Quick Glance at New England Obits and Incidents
In Middleboro James Adams aged 91 died at home. In Waterford Rose Jacklin mother in law of actor Harry Browne found drowned in Bolles Cove. In Hartford Edward P. Whitney pistol maker died of paralysis at 79. The Electric Vehicle Co with 600 workers closed for inventory. In Winchendon children misread Santa HQ at National Toy & Novelty. In Lawrence Rufus Murley body found in Spicket River. suicide suspected by Medical Examiner Dow.
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Middleboro
James Adams
Waterford
Conn
Rose Jacklin
Harry Browne
Bolles Cove
Hartford
Edward P. Whitney
Electric Vehicle Company
Winchendon
Santa Claus
National Toy & Novelty Company
Major Higginson backs asset currency stance
Major Henry I. Higginson of Lee Higginson & Co. Boston speaks at a Carnegie Institute meeting in Washington. He advocates an asset currency and warns against a high tax on emergency currency, fearing it would hasten retirement once the need ends. He notes Democratic lawmakers may approach the issue nonpartisanly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry I. Higginson
Lee, Higginson & Co
Boston
Carnegie Institute
Higginson
Congress
Navy assigns Fiske to head New York recruiting station
A. Fiske is ordered to temporary duty in charge of the navy recruiting station at New York starting December 19, relieving Captain E. B. Barry who becomes supervisor of naval auxiliaries on the Atlantic coast. Also notes bills and reports from Washington and Europe on naval, industrial, and financial matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fiske
Navy
New York
E. B. Barry
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Senator Lodge
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Etruria
Umbria
Pacific
National Guard
Reading
Penn
Exeter
Loraine
Glasgow Iron Company
Pine Iron Works
Carpenter Steel Works
Rome
Luigi Luzzatti
Paris
Inspector Wolf Pursues Fugitive John E Lynn in Montreal
Inspector Wolf of the bureau of criminal investigation will travel to Montreal on Saturday morning to obtain requisition papers to bring back John E Lynn a 44 year old fugitive from justice held by Montreal police. Lynn was found guilty of larceny and jumped his bail in this city last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Montreal
John E. Lynn
Lynn
Dorothea Dix Hall Senior Dramatic Club Concert
The Dorothea Dix Hall Senior Dramatic Club filled Berkeley Hall with a night of songs recitations and sketches. Directed by George W Whitehouse and Joseph Hipwell with performances by Miss Perwee Gorman Raymond Shannon Miss May Gorman Miss Ruth Shannon Miss Evelyn Joyce Harry Hoyt Carl Root Charles Williams and others. A post concert dance followed with floor supervision by Joseph Hipwell Carl Root Charles Williams Harry Hoyt Carl Apslund William Rodgers and Valentine Rein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Dix Hall Senior Dramatic Club
Berkeley Hall
George W. Whitehouse
Joseph Hipwell
Perwee Gorman
Raymond Shannon
May Gorman
Ruth Shannon
Evelyn Joyce
Harry Hoyt
Carl Root
Charles Williams
Marie Gregory
Carl Asplund
Carl Apslund
William Rodgers
Valentine Rein
Brief News Notes of Hub Happenings
A Boston resident John W. Vaughn fell in front of 274 Tremont Street injuring his nose and was taken to the Relief station. A fire at 188 Washington Street Dorchester caused by children and matches damaged the second floor. Hyman Small’s building was affected. A lodger’s pocket pipe started a small fire on the third floor at 1 Revere Street, Antonio Simonelli’s four story brick house. Items stolen valued at 70 dollars from Joseph Morse’s room at 65 Hancock Street in West End. Police seek Mrs. Gillin whose mother in Louisville Ky is dying and asks location. Knights of Columbus executive committee discussed cast and costumes for Mirrors of Thule.
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John W. Vaughn
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Dorchester
Hyman Small
Revere Street
Antonio Simonelli
West End
Joseph W. Morse
Hancock Street
Louisville
Boston
John Gillin
Pierce
Gillin
Will of D H Coolidge Leaves 3500 to Charity
The Boston lawyer David H Coolidge who died at the Hotel Somerset on December 7 left 3500 to charitable institutions in his will filed for probate. Each of six organizations receives 500 with income used by the individual funds. Executors named are Charles A Coolidge and Albert L Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Coolidge
Boston
Somerset
Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
Home For
Charles A. Coolidge
Albert L. Lincoln
White Hand to Combat Black Hand in North End
North End merchants and hotel keepers consider forming a White Hand Society to fight the Black Hand threats. A hotel keeper pledged 1000 dollars to support peace efforts. James V. Donnarumma of the Gazzetta De Massachusetts alleges a branch of the Black Hand exists and urges police scrutiny of wealthy, idle figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hand Society
North End
James V. Donnarumma
Gazzetta de
Massachusetts
Hanover Street
Post
Mrs Agassiz Shaw Weds Boston Clubman John Curtis
Two prominent society figures unite in marriage at the bride’s Chestnut Hill home yesterday noon. The bride Mary Saltonstall, widow of Louis Agassiz Shaw, wed John S. Curtis, a Boston club man, in a simple ceremony conducted by Rev Edward Hall. Best man Gordon Dexter. Attendants none. Witnesses were family members and a few close friends.
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North Shore
Louis Agassiz Shaw
John S. Curtis
Boston
Edward Hall
Cambridge
Unitarian
Newton
Chestnut’ Hill
Gordon Dexter
Mary Saltonstall
Louis Agassiz Shaw, Jr
Saltonstall Avenue
Chestnut Hill
Quincy Adams Shaw
North Shore Colony
Heroic Action Attends Escape of Inmates From North End Tenement
Gas fumes from a blown out flame in a South End Italian tenement at 33 Oneida Street near cause of death for about twenty. Mrs. Rose Pasquerella and her two children, aged 21, 2 years, and 7 months, were rescued unconscious and later hospitalized with recovery expected. Louis Granada located the Pasquerellas and summoned aid after forcing entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Rose Pasquerella
Katie Pasquerella
Louis Cropo
Louis Granada
Oneida Street
South End
Reali
Pasquerella
Thomas T Ford Missing Drives Concern in Boston
Mrs. Thomas T Ford of 20 Cortes street reports her husband has been missing for over five weeks. Boston police and nearby cities were alerted, with no trace found. Ford, a long time driver for Cobb Bates Yerxa in Brookline, is described as about five feet eight inches, florid in complexion, wearing dark working clothes with little money. Any information is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas T. Ford
Cortes Street
Post
Boston
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Brookline
Ford
Lynn's poet mayor elect plans liquor crusade
Lynn voters favored abolition of liquor licenses by a large margin. Mayor-elect Thomas F. Porter, praising the outcome, vows to enforce laws against sale of liquor and foresees a brief inaugural speech, possibly not in verse. Porter, born 1847 in Paradise Nova Scotia, has a long record as a Lynn politician and noted poet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Taunton
Porter
Post
William A. Kelly
House of Representatives
Senate of the State
Paradise
Nova Scotia
Boston
Swampscott
C. H. Hovey Company
Charles Holbrook
Senate
House
Body of Taft's mother arrives in Cincinnati
Mrs. Louisa Taft who died in Millbury Massachusetts arrives in Cincinnati in the care of sons Henry W. and Horace B. Taft. Relatives meet the party at Central Union station. The body is taken to Charles P. Taft home for Thursday morning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Louisa Taft
Millbury
Mass
Henry W
Horace B. Taft
Central Union Station
Charles P. Taft
Rhodes Scholarship Examination Dates Set at Harvard Medical School
The Rhodes scholarship examination for 1908 is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday January 21 and 22 at Harvard Medical School. The three year term begins in October 1908 and carries a stipend of £300 annually, about $1500 per year.
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Rhodes
Harvard Medical School
Prevent the grip laxative Bromosigne remedy
A fragment notes a laxative product advertised to prevent grip with quinne like a cure. It instructs to call for the full name and look for the signature of E. W. Grove and mentions a 25 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Virgin Oil of Pine Compound Promoted for Colds
A dated ad promotes Whisky and glycerine mixed with Virgin Oil of Pine to break a cold in 24 hours and cure coughs. It instructs obtaining a 4 ounce vial of Virgin Oil of Pine compound, 2 ounces of glycerine, and half a pint of whisky with dosing every four hours. It notes tincture of Cinchona as an alternative and lists the producer as The Chemical Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Each Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Acquitted On Hold Up Charge In Fortythieves Case
Judge Wentworth discharged George McCarthy and four co defendants aged 18 to 19 from Harvard, Hyde Park, Chandler, Yarmouth and Norwood streets. They were charged with being active members of the Forty Thieves gang and robbing Frank Madden on Shawmut avenue near Compton street on December 7. The defense showed they were at a theatre at the time and that all came from respectable homes and held regular jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentworth
George McCarthy
Harvard Street
Charles E. Harris
Hyde Park
Henry W. Johnson
Chandler Street
Bernard J. Mackey
Yarmouth Street
Henry Thistle
Norwood
Division 5
Frank Madden
Shawmut Avenue
Compton Street
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Fitz
Taylor
Ovev Cresises
New England
Major Higginson
The
Inspector Wolf
Formosa Colony
India
Ceylon
Formosa
Orloff
Chase & Sanborn
Dorothea DIX
Knights of Columbus
Mirrors of Thule
D. H. Coolidge
Rose, Fasquerella
Thomas F. Porter
Wines
Taft
Senna
Ure California
Fic Syrup Co
Fred C. Witten
Elm St
Newark
N. J
Peter
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
N.Y
Webers Teen
Oxford
Holmes, Luciado, Adams Se
Washington ST
JQUN
T. Manning
Winter Street
Homer
James M. Solomon
St. Vitus
Houghton & Datten’s
TT. Metecalt Co
Gilman Res
Franklin Street
City Hall Drug Store
School Street
Franklin St
Ward
Darlow
Winthrop
Alice Fisk Darlow
Sea Foam Avenue
Shirley Station
Densmore
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
George KE. Densmore
Portland
Ferreira
East Boston
Margaret E
Michael A. Ferreira
Keenan
Sumner Street
Church of the Assumption
Beitrieck
Charlestown
Sarah
Resid
St. Catharine's Church
Ferrin
Tor C
Mikolas
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