Plane Hops Over the Mayor in Palm Beach
A Curtiss biplane flown by J A D McCurdy narrowly missed five distinguished spectators at Palm Beach. The group included John F Fitzgerald mayor of Boston and J T Fitzgerald his brother, William J Connors of Buffalo former NY Democratic chair, J F E Rumbaugh of Hot Springs and H Chatfield Taylor of Chicago.
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Palm Beach
Fla
J. A. D. McCurdy
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
J. T. Fitzgerald
William J. Connors
Buffalo
N. Y
New York State Democratic Committee
J. FE. Rumbaugh
Hot Springs
H. ©. Chatfield Taylor
Chicago
Plane crash scare at city event riles crowd
Mr. McCurdy’s gasoline tank leaked and he descended early from his elevating plane. The machine hit the ground within three feet of the Mayor’s party, sending the crowd scattering before McCurdy rebounding and circling the field.
Charge Baron With Larceny in New York Hotel Plaza
Richard Von Arkery described as a Hungarian baron and landowner was arrested on a larceny warrant for allegedly stealing two platinum crucibles valued at $900. Police found concealed weapons and he posted $3000 bail after two hours in custody. he claimed legal use of knuckle dusters in London.
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New York
Richard von Arkery
London
Garry
Plaza
Haoglish
Gould- Decies
Budapest
Oxford
Jorrin
von Arkery
Seabury
Supreme Court
Enbaron
Boy Shoots Self in Head in Cambridge Incident
Paul Melinberg aged 19 of 10 Warren Street Cambridge shot himself in the head in the Fenway near Westland Avenue entrance. Nearby Joseph Look seized a .38 revolver a minute later. The bullet caused a slight scalp wound and Melinberg was taken to City Hospital.
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Paul Melinberg
Warren Street
Cambridge
Fenway
Westland Avenue
Joseph W. Look
Melinberg
City Hospital
Ruef Sentenced to Fourteen Years for Bribery Case
Abraham Ruef receives a 14 year term at San Quentin for bribing Superior Judge John J. Furey. The decision by Judge William P. Lawler included a seven day grace period to settle affairs before imprisonment. The ruling came amid proceedings in San Francisco on March 1.
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Mitting
Abraham Ruef
San Quentin Itentiary
John J. Furey
William P. Lawler
Ruef
Francisgo
Harvard Editor in Sanitum Case Debts Alimony Denied
Mrs Greenfield accuses her Harvard alumnus husband of drug addiction and abuse since 1907. He has been in five sanitariums, now Kingston Texas, while she cites hunger and threats, asking for alimony and $100,000 from his mother. Judge Guy blocks the move as coercive.
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Harvard
the Lampoon
Ludlow Street
Greenfield
Justice Guy
Kingston
Te Ks
George Jackson Greenfield
Staten Island
Algonquin Hotel
Miss Dustan
Commodore Vanderbilt
Lampoon
Greenfield Alimony Bid Denied in New York Supreme Court
Mrs. Sarah Anne Greenfield failed to win alimony and counsel fees from her husband George Sidney Greenfield in a separation suit. Justice Guy halted lengthy explanations asking about the husband’s business during proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Anne Greenfield
George Sidney Greenfield
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Supreme Court
Guy
Viscount Exmouth in Boston Plans Delayed Marriage
Viscount Exmouth of England, 20, in Boston on a tour, says he is not seeking a wife yet and remains in school under English law. He plans to see the world first, enjoys America as hosts, and notes a Devon country estate with no firm career choice beyond a potential House of Lords path. He expresses interest in automobiles despite tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Exmouth
England
Touraine
America
Boston
Exeter
Devon
House of Lords
Hold Man on Cutting Charge in Vermont Quarry
John Imperiale was arrested by State Detective Thomas Bligh in a Williamstown quarry where he allegedly slashed Foreman Ed ward McGlynn during a wage dispute. McGlynn suffered deep gashes endangering his heart. after two months he partly recovered though left with paralysis and inability to work.
Unity urged among women clubs at colonial society banquet
George B. Gallup urged the American Society of Colonial Families to unite women’s clubs for community welfare and home improvement. He warned rivalry hurts coop eration, noting suffrage will help but accession must come from existing clubs. George W. Coleman urged more cooperation over competition as families modernize, and a new constitution was adopted at the gathering.
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American Society of Colonial Families
Revere House
George B. Gallup
Pilgrim Publicity Association
George French
George Hodges
George W. Coleman
Ford Hall Forum
America
Delano and Moulton Wed in Boston After Porto Rico Meeting
Captain Fred Delano and Miss Dorothea Moulton wed at 33 Everett Avenue, after a five year courtship begun in Porto Rico where he sailed the South American trade. Miss Moulton taught school in Porto Rico. The couple will honeymoon on the schooner R. W. Hopkins cruising to South America.
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Fred Delano
Dorothea Moulton
Herbert Davidson
Everett Avenue
Porto Rico
Delano
Moulton
R. W. Hopkins
South America
Assessors Accused of Bias by Boston Improvement Group
Sensational charges claim the Boston Board of Assessors discriminate for land speculators or fail to assess property at full cash value. A report to the United Improvement Association at the City Club meeting accuses the assessing department of penalizing home builders and aiding speculators to choke development in outlying sections.
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Boston Board of Assessors
United Improvement Association
City Club
Boston Real Estate Tax Debate Spurs Commission Probe
The committee report notes wide disparities in city and suburban property assessments and calls on the Finance Commission to review real estate valuation methods. Officers elected include William C. Ewing and James Clark of local improvement groups and Myron Pierce as treasurer, with critical examples cited like Tremont Row properties showing sharp devaluations since 1901.
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Committee On Legislative and Legal Affairs
Finance Commission
Boston
William C. Ewing
Roxbury Improvement Society
James (. Clark
Harvard Improvement Association
Augustus A. Falkes
Charlestown Improvement Association
William Hoag
Savin Hill Improvement Association
Myron E. Pierce
West End Improvement Society
Albert J. Beaton
Orient Heights’ Improvement Association
United States
Maryori
Tremont Row
Howard Street
Purses Seized After Cambridge Robbery of Rent Collector
Mrs. Richard J. McKellegett, of 73 Fayette Street Cambridge, turned into Fifth Street after collecting rents when a young man grabbed her handbag containing 102 dollars. Patrolman Edward Gordon arrested John H. Keenan, 23, of 186 Ons Street, East Cambridge, two hours later. eighty five dollars in bills were found in his stockings. Keenan denied the charge. The police believe he followed her after noting the rent collection.
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Richard J. MecKellegett
Fayette Street
Cambridge
Otis
Fifth Street
East Cambridge
Edward Gordon
Station 3
John H. Keenan
Ons Street
Station House
Keenan
McKellegett
R. J. McKellegett
How New England Senators Voted on Seating Lorimer
Massachusetts Crane and Lodge among New England senators listed for and against seating Lorimer. Frye Hale Burnham Gallinger Dillingham Wetmore Bulkeley Brandegee noted as voting against Lorimer. Page Vermont and Lodge Massachusetts oppose Lorimer with Lodge elsewhere.
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New England
Lorimer
Crane
Massachusetts
Frye and Hale
Maine
Burnham and Gallinger
New Hampshire
Dillingham
Vermont
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Bulkeley and
Brandegee
Connecticut
Burglars Nabbed After Midnight Washington Street Raid
Two young men robbed several Washington Street establishments then fled into awaiting officers. Police recovered loaded revolvers from both suspects as they were taken into custody.
Collins Backed by Donovan in Boston Mayoral Dynamics
Walter L. Collins was elected acting Mayor of Boston as Mayor Fitzgerald is absent. Collins owes his success to James Donovan and to his opposition to the Mayor, signaling a shift in political alliances and the influence of the Good Government Association.
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Chickering
Walter L. Collins
Boston
Walter Ballantyne
Poinciana
Palm Beach
Fla
Ballantyne
Good Government Association
Collins
Good Government
Donovan
John F. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
James Donovan
James Storrow
Church Cadets Gather for Massachusetts Division Banquet
The fourth annual banquet of the Massachusetts Division U B B A was held in this city. After dinner over 100 officers and guests heard Representative Norman H. White and Meyer Bloomfield discuss citizenship and civic duty and the need for public support of the boys brigades.
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Massachusetts Division
Bromfield Street
M. E
Norman H. White
Brookline
Meyer Bloomfield
Harvard College
White
Bloomfield
Boys’ Brigades
S. G. Haskell Reaches Providence After Six Days At Pumps
The threer masted schooner S. G. Haskell arrived in Providence from Jacksonville with a exhausted crew after six days and nights of continuous pumping to save the vessel.
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Providence
R. I
S. G. Haskell
Jacksonville
Fire destroys Intercolonial Station in Sydney N S
A blaze swept the Intercolonial Railway Station at Sydney N S destroying temporary offices for the Dominion Iron and Steel Corporation. Estimated losses exceed 200 000 dollars with the steel firm’s figures rising. rolling stock was limited. The audit office is cited as the fire source. The government station had no insurance.
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Sydney
Dominion Iron & Steel Corporation
The
Steel Corporation
Dominion Government
Robbers Break Into Roxbury Latin School
Thieves broke into Roxbury Latin School on Kearsarge Avenue Roxbury early yesterday morning. They stole 20 dollars from the athletic association, destroyed record books and damaged other books.
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Roxbury
Burglars Hit Boston Business District Across Three Weeks
In two late February raids in Boston a gang burglarized offices and stores on Washington Tremont Atlantic and other streets. Two teens Harry E Hunt 22 and Fred E Hunt 17 were captured after lifling nearly a dozen offices in the 339 to 345 Washington Street buildings.
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Boston
Smalley, Knowles & Onthock
Blackstone Street
Philip Rallin
Tremont Street
Cobb Hersey Company
Atlantic Avenue
Collier's Weekly
Washington Street
George Cobb
Church Street
C. A. W. Crosby
Bouve Shoe
Water Street
Daley
Briggs
Court Street
Harry E. Hunt
Fred E. Hunt
B Street
South
Burglars Reported At Washington Street Building
Two young men with loaded revolvers surrendered without resistance. Police say the arrest breaks up a local gang that had roamed within two blocks of the scene. Officer Marks chased a stranger who shouted that burglars were in the building at 39 Washington Street.
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Marks
Province Street
Washington Street
Moon and Season Notes for Day 11 of Winter
The entry records a moon phase at 63.59 with day length 11 hours 15 minutes on the 61st day of the year. It notes the winter season ending on March 20.
Fifty Years Ago Today Seceeding States Demand Fort Transfers
Men in seceding states call for drilling as war looms. The Richmond convention seeks Fort Pickens and Fort Sumter transferred to the Southern Confederacy. The Southern Congress admits Texas with full privileges of other members.
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Richmond Convention
Forts
Pickens
Sumter
Congress
Texas
Boston Area Forecast Fair Weather With Winds
Fair weather dominates Boston and surrounding area with moderate westerly winds. North New England may see snow flurries in the extreme north on Thursday and Friday, with generally fair conditions and brisk west winds.
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Boston and Vicinity
Washington
New England
Thompson's Spa Weather Log Fragments Highlight Averages
Fragmentary OCR from a Thompson's Spa page shows scattered numbers and notes on temperatures. The legible items include references to average temperature values for yesterday and for the previous year, with stray digits and times interspersed.
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Thompson’s Spa
Manes Nnes
Red Sox Send First Squad to Frisco as Second Camps at Redondo
Wolgast favored over Knockout Brown in bout. Boston Nationals claim Walsh while New Bedford also claims him. Boston Latin defeats Mechanic Arts in a dual meet. Schoolboys gearing for regimen tal games and Dygert sold from Athletics to Baltimore. Harvard baseball vets attend as Queen's hockey team wins. Mockey Chab.
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Red Sox
Frisco
Redondo
Wolgast
Brown
Boston Nationals
Walsh
New Bedford
Boston Latin
Mechanic Arts
Dygert
Baltimore
Harvard
Queen's
Mockey
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Self
Hotel’ Plaza
Gallup
Frank A. Goodwin
Lodge of
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Lana
Smith
Victory
White and
Intercolonial
Charles Yee
Hanson Street
D. Bendetson
Hanover Street
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