Regina Runs Aground Near Harpswell Maine
Word from Friendship Maine reports the Boston fishing schooner Regina ran aground at Harpswell while entering for bait. Captain Jere Shea and crew are safe, with a likely float at next high tide. Regina left Boston on a Georges trip and is famed as the fastest fish schooner from the T wharf.
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Harpswell
Jere Shea
Georges
Fish Pier
Essex
William Jmerson
Freak Egg Resembles Squash From Indian Point
A new freak egg arrived at the Post from Mrs. Curtis Young of Indian Point Missouri. It resembled a tiny summer squash and was so small it could fit in the bowl of a T D pipe.
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Post
Curtis Young
Indian Point
Man Dies After Card Game Shooting at Charter Street
Lorenzo Aronica 42 died after a quarrel following a card game at 20 Charter Street. Alleged assailant Severino Di Bella 36 was arraigned and held at $10,000 bond, charge set to rise to murder.
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Charter Street
Relief Hospital
Severino di Rella
di Bella
Cotton Men Honor Professor Lowell at National Meeting
At Mechanics' Building the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers elected Professor A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University to honorary membership. They also adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass the cotton schedule as proposed by the Senate finance committee. Officers were re-elected to serve another year.
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Mechanics’ Building
A. Lawrence Lowell
J.L. D
Harvard University
Congress
Finance Committee
Senate
Taft to Receive Jersey Cow Named Justice at White House
Charles Dolan of the Superior Court offers his Jersey cow Justice for the summer at Beverly's White House. Justice currently stays in Wolfboro New Hampshire and could be shipped easily to the President. Dolan touts the cow as providing the finest milk for his family.
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Taft
Justice
White House
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Wolfboro
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Jersey
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Minstrel Show Aids Working Boys Home in Newton
The seventh annual entertainment for the Working Boys Home in Newton was held at Players Hall West Newton by the Ladies Aid Society. A minstrel revue titled A Musical Banquet featured Mark Y Croker as interlocutor with end men Frank Cunningham William Gero Albert Murray Henry O Turner Albert Ryan and Robert True. The women soloists included Frances Cavanagh Helen Murphy Catherine Ryan Elizabeth Lane Beatrice Slater Nellie Murphy Mary Smith and the ten soloists Edwin Kensley Homer Sullivan John Earle Peter Tooney. The chorus comprised 50 and George W Madden trained participants for the production.
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Players’ Hall
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Working Boys’ Home
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Newton Upper Falls
Frank Cunningham
William Gero
Albert Murray
Henry O. Turner
Albert Ryan
Robert True
Frances Cavanagh
Helen M. Murphy
Catherine Ryan
M. Elizabeth Lane
Beatrice Slater
Nellie Murphy
Mary Smith
Edwin Kensley
Homer Sullivan
John Earle
Peter Tooney
George W. Madden
Unveil Longfellow Monument in Washington May 7
A Longfellow monument to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow will be unveiled in Washington D C on May 7 at Connecticut Avenue and M Street Northwest. The white marble statue rests on a Bancroft marble pedestal from Scotland. President Taft will attend, with Chief Justice Fuller presiding. addresses by Bishop Mackey Smith General W E Greeley and Dr Hamilton Mabie. The statue is presented by B H Warner. music by the U S Marine Band. sculptor William Cooper of New York.
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Washington, D. C
Connecticut Avenue
M Street
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Scotland
Taft
Fuller
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Supreme Court
Monument Association
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Defense Rests On Frame Up Claim In Jordan Case
Lawyer Higgins argues Jordan defense is a frame up as alienists recount the night of Mrs. Jordan's death. Testimony details how dismemberment occurred and how Jordan recalled or failed to recall key events. Court fills with spectators, many women, as proceedings continue with cross examination and further medical testimony.
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Jordan
Dr. McDonald
Chester Jordan
William McDonald, Jr
Higgins
Frank W. Page
Chester S. Jordan
Pratt
Charlotte Gilman Talks on Suffrage in Brookline
Over 300 women gathered in Gardner Square Brookline to hear Charlotte Perkins Gilman author of Women and Economics speak before the Brookline Equal Suffrage Association on the economic and political position of women. The audience included four newcomers two newspaper men Rev O P Gifford of the Brookline Baptist Church and a man brought by his wife.
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Brookline
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
O. P. Gifford
Redmond Attacks Whiskey Tax in Budget Speech
London reports David Lloyd George's budget aims to cover a 15.762 million pound deficit from old age pensions and naval races. John Redmond says Ireland bears the burden with higher tobacco taxes and denounces socialistic taxation while opposing the Lords' potential veto. The plan also imposes income, death duties, and a 20 percent tax on land value growth.
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David Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Germany
John Redmond
Ireland
House of Lords
Biology Students Elect Officers at Year End Dinner
Biology students last night elected officers for next year at the final dinner. E. C. Howe of Brooklyn was chosen president, H. Jenkins of California secretary, and P. K. Brown of Manchester treasurer. Dr. Fred A. Woods spoke on Biometrical Methods and the Interpretation of History.
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E. C. Howe
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. ©. Jenkins
California
P. K. Brown
Manchester
Fred A. Woods
Harvard Professor Urges Caution On Mars Signalling Plan
Professor W H Pickering of Harvard cautions against immediate signalling to Mars from Texas. He notes uncertain life on Mars and warns the project could be risky and costly. He suggests spending part of funds to determine the nature of life before proceeding and questions Texas as the optimal site.
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Mars
Texas
W. H. Pickering
Harvard
Pickering
Little Boy Saves Drowning Baby in Field Incident
Gloucester April 2 Ada Ryan aged 3 fell into a pool while playing with her brother Harold 4 and was rescued by Harry Jacobs aged ? years old. She remains ill and it is feared she cannot recover from the shock.
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Ada Ryan
Harold
Harry Jacobs
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