Tucker Calm as Anniversary Nears
As the first anniversary of Mabel Page's killing in Weston approaches, Charles Louis Tucker, the Auburndale boy convicted of the murder and held at East Cambridge, remains unfazed. He avoids discussion of his case, while his mother visits regularly and he talks mainly of home and weather. Sheriff Fairbairn reports Tucker in his usual good spirits.
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Mabel Page
Weston
Charles Louis Tucker
Auburndale
East Cambridge
Tucker
Lucy A. Tucker
Harvard May Lose 1 Million in Miltons Bequest
Harvard University may face a legal fight to claim a 1 million dollar bequest from William F. Milton of New York and Pittsfield. Kinship disputes arise over conditions of the will not taking effect until the widow dies. Milton, class of 1883, built wealth in Boston as an East Indian goods trader and later lived frugally in New York.
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William F. Milton
New York
Pittsfield
Boston
Harvard University
Milton
Mr. Milton
Kohlsaat
Sarah J. Kohlsaat
Harvard
Mass
Jersey
Miltons
Berkshire
Madison Avenue
Central Park
William H. Milton
Pomeroy Sane and Cultivated
Chaplain Barnes of Charlestown Prison describes Jesse Pomeroy as a voracious reader fluent in multiple languages and studying Arabic. He argues most convicts are not incorrigible and highlights prison reforms including illiteracy classes, correspondence schools, and music's positive effect on discipline.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown
Pomeroy
Montaigne
South Congregational Church
J. W. F. Barnes
State Prison
Barnes
Gounod
Rockefeller Arranges Patient Stay for President Harper
Lakewood New Jersey March 12. President Harper of the University of Chicago will come here to recuperate. John D. Rockefeller will meet him on arrival and arrange for his stay.
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Lakewood
N. J
Harper
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Keene Congegational Church Wins Syracuse Minister
Reverend Arthur W. Bailey of Geddes Congregational Church in Syracuse has accepted a call to lead the First Congregational Church in Keene New Hampshire.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Arthur W. Bailey
Geddes Congregational Church
First Congregational Church
Keene, N. H
Lawson to Commission Animal Life Groups for Round Table
T W Lawson hires Anna Vaughan Hyatt to sculpt animal life studies for a large round table. The largest group will be two and a half feet high, depicting a horse running down a hillside. Hyatt drew from Bronx Zoo studies of lions bears elephants and buffalo.
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T.W. Lawson
Anna Vaughan Hyatt
Miss Hyatt
Bronx Zoo
Boston
St. Louis
Y M H Orchestra Makes First Public Appearance
The Young Men's Hebrew Orchestra presented its first public appearance yesterday at the Young Men's Hebrew Association concert held at 39 East Concord Street. Mrs Carlotta Dreyfus and J H Landau offered instrumental selections, and H A Bickford read select readings.
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Young Men’s Hebrew Orchestra
Young Men's Hebrew Association
East Concord Street
John Winthrop Contemplates Permanent Home for Statue
Citizens of Winthrop seek to place John Winthrop statue in their town or by the Old South Church. The statue muses on electric lights at the church, laments desecration, and hints at relocation plans before spring.
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John Winthrop
Winthrop
Samuel Sewall
Benjamin Franklin
Warren
Boston
John
Old South Church
Oliver Ditson Company
Tremont St
Eastern
Mass
Sudden Death of Somerville Man Francis L. Harding
Francis L. Harding of Somerville died suddenly at his home at 29 Warren Avenue yesterday morning. After breakfast he bent to pick up something from the floor and collapsed before a doctor arrived. Heart disease is given as the cause of death.
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Somerville
Francis L. Harding
Warren Avenue
Mr. Harding
Noted Maine Engineer L E Gowell Shoots Himself
Leonard Gowell 76 the oldest steamboat engineer in Maine died by suicide today in Bath. Despondency over failing eyesight was the motive. He leaves a son Fred E Gowell and two daughters Mrs Nellie Rogers of Boston and Mrs Herman Wright of Woolwich Me.
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Bath
Mrs Chadwick Heads Jury After Bank Conspiracy Conviction
Cassie L. Chadwick, convicted for conspiracy in wrecking Oberlin National Bank, laments her fate and attacks the jury that found her. She cites Herbert Newton and Percy W. Carver as factors in her downfall as indictments loom. Trials may continue with potential penalties up to 14 years and a $70,000 fine.
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Cleveland, O
Cassie L. Chadwick
Oberlin National Bank
Herbert B. Newton
Boston
Percy W. Carver
Carver
United States
Sullivan
Chadwick
Flaherty May Resign As State Democratic Chair
Chairman John J. Flaherty signals he will resign if constitutional changes remove powers of the chair within the Democratic State committee. Gaston and Hamlin factions push for control, naming Charles H. Cole Jr. as executive chair while Governor Douglas may step in as arbiter.
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Democratic State Committee
John J. Flaherty
Flaherty
Gaston
Hamlin
Douglas
Charles H. Cole, Jr
North Adams Seeks Roosevelt Visit During College Commencement
North Adams, March 12. President Roosevelt will attend the Williams College commencement in June and will be invited to visit the city during his Berkshire stay. Locals recall McKinley visits and hope Roosevelt sees the strenuous life in local manufacturing and mercantile lines.
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North Adams
Roosevelt
Williams College
North Berkshire
McKinley
Williamstown
Confederate's Foreign Purchasing Agent Dead
Highland Falls N Y March 12 Colonel Caleb Huse aged 75 died suddenly at his home after a surgical operation. A West Point graduate and long time instructor he resigned to join the Confederacy as purchasing agent in Europe serving until the war’s end. He was born in Newburyport Massachusetts and leaves a wife three sons and five daughters.
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Highland Falls
N. Y
Caleb Huse
Huse
United States Military Academy
West Point
Jefferson Davis
Europe
Newburyport
Mass
Republican power plays shape Massachusetts ticket shifts
The article outlines a brewing three way race for Lieutenant Governor with A H Goetting Eben S Draper and Fred Hallevy as possible nominees while General Guild is favored for Governor. Bates may return but shows reluctance. Malone from Greenfield appears set for Attorney General as Peters eyes the district attorneyship and party leaders seek a regional balance ahead of prorogation and campaign start. Essex County voices concern as locality clashes emerge.
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A. H. Goetting
Eben
Draper
Frederick
Hall
General Guild
Guild
Bates
Massachusetts
Washington
Dana Malone
Greenfield
Parker
Malone
Merrimac River
Scott Peters
Law Department
Essex County
Peters
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