Magness Freed by Wife After Navy Prison Sentence
Mrs Ada Gorman Magness wins release for her husband Charles J Magness from Portsmouth navy prison after a one year sentence for desertion. He served one third of the term thanks to good behavior and the couple now travels in Canada.
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Washington, D. C
Magness
Ada Gorman
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Canada
Charles J. Magness
Navy Department
Gale Imperils Harbor Craft
A fierce fifty mile per hour gale churned the harbor all day, imperiling shipping and causing near collisions. Towboat companies deployed extra tugs to safe landings as vessels moved between piers, including four Boston Towboat Company tugs moving the Langdale from Eastern railroad pier to Mystic wharf and a lift on the Trautenfels, anchored since Wednesday in the stream.
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Boston
Langdale
Calcutta
Eastern Railroad
Mystic Wharf
Contributions to aid boy seek wooden leg in Brockton
A Brocktonian letter to the Post describes reading last Sunday's appeal about a boy who was injured and is raising funds for a wooden leg. The writer sends two dollars to support the fund and asks the editor to apply it to Charles Burns.
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Charles Burns
Brocktonian
Fall River Beauty Scientist Linked to Tragedy in Taunton
Autopsy shows Mrs. Sadie Gifford died from exposure and poor nourishment after being found in Prospect Hill woods. Police chase William H. Gifford, husband, as investigation notes a fatal altercation with Jeremiah Manchester Jr. and H A Tripp leaving Tripp jailed and Manchester sentenced.
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Taunton
Sadie Gifford
Prospect Hill Woods
Silas D. Presley
William H. Gifford
Defeat of Equal Suffrage in Senate Ends Movement
Des Moines report shows Equal Suffrage defeated in the Senate by 387 to 11 and the limited suffrage bill for women lost 86 to 12, ending the suffrage movement's prospects for this session.
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Des Moines
Senate
GOLD DUST Cleaner Promises Easy Cleaning Power
GOLD DUST claims superior cleansing for dishes clothes pots pans floors and woodwork with no outside help required. The advertisement touts GOLD DUST as a vegetable oil soap in powder form scientifically mixed with purifying ingredients of magic power.
Shumway Wedding Reception Draws 400 Guests
A lavish reception at the Melrose home of Mr and Mrs Frank lin Peter Shumway honored newlyweds Mr and Mrs Willis P Shumway who wed in New York City on Feb 10. Nearly 400 guests from Greater Boston New York and Philadelphia attended amid jonquils Easter lilies and a Thomas Orchestra.
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Franklin Peter Shumway
Melrose
Willis P. Shumway
New York City
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Franklin P. Shumway
Dill
Thomas
Shumway “Junior
Leonard I. Leighton
Carl C. Shumway
Harold Hardy
Reginald Fonda
Ralph Smith
Edward Warner
Lemuel Lawrence
Carl Hodgdon
W. P. Shumway
Ionic
Maine Senate rejects Prohibition resubmission vote
By a 22 to 7 vote the Maine Senate refused to resubmit the prohibitory liquor law to the people, ending the legislative effort on this question.
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Augusta
State
Maine Senate
Labor's Boycott Ruling Divides Court of Appeals
Washington March 11. The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia modifies and affirms a prior injunction in the Bucks Stove & Range case. It holds the AFL cannot conspire to boycott Bucks but may publish ordinary references to the matter not aiding a boycott. Dissent cites freedom of the press.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Bucks Stove & Range Company of
St. Louis
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Bucks Stove & Range Company
Justice Gould
Supreme Court of
Messrs. Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Robb
Gould
Bucks Store & Range Company
Shepard
American Federationist
VanOrsdel
Gompers
Federation
Walter Cooper Ends Life Attempt After Will Filing
Brockton March 11 Walter Cooper 3% made a will with S B McLeod at 2 30 pm Thirty minutes later he attempted suicide with a revolver He remained on the dangerous list at Relief Hospital Insomnia and a failing mind are named as causes Cooper lived at 12 Bartlett street for a week with no local relatives He left 900 and shares of Amalgamated Copper and Copper Range to a “very dear friend” likely John Gunn Harmony Lodge secretary Cooper Recent eight years with Regal Shoe Company but was recently unemployed He dictated a note to accompany the will Dear friend you may think this a rash act but I don t care to live any longer.
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Brockton
Walter Cooper
S. B. McLeod
Relief Hospital
Cooper
Bartlett Street
Amalgamated Copper and Copper Range
John Gunn
Harmony Lodge
R. of P
Regal Shoe Company
Debussy Quartet Shines In First American String Quartet Debut
The American String Quartet with Gertrue Marshall Evelyn Street Ebel Bankart Georgie Pray-Lasselle and Heinrich Gebhard gave its Steinert Hall debut. Debussy’s quartet and Schumann piano quintet anchored a program praised for authority and insight.
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Gertrue Marshall
Evelyn Street
Ebel Bankart
Georgie Pray-Lasselle
Steinert Hall
Heinrich Gebhard
Debussy
Handel
Schumann
Tandel
Gebhard
Corner stone laid for new federal court house
In Portland Maine on March 11 federal officials gathered for an informal ceremony as the cornerstone of the new federal court house was laid in the city center.
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Portland
Federal Court House
Blind Civil War veteran wins divorce in Suffolk Court
Charles M. Stafford aged 75, a blind veteran, was granted a decree from a wife he had never seen. The case before Judge Lawton lasted under 15 minutes. He married Louise A. Young in July 18% but she left after a year and her whereabouts remain unknown.
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Charles M. Stafford
Suffolk County Court
Wrights' Neighbor Demonstrates New Flying Machine
Dayton Ohio March 11 A local inventor W J Richardson tested a flying machine in a field north of the city lifting from the ground unaided to over 300 feet and staying aloft for 88 minutes showcasing novel aeronautic concepts.
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Dayton
Wright Brothers
W. J. Richardson
Richardson
Memorial to Harvard Men
Harvard will place a tablet in the Harvard Union to honor members who died in the Spanish War. Sculptor Bela Pratt has designed the memorial to be placed over the main entrance in the living room. Committee members include Professor I N Hollis Malcolm Donald H S Thompson Henry James 2d and L St Lunt.
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Harvard
Harvard Union
Bela Pratt
I. N. Hollis
Malcolm Donald
H. S. Thompson
Henry James
L. St. Lunt
Laborer Survives 40 Foot Fall At Tremont and Temple
Edward F. Brown a laborer on a building site at Tremont and Temple place fell about 40 feet into a pit last night. He sustained only a slight scalp wound and bruises and stood up immediately after workers rushed to his side.
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Edward F. Brown
Tremont
Temple Place
Tie
Brown
Cooper remedies help Brooklyn man recover after long illness
Nicholas Gluckman a former Brooklyn Elevated conductor at 160 Havermeyer Street describes severe stomach trouble lasting two years including fainting constant pain and gas. After surgical ops failed he tried Cooper's New Discovery and quickly regained strength. He urges others with stomach ailments to try it. Samples available from The Cooper Medicine Co. Day ton Ohio.
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Nicholas Gluckman
Brooklyn
Havermeyer Street
Cooper
L. T. Cooper
Gluckman
Risa
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Fine May Be Leveled in Standard Oil Cases
Chicago March 11 The government abandoned most criminal cases against Standard Oil Company of Indiana in the northern district of Illinois following Judge Andersons decision. Two remaining cases could go to trial with a maximum possible fine of 1 000 000 if guilt is found.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Illinois
Anderson
Woonsocket Judge Livingston Scott Dies at 83
Judge Livingston Scott of the Woonsocket Probate Court and former Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic leader died of pneumonia. Born in Blackstone in 1839, he was educated at Brown University.
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Woonsocket, R. I
Livingston Scott
Woonsocket Probate Court
Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic
Blackstone
Brown University
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