Body of Laconia man found in Winnepesaukee River
William H. Sharpe, long believed dead and buried in Laconia, was found in the Winnepesaukee River. The family identified the body today, confirming the March 1 disappearance from his home and noting the discovered articles including money watch chain and Knights of Pythias charm. The unknown man who died in Portsmouth is unrelated to Sharpe.
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Laconia
N. H
William H. Sharpe
Portsmouth
Sharpe
Knights of Pythias
Mr. Sharpe
Winnepesaukee River
Laconia Car Company Works
William Crane
Portland
Kearsarge
Commission urged to investigate Back Bay lodging houses
Reverend Herbert Johnson urged Mayor Hibbard to appoint a commission including lodging house mistresses of the South End to inspect conditions in Back Bay. He criticized General Martin's social policy and argued licensing lodging houses could improve the South End and help youths report unsafe housing to police.
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Hibbard
Back Bay
South End
Herbert 8. Johnson
Boston
Martin
Kellerman Praises Diabolo Tennis Exhibition
Annette Kellerman, world champion woman swimmer, calls diabolo tennis the hardest game she tackled. She has arrived in the United States en route to Revere Beach where she will give summer exhibitions and will represent the Cambo Club of Paris with Lefevre competing. She notes the game differs from local diabolo and mimics lawn tennis in court and ball, with a pulley spring mechanism and horizontal twiddling. At Revere Beach she will also perform 18 diving styles.
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Annette Kellerman
Kellerman
Revere Beach
Cambo Club
Paris
Lefevre
Miss Kellerman
Annettte Kellerman
Scots Charitable Society Honors Deceased Members
Memorial services at First Presbyterian Church honored Scots Charitable Society members who died in the past year. Rev. James Alexander gave the address on homeland ties and American citizenship, while Alexander McGregor read the deceased list and reflected on duty, patriotism, and Christian citizenship. The program included solos by James Singer and Miss Ripley, with an orchestra performing. The obituaries listed: Dr. Robert Disbrow, Alexander Walker, William J. McLean, William Robertson, David C. Edwardson, Benjamin F. Smith Jr, Matthew Jenkins, James B. Smith, Alexander Campbell, Peter H. Lawson, Robert B. Leuchars.
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Scots Charitable Society
First Presbyterian Church
James Alexander
Alexander McGregor
Alexander
McGregor
James Singer
Lynn
Miss Ripley
Robert Disbrow
Alexander Walker
William J. McLean
Boston
William Robertson
East Milton
David C. Edwardson
Waltham
Benjamin F. Smith, Jr
Andover
Matthew Jenkins
Roslindale
James B. Smith
South Lawrence
Alexander Campbell
Everett
Peter H. Lawson
Robert B. Leuchars
Brookline
Knights of St Brendan Support Gaelic Chair at Boston College
The Knights of St Brendan voted $100 to establish a chair for Gaelic at Boston College. Rev Thomas I Gasson spoke on St Brendan and the chair, noting Gaelic study could boost American literature. Patrick J Sullivan presided and Jeremiah Carroll commented on the chair as a Maltese choir performed.
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Boston College
Knights of St. Brendan
St. Brendan
Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
America
Patrick J. Sullivan
The
Jeremiah Carroll
Cork
Dublin
C. F. Forrester
U S House Passes Hazardous Job Injury Compensation Bill
In Washington on May 17 the House approved a bill to compensate government employees injured in hazardous occupations without a roll call and under suspension of the rules.
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Washington
House
Police plan third degree probe in Mullins murder case
Police authorities in the Annie Mullins murder investigation will conduct a third degree examination of all conductors and motormen who rode Massachusetts avenue between 7 and 11 o clock on the night of March 27. Investigators believe one crew member may have seen the suspect with Mullins and that she would not have walked from Von Jagemann house to Squire's field. If Mullins rode with the suspect on a car, the conductor or motorman could identify him.
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Annie Mullins
Massachusetts Avenue
Suspect in Cambridge murder may stay free without new evidence
Yesterday belief grew that Conductor Shea’s corroboration would lead to an arrest, but officials now say no arrest will occur without stronger new evidence. Captain Hurley suspects the man who visited the girl the Wednesday before the crime, while the motive and exact visitor remain unclear.
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Shea
George Davis
Captain Hurley
Peace Literature Urged At Boston Synagogue Service
Rabbi Nathan Blechman urged a new literature of peace contrasting with war during a peace service by the Boston section of the Council of Jewish Women at Temple Mishkan Tefila. He noted childhood aggression and cited The Hague conference as a world movement mark.
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Nathan Blechman
Boston
Council of Jewish Women
Temple Mishkan Tefila
Phineas Iraeli
Temple Adath Jeshurum
Hague
Russia
Peet Attacks Presbyterians Lecture at Longfellow Hall
W S Peet a Methodist missionary for the Mormon church denounces Presbyterian Home Missions for prints he says slander Mormon Utah. He claims true Mormonism rejects polygamy and cites Mormon students at Harvard Yale and Chicago as equals or better intellectually than Eastern peers. Audience of Mormons applauds.
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W. S. Peet
Longfellow Hall
Roxbury
United States
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Utah
Mr. Peet
Mormon Church
Land of the Saints
Mormon Church of Today
Harvard College
Cambridge
Yale
Chicago
Horse's Kick Breaks Jaw at Newton Stable
Newton May 17 James A Early superintendent of the Newton Lower Falls post office was kicked by a horse while stooping to pick up harness. He suffered a fractured jaw and a head wound but non fatal and was taken by ambulance to Newton City Hospital after the incident at the J M Fitzgerald livery stable on Washington street Newton Lower Falls.
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Newton
James A. Early
Newton Lower Falls
Newton City Hospital
Early
Washington Street
Wellesley
J. M. Fitzgerald
Newton Ywower Falls
Marshall
Fall at home leads to fatal skull fracture
Orin Andrews forty fell down stairs at his residence 548 Commercial Street yesterday and died at Relief Hospital from a fractured skull.
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Orin Andrews
Commercial Street
Relief Hospital
Mrs Whitney Nearing Death After Nighttime Illness
Mrs James S Whitney mother of Henry M Whitney is rapidly sinking and life was hanging by a thread at a late hour last night in a grave medical emergency.
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James S$. Whitney
Henry M. Whitney
Creel Seen as Diaz Heir in Mexican Political Shuffle
A persistent rumor from Chihuahua and El Paso says Enrique Creel, governor of Chihuahua and Mexican ambassador to the US, will replace Finance Minister Jose Ives Limantour and be groomed to succeed President Diaz, who favors Creel for his youth and progressiveness as he returns from Central American peace missions.
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EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Enrique Creel
United States
Mexico
Central America
Jose Ives Limantour
Diaz
Creel
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Hickey
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