Bank in North Attleboro to be placed under receiver
North Attleboro encounters a somber day as Jewelers' National Bank enters receivership after the last official report showed a reserve of 30 170 dollars and deposits near 470 000 dollars. Questions swirl about former cashier Sargent and a personal note linked to a female confederate amid a townwide mood of financial worry and gloom.
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North Attleboro
Charles G. Bancroft
Boston
National Bank
William H. Pond
Sargent
Fred E. Sturdy
Charles ©. Mason
Charles A. Whiting
Hale
Dr. Hale
Providence Telephone Company
Hugging Bee Disrupts Library in Charlton
In Charlton on December 22 the high school crowds, aided by other students, gathered in the public library on Saturdays. They dimmed lights and held a hugging bee along with tearing magazine covers and writing notes in margins. The 18 year old librarian cannot enforce order and trustees announce a change: no more hugging in the library.
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Charlton
Want Troops at Goldfield
At the White House a telegraphic appeal from Goldfield Nevada civic bodies mine owners and residents asking President Roosevelt to keep some federal troops in Goldfield indefinitely was received but no decision made Adjutant General Ainsworth said the War Department order directing withdrawal of federal troops at Goldfield on December 30 was forwarded today.
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Washington
White House
Goldfield
Nev
Roosevelt
Ainsworth
Taft
Funston
Cohen-Driscoll Fund Reaches 1705 With Unions’ Gifts
The Cohen-Driscoll testimonial fund totals 1705 after a 75 increase. The Coal Hoisting Engineers' Union 74 gives 25 and the Boston Journeymen Horseshoers' Union 5, of which Mr. Driscoll is a member, 50. Other unions met yesterday and expect to announce further subscriptions in days. Funds received by Kidder Peabody & Co amount to 935, with 770 raised from labor unions and individuals.
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Cohen-Driscoll
Boston Journeymen Horseshoers
Driscoll
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Melrose Wakefield line survey to settle alderman residence
Wakefield reports a survey will start tomorrow by engineer James A. Bancroft to resolve where Alderman elect Frank J. Sherman of Melrose resides. Melrose surveyors found Sherman lives in Wakefield and Aldermen must decide his residence on Jan 6 before he can take seat.
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Wakefield
Melrose
James A. Bancroft
Frank J. Sherman
Will Tender Banquet To Vicar General Patterson
Final arrangements were completed at a St. Vincent's Holy Name Club meeting for their annual banquet to honor Vicar-General George S Patterson at the Hotel Lenox Monday evening. Guests include Governor Guild Mayor Fitzgerald James A Gallivan Judge Murray and Attorney James H Vahey with J J Lyden as toastmaster.
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Patterson
St. Vincent's Holy Name Club
South Boston
Broadway
George
Lenox
Governor Guild
Mayor Fitzgerald
James A. Gallivan
Murray
James H. Vahey
J. J. Lyden
Somerville Officials Fault B and M Over Crossing Dangers
Somerville officials condemn the Boston and Maine railroad for the deadly Somerville Avenue crossing accident that killed John J. Timmons and injured Frank J. Keating and Dennis J. Hayes. Eyewitnesses blamed gate timing and traffic buildup as warnings from Starter Cunningham saved other shoppers. The city seeks crossing abolition, while the railroad argues progress is underway. Hayes remains in Somerville Hospital with a severe forehead cut.
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Boston & Maine
Somerville
Somerville Avenue
John J. Timmons
Frank J. Keating
Dennis J. Hayes
Fitchburg
Cunningham
Boston Elevated Railway
Boston
Dead Man's Crossing
Grimmons
Officials blame railroad for delaying grade crossing removal
Mayor Grimmons City Engineer Bailey and Alderman William M Armstrong of Somerville shift responsibility to the railroad for failing to abolish the grade crossing this year, each alleging the railroad delays the work due to expense.
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Somerville
Grimmons
Bailey
William M. Armstrong
Priest Celebrates First Mass at Parents Home
Arch bishop O Connell grants special permission for Rev. Jerome J Herlihy to celebrate his first mass after ordination in his parents home Roxbury to include his mother Mary Herlihy and a paralytic witness the event. A temporary altar with flowers was set up and his brother Rev. C J Herlihy assisted. On Christmas Day the Jura vit will be sung, composed by the archbishop.
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O'Connell
Jerome J. Herlihy
St. Joseph's Church of Roxbury
Mary Herlihy
C. J. Herlihy
Herlihy
Senator Mallory Nearing Death In Pensacola
United States Senator Mallory, ill since November 20 with general breakdown and left side paralysis, has fallen into a rapidly declining condition and is unconscious. His physician, Dr. Kennedy, says the end may come at any time.
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Pensacola
Fla
United States
Mallory
Kennedy
Life of Stephen Russell Mallory A Florida Politician
Stephen Russell Mallory born in Florida on November 2, 1848. He was son of Senator Stephen R. M. Mallory. He joined the Confederate Army in 1864 and Navy in 1865. Georgetown College graduate 1869. Admitted to the bar in 1873. Practiced law in Pensacola from 1874. Served in the Florida State Legislature 1876 and as State Senator 1881 to 1889. Elected to Congress in 1891, served until 1897, then U S Senator from Florida as a Democrat.
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Stephen Russell Mallory
Florida
Stephen R. M. Mallory
United States
Navy
Georgetown College
Pensacola
Fla
Congress
Hermit Andrew Johnson Nears Mental Restoration
Worcester dispatch reports Andrew P. Johnson the Quinsigamond hermit slowly regaining mental powers after about twenty years of insanity. Once living in a cottage near the Auburn line, authorities and locals expect full restoration of his mind in the near future.
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Worcester
Andrew P. Johnson
Quinsigamond
Johnson
Auburn Line
Reverend Beale resigns from Prospect Street Baptist Church
The Rev. Charles E. Beale pastor of Prospect Street Baptist Church Cambridge resigns effective Jan 5. He leaves after several years of service to pursue literary work.
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Charles E. Beale
Prospect Street Baptist Church
Cambridge
Mr. Beale
Live Woman Found Alive in Grave After Hospital Error
Taunton reports a graveside discovery as Mary Jane Conway of Middleboro, mistaken for Jane Connelly, awakened at the cemetery after a telegraph misaddress. The hospital sent notice to Conway’s family and, after the grave was opened, authorities confirmed the living woman was Mary Jane Conway, prompting an urgent response to rectify the error.
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Taunton
Jane Connelly
King’s Furnace
Middleboro
John Connelly
Monica Street
Taunton Insane Hospital
James H. Smith
Thomas Conway
Family dispute leads to second burial plan in Taunton
In a terse scene, Conway dismisses a claimed relation as not his sister while his mother Mrs. Smith sobs. A hospital party accompanies Mrs. Smith back to Taunton. The undertaker documents duties as the body is moved to the Smith residence on Monica Street for a second burial set for tomorrow.
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Conway
Mrs. Smith
Taunton
Smith
Monica Street
Mr. Connelly
Malden Boy Is Robbed Of 37 Dollars
Charles Aston, 12, was attacked near a bank by two youths who stole a check for 37 dollars from Gould & Bros. The boy’s payment was stopped after the robbery.
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Malden
First National Bank
Charles Aston
W. Gould & Bros
Enormous Sun Spot Observed by Harvard Astronomers
Harvard Observatory in Cambridge reported a huge sun spot seen yesterday by stargazers. Funding shortfalls have halted sun studies at Harvard's astronomical department which now focuses on stars. Professor Edward C. Pickering learned of the sun spot from a Post reporter.
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Harvard Observatory
Cambridge
Astronomical Department
Harvard
Edward C. Pickering
Post
Sun Spots on Sun Enduring 11‑Year Cycles
An expert notes sun spots recur at roughly 11 year intervals with sizes from 30 000 to 100 000 miles in diameter. He says their appearance cannot be predicted or linked to the winter solstice, and observatories in Pasadena California and India study the sun daily. Boston reports a strong warm sunny day with no widespread knowledge of the spot.
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Solar Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
India
Boston
Second Pritie suspect found in North End by Hanover officers
Patrolman Joseph L. Cavagnaro and Patrolman Thomas O'Donnell captured Nicola Chiocchio the second suspect in the Leominster killing of Paolo Pritie. His brother Felice Chiocchio was seized in Lowell after fleeing from the scene. Police say the brothers learned Black Hand secrets before refusing to join and faced threats.
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Joseph L. Cavagnaro
Thomas O'Donnell
Hanover Street
Nicola Chiocchio
Paolo Pritie
Leominster
North End
Nicola
Felice
Lowell
Phipps Place
Charter Street
Chiocchio Brothers
Black Hand
Black Hands
Rock Knocks Out Baker in Burleigh Street Robbery
Philip Growlitson, Cambridge baker, was struck by a rock and knocked to the floor as three boys invaded his shop on Burleigh Street. They stole loaves while one hurled a loaf through Mrs. Mary Gallagher’s window, cutting her face. Patrick Lane, 16, was captured. a second suspect, James Deshler, 17, was later arrested. Growlitson received eight stitches and was taken to the Relief Hospital in serious condition.
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Philip Growlitson
Cambridge
Burleigh Street
Growlitson
Mary Gallagher
Patrick Lane
Warland Street
John Green
Young Lane
Growwlitson
James Deshler
Pearl Street
Baker
Relief Hospital
Death of Robert Wickford at Chelsea Home
Robert Wickford aged 79 died suddenly at his Chelsea residence 92 Webster Avenue yesterday. Officials believe heart failure caused his death and Medical Examiner Magrath was alerted.
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Robert Wickford
Webster Avenue
Chelsea
Magrath
Man Drowns at Pawtuxet Falls Recovered by Search Party
Falls Providence Rhode Island December 22 A search party in a skiff recovered the body of Alfred Jackson who drowned yesterday under Pawtuxet Falls after the torrent subsided enough to permit rescue efforts.
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Providence
R. I
Pawtuxet Falls
Alfred Jackson
Rescue and recovery after river flood ordeal
The body was found after cascading waters and a rock crevice entanglement, requiring a pole to raise it from the stream. Arthur Jackson and L. P. Mathewson, rescued after long exposure in icy water, were reported improved and expected to recover at the hospital.
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Arthur Jackson
L. P. Mathewson
Reverend J E Dodge Operated On For Cancer
The Rev. John E. Dodge founder and first pastor of Adams Square Congregational Church Worcester was operated on at Somerville Hospital Saturday for cancer but surgeons found little could be done and his case is almost hopeless. He rested comfortably and may leave in about 10 days. He was visiting his sister Mrs L L Hawes in Somerville and had just returned from Hawaii seeking health. doctors report the cancerous growth as the largest seen.
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John E. Dodge
Adams Square Congregational Church
Worcester
Somerville Hospital
Dodge
L. L. Hawes
Somerville
Hawaii
Finance Commission May Not Meet Until After Christmas
The Finance Commission is not expected to hold a formal meeting until after Christmas. Members are said to be working individually or in sub committees, examining city department operations and could trigger a full session if issues arise.
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Finance Commission
City panel backs 80 percent market stall rent rise
A joint City Council committee recommends an 80 percent rent increase for market stalls while the Finance Commission urges Aldermen to delay action until investigations finish. Commission members say they must determine the stalls real value and fair rentals before moving forward.
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Finance Commission
Commission
Post
Thieves Enter East Cambridge Grocery
Shortly after 9 last evening three youths about 18 forced the entrance to William Sidell's grocery at 179 Bridge Street East Cambridge. They rifled the drawer of 30 dollars and fled, pursued for about half a mile by the proprietor and others. a strong box with 20 dollars was left untouched as Mrs Sidell, returning from church, discovered the intruders overhead.
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William Sidell
Bridge Street
East Cambridge
Sidell
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