Harvard student found dead in Colorado home
Curtis Parker of Back Bay Boston Harvard, 312 Dartmouth St, was found dead in bed at Hal Sayers home near Rollinsville Col. July 4. Cause unclear with theories of suffocation or heart failure linked to high altitude. coroner to hold an inquest due to Parker's strong constitution and unanswered questions.
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Rollinsville
Col
Curtis Parker
Harvard
Dartmouth Street
Back Bay
Boston
Mass
Hal Sayers
Young Parker
Parker and Sayers Family Tragedy In Denver
Parker, a 20 year old from Boston's Back Bay aristocracy, stayed with Hal Sayers in Denver. He was last seen writing a letter to his mother, found dead in his room with suspected suffocation. An inquest will determine cause as investigators note no signs of smoking or drinking.
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Parker
Back Bay
Boston
Sayers
Denver
Hal Sayers
Eighth Avenue
Logan Street
Capitol Hill
Parents Believe Parker Death Natural Attributable To Altitude
Boston man Curtis Parker 20 dies suddenly in Colorado while visiting Harvard classmate Hal Sayer and Charles Tilton of Boston. Family says heart failure. no investigation planned. Parker, six foot six, planned militia mobilization in Boston August. member of Eastern Yacht Club Cohasset Yacht Club. Born in Boston, prepared at Volkmann School. lived at 212 Dartmouth Street.
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Curtis
Colorado
Hal” Sayer
Charles Tilton
Boston
Parker
Denver
Volkmann School
Corps of Cadets
Eastern Yacht Club
Cohasset
Panic as trolleys crash near South Boston
Bernard Rowen aged 40 of 234 Dorchester street suffered a concussion and remains in critical condition at City Hospital. His wife Mrs Rowen is shaken and feared to be internally injured. Joseph Hasselbrock, 11, of 241 Emerson street, received a lacerated lip and contusions at City Hospital.
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Bernard Rowen
Dorchester Street
Boston
City Hospital
Rowen
Bernard
Joseph Hasselbrock
Emerson Street
Collision of crowded trolley cars injures many at Northampton and Washington
A head on crash between a Field's Corner outbound trolley and a South Boston car at Northampton and Washington last night injured three seriously and left about a dozen bruised and shaken. Rescue workers rushed the worst injured to hospital as traffic stalled for 45 minutes and a wrecking crew moved the wrecked trolleys. Mr and Mrs Bowen and Hazelbrook lad survived serious harm, with no fatalities reported.
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Northampton
Washington Streets
Northampton Street
South Boston
Elevated
Weather of Ideal Sort on Fourth of July
The Fourth of July enjoyed ideal weather with sun shining, mild temperatures, and no fatal heat prostrations. Humidity averaged 64 percent. several people were overcome but hospitals reported no deaths. Forecaster Smith predicts a fair day with light to fresh southerly winds for tomorrow and Saturday.
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Smith
Pembroke Maine Fire Destroys 14 Buildings
A July 4 blaze in Pembroke Maine wiped out 14 buildings including the Pen namaquon Hotel Hobart Pattangall general store HE R Varney variety store and related structures. Loss placed at about 50 000 with minimal insurance and no municipal fire apparatus. The fire started from fireworks and halted communications when the Hobart Pattangall store central office burned.
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Eastport
Pembroke
Pennamaquon
Hobart-Pattangall Company
HE. R. Varney
Hobart-Pattangall
Gold Tooth Yegg Linked to Boston Watchman Killing
A dead gold tooth marked yegg lies in City Hospital morgue after a midnight shooting in South Boston. Watchman Vincent Karala was killed. the surviving companion remains unidentified. Police seek the dead man's identity to trace the accomplice.
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Yegg
City Hospital
Boston
Watts
Vincent Karala
Philip Broomfield
Richards and
Midway Streets
Watchman Severely Wounded In South Boston Yegg Episode
A vigilant watchman at a South Boston junk dealer's shop was shot by a yeggman. Karnala, 46, barely survived, as the wounded man fired at least one shot before succumbing to his injuries. Police pursue a surviving accomplice. the dead intruder matched a professional burglar profile with notable clothes and features.
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City Hospital
Vincent Karnala
Jacob Karnala
West Second Street
South
Boston
Stephen
Hyde Park
Annie
Dan Eanules
Poland
Watts
Kamala
Karnala
Veggman
Powers Asked In Hearing In Waltham Labor Dispute
In Waltham City Hall ex Congressman Samuel L Powers, president of the Newton street railway, is to meet members of the Waltham Business Men's Association to discuss employee grievances. The dispute centers on 14 motormen and conductors discharged after aiding in union formation. A mass meeting led to a citizens committee appointment with Representative Patrick J Duane among others aiding the effort.
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Waltham
Waltham City Hall
Waltham Business Men’s Association
Samuel L. Powers
Newton Street Railway
T. F. Kearns
Business Men's Association
Newton Club
Newton
Orr
Cox
Patrick J. Duane
Eight $1600 a year plum appointments for city weights
Eight appointments as deputy sealers of weights and measures at 1600 dollars annually remain to be distributed before the city board’s summer adjournment. Once filled, the city payroll boosts by 12800 dollars yearly.
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Board of Aldermen
City struggles over appointments amid ward fights
May or Fitzgerald delays action amid bitter ward battles over appointments. Alderman Draper likely to get a seat after voting to amend ordinances. Baldwin seeks Higgins, a former deputy sealer, while Ward 14 backed by Judge Logan favors Ware. Ward 12’s Berwin may receive a post for aiding on the loan bill.
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Fitzgerald
Charles Draper
Baldwin
John W. Higgins
Collins
Ward 14
Judge Logan
Robert Ware
Higgins
William Berwin
Denouncement of Fourth of July by African Methodist Episcopal leaders
At a Boston meeting of the African Methodist Episcopal Church the keynote speakers denounced the nation and President Roosevelt. Bishop Henry McNeil Turner challenged patriotic sentiment, saying the flag represents oppression for African Americans and that independence and equality have not applied to his race amid lynchings and racial violence. The address drew enthusiastic applause from the audience.
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Charles Street Church
Roosevelt
Henry McNeil Turner
Atlanta
Lincoln
House
Boston
United States
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Massachusetts
Hell
Supreme Court
Mellody Knocks Out Donovan in Seventh Round
New York July 4 Champion Honey Mellody of Boston knocks out Jim Donovan of Rochester in the seventh round of a scheduled 10 round bout before Brown Gymnasium Club at Rockaway Beach. Mellody dominated most of the fight, except for a solid punch Donovan landed in the third that slowed Mellody briefly.
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New York
Four year old girl burns while playing with matches
Four year old Annie Weisslinger of 238 PD Street South Boston lit matches in front of her home. Her dress caught fire and she was engulfed in flames. A passerby, suffering burns on his hands, helped extinguish the fire and she was rushed to City Hospital with poor prospects for recovery while her father anxiously waited.
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Annie Weisslinger
PD Street
Boston
City Hospital
French steam trawler Campelle wrecked near Louisburg
In thick fog, the French steam trawler Campelle of Boulogne, No. 303, went ashore on Woody Point eight miles east of Louisburg. It is believed to be a total loss, with the steamer Canada rushing to assist.
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North Sydney
N. S
Campelle
Boulogne
Woody Point
Louisburg
Canada
Polands Nervy Rescue Off Buoy 9
While three men from South Boston capsized in a small rowboat off Buoy 9 during yacht races, Vice Commodore Poland and his 30 foot Marguerite arrived as others could not reach them. Poland dived in and rescued Estey and Winter, Knox was sinking earlier and saved after Poland seized control. Estey and Winter were revived and taken to the Chelsea Yacht Club.
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C. R. Estey
John Knox
William Winter
K Street
South
Boston
Poland
Marguerite
Estey
Knox
Winter
Dorchester Bay
Castle Island
Mr. Poland
Ernest Cotter
Chelsea Yacht Club
Lester Poland
Myroe Poland
Governor Guilds Busy Fourth in State House
Governor Guild spent the greater part of the Fourth in his office at the State House greeting callers and planning appointments for the weeks ahead. He lunched with Private Secretary Gettemy, then departed for Nahant in the afternoon. A key appointment is the bureau of statistics of labor chief. Gettemy is favored for the post, a choice welcomed by Lieutenant-Governor Draper and allied councillors.
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Guild
State House
Gettemy
Nahant
Pidgin
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Draper
Small Boy Shot by Blank Cartridge Wounds 10-Year-Old
Louis Goldman ten years old is struck in the stomach by wadding from a discharged blank cartridge fired by an unknown boy while he played in the street at 19 Endicott street. He was rushed to Relief Hospital where the wad was removed and his condition stabilized.
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Louis Goldman
Endicott Street
Louis
Japanese Troops Land in Mexico En Route to Coal Regions
Mexico City July 4 report says 275 Japanese landed at Salina Cruz yesterday and head for the coal districts in Las Esperanza zonas. The movement suggests wartime logistics and strategic resource focus in southern Mexico.
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Mexico City
Salina Cruz
Las Esperanezas
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Powers
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Donovan
Sloop
GOV. Guild
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