Five Mast Schooner Jennie French Potter Grounded
The five-masted schooner Jennie French Potter of New York captained by Joseph R. Potter ran ashore on Half Moon Shoal in Vineyard Sound yesterday morning. She is in a precarious condition while carrying 3200 tons of coal from Newport News for a local firm and may not be saved.
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Jennie French Potter
New York
Joseph R. Potter
Half Moon Shoal
Vineyard Sound
Potter
Newport News
Dr. Tucker Resigns as Dartmouth President Effective July 15
Hanover May 18. Secretary Hopkins announced that Dr. Tucker’s resignation as president of Dartmouth College will not take effect until July 15. Tucker will remain in Hanover and continue his residence there.
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Hanover
N. H
Boston
Tucker
Dartmouth College
Hopkins
Brennan Attacks Cambridge Taxpayers Association
Alderman John P. Brennan accused the Cambridge Taxpayers Association of self interest at a Cambridge Board of Aldermen meeting. Opposition from Alderman Blanchard helped defeat a motion to suspend rules for a $6000 park loan near the leather and shoe machinery building on the esplanade.
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John P. Brennan
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Cambridge Taxpayers’ Association
Brennan
Blanchard
Esplanade
Library Hall
Picayune
Taxpayers’ Association
Board Favors Ballot Change On Unopposed Candidates
The Election Commission urged sweeping changes to ballots in its annual report. It proposes that the Election Board declare nominated all candidates when filing ends, and declare unopposed party and committee entries elected without appearing on ballots. It also suggests legislators fix schoolhouse polling places, noting past counts of used schools and planning for about 100 this year. The board published party enrollments by precincts showing Democrats 59,761 Republicans 28,232 and Independence Leaguers 457. Total enrolled voters stood at 110,656.
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Election Commission
Election Board
Independence Leaguers
Unprecedented hailstorm in Uvalde County claims eight lives
Galveston Texas May 18 An unprecedented hailstorm Monday in Uvalde County cost at least eight lives. Hailstones described as cannon balls weighed six and seven pounds, with some weighing up to 12 pounds. The storm caused widespread damage across the region.
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Galveston
Texas
Uvalde County
Bunco in lighting contract sparks hearing in City Hall
Electrical expert L E W Kimball told a special Common Council committee that the arbitration clauses in the Edison lighting contract are a bunco. He urged a commission inquiry to secure a fair price and criticized prior officials for failings in the old and new contracts.
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L. E. W. Kimball
Edison Company
General Schaff
State Gas and Electric Light Commission
Common Council
City Hall
Eightieth Birthday of David Conrad
Today marks the eightieth birthday of David Conrad founder of Conrad & Co Boston, a pioneer merchant who opened his store in Boston thirty years ago after moving from Salem. He resides at 12 Williams Street Brookline and remains active in public affairs, though his business is now run by his two sons.
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David Conrad
Boston
Conrad & Co
Winter Street
Conrad
Salem
Williams Street
Brookline
Elderly Boston Merchant Celebrates 80th Birthday
Mr. Conrad, a longtime Boston businessman, marks his 80th birthday with outdoor routine and a family celebration. He plans an auto trip to the country and will dine with five children and three grandchildren as colleagues recall his eight decades of steady service.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Conrad
Swoons Mark Divorce Trial as Mrs Burns Testifies
Grace Burns faints after sharp cross examination in divorce suit against Richard Burns. She admits trips with Chester Reichenbacher and visits with him to various cities. Richard Burns testifies of quarrels and a stove poker incident. he says he cooked his own breakfast while his wife claimed food and money were provided by him.
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Grace Burns
Chelsea
Richard Burns
Chester Reichenbacher
Burns
Chester
Reichenbacher
West End
Divorce suit misnaming corrected in Suffolk court
A Suffolk county divorce case over two days of trial had a misprint naming Charles Reichenbacher instead of Chester Reichenbacher in the parties. The correction identifies the proper party as Chester Reichenbacher in the Burns versus Burns proceedings.
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Charles Reichenbacher
Grace Burns
Richard Burns
Suffolk County
Chester Reichenbacher
Hutchinson Is Found Then Disappears Again
Dr. Hutchison moved toward Union Station when a Post rep, tipped off by Harvard students, confronted him asking if he was Hutchison. He refused to talk, then sped away, often glancing back to see if he was followed. He showed excitement and severe mental stress, hair disheveled, eyes wild, and approached the ticket window in a nervous manner.
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Hutchison
Union Station
Harvard
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Fourth Avenue
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Jennie French
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Dartmouth
Big Taxpayers
Cash Or
BOARD
BUNCO
Kimball
Ble Commission
Mr. Kimball
Nathan Matthews
Finance Commission
Matthews
Emerson
Hibbard
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Milwaukee
Chicago
John A. Coulthurst
J. ©. Haynes
George A. Crocker
James J. Storrow
James I. Richards
Gas Company
C.F. Hovey & Co
Ene
Rerman
Prin, Tome
Hutchinson
Dr. Hutchison
la Vida
Weincasten Bros., Makers
MT. Clemens Mich
Mt. Clemens
Detroit
Grand Trunk Railway
Eastman
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Clemens, Mich
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