Train Kills Woman at Grade Crossing in Cambridge
Mrs William P Croniff of Riverbank Court Cambridge was killed instantly when her automobile collided with the 9 55 express at the Georgetown branch crossing of the Boston and Maine. A young daughter Virginia Cronin was severely injured and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Also in the car were Mr and Mrs Freeman Wight shaken but unharmed. The train crew Conductor Charles Messer and Engineer F R Brown reported traveling about 30 miles per hour. Local officials had pressed for a flag station at the crossing without success.
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West Peabody
William P. Croniff
Riverbank Court
Cambridge
Georgetown
Boston & Maine Railroad
Newburyport Turnpike
Freeman Wight
Berkeley
Dartmouth Street
Boston
Virginia Cronin
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mrs. Wight
Police arrest rogue in larceny of wagon and team
Joseph Bemis, 32, of Green street, is arrested after a two-horse team and wagon owned by Nicholas Murphy are stolen from the Blackstone North street corner. The chase ends with Bemis near Merrimac and Chardon streets, linking him to a rogues gallery sign.
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Joseph Bemis
Green Street
Nicholas F. Murphy
West Quincy
Blackstone
North Streets
Blackstone Street
Haymarket Square
Merrimac Street
Bemis
Merrimac
Chardon Atree
Water main burst near Kingston and Essex streets
Early yesterday a water main burst at Kingston and Essex streets threatening heavy damage in a busy business area. Water department workers quickly controlled the break. police roped off the site as pavement damage and disruption occurred to passing teams and pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Essex Streets
Water Department
Run Over by Wagon in Street Tragedy
Charles Knapp aged 70 of 4 Pleasant Place was struck by a wagon owned by Harry Butler & Co. and driven by Joseph Sacks at Liberty Square yesterday afternoon. He sustained severe rib fractures and multiple contusions and abrasions.
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Charles Knapp
Pleasant Place
Liberty Square
Harry Butler & Co
Dorchester Avenue
Joseph Sacks
Harrison Avenue
Promptness Urged on Senate For Appropriation Bills
Senator Hale pressed for swift action on all appropriation bills in the Senate. He warned adjournment before month’s end is unlikely unless bills move quickly, saying it will be the last days of the month before they can pass through.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Keen Kutter exhibit by Davis the Hardware Man
Davis and Co. of Portland and Sudbury streets add Simmons Hardware Company Keen Kutter tools to stock. World’s Fair prize winner Exhibit will be shown in a Sudbury street window for the coming weeks.
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8. H. Davis & Co
Portland
Sudbury
Simmons Hardware Comany
Sst. Louis
Davis
Hardware Met
Sudbury Street
Boston Welcomes European Nobility For Christian Science Dedication
The Boston Christian Science dedication draws global aristocracy to the new church at Falmouth and Norway streets. Notables include Charles A. Murray and Lady Violet Murray, with various dignitaries attending six Sunday services, while the organ, a six‑manual instrument with 4638 pipes, is highlighted as a focal feature. The clergy announce a Tuesday business meeting at Horticultural Hall detailing the religion’s growth.
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Boston
Europe
Mary Baker
G. Eddy
Pleasant View
Concord
N. H
Albert T. Conafil
New Christian Science Church
Suit Says He Would Not Marry Her
Irene V. Armstrong of Woburn sues James C. Manley of Lexington for 1000 dollars in breach of promise. George M. Langell acts as next friend. Armstrong is a minor. Petition filed in East Cambridge probate court. settlement reported though attorney Miller declines to disclose amount.
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James C. Manley
Lexington
East Cambridge
Irene V. Armstrong
Woburn
George M. Langell
Miss Armstrong
Frederick B. Miller
Boston
MIT Graduation Honors 277 Earn Bs 9 Masters
MIT held graduation exercises as 277 seniors earned Bachelor of Science degrees including five women, and nine students received Master of Science. President Pritchett addressed graduates urging them to consider staying closer to home for opportunities and the ceremony ended with a reception in the general library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pritchett
Child Dies of Burns After Fire Accident
Six year old Sarah McDonald of 53 Middlesex Street died at City Hospital after being badly burned on her face and hands yesterday. She had obtained matches from a friend and, while playing with them, started a fire that quickly enveloped her. Neighbors rushed to help but could not save her.
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Sarah’ McDonald
Middlesex Street
City Hospital
Boston Contracts For Lighting Fixtures List
The McKenney and Waterbury Co of Boston stalled large contracts for electric and gas lighting fixtures at sites including the Boston Herald building, Jones McDuffee Stratton building, Charlestown Savings Bank, Odd Fellows block in Chelsea, Phi Delta Psi Society in Cambridge, Congregational Church in Hopkinton Marlboro City Hall, Augusta Trust Company building in Augusta Maine.
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McKenney & Waterbury Co
Franklin, Corner
Congress
Boston
Mass
Boston Herald
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Charlestown Savings ‘Bank
Charlestown
Odd Fellows
Chelsea
Phi Delta Psi Society
Cambridge
Mage
Congregational Church
Hopkinton
Marlboro City Hall
Marlboro
Augusta Trust. Company's Buildng
Augusta, Me
McLeod Loses Redistricting Vote by Three
In a heated Senate battle over a new senatorial district, Senator Frederick McLeod of Cambridge loses by 14 to 1 after his district is wiped out. The session features sharp exchanges among Senators Seiberlich Lane Taft and Taylor, with debate over ward alignment and which territories remain in play. The bill advances to a third reading and faces reconsideration.
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Senate
Prederick McLeod
Cambridge
Seiberlich
Roxbury
Iith Alattet
Lane
Ward 11
Ith
Taft
Worcester
Suffolk County
Taylor
East East
Mcleod
Stevens
Somerville
Suffolk
Britain and Russia Move Toward Improved Ties Amid European Peace Hopes
Paris dispatch notes officials are keen on improving Britain Russia relations. Diplomats believe closer ties between the two powers, already allied with France, signal lasting peace for Europe.
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Paris
Great Britain
Russia
France
Europe
Romance Ends in June Wedding for Telephone Operators
Miss Josephine Carroll former chief operator at Jamaica Plain joined John J. Sherry Dedham businessman in a Brookline ceremony performed by Rev Father McManus of St. Marys. Best man was the groom’s nephew John Sherry and the bride’s attendant was Miss Elizabeth Lynch. The couple honeymooned in New York then will live in Dedham.
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Brookline
Josephine Carroll
Jamaica Plain
Lamont-Lamont Secret Marriage Shocks Malden Society
Malden society is abuzz over the secret marriage of Clarence R. Lamont 21 son of Benjamin B. Lamont on Long Friday in Portland Me to Miss Alice L. Chase 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Chase of Boston street The couple met five years ago at St Pauls Church social and began romance while Lamont studied at Tech He leaves for Bingham Mines Utah to reside through October with the bride at her parents home.
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Malden
Clarence R. Lamont
Benjamin
B. Lamont
Holyoke Street
Alice L. Chase
J. T. Chase
Boston Street
Portland
Joseph B. Shephard
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Bingham Mines
Utah
St. Paul's Church
Lamont
Tech
Oregon Governor Chamberlain Re-elected in Narrow Majority
The Democratic Governor Chamberlain secured re election in Oregon by a slim margin not less than 1000 votes over rival Dr James Withycombe. Republican Ian Bourne Jr won the United States Senate nomination by a substantial majority exceeding 6000 votes.
Foss Sees Reciprocity as Next Great Policy
Eugene N. Foss of Boston outlines two reciprocal trade reports to President and Assistant Secretary of State. He asserts reciprocity is essential and could become the next major policy shift emerging from Washington.
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Eugene Foss
Washington
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Poemes
Pee Bd
Blind girl runs machine at Perkins Institution graduation
At the Perkins Institution for the Blind Boston audience witnesses Miss Willie Elizabeth Robin, blind and deaf since infancy, thread and operate a sewing machine. Teacher Miss Vina Badger explains energy transformations with a small battery. Diplomas awarded by Hon. Francis Henry Appleton as seven numbers entertain from Jamaica Plain kindergarten to South Boston students.
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Boston
Vina Badger
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Willie Elizabeth Robin
Robin
Perkins Institution For the
Day Street
Jamaica Plain
Blue Hill Rites To Fly Tomorrow
Director A Lawrence Rotch of the Great Blue Hill meteorological observatory Milton and an assistant corps have secured cooperation from foreign governments to set the first Thursday of each month as International kite and balloon day. If skies are clear tomorrow, experiments will run all day.
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A. Lawrence Rotch
Great Blue Hill
Milton
H. H. Clayton
Committee of Scientific Aeronautics
Letter Carriers Sentenced in U S Court News
Frank Fairmanh a rural letter carrier from Bernardston was sentenced to three months’ confinement at Deer Island for stealing letters from the U S mail and pocketing Springfield Union subscriptions. Charles B. Parnell of Greenfield drew three months in Greenfield jail for concealing assets in bankruptcy. The trial of Fenway station carrier John P. Sampson for larceny from a letter proceeded with evidence of two $5 bills and two marked coins.
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Frank Fairmanh
Bernardston
House of Correction
Deer Island
Lowell
United States Circuit Court
United States
Fairman
Springfield Union
Ham
Charles B. Parnell
Greenfield
John P. Sampson
Fenway Station
Charles M. Perkins
Sampson
John H. Casey
Circulars issued for Erich Muenter in Harvard instructor death case
Cambridge police sent out ten photographs of Erich Muenter in different poses declaring him wanted for the murder of his wife Leone Muenter who died of arsenic poisoning in April 1906. The notice describes Muenter as about 35, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches, 150 pounds with a florid complexion and a slanted forehead. He taught at the University of Kansas and Harvard and may seek another teaching post. educators are asked to watch institutions and arrest him if found.
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Erich Muenter
Harvard
F. B. Pullén
Cambridge Police
Leone M. Muenter
America
Fie
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Italian Immigrant Girls Sent Back to Italy
Concetta Loungo age 13 and Carolina Loungo age 18, Italian immigrant sisters, were returned to Italy aboard the White Star liner Romanic yesterday due to a contagious eye disease. Their father remains under arrest for attempting to land his children with fraudulent papers.
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Concetta
Carolina Loungo
Italy
Browntail Opens Season As Caterpillar Poisons Cambridge Girl
Miss Gladys Campbell a 17 year old Cambridge school girl was struck on the shoulder by a falling browntail caterpillar while walking near 3 Summer street. She was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital where doctors treated swelling itching and pain. Haquid X Zalia antiseptic allegedly stops browntail irritation when applied promptly.
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Cambridge Relief Hospital
Gladys Campbell
Summer Street
Cambridge
Speaker Cannon Questions Con 9s July 16 Deadline
Washington June 5 Speaker Cannon says he does not see how Congress can finish its work and go home before July 16. He notes concerns about the pace and ability to meet the timetable.
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Washington
Cannon
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Violet Murray
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Fowlie
John D. Works
Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence Clayton Eaton
Tacoma
New Christian Science Temple
M'Leod
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Geneva Ave
Paul
Micest
Dorchester
J. Paul
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Mrs
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Oregon
Blue Hill
U. S
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Globe Gas Light Co
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Crosdars
Globe Gaslight Co
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