Balloon flight from Pittsfield ends in Southwick
A balloon named Massa chusetts piloted by William Van Sleet left Pittsfield at 4 05 and landed in Southwick between Westfield and Springfield at 7 20, traveling about 40 miles. Passengers included three Boston newspaper reporters Lois L Davidson Philip H Page and Walter E Colby aboard the air trip over hill country.
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Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Connecticut River
William van Sleet
Boston
Lois L. Davidson
Boston Post
Philip H. Page
Boston Herald
Walter E. Colby
Boston Globe
Huntington
Southwick
Westfield
Springfield
George Washington Stole and Lied
In New York on June 3 Judge Foster reports George Washington, a Black man from 414 East 124th Street, stole a gold watch and lied about himself. He was sentenced to Sing Sing for his first offense and rebuked for the deception.
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New York
George Washington
Foster
Court of General Sessions
George
East One Hundred Twenty-fourth Street
Manning Funeral Set For Saturday In Pittsfield
John H. Manning, member of the State Highway Commission, died in Brookline yesterday. The funeral will be at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Pittsfield at 2 PM Saturday.
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Pittsfield
John H. Manning
State Highway Commission
Brookline
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Boston College Seniors Host Soiree at Intercolonial Hall
The Boston College graduating class will host a social soiree for friends this evening at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury marking the final social function of the Oughties. Committee chair Bernard B O Kane and members Francis C Smith John W Mahoney William Cronin Edward B Sheehan and Joseph I Whalen have organized plans and features for a successful event.
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Boston College
Intercolonial Hall
Roxbury
Bernard 8. O’kane
Chestnut Hill
Francis C. Smith
Somerville
John W. Mahoney
William Cronin
Rockland
Edward
College girls searched to catch thief at Adelphi College
In New York on June 3, several Adelphi College pupils faced searches by teachers in a bid to recover a marked $1 bill used as bait to trap a thief. The bill vanished, and the hunt to identify the culprit failed.
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New York
Adelphi College
Brooklyn
Lenox Fire Victims Benefit Distributed
Twelve people who lost homes in the Easter Sunday Lenox fire received a total of 10 829 from the distributing committee led by William D. Curtis the Rev. William R. Grace and Frederick S. Delafield. Major contributors included Miss Anna B Shaw Richard C Dixey Mrs. Robert Winthrop Boston Mrs. Ellen S Auchmuty Mrs. Morris K Jesup Mrs. John Sloane Mrs. William D. Sloane Mrs. William B. O Field Mrs. William H. Bradford Mrs. Lindsay Fairfax William D. Curtis Charles Lanier Cortland Field Bishop and Mrs. Frank K Sturgis.
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Lenox
William D. Curtis
William R. Grace
Frederick S. Delafield
Anna B. Shaw
Parkman Shaw
Richard C. Dixey
Robert Winthrop
Boston
Ellen S
Auchmuty
Morris K. Jesup
John Sloane
William D. Sloane
William B. O. Field
William H. Bradford
Lindsay Fairfax
Charles Lanier
Cortland Field Bishop
Frank K. Sturgis
Innkeeper and wife die in shock aftermath
In Peoria JIL June 3 George Smith of Pottstown an innkeeper died suddenly of heart failure yesterday. Tonight his wife, made ill by the shock, dropped dead of heart failure. Both were about 50 years old and survived by five children.
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Peoria
Jil
George Smith
Pottstown
Hand of Senator Sparks Senate Chamber Scandal
Senator James H. Doyle charged the Boston charter bill favored public service corporations. In a sensational Senate moment Senator Prentiss Parker of Roxbury refused to shake hands with Doyle after a heated reply to Doyle’s remarks. The bill passed to be engrossed without amendment.
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James H. Doyle
Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Senate Chamber
Prentiss Parker
Roxbury
Doyle
Parker
Doyle Amendment Tests City Bill Secrecy in Street Powers
Doyle challenges a section transferring licensing to the Mayor appoints three street commissioners. He warns the shift reduces public representation and invites influence from powerful interests. Senator Parker opposes concentrating responsibility in a single body and votes against the amendment before the bill moves toward engrossment.
Doyle says favors corporations in charter change
Section 28 of the Boston charter bill, drafted and jammed through the committee on the public service corporations, shifts street control to the Board of Street Commissioners with mayoral approval. It also lets the Mayor and City Council set cash terms for permits for storing gasoline or oil and for constructing or using coal holes and similar structures in public ways.
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Doyle
Street Commission
Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Public Service Corporations
Board of Aldermen
Board of Street Commissioners
Prairie brings 700 men to Charlestown
The cruiser Prairie with over 700 men aboard arrived at the Charlestown navy yard about 5 o’clock last evening. The men will be distributed among the Vermont, New Jersey and Missouri at the navy yard and a detail will go by rail to Portsmouth, N. H. The Prairie will leave this evening for New York.
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Prairie
Charlestown Navy Yard
Vermont
New Jersey
Missouri
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
New York
Runaway Hurls Couple From Carriage in Brighton
Samuel T. Oldfield of Revere and Miss Agnes G. McDonald of Boston were thrown from a carriage when a horse ran away in Brighton yesterday afternoon. Both sustained cuts and bruises. Oldfield suffered a fractured nose.
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Samuel T. Oldfield
Revere
Agnes G. McDonald
Boston
Brighton
Oldfield
St. Josephs Parish Holds Grand Reunion and Concert
Belmont hosts the St. Josephs parish reunion and concert led by Rev. Father N. J. Murphy. A drawing awarded a $20 gold piece to Miss Margaret Lewis of McLean Hospital Waverley.
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Belmont
St. Joseph's Parish
N. J. Murphy
Belmont Town Hall
Margaret Lewis
McLean Hospital
Waverley
Senators Clash In Heated Washington Session
The Senate opened amid temper, with Missouri Senator Stone accusing German influence over tariff remarks by Aldrich. A three hour exchange followed, Aldrich praising Germans, La Follette opposed cotton duties, and a late night session adjourned after shelving the Totten schedule and continuing flax and jewelry items.
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Washington
Senate
Stone
Missouri
Aldrich
Germany
Aldrich-Stone
LaFollette
Finance Committee
Ife
S.a Follette
Congress
la Follette
Quarantine at Avon Home as Scarlet Fever Hits Fifteen
Fifteen children in the Avon Home for Destitute Children Cambridge are ill with scarlet fever. They and their nurses are quarantined on the top floor of the home.
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Avon
Cambridge
Woman held for stealing flowers from grave of husband
Springfield report says Mrs. Sarah Richman is charged by her brother-in-law Carl Ferguson with stealing flowers from her late husband’s grave to decorate her porch. Ferguson says the flowers were left on Decoration Day and found on her porch a day later. She denies the claim, saying the phrase Thats no place for flowers.
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Springfield
Ill
Sarah Richman
Carl Ferguson
Richman
Ferguson
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