Insane Son Shoots Father Then Ends Life in Woonsocket
Irving T. Peckham, superintendent of Glenarch Knitting Mills, shot and seriously wounded his father Samuel O. Peckham at 496 Pontiac Avenue Woonsocket before killing himself. Both men were noted figures in Rhode Island textile circles.
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Auburn
R. T
Irving T. Peckham
Glenarch
Woonsocket
Samuel O. Peckham
Rhode Island
Pontiac Avenue
Peckhams
Irving
Peckham
Young Peckham
Neponset Strikers Deny Change in Supervision Sparked Trouble
A statement from Coffin Valve Company workers at Neponset rebutts management claims. The men deny supervision changes caused the dispute and charge the firm with shifting blame, withholding reinstatement, and discarding workers after an earlier agreement to pay for spoiled work. The group notes that 13 applicants sought reinstatement while the firm had claimed only four to six would be rehired.
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Coffin Valve Company
Neponset
Powers
Wilson
Massachusetts bricklayers unions elect officers in Brockton convention
The Massachusetts conference of bricklayers unions closed its annual meeting tonight. John Walsh of Boston was elected president, L D Cullen of Lynn vice president, Michael OBrien of Lawrence secretary, and Michael J Shea of Boston treasurer. Brockton won the bid to host the next convention. Walsh also secured a delegate seat to the national convention in Detroit this summer.
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Titchburg
Massachusetts
Union actions sweep Boston labor mood and meetings
Skirt and Cloak Makers' Union maintains a strike at 8 Shaperio with 50 out. District Assembly 30 KOL plans agitation among city affiliates for one day or seven for hostlers and stablemen. Mayor Fitzgerald promises reinstatement of six suspended workers. Garment Workers' district council to organize meetings. Harness Workers' Union 105 drafts wage scale for Monday. Stationary Firemen's Union 3 seeks governor support for union wages and conditions. James O'Connell to address machinists at Wells Memorial Friday. Seamen perform repeal push against the crime law banning seamen leaving vessels.
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Shaperio
District Assembly
K. of L
Boston
Boston Park Department
Fitzgerald
Garment Workers’ District Council
Harness Workers’ Union 105
Stationary Firemen’s Union 3
Governor Guild
James O'Connell
Washington
Machinists’ Association
A.F. of L
Wells Memorial Building
Massachusetts
Nion
Fannie Prescott Tows In With 46,000 Pounds Of Cod
The fishing schooner Fannie Prescott reached port with 46,000 pounds of cod after suffering a port bow collision. Captain Steve Atwood said a lack of wind left the vessel anchored near Broad Sound when the tug Kate Jones, towing two mudscows, crashed into it early yesterday morning while bound for dumping grounds.
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Fannie Prescott
Georges
Steve Atwood
Broad Sound
Kate Jones
Hearing on Bill to Abolish Capital Punishment
The bill to abolish capital punishment comes before the joint committee on judiciary at 10 30 this morning. Senator James W Vahey, former Tucker counsel, backs the measure and seeks wide attendance from interested citizens across the state.
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Joint Committee On Judiciary
James W. Vahey
Tucker
Italian Immigrants Arrive as Wedding Bells Ring at Dock
On the Hoosac Tunnel docks the White Star steamer Republic brought 2500 Italian passengers. While many couples wed with witnesses aboard, one weary wife learned her husband was jailed in Rockland, Maine for murder. Investigators flagged possible contract labor schemes and questioned families accompanying passengers. An apparent illegal naturalization paper surfaced during dockside inspections.
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White Star
Republic
Hoosac Tunnel
Maria Frorampi
North Square
Alfonsina Malpighy
Olindo Pravalieri
Wareham
Cesolina Mucci
Franco D. Silvio
Salutation Street
Alessandro Ricci
Antonio Pandozi
Italy
Haverhill
Fitchburg Reporter Falls In Elevator Accident
James D. Ryan, a Fitchburg Sentinel reporter, stepped into an elevator shaft in the Sentinel building and fell from the fifth floor to the car on the first floor. He sustained burned hands and a broken bone in his right ankle after grabbing the cable rope during the fall.
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Fitchburg
James D. Ryan
Fitchburg Sentinel
Sentinel Building
Ryan
Hattie Douglass Sunk After Ice Field Hit Near Sandy Hook
The fishing schooner Hattie Douglass sank near Romer Beach while approaching Sandy Hook Bay. Captain Issacson and crewmen Oscar Berg and John Erikson escaped in a dory and reached sandy shore at Sandy Hook.
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New York
Hattie Douglass
Romer Beacon
Sandy Hook
Issacson
Oscar Berg
John Erikson
Daughters and Sons of Veterans Leaders Honored in Newton
Nearly 500 people gathered at Masonic Hall Newtonville to honor Miss Katherine R A Flood the newly elected president of the Daughters of Veterans and James H Wentworth commander of the Sons of Veterans during a March 12 tribute night.
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Newton
Masonic Hall
Newtonville
Katherine R. A. Flood
The
Daughters of Veterans
James H. Wentworth
Sons of Veterans
Explosion Kills One Injures Two on Boston Street
In Salem on March 12 an explosion of dynamite among sewer workers on Boston street killed Timothy Cronin instantly. Michael McCue is dying and David Maloney is badly injured.
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Salem
Boston Street
Timothy Cronin
Michael McCue
David Maloney
Jury to Try Abram Ruef on Extortion Charges
Assistant District Attorney Heney foresees impanelling a jury in Judge Dunne's department of the San Francisco Superior Court tomorrow morning to try Abram Ruef on extortion charges.
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San Francisco
Heney
Abram Ruef
Suburban Press Incorporation Filed in New York
Certificates of incorporation filed today with the secretary of state include Suburban Press of New York with capital of 300 000 dollars. Directors listed are D. Blanchard of Boston F. A. Arnold and S. Abbott of New York.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Capital
D. Blanchard
Boston
F. A. Arnold
Sleds Smashed in Beachmont Pinches Youth Anger
Beachmont youths report a wave of vandalism with 50 to 60 sleds smashed on porches and backyards. Police investigate as residents voice outrage over the incident described as the worst since colonial days.
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Beachmont
General, Gage
Boston Common
Abandoned Babe Found Dead in Saugus Rock
The body of a female infant was found on a rock near Greendale School at 3 PM. The town physician ruled it a police case and said the child, born alive, died from exposure.
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Saugus
Greendale
Sheriff Loses Prisoner in Bold Street Escape
Edward F. Kane, held after a January Cambridge store robbery, escaped from Deputy Whitman and four others at the North station as they prepared to board a train. Kane fled through Causeway Street and remains at large, prompting a statewide alarm for his arrest.
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Edward F. Kane
Whitman
Middlesex County
North Station
Kane
M. O’keefe
Putnam Square
Cambridge
Shea
Concord Reformatory
Concord
Causeway Street
City Council Rejects Pierson Refuse Contract Bid
The joint committee voted to disapprove renewing George N. Pierson’s disposal contract at Fort Hill wharf. A subcommittee will shape the order, with possible minority report urging a municipal plant, while options include refitting Fort Hill, relocating dumping, or building an incineration facility.
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Fort Hill Wharf
Alderman Clark
George N. Pierson
Clark
Curley
Pierce, Fitzgerald
Ferguson
City Utilization & Refuse Company
Hecht Wharf
Pierson
Fort Hill
Babson
City Refuse Utilization Company
Arm Saved Life as Flywheel Claimed His Arm
Arthur J. Horne, 32, of 1 Burton Avenue, sacrificed his left arm to stop a revolving flywheel at Reynolds machinery shop 311 Atlantic Avenue yesterday afternoon. His strength kept the wheel from throwing him, as coworkers shut down the machinery before his body could be drawn into the shaft.
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Arthur J. Horne
Burton Avenue
Reynolds Machinery
Atlantic Avenue
Dr Thomas M Durell In Runaway Carriage Crash
Dr Thomas M Durell Middlesex county medical examiner and his assistant Frank Haley were thrown from a carriage when it crashed into a tree on Bow street. Durell, injured but operating at the hospital, collapsed and was cared for at Dr John McPeake's house. Haley was rendered unconscious by the crash.
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Thomas M. Durell
Middlesex County
Somerville Hospital
Highland Avenue
Frank Haley
Bow Street
Haley
Walnut Street
John McPeake
Archie Improvement Continues in Washington
Washington dispatch reports the boy's condition improved again today and by evening he rested easily.
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Washington
Jamaica Plain Council Knights Attend 9 oclock Service
In St. Thomas Church Jamaica Plain next Sunday at the 9 o clock service the Jamaica Plain Council Knights of Columbus will attend in a body and receive holy communion.
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St. Thomas’ Church
Jamaica Plain
Suit Case Victim Died After Illegal Operation In Boston
Sarah T. Greene a 30 year old nurse and member of the Ames family died at the Homeopathic Hospital after an illegal surgery performed in New York City two weeks earlier. Her confession to police led to New York officials learning of the case and arrests are expected. a Boston man is sought. No local surgeon is charged.
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Sarah T. Greene
Ames
Homeopathic Hospital
New York City
Watts
New York
Boston
Annie Russell
Charlestown
Greene
T. B. Ames
Copley Square
Boston City Hospital
Worcester Street
Miss Greene
F. P. Batchelder
Massachusetts Avenue
Homeopathic
Montgomery Public Gifts in Jabez Montgomery Will
The late Jabez K. Montgomery of Chelsea leaves public bequests in probate. The Rufus S. Frost General Hospital Chelsea receives 5000 with income for a Montgomery fund. Chelsea institutions get 1000 each. Warren Maine receives 6000 in trust for the poor and 1000 to maintain the family cemetery lot. Warren churches and library receive 1000, 1000, and 800 respectively. Silas K. Montgomery named executor without bonds.
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Jabez K. Montgomery
Chelsea
Rufus S. Frost
Montgomery Fund
First Unitarian Church
Old Ladies’ Home
Children’s Day Nursery
Warren
First Baptist Church
First Congregational Church
Silas K. Montgomery
O Connell Seeks Neponset Arsenal Move from Watertown
Congressman Joseph F. O Connell told the Board of Trade at the annual banquet he plans to ask the War Department to move the Watertown Arsenal to the Neponset River banks in Quincy He said he will introduce a bill authorizing the change and urged the Neponset site for a secondary navy base and torpedo stations due to Charlestown yard overcrowding and accessibility by sea.
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Quincy
Joseph F. O'Connell
Board of Trade
War Department
Neponset River
Watertown
Secretary of War
O'Connell
Charlestown
Death by own action at Franklin Park
John Higgins a city watchman shot himself yesterday afternoon at Franklin Park opposite the Seaver street residence of Hon Joseph H O Neil. He had been insane following a surgical operation to save his eyesight after a rock splinter strike. The operation reportedly affected his brain and he was discharged a few weeks ago as cured.
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John Higgins
Franklin Park
Seaver Street
Joseph H. O'Neil
Higgins
Today at Shuman's Pocket Handkerchiefs and Belts Sale
Shuman Corner offers initial linen handkerchiefs embroidered with wheat fleur de lis and wreath designs at 15 cents each or 25 cents for two. Plaid linen hemstitched handkerchiefs sell for 25 cents. Also soft calfskin shape belts in red green blue and black with nickel or bronze buckles priced at 50 cents.
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Shuman
South Boston Savings Bank Book Verification Notice
Revised Laws of Massachusetts require savings banks to call in deposit books for verification. Depositors are asked to bring in their books during March and April 1907. Edward H. Barton Treasurer South Boston February 26 1907.
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Massachusetts
Boards of Investment
Board of Commissioners of Savings Banks
Edward H. Barton
Boston
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Danny
Palm Beach
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Woble
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Come Ui
Reggie
Eddie Donovan
Florena Gascean
Gaetano Deladerico
Ruef
Suburban Press Incorporated
T.m.durell
Archie
A Cosey
Rphawmu
Tremont Street
Hollin Street
Bastan
Wolf's
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Montgomery
Arsenal
Congressman O’connell
Shuman's
South Boston Savings Bank
Gem Food Chopper
Hardware Man
Portland and Sudbury Sts
Waltham
Grover
Washington St
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