Taft’s Boston Itinerary En Route to Washington
Secretary Taft arrives at South Station and visits the Carr residence at 4083 Commonwealth Avenue for breakfast. He addresses Congregational ministers at Pilgrim Hall and visits the Elysium Club before a Boston Merchants' banquet. After a night at the Carr residence, he travels to Millbury to visit his aunt and then to Providence, ending with a 6:07 p.m. Federal Express to Washington.
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Taft
Washington
South Station
Samuel Carr
Commonwealth Avenue
Pilgrim Hall
Beacon Street
Carr
Elysium Club
Huntington Avenue
Hotel Somerset
Boston Merchants’ Association
Carr Residence
Millbury
Fire at old Walker factory endangers Somerville horses
A early morning blaze at the eight story Walker hair factory in the Boynton freight yards Somerville Boston and Maine railroad district prompted a second alarm. The wind shifted saving nearby homes and factories as 15 horses in a stable were rescued by patrolmen Studley and Simons. Loss estimated at eight thousand dollars.
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Walker Hair Factory
Boynton
Fitchburg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Somerville
Studley and
Simons
Cambridge Bundle Company
Druce Grave Opened at Highgate in London Mystery
Work began to open the grave of Thomas Charles Druce in Highgate Cemetery to determine if the coffin holds a body or a heavy roll of sheet lead weighing about 200 pounds. The task is tied to advancing the famous Druce case.
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London
Thomas Charles Druce
Highgate
Druce
Taft speaks at Boston Merchants event amid GOP battle
Secretary of War William H. Taft discusses the presidential race at a Boston Merchants Association dinner in the Hotel Somerset. Amid Lodge backed support and Crane ambiguity, Massachusetts delegates loom as Governor Guild regrets absence and a luncheon plan is scrapped, continued on page I-First Column.
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Senator Lodge
William H. Taft
Boston Merchants’ Association
Somerset
Taft
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Governor Guild
Home Makers' Department guides first home starts
The Home Makers Department of the Sunday Post showcases how men and women gain their first starts in home ownership and eventually buy their own homes, offering practical guidance and encouragement.
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the Sunday Post
Home Makers
Trolley Cars in a Crash at Cliftondale
One passenger J P Butler of Medford was cut by glass and bruised and 40 women shaken up when two trolley cars collided in Cliftondale square at 8 o clock. Car 285 in charge of Atkins and Morris was rammed by Car 241 in charge of Barker and Sampson. The vestibule of 285 was demolished and both cars twisted out of alignment.
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Cliftondale
J. P. Butler
Medford
Atkins
Morris
Barker
Sampson
Monuments Resting Place Disclosed In Secret Excavation
A three ton monument marking the Druce family burial is moved under a shed shielding workers from view. Electric lights enable round the clock operations while surveyors from all parties inspect the site. Experts will examine the coffin contents under sworn secrecy ahead of police court testimony.
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Druce
Nevada Governor Calls Special Legislature Session
Governor John Sparks announced a special session of the Nevada Legislature to convene around January 14, following a request from President Roosevelt. The move aims to keep troops stationed at Goldfield, with Sparks also seeking Rosenenthal’s resignation, which he has refused to vacate.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
John Sparks
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Washington
Rosenthal
Sparks
Rear Admiral Sends Praise for Fleet Discipline
Port de Spain Trinidad December 29 Rear Admiral Frans reports the commander in chief commends the fleet officers and men for irreproachable behavior on leave. A Gibraltar veteran notes the record set by the sailors and expresses gratification that their conduct merited commendation.
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de- Spain
Trinidad
Frans
Gibraltar
Jack
Battleship Fleet Sails for Rio Janeiro at 4 PM
The American battleship fleet weighed anchor this afternoon at four o clock and began steaming toward Rio Janeiro. Continued on Page 5 Second Column.
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Rio Janeiro
Bedfor d Farmhouse Destroyed in $10 000 Fire
Fire at Willis Lane farm on the main street at 2 o clock destroyed the farmhouse and barns. Mr and Mrs Lane and their son escaped. Mrs Lane severely burned. Cattle and horses perished. property loss over $10 000. Lane farmhouse known as a model farm. town roused from slumber as efforts to save belongings failed. Mr Jane conducts a large ice business.
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Bedford
Willis Lane
Jane
Abington Belle Dies After Bullet Wound Recovery Hopes Fail
Edith Ashley dies at Brockton Hospital from a bullet wound inflicted by her sweetheart Samuel Stetson who then killed himself. Her sister Edna kept vigil as she lay conscious until death in her arms. Reports said she was near recovery at noon.
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Edith M. Ashley
Abington
Brockton Hospital
Edith Ashley
Samuel Stetson
Edna
Tragic death follows hopeful romance in quiet town
Shortly after noon Miss Ashley collapsed ill and died at sunset. her mother remains critically ill from shock. The community reels as details emerge of Ashley, a graduated local girl, and her suitor Stetson, who hoped for marriage soon. The pair had discussed engagement and a plan to meet her mother after a Sunday market. Stetson pressed for commitment, but Ashley insisted on readiness and education before marriage. They walked toward the schoolhouse where he urged his claim once more.
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Miss Ashley
Stetson
Rice & Hutchins
Ashley
Thaxter Avenue
Dunbar Street
Pame F. Day
Lane
Morgan Acquires Biron Monuments For Met
J Pierpont Morgan has purchased two Biron Monuments The Entombment and Our Lady of Pity from France and loaned them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They will join the Gothic collection in the new wing and were created by Pons de Gontaut in the late 15th century under papal authorization.
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New York
France
J. Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pons de Gontaut
Charles VIII
Chateau de Biron
Alexander VI
Notre Dame de Pitie de Biron
SCHOONERS IN COLLISION IN NEW YORK PORT
The Olaf Kyrre reports passing a five masted schooner in ballast with a jib boom gone and foresail hanging over the side. Forty minutes later a submerged schooner with two masts visible was seen. The white hull schooner may belong to the Palmer fleet.
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New York
Olaf Kyrre
Pedersen
Havana
Palmer
New Verses for Gospels to Be Shown in Chicago
The Archeological Institute of America will reveal new verses to a gospel at its Chicago meeting tomorrow. The discovery of certain biblical manuscripts in America will be announced during the event at the University of Chicago.
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Chicago
Archeological Institute of America
University of Chicago
America
Frederick Sullivan’s Attempt After Shooting Ends Failing
In Wakefield on December 29 Frederick J. Sullivan fired at Mary McFadden after his advances were rejected. He then tried to kill himself but bungled the act and was detained at the station awaiting charges of attempt to kill. Mary McFadden remains hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with likely fatal injuries.
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Wakefield
Beccause
Frederick J. Sullivan
Mary McFadden
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Sullivan
Man to face Malden court after shooting 18 year old Miss McFadden
The incident at Turnbull avenue left Miss McFadden gravely wounded after James Sullivan 27 fired a revolver at her shoulder. She had been walking with friends Mary Sliney and two youths when Sullivan mistook Sliney for her and struck. Sullivan awaits arraignment with details already given to police.
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Miss McFadden
St. Joseph's Church
Sullivan
Joseph McFadden
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield
Malden
Mary Sliney
John Dignan
Daniel Lee
Turnbull Avenue
Miss Sliney
To Be Mother To Her Hubby in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa on December 29 192? David Louis Bounce 21 married Della H Broyles 50 mother of nine and grandmother of 12. The widow's seven year late husband died in the South. Bounce wed with one of her sons as best man and her married daughter as bridesmaid. The bride says she marries to be a mother to him to avoid talk.
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Des Moines
David Louis Bounce
Della H. Broyles
Bounce
Deed of death thwarted by police at Norwood station
A man claiming to be John Brown attempted suicide by breaking an electric car signal and letting current pass through his body in front of the Norwood police station. Officers intervened after a struggle and confined him. He is described as about 40, 5 feet 12 inches tall with sandy hair, blue eyes, and distinctive facial features.
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Norwood
John Brown
Rain Forecast Closes Year in New England and New York
A weather bulletin from Washington on December 29 predicts rain in the south portion of New England and eastern New York on Monday, with snow in the north. Tuesday will bring clearing and colder conditions with increasing east winds as easterly to southerly breezes shift.
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Hoston
Washington
New England
New York
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