Governor Bates Motor Tour Triggers Police Court Action
Springfield May 15 Governor Bates and party amid city travel faces police court appearance Adolph Geisel the car’s driver and Fred W Belcher cited for speeding The city ordinance limits are 10 miles per hour near City Hall and 14 miles per hour farther out Officers Maranville and Deforest observed the speeding car and identified the chauffeur resulting in summonses for Geisel Belcher and motorcycle rider George W Holden to appear Monday morning in Judge Bosworth’s court
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Springfield
Bates
Adolph Geisel
Maranville
Deforest
Messrs. Geisel and Belcher
City Hall
Munyon's Cure Advertises Wide Range Remedies
An undated advertisement promotes Munyon's cures for rheumatism dyspepsia kidney trouble and constipation. It claims specific remedies for many diseases at low prices with a Witch Hazel Soap praised as a top toilet soap and skin healer. Large cakes cost 15 cents and trial size 5 cents at druggists.
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Munyon
Prize Drill Honors District High School Cadets at Mechanics Hall
The district high school cadet prize drill at Mechanics Hall drew a large crowd with pupils from Brighton, Dorchester, Charlestown, West Roxbury, East Boston, Roxbury, and South Boston. Company F of Brighton won the senior prize led by Captain J. G. Macdonald. Dorchester and Roxbury took pony and lieutenant prizes, with ten individuals also honored for their drill performances.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Brighton High
Dorchester High
Charlestown
West Roxbury
East Boston
Roxbury
South Boston
J. G. Macdonald
Charlestown High
M. F. McGrath
Roxbury High
J. P. Mountain
F. T. Isaacson
R. Joy
Corporal Lowe
A. O. Delany
Company EE
W. L. Prescott
G. E. Ward
G. C. Dickey
Joseph Beal
Company F
Dorchester
P. H. Heimer
R. B. Jacobs
Company C
Woman Wins Second in Tufts Goddard Oratorical Awards
The 47th Tufts commencement season opened with the Goddard Chapel undergraduate contest awarding six prizes across three divisions. Bertha I Comstock, the lone woman finalist, took second in the second division, with judges Rev. Leonard K. Storrs Professor Richard W. Cone and Franklin Hammond presiding. First division winners were Robert W. Hill and Percy S. Prince. second division first prize Leon R. Maxwell. third division first Clarence E. Watkins and second Chester B. Storey.
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Tufts College
Goddard Chapel
Goddard
Bertha I. Comstock
Leonard K. Storrs
Brookline
Richard W. Cone
Poston
Franklin
Hammond
Boston
Conn
Chester B Storey
Uxbridge
Pathetic Appeal in Denver Fanes Missing John Salvage
Postmaster Hibbard receives Miss Pearl A Crawford of Denver Colorado request to locate John Salvage who lives in a suburb about 12 Boston. The missing man is reportedly the fiancé of Miss Crawford whose worry grows after her fiancé’s son reveals two months of disappearance and fear of foul play.
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Hibbard
Chamberlain Raises Free Trade Issue at Birmingham
London May 15 Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, addressing Birmingham constituents, signals a clash over free trade and protection at the next general election. He urges colonial trade security and cites Canada's overlooked advantages, arguing for flexible interpretation of free trade and possible retaliation to defend imperial interests.
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London
Birmingham
Chamberlain
Balfours
Canada
Great Britain
Cobden
Bright
France
Moccasin Fastest of Six Submarine Torpedo Boats
Newport R I May 15 The final acceptance trial of the Moccasin for the United States navy lasted six hours. The boat reached Despair Island under four cylinders at eight and a half knots breaking the eight knot contract. Two three minute alves were made and a Whitehead torpedo fired at a shore mark from about 800 yards. The ballast tanks were emptied and the Moccasin returned on three cylinders while charging batteries showing engines performing two duties. The Moccasin did not match the Adder but earned the title fastest of the six Holland submarine torpedo boats tried so far.
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Newport
R. I
United States Navy
Despair Island
Henrik Ibsen Faces Serious Illness in Copenhagen
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, is seriously ill in Copenhagen. Friends express anxiety over the outcome of his condition.
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Henrik Ibsen
Copenhagen
Girl Charged With Arson In Milford Case
Pearl B Trembly a 17 year old girl was arraigned in Milford on arson charges after confessing to setting her mother’s house ablaze three times linking to missing cash and jewelry. Bail set at 1000 with grand jury June session.
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Milford
Pearl B. Trembly
Worcester
Grand
Dewey
Summer Street
Mary KE. Trembly
School Street
John H. Scott
Robert FE
Death of witness in Fermoyle murder case
Frank Enos of East Cambridge died at Massachusetts General Hospital after being struck by an electric car. He was to be an important witness in the Fermoyle murder case. Police kept his death from public release as the trial date approached.
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Frank Enos
Charles Street
East Cambridge
Fermoyle
Massachusetts General Hospital
Enos
Jenos
Boro
Bar Harbor
Tie
Coleman
Divorce Court Hears Libel Case of Laurie v Laurie
Judge Fessenden handles a slow divorce morning then decides the libel case Donald J. Laurie versus Margaret H. Laurie. C F Choate Jr and J Fitzgerald appear for the spouses. Evidence depicts a long marriage with alleged drunkenness and repeated beer consumption at home and with visitors.
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Fessenden
Donald J
Margaret H. Laurie
C. F. Choate, Jr
J. Fitzgerald
Laurie
J. Montgomery Sears
Margaret H
Boston
South
Girl Confesses Fire Set Off After Robbery Motive
The girl maintains the bag held no money, while officers believe robbery sparked the fire. Fire marshals obtained a second confession admitting to two additional arsons, and she was arrested yesterday.
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Pearl
Calve Recovers From Overdose of Aconite
Paris reports Mme Emma Calve the singer recovering after missing The Damnation of Faust at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre due to an accidental aconite overdose. Doctors advise rest and expect she may resume singing Sunday.
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Paris
Mme
Emma Calve
Sarah Bernhardt Theatre
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