Shorty De Witt Seeks Lost Boston Terrier Billy
Lost Saturday April 15 near Scollay g Boston terrier six months old white chest and face with new spike collar answers to Billy reward fifty dollars. Shorty De Witt Hotel Rexford room 314 believes Billy rode away like spring fever on a street car in New England trains and his vaudeville act may be affected.
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Shorty Dis Witt
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Shorty de Witt
Rexford
New England
de Witt
Stewart
Achilles
Shorty DeWitt and the Boston Hound Mystery
Shorty DeWitt a 23 year old actor nicknamed Shorty and Frances Stewart discuss the missing dog Billy in a Cambridge Boston scene. DeWitt frets over Billy meanwhile joking and inviting a limit on the questions as he searches for the hound across streets and theaters in the city.
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Mr. DeWitt
Appeal to Save Charter in Boston Government Fight
A state wide campaign mobilizes over 5000 citizens to urge Senators to vote against Lomasney amendments to Boston's city charter. Boston business leaders plan a mass meeting to protest and preserve reform, praised by chambers, commissions and civic groups for delivering a government free of boss rule and machine influence.
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Boston Charter Association
Edmund Billings
Arthur F. Estabrook
Robert Homans
John T. Hosford
James A. McKibben
George R. Nutter
William C. Pree
Bernard J. Rothwell
Michael H. Sullivan
George B. Upham
John T. Wheelwright
Boss
Subway passengers flee as flame coats tracks at public garden
Sheets of blue flame frightened hundreds aboard a subway car near Boyle Street incline at Public Garden last night around nine. A broken trolley wire touched a live ground wire, emergency crews fixed the damage within ten minutes and passengers were unharmed.
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Boyleston Street
Public Garden
Champion hens in Washington state record chase
Tacoma April 23 Washington egg ranchers vie for laying records. A New York man won 5000 with 60 hens at 1000 eggs in February. Dick Hutchins of White Salmon reports 12 pullets laying 229 eggs in March. W R Oldaker of Aberdeen claims 480 eggs from 24 hens in one month, beating Klamath Falls and others.
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Tacoma
Wash
Body identified of Swedish cotton magnate's son found hanging
The body found June 3, 1909, hanging from a tree near Dover New Jersey has been identified as Berent Edward Collander, son of a Stockholm cotton manufacturer. The remains were exhumed to confirm a dental description provided by a Brooklyn dentist who did work on the young man.
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Brooklyn
Innocent Man Seeks Return to Prison After Release
Pittsburg April 23. Andy Toth released from Riverside penitentiary after 20 years of a life sentence for a murder he did not commit wants to return to prison. Attorney Goehring says he cannot meet conditions for a livelihood and does not want to burden friends. He believes the government owes him a debt for an existence and plans to demand it in prison.
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Andy’’ Toth
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Reno Banner Promotes Votes for Women in New York Parade
Nevada suffragists plan a banner featuring Votes for Women to march in New York on May 6 led by Reno residents now back in New York. Mrs. P. A. Chapin of New York chairs the Nevada banner committee. A constitutional amendment resolution gains ground in the Nevada Legislature led by Mrs. H. Stanislawski and others.
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Nevada
Fifth Avenue
New York
P. A. Chapin
H. Stanislawski
F. R. Nicholas
Felice Cohn
Carson
Insurance firm for ex drunkards forms in Dallas
The Temperance Insurance Company was organized in Dallas on April 23 as the only one of its kind in the United States. It will insure those who have enjoyed drink at low rates provided they vow never to touch intoxicants again. Teetotalers’ policy aims to attract many recovering alcoholics.
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Dallas
Tex
Temperance Insurance Company
United States
England
Aged bachelor names ten girls as heirs in Stark County will
Samuel Rudy, 86, a bachelor with about $200000, draws up a will naming ten young women employed in Stark county courthouse offices as beneficiaries, giving each $1000. The move follows his having prevailed in a lengthy court fight over his capacity to manage his property.
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Canton
Samuel Rudy
Stark County
Rudy
Walke Ends Endurance Tests In Maine Coast Run
The torpedo boat destroyer Walke completed a four hour coastal test at 25 knots along the Maine coast, using 109 725 gallons of water per hour and 4 367 6 gallons of oil. The ship then prepares for the final endurance run to Boston.
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Rockland
Walke
Maine
Boston
Wife identifies man killed by officer in pursuit
Mrs. Kockmont identified Kazimer Kockmont 27 a Lithuanian weaver of 154 Prospect street as the man shot by Special Police Officer Charles H. Newton Jr after an alleged burglary attempt at Newtons home. The pursuit covered seven to eight miles.
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Lawrence
Charles H. Newton, Jr
Kazimer Kockmont
Prospect Street
Father Gasson Lectures On Joan of Arc At Boston College
The Rev. Thomas J. Gasson, president of Boston College, gave an illustrated lecture on Joan of Arc to a large audience in Boston College Hall. Proceeds from the lecture and concert fund a uniform purchase for the Q 7. A. U. military regiment at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The program featured performances by Miss Whittabeth McNally, Miss Helen M. Reed, Hdawara J. Fitzgerald, Albert H. Walsh, Miss Josephine Lally, Charles Leon Tilton, Miss Sarah J. Marcus, and Josephine O'Conor.
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Thomas J. Gasson
Boston College
Joan of Arc
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Whittabeth McNally
Helen M. Reed
Hdawara J. Fitzgerald
Albert H
Cornell Men Sing While House Burns
Firefighters found Sigma Nu fraternity house at Cornell University burning in Ithaca early morning. Several Cornell students inside sang and played music in the music rooms as flames raged below. The house suffered about $1000 in damage. residents escaped in night clothes.
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Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Sigma Nu
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