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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1911

Page

14

Two Women Injured in Bangor Train Wreck

Miss Mary B. Moulton of Pittsfield Massachusetts and Mrs. Alice Moran of Edinburgh Indiana were injured in a Maine Central Railroad wreck near Walter Street in Bangor. They were aboard a Boston train that split a switch derailing three cars. Both passengers remained in slight condition at Eastern Maine General Hospital.

Bangor Mary B. Moulton Pittsfield Mass Alice Moran Edinburgh Ind Eastern Maine General Hospital Maine Central Railroad Walter Street Boston

Fall from trolley kills four year old in Watertown

Michael Cryan aged four of 365 River Street Waltham fell from a trolley car in Beacon Square Beacon Watertown late Saturday night and died in Waltham Hospital. He sat on an outside seat and toppled into a briar as the electric neared Watertown. On the car’s switch he was buried before help could intervene and suffered a fractured skull. Cryan formerly lived in Lowell.

Michael Cryan River Street Waltham Beacon Square Watertown Waltham Hospital Cryan Lowell

10 000 000 Foot Drive Set Fast Record in North Woods

Fred H. Thompson reports Phonse Roby completed a massive 10 million foot logging drive on the Nulhegan and East Branch in 13 days. The trek followed weeks of peril on ice and snow as logs floated downstream toward the Connecticut River with a crew of about 200 river men.

North Strafford N. H Phonse” Roby Nulhegan East Branch New England Post MclIn Connecticut Roby Roberts McIndoes Mary Ann Bloomfield Joe Boville Black Branch Joe Roby Paul Stream Mt. Tom

Rivermen recount daring Connecticut log drive and jam

Veterans recall a historic log drive on the Connecticut including a jam at Pittsburg Falls where the crowd watched a dynamite test fail and a riverman named Black survived a perilous plunge. Ed Stapleton led the rear as logs streamed toward Mt Tom amid daring maneuvers and near disasters.

Ed Stapleton George van Dyke Connecticut Pittsburg Falls Stapleton Tao Mary Ann MeIndoes Charles Roberts Willards Island Mary Vermont

Poker Raid Nets $2.73 in Beverly

Six men gathered for a poker game at 7 Mill Street were raided by Officers Coakley Welch and Stone. Detectives seized playing cards and small change totaling 2.73 as evidence for court in Salern tomorrow.

Beverly Mill Street W. H. Coakley J. S.S. Welch John W. Stone Salern

Wolf's My Clothier Offers Trade for Filled Legal Limp Books

Store Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets offers 2.50 in merchandise or 2.00 in cash for filled Legal Limp books.

Wolf’s My Clothier Hanover Portland-streets

Prisoner Hamel Recaptured After Plymouth County Escape

William J. Hamel, the Plymouth county jail escapee, was chased by a 50 man posse and captured in Manomet ten miles from Plymouth. Deputy Sheriff Joseph F. Collingwood and aides spoiled the escape, firing in the air to halt Hamel who was found exhausted near a farmhouse. He admitted fleeing over fears of auto theft charges and was returned to jail.

Plymouth William J. Hamel Plymouth County Manomet Hamel Joseph F. Collingwood Harmon W. Tower Frank H. Cushman Collingwood Main Street

Mary Hodgdon Nears Centenary in Wenham Life Milestone

Mrs. Mary B. Hodgdon, in Wenham on Cedar Street, reflected on reaching ninety nine in a quiet birthday message. Born in Amesbury she wed Howard F. Hodgdon on July 71 1835 and remains active, reading papers and helping at home as she nears the century mark.

Wenham Mary B. Hodgdon Nie J. G. Roundy Cedar Street

Giant Queen Bee Stows Away From Scotland in Boston

Angus MacGregor of Fifeshire, sad over losing his prize Maid Douglas after the bee escaped a glass jar aboard the Allan liner Parisian. The giant queen, not originally of the hive species, stung several passengers in steerage before being impaled on a hat pin at Mystic wharf, Springfield aims.

Angus MacGregor Fifeshire Scotland Maid Douglas Lochgelly Boston Douglas South Africa Mr. MacGregor Springfield Mass Glasgow Douglas Angus Angus Mystic Wharf Douglass

U I L Branch Enjoys Concert Programme

The John E Redmond branch U I L met at Armory Hall 67 Warren street yesterday afternoon with 3200 members in attendance M H Crehan presiding Thomas J Finigan gave the principal address A vocal and instrumental concert followed featuring Mrs John P Lane P Tully John Tully James Collins Miss Fallon Thomas Flynn Mr Mullin Joseph Cloherty Martin McDermott James J Flynn M J Downey Mrs Boyle and Mr Fay Colonel Nevins and Denis A Scannell also spoke The program closed with God Save Ireland sung by P E Kenney.

John E. Redmond Armory Hall Warren Street M. H. Crehan Thomas J. Finigan John P., Lane P. Tully John Tully James Collins Miss Fallon Thomas Flynn Mr. Mullin Joseph Cloherty Martin McDermott James J. Flynn M. J. Downey Mrs. Boyle Mr. Fay Colonel Nevins Denis A. Scannell God Save Ireland P. E. Kenney

Women feet growth claim shocks readers at trial

A shoe dealer argues women’s feet have grown as production shifts force larger sizes. The report mixes court coverage of Mrs. Dodge’s trial with defense and prosecution debates on angles, positions, and the scene of a shooting. Dr Kingsford from Dartmouth Cross examines for the defense as experts dispute wound position.

Kingsford Dartmouth College Sargent Heath

Music of Choir Fills Jail Courtroom Nearby

In Guildhall Vermont on May 7 Mrs Florence M Dodge on trial for the murder of William Heath last September listened from her jail room as the little Congregational Church choir sang and the sermon was heard. Jurors attended service under deputy sheriffs, with the jail, church and courthouse all close by on the knoll overlooking the town common.

Heath Dodge Sargent Harlan Howe

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