Barber Joy Found Dead From Gas at Lodging House
Fred Joy a 35 year old barber from Skowhegan Maine was found dead early yesterday in a lodging house at 1064 Washington street. Police say death resulted from gas due to leaving the valve open by accident. A companion lodger Mrs Florence Abbott recalls Joy’s recent troubles linked to a suspected love affair. Joy came to the city two weeks ago seeking work. his mother Mrs Edith Joy resides in Fairfield Maine about twenty miles away.
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Fred Joy
Skowhegan
Washington Street
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Maine
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Edith Joy
Fairfield
Body Identified as Oscar Schultz in Boston Case
The body of Oscar Schultz, India square dealer in second hand machinery, washed up at Range ley Lake and arrived at his mother's Everett home. Boston police now confirm it is Schultz, who faced charges of conspiracy to defraud Walworth Manufacturing and receiving stolen goods.
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Rangeley Lake
Everett
Boston
Walworth Manufacturing Company
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Paving Trial Uses Wooden Key with Granite Blocks
Superintendent of Streets Rourke watches a paving experiment using oak wedges between granite blocks to bind the surface and reduce noise. If successful, the city could reuse old granite blocks and save paving costs, as seen on a 200 foot section of Charles Street near Pinckney Street tested by the Boston Elevated Railway Company.
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Rourke
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Charles Street
Pinckney Street
Y M C A Membership Tops Half Million Worldwide
The Year Book of the North American Y M C A reports 868 associations with 496 581 members. Over 150 000 are teen boys and 68 000 work in industrial jobs. Net property increases total 67 865 000 and 6 534 609 is pledged for new or larger buildings.
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New York
Civil Service Rejects Yaffe Appointment to Children’s Board
Aaron Yaffe of Ward 9, named by Mayor Fitzgerald to the children's institution trustees, was rejected by the Civil Service Commission after 30 days of consideration. The commission did not notify the city clerk and remains active on the unrelated fire commissioner appointment.
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Civil Service Commission
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Young Men's Hebrew Club
Charles D. Daly
Urge Japanese History in U S Calls for Curricular Change
A petition signed by over 100 prominent Americans in Japan urges U S educational authorities to add Chinese and Japanese history to school curricula, criticizing current emphasis on other ancient nations and seeking educational reform.
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America
China
Japan
United States
Dr Francis Returns to Renovated Clarendon Street Church
Reverend James A. Francis will return from vacation to preach at the Clarendon Street Baptist Church in the newly decorated auditorium. The interior features light and dark greens with gold accents, gilded organ pipes, preserved Gothic lines, and a bright new carpet. Renovation costs totaled about 7000 dollars, funded by February sociable subscriptions, with prior work on the lower building, steeple, and roof.
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Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Dr. Francis
Friends of the Church
Sociable
Frisco Wins Eagles Convention for 1911
San Francisco was awarded the Eagles convention for 1911 this afternoon in St Louis.
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Eagles’ Convention
ST. Louis
San Francisco
Whose Team Is This The Post Photo Mystery
A South End photograph by a Post photographer asks the driver to identify the wagon team within five days for a five dollar gold prize. The driver may prove identity at the City Editor’s office, 275 Washington Street, 12 noon to 6 pm, with proof. Yesterday’s team belonged to F. M. Babcock, driven by William Roach of Roxbury, the horse named Witty.
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Washington Street
F. M. Babcock
Post Office Square
William Roach
Rockford Street
Roxbury
Coping Breaks Hotel Canopy In Five-Story Fall
A large stone coping broke from a Brewster Hotel window on Boylston street striking the canopy at the main entrance and injuring a taxi driver. Guests fled in alarm thinking an explosion occurred. Rain may have caused the flaw in the coping and collapse.
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Brewster
Touraine
Boylston Street
Parisian Fastest Run Hinted by Wireless Report
A wireless from the Allan liner Parisian en route from Glasgow and Moville says she is making a fast season passage. She reported 40 miles east of Cape Race at 3 p m Thursday and Captain William P. Haines aims to reach Mystic wharf tomorrow morning. On board are 810 cabin and 211 steerage passengers.
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Moville
Cape Race
William P. Haines
Mystic Wharf
Take Coin From Baby's Throat
Phyllis Snow a 19 month old Swampscott girl is recovering after surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital to remove a penny stuck in her thorax. Doctors used small electric lights and coin hooks to extract the coin. After two days of possible pneumonia, she was declared out of danger yesterday.
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Hubert Snow
5& Thomas Road
Swampscott
Massachusetts General Hospital
Glass Makers Granted Thirty Percent Raise
Detroit report states the National Association of Window Glass Workers of America convention announced a 3 percent increase in the image scale from Oct. 15. The move raises wages for glass workers as negotiations conclude in the city.
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National Association of Window Glass Workers of America
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