Suspect Arrested In Train Wreck Attempt At Weston
Carl R. Nordren 24 of Lincoln confronts charges after a secrecy driven investigation by Boston & Maine Detectives and Waltham police. He allegedly tried placing loads on the Fitchburg line near Riverview and Kendall Green on April 23. A wheelbarrow obstruction at Riverview and heavy plates nearly destroyed a freight train and an express passenger train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
William Bradley
Boston & Maine Railroad
William McKenna
Carl R. Nordren
Lincoln
Weston
Fitchburg
Nordren
Herbert Harrington
Riverview Station
Kendall Green
Patrick Carney
Seventh annual Hotel Men banquet at Brunswick Hotel
Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association held its seventh annual banquet at the Brunswick Hotel with over 125 attendees. J Henry Bowker auxiliary director of the New England branch chaired the gathering, and Frank H. Nunns was toastmaster. Notables included Mayor Franklin P. Story of Atlantic City and association leaders George Sweeney and S. Phoebus with others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association
Brunswick Hotel
J. Henry Bowker
New England
Frank H. Nunns
Franklin P. Story
Atlantic City
N. J
George Sweeney
S. Phoebus
New Jersey
W. H. Rider
W. A. Morse
Henry Goodwin
Debate Over Sunday Dancing Divides Boston Ministers
Boston ministers discuss Sunday observance with the Rev. A. G. Singsen urging limited laws while opponents defend a Puritan Sabbath. Clergymen from Chelsea Somerville Brookline Everett and Newton condemn Sunday dancing as immoral and advocate rest and worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Spencer
First Methodist Church of
Everett
Singsen
Boston Publishers Fight Against Raised Postage
In Washington DC Equity Court No 1 Judge Anderson hears W S Hall of Boston and Holmes Conrad for Houghton Mifflin and Bates Guild for the government on the timing of a higher postage rate. Amounts cited: $6880 for Houghton Mifflin and $2349 for Bates Guild. Government argues it needs the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Equity Court
W. S. Hall
Boston
Holmes Conrad
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Bates & Guild
H. H. Glassae
Madden
Verdi ct Awards Two Awards Totaling 6000 in City and Family
In Boston Superior Court two verdicts were returned. Maxwell Abrahams, father of minor Jacob Abrahams, won 3500 for injuries from a May 16 1903 street collision with a team owned by Israel Goldstein and others. Emily E Shepard won 2567 43 against the city for taking land for Corinth area relocation in West Roxbury on Sept 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Maxwell Abrahams
Jacob Abrahams
Wall Street
Israel Goldstein
Emily E. Shepard
Boston
Corinth
West Roxbury
Osler Feted by Doctors in New York Banquet Tribute
In New York on May 2 twelve men above Osler’s 60 year limit hosted a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria honoring Dr. William Osler before his May 18 departure for Oxford. The event highlighted his career, and copies of Cicero’s De Senectute were presented to him as a ceremonial gesture.
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William Osler
New York
Waldorf- Astoria
Osler
Cicero
Benjamin Franklin
Policy Holders’ Suit to Intervene in Equitable Case
Three Philadelphia policy holders petitioned the U S Circuit Court in New York to intervene in J Willcox Brown’s suit seeking a receiver and an accounting of Equitable Society. The applicants claim policies totaling 193,000 plus seek division of surplus and possible officer accounting. Lawyers Bar and Marshall state holders nationwide may join. Alexander denies resignation rumors.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia
J. Willcox Brown
Equitable Society
Edward E. Montgomery
T. Ashby Blythe
Howard B. Arrison
Battle
Marshall
Henry C. Frick
Colonel Brown
Alexander
Equitable Assurance Society
Frick Committee
California Woman Wins Scientific Prize
Announcement today says Dr Nettie Maria Stevens of Bryn Mawr College California won the $1000 prize for best laboratory research and investigation awarded by the association for maintaining the American women's table at the zoological station at Naples promoting scientific research by women.
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Philadelphia
Nettie Maria Stevens
California
Bryn Mawr College
Association For
Zoological Station
Naples
New Fishing Vessel Wesley W. Sennett Grounds Near Sandy Hook
The fishing schooner Wesley W. Sennett from Cape Porpoise Maine ran ashore at Sandy Hook while bound in. New vessel about 75 tons lies in easy position in smooth water. Captain Patterson of the Sandy Hook life saving station expects to refloat her with a tug at the next high water around 6:50 a.m.
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Sandy Hook
New York
Wesley W. Sennett
Cape Porpoise
Patterson
Waltham Amateurs Stage Jim the Penman in Debut
The Players and society of Waltham, formed last winter to stage amateur theatricals, presented Jim the Penman at Waltham Theatre before a large audience. Cast included Henry A. Fourcey, Thomas E. Marr, George F. Walters, Clifford C. Smith, Charles Reade, Herbert L. Chase, Dr. Frank Harris, E. H. Hackleton, Bruce B. Shetter, and Miss Sibell Banks among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Players, & Society of
Jim the Penman
Waltham Theatre
Henry A. Fourcey
Thomas E. Marr
George F. Walters
Clifford C. Smith
Charles Reade
Herbert L. Chase
Frank Harris
E. H. Hackleton
Bruce B. Shetter
Sibell Banks
Bertha M. Wellington
Susan F. Doran
Katherine E. Tennien
Rivals of the Water Wagon in Turners Falls Tale
In Turners Falls two rival sprinklers clash as Zschan and Eugene McCarthy race to water the town streets. The May 1 start yields muddy roads. residents debate arbitration or further town action while a dust free summer seems postponed.
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Turners Falls
Johus
William Ischag
Zschan
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Zshan
Jehus
Osmo-Chemic Ear Treatment Promises Free X Ray Exam
An Osmo-Chemic Physicians program offers free consultation and X ray examination for ear disease patients who start treatment before May 15 1905. The ad features testimonials from multiple residents of Somerville Worcester and Manchester praising restored hearing and improved health through their methods.
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A. Davis
Davis St
Marlboro
Mass
Mary J. Crocker
Prescott St
Somerville
Geo. S. Flanders
Mra. C
Peter Bockline
Portland
Emma A. Wilson
Lowell St.d
Lynn
Laura Jarvis
Lancaster
Lis Suno-CueMie Guccors
Ysicians
Earth
Boylaton St
A. N. Stackpole
Broadway
Stass
George S. Flanders
Gibbina St
L. E. Stevens
Trambeli St
Worcester
L. B. Stevens
Sarah Dunne
Mansfield
J. S. Harrington
Westminster
Joanna Welsh
Bradford Terrace
Everett
Idan F. Rowe
Gilman St
Idaf
Rowe
Geo. B. Sweet
Eagle Chapter
Masons
Haskell St
Westbrook
Discard costly new fire truck replaces old steamer
Watertown officials replaced a $1650 combination ladder truck bought four months ago with an old 34 year old engine weighing about six tons with ladders and equipment. The move, amid firemen and selectmen disputes, reflects concerns the newer apparatus was too heavy for town needs.
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Watertown
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Buster Brown
D. B
Metropolitan Clothing Go
Washington S
Kneeland St
Pree
REV. Singsen
A. G. Singsen
Holyoke
Post
Vicinity
A. H. Nazarian
Chelsea
Methodist
Mr. Singsen
American Republic
Arthur Peabody Pratt
Chelsea Third Congregational Church
H. H. Leavitt
Broadway Congregational Church
George Skene
M. BE
Charles S. Macfarlane
Maplewood Congregational Church
John Sinclair
First Presbyterian Church
Brookline
Massachusetts
A. L. Hudson
Channing Church
Unitarian
Newton
D. M. Lockrow
Melrose Highlands Baptist Church
E. F. Snell
First Baptist Church
West Newton
Prince Street
N. Y
Robert Fletcher
Stephen Smith
Weir Mitchell
W. M. Polk
D. B. St. Ji Rcosa
G. W. Sternberg
John 8. Billings
E. J. Janeway
James Tyson
Francis Delafield
J. R. Chadwick
John A. Wyeth
W.,h. Welch
J. C. Wilson
Equitable
Cindaw Ave
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Boston Post
Waltham Amateurs
THE
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Oscar McIntire
Kearsarge, N. Jl
Cnemomis L
Watertown Selectmen
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