Miles predicts greatest Old Home Week parade ever
General Miles, chief marshal for the Old Home Week military and civic parade, expresses strong optimism about the event. He expects about 10 000 participants from various organizations and unions, with sections led by Captain Charles F. Clark and veterans groups including Ancients Sons of Veterans Spanish War Veterans British Naval and Military Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Nelson A. Miles
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Charles F. Clark
Miles
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Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Killed Sister's Lover Is Free
Brussels July 5 Carlos Waddington son of Luis Waddington charge d affaires of Chili at Brussels was acquitted of murdering Senor Balmaceda secretary of the Chilean legation on Feb 24 1906 Balmaceda had announced to Miss Waddington his withdrawal from their engagement but accused the young woman of prior misbehavior Carlos shot Balmaceda after the revelation in Brussels context of diplomatic scandal and a sensational trial.
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Brussels
Carlos Waddington
Luis Waddington
Senor Balmaceda
Legation
Balmaceda
Miss Waddington
Carlos
Striker Kennedy Found In Contempt By Supreme Court
Judge Hammond ruled George S. Kennedy in contempt for disobeying a Loring injunction restraining Teamsters from interfering with employers after a strike. Kennedy, a Teamsters Union No. 27 member, allegedly assaulted Charles A. Faucey of F. Knight & Son on May 27. Kennedy claimed no knowledge of the injunction and offered alibi.
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Hammond
Supreme Court
George S. Kennedy
Loring
Teamsters
Charles A. Faucey
F. Knight & Son
Kennedy
Teamsters’ Union No. 27
Fox Sees Streets at Night in Boston Cleanup Effort
Expert Richard T. Fox hired by the citizens committee to explain why Boston streets are not kept clean spends nights studying the issue. After daytime tours with Superintendent Cummings, he now reviews night time street cleaning operations to assess effectiveness.
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Richard T. Fox
Citizens’ Committee
Boston
Cummings
City official flags city street cleaning study
A city official tells a Post reporter he has thoroughly reviewed the situation and will present a detailed report. He notes that busier streets and car track heights must be examined, and that population character across areas will influence street cleaning plans, including local sweeping habits.
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Post
Summer Study Turned to Play at St Elizabeth Guild
On Monday July 15 the St Elizabeth Guild at 59 East Springfield Street opens its summer play school. With contributed funds the guild will run two outings weekly for attending children. Historical site visits and garden studies will accompany lessons in history and flowers in and around Boston. Directors include President Mary Carney Hill, Vice President Maud M Rockwell, Treasurer Margaret Carey, Secretary Mary Boyle O'Reilly, and Caroline F Hanley.
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St. Elizabeth Guild
East
Springfield Street
Boston
The
Guild
Mary Carney Hill
Maud M. Rockwell
Margaret Carey
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Caroline F. Hanley
Former Boston surgeon Dr Richard Derby dies in Conn
New York July 6 Dr Richard Henry Derby executive surgeon of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and member of the State Charities Aid Association died at Dr Buell's home in Litchfield Connecticut. He was born in Boston March 12 1844 and graduated from Harvard in 1864 and Harvard Medical School in 1867.
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New York
Richard Henry Derby
Girl Heroine Rescues Younger Companion From Drowning
13 year old Marie Ballem of East Boston saves 9 year old Marie Gillis after Gillis sinks three times off Moore street shore. Marie swims through a heavy sea, grips Gillis by the hair and brings her to shore as onlookers fear both will drown. Both girls revived by Dr. Keyes and praised for coolness.
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East Boston
Chum
Marie Ballem
Marie Gillis
Gillis
Moore Street
Keyes
Ballem
Charles Ballem
Paul Jones Grammar School
Society Girl Near Drowning in Newport Colony
Miss Edith Deacon, a noted Newport social figure and former mascot of the North Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, narrowly escaped drowning at Bailey's Beach as summer residents bathe, a development shocking the fashionable colony tonight.
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Newport
R. I
Edith Deacon
Robley D. Evans
Bob” Evans
Bailey’s Beach
Two Pretty Girls Fined For Horn Blast In Allston
Lucy Nevins and Bessie Robbins, both teens, were fined one dollar each after pleading guilty to blowing small horns on the Fourth near a bonfire in Allston. They appeared in court crestfallen, denying further remarks. They were detained briefly at the House of Detention and later bailed out, not held in a cell overnight.
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Lucy Nevins
Bessie Robbins
Allston
Back Bay
House of Detention
Four Generation Photographs No 58 Invitation
New England families with four or more living generations are invited to submit group photographs for publication in the Post. Selected images will be compiled into a neatly bound volume and sent to President Roosevelt.
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New England
Post
Roosevelt
Hussey Family Remains A Four Generation Group In Wakefield
Wakefield reports another four generation family group the Hussey clan with Joseph Hussey aged 74 born in Milton New Hampshire and long in Boston Express business Horace A Hussey 52 born Milton NH William B Hussey 20 born Jamaica Plain and Horace J Hussey 7 born Quincy all sharing a close resemblance to each other in appearance and lineage.
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Wakefield
Hussey
Joseph Hussey
Milton
N. H
Boston
Horace A. Hussey
William B. Hussey
Jamaica Plain
Horace J. Hussey
Quincy
Horace F. Hussey
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