Woman's Body Found in Merrimac River in Lowell
Unidentified woman about 35 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 175 pounds, dressed in a dark outfit, found in the Merrimac river at East Merrimac Street. Police suspect death by her own action, aided by bruises on her back. Autopsy to determine cause of death planned. relatives not yet located. Authorities seek identification from Nashua and river towns along the waterway.
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Lowell
Merrimac River
East Merrimac Street
Joseph V. Meigs
Nashua
Martin Prendergast
Roxbury Improvement Society Meeting Tonight at Courthouse
A public meeting of the Roxbury Improvement Society is set for this evening in the Roxbury Courthouse. Residents are invited to hear reports and discuss local improvements.
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The
Roxbury
Indian Statue for Robbins Memorial at Arlington Town Hall
A large bronze statue and fountain titled The Hunter by Cyrus E. Dallin will stand between Arlington’s Town Hall and public library on a hill slope in front of the High School. The work memorializes late donor Winfield Robbins, funded by his sisters. The sculpture shows an Indian returning from a hunt, kneeling to drink from a stream while holding bow and arrows, with a wild goose nearby. Water will flow from the hand into a pool bordered by evergreens and plants.
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New Town’ Hall
Arlington
Cyrus E. Dallin
the Hunter
Winfield Robbins
New Town Hall
Ida F
Eliza P
Caira Robbins
Public Library
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Fairmont Park
Philadelphia
Lincoln Park
Chicago
District Social Conditions Under Study by Welfare Leaders
Representatives of the Children's Welfare League social workers and ministers will discuss district social conditions. Roger F. Scannell Jr. will preside.
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Children's Welfare League
Roger F. Scannell, Jr
Sing Sing Prison Holds Record Crowd in New York
Thirteen prisoners from New York County were transferred to Sing Sing prison, bringing total inmates to 1583 and breaking records. Two prisoners per cell were needed, and all 16 cells in the death house are occupied.
New York Solons Aim to Close Session by May 2
Albany April 20 The Senate has disposed of charges of attempted extortion against Senator Stilwell and leaders expect final adjournment by May 2. Governor Sulzer backs primary and election law reforms which could extend the session. A helmeted mine rescuer telephone by throat vibration is demonstrated.
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Albany
N. Y
Stilwell
Senate
Sulzer
Ladies Hosiery Pure Silk Thread Stock at $1 Quality
Advertised silk hosiery for ladies offered in black with a $1.00 quality claim. Fragmentary text mentions ghee and pence but provides no clear context or additional details.
Seeaks Vast Strike by Americans
The quotation discusses a proposed global mobilization where most people join a collective effort, condemning capitalists as danger to society. It envisions mental institutions for wealthy defectors and segregated colonies for the incurably insane.
The Les sons of the Belgian General Strike for Us
Morrison I. Swift urges a general strike to rebuild society at the Humanist Forum in Franklin Union Berkeley Street. He argues wealth must serve the race and praises Belgian labor action while calling for capitalists to join workers in a revolutionary shift.
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Humanist Forum
Franklin Union
Berkeley Street
Mr. Swift
Belgium
Massachusetts
Society Girls Present Fairy Play at Plymouth Theatre
The Magic Rose by Susan Thayer Bowker moved from Toy Theatre to Plymouth Theatre for performances on April 29 and May 2. The cast features Grace von Brooklin, a Brookline resident near Boston Opera School studies, poised for a debut with the Boston Opera Company next fall.
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G. P. Baker
Susan Thayer Bowker
Toy Theatre
Plymouth Theatre
Grace von Brooklin
Brookline
Boston Opera School
Ramon Blanchart
Boston Opera Company
Grace von Brocklin
Prince
Rucker to Lecture Boy Scouts on Rat and Public Health
Assistant Surgeon General W C Rucker of the U S Public Health Service will travel from Washington to Boston to deliver a talk to Boy Scouts and local school children on The Rat and Its Relation to Public Health The lecture is arranged by the sanitation department of the Women s Municipal League and will take place Friday April 25.
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W. C. Rucker
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
Boy Scouts
Boston
Sanitation, Department of the Women’s Municipal League
Auto Turtle Accident Injures Brockton Doctor
Dr. David J. Ingraham eye specialist of 162 Walnut Street Brookline was seriously injured when his car overturned at Brockton Heights to avoid a dog. Passenger Daniel Lachappel of Boston suffered a bruised wrist and sprained knee as he was thrown from the vehicle.
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Brockton
David J. Ingraham
Walnut Street
Brookline
Brockton Heights
Daniel Lachappel
Boston
Ingraham
Death by rooster scrap noted for 30 years
John C. Sparks of Chapman Kansas died at 84 from blood poisoning that began with a rooster scrap about 30 years earlier. The wound festooned into cancer, leading to his death in Chapman.
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Chapman
Kan
John C. Sparks
Beef exports fall sharply amid cattle decline
United States cattle and fresh beef exports drop sharply from 1907 levels. In the first nine months of the current fiscal year only 56,479,439 pounds of beef and 13,598 pounds of cattle were sent abroad versus 200,069,790 pounds and 807,726 in 1907. Population up 11 percent, cattle down 30 percent. Also 10 year old Thomas Kelley of Woburn is reported in critical condition after being run over by a milk wagon near Choate Memorial Hospital.
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Washington
United States
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Thomas Kelley
Katherine Kelley
Mt. Pleasant Street
Woburn
Choate Memorial Hospital
St Catherine’s Parish Marks 21st Anniversary
Somerville church celebrates 21 years since its first mass with a 10 30 am thanksgiving mass led by Rev James J O’Brien with Rev John J Sweeney as deacon and Rev Ambrose A Dore as sub deacon.
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St. Catherine’s Church
Somerville
James J. O’brien
John J. Sweeney
Ambrose A. Dore
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Rucker
Auto Turtles
Doctor Hurt
ST. Catherine’s
Laines
O' Connoran
Tremont Street
Worcestershire
New England
GEO. WM. Bentley CO
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