Breach of Promise Suit Goes to the Jury This Morning
In East Cambridge Superior Court Annie Manley sues Professor Philippe B. Marcu for 25000. Trial features Marcu as a witness. Judge Dewey for Manley and Attorney McClennen for Marcu concluded testimony yesterday. Judge Bond to instruct the jury at 10 this morning.
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Annie Manley
South End
Philippe B. Marcou
East Cambridge
Dewey
McClennen
Marcou
Bond
Professor Marcou
Mayor Secures Unanimous Approval Of 364500 Emergency Loan
Mayor Hibbard outlined the need for a 364 500 emergency loan to the Board of Aldermen in the committee on public improvements. The aldermen voted unanimously to pass the bill despite earlier Democratic members Baldwin Finigan and Timilty declining to vote on suspending the rules. The unanimous vote was seen as a personal tribute to the mayor.
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Hibbard
Board of Aldermen
Baldwin
Finigan
Timilty
Board approves special loan for drainage project
The board unanimously passed a 655000 loan to fund a separate drainage system. In public improvements the vote was 5 to 6 against a pass recommendation, but Alderman Curley urged reconsideration arguing denial would justify mass layoffs. Mayor’s streets question arose from Alderman Brand about Ward 24 repairs.
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Curley
Brand
Disappearance of the J. H. Chaffee Remains a Mystery
The Boston schooner J. H. Chaffee bound for Perth Amboy vanished after sailing April 9 with five crew and one passenger. Owners J. H. Thorpe and A. Co. Varnum report little hope of the vessel’s safe return as relatives flood their Milk Street office with inquiries. Crew listed as Captain John Morey of Yarmouth Nova Scotia, Mate Loring Scott of Yarmouth, Charles E. Hill of Chelsea, Walter W. Woodland of Chelsea, and passenger Daniel F. Peterson of Chelsea.
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Echooner
J. H. Chaffee
Perth Amboy
N. J
J. H. Thorpe
A. Co. Varnum
Milk Street
John Morey
Yarmouth
N. S
Loring Scott
Deadly dive in runaway miss Mary A Doris incident
A historical account reports a fatal dive during a runaway carriage incident involving Mary A Doris and her classmate, with Ethel Burroughs also noted. The event centers on the tragic fall and its immediate legal or social aftermath as recorded by the paper.
Smith College Senior Killed in Goshen Runaway
Miss Ethel Burroughs of Somerville a Smith College senior was thrown from a carriage and killed instantly in Goshen village twenty miles from Northampton tonight.
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Ethel Burroughs
Northampton
Somerville
Smith College
Goshen
Here
Plunge from carriage injures Miss Burroughs in Goshen trip
Miss Burroughs and Miss Doris accompanied by Miss Mary H. Doris and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beckwith were returning from Goshen when two horses bolted. Miss Burroughs, on the back seat, leaped from the moving vehicle and sustained a broken neck. Miss Doris was lightly hurt. Mr. Beckwith halted the frightened horses. Mrs. Beckwith remained in the carriage unharmed.
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Mary H. Doris
Somerville
Harry Beckwith
Wollaston
Miss Doris
Miss Burroughs
Goshen
Northampton
Popular Somerville Student Ethel Burroughs Dead Before Graduation
Miss Ethel Burroughs 23, daughter of William Henry Burroughs of 11 Landers Street, died before graduating. She studied at Bell Grammar, Somerville Latin, then Smith College class of 1908. her friend Miss Mary Dorris of 44 Berkeley Street survived the tragedy. Funeral at Prospect Hill Congregational Church.
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Somerville
Ethel Burroughs
William Henry Burroughs
Landers Street
Bell Grammar School
Somerville Latin School
Smith College
Burroughs
Mary Dorris
Berkeley Street
Miss Dorris
W. PD. Dorris
Falmouth House
Boston
Chauncy Hall
Miss Burroughs
Mrs. Burroughs
Mr. Burroughs
Rat Lair at English High Seeks Cats to Fight Rats
English High School faces a rat infestation described as a "rat lair" with rats abundant and bold. Schoolhouse Custodian Mark B. Mulvey urged the School Board to allow the installation of cats in the building to reduce the ro dent problem and protect the premises.
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Mark B. Mulvey
Headmaster and officials debate cats to curb rats
Headmaster Casey and Mr Mulvey discuss using cats in the building basement to control a rat infestation. The janitor notes slow progress by the pest contractor. Chairman Storrow quips a live cat would be effective. Mulvey’s report is sent to the Schoolhouse Commission.
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Casey
Mr. Mulvey
Airship Project Nears First Test Flight in June
Charles Oliver Jones of Cincinnati, who has worked on a dirigible airship in Hammondsport, announces a trial of "The Boomerang" for the first week in June. He plans to fly from Hammondsport to Boston on the inaugural trip.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Charles Oliver Jones
Cincinnati
Airship by Mr Jones Aims for Boston Run in Eight Hours
Mr Jones builds an airship with an 18000 cubic foot gas bag and a 30 horsepower motor. The craft uses buoyancy to balance weight and carries the operator plus two passengers beneath a cigar shaped bag. He forecasts 35 mph speed and an eight hour flight from Hammondport to Boston with favorable winds.
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Mr. Jones
White Wings Flops at Hammondport Flight Test
The aerodrome White Wings with designer F. W. Baldwin aboard rose about 10 feet but air pressure fouled the rear edge of the lower wing, tangling the propeller. It landed after 93 yards. damage said to be easily repaired. Front wheel steering gear worked well, ensuring ground control.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
F. W. Baldwin
Harvard Professor Testifies in Suit Over Engagement
Professor Philippe Pelknap Marcou tells court he is an ex Harvard assistant professor of seven years who resigned for the suit. He denies promising marriage to Annie Manley or speaking of engagement to her sister Ella and says he left Annie due to stories from associations. He asserts about $155,000 in property.
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McClennen
Dewey
Philippe Pelknap Marcou
Harvard University
Annie Manley
Ella
Professor Marcu to escape photographers at Mansion House
During a lunch hour escape, Professor Marcou dodged photographers as Lawyer McClennen shielded his client. After lunch at the Mansion House, the group slipped out a rear door and vanished down a street corner, with Annie Manley and her party drawing a large onlooker crowd at a corner store.
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Marcou
McClennen
Mansion House
Annie Manley
Court grips Goulds in Harlem bid for trial
In Harlem Police Court a magistrate warned that bail could be forfeited if George Goulds son King Gould did not appear. The attorney sought a trial without the elder Gould present but the youth arrived before the limit, and was held on $100 bail for trial.
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New York
Kingdon Gould
Harlem
George Gould
Young Gould
Vanderbilt Among 50 Automobilists Cited for Speed Laws
Police allege fifty motorists violated speed laws on Sunday. William K. Vanderbilt was among them but appeared to answer the complaint.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Body of Princeton Library Assistant Found in Raritan Canal
The body of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt, a Princeton University library assistant, was found in the Raritan canal near Carnegie Lake aqueduct. Autopsy planned. no foul play suspected though clothing is incomplete and minor facial scars noted from the five days since she disappeared after 5 pm Wednesday.
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Princeton
N. J
Bertha Vanderbilt
Princeton University
Raritan Canal
Carnegie Lake
Vanderbilt
Governor Guild Gains Support as Vice Presidential Talk Rises
Governor Guild recuperates at Nahant and eyeing a fall campaign as Taft and Guild gain traction nationwide. Boston leaders express strong backing and a Guild movement plans Chicago headquarters with Massachusetts and New England delegations ready to unite behind his vice presidency bid.
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Boston
Governor Guild
Chicago
Crane
Lodge
Taft
Senator Lodge
Nahant
Post
City
New England
Guild
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Boston Forecast Turns Showery After Tuesday Fair
Washington reports New England forecast: Tuesday brings fair conditions in the east with rain in the west. By Tuesday night and Wednesday expect showers and light to fresh southeast winds along the coast.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Dewey team tops Cleveland as Taylor shines in win
Dewey's men beat Cleveland 8 to 1 with strong pitching from St. Louis arms. Taylor leads the offense pacing an eight run surge to snap a losing streak. Notre Dame downs Dartmouth 3 to 0 as college squads clash.
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Dewey
St. Louis
Taylor
Cleveland
Notre Dame
Dartmouth
Boston
New York
Brookline Country Club
Perrelli
Shadshiries
Haverhill
New England
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Story Guild
Harvard
Bridah
Massachusetts Avenue Bridge
Mattapan
Congress Street Bridge
Prof
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Brad
Miarcou
Chaffee
Toda
Mary A. Doris
Somerville Latin
Hubin Airship
Aerodrome
Eben S. Draper
Samuel L. Powers
George H. Doty
Republican State Committee
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