Medal 10 Taft May Be Brass
Worcester hearing on local jail conditions reveals engraving by prisoners and alleges a brass medal possibly presented to President Taft by Railroad Men of America in Worcester. Witness Frances Hutchinson, an expert engraver, described work on a medal featuring US eagle and train, with questions about authenticity. Authorities plan further hearings and a visit to Fitchburg jail.
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Worcester
Frances A. Hutchinson
Watchinson
Robert Taft
Taft
Hutchinson
United States
Worcester Company
John Z. Flannagan
Gates
Providence
Tr. A. Bailey
House of Correction
Hackman
Walter H. Davis
Commander Marble Buried With Honors
Full naval honors marked the funeral for Commander Frank Marble U S N who died by his own hand at the naval war college. Services were held at his quarters with naval officers and civilians in attendance. The Rev Stanley Hughes officiated at the house and grave in St Marys cemetery Portsmouth New Hampshire. A firing party fired three volleys over the grave and Taps was sounded.
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Newport
R. 1
Frank Marble
Naval War College
Stanley ©. Hughes
Trinity Episcopal Church of
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Portsmouth
N. H
St. Mary's Cemetery
Denial of $10,000 sale of nephew by family
In Macon Georgia on February 17 both W H Washington and his son H J Lamar Washington deny a published report that the elder sold the younger to his uncle for 10000 dollars. They cite a telegram from Valerie Lamar Harris as supporting their denial of the sale story.
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Macon
H. J. Lamar Washington
W. H. Washington
H. J. Lamar
Niews
Washington
Valerie Lamar Harris
Swift to Offer Free Lectures on Prisons
Morrison JT Swift will start a free lecture series tomorrow afternoon at Sheafe's Hall Huntington bers on Huntington avenue. The opening talk is titled Humanizing the Prisons.
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SWIFT
Morrison JT. Swift
Sheafe
Five Dollar Suits and Overcoats at Wolf’s My Clothier
A Wolf’s My Clothier sale offers ten dollar suits and overcoats for five dollars at the Hanover and Portland streets shop. Demand was strong enough to send Mr Wolf and his clothing buyer to New York for fresh stock, bringing in new Presto collar overcoats and lively garments for today’s sale.
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Wolf's
Hanover
Portland
Gas flare up causes panic at factory in Lynn
Thirty girls flee down three flights of stairs after a gas flare up at William Porter’s factory on Wil low Street. Stella Hains lighting a leaking gas joint ignited a match, causing a room blast but no injuries beyond a fright. Stella McGrath, Belle Sullivan, and Annie Coakley aided a fallen coworker on the third floor.
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Stella Hains
Hobson Bill Sent To House Navy Auxiliary Plan
Washington Feb 17 The House committee on merchant marine and fisheries voted 3 to 1 to report favorably the Hobson bill authorizing the Navy to form a naval auxiliary of scouts cruisers transports and fleet colliers. It limits subsidies to 2 million dollars for mail contracts and faces uncertain action this session.
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Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Hobson
Secretary of the Navy
Friends of
Girl shoots assailant in self defense in New York state line area
Luigi Vermillo, 45, husband of five, gravely wounded by 17 year old Carmelo Covino at her home near South Poultney on the New York Vermont border. Covino claims self defense after he attacked her. authorities have not arrested her.
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Albany
N. Y
Luigi Vermillo
Albany Hospital
New York-Vermont State Line
South Poultney
Vermillo
Carmelo Covino
Silvia Safe in Cuban Port
The British steamer Silvia, missing after leaving Virginia on Jan 1 with coal from Baltimore, has arrived safely at Preston Cuba. She discharged at Banes and is now loading sugar, much to the relief of relatives, underwriters and charterers.
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Silvia
Preston
Cuba
Baltimore
Capes
Virginia
Banes
Harriman Land Return to U S Reported by Times
The Times reports that with Mrs. Harriman and Colorado officials help, 2000 acres of land in Nevada tied to the old Central Pacific railroad were deeded back to the government. Negotiations continue for 200 acres of gold mine and mineral land near Reno. The Central Pacific is now part of Southern Pacific. Mrs. Harriman ordered her attorneys to seek a compromise.
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Denver
Col
the Times
E. H. Harriman
Colorado
Nevada
Central Pacific
Reno
Southern Pacific
Sentenced for Carrying Pint of Whiskey in Prohibition State
W E Stevens of Kansas City pleaded guilty in Blaine county Oklahoma to transporting liquor. He claimed medical use for whiskey found in his hip pocket. He received 70 days in jail or 50 fine plus 28.55 costs.
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Guthrie
W. E. Stevens
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Blaine County
Watonga
Englishman Held for U S Court in Boston
Arel Waller was arrested in Portland on charges of taking a registered letter from New Bedford post office. He appeared before Commissioner Bradley and waived a hearing, bound over in 500 dollars to the U S Circuit Court in Boston. He failed to obtain bail and will be moved to Boston in a few days, confined in jail in the interim.
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Portland
Arel Waller
New Bedford
Bradley
United States Circuit Court
Boston
Waller
Fatal Blood Poisoning From Fall in Newburyport
Felix Charron died at Anna Jaques Hospital from blood poisoning after a brief illness following a fall on a train. He had left Canada for Newburyport a week earlier, struck his leg on a car step, then ignored the bruise until infection set in.
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Newburyport
Felix Charron
Anna Jaques Hospital
Officer Fatally Shot at Greenville Station Leaves City Grieved
In Greenville Illinois at the Columbia and Greenville railroad station a police officer S Gunnells was killed and Officer Arthur Johnson wounded by an unidentified gunman. The killers fled after opening fire as the officers investigated an unusual hour entry into the station.
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Greenville
8. C
S. Gunnells
Arthur Johnson
Columbia and Greenville
Princess Lwoff Parlaghy Denies Money Motive in Art
The princess says a jealous European lover, now at Marienbad or Carlsbad, threatens and has sent anonymous letters to injure her reputation. She defends her status as a real princess by marriage in Prague in 1895 and cites support from Kings, Emperors, and Professor Munsterberg. She notes funds from Societe Generale and claims to paint for love of art, not money, recounting a 20 600 dollar portrait expense and a Prague marriage in 1899.
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Princess Liwoff-Parlaghy
Hotel
Lenox
Marienbad
Carlsbad
Europe
America
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard
Austria-Hungary
William
Germany
German Empire
Societe Generale
Great Bank of
Paris
Prague
Mr. Choate
Married in 1899 Statement Made During Re Examination
A historical notice notes a claim tied to a marriage in 1899 and mentions a testimony or statement given during a re examination.
Gilpatrick Named for Mayor of Saco
Walter J. Gilpatrick a lawyer was nominated as Democratic candidate for mayor in the party caucus and later endorsed by the Citizens Municipal Association in Saco Maine on February 17.
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Saco, Me
Walter J. Gilpatrick
Gilpatrick
Citizens’ Municipal Association
Burlen Reappointed Election Commissioner for Four-Year Term
Mayor Fitzgerald began 1911 appointments by reappointing Election Commissioner Melancthon W. Burlen for a four year term.
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Burlen
Fitzgerald
Melancthon W. Burlen
Doctors for City's Children Health Campaign Formed in Boston
Boston's Health Board created the Bureau of Child Hygiene with Dr. Paul Carson as head. Eighty school physicians will be kept on at $500 yearly, examining every public school child soon, while nurses will educate poorer areas, focusing on mothers and infant care.
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Health Board
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Paul Carson
Boston
Board of Health
Bureau of
Carson
Reformatory
Deer Island
William M. Gagg
Plan to keep 80 school physicians with higher pay
The proposal keeps the current 80 school physicians instead of reducing to 40. Future salaries would be 569 dollars per year, replacing the 209 or the proposed 1000 in the cut scenario. Which current physicians stay has not yet been decided. Dr. Carson will be instructed to make
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Carson
Lectures by Dr. F. H. Green Delight Everett Audience
An Everett High School audience heard Dr Francis Harvey Greer of West Chester Penn deliver a bracing talk on Ony Bookshelves. The program also featured Ms Kine Allen Gaye of First Baptist Church Wakefield whose renditions of The Toreador and The Immortal Cup were highly praised.
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Everett
Francis Harvey Greer
West Chester
Penn
Green
Mrskine Allen Gaye
First Baptist Church
Wakefield
Gay
Open Letter Urges Boston Cigar Support by Locals
A letter to Boston business groups urges members to prefer Boston and New England cigars, spotlighting Traico by H. Traiser & Co. It argues clubs and hotels favor outside brands, harming local makers while noting strict Massachusetts sanitation and state inspection. The writer, a Traico advocate, calls for organized club pressure to place Boston goods in trays and boost local industry.
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Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Pilgrim Publicity Association
New England
Chamber
Publicity Association
Havana
Massachusetts
H. Traiser & Co., Inc
Traico
Traico Cigars
House Committee
Boston Chamber of Commerce
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U. S. Court
Legare
Lowell
Joseph A. Legare
Mass
Lwoff-Parlaghy
Underwood
Princess Parlaghy
Saco
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