Angry Al exposure of Count ends in Paris clash
Miss Isabel Garwood, a New York resident with white hair, remains a Continental Hotel guest in Paris after the State Department intervened to prevent her proposed marriage to Count Bettino di Moise Padua. The engagement was announced April 16 and a license secured for a wedding set for yesterday.
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Paris
Isabel Garwood
State Department
Washington
Garwood
New York
Continental
Confession Clears Mystery In 1902 Cornish Murder
Death bed statement from Biddeford, Maine, reveals a woman and a man conspired to kill Olive Broad at the Cornish Fair in August 1902. The dying woman told her mother the plot implicated a local Cornish man and a second co-conspirator.
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Biddeford
George L. Emery
Olive Broad
Names Withheld To Save Mother's Reputation
A confession falls short of securing a conviction leading to the secrecy of the involved man's name. The mother is described as having an excellent reputation, with all notoriety avoided. Continued on Page 2-Sixth Column.
Proverb Prize Contest Seeks Department Store Participants
Sharpen Your Eyes For a Proverb Prize offers $1 prizes weekly with 150 awards last Sunday and ongoing. Contestants must include a department head statement proving regular employment, using the printed blank or any other form to verify eligibility.
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Edith M. M’elroy
Shepard Norwell Company
Lillian L. Nesbitt
Farnham Street
Lawrence
Boston
Last Sunday Post
Massachusetts railroad fight centers on holding company bills
The Malone bill, favored by Governor Draper, would allow the Boston & Maine stock to be held by the new holding company. The Washburn bill, backed by insurgents, blocks merger for two years and bans holdings above 110000 shares. Both bills create the Boston Railroad Holding Company with Baylies, Dumaine, and Burnett as incorporators as a major political clash unfolds in the Legislature.
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Draper
Railroad Committee
Washburn
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Boston Railroad Holding Company
Walter C. Baylies
Frederic C. Dumaine
Robert M. Burnett
anti-New Haven Holding Company
Massachusetts
Committee On Railroads
Prisoner Receives Letter From Woman in Court
Judge Schofield handed a letter to Toppan Lithgow during sentencing for breaking and entering at Hotel Somerset. Lithgow and accomplice Oscar Sears received five year sentences. the letter aimed to secure leniency and was read by court and police during investigation. Lithgow, married but separated from his wife, pleaded innocence before the letter was disclosed.
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Lithgow
Oscar Sears
House of Correction
Priests Save Girl From Fire At Haverhill Church
In Haverhill on June 4 a candle carried by a young girl in a St James Church procession set the veil of 10 year old Doris Maloney aflame. She suffered critical burns before priests and attendants quickly intervened and a robe was wrapped around her to smother the flames.
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Haverhill
St. James
Doris Maloney
Prie sts Calmed Crowded Church After Girl Burn Injury
One priest steadied excited women as a small girl suffered severe burns on her limbs and lower body. Physicians offered no prognosis tonight on the girl in the care of Mrs. Clara Maloney, her mother.
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Clara Maloney
Balloon Race for Air Championship Opens in Indianapolis
Governor Marshall will preside at the first national balloon race from the new Motor Parkway in Indianapolis. The event tomorrow aims to crown the United States air champion with six balloons inflating smoothly under favorable weather conditions, as Allen R. C. Hawley of New York led the fill tonight.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marshall
New Motor Parkway
United States
Allen R. C. Hawley
New York
Ex Harvard Captain Drowns at Atlantic City
William P. Bonbright of Philadelphia former captain of a Harvard cricket team was drowned at Atlantic City. His body washed up on the beach yesterday, with the tragedy discovered at midnight last night.
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Atlantic City
William P. Bonbright
Philadelphia
Harvard
Bed accident claims life of Frederick A. Hamilton
Frederick A. Hamilton died after rolling from his bed at 218 Columbus Avenue. He struck a broken cuspidor, severing an artery and died from blood loss shortly after.
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Frederick A. Hamilton
Columbus Avenue
Harvard Track Captain Elected Amid Unclear Controversy
In a cluttered clipping a Harvard track team captain is noted amid mentions of race tactics and rivalries. The report references other major league postponements and a bowling defeat, with Exeter and Boston high schools also appearing in brief game and field day notes.
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Eoran
Dodgers
B . Lord
Wagner
Little
Harvard
Exeter
Boston
Mary Garden Sings No More in Constantinople Illness
Turkish reports say Mary Garden, the American opera star, lies seriously ill in Constantinople after a demanding engagement schedule. She canceled all performances including Romeo and Juliet and may require months of care, with doctors cautious about detailing the illness.
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Constantinople
Mary Garden
Miss Garden
Opera
Hibbard Sparks Between Mayor and Ex Mayor
Tense clash between Mayor Hibbard and ex Mayor Fitz Gerald erupted this week as municipal wives clashed amid a political uproar described as fireworks. Plans to readjust salaries for the city engineer's department were dropped, affecting about 80 employees and a $6000 annual increase.
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Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Jackson
City engineers pay practices outlined for salaried and daily workers
City engineers employ a mix of salaried and daily workers. Salaried staff receive pay during annual vacations, while daily workers are not paid for time off. This discrepancy in pay practices highlights differences in compensation structures within the department.
Court Finds Judge Dewey Trifling In Libel Case Testimony
Former judge Henry S. Dewey faced a spirited session in his $76,450,000 libel suit against Good Government members. The judge allowed the jurors to hear Dewey’s Jamaica Plain speech of Nov. 9, 1905 with reporter embellishments as the opposition’s attorney pressed for emphasis. Judge Sherman warned the plaintiff to stop trifling, and the reading of the speech drew amusement from a large crowd as Secretary Billings testified.
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Henry S. Dewey
Good Government
Jamaica Plain
McClennen
Dewey
Sherman
Fred E. Bolton
Republican City Committee
Billings
Good Government Association
Judge explains successive boosts in libel damages
Judge Dewey recounts how he escalated his libel damages from 50 000 to 450 000 then to 6 450 000 and finally 76 450 000 by adding leading digits, noting his mind works queerly and that he may raise it again. Continued on Page 5 Second Column.
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Dewey
Two Held Up Mail Train In Norwood
In Norwood on the Midland division a Boston bound mail train was delayed for over 20 minutes after two men, William Cuff age 22 and John Donahue age 17, signaled the engine to stop. Police later arrested the pair on railroad law violations and possible obstruction of the mails. They allegedly stood on the track and signaled the engineer, then hid in the woods.
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Norwood
Boston
Midland
New York, New Haven & Hartford
William Cuff
John Donahue
United States
Cuff
Donahue
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Grimes Street
South
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Judge Sherman
Mishkin
R. J
Pemberton Inn
Hotel Pemberton
Ocean
Hull
NEW Boston Billiard CO
Washington Street
State Street
U. S. Bond
U. S
Thomas Snow & Son
North Market
North Sts
Fitz
Pio
A.M
New England
European
Grand Banks
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