More Nurses Sought for School Medical Inspection
Boston hearing on extending medical inspection in schools hears from physicians teachers and citizens. Officials discuss New England plan, balancing expanded coverage with feasibility and funding for nurses and exams. Board sets no sessions on December 24 due to Christmas Eve half-holiday.
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Poston
Boston Board of Health
Martin
State Board of Education
Massachusetts
Boston
Board of Health
Edward F. McSweeney
Forecast for Boston and vicinity Tuesday and Wednesday
Washington reports forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday in New England partly cloudy Tuesday with snow in Eastern Maine. Wednesday expected fair with fresh to brisk west to northwest winds.
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Washington
New England
Maine
Brooklyn baseball men at war election of directors
Roseben wins feature handicap at Aqueduct. Kaiser presents links to Berlin Golf club. Schoolboys line up for a busy gridiron season. Harvard holds back regulars for Yale game. Roome returns to practice on Yale field. Harvard freshmen to put crew on river today. Snow delays Dartmouth work. MacLean and Walthour pair for six day race. Walsh heads to meet Abe At tell. Johnson may land Stahl for Boston Americans. Langford defeats Gunther.
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Roseben
Aqueduct
Kaiser
Berlin
Harvard
Yale
Roome
Snow
Dartmouth
MacLean
Walthour
Jimmy Walsh
Abe Attell
Johnson
Stahl
Boston Americans
Langford
Gunther
Desperado Francis Escapes Jail in Massachusetts and Maine
Desperado Francis, with fellow convict Wiley, scales the State prison yard wall in Bridgewater Massachusetts about 6 o'clock while being escorted to cells. A long manhunt followed but he escaped into the surrounding area. In Thomaston Maine a similar escape occurs when Francis scales the yard wall in the late afternoon while being moved to cells and disappears into the woods.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Scales Yard
State Prison
Wiley
Thomaston
Early 1900s Assault and Burglary Convictions
The report notes an attack on Mrs. Caroline Johnson of Swampscott on January 22, 1904, leading to a 25 year sentence in Charlestown and commitment to Bridgewater as insane. It also covers a Maine post office burglary on January 15, 1906 and the shooting of custodian James Brown with a 16 year sentence.
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Swampscott
Charlestown
Bridgewater
Red Beach
Maine
James Brown
Bad Man of the Berkshires Escapes Jail in Pittsfield
Robert Bailey nicknamed the Bad Man of the Berkshires is said to have escaped from Pittsfield jail and is believed hidden in Berkshire woods behind Great Barrington. He was serving a year for brutal beating of his aged grandfather.
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Robert Bailey
Berkshires
Pittsfield
Berkshire Woods
Great Barrington
Desperado Minot St. Clair Francis At Large After Jail Break
The fugitives include Minot St. Clair Francis, a dangerous New England desperado, and Robert Bailey of Great Barrington. Francis escaped from Thomaston jail after leaving Bridgewater Asylum, and is wanted to complete sentences for violent crimes. Bailey fled Pittsfield jail where he served time for beating his grandfather. Francis is 5 feet 10 inches, 180 pounds, with a protruding lip and semi bald head, age 27.
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Minot ST. Clair Francis
Maine
Thomaston
Bridgewater
Minot St. Clair
Mass
Swampscott
United States
Red Beach
Francis
Desperado Minot St Clair Francis Escapes Prison
Minot St Clair Francis, a Massachusetts criminal serving an 111 year term in a Missouri state prison, escaped after a wild leap from prison grounds while awaiting transfer following a post office robbery and attempted murder of the custodian.
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Thomaston
Minot St
Baltimore & Ohio Wreck Kills and Burns Forty Seven
A Baltimore & Ohio collision near Woodville Indiana killed or burned to death 47 aboard a through immigrant train and left 38 gravely injured. Fire consumed many passengers as rescuers watched, with 165 on board and the cause blamed on railroad employee error. The train carried Russian Jews Servians and Poles bound for Chicago. Continued on Page 4-Sixth Column.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Woodville
Ind
Baltimore
McCool
Standard Oil to be smashed by Sherman act action
Washington authorities announce government plan to dissolve Standard Oil under the Sherman anti trust act. The move aims to divide the trust into 75 to 80 constituent companies and bar agreements to fix oil prices, signaling a major disruption of a long standing monopoly built by John D. Rockefeller.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Combine
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Trust
Big Railroads Face Strikes as Wage Demands Grow
New York and eastern systems face potential walkouts as firemen press for sliding scale raises and fixed hours. Erie engineers push for new terms while 50 union officials gather in New York awaiting final demands. Companies plan to extend hours as electric power expands across lines.
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New York
East
New Haven & Hartford
Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Broadway Central
New Haven
New York Central
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Fleets Set To Force Morocco Show Of Strength
The British Atlantic fleet will sail from Gibraltar to Tangier with a French fleet to stage a demonstration in Moorish waters. Provisioning was done on short notice as France and Britain seek to pressure the Moroccan government over recent actions toward a more satisfactory footing.
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Gier
France
England
Johnson Heads to Washington Over Stahl Transfer
Bank Johnson leaves for Washington to open talks on Jake Stahl’s transfer to the Boston Americans amid November 12 reports from New York and Boston.
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Land Stahl
Boston
New York
Bank Johnson
Washington
Jake Stahl
Boston Americians
Death of Boston Physician Dr Donald A Fraser
Dr Donald A Fraser a well known Boston physician aged 50 died at his residence 128 Lexington street East Boston after a week long illness from pneumonia His death was reported last night in the local obituary column
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Donald A. Fraser
Boston
Lexington Street
East
Pneumona
Hapgood Named Superintendent of Chelsea Soldiers' Home
Colonel E Hapgood of the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers in the Civil War is appointed superintendent of the Soldiers Home in Chelsea. He succeeds prior leadership and will oversee care and administration for veterans residing in the home.
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E. Hapgood
Fifth
New Hampshire Volunteers
Soldiers’ Home
Chelsea
Riotous Boston rally halves as Curley Lonergan clash
Police at Vine Street Church in Boston kept order during a heated debate between Alderman James M. Curley and ex-Representative John P. Lonergan. The crowd grew riotous with several fights leading to ejections. Lonergan was escorted out by officers after libel accusations and Curley warned of criminal libel proceedings.
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Vine Street
James M. Curley
John P. Lonergan
Boston
Lonergan
O'Meara
Lanergan
Curley
Moran
Ward 17
Curleys
Journal of the House
Wing Madu
Hampden Street
Thomas Curley
Mr. Curley
Mr. Lonergan
Debaters Curley and Lonergan Draw Crowd at City Church
A two hour hearing drew more than 2000 Ward 17 voters as Curley and Lonergan debated amid interruptions. Lonergan challenged Curley on veterans’ issues and Hampden street funds while police ejected several audience members after heated exchanges.
Wanted Laner gan Arrested in Ward 17 Political Clash
In the Ward 17 battle between Alderman James M. Curley and John F. Lan erg an, Curley and attorney Malachi L. Jennings sought a warrant for criminal libel over a handbill defaming Curley. Judge Duff declined warrants for political figures near an election. Curley/Jennings then spoke with District Attorney Richardson and later with Moran in a brief interview.
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James M. Curley
John F. Lanergan
Curley
Malachi L. Jennings
Judge Duff
Municipal Criminal Court
Lonergan
Messrs
Jennings
Richardson
Moran
For Bronchitis Father Johns Medicine Cures Throat Troubles
An advertisement claims Father John’s Medicine cures throat and lung troubles including bronchitis and guarantees the remedy. It emphasizes the product is not a patent medicine.
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Father John
Sanford's Ginger Aids Indigestion Sufferers
A reader notes Sanford's Ginger as invaluable for indigestion and stomach ailments, praising its relief for upset stomachs and stomach pain.
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