St Petersburg, has been cabled to return. His condition is serious. He formerly led the First Parish Unitarian Church in Dorchester Massachusetts for 16 years, edited the Christian Register, and served one term in Congress. He and his wife have written many books.
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New York
Samuel June Barrows
Prison Association of New York
Presbyterian Hospital
St. Petersburg
First Parish Unitarian Church
Dorchester
Mass
Christian Register
Congress
Massachusetts
Technology Allied Music Clubs Annual Spring Concert
The Technology Allied Music Clubs held their annual spring concert and dance at Potter and Howe Halls last evening. Over 200 couples attended the dance. Matrons present included Mrs. Alfred E. Burton Mrs. Davis R. Dewey and Mrs. Allyne Merrill.
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Technology Allied Music Clubs
Potter and Howe Halls
Alfred E. Burton
Davis R. Dewey
Allyne Merrill
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