Witnesses Accused of Lying Halt Elevated Strike Hearing
The State Board of Arbitration hearing on the Elevated strike nearly collapsed as two witnesses for the Elevated faced accusations of lying. Richard P. Barry, senior board member, halted questioning of Superintendent Joseph L. Webber of Division 1 after remarks by Chairman Howland.
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Elevated
State Board of Arbitration
Richard P. Barry
Joseph L. Webber
Division 1
Howland
Hearing Faults and Threats Claimed at Witnesses
Barry denounces a witness under oath as unreliable calling the hearing a farce and garbled. Attorney Hurlburt of the Boston Elevated Company vows to withdraw witnesses if insulted, signaling tension at the proceeding.
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Mr. Barry
Henry Hurlburt
Boston Elevated Company
Alimony Cut to One Dollar a Year in Suffolk Court
Mrs Ida Florence Heath Ramsey, formerly Mrs Arnold Heath, will receive $1 a year alimony instead of $1300 annually. The divorce court in Suffolk County reduced the allowance after her 1911 desertion divorce and later remarriage. Attorneys call it the smallest alimony ever awarded. Heath protested after learning of the second marriage.
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Ida Florence Heath Ramsey
Arnold C. Heath
Suffolk County
Heath
Cost of Weddings Goes Up a Notch in Staten Island
New York July 10. Liverymen on Staten Island announce engaged couples with weddings after July 15 must pay one dollar more for carriages. Current rate rises from $3 to $4 per wedding due to higher living costs.
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New York
Staten Island
Americans Suffer Setbacks At Stockholm Olympic Program
Thick gloom over the American team as they lose the 1500 and 5000 metre races today. Pat McDonald wins the 16 pound shot put with Ralph Rose second and I A Whitney third. Americans shine in the 200 metre dash and pole vault trials with multiple qualifiers. Olympic records fall in three events.
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Stockholm
Pat McDonald
New York
Ralph Rose
Olympic A. C
San Francisco
I. A. Whitney
England Wins 1500 Metres At Track Meet
England's A. N. S. Jackson dominates the 1500 metres event while the 100 metres race concludes in a setback for an unnamed competitor. Continued on page 14 third column.
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England
Hurling Match Draws Fans From Several Cities
Delegations of hurling enthusiasts from New York Boston and St Louis arrived in Chicago for a Sunday match between a local stars team and a Detroit squad.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Sisters killed by express at Somerville crossing
Paulina P. Chmiell 15 and her sister Cecilia 12 were struck by an inbound Bellows Falls express at the Dane Street crossing in Somerville. Paulina died instantly. Cecilia died en route to hospital after being placed in a police ambulance.
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Paulina P. Chmiell
Cecilia
Dane Street
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Somerville
Bellows Falls
Paulina
Tragic carriage crash kills two sisters near Boston crossing
Father John Chmiell of 22 Berkley Street waits on the piazza as a fast moving train strikes a carriage. Paulina driving the horse loses control after crossing gates and the sisters Cecilia and Paulina die within feet of the tracks. The accident prompts talk of closing the crossing at the Aldermen meeting.
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John Chmiell
Berkley Street
Somerville
Paulina
Washington Street
Cecilia
Poland
Boy Seriously Hurt by Auto in Roxbury Corner
Walter Murray a 10 year old of 1 Campbell place Roxbury was fatally injured yesterday afternoon at the corner of Columbus avenue and Penryth street Roxbury by an auto owned and operated by Orr J Palmer of 5 Monument street Charlestown The boy had been playing on the sidewalk and stepped into the path of the car Palmer carried him to City Hospital where he was found to have a fractured skull and probable internal injuries from which recovery is doubtful
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Walter Murray
Campbell Place
Roxbury
Columbus Avenue
Penryth Street
Orr J. Palmer
Monument Street
Charlestown
Palmer
City Hospital
Six Injured in Jamaica Plain Car Collision
Six people were injured in a collision of North Station Forest Hills cars on South Street near St. Mark's, Jamaica Plain, shortly after 11 o’clock last night. Injuries ranged from shock to head and abdominal injuries, with one seriously hurt. The victims include Mrs. William Cronin 35 of Roslindale, Mrs. John A Brumbeck 48 of Roslindale, Lillian Bowen 40 of Roslindale, Edwin C Fay 30 of Roslindale, Mrs. Mary E Taylor 36 of Boston, and Mrs. James Cook 40 of Jamaica Plain.
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William Cronin
Cornell Street
Roslindale
Lillian Bowen
Bellevue Avenue
Edwin C. Fay
Belgrade Avenue
John A. Brumbeck
Mary E. Taylor
Rutland Square
Boston
James Cook
Weld Hill Street
Jamaica Plain
North Station
Forest Hills
South Street
St. Mark’s Street
Collision of two streetcars near Forest Hills injures six
Two south bound cars collided with one rear ending the other near the Forest Hills car barn. Six passengers were injured on the leading car while others were shaken up. Doctors Malone Collier and Shay treated the wounded before they were driven home in Elevated cars. Mrs. Mary E. Taylor suffered severe injuries and possible death as a result of the crash. The Elevated did not release crew names or provide an explanation for the accident.
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Forest Hills
Charles J. Malone
Glen Road
Jamaica Plain
Lawrence Collier
South §Street
Thomas N. Shay
Warren Street
Roxbury
Elevated
Mary E. Taylor
Rutland Square
Boston
Baseball Scores and Delays From Early Play
In AME coverage Boston Philadelphia Cleveland New York and other National League games are listed with partial results. Chicago leads New York 3 to 1 while Boston visits St. Louis. Night darkness ends play after three innings and rain affects Brooklyn at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boy Nearly Electrocuted In Malden Trolley Pole Incident
Kenneth McClellan aged 12 of Malden narrowly escaped a deadly shock after touching an exposed trolley line pole at Main and Winter streets. The insulated feed wire burned out and carried current down an iron pipe, shocking nearby children who touched the ground. McClellan’s rubber-soled shoes and a backward fall limited injuries.
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Kenneth McClelan
Forest Street
Malden
Main
Winter Streets
Tittle Kenneth McClellan
Revere Selectmen Reinstate Fire Engineers After Suspension
After a near midnight executive session the Revere Board voted three to two to reinstate the fire engineers suspended last week for allegedly exceeding the department's appropriation. Hours earlier the engineers had voted to discharge Chief Arthur L. Kimball, a move the Selectmen voided saying proper charges and a seven day notice and hearing were required.
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Revere Selectmen
Board of Fire Engineers
Selectmen
Fire Department
Arthur L. Kimball
Brown Will Contested Over Testator's Widow Beneficiary
Harold H. Brown seeks to contest his father Samuel N. Brown’s will, which leaves him $1000 while naming the widow Charlotte Thompson Bradford Brown as principal beneficiary. The dispute involves more than $1 million, with special administrators appointed to oversee the matter.
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Harold H. Brown
Samuel N. Brown
Fairbanks Scale Company
Sherman L. Whipple
Charlotte Thompson Bradford Brown
George
Whipple
William H. Sears
Samuel Williston
Bradford
Boylston Street
Brown
William T. French
Justin F. Emery
George W. Bunker
Swampscott
Ocean House
Lang
Orient
Three Killed in Halifax Train Wreck at Grand Lake
Halifax N S July 10 Three men died and about forty or so were injured when the Intercolonial Railway Maritime express derailed at Grand Lake. The engine leaped the track and plunged into the lake dragging the mail and express cars while baggage wrecked. Engineer James Clark and Fireman Peter McGill perished. a tramp riding the blind baggage was also killed. Passengers largely escaped serious injury. cause suspected to be engine defect.
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Halifax
N. S
Intercolonial
Grand Lake
Maritime Express
James Clark
Peter McGill
Children Scalded by Pot of Boiling Water Incident
The two daughters of Thomas Burlando of 36 Valley Street Malden Lena aged 6 and Mary aged 4 were seriously scalded yesterday afternoon when they pulled a pot of boiling water from a gas stove.
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Thomas Burlando
Valley Street
Malden
Lena
Mary
Parlor Car Service to Lake by Boston and Albany R R
Leave Boston daily except Sunday at 10 a m for Lake via the Boston and Albany line. For details contact 28 Washington St. ods.
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Boston &Albany R. R
Boston
Washington
Heat Wave Persists as No Relief Seen Across Nation
Washington dispatch notes a nationwide humid heat wave with only scattered thundershowers offering brief relief. Forecasters warn no cooling trend is expected tonight or tomorrow as temperatures rise and the heat wave likely continues for an extended period.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Heat Strikes Take Three In Cambridge Area
Deaths announced from heat related causes include George Young 50 at 291 Windsor Cambridgeport died at Cambridge Relief Hospital. Thomas Walsh 72 of 10 Seventh Street East Cambridge died from heat after laboring for the city. William A. Austin 80 died at Somerville Hospital at 10 15 last night.
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George Young
Windsor Street
Cambridgeport
Cambridge
Thomas Walsh
Seventh Street
East Cambridge
Walsh
William A. Austin
Somerville Hospital
Boston Tops Heat Map in U S as City With Record Temps
For the eighth day in a row Boston registered the hottest large city in the United States while Abilene Texas also exceeded the day’s maximum. The humidity intensified the heat making the day feel worse than Tuesday’s higher temperature.
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Boston
United States
Abilene
Texas
Notable 18th and 19th Century Figures and Events
John Quincy Adams born 1767, a sixth president. Duel between Hamilton and Burr occurred in 1804. John Wanamaker born 1838, prominent merchant. Battle of Rich Mountain in 1861 in West Virginia. The Hatteras sunk by the Confederate commerce raider Alabama in 1863.
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John Quincy Adams
United States
Hamilton
Burr
John Wanamaker
Battle of
Rich Mountain
W. Va
the Hatteras
Unsettled Thursday in Boston Area with Showers Then Cooler
Forecast calls for unsettled weather in Boston and vicinity Thursday with possible showers and cooler temperatures. Friday should be fair with moderate southerly to westerly winds across New England.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Weather roundup shows day temperatures in major cities
Temperatures across large cities ranged from 60 in San Francisco to mid 90s in places like Philadelphia and Kansas City. Notable highs include 94 in Philadelphia and 92 in Kansas City with many cities in the 80s and 90s.
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Trious
Kansas City
Charleston
S. C
Pittsburg
Chicago
Portland, Mfe
Denver
Portland, Ore
Des Moines
San Francisco
Eastport
Louis
Galveston
St. Paul
Helen, Mont
Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
Boston and Worcester trolley service for Worcester route
Express and accommodation service offered between Boston and Worcester with intermediate stops, linking business travel and passenger transport. Service emphasizes convenient schedules and coverage for Worcester and surrounding areas.
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Boston and Worcester
Worcester
Intermediate Point
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