Three Men arraigned for larceny and drugs after wrong-room discovery
Police entered the wrong room while searching for a sick man at 11 Milford Street and found three men with $200 worth of wearing apparel and narcotics. Raymond Herrara received a two-year jail term on appeal after resisting transfer. Harry Davis and Max Zimmerman were convicted with differing sentences including probation and state departure. Dreamers feature teased in next Sunday's Post Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Street
Raymond Herrara
Sullivan
Twombly
Deer Island
Herrara
Harry Davis
Max Zimmerman
Davis
Zimmerman
Melrose Board Set to Rule on Grand Army Hall Use
A proposed aldermanic resolution would restrict Grand Army Hall in Melrose to Grand Army and Women's Relief Corps members. The hall’s use has expanded to other groups, causing veteran complaints about access. A heated meeting looms as aldermen split on the proposal sparked by smoking pipes and club objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose Board of Aldermen
Alderman Buttrick
Grand Army Hall
Grand Army
Women's Relief Corps
Melrose Grand Army Hall
Veterans
Melrose Women’s Club
Board of Aldermen
Mayor Approves Fire Department Motor Apparatus Purchase
Mayor Curley authorized spending 17000 for new fire department equipment. Four motor tractors cost 3975 each and a tractor engine costs 1100, expanding the department's motor apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Fire Department
American protest over British blacklist of U.S. firms
Ambassador Page will present a note to the British Foreign Office protesting the blacklist under the trading with the enemy act. The document argues only general international law and calls for modification of the order, with possible U.S. retaliation if relief is not achieved. Individual firm cases to be raised in talks in Washington and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Page
Foreign Office
London
Polk
United States
State Department
Business Rm
Appeals to Court in Ticker Service Case
Boston broker Calvin Foster seeks Supreme Court review of a ruling granting him use of the Western Union ticker service under a New York Exchange contract. The state court held in Foster's favor, and the telegraph company has moved for a writ of error to the nation's highest court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Calvin Foster
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York Exchange
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Judicial Court
Foster
Telegraph Company
Wakefield’s Oldest Citizens Celebrate Birthdays At Work
Abner A. Kingman aged 88 and George W. Kimball aged 81 continued working at their trades despite age. Kingman, a noted state printer, and Kimball, a blacksmith and wheelwright, celebrated by putting in a full day on the job yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Abner A. Kingman
George W. Kimball
Woman Gets 35 to Hit the Trail at Camp Meeting
In Douglas a frail woman railed at the audience from a campground tabernacle platform while 35 trail hit ters crowded the aisle and dropped to their knees in an intense scene as she cursed the crowd to repentance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Campground Tabernacle
Woman Preacher Captivates Douglas Camp Meeting
Mrs. Carrie Sloan wife of Dr J H Sloan of East Liverpool Ohio preaches with energy at the 42nd annual Douglas Camp meeting drawing a large crowd. She speaks of the world’s wickedness and her mission against sin while other speakers include Rev John N Short and Dr Sloan. The event runs daily from morning to night with hundreds in tents and cabins on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Sloan
Sloan
Billy Sunday
Liverpool
Tabernacle
Carrie Sloan
East Liverpool
Ohio
Dorothea
Richard
Billy
Douglas
God
John N. Short
Franklin Street
Cambridge
W. H. Huff
Sioux City
T. C. Henderson
Columbus
W. H. Raymond
Haddin Neck
Conn
Librarians End Conference Visit to City Libraries
State librarians wrapped up a three day conference with the Free Public Library Commission of the State at Simmons College. They visited the Stookline Public Library and the North End Branch Library yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Librarians
Stookline
North End
Massachusetts Librarians
Free Public Library Commission of the State
Simmons College
Home Rule Agreement Published in Irish Negotiations
London reports an official paper detailing the heads of the agreement reached between David Lloyd George and Irish leaders. It confirms that Irish members in Imperial Parliament remain at 103, and outlines that if no permanent Irish government is set within 12 months after the war, Parliament may extend the bill by order in council. The Ulster counties exclusion is defined but not elaborated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asquith
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
John Redmond
Government of
Ireland
Ulster
Irish negotiations renew consent for compromise talks
A petition in the House of Commons pushes for renewed negotiations toward an Irish compromise based on proposals from John Redmond and Sir Edward Carson. The agreement includes a clause allowing the lord lieutenant of Ireland to summon conferences between constituencies in the excluded area and those in the rest of Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Leutenant
Ireland
House of Commons
John Redmond
Edward Carson
Ellen A. Swift Reaches New Bedford After 12 Hour Struggle
The whaling schooner Ellen A. Swift arrived at New Bedford crippled after a hurricane off the Hatteras grounds. Sails blown off fore mast loosened, boat began to leak, and the crew labored twelve hours in water up to their waists to keep the ship afloat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Ellen A. Swift
Hatteras Grounds
Court orders Jameson sons to support parents
Four Jameson men from East Boston Brookline and Roxbury faced neglect charges in East Boston court. Judge Murley ordered Robert Jameson to pay $1 weekly for support while John and Edward were assessed small sums. The parents David and Ellen Jameson will live with son David in Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jameson
Webster Street
East Boston
John F. Jameson
Sumner Street
David Jameson
Washington Street
Brookline
Edward R. Jameson
Haskins Street
Roxbury
Joseph J. Murley
Robert
John
Edward
David
Ellen Jameson
Prisoner Tries to Drown Self During Boat Landing
Joseph McDonald, sent from Central Court, leapt from the gangplank of the penal boat Monitor as prisoners were landed on the island. Lifeguard Frank H Conley and Second Mate John F Putnain joined the rescue. Conley was bitten and submerged twice before McDonald was hauled back aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McDonald
Central Court
Penal Institutions
Monitor
Frank H Conley
Conley
McDonald
John F. Putnain
Boston seeks Philadelphia paving model study
Mayor Curley instructs Edward F. Murphy to send two public works engineers to Philadelphia to study that citys paving system with a view to installing a similar program in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Curley
Edward F. Murphy
Commissioner of Public Works
Boston
City heads meet to discuss keeping within budget
Mayor Curley calls a conference of department heads to discuss keeping within appropriations due to budget pruning by the City Council. The meeting will be held August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Felice Arrest
Trio
Sunday Post
G.A.R
Harrison
Harro
Fifth Ave
Palm Beach
Ed Esah
Washington St
Btn
Dias
Eee
U.S
Dr. Sloan
New England
Carters
D.H.P. Athletic Union
B. V. D. Dap
School St. Comer City Hall Avenue A
Greater Boston
Renee
Connor Aoanty
Henfield
Redmond
Markies Port
Bellans
Firestone
Akron
Firestone Transportation
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
America
Beacon St
Mass
Akron, C
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!