Blind man sees his wife’s face during Mercer storm
In Sharon Pennsylvania Green ville Mercer county a power and wind storm caused a remarkable event when Thomas Stone who is blind saw his wife’s features as a bright flash illuminated the room. The storm toppled objects as it passed through the Stone home. The piece also mentions Governor Johnson’s eight hour law and dining room hours.
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Sharon
Penn
Mercer’ County
Thomas Stone
Greenville
Mr. Stone
Johnson
Rich planter faces life term for wife poisoning in South Carolina
W T Jones a wealthy Spartanburg planter to begin a life sentence this week for poisoning his wife. He has assigned his 5000 acre estate to a trust company to pay debts. Attorney Sims says Jones gambled in cotton and wheat to cover defence costs and lost $100,000 after an initial gain. Jones has been confined since his wife's death on July 4, 1908 in Union jail.
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Spartanburg
S. C
W. T Jones
Sims
Jones
Union
Governor Johnson Delayed by New Eight Hour Law
In Long Beach the eight hour law for women went into effect Monday and stopped the governor from getting his breakfast at the Virginia Hotel. The incident underscores the impact of the new regulation on public figures.
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Los Angeles
Johnson
Virginia Hotel
Long Beach
Two Bodies Recovered From Harbor
Police recovered two men from the harbor yesterday. One was found near Commercial Wharf. he was about 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, 180 pounds, light complexion with red hair, wearing a black cheviot sack suit. The second man, about 45, 5 feet 7 inches, 165 pounds with a candy mustache and chestnut hair, wore blue overalls and a jumper with a blue coat.
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Commercial Wharf
Albany Street
Auto makes man a human strawberry
In Allentown Pennsylvania on May 28 Robert Klotz was hurled into a fruit stand after an automobile driven by the ex judge Edward Harvey’s chauffeur swerved to avoid a girl. Klotz was covered in strawberry mash as the auto and stand were damaged.
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Allentown
Penn
Robert Klotz
Edward Harvey
Klotz
Cook Scarcity Plea Delays Jail for NYC Cook
Clara Ferguson a 29 year old former cook for Mrs. Alice Cole faced sentence after pleading guilty to stealing jewelry valued at 200. Cole urged leniency noting cooks are scarce and she might be suspended instead. Judge Mulqueen considered a suspended sentence to avoid penalizing the industry while recognizing the theft.
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New York
Clara Ferguson
Alice KK. Cole
West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street
Mulqueen
Court of
General Sessions
In Memoriam Hannah McNamara Tribute by Mrs Elizabeth Denny
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilden Denny of Milton honors Hannah McNamara longtime maid and guardian who raised her from age two. The tribute recalls McNamara as faithful loyal and principled who served the poor and later worked at Homer Sweetser home. Denny credits her with shaping her life and values. Hannah McNamara came to the United States from County Clare Ireland and served in Roxbury Brookline and Marlboro Street areas.
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Hannah McNamara
St. Alphonsus Street
Roxbury
Elizabeth Tilden Denny
Brush Hill Road
Milton
Miss McNaMara
Denny
Lisa Tilden Denny
Elizabeth Tilden
Mrs. Denny
County Clare
Ireland
Miss Tilden
Cypress and
Walnut Streets
Brookline
Homer Sweetser
Marlboro Street
Emma Eames to Wed in London
Paris May 28 interest in the marriage rumors around Emma Eames continues. She plans a secret London wedding in July and a concert tour in America next season with her husband, including 60 performances. She will also appear in two Tosca performances in Boston.
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Paris
Emma Eames
London
America
Boston
Harvard announces speakers for commencement day
The Harvard faculty revealed the lineup of speakers for commencement. Candidates include A B degree: Frank Erskine Crawford of Cambridge, William Chase Greene of Baltimore, Frank Stern of Boston. A M degree: Takashi Komatsu of Monmouth, Ill. B degree: John Sawyer Fitch of Albion, N Y.
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Harvard
Frank Erskine Crawford
Cambridge
William Chase Greene
Baltimore
Frank Stern
Boston
Takashi Komatsu
Monmouth
Ill
John Sawyer Fitch
Albion
N. Y
Art Board to Pass on Hibbard Medallion
The bronze medallion of the late Mayor George A. Hibbard will be submitted to the Boston Art Commission for approval. Sculptor R. L. Brooks created the piece from a death mask provided by Mrs. Hibbard and the mayor’s family. The likeness is described as excellent and favorable notes have been raised by observers.
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Art Board
Hibbard
George A. Hibbard
Boston Art Commission
R. L. Brooks
H. H. Kitson
Pastor Russell Attacks Creeds as Error at Boston Theatre
Pastor Charles T. Russell, speaking on Which Is the True Gospel, told a large Boston audience that creeds are in error and not in harmony with Bible teachings. He argued hell is unscriptural and that the Bible teaches death as the wages of sin, urging Christian unity and education.
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Charles T. Russell
London
Brooklyn
Boston
America
Europe
Russell
Kidd Treasure Hunt Draws Hundreds to Castle Island
Hundreds visited Castle Island to view excavations by George Kinnear and party seeking Captain Kidd's buried treasure. A man with a shovel and basket drew a crowd before being revealed as someone merely digging bait.
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Castle Island
George Kinnear
Captain Kidd
Active Warwick Woman 88 Starts Large Corn Farm
Evansville Indiana May 28 Martha Spratley 88 is described as Warwick's most active aged woman. She has broken ground for a large corn acreage and runs the farm with her daughter, never hiring help and doing all work herself.
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Evansville
Ind
Warwick
Martha Spratley
Piazza Chair Paint Ad from Carpenter-Morton 4Co
Bright red and green Piazza chair paint advertised by Carpenter-Morton 4Co at 77 Sudbury Street. Claims hard drying and durable finish for furniture.
Urges Trial for McNamara Brothers by Labor Leader
Rev. Cortland Myers told a Tremont Temple congregation that labor leaders calling for the McNamaras' freedom must also demand their trial. He said every laborer should push for trials and warned that without protection the battle continues. He attacked Ford Hall sermons and city saloons as anarchist schools. He urged jailing anyone involved in the United States Senate election and claimed the steel and oil trusts must be driven from business for true freedom.
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Cortland Myers
Tremont Temple
McNamaras
America
Dr. Myers
Kinsley Post
Man Falls From Window Injuring Self in Lynn
Lascarus Veronius a 45 year old resident of 28 Willard Street Lynn fell from a third story window at 2 six Place to the back yard. He suffered injuries that led to his name being placed on the dangerous list at City Hospital.
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Lascarus Veronius
Willard Street
Lynn
Six Place
Theodore Hurd Lauded at McKinley Era Funeral
Theodore Hurd, 389 years clerk of the federal courts, lay in a silk flag casket at the Church of the Epiphany in Winchester for funeral services. Honorary pallbearers included judges, a congressman, and county officials. active pallbearers were court clerks and law officers. The body was to be buried in Framingham after services.
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Winchester
McKinley
Theodore
Hurd
Federal Courts
Church of the Epiphany
Paradise
H. N. Shelton
John W. Hammond
Supreme Court
John H. Hardy
William B. Stevens
Superior Court
Samuel J. Wider
Samuel W. McCall
Bar Association
Levi S. Gould
Middlesex County Commissioners
Joseph O. Hayden
Middlesex County
William Co. Dillingham
Ralph N. Smith
Fred
Erick JL. Putnam
John R. Fairbairn
Thomas W. Lawson
T. G. Gray
Middlesex County Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Cambridge
Forty-eighth
Massachusetts Regiment
State House
J. W. Suter
Framingham
Prize Oratorical Contest Tonight at Boston College High
The annual prize oratorical contest for Boston College High School students is tonight in Boston College Hall. Seventy pupils were narrowed to finalists. the prize is $5 in gold for speakers: Thomas L. Boland Roxbury Edmund J. Brandon Cambridge Robert Burns Charlestown James P. Dowling Charlestown John J. Connolly West Newton George J. Hennessey Roxbury Francis Keefe Roxbury John Lahive South Boston Lawrence Morrison East Boston Frederick Wennerberg Boston Charles York 11
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Boston College High School
Boston College Hall
Thomas L. Boland
Roxbury
Edmund J. Brandon
Cambridge
Robert Burns
James P. Dowling
Charlestown
John J. Connolly
West Newton
George J. Hennessey
Francis Keefe
John Lahive
South Boston
Lawrence Morrison
East Boston
Frederick Wennerberg
Boston
Charles York
Death Strikes In Bicycle Collision Near Burrage
Chester E. Stafford 18 of Burrage was hit by a team and knocked from his bicycle while descending a Burrage hill. He was taken home then rushed to South station and Massachusetts General Hospital where he died at 8 35 p m after a severe abdominal injury. He worked as a car conductor.
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Chester E. Stafford
South Street
Burrage
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stafford
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