Boundary fight erupts over New Hampshire Vermont border
Walpole New Hampshire residents claim that mills along the Connecticut River belong to Walpole prompting a boundary dispute with Vermont. Representative Charles J. O Neill funds possible Supreme Court action and town officials authorize use of contingent funds to determine the border. Projected vast property value and power plant at Brattleboro could be affected.
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Walpole
N. H
Connecticut
Bellows Falls
New Hampshire
Charles J. O’neill
Selectmen
Big
International Paper Company
Robertson & Sons
Moore & Thompson Paper Company
Vermont
O'Neill
Supreme Court
Concord
Brattleboro
New England
Connecticut River
William Badger
General Court
Post
Escaped Inmate Sought Around Newburyport
An escaped Danvers Asylum patient believed to be William Sargent is hunted by Ames Byfield Ipswich and Rowley police. Residents fearfully report sightings as officers conduct wooded, barn, and outbuilding searches, enforcing detentions on all suspicious locals.
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Newburyport
Danvers Insane Asylum
Amesbury
Byfield
Ipswich
Rowley
William Sargent
Danvers
Manic Sargent Fugitives Pursue Danvers Man Across Ipswich
Desperate suspect Sargent fled from Danvers authorities to Ipswich, vanished briefly, then reappeared near the Boston and Maine depot. A large woods search is planned after misdirection and a late-night chase. He is 45, 5 ft 8 in, gray mustache, brown reefer, light hat.
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Sargent
Danvers
Ipswich
Boston & Maine
Isaac Powers Nation al Union Bank President Dies at 82
Isaac P. Powers aged 82, president of the Nation al Union Bank, died today in Watertown. The obituary notes his 1860 marriage to Emma Battell who died ten years later. He leaves two daughters Elga and Jessica Stewart and a son Philip Stewart of Colorado Springs, described as an intimate friend of President Roosevelt.
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Watertown
Isaac P. Powers
National Union Bank
Stewart
Emma Battell
Elga
Jessica Stewart
Philip Stewart
Colorado Springs
Roosevelt
Boston Brokerage Firms Close Doors In Bull Market
C J Foley & Co and Weidner & Co, two small Boston brokers, suspend operations as margins and rising prices strain liquidity. Assignments placed with Whipple Sears Ogden and James H Duffee. offices closed and creditors seek funds amid insolvency rumors.
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C. J. Foley & Co
Weidner & Co
Whipple
Sears & Ogden
James H. Duffee
Tremont
State Street
James H. Duffy
William Wasserman
David Weidner
Nathaniel Leipsohn
H. W. Ogden
Whipple, Sears & Ogden
Cg, J. Foley & Co
C. J. Foley
Boston
South Framingham
Worcester
Milford
Boston Immigration Station Bill Sparks House Clash
Representatives OConnell and Keliher of Boston argued over a House committee report favoring a new Boston immigration station. The bill sets a cost not to exceed 250000 for a first class fireproof modern building on the mainland, to be paid from the immigration fund.
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Washington
O’connell
Keliher
Boston
House Committee On Immigration
O'Connell and Kelcher clash over Castle Island immigration plan
Two year effort by Kelcher to locate an immigration station on Castle Island faces opposition from O'Connell. O'Connell argues his bill blocks Castle Island, supported by Rep. Bennett. Kelcher warns the measure could be defeated as the committee largely backs the O'Connell bill.
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Kelcher
O'Connell
Representative Bennett
New York
O’conneill
Castle Island
O’connell
Kellher
Post
Doughty
Dorchester
Straus
Sargent
Senator Lodge
Mr. O'Connell
Boston
Billings
Burr
Engineer Corps
Immigration Department
Youthful South Boston Robber Brought Before State Court
James McGovern 20 of South Boston faced a prolonged court puzzle in Superior Criminal Court. After multiple delays and a bench warrant, Judge De Courcy ordered probation due to unclear charges stemming from a 1907 lar cery conviction and a subsequent break in and entering case.
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Superior Criminal Court
de Courcy
James McGovern
South Boston
Keefe
McGo
Temple of Justice
McGovern
Death Claims Aged Cambridge Woman
Mrs. Catherine Buckley aged 76 died last evening at her home 294 Prospect Street Cambridge after 60 years in the city. Born in Ireland she came to the United States at 16. She leaves five children Mrs H F Flynn Dorchester Mrs Catherine Roy al and Mrs Frank F Rogers Jr of Cambridge Edward D Buckley and John G Buckley. Funeral services will be held at St Marys Church Norfolk Street Friday.
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Catherine Buckley
Cambridge
Prospect Street
Mary's Church
Norfolk Street
Boston End of New Fort Point Bridge Nears Opening
Work on the Boston end of the Fort Point Channel bridge is nearly finished with the swinging draw and approaches framed. The bridge is expected to open to traffic by late June, while South Boston side progress lags. After completion, construction will begin on a new avenue connecting to the piers and wharves.
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Boston
Fort Point Channel
Sleeper Street
South Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Fleet to visit China on return voyage from Pacific coast
The Cabinet decided to accept China’s invitation for the Atlantic battleship fleet to visit a Chinese port on its return from the Pacific coast. No further invitations will be accepted, and all other port stops will be only for coal and provisioning.
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Washington
China
Pacifica
Sergeant Kranz Dies by Own Action in Camaguey Cemetery
Havana dispatch reports Sergeant Rudolph Kranz of the 17th Infantry killed himself in the Camaguey cemetery. A letter left behind blamed despondency over an unjust denial of promotion.
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Havana
Rudolph Kranz
17Th Infantry
Camaguey
Reverend Charles Scott Dies at 83 in Reading Home
The Rev. Charles Scott died this morning at his home 234 North Main Street. He was 83 and had lived in Reading for 15 years.
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Reading
Charles Scott
North Main Street
Rare Stamps Lead to Arrest in Hyde Park Swindle
Fred M. Foss alias Edward R. Pierce of Hyde Park is arrested by U S Deputy Marshal James Ruhl at the post office on charges of swindling collectors and dealers in rare stamps. Investigators say he advertised to buy stamps and promised payment by check but kept stamps and profited. Foss used multiple names including Edward R Pierce, giving false business references.
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Fred M. Foss
Edward R. Pierce
Hyde Park
U. S
James Ruhl
Postoffice
McLeod
Foss
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Washington St
Friend St
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Home Furnishers’ Association of Massachusetts
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Manhattan
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Charles B. Hubbell
New Fort Point Bridge
Northern Avenue
Shawmut Furniture CO
Tremont St
Browning, KiNg & CO
Norfollx
Knickerbocker
Fo Saoon
Boston Dis
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America
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DAC
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