Death Puzzle In New York
New York June 6. A Mary McGonigle buried after a trolley accident turned out to be a living woman, a washwoman, visiting her sister after officials mis identified the body as Mary Mae Gonigie. The mix up involved a burial permit and insurance and funeral expenses.
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New York
Mary MaeGonigie
Marty McGonigle
Edward
Fifth United States Infantry
Mary McGonigle
Traction Company
Calvary Cemetery
Mary MecGonigle
Mary
Somerville Secures Taft for July Fourth Parade
Mayor John M. Woods and Representative Samuel W. McCall met President Taft at the White House and won a promise to attend Somerville’s July 4 celebration. Taft will pass through Somerville to Cambridge and likely stop during the parade, with Central Club on Highland avenue offered for hosting guests.
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Washington
John M. Woods
Somerville
Samuel W. McCall
White House
Taft
Cambridge
Central Club
Highland Avenue
Angell Memorial Fountain to Be Presented to City
Lynn reports the Angell memorial fountain on Washington Square will be presented to the city tomorrow at 12 15 PM. It honors George T Angell of Boston former SPCA president and creator behind the memorial.
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Lynn
Angell
Washington Square
George T. Angell
Boston
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Woman fined $5000 for smuggling in federal case
Trenton June 6 Judge John Rellstab imposed a $5000 fine on Mrs Matilda M Chesbrough of Newton Massachusetts after her conviction for unlawful importation with intent to defraud the federal government of customs duties.
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Trenton
N. J
John Rellstab
United States District Court
Matilda M. Chesbrough
Newton, Mass
Chesbrough Appeals After Unlawful Importation Conviction
Counsel for Mrs. Chesbrough prepared an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals after a conviction for unlawful importation with intent to defraud. Judge Rellstab set a $7500 bond and noted the jury’s mercy recommendation while allowing the maximum fine. Read of luggage from a May 1909 Kaiser Wilhelm II voyage revealed dutiable articles, furs, jewelry, and unreported lingerie.
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Chesbrough
United Hebrews Re Elect Krautzman at Sixth Convention
About two thousand members of the Independent Order of United Hebrews of America met at Paine Memorial Hall for the sixth annual convention led by Grand Master Manassah Krautzman. Officers elected include Krautzman as grand master and J. Newman, Louis Davis, A. J. Bennett, H. Murray Pakulsky, Dr. N. Freedman, and L. Bloch in key posts.
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Independent Order of United Hebrews of America
Paine Memorial Hall
Manassah Krautzman
Rabbi Shershefsky
Rabbi Dubinsky
United Jewery of
Massachusetts
J. Newman
Louis Davis
A. J. Bennett
H. Murray Pakulsky
N. Freedman
L. Bloch
Lavinia Parks Celebrates 101st Birthday In Westfield
Mrs. Lavinia Parks, Westfield's oldest resident, marked the 101st anniversary of her birth yesterday at home. Born in Blandford in 1809, she taught school in her youth and was twice married, outliving both husbands.
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Lavinia Parks
Westfield
Blandford
Care of the Hair In Summer Time
Advice from Southern Style Book on hair care in hot weather. Washing daily is impractical. use dry shampooing with a mix of four ounces therox and four ounces orris root for cleansing and scalp toning. A light sprinkle and thorough brushing yields a glossy lustre.
Boston University Endowment Drive Reaches 263000 Milestone
With 263330 pledged and 126670 to be collected in six days, the Tremont Temple campaign at Lorimer Hall aims for a 400000 endowment. Promoters feel sure the target will be met.
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Lorimer Hall
Tremont Temple
Boston University
Boston University Endowment Drive Nears Goal Amid Campaign Push
Enthusiastic meeting at Lorimer Hall launches intensified drive for a $400,000 endowment for Boston University. Ex Governor Bates returns to Boston, women workers boost fundraising, and a canvas board tracks daily progress as teams race to meet the June 11 target. Projections show steady pledges with new teams joining and hints of surprises from established groups.
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Lorimer Hall
Bates
Boston
Washington
Boston University
Norman J. Richardson
Bowne
274 Tech Degrees Conferred Today
Technology seniors celebrated class day in Huntington Hall with a large audience. President Maclaurin will address the group and confer degrees on 274 members of the institute in the afternoon ceremony.
Nahant Bathhouse Set to Open June 25
The State bathhouse at Nahant Beach will open on Saturday June 25, one day earlier than the Metropolitan Park Commission had set last year. William A. Anderson will again head the facility and the aide staff will be the same as in the past.
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Nahant
Nahant Beach
Metropolitan Park Commission
William A. Anderson
Germans Laud Roosevelt in Berlin Doctor of Philosophy Toast
From Charles Rivier of this city comes a translation of a Berlin University diploma text dated May 12 1910 awarding Theodore Roosevelt the doctor of philosophy and master of the liberal arts on a note praising his ancestry Harvard education and his role as Rough Rider and former U S president.
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Lowell
Charles Rivier
University of Berlin
Theodore Roosevelt
William II
Prussia
Eiich Schmidt
Gustavus Roelke
The
Rhine
Harvard University
United States of America
Grubbs Batson Shot Dead By Unknown Gunman
In Krebs Oklahoma on June 6 Grubbs Batson a Black man sought for pistol assault on two white girls was killed when an unknown assailant fired a shotgun through a rear door while Batson waited in a drug store for transport to jail. The two attacked girls suffered minor injuries.
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Krebs
Okla
Grubbs Batson
Batson
Woman Kills Self After Rejected Suit in Albany
Mrs. Agnes Somerville of New York shot herself in the office of Dr John Hardis Albany dentist and died at Homeopathic Hospital. She had pressed the dentist to accompany her to New York but he denies encouraging her. The Somervilles formerly lived in Alsbany and had prior dental work there.
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Albany
N. Y
Agnes Somerville
New York
John Hardis
Homeopathic Hospital
Somerville
Harry Somerville
Hurdis
American Print Works Shuts Down in Fall River
June 6 report states the entire plant of the American Print Works will shut down today under New York orders and will not resume operations this week.
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Fall River
American Print Works
New York
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Nan Foster
Rubber Ci Co
Na Bae
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United Hebrews
Krautzman
B. U. Fund
Guy Potter Benton
Miami University
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Matar
New Englands
Great Cash House
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
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