Labor on School Buildings Discussed in Boston
The Schoolhouse Commission led by R Clipston Sturgis held talks with the Building Trades Council on city school projects. Sturgis urged unity, education, and charity, while officials noted challenges in tracking 300 buildings and $15,000 monthly repair work.
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R. Clipston Sturgis
Schoolhouse Commission
Building Trades Council
R. Cilpston Sturgis
Charles Logue
Thomas A. Mullen
Boston
Sturgis
Logue
Alderman Kneeland
Commission
Mr. Mullen
United States
Massachusetts
Thaw Defense Hinges On Emotional Insanity Claim
Hearings push emotional insanity as Thaw defense with experts and unwritten law cited. A key witness outlines Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw relations while noting family insanity and a pattern of jealousy fueling the case.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Harriet Thaw
Pittsburg
Robbery of Yosemite Valley stage coaches shocks travelers
Five Yosemite Valley stage coaches were held up yesterday near Ahwahnee by a lone highwayman. He demanded money and jewelry from all passengers, with women crying out as valuables were surrendered. The robber fled into the brush after robbing the five carriages in quick succession.
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Wawona
Cal
Yosemite Valley
The
National Park
Ahwahnee
Tragic Drowning of 6-Year-Old William Powers in Charlestown
William Powers drowned after falling from a wharf on Medford Street yesterday afternoon. He was last seen playing at his home at 286 Medford Street at 8 AM and found near Holton & Bugbee’s wharf at 4 PM. Two companions, Henry and Joseph Dumar, aged 7 and 6, accompanied him. William Gosnold, the wharf caretaker, discovered the body after noticing a man-made water zone and a foot caught in submerged barbed wire.
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William Powers
Charlestown
Medford Street
Holton & Bugbee
Henry
Joseph Dumar
William Gosnold
Mr. Gosnold
Mystic River
Boy Drowns After Fall at Wharf Incident
William Powers family learns of a fatal accident after Willie Powers fell into the harbor. Bystanders carried him to a nearby house where volunteers, including Martin Danehy and Frank Crane, assisted as the body showed no sign of life. The event left Mrs Powers and the family in deep distress.
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Thomas Haley
Haley
Martin Danehy
Frank Crane
Danehy
William Powers
Navy Yard
Emily
Samuel
Back Bay Break-In at Gardner Suite Reported
Police investigated a Back Bay burglary at Suite 3 376 Massachusetts Avenue owned by E M Gardner. Entry used a hidden key. six pearls, a gold watch, chain, studs, buttons, enamel watch, and $3.75 were stolen. A tall 30-year-old man with reddish mustache and straw hat was seen nearby. Plainclothes officers searched but found no suspect.
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Back Bay
Massachusetts Avenue
E. M. Gardner
Gardner
Donovan
Station 16
Schooner Maggie Miller Struck by St Croix Near Quoddy
The British schooner Maggie Miller reports she was hit in the stern by the bow of the steamer St Croix off West Quoddy on Friday. Maggie Miller’s stern and rigging damaged. steamer uninjured. Owned by J W McAlary of St John.
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Parrsboro
N. S
Maggie Miller
St. Croix
Eastern Steamship Company
West Quoddy
N. B
St. John
Boston
Maine
Hawes
J. W. McAlary
Worcester Lad Goes Insane Aboard Dominion Atlantic Steamer
Maynard D. Wilson, a Worcester youth living at 7 Britain Street, Worcester Mass, was taken into custody on a Dominion Atlantic Railway steamer Prince Rupert from Digby Nova Scotia to St John New Brunswick after declaring himself captain and causing a scene. He was declared insane by physicians today and could not recount his movements after reaching Yarmouth. His father in Worcester was notified by police.
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ST. John
N. B
Maynard D. Wilson
Britain Street
Worcester
Mass
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Prince Rupert
Digby
N. S
Wilson
Boston
Yarmouth
Nantasket Beach Draws 60 000 Visitors Record Crowd
A summer day at Nantasket Beach drew an estimated 60 000 people. They arrived by steamboat train electrics automobiles yachts and carriages for an ideal holiday with a record crowd along the shore.
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Nantasket
Transport Thomas Is Now Afloat After Guam Wreck
The United States Army transport Thomas, which ran aground on a reef near Guam, was floated at high water yesterday. The ship carried 10 army officers 79 civilians four army nurses and a large quantity of Philippine gold.
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Transport Thomas
Washington
Navy Department
United States Army
Thomas
Guam
Lifeguard Foils Drowning Of Irish Boy At North End Park
Lifeguard Thomas S. Foley rescued 16 year old Francis Finneo of Snowhill street from drowning near the pier at North End Park yesterday. The boy, new to the country and unable to swim, sank after jumping into deep water. Foley dove from his boat and brought him to the surface. Lifesaver Mr Cunningham revived the youth.
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Thomas S. Foley
Francis Finneo
Snowhill Street
North End Park
Foley
Finneo
Mr. Cunningham
Veteran from Togus rushed to hospital after hemorrhage
Albion C. McIntyre, 60, a Togus veteran lying at the Soldiers' Home, collapsed with a hemorrhage at Hanover and Court Streets and was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Togus
Albion C. McIntyre
Hanover and
Court Streets
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fugitive Mackewicz Returns to Face Larceny Charges
Frank J. Mackewicz 85 was brought back from Torrington Conn after fleeing bail. He faces five counts of larceny totalling 561.85 involving sums from 1905 to 1906 in Cambridge South Boston and Hyde Park. His wife Gertrude gave surety and later faced perjury charges. she remains in custody awaiting grand jury action.
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Frank J. Mackewicz
Rooney
Torrington
Conn
Antonio Pazarsky
Third Street
South
Boston
John Danelius
Washington Street
Cambridge
Joseph Rudartas
Main Street
Peter Jackucowski
Broadway
Mackenter
Gertrude
John J. Reynolds
Fraser Street
Hyde Park
Eloping Pair Reports Satisfaction in Secret Marriage
In Malden on July 8 Samuel Wolensk y of 426 Cross Street and Sarah Liebson quietly wed at Natick. The 20 year old bookkeeper and the bride’s mother express mixed feelings yet the couple says they are content and plan a future rabbinic remarriage.
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Malden
Samuel Wolenskey
Cross Street
Natick
Sarah Liebson
Samuel Liebson
Grape Street
Wolenskey
Boston
Sadie
Seek Relatives of India Wharf Victim Hawkins
Police and hospital officials seek relatives of Raymond Hawkins who died at Relief Hospital after falling overboard from India wharf Friday. Hawkins, about 30, 5 feet 9 inches, brown hair and mustache, may have previously worked at the State Institution in Rutland under the name Daniel R. Russell.
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Raymond Hawkins
Relief Hospital
India Wharf
Hawkins
State Institution
Rutland
Daniel R. Russell
Burglary Reported At Charter Street Grocery Store
Leonardo Merango of 49 Charter Street told Division 1 police his store was entered through an unlocked rear window Saturday night. Cigars tobacco candy and a handkerchief were stolen valued at $40.
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Leonardo Merango
Charter Street
Division 1
Harbor Fog Endangered Many Craft
Dense fog and a southeast wind reduced harbor traffic with smaller vessels and yachts forced to anchor to avoid collisions. By nightfall no accidents were reported as east bound towboats from New York and southern ports anchored offshore. Boats between the city and Nantasket diverted routes through the Narrows past Fort Warren.
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Boston
Cape
New York
Nantasket
Long Island Head
Gallup’s Island
Fort Warren
Harvard Man Honored by French Prize
Paris July 8 The French Academy awarded its annual academic prize to Morton Fullerton Harvard graduate for his book on picturesque French towns written in French This award has few precedents granting it to a foreigner and marks a notable distinction for Fullerton.
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Paris
French Academy
Morton Fullerton
Harvard
Fullerton
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Evelyn Nesbit
Garvan
Nesbit
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
White
Billy” Sturgis
Mr. Garvan
Harry
Cuba
Estabrook & Eaton
Yosemite
Armour
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A. Shuman, CO
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