Veteran Holliston Couple Celebrates 60 Years Married
Mr and Mrs S Dexter Pond of Holliston Massachusetts are the area s venerable couple Mr Pond is 89 and Mrs Pond 86 born Milford February 2 1814 and Holliston October 11 1816 married in Hopedale December 15 1842 completing six decades together last December Both in good health and living independently Mr Pond enjoys current events and reads the Post daily.
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Holliston
Mass
S. Dexter Pond
Pond
Oldest New England couple sought for chairs prize
The Boston Post invites photos and a 200 word sketch of the oldest married couple in New England. Include birth and marriage dates, address, number of children, and notable life details. The winner will receive a Morris Chair and Rocking Chair delivered prepaid. due date for submissions will be announced.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Boston
New England Express
Harvard Beats Yale in 13th Annual Debate at Sanders Theatre
Harvard won the 13th Harvard Yale debate at Sanders Theatre with five straight home wins and ten overall wins since relations began. Yale argued preserving Monroe doctrine. Harvard pressed The Hague award as final. Wagner, Lyman and Grossman starred for Harvard. Ewell led Yale, with Wellesley students among the audience. A reception followed in the Harvard Union.
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Harvard
Yale
Sanders
Crimson
Germany
Venezuela
United States
Hague Tribunal
South America
Wagner
Lyman
Grossman
Ewell
Wellesley
F. B. Wagner
Hague
R. H. Ewell
A. Fox
C. D. Lockwood
Buss Perry
Atlantic Monthly
Charles C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Henry 8. Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. L. Brown
United States District Court
Harrison
Harvard Union
Larceny Case Traces Steel Safe Heist to McBride
John McBride of 8 Winship Street was convicted in Brighton Police Court for stealing a steel safe weighing 75 pounds along with lead, brass faucets, and a scale bar from a vacant house at 877 Western Avenue between March 7 and 17. A companion aided by a junk man and a passerby loaded the loot by daylight until Patrolman Wright intervened. McBride received an 18 month sentence at Concord.
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John McBride
Winship Street
Brighton
Western Avenue
McBride
Wright
Concord
Pasco Hurt While Intervening in Street Quarrel
Stephen Pasco 29 of 208 Hanover Street attempted to mediate a dispute at 127 North Street. He was kicked in the ankle and suffered a fractured bone while separating two fighting friends.
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Stephen Pasco
Hanover Street
North Street
Revenge on the Stage Stir Rips Chicago
Chicago report describes Mrs. Leslie Carter in the play Du Barry recalling a 15 year old separation from her husband. Leslie Carter now head of the South Side elevated road forbids actor John H Blackwood to post Du Barry ads on his system. He proclaims you cannot post advertising in South Side stations or cars.
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Leslie Carter
Chicago
du Barry
South Side Elevated
John H. Blackwood
Mrs. Carter
Blackwood
South Side
Mr. Carter
Pipe Smoke Sparks Fatal Street Altercation
Severio Boccuci faced a deadly quarrel on Endicott street after Alessandro Divorio’s pipe smoke caused an apology demand. Divorio stabbed Boccuci in the left shoulder. Boccuci collapsed on the sidewalk and was taken to the Relief station with injuries described as not serious.
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Severio Boccuci
Endicott Street
Alessandro Divorio
Divorio
Boccuci
Directors Meet Today Ready by Tomorrow
In New Haven on March 23 the grievance committee met in the city for an informal conference. A public statement was not issued and a communication from the railroad board is awaited. President Hall announced a board meeting in New York at 10 the next morning to review the wage schedule. He added the workers would receive word on Wednesday.
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New Haven, Conn
Hall
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New York
Quinn
Boston
Donovan
Cambridge
Hayes
Lowell
Newton
Everett
State Board of Health
Messrs. Bullock
New Bedford
Googins
Amending Public Ownership Bill Faces Late Amendment
In the House a surprise move by Mr Garst of Worcester would delay the Leahy public ownership bill until July 1 1909. Leahy opposed the delay arguing the measure should take effect next year. In the Senate Senator Harrington sought to raise Old Colony Trust capital to 3 million, but all amendments were rejected and the bill engrossed.
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Leahy
Garst
Worcester
Senate
Myers
Harrington
Old Colony’ Trust Company
Seaver
Suffolk
Sullivan
Dillon
Hampden
Revere Town Meeting Approves Several Public Works Items
At the adjourned Revere meeting last night the town voted to appropriate 1100 for a Beach street sewer, 600 for an ambulance, and 500 for electric lights. A proposal to buy the clay pits for an eight acre park at 12000 sparked debate over taxes, with critics noting Revere's high levy and low valuation. The plan was referred back to see if land could be bought for 10000.
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Revere
Beach Street
Raledanen Nevins
W. H. Derby
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Geo
Lovejoy
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U.S.A
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Salem
Old Colony
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Sunny Jim
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