Hold Road for Jewel Theft Ruling in New York
The Court of Appeals held the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company liable for $1500 in jewelry and two ten dollar bills from Mrs. Julia M. Hasbrouck in May 1903 in Worcester Massachusetts. The ruling says the $100 loss limit applies only to checked baggage and the property remained with the railroad.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Court of Appeals
Julia M. Hasbrouck
Supreme Court
Hasbrouck
Worcester
Mass
Trial of Carmello Ferro for murder in 1910 South Framingham shooting
In Superior Court East Cambridge Judge Hardy presides over Carmello Ferro charged with killing Antonio DeLellis and wounding Rafaello Surro in a 16 Bishop Street boardinghouse. Ten government witnesses recount a quarrel over a broken lamp chimney before Ferro drew a revolver and opened fire. DeLellis died. Surro survived. Detective Byrnes testified that DeLellis gave a dying statement blaming Ferro.
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Carmello Ferro
South Framingham
Hardy
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Ferro
Antonio DeLellis
Rafaello Surro
Bishop Street
DeLellis
Surra
Byrnes
Governor Foss Clears House Vote On Extra Judges Bill
Governor Foss scored in the House as the committee on ways and means adverse report on the bill for three extra judges was defeated 56 to 172. Indications point to passage in the House and favorable signals in the Senate.
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Foss
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate
Lawmakers debate adding judges to the Superior Court
Representative White argued against increasing the judiciary now citing an annual cost of at least 90000 dollars. A letter from Chief Justice Aiken endorsing the bill was read by Representative Conway. Meaney accused political maneuvering to block Governor Foss from three extra appointments. Lomasney supported the Governor's past appointment record. The Governor had originally recommended seven additional Superior Court judges.
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Representative White
Committee On Ways and Means
Aiken
Superior Court
Sherman Favored for Water Board Appointment
Governor Foss weighs John C. Sherman for the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board seat now held by Henry P. Walcott with a 4500 dollar annual salary. Democrats back Francis Donoghue. Asan L. Minard also seeks the post. The governor may name ex Mayor John T. Coughlin for Fall River police commissioner amid Republican opposition.
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Foss
John T. Coughlin
Fall River
Coughlin
Mayor to Name Dock Board Man in Boston Port Bill
Mayor Fitzgerald may appoint one member to the proposed Dock Commission as part of a $9,000,000 Boston harbor bill. The measure sets five officials including a chairman earning 15000 a year and two governor appointed members at 1600 each. The mayor also names one member with the same salary and the Harbor and Land Commission chairman at 1000.
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Fitzgerald
Boston Harbor
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston
Harbor and Land Commission
Hodgdon Former NH official Dies By Self Inflicted Wound
George O. Hodgdon 58, town tax collector and former NH House member, committed suicide at his home in Newmarket. Friends cite family troubles as the cause, Hodgdon used a razor to take his life.
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Newmarket
N. H
George O. Hodgdon
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Democratic State Committee
100 More Postal Banks Are Named
Washington reports an operation on July 18 expanding the postal savings system to 6530 offices. One hundred additional offices have been named with fifty to open July 10 and fifty on July 13. Locations include Torrington Connecticut Pittsfield Maine Rockland Maine Adams Beverly Canton Concord Junction Spencer Westboro Whitman Maine Somersworth and Franklin New Hampshire and Springfield Vermont.
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Washington
Torrington
Conn
Pittsfield
Rockland
Adams
Beverly
Canton
Concord Junction
Spencer
Westboro
Whitman
Maia
Somersworth
Franklin
N. H
Springfield
June Roses Dinner Decor and Weekly Menu
The cooking page previews supper table adornments with June roses and a weekly menu. It features recipes for vegetables and special dishes for June, promising a variety of culinary ideas for readers planning meals.
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Next Sunday
Post
Naval Convicts Escape by Swimming to Shore
Three prisoners Leo Shultz Charles Dennis and Lafayette Warne from the prison ship Southery at Portsmouth New Hampshire cut away port hole bars and swam half a mile to the Kittery shore in their underwear after roll call. They were serving two to six years for desertion and a search of the surrounding area failed to locate them.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Leo Shultz
Medina
N. Y
Charles Dennis
James C. Manning
Louisville
Lafayette Warne
Matteawan
Southery
Navy Yard
Kittery
Paris Engages Boston Soprano for Opera Comique
Bernice Fisher the young American soprano at the Boston Opera House has been engaged for next spring by the Paris Opera Comique. M Carre expresses strong enthusiasm for her future while Fisher studies French roles in Paris under M Andre Caplet. Emma Eames predicts she may become a great singer soon.
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Paris
Bernice Fisher
Boston Opera House
Paris Opera Comique
M. Carre
Miss Fisher
M. Andre Caplet
Emma Eames
Tafts Invite Ex-Rep Keliher and Wife to Silver Wedding
Ex-Congressman John A. Keliher and his wife have received invitations to the White House for President Taft and Mrs Tafts silver wedding on June 19. The Keliher couple are prominent in White House social circles and have attended nearly every Taft function since his presidency began.
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John A. Keliher
Taft
White House
Peruna Endorsements From Texas and Illinois Teachers
Prominent teacher Mrs. R C Moore of San Antonio testifies Peruna cured her general debility nervous prostration and severe cough. Mrs. M P Curry of Petersburg Illinois describes long internal catarrh stomach and liver trouble with swelling and weakness but notes two bottles of Peruna restored her health after five months of doctoring without success.
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R. C. Moore
New Braunfels Ave
San Antonio
Texas
Peruna
M. P. Curry
P. O. Box
Petersburg
Perrna
Navy Gunboat Dubuque Sails for Chicago for Repairs
The gunboat Dubuque, lent by the navy to the Illinois Naval Militia for training, sailed from Portsmouth New Hampshire for Chicago via the St Lawrence today. Upon arrival the crew will transfer to the Nashville and the Dubuque will proceed to Boston navy yard for decommissioning and repairs.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Dubuque
Illinois Naval Militia
Chicago
St. Lawrence River
U. S. S. Nashville
Boston Navy Yard
Princeton class of 1911 receives diplomas at Alexander Hall
Acting President John A. Stewart presided as 225 graduating seniors of Princeton University were awarded their diplomas in Alexander Hall this afternoon in Princeton New Jersey.
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Princeton
N. J
John A. Stewart
Princeton University
Alexander Hall
Aldrich Leaves for Fishing Trip to Canada
Providence R I June 13 accompanied by his two daughters former United States Senator Nelson W Aldrich left his home at Warwick Neck for a fishing trip in Canada He will meet his yacht Owena at Rimouski and proceed to the Thousand Islands for about two weeks On return he will appear before the Lorimer investigating committee at Washington The Sherlock Holmes tale The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter is offered in booklet form with colored covers for next Sunday's Post
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Providence
R. IL
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Warwick Neck
Canada
Lorimer Investigating Committee
Washington
Aldrich
Owena
Rimouski
St. Lawrence River
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