Police Warn on Fireworks Enforcement for Fourth of July
Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara issues a general order to the department detailing fireworks and explosive restrictions for the Fourth of July. The order reiterates hours from 6 am to 7 pm and 7 pm to 10 pm for displays, limits firecracker size to two inches by three eighths inch, bans explosives on streetcar tracks, and prohibits fireworks near hospitals or concerts. It also forbids firearms and noise horns at all times and prescribes stoppage of dangerous use to preserve public peace.
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Stephen O'Meara
O'Meara
Police Stop Colliers Sale in Boston Night Action
Boston police halted the sale of Colliers Weekly July Fourth issue in the city last night warning dealers it violated the law. Superintendent William H. Pierce said the flag depicted on the fontispiece and an aeroplane motif used to mimic the Stars and Stripes breached advertising regulations.
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Colliers’ Weekly
New York
Boston
William H. Pierce
Minister Preaches Amid Ice and Snow Sermon
In New York on June 29 Rev. Dr. Christian F. Reisman of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church used a white table holding a large ice block and a snow pile with embedded flowers and fruit to illustrate faith cooling human worry. An expert stereopticon projected winter scenes to set the atmosphere for the “Ice and Snow” sermon.
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New York
Christian F. Reisman
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Underwood & Underwood
Were Married Two Years Ago At Maine Honeymoon
Frank G. McCann of Waltham and Ethel M. Dodge formerly of 87 Charles street wed on August 29, 1909. After writing to their parents about the marriage yesterday they left on a honeymoon through Maine. The couple had met in 1905 and kept their courtship private amid curiosity from families and friends.
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Frank G. McCann
Waltham
Ethel M. Dodge
Maine
Frank McCann
River Street
Charles Street
McCann
Sawyer Shirt Manufacturing Company
Dodge
Waltham Watch Company
Lodge Confident Reciproc ity Bill Passage and Primaries
United States Senator Cabot Lodge said in Nahant that Canada reciprocity will pass Congress without amendments and that state wide primaries will be worked out. He declined to discuss the Lorimer affair, noting he is spending the weekend at his summer home.
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Nahant
Congress
United States
Cabot Lodge
Lorimer
Lodge
Three doctors get coveted berth
Three appointments to the school medical inspection service were announced at City Hall. Dr. Joseph P. Murphy of Roxbury was named assistant chief medical examiner at $1200 yearly, while Dr. F. M. O'Connor of Roxbury and Dr. J. Hi. Devenny of Dorchester were named district medical inspectors at $500 annually each.
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Fitzgerald
Europe
City Hall
School Medical Inspection Service
Board of Health
Joseph P. Murphy
Tremont Street
Roxbury
F. M. O'Connor
Professor Buell Heads West for Chautauqua Lectures
Professor and Mrs Buell departed Boston last Tuesday for California to attend Pacific Grove and Huntington Beach Chautauquas in July and August. From August 21 to 26 he will deliver lectures on the New Testament. Martha Avinesade.
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Buell
Boston
California
Pacific Grove
Huntington Beach
Martha aVinesasde
Prince 6 Pay Visit to Canada
London June 30 at a Dominion Day dinner attended by 600 Canadians Sir Wilfrid Laurier announced that Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal high commissioner for Canada would resign his office. He said Strathcona intimated his intention to resign at an early date. The Duke of Connaught announced that the Prince of Wales would likely visit Canada soon.
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London
Imade
Duke of Connaught
Prince of Wales
Canada
Wilfrid Laurier
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Wilfrid
King's Coronation Messages Highlight Unity and Hope Across Empire
In a royal address King George thanks his subjects for their loyalty during the coronation period and expresses renewed resolve. The Duke of Connaught praises Queen Mary and the Queen Mother, noting the young Prince of Wales will follow in royal footsteps amidst supportive scenes across Westminster and London.
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Duke of Connaught
Mary
Canada
Alexandra
Prince of Wales
George
Empire
British Empire
Abbey
Westminster
London
Sess
Dna
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
The Rev Otis Kenry Moore formerly a student at Boston University School of Theology has been appointed pastor of the Methodist Church at Canton Conn Mr Moore recently married to Miss Alice Rigby of Mt Vernon La W N Hartshorn chairman of the executive committee at the International Sunday School Convention in San Francisco reports the convention is a great success this year About 50 delegates from Greater Boston churches are present One hundred and fifty thousand dollars has already been pledged for the work The next convention is to be held in Chicago in 1914 Fred A Wells has been elected to succeed Mr Hartshorn During the vacation months the pulpit at the First Methodist Church of Lynn will be filled by several distinguished pastors including Rev Dillon Bronson D D Rev George R Gross Dastor of Grace Church Baltimore Aug 6 Rev L J Birney D Phil of the School of Theology of Boston University Aug 13 Rev W Ipplrfield D D president of Howard University Aug 20 Rev James W Campbell pastor Newtonville Church Aug 27 Ernest Lyman Mills pastor of the First Church Boston The Rev F H Nygleys D D of Boston president of the American Humane Society has gone to Europe for two months traveling through the
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Otis Kenry Moore
Boston University School of Theology
Methodist Church
Canton
Conn
Moore
Alice Rigby
Mt. Vernon
W. N. Hartshorn
San Francisco
Boston
Lynn
Dillon Bronson
D. D
George R. Gross
D.astor
Grace Church of
Baltimore
L. J. Birney
D. Pban
School of Theology of
W. Ipplrfield
Howard University
Washington
D. C
James W. Campbell
Newtonville Church
Ernest Lyman Mills
Firs Church
Phelps and Co. Oldest Boston Truss Makers at 156 Washington
The Phelps family business of W H Phelps and Co at 156 Washington street Boston traces to 1832 with founder Dr W J Phelps. George N Phelps active in the mid 1800s. later William Vogler became sole head after partnerships and health changes. Vogler, a West Somerville resident, has ties to Odd Fellows and Concord Masons.
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W. H. Phelps & Co
Washington Street
Boston
United States
W. J. Phelps
Court and
Hanover Streets
Arket House
Boston Museum
Dr. Phelps
W. H
Concord
N. H
Simplex Company
Morse Wire Works
Cambridge
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Vogler
West Somerville
Fraternity of Odd Fellows
the Masons of
Prisoner Claims Dream Led to Confession in Mangino Killing
Morris Kirkland, jailed in Canon City, told Sheriff Esser a dream prompted by his dead mother's ghost led him to reveal the truth about the Mangino murder between Portland and Concrete on June 11. His account implicated John Smith and Charles Bosley, who have since confessed. Mangino cashed a check, was attacked by three blacks, beaten fatally, and his body hidden. he lived to relay his tale.
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Canon City
Col
Morris Kirkland
Esser
Dominick Mangino
Portland
Concrete
John Smith
Charles Bosley
Kirkland
Mangino
Slow Photographer Ruined the Beer in Wilkesbarre
Harry Goldstein, itinerant photographer, was beaten by Andrew Roski and Benjamin Dedura of Larksville after failing to photograph them well in three attempts. They posed with beer, shattered his camera, and assaulted him until helpless. Justice Burke fined each attacker $5.50 and ordered payment for camera damage.
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Goldstein
Justice Burke
Woman Finds Coal Mine at Her Door in Wilkesbarre
In Wilkesbarre on June 30 a mine opened beneath Mrs. Andrew Weisberger’s home in Hametown. A roof fall created a 20 foot by 380 foot subsidence swallowing her cellar and yard. Miners from No. 8 colliery of Pennsylvania Coal Co. were seen at the bottom digging coal. nearby houses and the street were wrecked by the collapse.
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Wilkesbarre
Andrew Weisberger
Hamtown
Pennsylvania Coal Company
William Hoffman
Fred Hoffman
Deer headlighting arrest in Sescambia by deputy warden
In Sescambia Michigan on June 30 Herman Leisner, deputy State game warden, arrested Moses Lacarte and Joseph Reno for using a railroad velocipede with a powerful headlight to catch a deer. Both were fined on a guilty plea.
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Sescanaba
Mich
Herman Leisner
Moses Lacarte
Joseph Reno
Jailer’s Kindness Delays Escape of Jewelry Thief
Louis June 30. John Gibson a workhouse trusty in Superintendent White's office receives a call from the Steubenville chief of police asking to hold him for a $10,000 jewelry robbery. Gibson explains his hostage situation fears for the superintendent and his wife, delaying escape until Steubenville officers arrive.
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Louis
John Gibson
White
Gibson
Steubenville
Superintendent White
Woman of 81 Skips Rope 21 Times in Ithaca
Ithaca N Y June 30 Miss Sue Vorhees an inmate at the Old Ladies Home celebrated her 81st birthday by skipping a jump rope 21 times without fatigue. The spry resident has been in the home 12 years and is famed as a pedestrian with past demonstrations of 40 rope jumps.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Sue Vorhees
Old Ladies
Miss Vorhees
Miss Vo
Stork Beats Cupid In Six Months Of 1911 City Records
City Registrar reports 8593 births in January to June 1911 and a jump of 399 from the prior year. June licenses to wed total 1117, down from 1147 last year, as Boston’s marriage mood dips while birth counts rise.
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Cupid
McGlennen
Boston
Three Held on Theft Charge in Dorchester
Dorchester police say Charles E. Harding 14 Milford Street George H. Barnes 220 Gold Street and Eugene Ferris with multiple aliases held on $3000 for the grand jury after being arrested Wednesday night and jailed since. Patrolman McNeily’s report of a grass-side confrontation led to the arrests. Barnes Ferris and Harding have prior prison terms.
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Charles E. Harding
Milford Street
George H. Barnes
Gold Street
Eugene Ferris
Dorchester
Gaston
Churchill
McNeily
Barnes
Ferris
Concord Reformatory
Harding
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Bill Bellrope
Stee
C&r
Borden’s Condensed Milk Company
Prince
Gehorgh R. I
Greater Boston
F. H. Nygleys D. D
American Humane Society
Old Boston
William. Volger
Grand
Mack
Eastern Drug Co
Riker-Jaynes
H. HE. Hagan
Rice & Hutchins
Jordan Marsh Co
Houghton & Dutton
Epstein Pie
The
Sunday Post
Stork
Thomas Snow «& Son
North Market St
Faneuil Hall
Kentucky
Wilson Bros
Rogers Silverware
Waltham Watches
Scollay Sq. Jewellers
Big Teakettle
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