Boston Court Hears Mother Testimony On Spencer Childhood
In Spencer murder case, the defendant’s mother recounts a brutal boyhood marked by severe beatings and fear. Alienists prepare to testify on mental state as defense and prosecution clash over insanity and heredity in the court at Spencer.
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Boston
POST
Spencer
Ings
Richard P. Stapleton
Miss Blackstone
Lps
Court House
Mt. Hermon
Stapleton
James M. Swift
Swift
Bertram
Horace E. Bailey
Gill
Benjamin Franklin Carpenter
Callahan
Carpenter
Melvin Briggs
Wellington Eaken
Mary J. Miller
Thomas E. Elder
Mount Hermon
William Kk. Spencer
Samuel M. Hyde
Chanticler Gift Delights Tremont Temple Pastor
A plaster of Paris Chanticler bird, 26 inches tall, is placed atop Rev. Cortland Myers D D 's desk at Tremont Temple. Ex Alderman Thomas J. Giblin sent the gift with a personal letter, ensuring the delivery was left in the study.
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Tremont/Temple
Cortland Myers
Postal
Thomas J. Giblin
Doctor Delays Arrival as Gift Arrives by Mail
Dr. Myers, on a noon train to New York, missed being present when his gift arrived via the Postal Telegraph Office. The duration the "King" will stay in the study for inspiration and defense against abuse remains unknown until his return.
Campaign In Boston Focuses On Democratic Slate
Boston voters watch a heated start to the city campaign as the Democratic slate is put forward and signatures gathered. Eugene J. O Connor and Frank A. Goede win file 500 and 400 signatures respectively while questions arise about Ward 22's Charles F J O'Brien and Ward 20's Owen A Cunningham as newcomers poised to impact the race.
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Micipaguers
Eugene J. ‘O’connor
Frank A. Goodewin
Charles’ F
J. ‘O’brien
Professor Owen
A.cunningham
O’brien
Boston
Ime
North End
Snt
Charlestown
Jamaica Plain
Boston Latin School
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Catholic Federation of
Suffolk County
Jamaican Plain
Knights of Columbus
Cunningham
Boston University Law School
Professor Stimson
Ten Cent Box of Cascarets Promote Clean Inner Organs
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a thorough cleanse for stomach and bowels, removing digested matter and toxins while promoting relief from headache biliousness and indigestion. Claims a box costs 10 cents and works while you sleep with no griping.
Vocational Training Committee Forms at Paul Revere and Agassiz Schools
Superintendent Stratton D Brooks appointed a committee to study establishing a vocational department linked to standard schooling. Eleanor W Colleton of Paul Revere School and William C Miller of Agassiz School Jamaica Plain will assess pupil needs and aid placement into business and manufacturing sectors. Colleton, a noted interpreter and Italian society leader, has earned royal and papal recognition. Miller has long advocated vocational training and contributed to Atlantic Monthly.
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Stratton
D. Brooks
Eléanor W. Colleton
Paul Revere
William C. Miller
Agassiz
Jamaica , Plain
Boston
Colleton
Ifpligi
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Pope Pius X
Miller
Long
Atlantic Monthly
Harvard makes his varsity glee club
Lionel de Jersey Harvard, descendant of the Cambridge founder, earns a place in the Harvard varsity glee club after successful trials. He will sing Friday night at the annual dual concert with the Green club at Jordan Hall and accompany the group on the Western trip during Christmas week.
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Lionel de Jersey
Harvard
John
Cambridge University
Lionel
Crimson
Jordan ‘Hall
Taft Discusses Abrogating Russian Treaty With Russia
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago Colonel Isaac Ullman of New Haven Harry Cutler of Providence and Judge G W Mack met with President Taft to discuss American Jews in Russia and endorsed a congressional resolution to abrogate the 1830 Russo American treaty.
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Washington
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Isaac Ullman
New Haven
Veteran inspector William Andrews dies at 71 in Chelsea
William Andrews, a veteran customs inspector aged 71 of 64 Jefferson Avenue Chelsea, died at Boston Relief Hospital last night after going there with chest pain. Hemorrhages reportedly followed shortly after arrival.
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William Andrews
Jefferson Avenue
Chelsea
Boston Relief Hospital
Illinois Appellate ruling bans remarriage of divorces
The Southern Illinois Appellate Court holds remarriage of divorced persons within a year, even if performed in another state, illegal in Illinois. In the Nehring case a Wisconsin marriage after a June divorce was deemed void, exposing the couple to possible criminal proseuction if they return to Illinois. Lawyers warn of widespread legal precarity for such unions and their children.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Appellate Court of Southern
John Nehring
Nehring
Nehringy
Wisconsin
Vernon
Wanamaker Urges Peaceful Merchants Group United States
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia urged a nationwide merchants organization to promote peace in business. He lamented widespread hostility toward Wall Street and trusts, saying the sentiment harms honest enterprise during a luncheon with prominent merchants in New York.
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Wanamaker
New York
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
United States
Wall Street
Hold up man arrested after street robbery
Joseph H. Jackson, 19, of Dundee Street, was arrested after he robbed Everett Crosby of Sterling Street on Stanhope Street near Morgan Street. Crosby was beaten and $8 taken, $6 of which was recovered by police.
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Joseph H. Jackson
Dundee Street
Everett Crosby
Sterling Street
Stanhope Street
Morgan Street
Crosby
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Bert
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Judge" Crosby
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Sure
PEAN
Eleanor M. Colleton
Paul Revere School
Gray
Washington Street
Summer Street
Maen
Jensen
Norra
Wile Alesse Ting
Ike
Ana Lenges
Washington St
Iker Jaynes Drug Stores
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