Woman alleges bogus Harvard student lured into marriage and robbed
Winifred Jewer, a South End waitress, says she was deceived by a supposed Harvard Law School graduate who persuaded her to marry him in New York. He allegedly took $67 from her and disappeared, prompting a police manhunt and church record checks in Boston amid unresolved details.
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Winifred Jewer
South End
New York
Harvard
Herbert C. Reed
Harvard Law School
St. Louis
New York City
Law School
Boston
Grand Union Hotel
Reed
House
Birmingham
Siender
Winifred Jerver
Lodge Defends Cotton Tariff In Senate Discussion
Washington June 1 After word that night sessions would start the Senate opened debate on the cotton cloth schedule. Senators Smoot and Lodge led the speeches defending the finance committee plan arguing the bill keeps the Dingley law intact while showing duties reduced by customs rulings. Lodge framed tariff aims as protecting U.S. manufacturers from cheap foreign labor and contended New England profits lag while price increases reflect nation wide demand. he also explained mercerization to justify the protective rate.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Smoot
Lodge
Finance Committee
Utah
Republican Party
New England
Taft Opens Yukon Fair In Seattle Exposition
President Taft, in the White House, started the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle at 3 oclock with a gold studded key from the Klondike mine. He expressed hope the event would be a great success after the continental and Pacific coast telegrams.
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Washington
Klondike
Taft
White House
Seattle
Pacific Coast
New Afternoon Concerts Replace Sunday Sessions in City Parks
The Boston Music Commission approves replacing Sunday night concerts at Marine Park Wood Island Park and Jamaica Pond with Sunday afternoon performances by Stone's Military Band Bates' Band and the First Corps Cadets' Band. The new programme begins July 4 at the three parks with the three groups alternating.
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Marine Park
Wood Island Park
Jamaica Pond
Boston Municipal
Stone
Bates
First Corps Cadets
Boston Music Commission
Illinois Man Travels to Lynn for Bride
Dennis Shine of Hampshire Illinois married Miss Annie M Tobin a dressmaker in Lynn. The ceremony was conducted by Mer A J Teeling at St Marys Church followed by a reception at 164 Franklin Street. The couple plan to live in Hampshire after a wedding tour.
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Hampshire
No Lieut General Now in U S Army Raises Ranking Officer
Washington June 1 Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur the ranking officer of the army will be placed on the retired list tomorrow by operation of law due to age and the grade of lieutenant general will then cease to exist in the army Major General Leonard Wood commanding the department of the east becomes the ranking officer of the army but without increase of rank
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Washington
Arthur MacArthur
Army
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Massachusetts Beef Sale Bill Passes to Engrossment
The judiciary committee bill allowing sale of slightly infected beef, aligned with federal law, moves to engrossment after amendments by Rep Duane are ruled out. Debate centers on whether sick cattle should ever be sold, with supporters arguing it follows federal standards and helps local industry.
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Committee On the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Duane
Waltham
Coleman
Nantucket
Bishop
Newton
Saunders
Clinton
Dorman
Lynn
Oliver
Athol
Massachusetts
Bishop of
Train strike near Athol kills Bell and injures O'Meara
In Athol on June 1 a train from Springfield on the Boston and Albany line struck two men. John Bell of Boston, 50, was killed. William O'Meara of Belchertown was badly injured. Bell had a wife and two children in Boston. he formerly lived in Athol.
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Athol
John Bell
Boston
William O'Meara
Belchertown
Springfield
Boston & Albany Railroad
Bell
Grant demand of carpenters
In Greater Boston 240 union carpenters struck over a new wage scale worth 21 dollars for a 44 hour week with Saturday half holiday. This morning 140 will continue the strike while the rest have returned to work after employers agreed to meet the union conditions.
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Greater
Boston
Grape-Nuts Praised In Letter Of Health Recovery
A Washington woman reports severe stomach catarrh, four months bedridden, found relief after using Grape-Nuts. She credits the predigested food with restoring strength, improving health, and even aiding her baby’s growth. The letter ends urging readers to look for The Road to Wellville in pkgs. There’s a reason.
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Washington
Wellville
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