Runaway Stopped by a Fireman in Union Square
William Warner, driver of Engine 1, Somerville fire department, mounted a runaway horse in Union Square yesterday morning after failed attempts to hold the reins. The horse escaped from a carriage at the corner of Somerville Avenue and School Street, after crashing into a post and freeing a woman and two children.
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William Warner
Somerville Fire Department
Union Square
Somerville Avenue
School Street
Brave rider stops runaway horse in Somerville street chase
A horse bolted with bridle and part of the gear dragging along Somerville avenue. It tore toward Union Square where students from St Joseph's Parochial School, dismissed for the day, filled the scene. Warner tried to halt it. a man leaped onto the horse and steadied it on the Washington street bridge over the Fitchburg line. The rider fled. owner remains unknown.
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Somerville Avenue
Jit
Union Square
Washington Street
St. Joseph’s
Warner
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Tobey dies at 70. Cambridge resident former businessman
Austin B Tobey son of Moses S and Judith T Tobey longtime Cambridge resident after moving from Wareham to Boston earlier in life died after a long illness at 35 Bowdoin Street Cambridge He was born in Wareham served in the Civil War and is survived by his widow Helen A Barker Tobey and sister Isabelle Tobey Funeral set for Wareham with interment there
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Austin B. Tobey
Moses S
Judith T. Tobey
Cambridge
Bowdoin Street
Mr. Tobey
Wareham
Boston
Helen A. Barker Tobey
Chicago
Isabelle Tobey
Prices Down on Panama Bonds as Bids Irregular
Washington reports irregularities in bids for the 50 million dollar three percent Panama bond issue. By 49,948,800 of bids tabulated the price fell to 102.21, with four bids of 1,000,000 each now accepted. National City Bank of New York may receive 2,000,000 to 8,060,000 of the bonds, and any bid at 102.21 or higher is likely to be allotted. Detailed successful bidders list expected tomorrow.
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Washington
Panama
National City Bank of New York
Treasury
Boston Protest Rally Against Arbitration Treaty
United Irish and German societies of Boston vote to hold a monster mass meeting at Faneuil Hall on Sunday July 30 to protest the arbitration treaty pending in Washington. The resolutions committee includes John B. O Higin, Fred McLoughlin, A O H Suffolk county vice president, William Fleming, John Reynolds, Thomas J. Collins, Colonel Roger Scannell, Matthew Cummings and Cornelius Duggan of the Massachusetts Foresters.
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United States
United Irish and German Societies
Boston
Faneuil Halls
Washington
Committee On
John B. O'Higgin
Fred McLoughlin
Suffolk County
William Fleming
John Reynolds
The
National Foresters
Thomas J. Collins
Roger Scannell
Matthew Cummings
Cornelius Duggan
Massachusetts Foresters
Explosion in Dorchester Court Triggers Panic
In Judge Churchill's Dorchester courtroom yesterday an explosion caused by torpedoes spilling from policeman Thomas F. Ryan's pocket during testimony in a firearms case sparked a panic. Prisoners attempted to escape as torpedoes scattered, but Ryan calmed the scene with explanations.
President's Brother Blocks Reporters
In New Haven June 19 Judge Williams issued temporary injunctions restraining Thomas D. Bradstreet and Costello Lippitt from paying 11 state official reporters $300 each. Taft's brother Horace D. Taft among four taxpayers sought the injunction, which lasts until early September.
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New Haven
Williams
Thomas D. Bradstreet
Costello Lippitt
State Senate
Horace D. Taft
Taft
Graduating Class Gifts to New England Conservatory
The New England Conservatory class day in Jordan Hall featured senior and undergraduate attendance. Miss Ridley played cello with Miss Augusta Gentsch. President Guy E. McLean gave the welcome and presented a $50 library gift. George W. Chadwick accepted and praised the 1914 class.
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New England Conservatory of Music
Jordan Hall
Ridley
Augusta Gentsch
Guy E. McLean
Conservatory Library
George W. Chadwick
Conservatory
Class of 1911 Commencement Draws Laurels in Jordan Hall
Ralph Williamson of Lockport wrote the class song sung at exercises and named historian. Miss Leslie LaBeaume wrote the class prophecy in verse. Grace Nickerson and Victoria Sordoni will sing soprano solos as 54 seniors receive diplomas at 2:30 p m. in Jordan Hall.
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Ralph Williamson
Lockport
N. Y
Herbert Seilar
Shamokin
Penn
Leslie LaBeaume
St. Louis
Jordan Hall
Bertha Nickerson
Hast Orange
N. J
Victoria. Sordoni
Wilkesbarre
Indemnity Increase for Registered Mail Announced
Postmaster General Hitchcock amends regulations to provide up to 25 indemnity for lost registered mail of third and fourth classes starting July 1. Indemnity applies only to registered first class matter except international registered mails with 10 indemnity for all classes.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Brain Fag Relief with Ford’s Acid Phosphate
Advertisement promotes Ford’s Acid Phosphate as a remedy for tired nerves and brain fag after mental strain and overwork. Claims it supports stamina and clarity. Contains routine exhortations typical of early 20th century patent medicine ads.
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Rsford
Pope in good health after gout scare in Rome
Reports of the Pope’s ill health were unfounded. After a brief gout relapse, His Holiness has been well, with only seasonally cool weather affecting him. Papal secretary Cardinal Merr del Val Cardinal Bissetti and Patriarch Ceppetelli met him, and he appeared in excessed physical condition.
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Rome
Merr del Val
Bissetti
Monsigro Ceppetelli
Constantinople
Fleeing horse climbs steps causing turmoil in Portsmouth
A horse belonging to expressman Laurie D. Britton knocked down its driver then climbed the Portsmouth custom house steps. It dashed through Pleasant street scattering autos and benches at Haven park before returning to its stable with minimal injuries to the animal.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Laurie D. Britton
Custom House
Pleasant Street
Haven Park
Probation for Bigamy Case in Nashua Court
Judge Parmenter placed 28 year old Robert R. Jones on probation after he pleaded to polygamy. Jones, a composer, relied on letters from his first wife claiming divorce and wed his second wife in Nashua on June 8, believing no deceit occurred. The judge cited negligence in confirming the situation and kept the case on probation.
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Parmenter
Robert R. Jones
Berwick Park
Jones
Cleveland
Nashua
N. H
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