Taft Slams Cure All Drug Frauds and Urges Law Strengthening
President Taft, in a New York drafted message delivered to Congress, denounces dangerous drug frauds and urges immediate amendments to the Pure Food and Drug Act. He warns the country could be flooded with injurious nostrums unless the act is strengthened in key weaknesses highlighted by Supreme Court decisions.
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Washington
New York
White House
Congress
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Congress eyes early action on subject with bill
The message was sent to both Senate and House and the House likely will take up the issue soon. Representative Wnerley of Kentucky has already introduced a bill for a hearing on the subject. The President’s message outlines part of the matter.
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Senate
House
Wnerley
Kentucky
Old Boston trunk business rooted in Winship family
The piece details the Winship family lineage in Boston’s trunk and leather goods trade. Henry A. Winship founded the business in 1842 at 12 Court Street, later at 16 Tremont Street, and his nephew William H. Winship, born 1867, expanded and led the firm. William H. Winship serves as Malden library trustee and ex councilman, with ties to local enthusiasm for public schools and historical societies.
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William H. Winship
H. A. Winship
Tremont Street
Henry A. Winship
Boston
Winship
Charles McBurney
Court Street
Elm Street
Order Cut On All Steel Wire Products
Pittsburg June 21 Instructions from New York ordered a reduction of 10 cents a hundred pounds on all steel wire products and nails. The cut of 2 dollars a ton went into effect today.
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Pittsburg
New York
American Steel & Wire Company
Wedding Honeymoon Chase Ends in Narrow Escape
After a Somerville wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Prescott F. Wild started a secret honeymoon by car. Ushers and bridesmaids pursued in three autos, nearly turning the start of the couple’s trip into a tragedy.
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Prescott F. Wild
Louise E. Marden
Somerville
Wedding Party Involved In Car Crash At Somerville
An auto carrying Arthur Corwin, Miss Carla N Wilson, Miss Dorothy Downer and wedding party members crashed at Evergreen and Marshall, tipping the vehicle and trapping seven inside. Downer sustained the most serious injuries, while others escaped with minor bruises. The wedding, a major Somerville social event, involved the Marden and Wild families and was conducted by President Emeritus Seelye of Smith College at the Unitarian Church.
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Arthur Corwin
Carla N. Wilson
Dorothy Downer
Paul Wild
Annabel Tomlin
Ralph B. Durrel
Earle A. Bishop
Evergreen Avenue
Marshall Street
John R. Conant
Miss Downer
Somerville
Frank W. Marden
Boston Street
Benjamin F. Wild
Highland Avenue
Emeritus Seelye
Smith College
Unitarian Church
Boy Dies in Dentist Chair at Lyman School
William Fournier a 13 year old committed to the Lyman School for Boys from Amesbury died in the dentist chair at the school. Medical Examiner Knight could not determine a cause and referred the matter to District Attorney Stiles awaiting autopsy instructions. He had just arrived at 5:30 PM after a school examination found his teeth in poor condition.
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Westboro
William Fournier
Lyman School
Amesbury
Charles S. Knight
James A. Stiles
Worcester
Fournier
Cambridge inaugurates carnival week with factory exhibit
The Cambridge Board of Trade voted for a carnival week and raised more than $500 from merchants to cover expenses. A committee will arrange events, with merchants and manufacturers asked to lend support, likely the last week of October. An industrial exhibit of all Cambridge manufactories is planned at the State Armory on Massachusetts Avenue during carnival week.
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Cambridge Board of Trade
Cambridge
State Armory
Massachusetts Avenue
Taft Arrives at Brother's Home in New York
President Taft arrived at 12 04 a m by special train from New Haven covering 74 miles in 1 30. He was driven to Henry Taft's residence where he will spend the night.
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Taft
Brother
New York
New Haven
Henry Tatt
Jigger Hit by Passenger Train Kills One Man
At Deering Junction a lumber jigger loaded from a freight car was struck by a passenger train locomotive and carried along 20 yards. Albert I. Spear, a teamster nearby, was seriously injured and died shortly after.
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Portland
Deering Junction
Albert I. Spear
High Court Overrules Phelps Murder Case Exceptions
The Supreme Judicial Court overruled the exceptions taken at trial of Silas Phelps who was found guilty of first degree murder in the June 12 1910 killing of Deputy Sheriff Emmett F Haskins of Munroe Bridge. He faces the death penalty by electric chair unless commuted to life.
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Silas Phelps
Emmett F. Haskins
Munroe Bridge
Supreme Judicial Court
Notre Dame Academy Roxbury Grants Diplomas to Graduates
The Rt. Rev. Joseph G. Anderson conferred diplomas on two graduates at Notre Dame Academy in a ceremony held in the new school hall. Five graduates received certificates for admission to Trinity College, and Rev. Michael J. Scanton spoke on Education in its Relation to Life.
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Joseph G. Anderson
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Notre Dame Academy
Roxbury
New School
Mary D. Fallon
Veronica M. Judge
Helen FP. Mahoney
Ary G. Moore
Mary L. Riley
Trinity College
Michael J. Scanton
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