Frozen body of aged recluse found in Somersworth
Miss Ellen Sweeney, 80, died alone at 51 Franklin Street and was found frozen on the floor at noon. Known as a recluse, she had lived alone for years and possessed sufficient means. A search uncovered nearly $40 concealed in her bedroom, with the medical examiner ruling death from natural causes about 24 hours prior to discovery.
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Somersworth
N. H
Ellen Sweeney
Franklin Street
Sweeney
Harvard offers $100 prize for essay on Argentine Republic
President A Lawrence Lowell announced a $100 prize for the best essay on a subject connected with the Argentine Republic. A recent conference with Argentine ambassador Dr Ramul Noon led to an arrangement for about a half dozen graduates from Argentine colleges to study in Harvard and other American universities each year.
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A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Lowell
Ramul Noon
United States
America
Blocks Raise for Teachers in Somerville Budget
Mayor Burns' recommended appropriations cut $20,000 from the school department halting a $9,000 teacher salary increase. The total proposed for the year is $1,594,851.80, with further cuts to the polio and fire departments, and reductions affecting the library and health services.
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Somerville
Burns
Death of Famous Mining Engineer George W Maynard
George William Maynard renowned mining engineer died at his sister Mrs. F Schuyler Matthews home at 17 Frost Street Cambridge aged 64 He held original memberships in the American Institute of Mining Engineers the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy of London the Mining and Metallurgy Society of America and the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York He was also a member of the Engineers Club of New York.
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George William Maynard
London
Germany
Ireland
Russia
F. Schuyler Matthews
Frost Street
Cambridge
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy of London
Mining and Metallurgy Society of America
American Museum of Natural History
Metropolitan Museum of Arts of New York
Engineers’ Club of
New York
Funeral Details for Fireman Dennis Begley of Ladder 14
District Chief Michael J. Kennedy leads a detail of 16 to attend the funeral of Ladder 14's Dennis J. Begley. The funeral is at 8:30 from 87 Hampden Street to St. Patrick's Church. Begley served three years in the department.
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Michael J. Kennedy
Dennis J. Begley
Ladder 14
Hampden Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Begley
Boston in Gotham Grip Sparks Regional Proposals
Henry C. Long told a New England Paint and Oil Club dinner at Parker House that Boston is dominated by New York financiers and urged freeing Boston from transportation slavery. He proposed rising wharf buildings, an elevated railway, and developing Mystic and Neponset lands for docks to unlock $300,000,000 in improvements, criticizing New Haven’s control of the Boston and Maine line and noting no open port year round north of Boston.
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Boston
New York
Henry C. Long
New England Paint and Oil Club
Parker House
Bunker Hill
Manchester
New Commonwealth Pier
Mystic
Neponset River
New Haven
Boston & Maine Railroad
Foods for Lent Special Sales at Cobb & Bros
Canned pink salmon 71-2c per can salmon steak 10c per can sardines in mustard 4 for 25c sardines in oil 6 for 19c canned pork and beans 3 for 18c prunes 6c lb flour 69c per bag breakfast oatmeal 7c per pkg 3 for 20c Send postal for price list.
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Santa Clara
Washburn
C. D. Cobb & Bros
Hanover Street
Corner Union
New England
Mediator Busy With Firemen In Rail Labor Dispute
Judge Martin A. Knapp of the Commerce Court pressed mediation between 54 Eastern railroads and 34,000 firemen who have voted to strike over demands for higher wages and better working conditions as efforts to avert a stoppage appeared to gain momentum in New York on February 13.
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New York
Martin A. Knapp
The
Commerce Court
Judge Knapp Seeks Mediation in Firemen Strike Talks
Judge Knapp held two conferences with the firemen's executive committee and met Elisha Lee of railroad managers after. mediation options and arbitration remained on the table as possible paths. President Carter signaled readiness to arbitration if no agreement on arbitration methods is reached, hinting at concessions by both sides. Knapp planned to proceed to his hotel after the Lee visit.
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Judge Knapp
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Elisha Lee
Mr. Lee
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Conference Committee of
Carter
Knapp
Runaway Pair Found Guilty in Statutory Case
Mrs Blanche F. QT Lowenstein and Howard Drinkhouse of Philadelphia convicted in Police Court before Chief Justice Bolster on a statutory charge. Lowenstein sentenced to Sherborn women’s prison and Drinkhouse to Deer Island House of Correction. Both appeal and are held on $500 bonds for Superior Court. Bail posted in cash.
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Blanche F. QT
Lowenstein
Howard Drinkhouse
Philadelphia
Huntington Avenue
Bolster
Sherborn
Drinkhouse
House of Correction
Deer Island
Higgins Announces Candidacy to Seek District Attorney Post
Middlesex county District Attorney John J. Higgins said he will again run to succeed himself in the upcoming fall election. He stated his intention to continue leading the office and serving the county.
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