Four Year Old Annie Johnson Crushed by Trolley at Columbia
Annie Johnson aged four was struck and killed in front of the Columbia Theatre while walking to school with her grandmother. Motorman Thomas J Morris and conductor Robert C Turner were detained but later released as witnesses said the car was not traveling fast and the driver acted swiftly. The Johnson family, already strained by poverty and recent job loss, faced funeral costs and housing hardship.
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Annie Johnson
Columbia Theatre
City Hospital
Annie
Johnson
Charlie
Dover Street
Washington Street
Thomas J. Morris
Blue Hill Avenue
Robert C. Turner
Irwin
Nelson
Fainting Mothers After Child's Death Delays Notify
Neighbors say Mrs. Johnson learned of her daughter's death only after reaching the hospital. She fainted en route and at the hospital, twice more revived, then collapsed repeatedly at home causing a physician to treat two patients. Mrs Lena Levenson, grandmother, also became uncontrollable.
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Annie
Johnson
Gewoon
Lovering Place
South Er
Lena Levenson
Corn Product Plant Closes Amid Edgewater Strike
The Edgewater New Jersey plant of the Corn Product Refining Company was shut down today due to a strike by about 650 workers demanding higher wages shorter workdays and fewer hours.
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Edgewater, WN. J
Edgewater
Corn Product Refining Company
Shaw Returns Shoe Cash in Freeport Case
Arthur W Shaw president of the A W Shaw Corporation of Freeport Maine repays about 19000 dollars he is accused of taking. Mrs Georgia M Stuart named as accessory also returns all property save one bond. Receiver Bancroft reports at Shaw trial as questions arise amid emotional testimony.
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Arthur Willis Shaw
A. W. Shaw Corporation
Freeport
Maine
Georgia M. Stuart
Shaw
Bancroft
James H. Vahey
Lewis
Stuart
Jacob W. Amick
Corporation
Amick
Bancroft admits recovering property in large embezzlement case
In a Los Angeles courtroom a witness confirms recovering roughly 24 000 to 25 000 from a corporation, while the government asserts only a 19 000 theft. Letters from Shaw and testimonies reveal strained ties among partners as a daughter faints under stress and a note from Shaw urges truthfulness to gain leniency.
Pension Granted to Mrs Schley for Admiral Schley Widow
In Washington on June 5 the Senate approved a $150 monthly pension for Mrs. Schley wife of Admiral Schley, rejecting a $50 option. Senator Rayner argued the battle of Santiago and the Brooklyn loop saved American arms and deserved greater support. The widow’s income was about $420 a year and the government pays nearly $200 million annually in pensions.
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Washington
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
Brooklyn
Santiago
Admiral Schley
Schley
Taft Grants Unconditional Pardon in Land Fraud Case
President Taft pardons Willard N. Jones of Portland Ore, convicted in land frauds tied to Oregon figures Senator Mitchell and Binger Hermann. The pardon cites improper jury selection methods and Jones’s claim that prosecutors reviewed jurors before listing names. he has never served any part of his sentence.
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Washington
Taft
Willard N. Jones
Portland
Ore
Mitchell
Oregon
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Jones
libel case and rapid divorce decrees dominate Plymouth term
June term of Plymouth County Superior Court opened with multiple divorce actions. Ella F. Benson seeks separation from Edward E. Benson on cruelty desertion while Alfred G. Churchill received a four minute decree for desertion. Jennie G. Prouty and Ella R. Barclay were granted decree nisi with custody or intoxication grounds. Judge Joseph F. Quinn presided as grand jury began presentment duties.
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Plymouth
Ella F. Benson
New Bedford
Edward E. Benson
Wareham
Plymouth County
Alfred G. Churchill
Whitman
Ada Churchill
Jennie G. Prouty
Nisi
James H. Prouty
Rockland
Ella R. Barclay
Brockton
Joseph F. Quinn
Salem
Boston Men Held in $3000 Bond for Larceny Charge
George F. Mooney and Philllip McCormack were held in $3000 bonds each after being charged with larceny following a Saturday arrest in Orient Heights. The two men allegedly extorted $20 weekly from J. A. Brown, hotel proprietor, to keep police officials from raids. A hearing is scheduled for June 10 with 80 counts noted, later proposed to be simplified to 15 counts in lower court.
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George F. Mooney
Saratoga Street
Boston
Philllip McCormack
Orient Heights
J. A. Brown
Blenheim Hotel
Beach Street
Parmenter
Charles Street
Marriage of May and December Ends in Court Inquiry
An Onset woman recounts a hurried marriage to a much older man Benson after a buggy ride. She says he neglected her, was unhygienic, and threatened her. A minister witnessed the marriage as the judge notes marriage in haste and hints at granting a prayer to separate due to age and conduct.
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Onset
Benson
Flo
Capital girls must wear plain gowns
Washington officials decree that graduate attire be simple frocks of white with no silks satins or jewelry for this year. Girls may wear only their own growing hair, and necklines must be modest as the Board of Education enforces plain commencement dress.
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Capital
Washington
Board of Education
Cost of Living Reaches Record High in June 1912
New York report shows June 1912 living costs at a historic peak with nearly 10 percent overall rise from a year earlier. Food items lead gains with meat up 26 percent, hog products 40 percent, and mutton over 50 percent amid poor hay crops and higher animal feed costs. Fruits fall behind but still above 1910 levels.
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New York
United States
Burial of J E Jones Set for Kittery Maine
Funeral for J Edwin Jones civil engineer of prominence will be at 10 30 a m tomorrow at his Jamaica Plain residence 6 Rockview Street Burial will follow in the family plot at Kittery Maine He lived in Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury over 40 years and was superintendent of streets during Mayor Thomas N Hart's administration.
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J. Edwin Jones
Rockview Street
Jamaica Plain
Kittery
Jones
West Roxbury
Boston
Thomas N. Hart
Employee Attacks Foreman In Public on Spruce Street
John Markel of 571 Elm Street allegedly struck his foreman Noel Robitaille 60 with a billiard cue and stabbed him in the abdomen on Spruce Street in Manchester New Hampshire as about 100 residents watched. Robitaille was reported as the 60 year old victim and the incident was described as work related trouble.
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Manchester
N. H
John Markel
Elm Street
Noel Robitaille
Spruce Street
Markel
Robitaille
Worker attacked with billiard cue and knife on Spruce Street
Robitaille, a city employee living at 3.39 Harvard Street, was assaulted by laborer Markel on Spruce Street. Robitaille is in critical condition at Notre Dame Hospital after Markel struck him with a cue and stabbed him in the abdomen. Markel, held on aggravated assault charges, may face assault with intent to kill.
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Notre Dame Hospital
Markel
Robitaille
Harvard Street
Spruce Street
Two Policemen Retire With Pay Increase At Roll Call
The first retirements under the police pay raise occurred at roll call last night. Patrolman Herbert S. Ford of Centre Street West Roxbury and Patrolman James A. Cullen of Hyde Park both requested and took retirement.
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Herbert S. Ford
Centre Street
West Roxbury
James A. Cullen
Hyde Park
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