Boston University Law School to confer degrees on four women graduates
Four women will receive law degrees in June from Boston University Law School. Cora L. Cudworth and Sadie M. Lipner are Boston school graduates, Charlotte A. Perkins hails from Melrose High School, and Mary A. Bradbury, from Saco Maine, is the sole non resident graduate. Cudworth plans to practice in the West after diploma. Bradbury will study in Saco with her father.
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Chickering
Charlotte A. Perkins
Cora L. Cudworth
Boston University Law School
Boston
Sadie M. Lipner
Is &A
Melrose High School
Mary A. Bradbury
Saco
Miss Bradbury
I N Saco
Law
Miss Cudworth
Cudworth
College Airman Safe After Glider Crash Trial Flight
KE P Bugbee of Tufts College survived a 22 foot fall during a trial flight in a Farman type glider. A hole in the air and a broken guy wire caused the crash as the machine somersaulted. Bugbee uninjured, wind of 20 knots and a slow runway contributed to the mishap at the intercollegiate glider meet.
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Squantum
KE. P. Bughee
Tufts College
Bughes
Tufts
Harvard Aeronautical Society
Bugbeer
Harry N. Atwood
Wright School
Dayton
Burgess-Wright
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E. N. Fales
F. W. Caldwell
H. I. Lehman
E. P. Bugbee
Swathmore
H. Blumhard
R. M. Allen
W. H. Capen
M. C. Allen
A. W. Carpenter
C. K. Getehell
A. G. Waite
J. H. Taylor
Early gliders fail to lift at Harvard MIT Cornell tests
Volkmann and MIT pilots led with near equal scores as several universities attempted glider trials. Lombard and Fales acted as aviators for Volkmann and MIT respectively, while Harvard’s Groundhog No. 3 stalled on the launch draw. Cornell’s Curtiss type and Swarthmore’s machine also failed or endured damage in the windy test field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volkmann
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E. W. Lombard Fn
BE. N. Fales
Harvard
R. M. Alien
Cornell
Swathmore
H. Blumhard
Aviators Sail From London for America
Harvard Aero nautical Society reports James V. Martin sailed from London last Saturday with his wife and Aviators Pixton and Prentiss of England. They expect to arrive in the United States by week’s end to fly here. Pixton served as mechanician to A. A. Roe last year and has flown Roe’s bi plane this year, a hybrid of bi plane and monoplane design.
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Clafin
Harvard Aeronautical Society
James V. Martin
London
Mr. Martin
Pixton and
Prentiss
England
Pixton
A. A. Roe
Roe
Dying Child Found in Street in South Boston
Police investigate the death of Mary E. Howe a 2 1/2 year old found with a fractured skull in front of 147 B Street South Boston The child died before medical arrival and an autopsy is ordered by Medical Examiner Timothy Leary The mother Elizabeth Howe resides on the second floor of the same address Patrick Burke found the body in the gutter near the curb.
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Broadway
Mary E. Howe
147
B Street
Boston
Patrick Burke
Elizabeth Howe
William J. Sheehan
Timothy Leary
City Hospital
Putnam Dead Aged 104 Yrs At New Salem
Franklin county's oldest inhabitant Samuel Putnam died at 104. A Danvers native, he lived in New Salem since childhood and served 30 consecutive terms in the State Legislature. Descendant of General Israel Putnam, he first voted for John Quincy Adams in 1828 and rarely missed an election. He was an early riser at the polls and is survived by son Willard.
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New Salem
Franklin County
Samuel Putnam
Mr. Putnam
Danvers
Israel Putnam
John Quincy Adams
Willard
Idlewood Lake Fish Plague Strikes Idlewood
A mysterious plague has killed thousands of fish in Idlewood Lake near Beverly. Shorelines are strewn with carcasses, alarming nearby cottagers. The Board of Health has been notified and is investigating the incident.
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Beverly
Idlewood Lake
Board of Health
Double Legal Stamps Offer at Wolf's Clothier
Morning promotion runs until noon at Wolf's My Clothier at the Hanover and Portland corner. Each purchase earns two legal stamps.
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Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Three Deaths From Boston Heat Reported
Boston logged the hottest May 29 on record with 88 degrees causing three deaths and two exposures. A Hearn aged 29 from 224 Commercial Street died by self inflicted wounds in the North End heat. A two year old girl fell from a window at 117 B Street South Boston died of a fractured skull. An unknown young man collapsed on Dover Street Westwood and died, while John Gearon 75 from 15 Corning Street and Fred Rust 67 from 23 Cliff Street Roxbury were overcome and treated at City Hospital. Weather expected to cool for Memorial Day with clearer skies and lighter winds though past Memorial Days show variable rain.
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Boston
Patrick F. A.hearn
Commercial Street
North End
Mary E. Howe
B Street
Dover Street
Westwood
John W. Gearon
Corning Street
Shawmut Avenue
Castle Street
City Hospital
Fred Rust
Cliff Street
Roxbury
Franklin Square
New England
Louisville
Georgia
Heat claim unknown man found dead on Westwood sidewalk
An unidentified young man collapsed on a Dover street sidewalk in Westwood and died, likely from heat. He was declared dead on scene by Medical Examiner A H Hodgdon. A missing youth named Christie Yieland, son of Elizabeth Yieland of Jamaica Plain, resembled the deceased and was sought by police. no positive ID was made by late last night.
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Dover Street
Westwood
Emerson
A. H. Hodgdon
Dedham
Fred McElroy
Christie Yieland
Elizabeth Yieland
Brighton Street
Jamaica Plain
Pine Heights
Yieland
Two Teens Rescued From Charles River by Factory Workers
More than a thousand watch factory girls watched as two 17 year old canoeists from Waltham High School, Ambrose O'Neil and Joseph Mulcahy, overturned in the Charles River opposite the Waltham factory. Albert Bucher and Joseph Swinehart pulled them from the water, saving them as the girls cheered, with many frightened into lighter work for the rest of the afternoon.
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Watch Factory
Charles River
Waltham Watch Factory
Waltham
Ambrose O'Neil
Joseph Mulcahy
Waltham High School
Mulcahy
Albert Bucher
Joseph Swinehart
Crescent Street
Boston Musicians Attend Kneisel Wedding in New York
A large Boston delegation attended the wedding of Victoria Kneisel daughter of Franz Kneisel former concert master of the Boston Symphony Orchestra to William Welleke a cello player in Kneisel's quartet yesterday afternoon in New York. The couple plans a honeymoon abroad then will visit Blue Hill Maine in the fall where Dr Kneisel will host many prominent musicians.
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Boston
Victoria Kneisel
Franz Kneisel
Boston Symphony Orchestra
William Welleke
New York
Welleke
Blue Hill
Dr. Kneise
Boy Cyclist Dies In Race To Hospital
Chester E. Straffin aged 19 son of John Straffin of Bryantville was struck by an express wagon driven by Hubert Gorham while bicycling. He was placed on a train rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital but died there of a fractured skull.
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Bryantville
Chester E. Straffin
John Straffin
Hubert Gorham
Brockton Prisoner Escapes During Court Session
Rockland May 29. Fred Hunt a 60 year old prisoner held by the local police court since last Saturday on charges of breaking and entering escaped through a double barred cell door and disappeared during today’s court session.
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Rockland
Fred Hunt
Bachelor dinner to Spa girl in Back Bay secrecy
Whispers of a secret nine person bachelor dinner at the Hotel Victoria mark a farewell event for Frances Caldwell of Mattapan before her marriage to city inspector Carl Stuetzel. The Spas nine fellow workers planned the supper in her honor with secrecy and limited disclosure.
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Thompson’s Spa
Back Bay
Frances Caldwell
Idaho Street
Mattapan
Miss Caldwell
Hotel Victoria
Post
Stuetzel
Spa
Victoria
Fishermen Rescue Two Wollaston Men From Capsized Sailboat
Andrew Peterson of Squantum heard cries and brought his fishing vessel to assist Charles Humphrey and Leland Wood, both 20, of Wollaston, after their sailboat capsized in a squall a mile from shore. They clung to the wreck as heavy tides and exhaustion threatened, then were pulled aboard by Peterson whose timely intervention saved them from drowning.
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Charles Humphrey
Leland Wood
Wollaston
Quincey Bay
Andrew Peterson
Squantum
Bot
Peterson
Arctic coal titles claimed by John M. Longyear in Spitzbergen
John M. Longyear of Brookline petitions the Secretary of State to have the United States claim sovereignty over coal lands in the Spitzberger Islands, which he has been exploiting. He has hoisted the U S flag there and fears Norwegian dispossession on what is currently unclaimed territory.
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John M. Longyear
Brookline
Secretary of State
Washington
United States
Spitzberger Islands
Norway
Steel Trust to Change Prices In New York
The United States Steel Corporation will readjust prices on steel bars plate and structural steel black sheets steel bids sheet bars galvanized and blue red sheets. Judge Elbert H. Gary announced the new price scale tonight. The changes take effect on June first.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Foss Sees O Meara as Strongest for Police Chief
Governor Foss said O Meara is the strongest candidate for police commissioner. He favored settling the appointment by Wednesday but had not decided whether to send an appointment to the Council yet.
Boston Mayor opposes O'Meara reappointment in interview
Mayor Fitzgerald says all Democratic leaders statewide back opposition to Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara's reappointment. He names several Democratic leaders and accuses O'Meara of partisan stance and anti home rule views. He adds Foss would answer to Boston voters if he reappoints O'Meara and urges a non hostile appointee.
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O’meara
Post
Fitzgerald
Foss
Stephen O'Meara
Democratic State Committee
Fred J. McLeod
John F. McDonald
Martin M. Lomasney
James M. Curley
William F. Murray
Humphrey O'Sullivan
O'Meara
Boston
Commissioner O'Meara
BeauMont and Garros Lead In Paris to Turin Aviation Race
In Nice France on May 29 Andre BeauMont and Rolan Garros dominated the early Paris to Turin air race. Garros crossed first with Beaumont close behind, both finishing the 401 mile leg in about 12 hours 45 minutes and 13 hours 35 minutes. Adverse weather slowed progress on the second leg toward Avignon and Rome.
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Nice
France
Andre Beaumont
Rolan Garros
Paris
Turin
Garros
Beaumont
Avignon
Rome
Bachelor dinner honors Woburn bride-to-be Margaret Hagan
Miss Margaret E. Hagan of Woburn, destined to wed ex Mayor John P. Feeney of Boston, received a bachelor dinner from women friends at the Hotel Buckminster. Organizer names, entrees, and a gold mesh handbag were among the gifts, with guests mostly from Woburn.
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Margaret E. Hagan
Woburn
John P. Feeney
Boston
Buckminster
P. J. Claffey
James 5S. Cassidy
E. L. Ahern
Miss Hagan
T. J. Feeney
H. Cunningham
P. A. Miner
J. T. Duffy
E. O’halloran
George Dewey
John Linehan
N. J. King
J. W. Tracey
Catherine McDonough
Mary Ha
Wolf's My Clothier Corner Han Over and Portland Streets
The location is most easily reached from Haymarket and Adams Squares Scollay Square and Friend-Union Street stations of the Subway.
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Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Haymarket Square
Adams Square
Scollay Square
Friend-Union Street
Subway
Elevator accident claims 19 year old operator at Washington St
Frank Savage of Revere, age 19, was crushed yesterday afternoon by the counterbalance of the elevator he operated in the building at 244 Washington Street. The incident is described as likely fatal.
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Frank Savage
Revere
Washington Street
Savage Trapped in Elevator Well After Counterweight Jam
Horace Ellison had just relieved Savage as the elevator car halted near the top floor after a sudden safety catch click. Savage lay pinned by the counterweight across his legs while workers improvised jackscrews and an electric fan to keep him conscious until rescuers arrived.
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Frank Savage
Savage
Horace Ellison
Banker 10 Marries His Secretary in Boston Trust Firm
A romance formed over a year at a leading Boston trust company ends in marriage. W. C. Watt, assistant treasurer of the American Trust Company, will wed his former private stenographer Miss Marion Falvey, who was employed by him about a year ago.
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Boston
W. C. Watt
American Trust Company
Marion Falvey
Romance at Work Ends in June Wedding in Brookline
Miss Falvey, a Brookline stenographer, formed a romance with Treasurer Watt after duties at a trust company. Watt gained permission to visit her at home and social events followed with her aunt Miss James as chaperon. The marriage is set for Monday evening June 5 at St Marys Church of the Assumption with only immediate family present. Miss Falvey, daughter of William J Falvey of Falvey Brothers, has lived with her aunts since her mother’s death. Watt resides at 915 Fourth Street, South Boston.
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Miss Falvey
Watt
Miss Valley
Miss James
Mr. Watt
Trust Company
Brookline
James
St. Mary's Church of the Assumption
William J. Falvey
Falvey
Misses James
Fourth Street
South Boston
Patent Fog Aims to Envelop Enemy in War
Archibald Watkins offers the government a patent dirigible fog for wartime use. He claims the fog is controllable and could be deployed to surround enemies in land, air, or sea invasions, hindering their movements.
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Washington
Archibald Watkins
Bigamy Charge Ties Cambridge Man to Two Marriages
Peter Dufresne known as William Ashey and William Williams was arrested after an eight year chase by Cambridge police. The 29 year old, released recently from Salt Lake City State Prison for cow theft, is charged with bigamy through his marriages to Mary Lucey in 1899 and Josephine Perry in 1901. He was found with his 8 year old son in front of his home at 16 Blake Street North Cambridge.
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Cambridge
Peter Dufresne
Blake Street
North
Dufresne
William Ashey
William Williams
Salt Lake City
Utah
Brennan
Netlan
Josephine Perry
North Cambridge
New Bedford
Mary Lucey
Miss Perry
Holly Street
Traveller from Troy Wanders Into Roxbury Tale
Eight year old Anna Frost of Troy New York arrived in Roxbury last night and told a remarkable travel story to the city police. Picked up at the Dudley street terminal by Policeman Cashman she was taken to the station house and introduced to Lieutenant Watkins. She said she is an orphan and lives in Troy and was taken to the Chardon Street Home.
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Anna Frost
Troy
N. Y
Roxbury
Dudley Street
Cashman
Watkins
Mite
Chardon Street
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Providence
Westminster St
West 24Th Street
Philadelphia
Buffalo
America
Putnam
Brockton
Carl Stuetzel
Roslindale
Quincy Bay
Arctic Coal
Steel Trust
Meara
Beaumont and Garros
Summer Street
Washington St
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