Milford seeks assailant after choking and gagging Rose Costa
Milford residents aid police in a manhunt for a stranger who choked and gagged Rose Costa at the town farm. Josephine Ackerman, 15, accompanied her as they were attacked near the henhouse. Costa remained unconscious for hours. A handkerchief gag and chloroform scent are key clues.
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Milford
Rose Costa
Milford Town Farm
Josephine Ackerman
Miss Costa
Ackerman
Costa
Russell Honored by National Institute of Social Sciences
Boston Opera company director Henry Russell is notified of his nomination as a member of the National Institute of Social Sciences. The honor marks the first time an operatic impresario has been singled out by the society for distinction in operatic production.
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Henry Russell
Boston Opera Company
National Institute of Social Sciences
Russell
Plan Charter Endorsement Rally At Faneuil Hall
A Citizens Municipal League meeting at Faneuil Hall endorses candidates John J Attridge Walter L Collins and Lewis J Hewitt and the Boston city charter. Colonel Thomas L Livermore presides with speakers including John A Kelcher Max Mitchell and Councillor Ballantyne. A parade led by the Letter Carriers Band precedes the event.
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Citizens’ Municipal League
Faneuil Hall
Thomas L. Livermore
John J. Attridge
Walter L. Collins
Lewis J. Hewitt
Boston
John A. Kelcher
Max Mitchell
Councillor Ballantyne
John R. Murphy
Thomas J. Kenny
Earnest Smith
Matthew Hale
John A. Coulthurst
Daniel A. McDonald
Water
Washington Streets
Adams and
Dock Squares
Citizens Municipal League
Messrs. Attridge
Collings and Hewitt
William E. Russell Club
Hydeark
Hyde Park
South Boston
Dedham
Seek Law to Catch Coal Men
Within a week and a half local coal dealers will be forced to defend charges of violation of the anti trust law. The United Improvement Association announces the move after discovering the Attorney General lacks power to take the initiative in investigating the coal situation. Joseph J. Leonard, president of the association, says action will proceed.
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United Improvement Association
Joseph J. Leonard
Coal Dealers Targeted By New State Bill Series
The coal association plans a series of bills to prevent a coal market repeat with a $15,000 appropriation for investigation. After Federal Examiner Smith returns from New York a conference will set action. Bills seek AG power for investigations, regulate coal grades, ash content, retail anthracite, license enforcement, and empower sealers of weights and measures.
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State House
Horgan
Leonard
Plummer Faces Bigamy Charge In Everett Court
William J. Plummer of Everett stood in Malden District Court to answer why he wed Myrtle B. Wigmore while a wife and child remained in Woburn. He sought a lawyer, the case was continued to Monday, and he was held on $1000 bond as he claimed his first wife Anna Mooney Plummer might be dead. The marriage to Wigmore occurred on Oct. 28, 1910, police said.
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William J. Plummer
Everett
Malden
Myrtle B. Wigmore
Woburn
Plummer
Anna Mooney Plummer
Paxton’s Painting Shown At St Botolph Club Exhibit
A painting by William M. Paxton depicting an American Jack tar in a sea shell with Neptune mermaids and tritons was exhibited yesterday for the first time at the St Botolph Club. It will be set up as a panel in the Army and Navy Club in Washington.
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William M. Paxton
Neptune
St. Botolph Club
Army and Navy Club
Washington
Suffolk Court Merger Proposed in New Bill
Daniel T. O Connell files a bill to unite all municipal and district courts in Suffolk County into one superior court. The measure follows last year’s commission recommendations with unadopted items added, and is advanced by an individual petitioner after the commission’s term expired.
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Suffolk County
Commission On Inferior Courts
Daniel T. O’connell
Bolster
Central Municipal Court
Brown
Superior Court
Williams
Flexbury Court
Pelletier
O’connell
Leyland Liner Bohemian Encounters Rough Atlantic Voyage
The Leyland liner Bohemian with 138 cabin passengers arrived from Liverpool after a rough voyage. The decks bore the evidence of constant pounding by immense seas and several lifeboats were damaged as wind and waves tore them from the davits.
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Liverpool
City settles loam dispute with Shea over Ridge Field work
After a tense hearing before the Cambridge Park Commissioners the Taxpayers Association claimed three loads of loam were taken from Ridge Field and spread on John T. Shea’s property by city laborers without payment. The executive session verdict ordered Shea to repay the city 9.28. Shea, a temperance lecturer and Park Commissioner candidate for mayor, drew wide interest as testimony from Shea and Parks Superintendent Donnelly was heard.
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Cambridge Park Commissioners
Taxpayers’ Association
Ridge Field
John T. Shea
Shea
Park Commission
Parks Donnelly
Women Picket Parliament Over Franchise Reform Bill
In London on January 10 the franchise reform bill faces active protests as actresses and supporters gather around the House of Commons. Women plan to attend in force day and night, buttonholing MPs as they pass in and out.
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London
House of Commons
Two Arlington Girls Injured In Park Avenue Sled Accident
Two 14 year old Arlington girls Marian Story of 10 Lowell Place and Luther Smith of 1827 Massachusetts Ave were seriously injured in a coasting accident on Park Avenue Arlington Yesterday afternoon Miss Story suffered a fractured arm internal injuries and three broken ribs while her companion had a broken arm and multiple cuts They were thrown about 15 feet when their sled hit a team emerging from a yard The driver was exonerated from blame Miss Story was taken to a nearby house then moved home with Dr Merkle after dressing her injuries Her father J L Nielson a San Francisco police officer on six months leave accompanied her a show currently touring the country
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Arlington
Marian Story
Lowell Place
Luther Smith
Massachusetts Avenue
Park Avenue
Miss Story
Rhode Island officers host 12 aboard at Charlestown berth
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert Griffin of the battleship Rhode Island entertained a party of 12 aboard the vessel at her berth in the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday afternoon and last evening. Guest of honor was Miss Christine Nielson prima donna of the Hanky Panky company at the Majestic Theatre, whom the Griffins had met at Saratoga Springs several years ago.
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Robert Griffin
Rhode Island
Charlestown Navy Yard
Christine Nielson
Aaron Hale Dead at 91 a Cambridge Mason and Boston attorney kin
Aaron Hale a prominent Cambridge Mason and brother of Attorney Edwin B. Hale of Boston died at his home 876 Harvard Street Cambridge aged 91 His death is noted as a significant event in local Masonic circles and family circles.
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Aaron Hale
Edwin B. Hale
Boston
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Brookline Gym Adds Boxing Program With New Instructor
The Brookline gymnasium, a leading athletic institution, will add boxing to its curriculum. Jimmy Walsh has been secured as instructor after a period of consideration. Director J. L. Mason announced the appointment as the key decision.
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Brookline Gym
Brookline Gymnasium
Jimmy Walsh
J. L. Mason
Walsh
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Restores Natural Color
Grandma used Sage and Sulphur to darken faded gray hair. Modern buyers are guided to Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy at about 50 cents, praised for natural color restoration and scalp benefits.
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Grandma
Wyeth
Reconstruction safety plea to press over railroad travel
The speaker asks the public and especially the press to refrain from attacking railroad management during reconstruction to avoid demoralizing workers and increasing travel hazards. It notes rail risk is lower than street travel but officials bear greater responsibility for accidents and urges suspending criticism of delayed trains for a few weeks.
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Public Utilities Commission of
Connecticut
New York, New Haven & Hartford
United States
St By Rail
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MR. Blox
Umen
Mr, Blox
Indorsement
Livermore
Earle & Wilson
Earl & Wilson
Ecru
Smith
New York
Paxton
Suffolk Court
Bill
Park Board
Miss Nielson
J. L. Nielson
San Francisco
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
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