Full exoneration for Mrs Stetson shocks Boston control
In New York the First Church of Christ Scientist met in a lengthy session and voted to exonerate Augusta E Stetson from charges of false teaching and improper practice. Trustees upheld Stetson and condemned a Boston official. Disorder and cheers marked the controversial meeting as members showed loyalty to Stetson against Mother Church authorities.
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New. York
New York
Arnold Blome
Hayne Davis
Strickler
A. E. Ensworth
Soston
Harry Imbrie
Imbrie
First Church
Turmoil at First Church as Strickler denounces Stetson
Trustees condemn Virgil O Strickler for exposing irregularities by Mrs Stetson while church members clash over the report. The meeting ends with tumult as plain clothes police guard the lobby, signaling a crisis in the Christian Science movement.
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Christian Science Movement
Boston Voters Nomination Papers Urged For Precinct Volunteers
A Boston voter asks fellow residents to sign nomination papers in support of his run. He seeks volunteers in every precinct and promises to deliver satisfaction if elected. Contact headquarters at 15 School Street by telephone Main 97 or Main 71.
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Boston
Terest
School Street
Main
Auto Hits Team Injuring Mrs Young and Daughter
Mrs Isaiah C Young wife of United Fruit manager and her daughter May were struck by Eugen e T Ricker’s auto in Arbor way Jamaica Plain last evening and slightly injured.
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Isaiah C. Young
United Fruit Company
Fuller Street
Brookline
May
Eugene T. Ricker
Lynn
Arborway
Jamaica Plain
Brookline Carriage Crash Sparks Brookline Society Headlines
At about 515 PM a collision on Arborway near Perkins and Castleton streets involved the Young carriage with Mrs Young and her daughter aboard, and a Ricker driven car. The horse-drawn carriage tilted, both women were scratched and bruised, but later returned home after the shock. Coachman Martin Ford kept control of the reins and prevented a wider wreck.
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Martin Ford
Ford
Tenor Constantino Arrives for Boston Opera House Season
Florencio Constantino arrives in Boston with wife Mrs Russell and others ahead of the Opera House opening. Hammerstein and Constantino exchange sharp looks on a New York dock amid contract disputes. Mrs Russell praises the new venue and welcomes the season while Constantino vows the engagement will crown his career. He and Mme Nordica will perform La Gioconda at the opening.
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Florencio Constantino
Boston
Henry Russell
Russell
Back Bay
Frederick S. Converse
M. Villar
New York
Oscar Hammerstein
Mary Garden
Constantino
Hammerstein
Opera House
Huntington Avenue
Boston Opera House
Sig. Constantino
Boston Opera
Taft Declines Mint Julep at Savannah Breakfast
President Taft breakfasted at Representative Bartlett’s Macon home with Mrs. Bartlett directing a Southern menu of waffles quail fried chicken sausage steak and grits. He resisted a mint julep despite its skillful brew and frosting on a green-topped glass.
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Savannah
Taft
Representative Bartlett
Macon
Bartlett
Georgia
Driver Hurt In Runaway Near Beacon Street
Michael Ryan a 32 year old coachman for C O Jones at 455 Beacon Street Back Bay was nearly killed when a span of horses ran away the carriage swerved struck a curbstone on Mountford Street and overturned throwing him to the ground He escaped with slight injuries the horses and carriage were damaged the coachman suffered facial and shoulder injuries.
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Michael Ryan
C. O. Jones
Beacon Street
Back Bay
Mountford Street
Ryan
Taft Era Stables Use Dr Daniels Veterinary Remedies
A brief item notes President Taft's stables use veterinary remedies from Dr A C Daniels and mentions Riker Jaynes Drug Stores as an advertising venue.
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Taft
A. C. Daniels
Riker- Jaynes Drug Stores
Funeral services held for Prince Ito in Tokyo
In Tokyo on November 4, the state funeral for Prince Ito, recently assassinated, began with private family rites at 7 a.m. A public service followed at Kibya Park after an Imperial Band procession, with Chopin's Funeral March.
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Tokio
Ito
Ito’city
Imperial Band
Chopin
Kibya Park
Ceremony Honors Fallen, Attended by International Delegations
Crowds in evening dress fill the park for three hour rites around a catafalque. Wreaths arrive from Ambassador Thomas J. O’Brien for Taft and from British, French, Russian, Austrian, Italian representatives. Delegations include Lord Kitchener and Coreans. At 2 pm the funeral march proceeds six miles to Omori for dusk interment in the family’s presence.
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Thomas J. O’brien
Taft
McDonald
Count Montegras
France
Russia
Austria
Italy
Lord Kitchener
Omori
Roosevelt's Niece Weds Senator Alsop
Miss Corinne Douglas Robinson, niece of Theodore Roosevelt, married State Senator Joseph W. Alsop of Avon Connecticut in New York. The ceremony was officiated by Rev Dr Leighton Parks and Bishop Greer.
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New York
Corinne Douglas Robinson
Douglas Robinson
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph W. Alsop
Avon
Boston Area Weather Forecast Reads Fair with Light Winds
forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Moderately strong westerly winds become variable. Also, New England forecast shows fair weather and moderate northwest to north winds through Friday and Saturday for the region and for steamers sailing to European ports.
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Boston
Washington, D. C
New England
European
Grand Banks
Temperature report from Thompson's Spa on Washington Street
Yesterday's temperature reading at Thompson's Spa 219 Washington Street shows daytime and nighttime values. The record appears incomplete with stray characters and unclear units.
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Thompson's Spa
Ashington Street
Trial recounts Annie Mullins murder in Cambridge courtroom
Peter Delorey and James Mantir told in court how Annie Mullins died, a tale first heard at the police station. The crowded room held 12 jurors as evening shadows lengthened, the setting tense and ominous for a potential death penalty verdict.
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Annie Mullins
Peter Delorey
Cambridge
Delorey
James Mantir
Open in 1908 murder case against Delorey Mantir in North Cambridge
Horace E. Hardy opens the government case accusing Peter Delorey and James Mantir of murdering Annie Mullins in a lonely North Cambridge field on March 27, 1908. The narrative cites eye witnesses, a bloodstained sweater, and forensic clues as key evidence. Mantir’s counsel contests admissibility of Delorey’s statements.
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Horace E. Hardy
Peter Delorey
James Mantir
Annie Mullins
Cambridge
Hardy
Mr. Hardy
The
Commonwealth
James Mantiv
Walker Street
Plan 2 nonpartisan move backs Boston mayor bid
The Hon. Charles S. Hamlin led a Plan 2 committee of 25 to recruit a mayoral candidate for Boston and to field a school committee member and nine city officials. insiders say James J. Storrow is the likely mayoral candidate who would accept if the plan proceeds.
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Charles S. Hamlin
Committee of 25
Boston
James J. Storrow
Storrow Backers Seek Broad Committee for Mayor Bid
Attempts to secure Mr. Storrow’s position fail as plans for a large volunteer body unfold. A 750 member committee is proposed, with five subcommittees and a big meeting to pick mayor and council candidates. David A. Ellis named likely for school committee, with a GOP city committee conference set for today.
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Charles §. Hamlin
Robert A. Woods
South End
David A. Ellis
Hibbard
Montague
Republican City Committee
Speculators Target Signatures in Boston Mayor Plans
Donovan warns don't sign yet as Plan 2 aides push for new city government. Election Board, Cor poration Counsel Babson clash over nominating papers as 110000 voters loom. About 14 mayoral hopefuls seek signatures for 5000 name minimum with 70000 potential signer demand. Nonpartisan group urges caution.
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Babson
Friends of Plan 2
Friends
Dead hands tell story in fatal railroad yard accident
Thomas Ward a 27 year old brakeman of 177 Highland Avenue Malden was killed by a train in Yard 8 Hast Cambridge. His head was severed and a portion of a Pullman gate was found in his hands. Yard workers believe he leaned from the Pullman as a gate broke causing him to fall onto another track and be struck by a locomotive. Remains sent to Litchfield's undertaking rooms for viewing by Medical Examiner Swan.
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Thomas Ward
Highland Axtevenue
Malden
Boston & Maine Railroad
Cambridge
Pullman
Ward
Litchfield
Swan
Buy Land for Winthrop Park Unanimous Town Meeting Vote
At a special town meeting in Winthrop last night the purchase of a 10 acre marsh tract between Ocean Spray and Winthrop Beach stations was approved. The land lies on the west side of the Boston Revere Beach Lynn railroad tracks and is intended for park use to prevent undesirable development.
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Winthrop
Ocean Spray
Winthrop Beach
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Ex-Gov Bates Delivers Address at Chelsea School Dedication
Former Governor John J Bates spoke at the dedication of the new Williams School in Chelsea. He joined on the platform several dignitaries including former governors and local officials from the board of control and school board, alongside graduates from the old school.
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Bates
John J. Bates
Williams School
Chelsea
John JL. Bates
Eugene F. Wadi
T. Andrew J. Bacon
Arthur B. Chamj
George E. Mitchell
Board of Control
R Perry Bush
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Virgil O. Strickler
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Ibe
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Boylston Street
SENS
NEW Poultry Store
North Market Street
Huri
Elizabeth Delorey
West Billerica
Marathon Field
Arlington
John M. Leahy
Royal T. Broderick
John E. Travis
James F. Connolly
William Bagley
Frank J. Greene
Clarence W. Lewis
Chester H. Langtry
H. Corliss
Samuel A. Huntington
John E. Garfield
William H. Clark
Japan
Roosevelt
Senator Alsop
A. M
Henry HH. Winslow
Mantir
Higgins Rose
St. Paul's Cemetery
John Murphy
Murphy
Ourth
Storrow
Mr. Storrow
Plan 2
John R. Murphy
Charlestown
Plans Charter
Donovan
George A. Hibbard
John F. Fitzgerald
Frederick J. Brand
Nathaniel H. Taylor
Matthew Cummings
Frank Seiberlich
Dennis F. Mahoney
Thomas L. Kelley
William H. McMasters
Francis J. Doherty
J. Henry Dockery
Michael J. McGettrick
William Peel
Timothy F. Dugan
John W. Lydon
South Boston
Thomas F. Phelan
Independence League
H. F. Wheeler
Winthrop Park
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