Meehan Sues John B Moran Over Water Cart Injury
In Dedham, March, John Meehan of Brookline sues District Attorney John B Moran in tort after a Brookline watering-cart accident in August 1904 led to a $7000 attachment and a prior October 1905 hearing where a $600 verdict favored Meehan. The suit contests Moran cited failures to produce the employer’s liability act notice, seeking judgment against Moran.
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Dedham
March
John Meehan
Brookline
John B. Moran
T. J. Ahern
Boston
Meehan
Sherman
Moran
Shermian
Discover Large Nantucket Scallop Beds
Nantucket on March 8 reports large beds of scallops found along the island's north shore. Hundreds of dredgers head from Tuckernuck to harvest before April 1 when the law halts work. Wholesalers raise price from 2.50 to 3.50 or 4 per gallon due to high quality and to control supply for Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Tuckernuck
Boston
Boy Burglars Plead Guilty in New Bedford
Frank Perry 17 and Horace A Jenkins 14 confessed to numerous recent burglaries in New Bedford. They were arraigned in District Court and held without bail at 1000 until March 14, with Jenkins’ case to go to Juvenile Court. Most stolen property, including watches rings and money, has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Frank Perry
Horace A. Jenkins
Jenkins
Bogus checks reported in Waltham city area
In Waltham on March 8 a deceitful check operator circulated as a book agent and offered assistants. He cashed a $10.50 check at Moody Street, paid an assistant with a bad check, then the helper cashed another check. All checks later bounced as no good with unknown party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Pierce
Moody Street
Victorian Club Dinner at Copley Square Hotel
The Victorian Club held its regular meeting and dinner at the Copley Square Hotel last night. Frank Jackson, a noted traveler, described The Australian Colonies with stereopticon slides. He recalled visiting New Zealand during the Rotorua upheaval and noted the destruction of the Terraces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Square
Frank Jackson
Jackson
New Zealand
Rotorua
Fiji
Samoan Islands
London
Mosquito Family Plans Fashionable Summer Feast
A comic dialogue reveals Mrs. Mosquito plotting an aristocratic summer feast based on exposed arms and shirt sleeves. She argues for exclusive targets among fashionable families, predicting a fall trend where the most scratched will be the fashion leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Mosquito
John Mosquito
No Diversity in Marriage Insisted by Clergy Leader
Reverend Thomas J. Gasson of South Boston College argues in St. Mary’s Church that Christian marriage must be inclusive with no diversity of affection or aim. He denounces polygamy and polyandry as destructive to marriage and civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Gasson
Ss. J
South Boston College
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Worcester Man 78 Marries 53-Year-Old Bride
William Brown aged 78 wed Nellie Reynolds Sampson aged 53 at Hope Congregational Church parsonage in Worcester. They left amid rice showers and old shoes, seemingly jubilant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
William Brown
Nellie Reynolds- Sampson
Hope Congregational Church
Visit Planned by Brother Amadeus to American Province
Reverend Brother Amadeus general superior of the Brothers of Charity announced a four week April visit to the American province. He will inspect affiliations including Mt. St. Bernard College Sorel P Q a Montreal house and a Long Point P Q house. He has led the order for 380 years and has long supported education in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Amadeus
Brothers of Charity of
House of the Angel Guardian
Boston
Mt. St. Bernard College
Sorel
P. Q
Montreal
Long Point
United States
Amadeus
Fr George Tyrrell Withdraws from Society of Jesus
Washington March 8 Father George Tyrrell the well known author has withdrawn from the Society of Jesus. The withdrawal occurred February 19 due to his unwillingness to repudiate certain parts of his writings not approved by his superiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Tyrrell
Society of Jesus
Cambridge Freight Agent Charged With Assault
G. J. McNamara a freight agent on the Boston and Maine road was arraigned before Judge Almy in Cambridge yesterday charged with assault upon 14 year old Mabel Gilliland. He was held under 1000 dollars for trial on March 12. The girl was taken to Lowell by Captain Hurley to testify before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. McNamara
Boston & Maine
Almy
Cambridge
Mabel Gilliland
Lowell
Hurley
Missionaries Maintain Posts as Escorts Arrive in Kiukiang
Protestant missionaries at Suichou in Wi angsi province were escorted to Kiukiang. Catholic missionaries refused to leave Suichou and the governor will send another escort. Chinese rioters in Nanchang Kiangsi confess guilt but say Catholics stabbed the magistrate.
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Shanghai
Suichou
Wiangsi
Kiukiang
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Justice Henry B. Brown resigns from Supreme Court
Justice Henry B. Brown retires at 70 due to failing eyesight and health. President Roosevelt accepts the resignation. Brown, born in South Lee Massachusetts, Yale graduate, was appointed from Michigan as a U.S. district judge. Knox offered the vacancy but refused. Spooner may be considered. Taft discussed as potential successor with Day from Ohio already on the court.
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Washington
Henry B. Brown
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Brown
Massachusetts
South Lee
Yale
Michigan
United States Court
Knox
Spooner
Taft
Justice Day
Aid for Starving Japs Receives New Contributions
Treasurer Gardiner M. Lane of the Massachusetts branch of the American National Red Cross reports $338.35 more in famine relief for Japan since the last statement, bringing the total subscriptions to $5352.90. Previous acknowledgments include numerous individuals and small gifts totaling $5014.35, with names and amounts listed.
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Japan
Gardiner M. Lane
Massachusetts
American National Red Cross
Richard Olney
Henry A. Johnson
Helen H. Prescott
J. N. Pierce
Charles A. Cummings
Elsie Pierce
William T. Harlow
Thomas W. Thompson
M E. G
F. Dana
E. F. Small
Alfred J. Aiken
Newton Square
Gustave Saloman
J. F. Bacon
H. L. Huntington
I. F. Hopkins
Worcester Fire Captain Denied Pension Ruling
March 8 Worcester City Solicitor Rugg rules Captain Elmer Sweet of Engine Company 6 cannot receive a pension. Sweet joined in 1884, left in 1887, rejoined the same year, and has served since. though ill and incapacitated, he had not been a member for 20 years, so pension eligibility is denied.
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Worcester
Elmer Sweet
Engine Company 6
Rugg
Sweet
Four Claimants Seek Civil War Vet Pension
In Westerly Rhode Island four women claim the pension of Civil War veteran Gilbert K Roche. Commissioner CC McSeoly investigates who is entitled. Mrs Rhoda Roche already received the pension, others include Mrs Gilbert F Roche of Taunton and a Mrs Roche of Albany New York. The veteran’s marriages and divorces remain uncertain.
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Westerly
R. I
Gilbert K. Roche
CC. B. McSeoly
Providence
Wife to limit calls and visits to husband in court ruling
Mrs Jennie H P Holton wife of George L Holton of the Derby Desk Company was cited for harassing calls. A settlement orders her to limit calls to three per day and visits to once a week while he must pay 25 dollars weekly for family support.
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Jennie H. P. Holton
George L Holton
Derby Desk Company
Holton
Cockran Moves to Probe Town Topics Mail Status
Representative Bourke Cockran of New York introduced a resolution asking the Postmaster General to report if Town Topics is admitted to the mails and whether the government assists the publication in its occupation of extorting money by blackmail.
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Washington
Bourke Cockran
New York
Many Mourners Attend Miss Wilding’s Bier
Funeral services for Miss Alice G. Wilding of Charlestown were held at St. John's Church with Rev. Philo W. Sprague officiating. The choir members vested escorted the body to the altar and the casket was borne to the hearse by six pallbearers. Burial followed at Woodlawn cemetery and flowers came from friends and Shepard Norwell where she was employed.
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Alice G. Wilding
Charlestown
St. John’s Church
Philo W. Sprague
Woodlawn
Church of People
Miss Wilding
Pansy Club
Alfred Crawford
Walter Cain
Lloyd Henderson
Frank Hawkins
James Cox
Walter Cox
Shepard Norwell
Hayden pleads guilty to jewelry larceny in Worcester
William Kk Hayden, 22, today pleaded guilty to stealing jewelry valued at 500 dollars from Mrs. Mercy Wilmer of 8 Woodbine Street Worcester. Some items were recovered in a store while the rest was disposed of in Boston and Providence.
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Worcester
Maren 8S
William Kk. Hayden
Mercy Wilmer
Woodbine Street
Boston
Providence
Malden Y. M. H. A. Holds Whist Party
The Malden Young Men's Hebrew Association hosted a whist and auction package party with 15 invited guests, each bringing a package. Packages sold for 50 cents to a dollar on average. Auctioneers were Salamoff, Alelson and Wischer. standout guests included Miss A Foreman Miss A Helpin and Mr Druorth.
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Malden
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Messrs. Salamoff
Alelson
Wischer
A. Foreman
A. Helpin
Mr. Druorth
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van Camp Packing Co
Indianapolis
Ind
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Avivo
Copley Square Hotel
Serse
Mr. Mosquito
Rev. Gasson
Greater Boston
Brothers of Charity
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Suichou Re
Fuse
Justice Brown
U. S
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Massachusetts Bay
Okeeffe
M. O'Keeffe
O.K
Alaska
HEINZ
Borden
M. O'Reeif
Mass
Waltham Watches
The
Waltham Watch Company
America
American Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
Cockran
Wilson's
Myers & Franks
EXIAN
Legislative Probate Committee
Malden Y. M. H. A
Carters
Carters Little Iver
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Rember
Celero
Celero Drug Co
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