How South Station Land Was Bought
Dedham June 13 The libel suit over South Station land details center on purchases by the Boston Terminal Company. Testimony centers on land cost and eminent domain. witnesses reference Augustus P. Loring, trustees Lovering Higginson Taft, and various railroads with the case awaiting jury verdict after late Tuesday session.
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Dedham
Charles L. Lovering
Francis L. Higginson
Royal E. Taft
Boston Terminal Company
Charles S. Hanks
Brookline
Messrs
Lovering
Higginson
Hanks
Taunton
South Station
Charles W. Bartlett
Terminal Company
Augustus P. Loring
Mr. Loring
Boston & Albany
N. Y
N. H
New York & New England
Taft
Francis Lee Higginson
Boston
New York & New England Railroad
Wardwell Praises Bridge Tablets as Artistic
Cambridge mayor Wardwell described the bronze work for the new bridge towers as very artistic and substantial. He noted eight doors and window grills, a solid design viewed in Chicago, suitable to endure with the bridge’s lifetime.
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Wardwell
Cambridge
Cambridge Bridge
Chicago
Matricide’s Money To Be Used To Hunt Her Down
Bertha Beilstein the matricide who escaped Dixmont Asylum has funds authorized for immediate use. Allegheny county courts permit $5000 of her money to be spent in locating her status while her brother-in-law N A Woegtly travels to Los Angeles to view a body suspected to be Bertha in the Olga Miller case.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Bertha Beilstein
Dixmont Insane Asylum
Allegheny County
Bertha
N. A. Woegtly
Los Angeles
Cal
Olga Miller
Know Boston Contest Teases Fifth Boston Landmark
A Boston building near the centre is shown as the fifth image in the Know Boston Contest for next Sunday. Prizes total 250 dollars weekly. The sixth image likely appears tomorrow with the seventh in the following issue. Last Sunday's prize winners will be announced with correct identifications next Sunday.
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Boston
Know Boston
Boston Post
P. O. Box
Mass
Post
Duke of Abruzzi to be greeted with great guns in Boston Harbor
The Duke of Abruzzi sails into Boston aboard the Italian cruiser Varese for a visit of eight days. A battery of 138 guns plus 13 for Admiral Snow will salute the Italian vessel as the Illinois and Des Moines escort it to the navy yard. The visit includes Brookline society events and possible Harvard commencement honors.
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Boston Harbor
Navy Yard
Admiral Snow
Larz Anderson
Avon Street
Brookline
Duke of Abruzzi
Boston
Varese
Andersons
Tains
Harvard University
Illinois
Des Moines
United States
Duke
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Georgia
Country Club
Peary
Nansen
Steeple Chase After Smulkey
Reserve Officer Buckley of Jamaica Plain and his horse Bessie chased Ike Smulkey for nearly a mile after he allegedly snatched $65 from Pasquale Gatte on an Elevated car in Roslindale Village. Smulkey was captured after a fence and ditch leaps and was taken to West Roxbury Police Court.
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Buckley
Jamaica Plain
Bessie
Roslindale
Ike Smulkey
Smulkey
Yarmouth Street
Pasquale Gatte
Commercial
Gatte
Boston
Roslindale Village
West Roxbury
Dedham
Brandon Street
Batte
Stony Brook
Senate kills bill taxing stock transfers in Senate action
The Senate defeated the stock transfer tax bill and referred it to the next General Court by an 18 to 14 vote. Senator Garfield pushed an Oct 1 effective date with an amendment, while Senator Buttrick called the measure worthless and urged referral. Senator Casidy argued similarity to New York law, and Senator Stevens labeled current taxes unjust to the poor.
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Senate
Garfield
Buttrick
Cassidy
New York
Stevens
Medford Students Seek Reinstatement of Halet Saulsman as Class President
In Medford on June 13 the High School graduating class, led by a five member committee Alonzo Dennis Arthur Smith Miss Freda Converse Miss Emma Day and George Armstrong, delivered a petition to Mayor Brewer requesting reinstatement of suspended class president Hallett Saulsman. The mayor pledged fair play and would press the issue with the school committee. A special meeting of the school panel is slated for Saturday night at 7 30.
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Medford
Hallett Saulsman
Manning
Alonzo Dennis
Arthur Smith
Freda Converse
Emma Day
George Armstrong
Brewer
Saulsman
Roswell B. Lawrence
Handel and Haydn Society Board Meets in Cambridge
The Handel and Haydn Society opened its season with a meeting at secretary William F. Bradbury’s Cambridge home. President George F. Daniels led and reappointed Emil Mollenhauer as conductor and H. G. Tucker as organist for the year. Concert dates were set for Walpurgis Night and Hear My Prayer, Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, Samson and Delilah, and Easter.
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The
Handel and Haydn Society
William F. Bradbury
Harvard Street
Cambridge
George F. Daniels
Emil Mollenhauer
H. G. Tucker
Mendelssohn
Saint-Saens
Gem theft at Hotel Brunswick back Bay intrigues police
Police search the Back Bay after Mrs Ellen Stoddard reports a Tuesday suite entry at the Hotel Brunswick. A watch valued at 500 dollars and jewelry worth about 700 dollars were stolen. Pawnshops were visited and fences interviewed, but no clues found. Police suspect a Fagin type thief.
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Brunswick
Back Bay
Ellen Stoddard
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Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Know
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Conditions of
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Vlade
Mrs. Larz Anderson
Abruzzi
Anderson
Bill
Medford High
Saperintendents
Robert Entwhistle
John C. Brodhead
Leslie J. Storrs
Eugene D. Russell
Joshua Q. Litchfield
William N. Eustis
Frieda
Convers
Esaulsman
Alice
Satre
Thode
Handel and Haydn Society Meeting
Holmes, Luge & CO
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Dock Square
Washington Street
Chase & Sanborn’s Tea
William C. Gregor Opevenings
Washington Sr
Sromricco Sr
Death's Door
Huntington Ave
Public Library
Colonial
Washington St
Nature
Appendixine Co
West 70Th St
Jaynes Drug ‘Co
Washington 'S
R. H. White
Robt. C. Mains
Market St
Amesbury
John Scanlon
Adams House
A. Somer
4Th St
G. M
Fred Arvidson
Avon
Joseph Grady
Tremont St
Sun
Coughlin
Charlestown
David J
Jeremiah
Margaret Coughlin
Julia FF
Evelyn M. Coughlin
Mary J. Brickey
Mystic Street
St. Francis de Sales Church
Calvary
Kelley
Timothy E. Kelley
Thomas
Mary Ward
Pratt Court
Power
Thomas K. Power
P. R
St. Rose Church
Chelsea
Webster
Ellen
John A. Webster
Gladstone Street
Orient Heights
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