Roxbury man convicted in prepayment meter theft
Pres H Barker, 21, of 91 Arcella Street Roxbury was found guilty in the Superior Criminal Court of robbing prepaid meters. He received a prison term of three to five years with the first day in solitary confinement. Barker has a prior court record amid a gas company crackdown that has seen 86 of 87 metering thieves convicted since September 1907.
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Pres H. Barker
Arcella Street
Roxbury
Superior Criminal Court
Barker
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Noxon backs Taft in Berkshire district primary clash
Pittsfield March 20 John F. Noxon former Berkshire Hampden district attorney declares support for instructed delegates and Taft opposing the Republican city committee stance backing Senator Crane. He says voters should know delegates views and calls concealment unacceptable in representation.
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Pittsfield
John F. Noxon
Berkshire
Hampden
Taft
Noxon
Republican City Committee
Crane
Bishop Fowler Passes Away in New York
The Rt. Rev. Charles H. Fowler, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his home in New York after a brief illness. He had been critically ill since Wednesday, with heart failure from a complication of diseases. His last public appearance was Sunday at Metropolitan Temple for a Washington memorial service. His final office visit on Fifth Avenue occurred last Monday before his illness.
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New York
Charles H. Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Drunkards Cured Secretly Any Lady Can Do It at Home
A sensational claim from the page promises a home remedy to cure alcoholism with no cost or effort. The advertisement targets women and suggests private, at home cures without mention of medical approval or cautions.
Baker's Friends Testify In Baker Death Inquiry
Frank Hurd and Mrs Hurd plus Mrs Natalie Young testified on the New York trip and Baker's death at the Bogota home. They described Baker's collapse after arriving home and efforts to aid him with brandy and hot water as he died.
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Baker
New York
Bogota
Hurd
Frank
Mrs. Young
Marie Waelchna
Hurds
Mrs Broad Dies Suddenly in Mattapan Drug Store
Susan Broad of 2 Collins street East Boston died suddenly last evening in a Mattapan drug store probably from heart failure while en route to Dorchester. She was found unconscious near Blue Hill avenue and Walk Hill street after boarding a Milton car at Dudley street. She died within minutes and is survived by two daughters.
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Susan Broad
Collins Street
Boston
Mattapan
Dorchester
Milton
Dudley Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Walk Hill Street
Broad
Experiment With Women Proves To Be Success
That women listen to reason and appreciate genuine efforts to please them is the belief of Leslie & Griffith at 25 Tremont Row. They advertised Panama dresses at 9.50 and 12.98 with free alterations, prompting an unexpected response. A second shipment of suits arrived Thursday and the store will stay open tonight until 10 o clock for Sunday wear alterations.
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Leslie & Griffith
Tremont Row
Entrance Exam For Nautical Training School Set
The annual spring examination for entrants to the Massachusetts Nautical Training School will be held aboard the training ship Enterprise at North End Park Boston on Saturday April 4 at 10 am. Applicants can obtain papers and information by writing to the Commissioners of the Nautical Training School Room 110 State House Boston.
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Massachusetts Nautical Training School
Enterprise
North End Park
Boston
The
Nautical Training School
State House
Stein-Bloch
Kuppenheimer
Henry Siegel Co
New England
City employee dies after epileptic fit in building
Daniel Sullivan six year old janitor for the city wire department collapsed with an epileptic seizure in the building at 11 Wareham street yesterday afternoon and died en route to City Hospital. Advertisement for Brown's Bronchial Traches touting relief for coughs sore throat hoarseness and bronchial affections.
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Daniel Sullivan
Prook Street
City Wire Department
Wareham Street
City Hospital
Senate Passes Subsidy Bill for Steamship Lines
The Senate approved a ship subsidy measure paying 4 per mile to 16 knot vessels on routes between the U S and South America the Philippines Japan China and Australia. It reduces to 2 per mile for 12 knot vessels and limits subsidies to lines with Atlantic South America service stopping at two ports south of Cape Charles.
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Washin
Senate
South America
Philippines
Japan
China
Australia
Atlantic
Cape Charles
Graves Maryland Malt Whiskey Ad Claims Genuine Pure Whiskey
Advertises Graves Maryland Malt Whiskey as a pure stimulant for climate related ills. Promotes full quart contents and 100 percent whiskey with a distinctive Chester H. Graves & Sons signature. Urges purchase from licensed druggists, dealers, and grocers at low cost.
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Graves
Maryland
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Queen Victoria in anxious state over unborn Prince of Asturias
A Madrid dispatch reports Queen Victoria in a deplorable state of nerves while awaiting the birth of the Prince of the Asturias. Her fear centers on potential revolutionary threats to the newborn heir.
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London
Madrid
Victoria
Prince of the
Asturias
Dorchester Work Injury Victim Dies at City Hospital
Hugh Ferguson aged 45 of Howard Street Dorchester died at City Hospital early yesterday from injuries suffered Monday at work on the Second Congregational Church Dorchester construction site.
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Hugh Ferguson
Howard Street
Dorchester
Second Congregational Church
City Hospital
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His
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Dr. Haines
Golden Remedy
Baker's
East Boston
Enterprise Examinations
Buster Brown
Lenna Howe
P & Washington and
Essex Streets
Mass
America
Tuxedo
Prince Albert
Ove
Siegel
Rey
Ossipee
N. H
Herbert M. Chase
Men’s Department
Oxford
Allston
Frank Martin
Grant Street
Spain
Ferguson
Hoosac Docks
Harry Price
Rosalia Rutstein
Baldwin Place
Cere
Mony
G. W. Margola
A. Rosen
Arthur Petgrove
Arthur Rutstein
Lillian May Price
Sadie van Ness
Mrs. Price
Elm Street
Carrara Paint Company
Carrara
Fourth National Bank
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fourth National Bank Bldz
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