Acclaimed Artist Petford Arrested for Bigamy in Medford
Medford reports Charles E. Petford, famed scenic artist for Wonderland and the Jamestown Exposition, arrested at noon on bigamy charges. His alleged second wife, a former English stage performer, and her mother traced to Lynn while his first wife remains in Chicago. The couple lived at the Medford Inn with a three year old son Roger. Petford, about 50, held without bail as officers pursued further inquiry.
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Medford
Charles E. Petford
Wonderland
Charles Byrnes
James N. Kane
No. 2
Hanlon
Superba
Petford
Philadelphia
Roger
Medford Inn
Main Street
Chicago
Pet
Woman Hit by Auto on Columbus and Berkeley Streets
Julia Keefe 37 of 58 West Cedar Street was struck by a car owned by Andrew Kirk as she crossed at Columbus Avenue and Berkeley Street. She was semi conscious and taken home by police ambulance with a severe scalp wound and possible internal injuries. The driver’s name and car number 15551 were recorded. Kirk resides on St Botolph Street Back Bay.
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Julia Keefe
West
Cedar Street
Andrew Kirk
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
Moman
Kirk
St. Botolph Street
Back Bay
Somerville Dancing Festival Ta Fiesta Opens Tonight
In Unitarian Hall Somerville the Old Powder House Club presents Ta Fiesta a Spanish court themed dancing festival tonight through Friday. Queens and kings include Mrs Carrie EK Cushing and Sam Walter Foss tonight, Mrs John A Avery and Edwin Day Sibley tomorrow, and Miss Mina J Wendell with Foss on final night. Tickets sold out ahead of expectations with committees led by Miss Fannie D Maynard and Mrs Barbara Galpin coordinating arrangements music tickets and printing.
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Unitarian Hall
Highland Avenue
Somerville
Old Powder House Club
Carrie EK
Cushing
Sam Walter Foss
John A
King
Fannie D. Maynard
Gertrude A. Milliken
Evelyn Gale
Elin
Ravenswood Exchange Bank Closes Its Doors
The Ravenswood Exchange Bank in Ravenswood suburb closed today. It is a small bank and has no connection with the Chicago clearing house.
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Chicago
Ravenswood Exchange Bank
Ravenswood
Chicago Clearing House
Washington
Edward H. Campbell
D. W. I. Diehl
Navy
Henry C. Staver
Staver Carriage Company
Mnglewood Hospital
Everett Firemen Win Pay Increase Move
Everett firemen secured a $1.25 weekly raise after years of effort as the aldermen moved to engross the notice. Plainfield saw a three-girl strike at Lawton cotton mills when they refused to join the weavers union prompting about 300 hands off the job. Portland fire at Free and Middle streets caused extensive damage estimated up to 150000 dollars. A body of a 55 year old man was found near Butler’s Crossing in Portsmouth. Clarence Coombs trapped a weasel then a 20 pound raccoon after his chicken thefts in Lakeville.
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Plainfield
Conn
Weavers’ Union
Lawton
Portland
Free
Middle Streets
H. H. Hay
Portsmouth
N. H
Butler’s Crossing
Kittery
Meriden
Jonas Ross
Killingworth
Springfield
Smith & Wesson Revolver Company
Biddeford
Fairhaven
State Workers’ International Union
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maine
Attleboro
Wellesley
Ethyl Hutchinson
Indiana
Wellesley College
Newton
Hyde Park
William Conagn
Sharon Street
Carlisle Elliott
West Medford
East River
Blake Streets
James Maguire
Dueber Heirviernes Estate Blocks Watch Trust In Canton
Canton Ohio November 12 In the will of late John C Dueber watchmaker an estate valued at over 3 000 000 is disposed of Heirs cannot sell any stock without 30 days notice and offering others a chance to buy The estate is left to the family
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Canton, O
John C. Dueber
Dueber
Watch Trust
Ir. Dueber
Uniform laws urged at national taxation convention
Governor Curtis Guild Jr of Massachusetts spoke as permanent chairman at a national taxation convention here in Columbus Ohio. He urged uniformity of theory and law across states to prevent weak state laws from hurting others and to curb social and economic harms from lax divorce, child labor, and corporate practices.
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Columbus, CO
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
National Taxation Convention
Ohio
New England
United States
Successor of Field Named Edward C Brush Elected Boston Fire Underwriters Chief
Edward C Brush, local manager of the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, was elected president of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters at its annual meeting. George P Field declined reelection. A new executive committee and a brokers committee were chosen. The annual report shows 10,469 inspections with 9,242 buildings in good condition, 1,125 in fair, and 102 in bad. First class building values total 5,692,800 dollars for 1906-07 and 44,026,500 dollars since 1897. Nineteen new first class buildings are under construction.
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Edward C. Brush
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company
Boston Board of Fire Underwriters
George P. Field
Kilby Street
William H., Rogers
James Bruerton
Edmund B. Cowles
Frank A. Dewick
C. H. J. Kimball
Edmund Winchester
Boston
Blaney Memorial Church Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Dorchester marks the 25th anniversary with an informal rally and banquet drawing more than 300 parishioners. The Hub reports a Jamaica Plain lodge whist party in Odd Fellows Hall with over 150 couples and handsome prizes. A Shawmut avenue fire in a three story brick building caused slight damage from matches. An Italian suspect robbed Joseph Franks of 220 dollars near the White Star Line dock in Charlestown. Shattuck, a Lynn bankrupt, is jailed on bail after a trustee's complaint. A Doyle restaurant till was emptied of 181 dollars. Dorchester and Pentecost Courts held their annual M C O F barn dance with 300 couples. Brookline High School lockers were broken into during pupil absence. several articles stolen.
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Blaney Memorial Baptist Church
Dorchester
Marion Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Jamaica Plain
Shawmut Avenue
Priest & Small
Michael Morrison
Joseph Franks
Biddeford
White Star Line
Charlestown
Charles H. Shattuck
Lynn
United States
James Ruhl
Raymond M. Parke
Shattuck
John J. Doyle
West Broadway
Winthrop Hall
Brookline High School
Traces of Poisoning Investigated in Millionaire Death
Coroner Ham burger probes the sudden death of Nathan Westheimer vice president of Nordlinger Chariton Fireworks Co at his home. Initial belief was apoplexy but autopsy suggests traces of hydrocyanic acid poisoning.
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New York
Hamburger
Nathan Westheimer
Nordlinger-Chariton Fireworks Company
Castleton Hotel Burns at Staten Island New York
A summer hotel, the Castleton at St. George in Staten Island, was burned tonight. The fire caused an estimated loss of 200000 dollars and left no fatalities reported.
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New York
Castleton
St. George
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Girl Killed as Runaway Horse Rams West End Child
Rosa Pinspein, age 4, of 24 Auburn Street West End, was killed when a runaway horse attached to a New York Furniture Company wagon bolted downhill near her home. Samuel Rubin of 161 Salem Street, the driver, was arrested after the accident near 50 Auburn Street.
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Rosa Pinspein
Auburn Street
West End
New York Furniture Company
Samuel Rubin
Salem Street
Rosa
Harry Green
Brighton Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rubin
Corner Stone to Be Laid for St. Anthony's Church on Thanksgiving
Lowell reports the cornerstone of the new St. Anthony's Catholic Church will be laid Thanksgiving Day in an afternoon ceremony with Archbishop O'Connell officiating.
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Lowell
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Archbishop O'Connell
Not Married in Montreal Mystery Deepens
Montreal November 12. The question of Miss Maloney and Clarkson marrying in Montreal remains unresolved. London Bonin the lawyer says no marriage record exists. Notary O'Hara Baynes also reports no record found so far.
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Miss Maloney
Clarkson
Montreal
London
Bonin
O’hara Baynes
Contagious Disease Criticism Hits Newburyport Health Board
Newburyport on November 12 faced sharp criticism from the Water Board over methods of the local Board of Health. The Water Board’s epistle contents are unreleased but believed to harshly censure city authorities.
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Newburyport
Board of Health
Wate Board
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