Pitcher Held on Honeymoon Elopement in Chicago
Earl McQuillen formerly with a St Louis American League team and his fiancee Miss Beatrice Williams were detained on arrival at La Salle street station. A train conductor suspected kidnapping and alerted police. Williams, 19, confirmed by her mother, and the couple were released after verification.
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Chicago
Earl McQuillen
St. Louis
Beatrice Williams
Lovington
Ill
la Salle Street
Williams
Silent Independence Night Sees Police Keep the Peace
On the eve of Independence Day the city remained quiet with few crowds and no bonfires. Police superintendent Pierce and Deputy Warren patrolled districts. youths were detained for questionable conduct and firework offenses. two boys were taken for discharging firearms. Two injuries from fire crackers were treated, and 18 bell alarms rang from sunset to midnight.
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William H. Pierce
Philemon Warren
Lagrange Street
Joy Street
Boston Opera House
Back Bay
George B. O’connell
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Samuel Sagunski
Hale Street
Roxbury
Dorchester
West Roxbury
Ships Go On Schedule Amid Seamen Strike Action
Lines facing the seamen strike sent ships away near on schedule after recruiting strike breakers. Union officials claim hundreds joined the strike, including 500 longshoremen at Metropolitan Steamship piers and 45 workers who quit Ward liner Havana after Cuba service. Police clashed with demonstrators on a pier, with several clubbed and two officers hurt. around six arrests reported.
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New York
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Havana
Cuba
Packey McFarland Knocks Out Eddie Randall in Cincinnati
Packey McFarland of Chicago knocked out Eddie Randall of St. Louis in the third round of a scheduled 10 round boxing match at Hippodrome Park in Cincinnati. McFarland dominated the bout, delivering a clear victory.
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Cincinnati
Packey Mc McFarland
Chicago
Eddie Randall
St. Louis
Hippodrome Park
McFarland
Never Travel Without San ford s Ginger
A historical ad touts San fords Ginger as a quick aid for stomach and bowel ills from heat or change in water and climate. It claims to dispel fatigue nervousness and sleeplessness ease cramps pains colds and chills and ward off illness. Describes a ginger aromatics and French brandy blend sold by druggists and grocers with the Ow Trade Mark guarantee.
Supreme Court declares United Shoe Monopoly illegal
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled United Shoe Machinery Company violated the Sherman Act by engaging in illegal restraint of trade. Chief Justice Rugg authored the opinion in a dispute over patent assignments from Euclid I La Chappele a Lynn inventor who left the firm in 1909 after a 1906 ten year service contract. The case centers on ownership of inventions and demanded assignments.
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United Shoe Machinery Company
Supreme Court of
State
Rugg
Supreme Judicial Court
Euclid I. la Chappele
Lynn
Hardy
Superior Court
la Chappele
Monopolistic claims against shoe machinery firm in Sherman anti trust trial
La Chappelle argued the company formed in 1899 by seven preexisting shoe machinery firms controlled two thirds of US production and monopolized inventions and trade by buying competitors since 1899. The court found the contract may be part of an illegal scheme harming interstate commerce, but allowed further evidence.
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la Chappele
United States
Drowns at Coe's pond during swim outing
Mike Mechlinski aged 29 of 37 Camp Street Worcester drowned at Coe's pond after cramp pulled him under while swimming with four companions. Lifeguards and friends attempted rescue but failed.
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Worcester
Mike Mechlinski
Camp Street
Coe’s Pond
Gray's 25 Mile Flight From Squantum to Somerville
Boston aviator George A. Gray flew 20 to 25 miles in a Burgess Wright biplane from Squantum to the Somerville recreation grounds with pupil John Magee. He reached 2500 feet, averaged 65 mph, and landed after circling the grounds thrice then planned three 10 minute flights at Somerville on July 4 under the city association.
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George A. Gray
Boston
Squantum
Somerville
Middlesex Valley
Winchester
John Magee
Gray
Boston Harbor
Franconia
Liverpool
Queenstown
Grand Trunk
East Boston
Mystic Docks
Chelsea Bridge
Mystic River
Medford
West Medford
Mystic Lakes
Arlington
Recreation Grounds
West Somerville
Somerville Recreation Grounds
Aviators Attend Willard Funeral After Tragic Squantum Death
The funeral for William A. P. Willard, killed Monday night with Harriet Quimby at Squantum aviation field, was held in Roxbury at the Curtis rooms chapel. Benjamin F. Teel gave the eulogy praising Willard as a hero for aiding aviation. Interment followed in the Sterling family lot.
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William A. P. Willard
Harriet Quimby
Squantum Aviation Field
Curtis Undertaking
Roxbury
Benjamin F. Teel
Mr. Willard
Sterling
Adventures of Kitty Cobb in Next Sunday's Post
The reader is reminded of the ongoing Adventures of Kitty Cobb with illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. Issue No. 7 will appear in the next Sunday’s Post.
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Kitty Cobb
James Montgomery Flagg
Kosher Shops in Greater Boston Shut Down
Kosher meat shops across Greater Boston closed yesterday afternoon. Arbitration of the difficulties is being discussed. It is proposed that committees representing the striking women and the retail and wholesale dealers appear before the Kehilla executive committee to air grievances.
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Greater Boston
Arbitration proposed to end Boston Jewish meat strike
The Kehilla executive committee may arbitrate between striking Greater Boston women and local meat dealers to speed a settlement. A Friday mass meeting at Faneuil Hall aims to end the dispute amid a complete kosher meat shortage in New England. police guarded J Rosenberg’s Spring street store after a mock dynamite device was found, later revealed as a neighborhood prank.
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Kehilla
New England
Faneuil Hall
Greater Boston
The
Henry H. Levenson
Hancock Street
J. Rosenberg
Spring Street
Rosenberg
Cambridge Women Hear Mass Meeting on Dynamite Hoax
About 400 women attended a mass meeting at Columbia Hall Cambridge where addresses by Eva Hoffman Annie Freedman H Fisman Morris A Margolis Max Rosen and Henry Miller were given. The group planned to participate in a Fareuil Hall meeting Friday.
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Ruditzky
Poplar
Rosenberg
Dash
Columbia Hall
Cambridge
Eva Hoffman
Annie Freedman
H. Fisman
Morris A. Mar
Curley Backs Wilson At Roxbury Tammany Banquet
Congressman James M. Curley urged supporting Woodrow Wilson for president at the 12th anniversary of the Ward 17 Tammany Club in Roxbury. About 600 attendees endorsed Wilson and Curley praised Champ Clark while pledging to work for Wilson. Ex-Representative Daly presided and a list of notable guests attended the event.
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James M. Curley
Ward 17
Tammany Club
Vine Street Hall
Roxbury
Woodrow Wilson
Curley
Champ Clark
Clark
Boston Elevated
Boston
Francis L. Daly
William P. O’brien
John P. Brennan
Cambridge
John F. Cronin
Supreme Judicial Court
Michael Reidy
South Boston
Jeremiah J. Good
Timothy J. Buckley
John J. Murphy
Board of Assessors
Glendon Dyar
James T. Kenney
Call to form a Progressive party in 1912 race
A letter urging Woodrow Wilson to create a new Progressive party with a Wilson Roosevelt ticket. The author accuses party bosses in Chicago and Baltimore of rigging conventions, praises Bryan, and pledges support for a bold third party that could outpoll Republicans and Democrats if Wilson leads and Roosevelt runs second.
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Chicago
Baltimore
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Yourself
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Parker
New Progressive Party
Progressve
Wilson
Roosevelt
Party of the People
Car cleaner struck by engine at Dover street yard
William Flaherty a 22 year old car cleaner for the New York New Haven Hartford railroad was run over by a shifting engine at the Dover street yard yesterday afternoon He carried a pail of water when crossing the tracks the engine passed over him severing his right leg and fracturing his skull He is at City Hospital in a dangerous condition
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William Flaherty
East Sixth Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Dover Street
Flaherty
City Hospital
Unnamed Picture Prompts Prize Idea for Sunday Post
The note invites readers to suggest a clever title for an unnamed picture in next Sunday's Post with a prize of 25 dollars for the best entry. The call emphasizes creativity and community participation.
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Charles W. Niles
Thomas
Niles
Martin
Hamilton
Boy
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Blue Hills
Thompson’s Island
State House
Paul Peck
Columbia
Miss Quimby
Glenn L. Martin
John Murphy
Red Sox
Page
Peck
Bonette
Squantum Field
Ross Dental
Washington
Iterihcon
Rox
Wilson & Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Gov. Wilson
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Thomas W. Lawson
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