Pastor Theophilus Root Car Crash Kills Mother in Rhode Island
In Providence Rhode Island March 10 the Rev Theophilus Root pastor of the Wood River Junction Congregational Church was likely fatally hurt and his mother Mrs Mary Be Root 73 was instantly killed when a carriage runaway occurred on the road between Woodville and Hopkinton A stray dog frightened the horse causing the wreck Mr Root in poor health was thrown clear and later remained in critical condition John Collins nearby aided the scene The Rev Mr Root a Harvard 1884 and Yale Divinity School graduate was born in Whately Massachusetts
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Providence, R. I
Theophilus
Root
Wood River Junction
Mary BE. W. Root
Hopkinton
John Collins
Mr. Root
Harvard
Yale Divinity School
Whately
Mass
Early Life in South Framingham and Educator’s Move
The text notes an individual from South Framingham with four years teaching Greek Testament at the University of Chicago. He arrived in the state in 1900 from Chicago after an illness caused by overwork and is 47 years old.
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South Framingham
Chicago University
Chicago
Roosevelt Bust in Senate May Displace Others
The Theodore Roosevelt bust by James A. Fraser arrives for display in the Senate galleries needing room for the African hunter bust, as 20 niches are filled. Senators debate models with one showing Roosevelt in repose winning out over an action pose.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
James A. Fraser
Senate
Ollie James
Kentucky
Representative Smith
Michigan
Africa
Congress
Fairbanks
Johnson
Senate Committee On Library
Mr. Roosevelt
250 Names Join Roosevelt Welcome Committee in New List
New York March 10 Mayor Gaynor added 93 names to the Theodore Roosevelt welcome committee, bringing the total to 250. Notables include Nicholas Murray Butler Commander Peary Wm Emlen Roosevelt Henry Taft Harry Whitney George Gould Lee Shubert Robert Goelet Peter Hewitt John Bigelow and George Boldt.
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New York
Gaynor
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Commander Peary
W. Emlen Rosevelt
Henry W. Taft
Harry Payne Whitney
George J. Gould
Lee Shubert
Robert W. Goelet
Peter Cooper Hewitt
John Bigelow
George C. Boldt
Portland magnate denies half million fortune in breach suit
William Wood testified in Suffolk county court he never promised to marry Marion Orr and denied any plan to wed. The trial featured Orr's baby as a witness and details of meetings in Wood's Boston apartment, plus questions about gifts and letters. The case resumes next day.
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William Wood
Portland
Marion Orr
Dorchester
Europe
Suffolk County
Catherine Isabelle Orr
Annie Hunt
Hingham
Miss Orr
Charles H. Orr
Wood
Mr. Wood
Marion
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Harvard
Cambridge Institution
Tremont and
Boylston
Mr. Orr
Leahy
Portland Railway
Harvard-Brown
Catherine Isabel
Monarch House Paint Ad Claims Superior Spread
An advertisement from Carpenter Morton Co at 7 Sudbury St touts Monarch House Paint as 100 percent pure and claims it will spread one third farther than the adulterated kind.
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Carpenter, Morton Co
Sudbury St
Newport Special Train Crash Sues Total 45000
Three separate suits filed in East Cambridge seek 45000 from the New York New Haven Hartford railroad over the Newport Special crash at South station last August. Margaret Goodwin claims 25000 for injuries while waiting for the train, Annie E Hunt seeks 15000, and George W Hunt sues for 5000 for loss of his wife’s services.
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Newport
South Station
East Cambridge
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Margaret Goodwin
Stoneham
Annie E. Hunt
Newton
George W. Hunt
Mayor declines to bar Moulin Rouge show
Representatives from the Watch and Ward Society and the Twentieth Century Club urged Mayor Fitzgerald to censor The Queen of the Moulin Rouge. The mayor refused to intervene, declining to imitate a prior mayor's show censorship.
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Watch and Ward Society
Twentieth Century Club
Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Boston Theatre Objections Question Show’s Suggestiveness
A time statement expresses doubt that the Boston Theatre management will stage a production as provocative as critics claim, arguing the affair may be overstated by the protesters.
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Time
Boston Theatre Management
Labor Bills Hearings Oppose Luce and Hugo Proposals
The labor committee spent the day hearing organized labor opponents to the Luce and Hugo bills which would submit strikes to a governor named board before action. Notables including J C McMorrow and H H Wilson testified while President Eliot backs Hugo.
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Legislative Committee On Labor
Luce
Hugo
J. C. McMorrow
Charles Berry
Boston & Maine Firemen
H. T. Duen
Order of Railroad Conductors
J. I. Walker
Joseph Convrey
Lowell Labor Council
Arthur Huddell
Conrad Reno
Gerry Brown
H. H. Wilson
Tobin
Boot and Shoe Workers
Eliot
Post
Picot
Two Penal and Water Officials Picked by Mayor
Former Penal Commissioner John Martin is chosen to succeed Fred S. Gore and former Water Commissioner William J. Welch is selected to succeed William E. Hannan, per mayoral sources.
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John Martin
Gerald
Fred S. Gore
William J. Welch
William E. Hannan
Matiana Schooner Floated Off Scituate Beach
The Boston knockabout fishing schooner Matiana, ashore at North Scituate since February 12, was floated yesterday by tugs Sadie Ross and Hamilton A. Mathes. Damage is believed light.
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North Scituate
Boston
Matiana
Sadie Ross
Hamillton A. Mathes
Hotel and Railroad News Co Head Ill in Palm Beach
President Ilugh Brown of the Hotel and Railroad News Company is critically ill in Palm Beach Florida after a week long paralysis. His brother James Brown arrived home from Palm Beach to be with him and Brown expressed hope of recovery.
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Ilugh Brown
The
Hotel & Railroad News Company
Palm Beach
Pla
Brown
James Brown
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