Boston Racer Durbin Wins Price Handicap in Florida Race
Slower conditions due to high tide and rain limited events at Ormond. Frank Durbin of Boston won the 15 mile Price handicap in 13 minutes 42.25 seconds driving a steamer. In the 10 mile Corinthian race Samuel Stevens of Rome, N. Y., and James Breeze of New York set a new world record for 10 horsepower machines. Stevens won the final with Breeze second after Harding’s entry retired with damaged engines.
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Ormond, Fla
Frank Durbin
Boston
J. R. Harding
Daimler
James I. Breeze
New York
Mercedes
Charles W. Barron
Fiat
Samuel Stevens
Rome
N. Y
Alfred Reeves
Maxwell
Stevens
Harding
Reeves
Breeze
J. E. Bristol
South Boston High School Feud Over Player Eligibility
The School Board discussed a protest to determine if John A. Mullen Jr. was a bona fide South Boston High student for eligibility. Disputes over Rule 4 on six months attendance delayed a decision, with the athletic committee to rule before the championship. The Evacuation Day event at South Boston High was also considered for free hall use under new rules.
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Ellis
Charles J. Lincoln
Dorchester High School
John A. Mullen, Jr
Mullen
Storrow
Lincoln
Small
South Boston High School
Richardson
South Boston Citizens’ Association
Hoppe to Open West Thirtieth Street Pool Parlors
Willie Hoppe plans a February opening of a new billiard and pool parlor on West Thirtieth Street in New York. He returns from Paris after winning the world billiard championship from Maurice Vignaux, with his father and brother Frank to run the 10-table room and a 100-seat adjoining academy for matches or exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Willie Hoppe
Paris
Maurice Vignaux
Rockefeller denies refusing to testify in Standard Oil case
Frank Rockefeller, in Cleveland, denied telling a deputy sheriff he would refuse to appear as a witness in Missouri’s case against Standard Oil. He stated he has no information that would aid the litigation but would respond if asked by the attorney general.
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Cleveland, CO
Frank Rockefeller
State of Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Hadley
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promised Cure For Indigestion
Many suffer with dyspepsia yet feel no stomach pain. The remedy claims to digest all wholesome food, rest the worn stomach, and restore nerves and energy. It criticizes tonics and asserts tablets nourish the body by aiding digestion and improving overall vitality.
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Stuart
Athletes Seek Reinstatement After Suspension
The New England Amateur Athletic Union registration committee held a long session to consider reinstatement for basketball stars. East Boston Evening High School team, suspended last April, appeared with counsel Joseph O Connell. McKinnon, boxing champion, was reinstated after playing against unregistered teams. Robbins, Kidder, and Lawson of Cambridgeport had suspensions continued.
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New England Amateur Athletic Union
East Boston
Joseph O'Connell
Hugh McKinnon
Maggie
Chelsea Y. M. C. A
National
Robbins, Kidder and Lawson
Cambridgeport
Fort Baldwin Named for Jeduthan Baldwin
The War Department announced two military reservations and 32 sea coast batteries. The Sabine Head reservation at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Maine was named Fort Baldwin in honor of Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, engineer and artillery artificer in the Continental army.
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Jeduthan Baldwin
Washington
War Department
Sabine Head
Kennebec River
Fort
Baldwin
Joduthan Baldwin
Continental Army
Man Drinks Sulphur Napthol by Mistake
Henry Florentine a 37 year old married man from Roxbury was found writhing in agony at his home after drinking sulphur napthol by mistake. He was taken to City Hospital in critical condition where doctors and police investigated.
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Henry Florentine
Roxbury
Adams
Florentine
Tucker Denies Woman's Stories in Page Murder Case
Deputy Neal of the State police probes whether Mrs Ollie Russell McIsaac of New York is identical to Miss Arline Russell of Lynn tied to Charles Tucker by a friendship before his arrest. Neal notes age and child details cast doubt, but says the two women might yet be proven the same person.
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Neal
State Police
Ollie Russell McIsaac
New York
Arline Russell
Lynn
Page
Tucker
Parker House
Vahey
Russell
John A. McIsaac
Olive Russell
McIsaac
Ollie Russell
Ollie’ Russell
Cambridge
Tucker Denies Link To Mel Isaac In Page Murder Case
An affidavit by Olive McIsaac claiming friendship between her husband and Charles Tucker was rejected by authorities. Tucker, held at East Cambridge jail, denied knowledge of the McIsaacs, asserting he never met them. The case centers on the Page murder and alleged handwriting similarities, with officials calling the McIsaac tale a counterfeit.
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Olive McIsaac
Charles L. Tucker
Watts
Tucker
South Station
East Cambridge
MelIsaac
Father
McIsaac
Brooklyn
Page House
Mabel Page
Chief Shaw
State Police
Tucker to be executed by electric chair this Saturday
Charles II Tucker was informed that he will be sentenced to death on Saturday at 10 a.m. for the murder of Mabel Page in Weston on March 31, 1908. Counsel James H. Vahey relayed the ruling and noted no further trial motions will be allowed.
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Charles II. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
James H. Vahey
Sherman
United States Supreme Court
Tucker
Mr. Vahey
Vahey
May Be Tucker's Friend Linked to McIsaac Case
A Cambridge rumor ties Olive A McIsaac to Weston circles and a boathouse worker who knew Charles Tucker. Witnesses say Olive kept company with a young man who may have seen Tucker, raising questions about the murder case linked to Tucker's conviction and the McIsaac marriage.
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Olive A. McIsaac
New England
Brooklyn
N. Y
John A. McIsaac
Mabel Page
Charles L. Tucker
Auburndale
Cambridge
MelIsaac
Tucker
McIsaac
McIisaac
Olive
Charles River
University City
Despatch to Chief Shaw belittles woman's story
A telegram to Chief Shaw from New York State Detective Johannes Whitney questions the significance of Mrs McIsaac's account in the Page murder probe. Deputy Chief Neal notes it may affect McIsaac, not Tucker, and doubts its bearing on the case.
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Shaw
State Police
Neal
New York
Jophanus Whitney
McIsaac
Page
Tucker
Meiisaac
Free hides and leather urged at shoe wholesalers meeting
The National Shoe Wholesalers Association session at Hotel Somerset heard A Augustus Healy of United States Leather Company endorse free hides and free leather. Boston officials and other speakers backed the idea, with Mayor Fitzgerald urging a nationwide agitation to repeal the hides duty. Governor Guild welcomed attendees.
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National Shoe Wholesalers’ Association of the
United States
Hotel Somerset
A. Augustus Healy
United States Leather Company
Trust
Henry P. Darlington
Armour & Co
Chicago
Charles H. Jones
Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company
Boston
Mr. Healey
John W. Craddock
Lynchburg, Va
George E. Keith
Campella
E. J. Bliss
John F. Fitzgerald
Wen
James J. Myers
George W. Anderson
J. K. Orr
Atlanta
House of Representatives
Women Replace Men In Many Vocations
A Boston area census bulletin shows 80,502 more women than men in Massachusetts. Women fill roles from waitresses and clerks to nurses and teachers, with tens of thousands in domestic service, trade, textile, and educational work. The report notes women in professions number about 1900 in religious work and 16,000 in education, among diverse occupations.
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Charles F. Pidgin
Bulletin
Massachusetts
Army of Independent
Pidgin
Labor Department
General Whitney Finds No Evidence in Page Case
General Whitney said he could not find the slightest evidence that McIsaac had guilty knowledge of the Page crime after a full day of work. He vowed to continue the investigation, following every clue. A private detective provided information on the Mesisaacs, to be pursued tomorrow. The private letter to Mrs. McIsaac contained no Page case references, and Morton’s name did not appear. MecIanec may face the assault charge Monday, with doubts about his wife testifying.
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Whitney
McIsaac
Mr. Whitney
Vahey Sees McIsaac Story If True Aid Tucker
Senior Counsel James H. Vahey says if the McIsaac story is true it could help Tucker. He notes a New York representative is conducting an investigation yesterday.
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McIsaac
Tucker
James H. Vahey
Vahey
New York
Bestow Medal on Sara at Boston Theatre
Mme Bernhardt will receive the gold medal of Cercle Francais tonight after Racine's Phedre. Francis T. Edson, president, will present. The event caps a Boston run hailed as unprecedentedly successful with tickets and receipts rising beyond 60 000 dollars.
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Boston
Racine
Sarah
Dramatic Art
Bernhardt
Bernhardt Visits Harvard and Hosts Cercle Francais
French actress Mme Bernhardt toured Harvard University yesterday afternoon entertaining Cercle Francais members at the Signet Club and Gray's Hall after a university walk through main buildings. She later viewed Soldiers Field and high athletic funds, then was hosted to tea at Randolph Hall by Mr F M Gunther.
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Mme. Bernhardt
Harvard University
Boston
Cercle Francais
Hotel Bellevue
Harvard
Signet Club
Dunster Street
Gray’s Hall
Soldiers Field
F. M. Gunther
Randolph Hall
America
Germans Protest Use Of Gallingers Frank
Postmaster General Cortelyou and members of Congress received a remonstrance filed with Attorney General Moody by the National German American Alliance. It objects to the use of the mails under Senator Gallinger’s frank to aid the international reform bureau run by Wilbur F. Crafts. Invitations were sent by the Boston Musicians Protective Association to city officials and labor leaders to attend a band concert by 300 Boston union musicians in Mechanics Hall on Sunday evening, February 25.
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Gallinger
Frank Washington
Cortelyou
Congress
Moody
National
Boston Musicians’ Protective Association
Board of Aldermen and Common Council
Central Labor Unions
Boston
Vitchburg
Natick
New Bedford
Brockton
Lynn
Newton
Lawrence
Providence
Worcester
Boston Union Musicians In Mechanics
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Boston Racer
Franke Durbin
Price
Howard G. Reynolds
Board
South Boston High
South Boston
East Boston Five
T. J. Kenny
Mr. Ellis
W. S. Kenny
South
Brock
Mark Mulvey
Schoolhouse Commission
Hoppe
Mrs. McIsaac
Miss Russell
Alberts
Mary Barber
Andrew Street
Cambridge Police
New York Story
MR. Healy
Healy
Daniel P. Morse
Guild
William T. Russell
Annie) McIisaac
Post
Brooks Street
Ollie
New York Reports
Dever
Sara
Sarah Bernhardt
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