Free Bathhouse Ends Free Entrance on L Street
The L Street bath house, run by the city for 35 years as a free public bath, will now charge admission at the turnstile. A five cent fee for swimming trunks will also be added, with nude bathing prohibited, ending its status as a free city facility used by hundreds of thousands of workers in Greater Boston.
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Greater
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WY Street
Nektronth
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TV Street
Revere Beach
Js Street
Revere
Ll. Street Bath
Public Bath fee plan heads to self paying system
Boa Trustees move to charge a small entrance fee at L Street bathhouse to cover maintenance costs. Admission likely five cents with extra charges for trunks and towels, totaling about 11 cents per bath. The remodel adds lockers and a handball court, with box office checks and turnstiles to control access and laundry turnaround for rented trunks.
Higginson Family Hedged by London Illness Rumor
Friends of Major Henry L. Higginson, Boston banker and philanthropist, fear news from London that he is ill and plans to sail home for treatment. Higginson Jr. says no illness news has reached him or his mother staying at Manchester by the Sea.
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Henry L. Higginson
Boston
London
Ienry L. Higginson, Jr
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Major Higginson Sails as Illness Delays Coronation Plans
Major Higginson 71, sailing with Dr. James L. Torbert to London, is confined to his room at Coxs Hotel amid serious illness. His family doubts cable news, believing a grandson’s car crash credentialed the panic. Higginson plans to return only after his grandson’s danger passes.
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Major Higginson
Europe
James L. Torbert
Marlboro Street
London
Sears
Vondon
Cox's Hotel
Jerym Street
Ambassador Reid
Marblehead
Higginson
H. L. Higginson, Jr
Loot House Raided In Auto Loot and Escape
Burglars used a car to haul loot from James Williams home at 166 Sycamore Street Somerville last night. They pried a rear window and ransacked the house from cellar to attic, stealing a fur coat a watch a chain and locket, silverware, cut glass and clothing. A guard outside and nearby car were observed as witnesses noted the engine idling during the heist.
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James Williams
Sycamore Street
Somerville
James
Gardner Named for Postal Savings Bank Post
Postmaster General Hitchcock designated 86 more post offices as postal savings depositories today, bringing total to 129 since January 1. The list includes Gardner Massachusetts among the newly chosen locations.
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Gardner
Postal Savings Bank
Washington
Hitchcock
Mass
Thousands Fight Fire Across New England Towns
Treacherous forest fires drew thousands of fighters to protect homes and timber lands as flames burned hundreds of acres from Long Pond Cape near Chatham to Biddeford and Sanford Maine. Despite control, crews remained on alert overnight to prevent new starts threatening towns and cities.
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New England
Long Pond
Cape
Chatham
Biddeford
Sanford
Big New England Fire Outbreaks Ravage Coastal Towns
Fires raged through Biddeford Sanford Bangor and coastal towns with militia drafted in Biddeford to fight the flames. Maine blazes scorched three square miles of land while Bangor burned spruce and pine boards valued at $350000. North Hampton Mass and nearby towns suffered extensive forest damage with hundreds of acres burned across Wakefield Melrose Malden Stoneham and Uxbridge. One Malden firefighter was injured and Uxbridge suffered a house barn and blacksmith shop loss amid 400 acres burned. Rhode Island towns Pascoag Masonville and Glendale faced spreading fires after a 24 hour battle starting Saturday.
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Biddeford
Sanford
Maine
Bangor
North Hampton
N. H
Rye
Massachusetts
Southayfield
Melrose
Wakefield
Malden
Stoneham
Fred Miller
Uxbridge
North Uxbridge
Douglas
Rhode Island
Pascoag
Masonville
Glendale
Gloucester
Bandit Bank Robbery Ends in Shootout Near Paton
In Jefferson Iowa May 7 a posse including Marshal Busby of Paton killed a bank robber and a man identified as a highwayman was seriously wounded after a gun battle at a schoolhouse two miles from Paton following a post office robbery. Local sheriff's deputies pursued the bandits after they blew the Paton post office safe and stole stamps and cash.
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Busby
Paton
Iowa
Marshal Busby
Dana
Des Moines
Gunfight Ends Busby Pursuit at Paton Schoolhouse
Marshal Busby and deputies chased robbers south. At a Paton schoolhouse a gunfire killed Busby and wounded a robber who later died. Sheriff Wilson urged surrender as another bandit died after a 30 minute exchange.
Grief Over Mother's Death Linked to Arlington Tragedy
The missing William G. Muirhead, 29, of 35 Cleveland Street Arlington was found dead in the Charles River. Family says grief over his mother's death led him to end his life. He had worked as a private clerk in the Boston Elevated Railway office on Milk Street.
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William G. Muirhead
Cleveland Street
Arlington
Charles River
Muirhead
President Bancroft
Boston
Oe Elevated
Milk Street
Cambridge man vanishes after mother’s death grief drives suicide
Nothing was seen or heard of him after that. Boston Cambridge and Arlington police searched for the young man with no success. Before his mother's death last November he lived with her at 401 Broadway Cambridge. Mrs Mary B Muirhead about 60 when she died and the love of mother and son was such that he could not recover. His brother-in-law said he talked to him repeatedly but could not get him to speak. He seemed to be thinking of his mother and was a bright man with a good position. There was no other reason for death by his own action except grief over his mother's death.
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Campridge
Arlington
Muirhead
Broadway
Cambridge
Mary B. Muirhead
J. C. Small
Memorial Services by Chelsea G A R Post
Memorial services were held in G A R Hall Chelsea by Theodore Winthrop Post 35 G A R in memory of 12 Civil War veterans who died in the past year. The service included prayer by Rev R Perry Bush Scripture by Rev Willis A Hadley and memorial address by Comrade Daniel A Clifford with selections by the Arion quartet.
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G. A. R. Hall
Chelsea
Theodore Winthrop Post
R. Perry Bush
Willis A. Hadley
Daniel A. Clifford
Arion Quartet
Monument planned for Mrs Eddy by Christian Scientists
A grand tomb for Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy is planned by the Christian Scientists. Designers are preparing plans to vie in beauty with world monuments and will be submitted to the mother church directors soon.
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United States
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Monument to Christian Science leader planned by church officials
Church officials described an ambitious monument to the Christian Science Church leader, to be built over a hermetically sealed casket embedded in cement. Designs are being prepared in New York as a competition, with names of designers withheld until a definite selection is made.
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Christian Science Church
New York
Malden Motorist Injures Eight Year Old In Crash
Irwin R. McCoy, eight, suffered serious injuries last night when a motorcycle plowed into an automobile at Albion and Salem streets in Malden. He was not expected to survive.
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Irwin R. McCoy
Albion
Salem Street
Malden
President to Step Down After Peace Restored
Aged ruler agrees to resign once peace is restored, awaiting an end to fear of anarchy after accepting Madero's ultimatum.
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Madero
Madero Orders Men to Stop Marching
General Madero halts marching troops after word of Diaz resignation. He congratulates Diaz on patriotism and plans to telegram. Diaz vows to resign when peace is restored and orders rebel forces toward Mexico City while awaiting anarchy free transition.
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Madero
EL Paso
Texas
Mexico City
Diaz
General Madero
Associated Press
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
President signals plan to relinquish presidency
The President declares a firm determination to relinquish the presidency, outlining timeline and conditions for orderly transition while emphasizing constitutional duties and national stability.
Forecast for New England Misses Rain May Week
Forecast for New England calls for fair weather on Monday and Tuesday with mild temperatures. Winds will come from the southwest and west, bringing light air and comfortable conditions for the period.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Fragmentary OCR Weather Snippet
A blurred OCR fragment mentions average temperature values for yesterday and one year ago with numeric figures likely from a weather table. The text is incomplete but indicates a dataset of temperatures and dates.
Baseball Scores From Yesterday’s Major League Games
In the American section yesterday Detroit defeated Chicago in ten innings while Cleveland outslugged St Louis in twelve innings. In the National League St Louis beat Chicago and Cincinnati edged Pittsburgh. Also notes on upcoming school regatta dates likely June 6 and 7.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
National
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
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