Defies Mayors Orders in Building Controversy
A district attorney report details disputes over the Normal School building project. The Fuller Company was ordered to discharge the sub contractor, with a safety foundation review by experts Worcester Swain and Thompson. Witnesses from ice cases and Fenway overrun the day as grand jury sessions proceed.
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Fuller Company
J. R. Webster
George F. Swain
The
Institute of Technology
Sanford E. Thompson
Alexander McGeachery
Simon J. Donovan
Edwin Kennedy
P. L. Weeks
William Mahoney
Mr. Moran
Carr Company Faces Graft Charges Over New Boston Normal School
Worcester around July 30 reports H S Wilson of the George W Carr Company dismisses graft charges as absurd and vows to complete the contract. He questions adulterated cement claims amid many inspectors and says the firm will fight removal attempts. Alfred H Carr mocks the talk saying workers remain on site.
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Worcester
H. S. Wilson
George W. Carr Company
Post
New Boston Normal School
Wilson
Alfred H. Carr
Mr. Carr
Boston schoolhouse panel orders Carr sub contractor discharge
Boston schoolhouse commissioners exonerate the Fuller Construction Company and order the Carr sub contracting firm discharged from concrete work on the new Normal school. The move will be effected through Fuller, with papers to be completed and crews released shortly.
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Ate Fuller Company
Carr Company
New Normal School
Boston
George W. Carr Corporation
Fuller Construction Company
Carr
Charles Logue
Fuller Company
R. C. Sturgis
Fenway Case Proceeds as Grand Jury Returns Notes
Suffolk Criminal Court grand jury remained busy as witnesses were examined in the Fenway case. The matter continued to be explored with no immediate schedule for related hearings or actions.
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Suffolk Criminal Court
The Case Of Rose O Malley Theft Trial Continued
Miss Rose O Malley of South Boston was charged with larceny of 90 cents from Frances Sculley. The case was continued to Wednesday after relatives testified to her character and the judge showed leniency. The girl described as the lady in black behaved oddly toward the child during the incident.
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Miss Rose O'Malley
South Boston
Station 12
Little Frances Sculley
Miss O'Malley
Athletes Seek Final Appeal to Rejoin NAU
A large gathering at St. Alphon sus clubhouse last night endorsed one more attempt to reinstate suspended athletes to the N E A A U. A five member committee was set to process and test applications for reinstatement while the conservative faction favored continuity over forming a new organization.
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St. Alphonsus
Ford
Messrs. Cronin
Lee
Prout
McVicar
Roberts
Poissoned Fowl Case Brought Against 75-Year-Old Man
Cornelius Casey, 75, was held in 1000 bail by Justice Hall in Peabody after the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals charged him with poisoning live fowl belonging to Murray on October 5 and 7. Three lawyers appeared for town, owner, and defendant as the case heads to the September grand jury.
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Peabody
Justice Hall
Massachusetts Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Cornelius Casey
Murray
Peter Miller
New York
Crapo
Grant
Acushnet Avenue
Miller
Central
Potter
Express thieves snared in South Boston copper haul
Two men Michael J. Lydon and Patrick McCarren were caught by Patrolman Linton as they attempted to steal 50 pounds of sheet copper from W. A. Merkfelt’s wagon outside 100 West Second Street. They were restrained near a tree and marched to a patrol box as bystanders watched.
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Boston
Linton
Station 6
Michael J. Lydon
E Street
Patrick McCarren
D Street
W. A. Merkfelt
West Second Street
Chauffeur's bail reduced to $1000 in Richards case
Salem district court cut Frank I. Richardson's bail from 10000 to 1000 after an autopsy showed William F. Richards died of natural causes, not the accident. Richardson, 17, was charged as Richards' chauffeur. the deceased had epilepsy.
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Salem
Frank I. Richardson
Joseph P. Shortell
William F. Richards
Richards
Ladder Company 9 Captain Resigns from Fire Service
John F. Cox of Ladder Company 9 submitted his resignation to Fire Commissioner Wells yesterday, effective Friday. Cox began his service on May 18.
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John F. Cox
Ladder Company 9
Wells
Cox
Letter Carrier Attacked by Two Terriers in Auburndale
Thomas F. Jones a mail carrier living at 116 Auburndale street was attacked by two terriers on Oakland avenue. The dogs sprang on him causing leg lacerations but doctors expect no lasting injury.
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Auburndale
Thomas F. Jones
Auburndale Street
Oakland Avenue
Booming Irwin for Judgeship in Northampton Area
Former Northampton councillor Richard W. Irwin is seen as a candidate for the Superior Court seat left by Judge Flaherty’s death. Senator Feiker visited with a Hampshire county lawyers’ petition citing lack of regional representation. Michael J. Murray is not pursuing the spot. Irwin is a ally of ex Governor Bates.
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Richard W. Irwin
Northampton
Flaherty
Feiker
Hampshire County
Irwin
Bates
Michael J. Murray
Navy Letter Hails Dolphin’s 1906 Target Practice Merit
In Washington on July 30 the Navy Department released Secretary Bonaparte’s letter to Lieutenant-Commander Eagar praising the Dolphin crew. The note says the U S S Dolphin achieved the highest final merit of its class in the 1906 target practice.
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Washington
Navy Department
Bonaparte
Eagar
Dolphin
U.S. S. Dolphin
Paragon Park Hosts Post Day Visitors at Nantasket
Twenty thousand guests plus another twenty thousand with Post tickets entered Paragon Park as the Sunday Post ran a special day. Crippled children from Burrage Home rode early to enjoy rides while La Belle Blanche performed the slide for life, escaping injury after a net failure.
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Boston Post
Sunday Post
Paragon Park
Johnstown
Burrage
Paragon
la Belle
Post
Nantasket
Striker Crisis Deepens As Rogers Ferry Involved
Henry H. Rogers is rumored to back strikebreakers while staying at his Fairhaven summer home with Mark Twain aboard the Kanawha. James A. Parker, charged with manslaughter over Jolicoeur’s death, posted $2000 bail as Jolicoeur died after an electric car collision. Police report ongoing turmoil with warnings from Superintendent Potter and Judge Milliken linking to the Daisy barge disturbances.
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Mr. Rogers
Fairhaven
Mark Twain
New Bedford
James A. Parker
Henry Jolicoeur
Hart
Henry H. Crapo
Jolicoeur
Coggeshall Street
Acushnet Avenue
Parker
Mas
Boston Yachtsmen Saved After Sabrina Wreck
A sloop Sabrina wrecked off Jerry's Point Little Harbor New Hampshire. Henry S. MacPherson Boston lawyer and yachtsman and two other Boston men escaped, using a pneumatic mattress as a life raft. They towed a swimmer to shore after surf battered the craft. Sabrina valued at 3500 dollars.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sabrina
Jerry’s Point
Little Harbor
Henry S. MacPherson
Boston
Benjamin D. Hyde
Mr. MacPherson
Castine
New Fire Regulations for Steamboats Enacted
New rules from the steamboat inspection service require steam fire pumps on all steamers over 50 gross tons and passenger steamers over 20 gross tons. Fire extinguishers must be on passenger steamers and on freight and towing steamers over 250 tons, with numbers tied to tonnage. Certifications for equipment on steam and motor vessels are also part of the regulations.
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Steamboat Inspection Service
Amesbury Plant to Move to Providence
The Foster Esta Brooks company plans shifting its Amesbury underwear plant to Providence Rhode Island while the Maine factory remains. About 75 workers are employed at the Amesbury site.
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Amesbury
Providence
Foster Estabrooks Company
Belfast
R. I
Maine
Man Sprains Ankle After Slipping From Engine
George H. Allen aged 28 of 147 West Ninth Street South Boston slipped from an engine at the First street yards of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railway and suffered a bad sprain to his right ankle. He was attended by Dr Keenan and taken home by Station 6 ambulance.
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First Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
George H. Allen
West Ninth Street
Boston
Station 6
Keenan
Wedding Completes College Romance at Washington
In Washington on July 30 the Rev. Paul Sperry of Bath Missouri and Miss Josephine Schallenberger, once a Washington society girl, announced plans to wed here next October completing a romance started at George Washington University.
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Washington
George Washington University
Paul Sperry
Bath
Josephine Schallenberger
Lynn Girl Confesses Secret Wedding
Miss Inez F. Moulton aged 18 of 193 Moulton Street and Orin White a B and M railroad ticket agent married last Wednesday at Providence. They confessed to the bride’s mother and were forgiven by relatives. An informal reception followed before their departure for the White Mountains.
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Lynn
Providence
Inez F. Moulton
Moulton Street
Orin White
Swampscott
White Mountains
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Sanford EH. Thompson
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James Donovan
Donovan
R. Clipston Sturgis
Fuller
Grand Jury
Fenway
Rose O’malley
Booming Irwin
Rowe's Wharf
Slide For Life
la Belle Blanche
MAHON
Strikers
Henry H. Rogers
Cleary
Claim Rogers
Lincoln Park
Milliken
Daisy
Frank FE. Souza
Oak Street
Joseph Souza
Bonney Street
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Boston CO
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