Burleigh Leading in Maine Republicans’ Senate Race
Reports from Portland on June 17 show Edwin C. Burleigh leading in the Republican preferential vote for U S senator after 398 towns and two cities counted. Burleigh has 10 377 votes to Heath 6212 and Powers 4129 with Hallowell and Gardiner yet to report.
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Portland
Hallowell
Gardiner
Edwin C. Burleigh
Augusta
Herbert M. Heath
Frederick Powers
Houston
United States
Burleigh
Heath
Powers
Haines Leads in Republican Gubernatorial Primary
William T. Haines of Waterville leads in the Republican governor race with 13 945 votes against Frederick E. Boothby of Portland who totals 3 267 and Albert H. Shaw of Bath with 3 797. Voter turnout in the towns runs just over half the normal.
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William T. Haines
Waterville
Frederick E. Boothby
Portland
Albert H. Shaw
Bath
Boothby
Haines
Shaw
Rich Widow Now a Nun in New Hampshire
Mrs. William Camp Lanman, a wealthy New Haven social leader, is revealed as Sister Mary Gertrude at the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in Manchester. She was cloistered in New York on May 2 after laboring among Manhattan’s poor for months before health troubles prompted the change.
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Manchester
N. H
Mary Gertrude
Sisters of Mercy
Hooksett Heights
William Camp Lanman
New Haven
Engine Kills Deaf Mute In Cambridge Incident
James McFarland a 43 year old deaf mute was struck by a Somerville fire engine responding to a Cambridge blaze on Warren street near Medford street He died at Somerville Hospital His skull was fractured and he had internal injuries His address is unknown
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James McFarland
Nying
Cambridge
Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Warren Street
Medford Street
Drowned Rocking a Canoe on Spy Pond Tragedy
Ernest Rohlleder 23 of Schenectady drowned when a canoe with him and two Cambridge youths capsized at Spy pond. The Venghaus siblings 18 and 17 were rescued but exhausted. police towed for the body as of midnight. Rohlleder was visiting Cambridge. eel grass may have entangled him.
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Ernest Rohlleder
Schenectady
N. Y
Spy Pond
Ernest L. Venghaus
Margaret Venghaus
Cambridge
Venghaus
Crescent Street
Rohlleder
Medford Fire Chief Injured Directing Blazing Fire
Fire chief Charles F. Bacon of Medford was thrown from a fire truck and then burned by shingles falling from a roof while directing his crew at a house on Jewett Street. He remained in bed under medical care as doctors assess possible internal injuries and serious conditions. Damages totaled about $3,500 to the two buildings before the blaze was controlled.
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Charles F. Bacon
Medford
Bacon
John Harris
Jewett Street
Riverside Avenue
Spring Street
M. W. Folsom
Fifth Attempt To Burn Barn At Wellesley Square
A fifth attempt in months to set fire to George Barkas fruit dealer's barn in Wellesley damaged the structure about 300 dollars. The blaze threatened the Partridge block in Wellesley square, almost adjoining the barn.
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George Barkas
Wellesley Square
Wellesley
Roosevelt Organizations Fight Over Convention Delegates
Chicago June 17 Roosevelt challenged convention delegates he claims are fraudulent and vowed any action by such delegates would not bind the Republican party He told a roaring Auditorium crowd that if they ask for the sword they shall have it and called out opponents by name.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
National Committee
Wine preserves memory as 18 die 30 years ago toast
Thirty years after a sealed bottle was set aside during a Mason dinner in Cambridge the remaining six survivors opened it again last night and drank a third of the sher ry remaining in the bottle. They toasted 18 deceased comrades and the present survivors including Henry Endicott Cambridge.
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Young’s
Friends
Z. H. Thomas, Jr
Cambridge
Mr. Thomas
Boston Commandery
K. T
Thomas
Henry Endicott
Endicott
Mr. Endicott
Pest
Grand Lodge
James M. Gleason
Boston
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Leonard B. Nichols
Brookline
Chauncey Thomas & Co
Joseph
Warren Lodge
Albert C. Smith
Beacon Street
The
Equitable Accident Insurance Company
Grand Royal Arch
William L. Lothrop
Amicable Lodge
Edgar F. Hunt
William J. Wilson
Daily Almanac for the 170th Day of the Year
On the 170th day of the year the sun rises at dawn and sets in the evening with 15 hours 17 minutes of daylight. Venus rises before dawn, Jupiter and Saturn follow in the deep morning hours, and light auto lamps are noted for tonight. Anniversaries include Gonase evacuated by Americans in 1776 and a declaration against England by the states in 1812.
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Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
England
Taft 565 Votes Finalizes Delegates at Chicago Convention
A Chicago poll reports Taft with 565 votes for temporary chairman, 25 more than required. Root leads with 590 votes. Roosevelt supporters threaten to bolt if not allowed control, risking clashes as police expand security at the Coliseum.
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Post
Chicago
Crane
Root
Taft
Roosevelt
Rumors of Defections to Roosevelt Column
Chicago June 18 Roosevelt delegates in caucus voted that 540 uncontested delegates constitute a binding majority of the Republican national convention. Delegates saw this as a bolt at the go off. A telegram to President Taft appealing to disavow the national committee action was adopted after Illinois approval.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
National Committee
Dixon
Illinois
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Maine
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Willam Kirlin
Cornelius Leary
Arlington
X-Zalia
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Teddy
Gloucester
Newport
Vicinity
Thompson's Spa
Bae Cewek
Ms Coweesct! OG
Es Wienwe
Holland Wine
Brecklin Brewery
Holland Wine Wine CO
C. A. W. Crosby & Son
Crosby Building
Washington 66
Congress Hotel
Colonel Roosevelt
Underwood
Quincy House
Brattle ST
Brattle SQ
Exchange Trust Company
Boylston Street
Milk Street
Robert L. Norton
Bay State
Pippins
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