Motor Truck Kills A Boy In Framingham
Framingham, June 8. Harry Wienfield, 9, son of William Wienfield of Hartford and Harrison streets, was killed when struck by the rear wheels of a lumber motor truck owned by Robinson & Jones of Natick and driven by Wayne Post. The truck was crowded with noon hour schoolboys. Post was arrested and later released on promise to appear in court.
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Framingham
Harry Wienfield
William Wienfield
Hartford
Harrison Streets
Robinson & Jones
Natick
Wayne Post
Wienfield
Driver Post
Farmer John Higgins Dies by His Own Hand
In Livermore Falls Maine on June 8 193? farmer John Higgins aged 65 killed himself with a gun near his home. His body was found beneath an apple tree by his three year old grandson who witnessed the scene.
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Livermore Falls
John Higgins
Pinklets laxative promises gentle relief and no griping
An advertisement touts Pinklets as a modern laxative with tiny pink granules that are easy to take and non irritating. It claims they cleanse the bowels, aid torpid liver, and improve complexion and breath, selling for 25 cents a bottle with a mail order booklet from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Nature
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Four Witnesses Testify as Rapp Divorce Case Closes
In Chicago on June 8 the defense for William Rapp ended after just four witnesses. The case, tied to Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink, included a cross-bill by Rapp accusing his wife of a statutory offense. A crowded, sweltering courtroom awaited further testimony, but the counter allegations remained unresolved as lawyers prepared for argument.
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Chicago
William Rapp
Mme
Ernestine Schumann- Heink
Rapp
Witnesses Describe Carriages and Rooms Linked to Schumann Heink Case
Witnesses including Bryan Humphries and Miss Helen Sattler testified about sightings of George Baldwin in Chicago and scenes at Caldwell New Jersey and Culver Indiana. Sattler noted a police voice coach and Baldwin’s connections with Mme Schumann Heink’s circle as trial details emerged.
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Bryan Humphries
Helen Sattler
Humphries
George Baldwin
Appleton
Wis
Chicago
Miss Sattler
Baldwin
Caldwell
N. J
Marie
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Culver
Ind
Rapp
Catherine Dean
New York
Madame Schumann-Heink
Paul Schumann
Miss Adelaide Chase to Wed Hiram Tuttle Folsom
Miss Adelaide Harvey Chase daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Chase of West Newton will marry Hiram Tuttle Folsom of Pittsfield New Hampshire on Saturday June 20 at 8 PM in the First Unitarian Church West Newton. Rev Julian C Jaynes will perform the ceremony and Miss Louise Dilloway of Montcalm New Jersey will be maid of honor. The groom is a grandson of the late Governor Hiram Tuttle of New Hampshire and works in the Pittsfield lumber business. The couple will reside in Pittsfield after a wedding trip.
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Harvey Chase
West Newton
Hiram Tuttle Folsom
Hiram Tuttle
New Hampshire
Adélaide Harvey Chase
Temple Street
Pittsfield
N. H
First Unitarian
Miss Chase
Wakefield Plant Workers Set 9 AM Strike Unanimously
The 900 Haywood Brothers Wakefield rattan works employees voted unanimously to strike. At Curley Hall in Wakefield the meeting was crowded as workers prepared to walk out at 9 this morning. The action involves members of the A F of L and the I W workers union.
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American Federation of Labor and Industrial Workers of the World
Haywood Brothers & Wakefield Rattan
Wakefield
Curley Hall
A. F. of L
Strikes Loom After Disputed Union Committee Move
A labor dispute escalates as the company refuses to meet a mixed union and non union committee after a strike. Workers are urged to form a general committee by 7:30 Tuesday, and unions vow to resume work at 7:30 with a 9 am factory whistle signaling a possible walkout.
Baby under horse's hoofs in East Boston injury
Two year old Dina Fogel of 196 Chelsea Street East Boston was struck by a horse attached to a pedlar's wagon owned by Jacob Glasser of 140 Chelsea Street while chasing a butterfly. She was found unconscious and placed on the dangerous list at East Boston Relief Hospital.
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Dina Fogel
Chelsea Street
East Boston
Jacob Glasser
East Boston Relief Hospital
Sargol Weight Gain Ad Promises Immediate Flesh Increase
An advertisement touts Sargol tablets as a quick weight gain solution for thin people. It claims meals combined with Sargol will add 5 to 8 pounds of solid fat in two weeks and 10 to 20 pounds monthly, with guaranteed weight increase or money back.
Boston Pageant Association Plans Grand Civic Pageant
A meeting at the Public Library under the Boston Pageant Association aimed to spark interest in a large Boston pageant next year. Addison I. Winship recalled a St. Louis pageant and urged Boston to stage a similar and grand event to boost civic pride and highlight the citys historic background.
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Boston
The
Boston Pageant Association
St. Louis
Boston Pageant Plan Aims to Unite City Through Drama
Frank Chouteau Brown of the American Pageant Association spoke on new Boston pride and city unity through a pageant. He suggested Jamaica Plain or Franklin Park as venues and urged bold local leadership to endure inevitable criticism. William Chauney Langdon of New York described Cape Cod’s pageant as a community drama linked to city progress.
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Boston
Jamaica Plain
Franklin Park
Frank Chouteau Brown
American Pageant Association
William Chauney Langdon
New York City
Cape Cod
Firemen to Carry National Flag for Graves Day
Fire Commissioner Grady orders an American flag for the fire department marking the first time in its history that firefighters will carry the national colors. The flag will be used when decorating graves at Hills Cemetery on Sunday. James Hughes of Water Tower 2, the senior man, will be custodian of the colors with a tall carrier chosen.
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Grady
Fire Department
Fey
Tills
Daly
Fire Headquarters
Amelia Fowle
Europe
William C. Emery
James Hughes
Water Tower 2
Unanimous Rotary support for Wilson policy at Boston dinner
At the Boston Rotary Club dinner at American House, about 150 members unanimously endorsed President Wilson’s watchful waiting policy on the Mexican situation. Allen D. Albert of the Minneapolis Tribune urged support citing Rotary duties, quoting the Bible as a call to action. Officers named include Lester P. Winchenbaugh president and Edwin C. Miller vice president, with delegates elected for the June Rotary convention in Houston Texas. An entertainment portion followed the election.
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Wilson
Boston Rotary Club
Allen D. Albert
Minneapolis Tribune
Lester P. Winchenbaugh
Edwin C. Miller
Milton M. Jacobs
Frank B. Sullivan
Frederick L. Bauer
Henry M. Sanders
George H. Wilcockson
Bancroft L. Goodwin
Hugh A. Quinn
Rotary Associations
Houston
Tex
Ralph G. Wells
Joseph F. Lowe
John C. Fennelly
Seek Firebug in Chelsea Fire Attempt at Armenian Clergyman Home
Inspector William H Gaillac and State Officer John Thompson pursue the firebug who tried to destroy the home of Rev S M Aibanian at 36 Heard Street Chelsea. Kerosene odor and oil saturated clothing found. clergy man away in New York, brother Charles and Hart Burbullian injured after leaping from second floor as flames spread. Fire put out after about an hour.
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William H. Gaillac
Chelsea
John Thompson
S. M. Aibanian
Heard Street
New York
Charles
Hart Burbullian
Miss Charlotte Fellowes Harding to Wed Mr Walter Earle
Society follows the Milton wedding of Miss Charlotte Fellowes Harding of Milton and Walter Keyes Earle of New York at St. Michael's Church Milton. The bride's family home is 124 Canton Avenue Milton. The groom is Harvard 1910 and a New York lawyer. Best man is William Warden Bodine. A reception follows at the bride's home. the couple will reside in New York City.
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Society
Charlotte Fellowes Ffarding
Milton
Walter Keese Earle
New York
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Harding
Benjamin Fosdick Harding
Canton Avenue
Earle
Oliver Keyes Earle
Minneapolis
Harvard
Nt. Boyd Edwards
Frances Clark
Philadelphia
Pauline Davis
Ruth Wigglesworth
Eleanor Shaw
Margaret Ware
Framingham
Catterine’ Parker
Lancaster
William Warden Bodine
J. Mott Wadowell
Robert Haydock
Germantown
Penn
Lovering Jill
Henry Forster
John Tucker
Cedarhurst
L. I
Alfred Meyers
Boston
S. Trafford Hicks
Arlington
Mrs. Earle
New York City
Saugus Citizens Demand Resignation of School Committee
In Saugus on June 8, citizens at a special meeting demanded the resignation of the local school committee after an investigation into school conduct. They endorsed James F. Butterworth, former Saugus High principal, and called for a full teaching staff change at term end, despite minor opposition.
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Saugus
James F. Butterworth
Saugus High School
Toto
Senate toll repeal debate stalls Panama plan vote
Senate debate on Panama canal tolls exemption repeal dominated the day and blocked a vote. Senators Poindexter Martine and Smith of Michigan spoke. Smith will resume discussion tomorrow.
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Wasiington
Senate
Poindexter
Martine
Smith
Michigan
Senators Back Norris Simmons Amendment On Panama Canal
Lines were drawn for the final disposition of the measure as Senator Simmons offered a Norris Simmons compromise amendment. The amendment preserves U S rights under the Hay Pauncefote treaty and allows discrimination in shipping conditions for Panama Canal use. Senator Sutherland opposed the amendment proposing a clarifying clause. Administration leaders said a vote was expected by tomorrow afternoon.
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Simmons
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
United States
Sutherland
Panama Canal
Handel and Haydn Society Dinner Highlights
The Handel and Haydn Society held its annual board dinner at Youngs with guests of honor A Parker Brown Philip Hale Hail Mollenhbauer HH T Parker Endicott P Saltonstall Louis C Elson and H G Tucker. President Willam F Bradbury acted as toastmaster. Speakers included Brown Elson Thorndike Tucker and Mimell Mollenhauer. A letter from secretary John C Brodhead abroad and Mme Schumann Woink promising a 1915 100th anniversary performance were read.
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The
Handel and Haydn Society
Youngs
A. Parker Brown
Philip Hale
Hail Mollenhbauer
HH. T. Parker
Endicott P. Saltonstall
Louis C. Elson
H. G. Tucker
Willam F. Bradbury
Mr. Elson
Albert Thorndike
Edison Electric Company seeks omnibus franchise
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company applied to the City Council for a franchise to operate passenger omnibuses in the city. Officials say the move aims to save money by transporting its employees, not to compete with the elevated road. The petition would allow transporting employees and others designated by the Edison Company between Boyle Street offices and its Massachusetts Avenue plant, raising questions about proper jurisdiction between the council and street commissioners. The matter will be referred to the corporation counsel.
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Edison
Boyle “Ton Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Fadison Company
Co.neilors
Pasengers
City Hall
Council
Board of Street Commissioners
Board of Aldermen
New
Uch
Ocean Liner Passes Gatun Locks In Test Passage
The Panama Railroad steamship Alliances, a 40 ton vessel, made the first passage through Gatun Locks in a test of electric towing locomotives. The round trip took about an hour and a half each way with no incidents. Governor Goethals attended along with a large crowd of spectators.
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Panama
Gatun Locks
Panama Railroad Steamship Alliances
Goethals
The Fickle Fortune of Aunt Jerushi at Daly Theatre
The comedy drama was staged last night at the Toy Theatre inn in the Daly Industrial building Train Dorchester for the school by the Dramatic Art Club. Music pupils of Sister M Bernadette directed the production. Prominent citizens attended and the hall was filled to capacity. Actors ranged in age from 8 to 16 with Miss Mary Cadogan in the title role and Miss Marion Kincade performing The Song of the Mystic.
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Jerushi
Daly Industrial
Mary Cadogan
Marion Kincade
the Mystic
You Get the Quantity You Pay For Whiskey Ad
An advertisement touts G. O. Taylor Whiskey, promising customers receive the amount paid for. The brief notice emphasizes value and brand choice in a local market.
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G. O. Taylor
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H. T. Folsom
Adelaide H. Chasah
Schlitz
Jos. Gahm & Son
C St
Milwaukee
American Federations of Labor
Charles G. Wood
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Rotary Club
Mexico
Miss Harding
Walter Heese
Want School Board
Edison Company
Edison Electric Tluminating Company
Paine
Fen An
Paine Furniture Company
Morris
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