Return of George Hecox Reunites Lee Couple After 45 Years
After 45 years believed dead, Civil War veteran George Hecox returns to East Lee and reclaims his wife Mary Canfield Tucker. Mary, widowed, remarried Timothy Tucker, then Hecox reappears and publicly reveals himself to claim his wife. The couple resumes life together with plans to move to Fast Lee and start anew.
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Lee
George Hecox
Enoch Arden
Housatonic
Mary Canfield
Lenox
East Lee
Great Barrington
George
Massachusetts Volunteers
Hecox
What Flagstone Men May Get
Mitchell and Maher face multiple sentencing options including probation indefinitely or various jail terms ranging from one day up to three years depending on court decisions.
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Mitchell and
Maher
Boston officials found guilty of conspiracy to defraud city
Michael J. Mitchell an undertaker and purchasing agent and Thomas F. Maher a contractor who supplied flagstones to Boston were convicted yesterday of conspiring to defraud the city. The maximum sentence is three years in jail. The verdict surprised many in the Fitzgerald era circle.
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Michael J. Mitchell
Thomas F. Maher
Fitzgerald
Boston
House of Correction
Witzgerald
Mitchell
Maher
Sanderson
Government to probe Lake Killarney boating deaths
London July 1 Winston Spencer Churchill president of the Board of Trade announces a further inquiry into the Lake Killarney boating accident. The government seeks to establish exact causes and determine if additional persons were drowned.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Lake Killarney
Cut Off Woman's Right Ear in Milford Feud
Rafell Bortorello attacked his sister in law Maria Picolentonio during a family dispute at Pond street. He slashed her face severing the right ear and fled into the woods before being captured in West Medway tonight. He is to be arraigned in Milford District Court tomorrow.
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Milford
Rafell Bortorello
Maria Picolentonio
Bortorellos
Pond Street
Raffell Bortorello
Bortorello
West Medway
Milford District Court
Monument unveiled for Barbara Heck founder of Methodism
Two thousand people gathered at the Blue Church Cemetery in Ogdensburg New York to witness the unveiling of a Barbara Heck monument. Funds were raised by Methodists on both sides of the border. Eveline Maude Bennington drew the veil, and Bishop J W Hamilton of Boston delivered the main address.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Old Blue Church
St. Lawrence River
Barbara Heck
Eveline Maude Bennington
J. W. Hamilton
Boston
Marines Return to Ship Duty Across Navy Vessels
Washington reports a resumed Marine Corps shipboard duty on battleships cruisers and other vessels following congressional action. The move reverses a Roosevelt era order and aligns with Taft directives to reinstate marines to ship duties and identical roles as before.
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Washington
Marine Corps of
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Marine Corps
Taft
Bear Dines On Monkey At Bangor Circus
A baby monkey escaped its mother and wandered into a brown bear’s cage in Bangor Maine. The bear grabbed the primate by the neck and devoured it in one bite as the other animals reacted with alarm.
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Bangor
Cocaine Use Alarming Among Street Railway Workers
At the Delaware & Hudson Rail road man C. S. Sims testified before the Street Railway Association of the State convention in Plattsburgh New York that a street railway worker reported cocaine use among employees was rising rapidly and already affecting a significant portion of the workforce.
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Street Railway Association of the State
C. S. Sims
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
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Walter Lord
Otis Street
Eastman Extinguisher Company
Main Street
Chase & Sanborn
Flagstone
Vorenberg
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
New York
Washington Mills
Madras
Balbriggan
Hamilton
HECK
Library Association
Bretton Woods
N. H
American Library Association
M. B. Hodges
Cincinnati
W. c. Lane
Cambridge
Mass
Nina BE. Brown
Nellie H. Philbrick
Middlesex Probate Court
Lawton and
MelIntire
Middlesex Court
Amvaloesh
Anon Aral
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover
Portland
Nawues
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