Diaz Quits as Armistice Declared in Mexico
In Mexico City May 17 a general five day armistice was agreed at Juarez between revolutionists and the federal government. Signed by Judge Carbajal and Vasquez Gomez and Jose Pino Suarez and Francisco Madero Sr. The truce takes effect on receipt of authorization and aims to halt warfare in central and southern Mexico with a permanent peace expected within five days.
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Mexico City
Juarez
Mexico
Carbajal
Vasquez Gomez
Jose Pino Suarez
Francisco Madero
Peace Commission
Armistice agreed as Diaz to resign by month end
Provisional President Madero accepts a five day armistice after receiving word Diaz will resign before June 1. De la Barra to act as interim president with Madero guiding policy, promising a joint presidency, cabinet reorganization, a new election within six months, and political amnesty.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Mexico
Senor Madero
Carbajal
Corral
de la Barra
Francisco ¥. Madero
Foreign Office
Chamber of Deputies
Leading man blamed in girl’s disappearance
Gertrude Quimby, 15, remains missing from 519 Audubon Rd Back Bay. Her father found she spent four days with the musical star at a hotel near Hollis Street after leaving Saturday afternoon, later claiming she visited a Dorchester home of a Latin School classmate.
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Gertrude Quimby
Audubon Road
Back Bay
Miss Quimby
Remont Street
Hollis Street
Dorchester
Girls’ Latin School
Boston Hotel Pickpocket Miss Quimby Case Sparks Arrest
Hotel staff identified a touring girl as Elsie Van Ness while Miss Quimby’s father prepared a warrant for arrest of an actor. Gertrude Quimby was seen near Beacon Street breakfast and used a public telephone after leaving home. The family suspects she met the actor through a married woman and posed for photos used in advertisements.
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Miss Quimby
Elsie van Ness
Boston
Post
Gertrude Quimby
George Kaizer
Beacon Street
Sout
Gertrude
Miss Pauline Firth to Wed Richard Haworth Next Month
Miss Pauline Firth daughter of Mr and Mrs William Firth of Chestnut Hill will wed Richard Haworth of Cheshire England next month. Born in the United States she was educated in England and is well known among Brookline and Newton social circles. She has participated in many Back Bay social events and enjoys outdoor games.
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Pauline Firth
William Firth
Chestnut Hil
Richard Haworth
Cheshire
England
Miss Firth
London
Brookline
Newton
Back Bay Society
Ministers Must Mix or Get Out at Universalist Convention
President Frederick W. Hamilton of Tufts College urged ministers to leave church circles and engage with the broader world to discuss religion intelligently. The remark came at the Second Annual Universalist convention opening in Lynn on May 1.
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Lynn
Frederick W. Hamilton
Tufts College
Rhode Island
Boston
Ministers must show results as Hamilton urges shells to shed
President Hamilton urged ministers to emerge from their shells and be judged by their work. He said there is no longer a halo around clerical dress and that the ministry is a cold business proposition requiring delivery of results or stepping aside.
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Hamilton
Missing Somerville Girl Elopes With Neighbor
Miss Bertha T Burnham aged 15 of 9 Lake Street Somerville has disappeared with Marvan Fullerton 19 a neighbor. Police and families fear they are together after being seen leaving the Burnham home Tuesday. Fullerton showed a brother $30 in cash and said they were going to New York.
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Bertha T. Burnham
Lake Street
Somerville
Miss Burnham
Marvan Fullerton
Fullerton
New York
Will Fight Paine Plan at Roxbury Institute Closure
A petition in equity to restrain Robert Treat Paine from closing the People's Institute of Roxbury at 1171 Tremont Street will be filed tomorrow. Institute officers, after talks with lawyers, said they will oppose leasing the premises to the Baptist Social Union of Roxbury by Mr Paine.
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Equity
Robert Treat Paine
People's Institute of
Undue influence questioned in Mrs Bull will case
In Alfred Maine on May 17 attorney Sherman L. Whipple told the court that alleged undue influence around Mrs. Ole Bull will figure in the contest by her daughter Mrs. Ole Bull Vaughan to break the will. He said the insanity claim would be supported by evidence and may involve who cultivated delusions or whether a diseased mind caused them.
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Alfred
Sherman L. Whipple
Ole Bull
Ole Bull Vaughan
Mr. Whipple
Mrs Bull letters highlighted in testimony at West Lebanon case
In today’s testimony attorney Whipple read letters from Mrs. Bull to show a long standing affection for Abbie Shapleigh of West Lebanon Me. The letters are used to suggest Mrs. Bull feared Shapleigh as the possessor of a killing thought.
Mrs Harriman Stops in Boston With Daughter Carol
Mrs Edward Harriman widow of the railroad king arrived in Boston for a short stay with her youngest daughter Carol and a retinue by private car from Tower Hill her country home. She is famed as a powerful financier though her appearance suggests gentleness.
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Edward H. Harriman
Boston
Carol
Tower Hill
Hudson Palisades
Mrs. Harriman
Mrs Harriman Oversees Diverse Enterprises Across Regions
Mrs Harriman, mother of five but fatherless children, manages a New York bank and road building company. Her duties span a street railway, hotel, and lighting plant in Georgia, a gold mine in South Dakota, an iron mine, a dairy farm, and a blast furnace in Pennsylvania, along with supervision of some high Wall Street transactions.
Boston Youth Wins Baldwin Prize For Police Essay
G H McCaffrey Jr of Boston, Harvard junior, won the Baldwin prize of 100 dollars for best essay on police administration in a city over 300 000. Judges were unanimous. McCaffrey, born June 2 1890 in Roxbury, is son of Patrolman G H McCaffrey of Station 1 and resides at 185 Thornton Street Roxbury.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin
National Municipal League
G. H. McCaffrey, Jr
Boston
Harvard College
William H. Baldwin, Jr
Long Island Railroad
North End
Thornton Street
Roxbury
18 Long Distance Trains to Be Discontinued Before June 1
New management plans to cut trains not covering expenses, with a June 1 deadline. In Washington, resignations from the Metropolitan Club board and secretary follow President Taft's denunciation of “small headed men” who block prominent candidates.
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Washington
Board of Governors
Taft
Day Emerson Shoe Company to Begin Childrens Shoes Here
Brockton May 17 The Day Emerson Shoe Company Dr Aca Day George Y Emerson and H E Day organizers will tomorrow begin the manufacture of childrens shoes here The company has leased a building on North Main street.
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Brockton
Emerson Shoe Company
George Y. Emerson
H. E. Day
Northbridge
North Main Street
Beeston report and college baseball results summary
National League notes include Harvard beaten by Syracuse while Harvard freshmen defeat Exeter in a ball game but lose track meets. Holy Cross falls to the University of Pennsylvania. Brown defeats Yale and Amherst over Williams. The Red Sox arrive in Chicago as another Yale crew shift is noted.
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Syracuse
Exeter
Holy Cross
U. of P
Brown
Yale
Amherst
Williams
Red Sox
Chicago
Moonrise and Moonset Times Displayed
The entry lists times for moonrise and moonset, noting 4.TM M. 2:31 as a reference point. It includes a second line indicating similar metrics for a 7 moon phase or cycle, though details are fragmented.
Anniversaries and historic proclamations listed for today
The item lists notable birthdays and historical events tied to today including James B. Francis born 1815, William H. Nites born 1888, James McMillan born in 1860s era, a bogus 1864 proclamation for more troops, and the 1899 Hague Peace Conference. Also notes light auto lamps at 7 51 and day counts.
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James B. Francis
Lowell
William H. Nites
James McMillan
United States
The
Hague
Forecast for Boston and vicinity turns fair and warm
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for generally fair conditions Thursday and Friday with rising temperatures. In New England the outlook is probably fair and warmer with moderate variable winds mostly from the south and southwest.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Boston & Worcester Trolley Service for Worcester Use
Business and Pleasure Use Boston and Worcester Trolley offers express and accommodation service between Boston and Worcester with intermediate points. Passengers can travel for business or leisure, enjoying frequent departures and convenient stops along the corridor.
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Boston & Worcester Trolley
Worcester
Ade
Move Will Seriously Cripple Mail and Express Service
Move threatens severe disruption to mail and express service during peak season. Officials warn routing changes could slow deliveries, strain sorting facilities, and impact deadlines for businesses and individuals relying on timely correspondence. Local agencies urge caution and seek alternatives to minimize delays.
Boston and Maine to cut 18 trains before June first
The Boston and Maine railroad will discontinue 18 or more trains by June 1 as unprofitable, risking crippling mail and express service. Secretary George R. Ferguson said the move could reduce mail carriage in baggage cars and hamper New England postal efficiency during a season when extra summer trains are usually added.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
George R. Ferguson
Boston
New England
Boston & Maine
Railroad Plans Cut Summer Trains In New England
Officials announce no extra summer service in New Hampshire and Maine. Several mail trains on the Fitchburg division and others to Concord and Northampton will be removed by June 1 causing postal disruptions. S. W. Shepardson of the US mail service says government has no contract preventing cuts and promises to adjust mail delivery.
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New Hampshire
Maine
Fitchburg Division
Troy
Boston
Concord
N. H
Fitchburg
Northampton
Delays the Mails Discontinuance of Train Puts Delivery Back
Boards of trade and citizens along the Fitchburg division protest the discontinuance of the 5 a.m. train out of Boston. Business groups lawyers and locals voice anger over mail delays and disrupted schedules as notices carry the issue toward further pages.
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Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
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