Knights Sentenced for Break-In in Cambridge
Herbert W Knights received a ten to twelve year sentence in the state prison after being found guilty on three counts of breaking and entering in Cambridge. Judge scheduled the sentence for 4 pm. defense attorney Cronin urged a lighter outcome citing Buckleys impaired eyesight and lack of glasses during the burglary.
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Herbert W. Knights
Cambridge
Mr. Cronin
Knights
Buckley
Cronin
Mr.Buckley
Ward 12 Councilmember Defends Post Criticism Over Salaries
Ward 12 member Chamberlain delivers a personal explanation rebutting a Boston Post editorial on salary cuts. He blames the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for budget decisions and argues reductions arose from the board’s fund distribution. The article notes debate on hiring outsiders and committee makeups, plus a veto over Farragut Day funding and efforts to override it failing 31 to 16.
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Common Council
Chamberlain
Ward 12
General Eagan
Boston Post
Board of Estimate
Boston
Linehan
Ward 13
Klennon
Ward 21
Hickey
Ward 2
Logan
Ward 14
Harvard College
Watson
Donahue
The Grip Cure Remedy Ad Claims L B Q Tablets
An old advertisement touts L B Q brand laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as the cure for la grippe. The copy states the genuine tablet shows L. B. Q. on each pill and sells for 26 cents.
Infatuation Chaos At Long Island Village School
In GOOD GROUND L I March 2 a town trembles over the affair of Leah Maud Decker a 24 year old Long Island school teacher and Joe Squires 15 with the teacher admitting growing affection for her pupil The town hall hearings with School Commissioner Howell continue as Decker faces a March 11 defense while her principal backs her integrity The report details how the teacher first met Joe in her classroom and how their relationship deepened prompting threats and a potential suicide attempt by the boy
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L. I
Joe Squires
Leah Maud Decker
Long Island
Joseph George Squires
Joe
Howell
George H. Miller
Joseph UE. Squires
Squires
Pope Will Live Hopeful After Pope's Surgery
Surgeons attending the Pope express confidence in his recovery and deny danger of blood poisoning or diarrhoea. Dr. Mazzoni says if recovery continues, the Pontiff could live ten more years. Messages arrive from Queen Victoria and President McKinley as Vatican bulletins note nourishment and stable vitals.
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Rome
Mazzoni
Vatican
Queen Victoria
McKinley
Mezzoni
Lapponi
Kipling Resting Comfortably Amid Recovery Update
New York March 2 Mr Kipling shows steady improvement as doctors express confidence he will recover soon. His two daughters Josephine and Elsie, reported to have the same illness, are resting this evening alongside him.
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New York
Church Carpets Sold By John H Pray Sons Co
Carpeting for church use sold at manufacturers price by John H Pray Sons Co Wholesale Dept. Correspondence solicited or call at store 658 Washington St opposite Boylston.
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John H. Pray, Sons & Co
Washington St
Boylston
Legislature Should Pass Three Days Grace on Sight Drafts
Post Editorial argues the three days grace on sight drafts is vital for Massachusetts business. It contends banks resist the measure but should align bookkeeping to patrons, noting most states allow the grace period and merchants often receive drafts before invoices.
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Massachusetts
Post
Three Days of Grace Bill Passes Over Veto in State House
The legislature backed the measure providing three days of grace on sight drafts with 210 votes to sustain the bill and five against. Opposition centered on bankers and the Governor, who vetoed. lawmakers argued for uniform state business relief. The Senate’s stance is anticipated to be even stronger.
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House
Senate
Executive Chamber
Post
Turtle
Pittsfield
Committee On
Judiciary
Stone
Mellen
Porter
Donahue
Hayes
Willard Howland
Odlin
Representative Selfridge
Representative Hayes
Lowell
Representative Tolman
Boston
Andover
United States
Myers
Cambridge
Ramsdell
Lynn
Frost
Lawrence
Worcester
Howland
Chelsea
Simmons
Grafton
Dean
Brookline
Fall River
Representative Stone
Springfield
Currier
Methuen
McIsa
Miller
Southwick
Sisson
Whall
Whipple
Brockton
Bates
Harvard Debaters Chosen Before Princeton Match
The final trial in the Fogg Art Museum named three Harvard debaters and an alternate for the April 5 debate at Princeton. Wilbur Morse, class of 1900 from Philadelphia, won the college prize of 100 dollars for the best debater across all three trials. The selected speakers are B. Rosenbed, L. Harry Wolffe, class of 1899, and R. C. Bolling, class of 1900.
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Harvard
Princeton
Fogg Art Museum
Wilbur Morse
Philadelphia
B. Rosenbed
Harry Wolffe
R. C. Bolling
Kendal Sunk by Ice Floes Off Newfoundland Coast
The schooner Kendal, leaving Halifax for Burgeo with the Sylph, was sunk by ice floes in a vast field off St. Pierre. The crew escaped to the Sylph, jettisoned cargo, and were later landed in Newfoundland after two weeks adrift in ice.
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Halifax
N. F
George Kendal
Burgeo
St. Pierre
Newfoundland
McCarthy Confirmed as Surveyor of Customs
The Senate confirmed Jeremiah J. McCarthy as surveyor of customs for the district of Boston and Charlestown. His confirmation comes from Washington on March 2.
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Washington
Senate
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Boston
Charlestown
President McKinleys Health Report Signals Strain
Washington reports the health of President McKinley is impaired and he shows fatigue. Doctors say the strain of affairs is telling and the president may be at risk of nervous exhaustion after Congress adjourns.
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Washington
McKinley
Congress
Hull Bribery Trial Reveals Payments for Protection
Hull officials and local residents testified that Eugene Mitchell received monthly protection money from Clara Crowley and Richard Lane to avoid liquor prosecutions. Crowley described paying $50 monthly, with further demands for higher protection as summer ended.
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Plymouth
John Smith
Board of Selectmen ‘of
Hull
John R. Mitchell
Eugene Mitchell
Jeffrey
Mitchells
Clara G. Crowley
Richard J. Lane
Surfside
Paugene Mitchell
Braley
Boston
Felows
Arthur L. Bailey
Josiah G. Cook
Hanson
Willard R. Crane
Hanover
Arthur M. Lobdell
Plympton
William H. Osborne
Scituate
Samuel B. Gibbs
Carver
George F. Reed
Abington
Azel H. Sampson
Kingston
Albert W. Smith
Middleboro
John H. Fee
Hingham
Albion Hatch
Rockland
George W. Nutting
Brockton
John L. Mitchell
Trys
Mitchell
Mattie Morrison
Huseband
West Brookline Street
Lane
Gene
Mr. Mitchell
Edward Graham
Graham
Mollie Morrison
Eugene
John
John Mitchell
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Youngstown
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Cambridgeport, Mass
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Vicinity
Geo. S. Harris & Co
Washington Street
Water St
New England
C. H. Robinson & CO
Dock Square
Adams Square
Mr. Chamberlain
Eagan
Ais
Miss Decker
Pope
Kipling
State House
Pope Leo
Kendal
MR. McArthy
M’kinley
SLOAN
Furnishing Company
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