Wreck Witnesses Testify At Fitchburg Division Collision
Witnesses in the Boston and Maine hearing recount the Baker's Bridge crash between the Montreal express and Marlboro local on the Fitchburg line. They note timing at 8 14 p m the signals green and red fusees two trains and crew actions.
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Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Baker's Bridge
Montreal Express
Marlboro
Lincoln Station
Edgar J. Rich
Railroad
Fred Wade
Lincoln
Lyons
Wade
Pranks On The B U Freshmen At Boston University
Sophomores staged pranks against the freshmen planning an afternoon play. Ray Miller leading man among the freshmen was kidnaped by eight sophomores and held in an attic room at 6 Park Street Cambridge. Miller escaped by dropping from a third floor window after freeing himself.
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Boston University
Ray Miller
College of Liberal Arts
Miller
Cambridge
Park Street
Harold M. Mariett
Harold Mariett
Oscar Hederbury
Worcester
Hederbury
Roosevelt appoints tuberculosis board to study city conditions
President Roosevelt issues executive order creating a commission with Surgeon-Generals from Army Navy and Public Health Service to draft a plan for investigating sanitary conditions in government offices and workshops and to curb tuberculosis mortality through improved sanitation and controls. Boston health officials welcomed the move noting historic mortality declines and the potential for further reductions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Robert M. O'Reilly
P. M. Rixey
Walter Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Durgan
Board of Health
Boston
Plot to steal big fish tug at Erie sinks
In Erie Pennsylvania on December 7 a daring alleged theft of the Selden Bros large fish tug from the Erie Fish Company by the captain and four crew members led to a sale today to the Buckeye Tish Company of Cleveland. The engineer John Osgood refused to join and alerted manager L. B. Walker, stopping payment. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Penn
Great Lakes
Selden Bros
Erie Fish Company
Ashtabula
Buckeye Tish Company
Cleveland
John Osgood
L. B. Walker
Buffalo Bill Kills All the Horses of His Show
Marseilles France December 7 Colonel William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill and James A Bailey owners of the Wild West show ordered the killing of every horse in the troupe after glanders was certified eradicated by government veterinarians. Saddles bridles equipment and stablemen clothing were burned to allay farmers fears of spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
William F. Cody
Cody
James A. Bailey
Boy Dies After Milk Wagon Accident in Newton
Roy C. Stevens 12, of Farwell street, died at home after a horseplay accident aboard a democrat wagon delivering milk. Three companions were riding with him when one shoved him off the seat and the wagon passed over him near High street near the Waltham line. He was dead on arrival, the son of Albert C. Stevens, a respected resident. He was well liked at Claflin School and in the neighborhood.
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Newton
Roy C. Stevens
Farwell Street
Young Stevens
Democrat
High Street
Waltham Line
Stevens
Drs. Kelly
Bell
Albert C. Stevens
Claflin
West Medford Women in Three Act Drama
West Medford, Dec. 7. Miss Fearless and Co a drama in three acts was presented to a large audience in Houghton Hall tonight by the Hillside Universalist Church. Ten young women starred led by Dorothea Cutler a pretty nine year old as Miss Lizzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Medford
Miss Fearless and Co
Houghton Hall
Hillside Universalist Church
EF. J. MecOnie
Dorothea Cutler
Lizzie
Ernest Hodgdon
Martha Chipman
A. C. Greene
Hazel Kirke
Cambridge Freshmen Prep For Hidden Stage Night
An excited caller sparks a Cambridge police response at Park Street to a supposed burglary by sophomores. Officers check two sleepy youths then lecture them on duty. Miller returns to campus smiling, a guard is set to thwart a repeat, and freshmen expect the play to proceed after stage fixings are replaced.
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Cambridge
Station 2
Park Street
Miller
Co-eds Parade in Nighties at Susquehanna University
Susquehanna University coeds protest new women’s department rules by marching campus in night robes over street costumes. They parade before the men’s dormitory singing How’d You Like to Spoon With Me. Men watch, lacking nerve to respond.
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Selin's
Father of Missing Dedham Woman Questions Letter Authenticity
The father of Julia Mansoor, missing 19 year old from Dedham with her baby since Sept 18, rejects a note claimed to be from her. He believes it conceals her whereabouts and alerted police after a Sept 30 dated letter, possibly from Lubec Maine, with a suspicious return address. The family notes handwriting differences and a note of separation from her husband.
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Julia Mansoor
East Dedham
Dedham
Allen Mansoor
Oliver Place
Mr. Mansoor
North Station
Lubec
Jourly
Ablen Mansoor
Boston
Mass
Beach Street
Train wreck attempt spotted at Fitchburg division
An attempted derailment on the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad at Westford was detected by a freight engineer. An iron rail was dragged across the tracks and three tramps were seen nearby shortly before.
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Lowell
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Westford
Loot From Many Breaks Reported in Boston Case
Frightened by a police coup inspectors Cronin Conway and Dennison trapped Charles Howard and Edward Carr two crooks famed for daring across shady work The remaining crook reportedly fled Boston A confession of over 50 breaks followed a prison argument In Captain Dugans presence Police exhibit lists jewelry clothing and trinkets seized for identification including watches chains pins rings glasses and a burglar's jimmy Calls list chiefs from Lynn Cambridge Watertown and other towns as callers Loot valued enough to stock a pawn shop Five charges for local breaks are preferred against Howard and Carr with other incidents traced to Brookline Springfield Worcester Northampton and Newburyport
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Cronin
Conway
Dennison
Charles Howard
Edward Carr
Boston
Captain Dugan
Burches
Lynn
Kicking Horse Defies Capture in Great Barrington
A furious kicking horse strayed into George Smith's barn in Great Barrington. No owner has appeared to claim it, and Smith has offered a reward to anyone who can lead the animal out, as the horse continues to kick and defy all challengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
George Smith
Mr. Smith
British Ambassador Praises Woodbury Crew For Rescue
Captain H. H. B. West and the officers and seamen of the revenue cutter Woodbury received a letter of commendation from Sir Mortimer Durand thanking them for rescuing the British schooner Effie May stranded near Rockland last September. The letter was sent to Secretary of State Root and contained thanks from the Governor-General of Canada.
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Portland
HH. B. West
Woodbury
Mortimer Durand
Effie May
Rockland
Root
Canada
Amphion Club Holds Ninth Annual Concert in Melrose
The Amphion Club, Melrose's leading musical group, presented its ninth annual concert at City Auditorium. A 60 voice male chorus directed by E. Cutter of Boston performed, with trombone solo by George W. Stuart and violin solo by Carle E. Webster.
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Melrose
The
Amphion Club
City Auditorium
E. Cutter
Boston
George W. Stuart
Carle E. Webster
Medford Painter Seriously Hurt In 20 Foot Fall
Frank J. Murphy, 30, a painter of 35 Linden Street, fell twenty feet from a Riverside Avenue house roof. He suffered a deep scalp gash and body bruises and is believed to have internal injuries though his condition is not serious.
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Medford
Frank J. Murphy
Linden Street
Riverside Avenue
Milan Fails to Appear in Brooklyn Election Bribery Case
Edward J. Milan a noted Democrat in Brooklyn charged with election bribery posted 11000 bail but did not appear in County Court Judge Crane forfeited the bail and issued a bench warrant for Milan's re arrest authorities said New York December 7
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New York
Edward J. Milan
Brooklyn
Crane
Milan
Fire Service Lecture Set by Winter Hill Group
Chief J. R. Hopkins will lecture on fire service at fires at Pythian Hall Broadway and Temple street on December 20 under the Winter Hill Improvement Association.
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J. R. Hopkins
Pythian Hall
Broadway
Temple Street
Winter Hill
Sore Throat Epidemic Prompts At School Health Warnings
Public schools report a sore throat epidemic among students and urge swift action. Many patients say gargling or spraying with X Zalia antiseptic liquid cures the ailment after several uses. If true, druggists may see a surge in X Zalia sales this season.
Nashua Man Held for Shooting in Manchester
New evidence linked James E. Maynard of Nashua to the Merrimack street lodging house shooting of John Tyler of Concord. Maynard is held for the January term of the Superior Court on aggravated assault, with potential indictments for intent to kill or robbery.
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Mancheser
N. H
John Tyler
Concord
Merrimack Street
Healy
James E. Maynard
Nashua
Catarrlets Promoted For Relief From Catarrh
An advertisement touts Catarrlets as quick relief for nasal catarrh and other mucous membrane inflammations. It claims the tablets soothe membranes and improve breath, and recommends Hood s Sarsaparilla to purify blood and provide radical cures of constitutional catarrh.
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John P. Feeney
Woburn
Seeney
Fletcher
John W. Wroe
Express
Wroe
Fred L. Davis
Davis
Baker’s Bridge
B. U
Tuberculosis
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
DR. Durgan
Buffalo Bill
Wellville
Lad
Call
Manchester, N. H
Dobson
Jimmy
van Camp
van Camp Packing Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Durand
Medford Painter
Hay
Philo Hay Co
Newark
N. J
Sunday Post
Manchester
Catarrlets
C. I. Hood Co
Ver
R. H. White
Umine
David J. Ingraham
J. Ingraham
James M. Solomon
Beacon St
J. Newman & Sons Corp
Tremont
Belanger
Mildred Belanger
Peter
Margaret G. Acgnyert
Winthrop Street
East Dedam
Corley
Waltham
William Corley
Fannie Morgan Corley
Willow Street
St. Mary's Church
Calvary Cemetery
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