Boston Police Save Oxford Man’s Patent Check
Quick action by Boston police yesterday saved William G. Locke of Oxford Maine a patent valued at 18004. He was assaulted after arriving in Boston and his pockets were robbed of the check used to receive payment for his patent. Charles Murphy of Piedmont Street was arrested on larceny charges after officers found the check and questioned him. he remained held on $120 bonds for Superior Court next month.
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Boston
William G. Locke
Oxford
Locke
North Station
Charles Murphy
Piedmont Street
Duff
Superior Court
Wreck Causes Mystery to L Officials With Bent Girders
A Boston Elevated Railway line in Forest Hills resumes regular service today with temporary shoring after a runaway train plowed down Washington street yesterday morning at 80 miles an hour. Motorman Thomas Manning was killed and eight ton cross girders and braces were damaged, with replacements expected from the foundry within a month.
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Forest Hills
Boston
Washington Street
Thomas Manning
Dudley Street Terminal
Wreck on Eliot Saving Bank Roof Kills Motorman
A train wreck hurled the forward end of the second car fifty feet across the bank roof and into a brick wall. Motorman Manning died at 5 15 yesterday morning. Chief Engineer Kimball said the wrecked structure remains safe for heavy traffic. Policeman Brauer and Donahue were nearby as debris rained down. officials debate cause and risk of future incidents.
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J. A. Moley
Dudley Street
Thomas Manning
Manning
Eliot Savings Bank
Eliot Saving Bank
G. A. Kimball
Final Cut Prices After Stock Taking Straw Hats Sale
An advertisement offers remaining stock straw hats with new prices. The $3 hats drop to $1.00, the $4 hats to $2.00, and the $5 hats to $3.00 reflecting a clearance after stock taking.
Possible Boston elevated crash blamed on human error and speed
Officials argued the accident could not happen in Boston due to automatic brakes and heavy car girders, but acknowledged the motorman’s absence or collapse left the train to accelerate down a long grade. The loss totals about a quarter million dollars with four cars destroyed and buildings damaged.
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Brauer
Station
Bank
Donahue
Dudley Street
Washington Street
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
New York
Boston
Kimball
Thorndike Street
Elevated
Eliot Bank
Dudley Street Terminal
Forest Hills
West Loop
Brookline
Roxbury Crossing
Tremont Street
Watters
Roxbury Court
Pelletier
James Dennessey
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Mayor Gaynor’s Night Court Descent Sparks Police Critique
New York reports Mayor Gaynor’s sudden night court appearance leads to a strong denouncement of police stupidity venality and brutality. He links his candidacy to alleged police persecution of a Brooklyn boy and says police relations with the public touch every citizen.
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New York
Gaynor
Brooklyn
Indignant remark on arrest practices in London police
The speaker condemns last night’s arrests as two thirds pointless and many baseless. He cites cases from a boy with a rubber ball to a cook accused of stealing a cold chicken, arguing officers acted without warrants and ignored proper standards.
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London
Wind Checks At Air Meet In Pittsburg
Pittsburgs first aviation meet drew nearly 10000 to Brunets Island on the Ohio River. wind gusts around 2 miles an hour created dust clouds as J C Mars crossed the field briefly in a bi plane. Curtiss and Baldwin did not fly and three days remain for the event with wind checks issued for tomorrow.
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Pittsburg
Brunet's Island
Ohio River
J. C. Mars
Mars
Glenn H. Curtiss
Thomas Baldwin
Canada Gainers From U S Immigration Figures Highlight Trends
Washington reports the immigration bureau analyzed the year ending March 31 showing 74 012 arrivals from Canada for permanent residence in the United States up from 61 517 prior year while 103 789 U S residents departed for permanent residence in Canada up from 49 832. Citizens were not counted during the period.
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Washington
Canada
Immigration Bureau
United States
Immigrant Arrivals Totals 1908 Reach Sixty-One Thousand
Figures show that about 15,000 immigrants arrived in 1908, bringing total arrivals for the year to 61,517. The estimate reflects ongoing migration trends and seasonal entry patterns observed by authorities.
Uncle Joe Is a Boy Again at Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island Mich Aug 4 Speaker Joseph G Cannon says he knows nothing of Kansas primary results beyond what he saw in evening papers while on vacation. He claims to be in his second childhood and refuses to comment on insurgent victory preferring to enjoy being a boy and not politics.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Kansas
Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Stubbs
Balloon Flight in Six States Ends Historic 350 Mile Trip
Dr Thomas Edwin Eldridge and Welch Strawbridge completed a record 350 mile balloon flight from Philadelphia, lasting 11 hours and reaching 15100 feet. They landed near Danbury after dawn, 30 miles north, amid a thunderstorm, aboard the Philadelphia 2d balloon owned by the Philadelphia Aeronautical Recreation Society. Eldridge holds a world high ascent record of 17050 feet.
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Danbury
Nhl
Philadelphia
Thomas Edwin Eldridge
Dr. Eldridge
Welch Strawbridge
Concord
Joseph R. Maxfield
Philadelphia, 2d
Philadelphia Aeronautical Recreation Society
Dying Wish Sea Burial for Mrs Atwood
In accordance with her dying wish Mrs Roby Foster Atwood wife of Captain EB R Atwood was buried at sea from the Norwegian steamer Verona after dying July 26 at Port Antonio Jamaica. The burial occurred at coordinates 30.45 north 72.05 west with half mast colors and prayers by Captain Oxholm. Atwood aged 67 born of a Cape men’s seafaring life.
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Roby Foster Atwood
EB. R. Atwood
Provincetown
Boston
Atwood
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Wellfleet
Verona
Oxholm
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