Judge Aiken Opens as Chief Justice in 1900s Era
On his first official day Chief Justice John A. Aiken received praise and bouquets while settling a mix of small human interest cases. Aiken, praised as a keen listener, is noted for decisive rulings and Holmes like demeanor. A wag at the bench, he declined to use his full name on court attest. The piece also covers Frederick W. Peabody proposing a whipping post for wife beaters, arguing imprisonment fails to deter abuse and detailing his bill aims and statements.
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Aiken
Superior Court
John Adams Aiken
John A. Aiken
Frederick W. Peabody
Kilby Street
Massachusetts
Senate
E. B. Callender
Picture in Death of Bardwell Highlights Mysterious Note
Bates B Bardwell 41 living alone at 43 West Newton St South End was found dead in his room with a picture of a young woman and a tumbler smelling of carbolic acid. A note on the picture reads I love you better than all the world. No name or other identifying papers found. Bardwell's body taken to Briggs undertaking rooms on Howard St.
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Bates B. Bardwell
West Newton Street
South End
Bardwell
Briggs’ Undertaking
Howard Street
Mrs. Cosette
Miss Howard
Seavey
Miss Fiske
Auto crowds still come to New York show at Madison Square Garden
January 19 reports show Madison Square Garden packed for automobile exhibition with big sales talk. Exhibitors, including truck makers, face a busy pace as many plan Florida rest trips after the event. Boston visitors listed and W C Temple of the A A A racing committee ordered a new car at the show.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Florida
George H. Lowe
A. B. Morrison
J. S. Hathaway
Chester T. Campbell
Harry Fordick
Harry Mansfield
J. C. Kenison
Albert L. Pope
A. W. Pope
Boston
W. C. Temple
A. A. A. Racing Committee
Brave nurse fights off maniac at New Hampshire asylum
Miss E L Fisk, a nurse at the State Insane Asylum, recounted a midnight struggle with Mrs Mignonette Seavey as she attacked with a towel rod. Two inmates were killed and another gravely hurt during the escape attempt, with the nurse surviving to tell the tale.
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Poe
Mignonette Seavey
Cosette
Genic
Isabel Merrill
Lyme
Josephine Howard
Rochester
First pardon granted by Governor Douglas to young arson convict
Roy Sagendorf, a Charlestown State prisoner, becomes the first person pardoned by Gov. William L. Douglas. After three and a half years of a eight to ten year sentence for arson, Sagendorf leaves with his grandfather for Pasadena to work on an orange plantation.
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Douglas
Roy C. Sagendorf
Charlestown State Prison
Bastile
William L. Douglas
Bridges
California
Lagendorf
Boston
Pasadena
Sagendorf
Great Barrington
H. Cc. Joyner
Continental Overcoat Sale Downtown
Bel a r over coats offered at deep discounts with prices listed at 22 and 25 dollars reduced to 15 dollars. Sale location given as Wash ington Street corner Boylston.
Dress Suit Sale at the Continental Store
Full dress suits priced at 25 30 and 38 dollars plus tuxedos 24 29 and 36 dollars. A special tuxedo suit is offered at 15 dollars. Located at the corner of Boylston Street and Washington.
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Continental
Washington
Jcorner
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the Superior Court
Sherlock Holmes
CMIRF
Jorin A. Aiken
Coco
Mr. Peabody
Post
Roosevelt
Mark
Washington and Brattice Streets
Washington and Boylston Sts
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Maniac
E. L. Fisk
Mrs. Seavey
Battle In
The
Night
McClain
Charles McLain
Bancroft
C. P. Bancroft
Legislative Committee
Gov
Washington St
Holils
Belr
Boylston Street
S. A. Isaacson & Co
Haymarket Square
EO Ke
All America Shoe Shops
Tremont
Harvard Sq
Cambridge
Willson G Charlton
Bacon Shoe Co
Summer St
C.C
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