Barred from Office in Lowell Bribery Case
Isaac E. Wotten former chairman of the Lowell Water Board was found guilty of accepting a $300 bribe from Charles P. Lynch for a water inspector post and was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction plus a $500 fine. A stay of sentence was requested while appeals were considered. bail set at $8000.
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Lowell Water Board
Charles P. Lynch
Bell
Middlesex Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Wotten
House of Correction
George R. Swasey
Supreme Court
Higgins
Swasey
John C. Burke
William F. Hills
Traders’ National Bank of
Lowell
Butler Ames
Lynch
Post
Oklahoma Statehood Brings 46th Star to Flag Update
Boston prepares for new flag designs as Oklahoma becomes a state. Government order requires 46 stars on public buildings by July 4, with six rows arranged as eight eight seven eight eight eight. Many current flags lack correct layout and must be revised.
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Boston
Union
Oklahoma
Death on first trip of the Floating Hospital outing
A record crowd of nearly 140 poor children from Charlestown Roxbury Cambridge and Everett boarded the Boston Floating Hospital for its opening sail. One death occurred among the patients as the vessel returned to dock at 4 30 pm. The trip to Governor's Island was led by Captain Simpson on a clear day with calm waters.
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Boston Floating Hospital
Charlestown
Roxbury
Cambridge
Everett
Floating Hospital
Simpson
Governor's Island
Wobunk
Clara W. Aldrich
Hettie Lang Shuman
A. Shuman
Brighton Industrial Union
Clara Blandick Lights Up Keiths Theatre Sketch
Miss Clara Blandick stars this week in The Band Box at Keiths Theatre with Richard Sterling and Mirianna Thurber. She is a Boston school graduate and many of her relatives still reside in the area.
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Clara Blandick
Keith’s
Richard Sterling
Mirianna Thurber
Boston
Two Americans Receive Oxford Doctor of Divinity Honors
Oxford University conferred honorary doctor of divinity degrees on multiple ecclesiastics including two Americans, Frederick Rogers Graves bishop of Shanghai and John McKim bishop of Tokio. John McKim, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts native born in 1852, received the honor alongside the Toronto archbishop.
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Oxford
Oxford University
Frederick Rogers Graves
Shanghai
John McKim
Tokio
Toronto
Pittsfield
Mass
Sparklin Divorced After alimony award in default
Mrs. Carrie L. Sparklin, former national president of the Women's Relief Corps, was granted a divorce by default and $40 monthly alimony. She testified she wrote her husband from the WRC Boston convention pledging separation after receiving a demand letter. A Syracuse convention speech citing her virtues was read as evidence.
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ST. Louis
Carrie L. Sparklin
Women's Relief Corps
Boston
Syracuse
Miss Blandick A Storied Stage Star With Noted Roles
Noted leading lady Miss Blandick has supported major stars across the country. Her Boston Theatre Saint glory included Glory Quayle in The Christian with E J Morgan. She backed Kyrle Bellew in Raffles and Marianna in the all star Two Orphans at New Amsterdam in 1904.
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Miss Blandick
Boston
Glory Quayle
E. J. Morgan
The
Kyrle Bellew
Marianna
New Amsterdam
Cyril Scott
Colorful moths sweep Quincy arc lights. theft reported in Nantic
In Quincy brown tail moths swarmed last night causing city lights to appear as if blizzard swept. In Nantic Connecticut a watchman found Miss L. M. Holman of New York had her summer home entered and robbed during the night. In Bristol, HB I the Conquit Worsted Company leased the Con Quit mill per papers filed today.
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Quincy
Nantic
Conn
L. M. Holman
New York
Bristol
HB. I
Conquit Worsted Company
Conquit
Douglas gives Brockton Day Nursery new $10,000 building
Ex Governor William L. Douglas donates a $10,000 Brockton Day Nursery building, land worth $3,000, and a $10,000 endowment to maintain it. The facility, on Everett Street near Webster Square, will be ready by November with no conditions beyond continued use for the original purpose.
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Douglas
Brockton
William L. Douglas
Brockton Day Nursery
Everett Street
Webster Square
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