Man Admits Slaying Beatrice Kincaid in Illinois
Ed Mundy, 8, was taken to Springfield after confessing to choking 10 year old Beatrice Kincaid daughter of farmer James Kincaid near Winchester. He said he killed her by placing her body in a water trough after she screamed during the assault. Scotland opens a female operated machinery plant.
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Springfield
Beatrice Kincaid
James Kincaid
Winchester
Riles
Mundy
Mandy
Mayflower Sets Sail for Plymouth for Tercentenary
The Mayflower departs East Boston at 8 30 in tow of the Sadie Ross for Plymouth to be displayed at the old City Dock during the tercentenary. The ship will be used to film Pilgrim Fathers scenes and was once the Fannie F Hall owned by Captain O A Gilbert. John W Campbell oversaw the conversion using Harvard archives. Commission members will travel to Plymouth aboard the Mayflower.
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Mayflower
Turner & Gilbert’s
Border Street
Boston
Sadie Ross
Plymouth
Old City Dock
Fannie F. Hall
O. A. Gilbert
Tercentenary Commission
John W. Campbell
East
Harvard
Pilgrim Fathers
East Boston
Longshoremen Strike at St. John’s Over Wage Cut
In St. John’s Newfoundland more than 100 longshoremen walked off the job to protest a proposed wage reduction. Strikers cited government tax increases as making the cut unaffordable and halted loading and unloading on several steamers.
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ST. John's
N. F
No Women on Kaber Jury in Cleveland Murder Case
In Cleveland in July 56 the panel for the trial of Eva Catherine Kaber for her husband Daniel F. Kaber's murder shows only two prospective women among about 40 jurors. Six women were excused by defense challenges and Kaber's lawyers plan to exhaust all peremptory strikes to remove women.
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Cleveland
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Minerva Anderson
William J. Corrigan
Raber
Parrot Guarding Burglar Suspect Stuns Chicago
In Chicago a green parrot kept Edward Peterson from jail after getting trapped during a break in. Police were called when he lacked a key to a flat. the parrot greeted officers with profanity and a neighborly showdown led to Peterson being allowed to water and feed the birds.
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Chicago
Edward Peterson
Paul Johnson
Polly
Peterson
Munalbro Arrives Damaged After Nantucket Collision
The American steamer Munalbro arrives from Baltimore with 6000 tons of coal for New Haven, showing a six foot hole from a collision with the British schooner Whiteway in Nantucket Sound off Gay Head. Whiteway sustained bowsprit damage but remained afloat. The Munalbro will be berthed at South Boston and repairs will be arranged after owners’ representatives assess the damage. Captain Giles will file an accident report to steamboat inspectors to determine fault.
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Munalbro
Giles
Baltimore
New Haven Railroad
Whiteway
Nantucket Sound
Gay Head
Apple River
N.S
New York
Coast
Cuttyhunk
Munson Steamship Company
New Haven
Boston
Northern Avenue
United States
Infant Falls From Third Story Window
Rose De Sepano, 18 months old of 40 Hall Street West End, fell from a third story window onto a brick sidewalk. She was carried by a passing motorist to Haymarket Relief Station for care.
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Rose de Sepano
Hall Street
West End
Haymarket
Motorman Run Down by Auto In Weymouth
Stephen Burdick a Boston contractor will face Weymouth police charges in Quincy Court today for operating an automobile without a license. He struck Louis Leavitt a Bay State Street Railway motorman as Leavitt delivered papers in Weymouth. Leavitt suffered facial cuts and was treated at Quincy Hospital.
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Quincy
Stephen Burdick
Boston School House Commission
Columbia Road
Dorchester
Birchbrow Avenue
North Weymouth
Quincy Court
Weymouth
Burdick
Louis Leavitt
Coddington
Street
Bay State Street Railway Company
Postpone Convention of Jewelry Workers in Boston
The International Jewelry Workers Union canceled its annual convention in Boston as illness of the arrangements chairman forced a postponement. Sessions were to begin yesterday at the American House but did not occur.
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International Jewelry Workers’ Union
Boston
American House
Committee of Arrangements
Woman Found Injured With Fractured Skull In Critical Condition
A woman was found to be suffering from a fractured skull and remains in dangerous condition.
Inquest Planned in Bornstein Death Case
Medical Examiner Magrath announced an inquest to determine Leonard Bornstein's death. The Brookline man, 27, disappeared from 31 Orkney Road and was found July Fourth in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir by Metropolitan Park Police. The family denies suicide.
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Magrath
Leonard Bornstein
Orkney Road
Brookline
Bornstein
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Metropolitan Park
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Ernest Hare
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Paper Dell
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