Prisoners Smuggle Morphine Hidden Under Stamps on Deer Island
An ingenious narcotics smuggling scheme was uncovered at the Deer Island House of Correction. Inmates received mail with morphine concealed under postage stamps, allowing daily quantities capable of harming many inmates. Guards traced the scheme after stamps were found missing from several envelopes in a cell. Authorities delayed public disclosure to catch outside accomplices.
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House of Correction
Deer Island
Daily Mail
Dares Flames to Save Cats by Bold Fire Rescue
Driver William Johnson of Engine 19 rescued several Angora cats from a burning house at 112 Itaska Street Matapan. The 15 minute delay before arrival worsened fire damage to about $2000 as the family was away. Johnson entered the blaze risking his life to save the trapped pets.
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William Johnson
Joseph Eulesian
Itaska Street
Mattapan
Johnson
Court Clerk in Jail Probe Shocks Worcester
Worcester officials probe conditions at Worcester county jail amid allegations of a brokerage office run by prisoner Wilford A. Bailey. The committee issues summons for Clerk of the Superior Court T. J. Johnson whose whereabouts are unknown.
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Worcester
Worcester County
Wilford A. Bailey
T. J. Johnson
Johnson
Bailey
Warren Goodale
County Commission
Dwinell
Colonel Johnson
Thomas H. Dowd
Boston
Hammond
Young
Anderson
Taft
Fitchburg
Two Killed In Wreck At New Germany Junction
Two railroad workers died and about twenty others were injured when a Halifax & Southwestern train from Port Wade and Middleton derailed at New Germany Junction. Bodies burned. Brakeman L Sargent of Bridgewater and Baggagemaster Owen Mc Laughlin identified among the dead. The seriously injured include Mrs. Mary Rodenhiser of Lunenburg and several men from Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Bangor with serious cuts and internal injuries.
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Bridgewater
N. S
Halifax & Southwestern
Port Wade
Middleton
New Germany Junction
Owen McLaughlin
L. Sargent
Mary Rodenhiser
Lwnenburg
Boston
Albert Silver
R. I. Backman
Lunenburg
Willis Falkeman
Bangor
Leander Hirtle
Northfield
Harold Wentzell
Maihnan
Ralph Nudvale
Fire records show multiple calls and losses in Boston area
At 2:03 a m a blaze at 19 Bower street Roxbury involved riders and others with 1500. At 9:28 a m Metropolitan Coal Company 3800 Congress street valued at 1000. 11:40 a m Adam Ambrein 195 Shawmut avenue slight. 6:10 p m Dover street 252 to 254 Box 58 Boston Fire Department 50. 6:39 and 6:49 p m Schlesinger estate 220 to 224 Marlboro street 813000. 8:05 p m false alarm Box S7. 8:10 p m J Gulesian 104 Itasca street Dorchester loss 2000.
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H. R. Rider and Others
Bower Street
Roxbury
Metropolitan Coal Company
Congress Street
Adam Ambrein
Shawmut Avenue
Boston Fire Department
Dover Street
Schlesinger
Marlboro Street
J. Gulesian
Itasca Street
Dorchester
Kathleen Hicks Wins Divorce and Custody in East Cambridge
Mrs. Kathleen I. Hicks of West Medford was granted a divorce from John Milton Hicks with custody of two children in East Cambridge court. Judge Bell heard she exposed her husband’s alleged infidelity and named her sister Marguerite Jacobs as co respondent after their 1902 marriage in Medford and Wollaston.
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Kathleen I. Hicks
West Medford
John Milton Hicks
Bell
East Cambridge
Hicks
Medford
Wollaston
Marguerite C. Jacobs
Stage lineup and openings at Boston theatres this week
The Colonial starts next Monday with John Hymans and Leila McIntyre presenting The Girl of My Dreams. The Dollar Princess closes tonight, Madame X ends soon at Majestic, and 75th Boston performance souvenirs are planned Wednesday. Green Stockings premieres March 6 with Margaret Anglin while Naughty Marietta and The Fourth Estate generate talk at Shubert and other venues.
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John Hymans
Leila McIntyre
Colonial
Majestic Theatre
Boston
Castle Square
Tremont
Margaret Anglin
Hollis
Edmund Breese
Billie Burke
Julian Eltinge
Man Charged With Obtaining Money By False Pretences
Salvatore Codaro a 30 year old resident of 407 Massachusetts Avenue was arrested in Pemberton Square by Inspector Irwin on three counts of obtaining money under false pretences. Judge Sullivan found him guilty in Municipal Court and ordered $1000 bond until March 1 to allow restitution.
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Salvatore Codaro
Massachusetts Avenue
Pemberton Square
Irwin
Sullivan
Curious Choice of Death Under New Nevada Law
Reno reports a Code Commission draft for the criminal practice act allows death row inmates to choose hydrocyanic acid or hanging. A physician would deliver the poison and explain its effect, with a warning label on the vial stating it contains a quantity to cause instantaneous death and that it is for carrying out a legally imposed death sentence.
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Reno
Nev
Code Commission
Women Join Wolf Hunt In Nebraska County
Nearly 1000 people took part in a large wolf hunt in Rock county Nebraska covering 175 square miles. The drive included many women and was considered a success though wolves were fewer than expected.
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Bassett
Neb
Rock County
Takes Up His Carpet for Chicks New Home
Roscoe Young in Winsted Connecticut creates a basement hatchery heating with hot water. He lays sand on the floor and builds a box around the heater with canton flannel strips for the chicks to nestle, repurposing his carpeted room. He jokes about his jig dancing past as the sand doubles as a play area.
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Biddy
Young
Hyde Park Debates Annexation Move Ahead to Legislature
Hyde Park votes to push annexation, with 2800 voters casting ballots amid calls for better schools police streets and transit. Supporters led by Fred J Raymond Fred J Kennedy M B Kollock Dr Joseph Kiggen Edward H Kearney and Robert B Martin face opposition from the Citizens' Association led by P Winchenbaugh and James P Grant. A hearing is sought before metropolitan affairs as the petition resumes at the legislature ahead of a local referendum. Hyde Park joined to Dorchester Dedham and Milton in 1868 and 43 years ago the governor signed its incorporation measure.
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Boston
Hyde Park
Fred J. Raymond
Fred J. Kennedy
M. B. Kollock
Joseph M. Kiggen
Edward H. Kearney
Robert B. Martin
Citizens’ Association
Quester P. Winchenbaugh
James P. Grant
Board of Selectmen
David Murray
House
Cushing
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Mr. Murray
Fred A. Raymond
Dorchester
Dedham
Milton
No Divorce Law Abolished in Delaware
Dover Del Feb 24 The House committee on revised Statutes reports favorably a bill by Rep Gormley Wilmington to abolish the state divorce statute. The measure would wipe the law off the books and end divorces in Delaware. Three of five panel members voted yes and the bill faces floor fight.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Gormley
Wilmington
Pianist Bernardo Cutillo Wins 18000 Transit Verdict
Philadelphia pianist Bernardo Cutillo won an $18 000 verdict against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company for injuries from a trolley wreck in July 1907. He testified he cannot wiggle his fingers or collect his usual 125 weekly earnings and now walks with crutches and a steel brace.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Bernardo Cutillo
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Gas stops sermon as pastor faints in Virginia church
In Flemington West Virginia on February 24 Rev Mr Chipps delivering a revival sermon at Bailey Chapel collapsed after a gas leak filled the church. Eleven hearers fainted, one man escaped, all were cared for at home. no deaths reported as several remain ill. A broken pipe caused the gas buildup.
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Flemington
W. Va
Chipps
Bailey Chapel
John Stutler
Clothiers Honor Edward R. Smith With Silver Loving Cup
The Clothiers Association of Boston presented its president Edward R. Smith with a solid silver loving cup at its February 17 1911 dinner at the Parker House. Smith praised the loyal support of the members and tribute from Silas Peavy as makes life worth living. The 12 inch ebony based cup was designed by Bigelow Kernard Co and bears the inscription Boston to Edward R. Smith Feb 17 1911.
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The
Clothiers’ Association of Boston
Edward R. Smith
Association
Parker House
Silas Peavy
E.R. Smith
President Smith
Bigelow, Kernard & Co
Boston
Toast Inscription on Cup Side Complements Vintage Dinnerware
The reverse side of the cup bears a toast: While there is life on the lip, While there is warmth in the wine, One deep health we'll pledge, And that health shall be thine. The inscription evokes shared hospitality and goodwill tied to drinking customs of the period.
Priest Rev Dr Tracy Celebrates 25 Years in Priesthood
Quiet observance marks the silver jubilee of Rev Dr Joseph V Tracy P R at St Columba s Brighton as parishioners recall his ordination in 26 years ago. He studied at Boston College and St John s Seminary after graduation in 1882 and served at St Anthony s Allston before becoming rector of St Columbkille s in 1907.
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Joseph V. Tracy
St. Columbkille’s ‘Church
Brighton
Father Tracy
Boston College
Catholic Seminary
Troy
New York
St. John’s Seminary
Archbishop Williams
St. Anthony’s Church
Allston
Father Rossi
St. Columbkille’s
Murder trial near end in Lena Cusumano case
In Plymouth on February 24 the defense argued by W. J. Coughlan and Thomas J. Grady in the Hull murder case of Frank Cusumano. The court adjourned until tomorrow for District Attorney A. P. Barker to argue for the government followed by Justice Schoffield who will charge the jury.
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Plymouth
Lena Cusumano
Enrico Mascioli
Hull
Frank Cusumano
W. J. Coughlan
Thomas J. Grady
A. P. Barker
Justice Schofield
Lawyers challenge proof of Frank Cusumano death
Attorneys argued the government failed to prove the body found wrapped in a quilt was Frank Cusumano or that he was dead, claiming the government’s case collapsed without such proof.
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Frank Cusumano
Woman risked her life to save boys from trolley
Mary Mahoney 30 of 30 I Street South Boston saved her 12 year old nephew and 6 year old cousin from death as they coasted on M Street Hill. She shouted stop but could not, leapt into the road to divert the sled and took the trolley blow. She suffered a broken left thigh and bruises.
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Mary Mahoney
I Street
Boston
M and
East Fourth Streets
South Boston
M Street
Truesdale Declines Missouri Pacific Offer at $100000
President William H. Truesdale of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad confirmed he rejected an offer to become president of the Missouri Pacific at $100000 a year. He said he declined out of love for the Lackawanna.
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Scranton
Penn
William H. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna &Western Railroad Company
Missouri, Pacific
Lackawanna
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Gen’l Agt
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By Cobb
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Shubert Theatre
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Beverly
Globe Theatre
George Barr McCutcheon
Banco
Arizona
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B. F. Keith
Gertrude Hoffmann
Mendelssohn
J. K. Murray
Clara Slane
Nederwald
Hawthorne
Burt
Pat White
the Howard
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Bowdoin Square
Jersey Lilies Company
Waldron
College Girls
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Columbia
Sam Howe
Africa
Gaiety
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Hub
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Robin Benford
Singing Wonder
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