Bigney Returns to Boston After Cincinnati Taft Portrait Event
Colonel Sidney O. Bigney Massachusetts Republican and national notification committeeman arrived with Senator William Warner after a Cincinnati trip. They reported a celebrated welcome for Taft and arranged the life sized portrait presentation for the candidate with Massachusetts supporters. Bigney said a shot fired near Taft was likely stray and unnoticed by the party.
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Sidney O. Bigney
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
William Warner
Missouri
Colonel Bigney
Charles P. Taft
William Taft
Taft
Jonel Bigney
Mr. Taft
Gotham to honor American team August 19
Acting Mayor McGowan forms committees to prepare the reception for the American team that won London Olympics honors. Executive committee includes club representatives and honorary members Charles Murphy of Tammany Hall and Timothy Sullivan. No firm plans yet. event set for August 19 per current indications.
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Gotham
New York
McGowan
Feam
London
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Timothy D. Sullivan
Brief Atlantic City Wedding Amid Illness
Bette Keith of New York, ill with appendicitis, rose briefly from bed to wed William Phillips of Boston during a seaside vacation. Phillips paused beach plans to care for his ailing bride after their marriage ceremony.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bette
Keith
New York
William Phillips
Boston
Cuticura Proves Indispensable for Eczema in Family
A Montreal reader testifies that her three daughters suffered eczema on the backs of their heads and that after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the condition cleared by the next morning. She also notes the family’s ongoing use of the remedies and urges their widespread adoption.
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Mme
Napoleon Lab
Duluth St
Montreal
Que
Healing Foot Ulcer With Cuticura In Eight Months
A patient details a long running foot ulcer unresponsive to physician care. After eight months of using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills the sore healed completely at Mrs. E. F. Ryder. The note mentions a 1907 publication on skin diseases.
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E. F. Ryder
Chelsea Children Charged with Skinning on Brick
A Post reporter found boys ages 11 to 17 cleaning bricks at the Highland School ruins Chelsea. They earned about 50 to 60 cents daily with deductions for poor work and some without permits. Labor officials and the Board of Control defended the charity plan despite protests and workers quitting over pay.
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Highland School
Chelsea
Board of Control
Chelsea Central Labor Union
Post
Wyeth
McClintock
Four Injured In Worcester Station Collision
Four people were injured and 75 shaken when the Boston and Albany express collided with a string of empty cars inside the station enclosure. Injured include Miss Winifred Swanton, H E Cummings, J C Hawkes, and J K Pollin. No one required hospital transport. a second locomotive soon moved the train to Springfield.
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Worcester
Boston & Albany Express
Boston
Winifred Swanton
Ann Arbor
Mich
H. E. Cummings
North Brookfield
J. C. Hawkes
J. K. Poll
Springfield
Mrs Sage A Mercy Angel Helps Heat Suffering Tramp
Mrs Russell Sage visiting Poughkeepsie to aid a hot weather tramp. In a large car with a friend she asked Police Chief McCabe to help the man to Albany. She gave him six dollars and the tramp cried with gratitude before boarding a train north.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Russell Sage
Mercy
McCabe
President Taylor
Vassar College
Fishkill Landing
Everett Jocelyn
Girl Refuses Prison Food in Worcester Detention
Miss Josephine Dorey, 17, found after two weeks missing with companion Gertrude Brown, is held in Worcester jail awaiting juvenile court hearing for vagrancy. She refuses prison meals, mother supplies food thrice daily, and seeks probation while demanding Brown also be treated similarly. Brown's mother disowns her.
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Worcester
Boston Post
Manchester
N. H
Josephine Dorey
Rescue at Revere Beach Ends With Heroic Aid
George Anthony, swimming in a bathing suit with a young woman aboard, fell overboard near Revere Beach. Unable to swim, he called for help as bystanders in street clothes joined a rescue. Two unknown young men reached him just in time, pulled him to shore, and aided his revival before hospital treatment.
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George Anthony
Revere Beach
Anthony
Cambridge man convicted in transfer check fraud case
David A. McSterling of 2 South Street Cambridge was found guilty in Cambridge District Court led by Judge Almy for fraudulently obtaining a transfer check from the Boston Elevated Railway Company at Harvard Square last Tuesday and fined $10.
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David A. McSterling
South Street
Cambridge
Almy
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Harvard Square
Search Proves Futile in Kent Manhunt at Wallingford
Bloodhounds and searchers failed to follow a scent to Elroy Kent, inmate of the Waterbury Insane Asylum and suspect in the Julia Congdon murder, after tracing his trail from East Wallingford to East Dorset and Rutland. A fresh lead near Spreedley quarry prompted renewed pursuit despite difficult communications.
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East Wallingford
Wallingfords
Elroy Kent
Waterbury Insane Asylum
Julia D. Congdon
East Dorset
Rollin Flanders
Kent
Rutland
Dorset
Spreedley
Friends Honor S. W. Twombly on 86th Birthday
Winchester July 31 Grandchildren and great grandchildren gathered around Hon. Samuel W. Twombly former dean of the Massachusetts House of Representatives to mark his 86th birthday at his Wildwood Street home. The elderly statesman recalled pre Republican days and spoke of his views on graft, party loyalty, and supporters voting for men on the square while praising Taft Roosevelt and Bryan in balanced terms.
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Winchester
Samuel W. Twombly
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Wildwood Street
Twombly
Republican Party
Mr. Twombly
Abraham Lincoln
Fredericksburg
Casey
Wildwood
Cambridge Streets
Whigs
Free Soilers
Buffalo
Taft
Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Teal's Wife Held in $5000 Bail in Subornation Case
Mrs. Benjamin Teal widow of a stage manager and private detective Harry Mousley were each held in $5000 bail by Magistrate Corrigan in New York to await grand jury action on charges of attempted subornation of perjury. The charges relate to allegedly preparing testimony for divorce proceedings between Mrs. Frank J. Gould and Mr. Gould.
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New York
Benjamin Teal
Harry Mousley
Corrigan
Frank J. Gould
Gould
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Boylaton St
Mass
Mrs. Sage
Angel OF Mercy
Revere
S. W. Twombly
Teal
Fic Syrup Co
Boston Health
Letts
J. K. Murray
Sunday Post
Hugh Cairns
Lynn
the Future of
Father Gasson
S. J
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