Beulah author Augusta Evans-Wilson dies at Ashland
Augusta J. Evans-Wilson born 1835 in Columbus Georgia died at her Mobile suburb home Ashland of heart disease. Renowned for Beulah St Elmo and Inez her early novels drew vast readership. though later works waned, she remained a literary icon and Southern voice whose stories bridged generations.
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Fire destroys freight shed at East Boston
Boston and Maine Freight Shed No. 3 on Marginal Street east of Lewis and Clyde streets burned around 1 a.m. in a suspicious blaze. The rambling one story structure held baled cotton and rags and was nearly destroyed, with damage estimated at $10,000.
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Fireat Cunard landing threatens building with 14 doors
A fire at the temporary Cunard landing near the freight shed spread from the seventh door after a breakin was found. Probationary Hoseman Albert Penney of Engine 26 was run over by his own engine on Tremont Street and suffered multiple fractures and a crushed hand. The blaze was controlled after about an hour with only the United States engineers depot section saved and several firefighters overcome by smoke.
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Across Ocean in a Balloon Flight Planned by Meteorologist
Professor Henry H. Clayton, former Blue Hill Observatory meteorologist after 16 years, plans a Boston to Europe balloon trip using an upper air eastward current. He believes a 3000 mile crossing can take three to four days with a 200000 cubic foot balloon. He is testing a San Francisco to Atlantic coast voyage as preparation.
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Farley Pull Over Hill In Candid District Attorney Speech
District Attorney Arthur D. Hill cited the Finance Commission secretary's intervention to avert a jail sentence as a typical case of influence aimed at blocking justice. The comment punctuated a Clover Club gathering at Young's Hotel where lighthearted banter and gentle roasts prevail.
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District Attorney Illustrates Reform and City Graft Pressure
The new district attorney's Boston remarks defend the city amid reformist fault lines. He cites a policeman spared jail under Finance Commission influence and notes many graft letters to him from citizens while stressing pressures corrupting justice. He warns such notoriety fuels urban drama.
Malden youths arrested in check forging ring
Three Malden men Thomas H. Woodman Aldridge C. Cook and Tedward G Cefrey were arrested for forging and uttering checks. A Boston woman Ethel M Tobey helped expose the scheme after Cefrey passed a $10 worthless check at Eliot National Bank and failed to cash it.
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Eliot National Bank
Woodman and Cook Tied to Cefrey Spoils Scheme
Authorities believe Woodman and Cook acted as instruments for Cefrey in a theft plot and each received portions of the stolen loot. The case ties the two men to Cefrey and outlines their roles in the alleged scheme.
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Converted Man Closes Plant in National Tube Works
Pittsburg May 9- National Tube Works of McKeesport closes for the first time in its history, laying off 1200 men and their families. Superintendent W A Cornelius says the move will extend to all United States Steel Corp properties on Sundays, with watchmen arresting workers who violate the Sabbath. The closure follows a religious conversion by Cornelius.
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Taft Joins Picnic With Holy Cross Sisters
President Taft paused a horseback ride to join a picnic held by the sisters and children of Holy Cross Academy around their new building on Massachusetts avenue in Washington D C.
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Forecast for Boston and New England Showers and cooler trend
The forecast indicates showers for Boston and vicinity with cooler conditions on Monday and fair, brisk to high south winds Tuesday. New England expected to see showers and cooler Monday followed by fair Tuesday with winds shifting from south to northwest.
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Boston Opens Season at Cleveland Faces Cy Young
The Boston American baseball club starts today in Cleveland facing pitching great Cy Young on Thursday. The New York Giants have not shown clear superiority over the Boston Doves. Harvard Soph Stone crew race on the Charles River is canceled. The Harvard Yale dual meet next Saturday promises a hard-fought contest with Yale slight favorite.
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Aged veteran ends life in Burlington home
George W. Warren 68, a two war veteran of English birth, shot himself with his army musket in his Burlington residence. He lived with Twin Sadue, his comrade of 46 years, and left a note “Chores all done, eight o'clock, good-by.” Sadue found the body after returning from a night away. Warren had been ill and feared becoming a burden.
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Drowned Private Crowley and Rescue at Fort Andrews
The article reports Private Crowley drowned after a frail boat overturned in rough water near Fort Andrews. Commander gave alarm as Daniel J. Dougherty and Cornelius J. Crowley were named, with Thomas Hunt noted as saved.
Drowned soldiers in Fort Warren harbor boating accident
Daniel J. Dougherty and Cornelius J. Crowley privates of Ninth Company Heavy Coast Artillery at Fort Warren were drowned in the outer harbor last evening in the season's first boating mishap. Thomas Hunt was rescued with difficulty by a Fort Warren launch after Dougherty and Hunt clung to a capsized boat.
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Accident near Fort Warren claims three lives
A half mile from Fort Warren between Pemberton and George Island a rowboat capsized in rough harbor water. Crowley and Dougherty disappeared soon after, with Dougherty and Hunt later pulled from the boat by Fort Warren crews. Crowley remained missing as rescue efforts continued.
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