Farewell Salute at Capt. Wescott Burial
Funeral for Captain George W. Wescott of Station 5 held at his Roxbury home. More than 100 officers attended including Commissioner O'Meara and Superintendent Pierce. 300 relatives and neighbors joined, with a 200 onlookers on lawns. The service featured taps and a police escort to Seaver Street, ending with cremation at Forest Hills and interment at Mt Hope cemetery.
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George W. Wescott
Station 5
Bainbridge Street
Roxbury
Police Department
Stephen O’meara
William H. Pierce
Lawrence Cain
Herberts. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Post 7
Patrick F. King
Gill
Seaver Street
Frederick J. Smith
John P. Clarke
James J. Watkins
Perley
Skillings
Amasa EB. Augusta
Daniel F. Toomey
Otis F. Kimball
James P. Sullivan
John E. Driscoll
James P. Cantey
Thomas KE. Hvans
Forest F. Hall
McDonald
H Ckey
Allison
Mason
Rooney
Laffey
Wescott
Forest Hills
Mt. Hope
Lincoln Memorial Dedication Honors Humble Birthplace
The dedication speech by President Taft and tributes from Governor Folk and other leaders laud Abraham Lincoln’s rise from a log cabin to national greatness. They emphasize his humble origins, moral conscience, legal mind, and the unifying power of his legacy across the nation.
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United States
Taft
Folk F Missouri
Lincoln Farm Association
Lincoln
Willson
Borah
Black
Grand Army of the Republic
Shakspere
Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Galilee
Folk
Missouri
Lincoln Memorial
America
Lincoln's Log Cabin Enshrined at Hodgenville Dedication
In Hodgenville Kentucky a granite memorial to Abraham Lincoln was dedicated marking the log cabin site where he was born and accepted for the nation by President Taft. The ceremony follows yesterday's unveiling at the State Capitol and completes a move to make the Lincoln birthplace a national preserve.
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Hodgenville
Abraham
Frankfort
Lincoln
State Capitol
Governors Grant Extradition For Conn burglary suspects
Providence Rhode Island November 9 Governor Pothier granted Connecticut Governor Baldwin's request to extradite Frank Eldred and Samuel McSheehy to Norwich Connecticut for a store burglary on November 2 in which several hundred dollars in goods disappeared.
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Providence
R. I
Baldwin
Connecticut
Frank Eldred
Samuel McSheehy
Pothier
Norwich
Conn
School Starts Savings Bank Opens at Commerce High
Under a new legislative act the High School of Commerce will open a student run savings bank next Thursday. Located in the bookkeeping rooms the bank will accept deposits from pupils at a minimum of 10 cents and will forward funds to Home Savings Bank for interest. Once a pupil saves $8 a deposit book is issued and the balance begins to earn interest.
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High School of Commerce
Forward Searched From Key West For Water Logged Vessels
The revenue cutter Forward was ordered from Key West to search for three water logged vessels. The report notes the plan to locate and assess the status of the distressed ships and any crew, with the operation coordinated by maritime authorities.
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Washington
Forward
Key West
Derelict Schooners Threaten Florida Shipping Route
Crews report schooners chartered off the southern Florida coast have become dangerous derelicts, now drifting 14 miles southwest of the Tortugas in the path of commerce.
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Florida
Commerce
Tortugas
Fla
Hoods Sarsaparilla Claims Health Benefits
Advertises Hoods Sarsaparilla as a cure all for blood humors eruptions and digestion. Proclaims it clears the complexion boosts appetite and vigor offered in liquid form or Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
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Capt. Wescott
Ald
Hickey
Laffdy
Mien
New York
Taft Day
Union
Norfolk
New Brunswick
Daniel Green
Boston
Hathaway’s Shoe Shop
Merchants’ Row
Joseph Grady
Tremont
Sun
Prince Albert
Washington Street
Col
Franklin St
West 24Th St
Philadelphia
Westminster St
Buffalo
Main St
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