Feared Man Drowns After Fatal Quarrel at Station
Ludwig H. Roseth twenty eight of 52 Francis street Roxbury died in a leap before a State Street elevated train after a quarrel with a fellow employee whom he believed he had injured. He had reported to work at J Frank Cutter factory 152 Main street East Cambridge at seven in the morning but refused to work night shifts triggering the fatal impulse.
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Ludwig H. Roseth
Francis Street
Roxbury
State Street
L Tunnel
Roseth
J. Frank Cutter
Main Street
East Cambridge
Man Kills and Commits Suicide by Train in Boston Suburb
Roseth, enraged after a confrontation, struck Herbert Bolser with a hammer causing a scalp wound. Believing he had killed Bolser, Roseth boarded a car to Boston and threw himself before an approaching train at State Street tunnel. Bolser survived and was treated at Relief Hospital. Roseth died at the scene. police seek his niece in Troy, New York.
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Roseth
Herbert Bolser
Bolser
East Cambridge
Boston
State Street
North Grove Street
Troy
New York
Circus Party for Children in South End
The sixth circus party for South End children will go to the big show this afternoon led by Alexander I. Peckham a Back Bay attorney. Peckham secretary of the Newsboys' Club runs Peckham's Boys' Club and funds annual entertainments picnics theatre and circus outings for local children.
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South End
Alexander I. Peckham
Back Bay
Peckham
Mr. Peckham
Newsboys’ Club
Woman commited to Danvers Insane Hospital after morphine attempt
Jennie H. Kimton of Cornish Flats New Hampshire attempted death by own action at the Central House on Wednesday night by taking morphine. An examination by Drs Farrell and Stevens this morning led to her commitment to the Danvers Insane Hospital.
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Malden
Jennie H. Kimton
Cornisl
Flats
N. H
Central House
Danvers Insane Hospital
Burning Paper in Bonfire Wounds 9YearOld Girl
Catherine Collins aged 9 was severely burned while lighting papers in her East Boston backyard at 223 Saratoga Street. Neighbor Eliza D Young heard screams and aided by Dr. J H Strong helped save her. She was hospitalized with serious injuries but doctors noted she had a good chance of recovery if she had not inhaled flames.
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Catherine Collins
Saratoga Street
Boston
Eliza D. Young
J. H. Strong
East Boston
Catherine
Prizes Awarded at Boston Latin School in Latin Program
More than 100 prizes were awarded yesterday at the Boston Latin School for excellence in declamation classical studies and military drilling. The Derby gold prize went to Elmore T Cohen and the Gardner prize to Robert Gardiner Wilson Jr with the programme entirely in Latin and only the recitation titles in English.
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Boston Latin School
Casey
Derby
Elmore T. Cohen
Robert Gardiner Wilson, Jr
The Rise and Fall of Charles I and Cromwell Era
Charles I, born 1600, pursued royal power and clashed with Parliament. He dissolved Parliament in 1629 and ruled 11 years without it. Civil war followed. decisive defeats by Puritans led by Oliver Cromwell. Charles was beheaded on January 30, 1649. Cromwell then ruled as Protector for nine years, followed by Richard Cromwell for one year.
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Charles I
James
Duke of Buckingham
Edgehill
Marston Moor
Naseby
Oliver Cromwell
Charles
Cromwell
Whitehall
Charles II
Richard
Yale Scientific School Students Pay Fines After Savin Rock Riot
Yale Scientific School students arrested for taking part in a riot at Savin Rock last Tuesday night paid a total of $184 in fines costs and property damages at the West Haven Town Court. A booth merchant paid $20 while others paid for clothing damage and torn garments. After settlement they were told to return to college and behave themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale Scientific School
Savin Rock
West Haven
Killed As He Played Indian in Winchester Ledge
John F. Hall, 16, son of John A. Hall of 4 Holton Street, died after being struck on the head by a stone hurled by his friend Arthur Marchand during a game of Indians on Winchester Ledge. The incident followed berry picking as they parted to go home.
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Winchester
John F. Hall
John A. Hall
Holton Street
Arthur Marchand
Winchester Ledge
Marchand
Johnny
Novena at Working Boys' Home Ends in Devotional Ceremony
The St John Industrial School at Newton Highlands concluded a novena with a devotional service on the school grounds and in the church. About 80 boys marched to the church carrying lighted tapers. The service was led by Rev. Fr. F. J. Delaney with assistance from Rev. Fr. Daniel J. Reardon and Rev. Fr. James Heney. Decorations and the angel toil ceremony marked the event.
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St. John's ‘Industrial School
Newton Highlands
F. J. Delaney
Daniel J. Reardon
James Heney
Fraudulent Remedies for the Hair in 1909
The Cosmopolitan Magazine notes most hair tonics are frauds with strong smells and colors. Alcohol and irritants dominate their composition, offering only temporary effects. The article recommends Birt’s Head Wash, a blend of refined soap, egg white, coconut oil, glycerin, and salicylic acid, priced tubes 25c jars 50c.
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Cosmopolitan Magazine
Woods Hutchinson
M. D
Birt
Prominent Worcester Real Estate Dealer Sentenced
Judson W. Hall aged 74, a leading Worcester real estate dealer, was sentenced to six to eight years in State prison with one day in solitary confinement. He is among several well known Worcester men accused in a sensational case involving girls aged 11 to 16.
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Worcester
Judson W. Hall
Hall
Senate Rejects Boston Milk Permit Bill
The Senate rejected a bill requiring milk sales in Boston to obtain a Board of Health permit. The vote was by voice, and the measure failed to advance.
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Senate
Boston
Board of Health
Trains Crashing Near Great Barrington Injures One
At 4 45 today the New York bound New York New Haven Hartford express rear ended an extra freight near Great Barrington. The collision telescoped the last two freight cars and the caboose. None of the 100 passengers on the express were seriously hurt.
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Great Barrington
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Pittsfield
Train collision injures crew as freight car detaches
Engineer John Blake and fireman escaped with slight injuries after a collision with a freight train near State Line to New Haven. Baggagemaster Charles Gedney of Danbury Conn. suffered the worst injuries, contusions to the chest after being thrown against a baggage car door. The freight train had paused to repair an open car and traffic remained blocked for two hours while wreckage was cleared.
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John Blake
Charles Gedney
Danbury
Conn
State Line
New Haven
Remorse Sought for Hibbard Backers in Boston
In Mayor Fitzgerald’s Republic, Rev John Haynes Holmes denounces reformers who used Mayor George A Hibbard as a stop gap and then discarded him. The piece laments his death as a tragedy and urges critics to acknowledge his honest service and the need to spare his memory. it contrasts eulogies with real record.
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Fitzgerald
the Republic
John Haynes Holmes
New York
Hibbard
Boston Post
James J. Storrow
John A. Sullivan
Finance Commission
Bernard J. Roth
George A. Hibbard
Boston
Vassar Graduate Killed by Frightened Horse in Guilford
Miss Marion Mossman 29, daughter of Rev W D Mossman and Vassar College alumna of the class of 1901, was killed in Guilford when a carriage horse panicked and threw her. A skilled horsewoman noted for athletics at Vassar, she was en route to the family summer home in Madison and leaves her father and two sisters.
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New Haven
Conn
Marion Mossman
Vassar College
W. D. Mossman
City Missionary Association
Guilford
Jordan Seeks Life Sentence After Murder Conviction
Chester S. Jordan, convicted of first degree murder for killing his wife, seeks commutation of the death sentence via his attorneys. The case hinges on the Supreme Court ruling whether to sustain the attorneys exceptions from the trial. If denied, Jordan faces execution by electric chair.
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Chester S. Jordan
Supreme Court
Jordan
Jennings to wed again in Detroit shock
Detroit manager Hugh Jennings disclosed he is engaged to Miss O Boyle of Scranton Pa in a surprising public admission. He kept the engagement secret until a Philadelphia sports editor close to Miss O Boyle spotted his attention in Philadelphia.
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Detroit
Hugh Jennings
O’boyle
Scranton
Philadelphia
O’boyie
Senate Passes the Railroad Bill in Congress
The Senate advanced the administration railroad bill by a 50 to 12 vote after 12 weeks of consideration. The measure creates a Court of Commerce with five judges and expands federal oversight of rates, classification, and through routes, with penalties for misstatements and improper disclosures. The new law takes effect 60 days after presidential approval.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Wickersham
White House
Court of Commerce
Elkins
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
la Follette
Bacon
Dolliver
Paynter
Clay
Simmons
Gore
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Circuit
Officer Puts Girl in Irons in Sanford
In Sanford Maine a 14 year old girl Winnie Kerr was led through the main street in handcuffs attached to Officer Bennett by order of Judge Hanson. Parents Mr and Mrs George Kerr said their child was dis obedient and could not be kept at home. She was sentenced to the industrial school at Hallowell during her minority.
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Sanford
Bennett
Winnie Kerr
Hanson
Sanford Municipal Court
George Kerr
Hallowell
Balloon choked cow dies during test flight near Amherst
A balloon launched from Pittsfield for scientific work by Professor Rotch was found near Dwight Station. A cow partialy swallowed the balloon and choked to death in trying to expel it, with instruments accompanying the balloon still missing.
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Amherst
Pittsfield
Rotch
Blue Hills Observatory
Dwight Station
May End Milk Strike Today
Today may mark a turning point in the prolonged milk strike as producers and contractors plan a meeting that could adjust all outstanding disputes and alter the course of the dispute.
Record Catch on Thomas L. Gorton Nets $56,000 Bonus
Gloucester reports the fishing ship Thomas L. Gorton with 22 crewmen returning with a one month catch totaling 254,000 pounds of cod including 153,502 pounds fresh and 100,723 salt cod. The voyage earned $56,000 in fare and each sailor will receive $150 as a bonus, the largest catch for that crew size and cruise length.
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Gloucester
Thomas L. Gorton
Taft exclaims Bully after railroad bill passes
President Taft at a Detroit banquet reacts with Bully Bully as news arrives that the Senate has passed the railroad bill. He shares the moment with Senators Burrows and Alden Smith and Representative Denby, prompting mutual congratulations.
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Detroit
Mich
Taft
Detroit Board of Commerce
Senate
Associated Press
Burrows
William Alden Smith
Denby
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