Five year old hit by car in East Boston incident
Helen Peterson aged five was struck on Maverick street near her home at 35 New Street East Boston by a car driven by Dr. William H. Ensworth of 40 Princeton Street East Boston. She suffered a broken right leg and other injuries but is expected to recover at Relief Hospital. The child is the daughter of widow Emma Peterson and lives with Mrs. Catherine Winer and Mrs. Fanny Lingley in the tenement.
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Maverick Street
New Street
East Boston
Helen Peterson
William H. Ensworth
Princeton Street
Catherine Winer
Dr. Ensworth
Emma Peterson
Warren Street
Brookline
Fanny Lingley
Banquet of Good Fellowship Club at Siegel store
Henry Siegel employees enjoyed a monthly Good Fellowship Club banquet in the Siegel building dining room. About 75 buyers and department heads discussed ideas to improve the store and its appeal. New officers were elected and the next dinner will be in September after the vacation period.
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Henry Siegel
Good Fellowship Club
Siegel
Harry L. Tannenholz
R. G. Alexander
Charles West
W. H. Neal
Louis Dries
Admiral Evans Calls for Bigger Navy to Safeguard US Coasts
In New York on June 11 retired Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans urged a stronger navy saying war is possible and the United States must build more ships. He argued battleships must exceed 25 000 tons and favored 24 battleships on each coast to deter conflict and ensure readiness.
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Robley D. Evans
New York
Russia
Japan
Reverend John D. Pickles Dies in Lynn
The Rev. John D. Pickles Ph D pastor of St Pauls Methodist Church in Lynn died at Union Hospital at 3 a m from acute gastritis. He leaves three daughters Helen Catherine and Marion He formerly led several Boston area churches and held posts including Tremont Street M E Church president of the Massachusetts Sunday School Association and of the Christian Alliance and the Boston Epworth League.
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Lynn
John D. Pickles
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Pickles
Union Hospital
Helen
Catherine
Marion
Boston
Tremont Street
M. HE
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
Christian Alliance
Boston Epworth League
Maps Flake Cereal Promotes Healthful Maple Sweet Wheat
An advertisement extols Maps Flake cereal as ideal for children, highlighting maple sugar boil in Vermont syrup and a 96 hour process to make digestible wheat. It details cooking for six hours, curing, thinning flakes, and a 30 minute 400 degree toast to deliver a palatable, nutritious breakfast product.
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Vermont
Washington
Rear End Collision Delays Trains Near Worcester
A heavy extra freight train from Hast Hartford collided with a Norwich freight near Auburn, injuring two men and wrecking 15 cars. Nine cars were completely demolished. The line reopened at noon. Property loss estimated at $25,000. Injured: John Curtain engineer and William H. Hoxie brakeman.
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Worcester
Hartford
Norwich
Auburn
John Curtain
Martford
William H. Hoxie
Tufts Dedicate Bell from Class of 1898 at Goddard Chapel
The Tufts College bell, cast in Troy and weighing 1011 pounds, was presented by the class of 1898. The dedication included an invocation, choral readings, and the alma mater as the bell rang for the first time from Goddard Chapel. The bell bears the inscription Pax et Lux and marks Tufts’ June 1908 gift to the college.
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Tufts College
Frank Lincoln Peirce
John Albert Cousens
Frederick Williams Hamilton
Tufts
Hamilton
Schiller
Andreas Romberg
Goddard's
Troy
N. Y
Matthew Dinstfreund Weds Mildred Levy at Roxbury Home
Miss Mildred Levy of Newark and Matthew Dinstfreund wed at 36 Cunard Street Roxbury in a small ceremony led by Rabbi Sirk of Ohel Jacob Synagogue. The couple entered under a palms and roses altar with Ruth Dinstfreund, the groom’s sister, as ring bearer.
PLAN 10 FIGHT PAPER COMBINE PLAN 10 FIGHT PAPER COMBINE
At a meeting of the directors of the American Newspaper Publishers Association resolutions were adopted to continue the war on the print paper trust. Congress’ slow action on the paper market led publishers to safeguard their interests and authorize the president to appoint John Norris for two years to lead the campaign.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Congress
Association
John Norris
Temple of Honor Elects at 68th Annual Session
The 68th annual session of the Grand Temple of Honor met at America Hall 724 Washington street with visitors including James Hicks Cambridge and Sen William Q Farrell Massachusetts. Officers elected for the coming year include G W T Benjamin F Allen Gloucester G W V T Edmund H Noyes Cambridge M D and others. Associate officers listed with several Cambridge Malden Lynn and Hingham names.
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Grand Temple of Honor
America Hall
Washington Street
James Hicks
Cambridge
M. D
William A. Carey
Malden
Leonard Thompson
Hingham
G. C
William Full
Lynn
Leonard Parke
Francis H. Read
Cambidge
Harry Quicks
Walcott Stops Kemp Seconds in Fifth Round
In Springfield Ohio Jos Walcott of Boston battles Charles Kemp of Fremont in a ten round middleweight contest. Kemp’s seconds throw in the sponge during the fifth round signaling a stoppage.
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Walcott
Kemp
Springfield
Jos Walcott
Boston
Charles Kemp
Fremont, O
Powers Receives $10,000 From Hartford Will
Mrs. Kate Barton Powers of Boston will receive the $10,000 bequest from Mrs. Isabelle Hooker of Hartford after the executor withdrew the appeal. A second will failed to invalidate the first as it was not properly drawn, so the initial will stands.
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Hartford
Kate Barton Powers
Boston
Isabelle Hooker
Powers
Home Cooked Soups and Desserts From Readers
Readers share recipes and fruit quantities for cucumber soup with stock and milk, freeze lemon batter, tapioca custard, orange lemon fruit mix, cake and jelly rounds with whipped cream and walnuts, credited to MRS and MISS contributors from Parker Mills Warren Clinton Holyoke Everett.
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Miss Mabel Trimble
Clinton
C. H. Chapman
Hancock Street
Everett
Death of A J Burt Former Michigan Central Auditor
Detroit obituary notes A J Burt longtime auditor for the Michigan Central railroad died suddenly in Detroit on June 11 from heart disease.
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Detroit
Mich
A. J. Burt
Michigan Central Railroad
Senators Duel Challenge Sparks Late Senate Row
The Hon George J Gallond of Amherst and Hon Michael J McEttrick of Boston traffic words of challenge and cowardice. The Senate declined to adjourn as rumors spread a midnight lobby duel may occur.
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George J. Galland
Amherst
Franklin-Hampshire
Michael J. McEttrick
Boston
McEttrick
Gallond
Galllond
Public Franchise League Urges Halt On Berkshire Street Railway Bill
Letters from the Public Franchise League ask State Legislature to withhold action on a Berkshire street railway bill. They oppose allowing a steam railroad to hold street railway stock in Massachusetts and urge referral to the next General Court. The group notes two year delays for improvements and doubts New Haven Road will fund them or must sell Berkshire stock within a year.
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Public Franchise League
League
New Haven
Berkshire
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