Roosevelt speaks at Masons Anniversary in Philadelphia
President Roosevelt was the principal guest at the sesqui centennial celebration by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania marking George Washington's entrance into the fraternity. He urged living the Masonry creed, equality, and brotherhood, linking Washington and Lincoln to civic duty and national progress.
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Roosevelt
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons of
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George Washington
Masonic Fraternity
Grand Lodge
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Charles JT. Gallagher
Massachusetts
Washington
Masonry
United States
Alexander
Hannibal
Cesar
Napoleon
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Police claim against Mason in Waverley murder case
Timeline shows alleged sightings of Mason in Waverley from 3:00 p m to 11:00 p m with witnesses Mabel Fuller Harry Stevens May Horan Robert Elder John Page and Clara Morton. Defence asserts Mason was at 39 Newbury Street dining and at home playing chess before later departure and return to Somerville.
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Waverley Square
Mabel Fuller
Harry Stevens
Waverley
May Horan
Robert Elder
John Page
Mason
Newbury Street
H. C
Tyler
H. C. Tyler
Sullivan Square
Charlestown
Highland Avenue
Somerville
Evidence Grows That Mason Was Seen in Waverley
A witness identified Alan Mason in Waverley at 9 30 Saturday night and other residents report sightings in the square and on a streetcar. The state counters the family alibi placing Mason at home 6 to 9 30 p m. A Mason admission and police reactions follow as the case advances.
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Alan Gregory Mason
Alan Mason
Waverley
Robert Elder
Beaver Brook
McLean Asylum
Page
Charles FE. Brown
Park Street
Boson
Brown
Mason
May Horan
Flagg
Mabel Miller
Henry Stearns
Waverley Square
Republicans to Control Next House with 204 to 182 Margin
Washington reports late returns show Republicans including Fusionists winning 204 seats to 182 for Democrats. Doubt remains in Tennessee eighth district and two California districts, with official totals possibly needed. Some Colorado and Minnesota districts undecided, but overall outcome unlikely to change.
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Drugged Girl in Coal Yard Mystery Deepens
Delia Stoffel is identified by police as the unconscious, injured young woman found in H. Lang & Co. coal yard at Ninety-eighth Street and Broadway New York. She cannot relate lived details or assailants. Edwin Laut observed two men escorting her toward the yard. she is hospitalized with a broken jaw and bandaged face.
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H. Lang & Co
Ninety-eighth Street
Broadway
Delia Stoffel
Edwin T. Laut
Amsterdam Avenue
Kimberlake
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
Trenton
N. J
Runaway Horses Drag Man to Death in Worcester
William F. Sullivan, 21, was dragged a mile from Hardwick to Gilbertville after a wagon king bolt broke and horses bolted. The front wheels separated from the body, Sullivan fell with his head battered along the road, and died soon after the runaway pair were stopped.
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Worcester
Ware
William F. Sullivan
Hardwick
Gilbertville
Sullivan
Boston Area Weather Forecast for Thursday and Friday
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Thursday cloudy with possible light showers, warmer with fresh to brisk south to southwest winds. Friday to be generally cloudy and colder with fresh northerly winds. Washington reports forecast for Thursday and Friday in New England, rain Thursday and in the eastern portion Friday, brisk south winds on the coast Thursday.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
Father John's Medicine Promises Cure for Croup and Whooping Cough
An advertisement claims Father John's Medicine shields children from whooping cough and croup while strengthening the body. It presents the tonic as a preventive and restorative remedy for infants and youngsters.
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John
Diamond Dick shoots rival in Clinton incident
Louis Commons was wounded in the leg when Diamond Dick Wilson a Boston colored man shot him at 8 pm outside a Wachusett dam commissary where Commons worked. Wilson sought Mrs Commons and fled toward a freight yard before police captured him at Framingham later that night. He faces court tomorrow.
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Diamond Dick’’ Wilson
Boston
Framingham
Louis Commons
Wilson
Wachuset
Commons
Elsie Nelson
General Toral Declares Insanity in Murcia After Cuba Surrender
General Toral, who gave Santiago de Cuba to American forces in July 1898, is reported to have become insane at Murcia.
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Madrid
Toral
Santiago de Cuba
Murcia
Boy Found In Gypsy Camp Near Somerville Raid
A 12 year old boy believed to be Joseph Mitchell was found in a gypsy camp raided by Railroad Officer Maddox in East Somerville. Fourteen horses, seized as property of the encamped group, were moved to a stable. A woman claimed the boy as her son, while others said he was kidnapped from Roxbury by youths selling baskets. The case remains under investigation at the Somerville police station.
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Joseph Mitchell
Roxbury
Boston & Maine Railroad
East Somerville
Young Mitchell
Maddox
Mitchell
Longshoreman Killed in Boston Wharf Accident
A derrick at Leighton's wharf struck Frederick Peterson of Revere, he died from a fractured skull after being saved from drowning. At East Boston’s inward line wharf a flour barrel broke both leg bones on Patrick Goggin of East Boston. Charlestown man Patrick Dunn fractured collarbone and ribs when struck by a half ton bucket. State police build murder case around Alan Gregory Mason with alibi conflicts and new sightings in Waverley. Mason committed to Cambridge jail without bail as police press for charges.
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Leighton’s Wharf
Frederick Peterson
Highland Street
Revere
Peterson
East Boston
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Bremen Street
Patrick Dunn
Medford Street
Charlestown
Mystic Wharf
Elder
Waverley
Brown
Tyler
Mason
Cambridge
Dunham
Miss Morton
Alan Mason
Clara Morton
Miss
Young Hannas Meet at Waldorf Astoria
At the Waldorf Astoria two Mrs Hannas, separated by Dan Hanna and his wife, confront awkwardly as young Dan Hanna, unaware of the situation, spots his father. The adults exchange no greeting while the boy shouts to his mother, revealing the tense family dynamic.
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New York
Two Accidents From Football Wounds City Youths Hurt
Two injuries from football incidents were treated at Emergency Hospital. John Coleman, 18, of 2 Sheridan Place South Boston, was tackling near a street playground when a fish hook in a pile pierced his leg. Richard Garvey, 10, of 1298 Dorchester Avenue, dislocated his right elbow after a severe tackle on a field near his home.
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John Coleman
Sheridan Place
Boston
Coleman
Richard Garvey
Dorchester Avenue
Chard
Falls 30 Feet From Refinery Building Ends Fatal
Charles McCarthy of 1920 Street South Boston fell thirty feet from a staging on a Standard Sugar Refinery building on Granite Street yesterday afternoon. He suffered a fractured skull jaw nose and collarbone dislocation plus scalp lacerations and multiple bruises. He died at 9 PM at the Emergency Hospital after losing consciousness.
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Charles McCarthy
Boston
Granite Street
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