Middlesex Grand Jury Reports On Lincoln Wreck
The Middlesex grand jury finds no manslaughter charge against Horace W. Lyons, engineer of the Montreal flyer, in the Lincoln collision that killed 17 and injured many. The panel condemns railroad practices and signals, urges safer engine assignments, longer rest for engineers, and criticizes the local train crew and express train operations. Lyons, freed, telegraphs his mother in Old Orchard, Maine.
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Horace W. Lyons
Montreal Flyer
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lincoln
Middlesex Grand Jury
Aiken
East Cambridge
Lyons
Sanderson
Ambrose
Old Orchard
John P. Feney
Report of Grand Jury in Lyons Case Faults B M Railroad Rules
The Massachusetts grand jury finds the Boston & Maine Railroad at fault for inadequate operating rules and signals after the Fitchburg division accident near Baker's Bridge on Sunday evening November 26 1905. It criticizes permissive train headways and duty gaps for rear brakemen in flagging following trains.
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Baker’s Bridge
Fragman
Lincoln
Silver Hill
Lincoln Station
Codman's Bridge
Lyons
Commonwealth of
Commission Probes Baker's Bridge Fatality at Beacon Street
Boston railroad commissioners continued the Baker's Bridge inquiry in their rooms at 20 Beacon Street. Witnesses, including Baggage Master Lane and Train Despatcher Eames, described actions surrounding the 8:10 to 8:15 p.m. crash and discussed timing discrepancies and signals.
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Baker’s Bridge
Beacon Street
Feeney
Lyons
Grand Jury
Lane
Eames
Thomas F. McCue
Lincoln
Davis
Mr. Feeney
Mr. Davis
Smith
Robbed by South End Footpads
David Fk. Hart, a middle aged man living at 6 Claremont Park, was assaulted and robbed in a dark street stretch on Harrison Avenue between Essex Street and Hayward Place. Three men James Donahue 28 Harry Finn 18 William Massey 18 were captured and charged with highway robbery. a fourth fled. Hart’s silver pen knife a diamond tie pin and keys were taken. Hart’s wallet was torn apart. police arrived as rescuers held the suspects.
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David Fk. Hart
Claremont Park
Harrison Avenue
Essex Street
Hayward Place
Ritter
Lagrange Street
James Donahue
Upton Street
Harry Finn
Brighton Street
William L. Massey
Hart
Paul Donovan
Division 4
Triple murder and death by own action in Ontario farm home
In Shelbourne Ontario a farmer, James Coulter, killed his wife and daughter with a weapon, then shot himself after attacking his 11-year-old son with an axe. He set fire to the bed clothes, and smoke drew a passerby to the scene, revealing the massacre.
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Shelbourne
Ont
James Coulter
Coulter
Russia in Crisis as Premier Witte Resigns Reportedly
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports Premier Witte offered resignation to the Emperor who reportedly refused and tore it up. Revolt spreads with sixteen thousand mutinous at Ekaterinodar, Kharkoff mass meetings, university reopenings, and a new press law sparking editor resistance amid broad unrest across Russia.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Witte
Sakharoff
Kieff
Odessa
Kaharkoff
Livonia
Russia
Ekaterinodar
Kharkoff
Sebastopol
Transcaspia
Indigestion Causes and Modern Nerve Theory
Indigestion stems from weakened stomach nerves rather than inactive digestion. Old remedies like cathartics provide only temporary relief by irritating the stomach lining, while modern science says nerves drive mixing, agitation, and secretions for digestion.
Dr Miles Restorative Nervine Advertises Cure
A testimonial advertises Dr Miles Restorative Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims the product strengthens nerves to relieve dyspepsia and lists a Winston-Salem customer quote about improved digestion. The seller offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not help.
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Miles
L. C. O'Brien
Winston-Salem, N. Y
Freshmen Stage Theatrics Stand Amid Rival Music At BU
Boston University freshmen from the College of Liberal Arts staged three short plays in Jacob Sleeper Hall to a noisy reception from rival sophomores. The vaudeville interlude by sophomores drew attention with Bingville Orchestra performances while sophomores and coeds celebrated with confetti and ribbons.
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Boston University
College of Liberal Arts
Jacob Sleeper
Helena
Ruth E. Eaton
Braintree
Harold C. Sharp
Dorchester
Lena A. Smith
East Weymouth
Percy V. Stroud
Emily Larrabee
Revere
William C. Patterson
Malden
Mary French
Winchester
Marion Butterworth
Bingville Orchestra
Helen E. Garriard
Vice-Consul Blanchard Dies in Paris Operation
Paris December 8 Duncan Bailly Blanchard French vice consul at Boston and brother of the embassy’s Third Secretary Blanchard died today after an operation.
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Paris
Duncan Bailly Blanchard
Boston
Blanchard
Fire at Gardner damages over twenty six thousand dollars
Gardner December 8 A fire started in a shed behind J Walter Davis hardware store at 9 o clock tonight causing damage estimated above 26000 dollars.
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Gardner
J. Walter Davis
Christmas Instructions for Y P A C Members
The Children's Editor thanks the Young People's Art Club of the Boston Post for many letters from last Sunday's blank plan. Many members may have photographs published in the Christmas issue.
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Young People’s Art Club
The
Boston Post
Club
A Village Street Title Considered for Post Sketch
A reader commends a partial sketch by No. 1 Martin F Laracy of Roxbury. He suggests the title A Village Street for the Daily Post and requests the issue number to publish more pictures, noting some will appear next Sunday.
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Martin F. Laracy
Baker Park
Roxbury
Daily Post
Cure a Cold in One Day Bromine Quinine Tablets
Advert shows laxative bromine quinine tablets promising a one day cure for a cold. Druggists offer refunds if ineffective. Box bears the signature of ER W Grove. Price 25 cents.
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Havana
ER. W. Grove
Smith
Fashion firm partner Frank P. Ewer dies after long illness
Bangor Maine December 8 Frank P Ewer partner in Wood and Ewer proprietors of The Fashion a leading retail dry goods house in Maine died today after a long illness.
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Bangor
Frank P. Ewer
Wood & Ewer
Fashion
Maine
A Difference in Lungs and City Health
Edinburgh University displays three lungs to illustrate how environment shapes lung health. A snow white Eskimo lung contrasts with a coal miner’s black lung and a city resident’s dirty gray lung, explaining why consumption is higher in cities and how Scott’s Emulsion aids lung cleanliness, resilience, and overall strength.
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Edinburgh University
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
SLEUTH WEDS HER FORMER FASHIONED DETECTIVE HUSBAND
In Dracut on Wednesday Mrs. Joseph Weaver now Mrs. James F. Drury, once the adopted daughter of ex-Alder George H. Tryden, married private detective Drury who had pursued her faithless husband. The union ends a dramatic tale of romance and divorce, with Drury around sixty and his bride about twenty five years younger.
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Lowell
Dracut
Joseph Weaver
George H. Tryden
James F. Drury
Honeymoon Couple Drury Headed to New York
Mr and Mrs Drury began their honeymoon on Wednesday evening and are now in New York City. A well furnished house on Whitney Avenue awaits their return as friends say past troubles will vanish in their happiness.
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Mrs. Drury
New York City
Whitney Avenue
Harvard Phi Beta Kappa names 25 new members
Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa selects 25 new men after days of dispute. Among juniors F. C. Nieweg, who worked through college by waitering at Randall Hall, is honored. Seniors include Bradbury, Kabatchnick, and Holcombe, with Holcombe chosen first marshal for commencement.
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Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa
F. C. Nieweg
Randall Hall
Dean Briggs
Bradbury
Kabatchnick
Holcombe
Harvard class day officers battle on ballot
Nominations for class day officers at Harvard spark notable contests with ballots to be cast next Tuesday. For secretary, F. A. Goodhue, manager of the football team, faces M. Kelley, manager of the ball nine.
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Harvard
F. A. Goodhue
M. Kelley
Sportsmen's Show Moving Pictures Shown at Copley Square
A private биograph exhibition of films made for the upcoming Sportsmen's Show at Mechanics' Hall featured moose and quail hunts, salmon fishing, and Rangeley Lakes fishing. Richard F. Follett, general manager of the show, represented the New England Forest Fish and Game Association of Massachusetts at the event.
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Mechanics’ Building
Copley Square
Rangeley Lakes
New England Forest, Fish and Game Association of
Massachusetts
Richard FE. Follett
Mechanics’ Hall
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