Two Women Struck by Auto Near Commonwealth Ave
Mrs. Albert D. Bosson and Mrs. Frank T. Partridge were seriously injured when an automobile, number 49500 owned by James W. Hawkes, struck them at Dartmouth Street and Commonwealth Avenue. Hawkes was detained and later released. both victims hospitalized or at home with serious injuries.
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Albert D. Bosson
Judge Bosson
Chelsea District Court
Frank T. Partridge
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dartmouth Street
Commonwealth Avenue
James W. Hawkes
Durham Street
Back Bay
Hawkes
Besson
City Hospital
Partridge
Amory Street
Brookline
Symphony Orchestra
End Near in Schmidt Trial
New York December 26. Hans Schmidt on trial for murder of Anna Aumuller faced testimony from four alienists who testified he was shamming insanity. After their hours of testimony both sides rested, a judge's adjournment to 10 tomorrow followed, with each side allotted 90 minutes to sum up.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Foster
Newport Girl to Ring In New Year for Middies
Miss Katherine Knight daughter of Rear Admiral Austin M Knight leaves Newport for Annapolis to ring out the old year and ring in the new year at the Naval Academy. She was chosen for this honor by the graduating class.
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Newport
Katherine Knight
Austin M. Knight
Narrangansett Bay Naval Station
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Mayor FitzGerald Returns to City Hall After Illness
Boston Mayor FitzGerald resumes duties at City Hall after a three week absence. He reports no organic disease, expects to work a few hours daily then full days, and says he plans to focus on the city’s welfare rather than politics. He humorously recalls a recent bed incident and his recovery progress.
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Fitzgerald
City Hall
Bright
Boston
Bed Mishap Laughs In City Hall Memoir
The Mayor recalls a playful lapse with his bed during a trip away from office. He jokes about keeping him in bed and later changing bed clothing. He mentions sleeping enough to worry about belt notches and notes he met department heads and political friends while at City Hall, followed by a photo.
Held Up Train for His Girl in El Monte
John Bostick, a youthful bandit, halted the Sunset Limited at El Monte on December 1 to aid a Los Angeles hotel chambermaid he hoped to flee with. He killed railroad official Horace E. Montague as he entered a Pullman car, an act that disrupted his plan for the girl now said to be in Phoenix. He told Sheriff Hammel he needed funds for the woman and planned to return to Los Angeles for a getaway once the uproar subsided.
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Los Angeles
John Bostick
Sunset Limited
el Monte
Horace E. Montague
Bostick
Hammel
Phoenix
Ariz
Telephonists Injured In Head-On Car Collision
Forrest E Tarr and Benjamin J Mahoney officials of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company were thrown through a broken windshield when their car collided with an electric car in Haverhill. Mahoney said the trolley searchlight blinded him causing the crash. No trolley passengers were hurt.
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Haverhill
Forrest E. Tarr
Benjamin J. Mahoney
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Beverly
Andover
Mahoney
Malden's 98th Birthday Walker Completes Half Mile
Charles C. Cox Malden's oldest male resident celebrated his 98th birthday yesterday by walking half a mile from his home at 29 Prescott Street to Malden Square. He was greeted by friends as he used a cane for a sore ankle and slight deafness.
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Charles C. Cox
Malden
Prescott Street
Malden Square
Mr. Cox
Dinner for Old Salts at Boston Seamen’s Home
About 150 seamen, many from distant homes, joined a large dinner at the Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society home at No. 11 North Square. The evening included a Christmas entertainment and sixty baskets of sailor's necessaries were distributed.
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Boston
Fortune Hunter Presented by Cecilian Guild and St Pauls Club
The Cecilian Guild and St Pauls Catholic Club of Harvard will stage Fortune Hunter at Jordan Hall on Jan 12 and 13 for the guilds benefit. Rev Father Supple of St Cecilia's Church is spiritual adviser. Miss Irene G Little of Brookline leads, with John Rock in the title role.
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Cecilian Guild
St. Paul's Catholic Club
Harvard
Jordan Hall
Father Supple
St. Cecilia’s Church
Irene G. Little
Brookline
John Rock
Cecilian God
Garo
Woman Missionary Official Found Dead in Dayton Home
Mrs. George H. Thompson of Cincinnati, national treasurer of the Women's Missionary Society, was found dead in her daughter's Dayton home during holiday visit. She had traveled from Cincinnati to spend Christmas with her daughter, wife of Dayton Journal and Dayton Herald publisher E. G. Burkam.
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Dayton
Ohio
George H. Thompson
Cincinnati
Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Mileage Books on Accused R R Robber
Manchester N H December 26 George S Burns address unknown arrested this afternoon charged with several railroad robberies. On his person were found 22 mileage books stamped at Bath Me station of the Boston and Maine railroad.
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Manchester
N. H
George S. Burns
Bath
Boston & Maine Railroad
Fire Destroys Dorchester Centre House Forcing Family Escape
A blaze started in a garret closet, possibly by rats with matches, heavily damaged the frame house at 27 Kerwin Street Dorchester Centre. Owner Charles L. Smith his wife and seven children fled to the street while tenants Mr and Mrs Tred Donohue on the first floor escaped.
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Kerwin Street
Dorchester Centre
Charles L. Smith
Tred Donohue
Man Charged With Hen Theft in Lexington Case
On a warrant from Judge Prescott Keyes a Lexington officer arrested John Doe alias Henry Carmon of 342 Commercial Street Boston for larceny of five hens from William P. Chase’s henhouse at 145 Massachusetts Avenue East Lexington Saturday evening last.
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Prescott Keyes
Concord District Court
Thomas C. Buckley
Lexington Police
Boston
John Doe
Henry Carmon
Commercial Street
William P. Chase
Massachusetts Avenue
East Lexington
Gem Robbery Mystery Returns Loot By Mail
Jewels valued at 1200 belonging to Mr and Mrs George A Merrill were stolen from their Madison apartments at 1098 Washington Street two weeks ago. Part of the stolen property appeared in the mail the next day, leaving East Dedham street police with no tangible evidence to advance the case.
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George A. Merrill
Madison Apartments
Washington Street
Dedham Street
Merrill
Jewelry theft suspected in Mrs Merrill’s residence
Police report that Mrs Merrill showed jewels to friends on Wednesday December 10 and later found a burglary on Friday December 12 after missing a latchkey kept in her church coat. A mailed box with a diamond brooch and two rings identified as hers arrived next day, but three other pieces remain missing.
Smith Loses Last Appeal in Boston Mayoral Bid
Councilman Earnest K. Smith's bid for mayor of Boston ended when Judge Sheldon of the Supreme Judicial Court dismissed his petition for a writ of mandamus to force certification of his nomination papers. The Board of Election Commissioners found a paper unsigned and others signed with initials only as the filing deadline passed.
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Earnest K. Smith
Boston
Sheldon
Supreme Judicial Court
Board of Election Commissioners
Smith
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