Skaters Struck by Tragedy on Charles River Ice
In Waltham on January 13 Michael Cosgrove 16 drowned during an improvised ice hockey game on the Charles River near Moody Street Bridge. Friends George Wyman and Joseph Sweeney aged about the same were pulled to safety as the ice collapsed beneath them. Cosgrove, rescued at line’s end, died as rescuers failed to lift him from the water.
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Waltham
Michael Cosgrove
George Wyman
Joseph Sweeney
Charles River
Moody Street
Cosgrove
Ice peril at Moody street rink ends in tragedy
Three boys slipped when ice broke during a midday hockey game on Moody street. Cosgrove, Wyman, and Sweeney fell through the thin ice. Cosgrove perished after heroic but failed wire rescue attempts. The body was recovered an hour later. Cosgrove was employed by the Boston Manufacturing Company and the son of Mr and Mrs John Cosgrove of 17 Calvary street.
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Wyman
Cosgrove
Cosprove
Metropolitan Police
John Cosgrove
Calvary Street
Boston Manufacturing Company
Weather outlook for Boston and New England
Cloudy conditions with a chance of snow flurries expected in Boston and surrounding areas Monday and Tuesday. The New England forecast calls for rain or snow in the south and snow in the north, with unsettled winds from the northeast to east.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Muaine
Grounded steamer Onondaga runs ashore near Orleans Beach
Clyde line freight steamer Onondaga capt Bunnell from Boston to Charleston and Jacksonville grounded on Orleans Beach during a night voyage. Crew remained aboard as wrecking fleet surrounded the vessel. weather cleared enough to show white breakers along the shore while rescuers prepared.
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Clyde Line
Bunnell
Boston
Charleston
Jacksonville
Orleans Beach
Cape Cod
Cape
Nausett
Pollock Rip Shoal
Highland Light
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rTs
Orleans
Atro Eans
Crn Aene
Rnionk
Village crowds miss church as couple courts publicly
Great Barrington region reports a well known farmer and a Pittsfield nurse courting openly in town. Miss Matilda Vealer arrives to answer his matrimonial ad, meets J Parker Hayward at a hotel, and after hours of discussion leave together amid speculation of a forthcoming wedding.
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Great Barrington
Pittsfield
J. Parker Hayward
Matilda Vealer
Hayward
Mr. Hayward
Miss Vealer
Five Die as Flyer Trains Into Open Switch
Five people were killed and eight injured when a Chicago Rock Island passenger train bound for Chicago struck an open switch at Parney New Mexico early today. The crash came as the flyer ran at high speed.
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Miss Hayward Actress Dies After Operation
Miss Margaret Hayward longtime leading woman with Wright Lorimer in The Shepherd King died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore from complications of tumor surgery Her career showed great promise with celebrated performances as the mother and the witch drawing Boston audiences and fans nationwide
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Margaret Hayward
Wright Lorimer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mayor Exchanges Banter With Frothingham At Meeting
The mayor greeted Louis A. Frothingham as a candidate while Frothingham attended a Lewin memorial gathering at Tremont Temple last evening chaperoned by Alderman William Berwin. The exchange drew smiles and a charged mood for an upcoming campaign.
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William Berwin
Tre=mont Temple
Lewin
Frothingham
Berwin
Poison Berry Mail Sparks Burlington Inquiry at St Josephs
Police probe a box of mountain ash berries sent to St Josephs Orphanage in Burlington Vermont with no clue to the sender or motive. Lab tests confirm poisonous berries and recall a 1905 poisoning that killed three girls, as investigators search the post office origin for clues.
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Burlington, Vt
St. Joseph’s
State Laboratory of Hygiene
Lynédonvillé
Sisters of St. Joseph's
Boston Schools Face Urgent Action Over Sanitary Concerns
Dr. Robert W. Lovett of Harvard Medical School blasted Boston schools as unsanitary and overcrowded sparking a joint meeting of the Boston School Board and Schoolhouse Commission this week. Mayor Fitzgerald and officials back Lovett’s overcrowding charges while disputing blanket claims of filth. Continued on Page 5-Fifth Column.
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Boston
Robert W. Lovett
Harvard Medical School
Boston School Board
Schoolhouse Commission
Fitzgerald
Lovett
O'Meara Proposes Sunday Law Revisions
Police Commissioner O'Meara sent a detailed letter to the Sunday laws committee chair outlining analysis of Boston Sunday law enforcement and proposing amendments based on his experience since the crusade began.
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O'Meara
Webster
Legislative Sunday Laws Committee
Boston
O'Meara Letter on Sunday Laws Testimony to Committee
Mr O'Meara outlines the Boston Sunday laws debate as he submits views to Walter A. Webster Esa. He notes police faced ridicule yet pursued enforcement to illuminate lawful occupations and urge new statutes. He stresses the law’s broad generalities and gaps and hints at further discussion on page six.
Chelsea Seeks Merge With Boston Under Greater Boston Plan
Citizens urge Mayor Fitzgerald to back Chelsea joining Boston as part of a broader Greater Boston. The mayor favors careful study, while Chelsea activists form Enterprise Associates to push for legislation to bring Chelsea into the union within two years. Local lawmakers with hopes for centralized regional power show interest.
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Chelsea
Fitzgerald
Boston
Eliot
Enterprise Associates
Brighton
Dorchester
Roxbury
East Boston
Greater Boston
Cambridge
Somerville
Everett
Malden
Greater Boston charter eyed to unite Chelsea and suburbs
The Mayor endorses a Greater Boston plan with centralized authority for water, lighting, and sewerage. He cites Chelsea workers in Boston, stresses citizen input, and notes potential equal taxation and reduced state pressures if the region unifies under a new charter. Legislative action may come soon.
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Greater Boston
Eliot
Boston
Chelsea
New York
Greater
FAVORED IN CHELSEA Plan to annex Chelsea to Boston grows
Chelsea residents show a rising sentiment for annexation to Boston with organizers active. Former Chelsea mayoral candidate Justin I P Bartlett endorses a metropolitan Boston and urges immediate annexation to the region.
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Chelsea
Justin I’. Bartlett
Boston
Begion
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