Night Visit Brings Arrest in Somerville Theft Case
Police arrested David Graham of 8 Nashua Street Somerville after a midnight break in at Ashael Wheeler paint concerns 52 54 56 High Street. Investigators say he unlocked the store with a key copied from his brother and stole from the cash drawer. Charge is breaking and entering and larceny.
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David Graham
Nashua Street
Somerville
Ashael Wheeler
High Street
Mr. Wheeler
Gaskill
Bohling
Graham
Wheeler
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Promises Hair Growth for Bald Heads
An advertisement from the Riker Jaynes Drug Stores touts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic, a mix of Resorcin Beta Naptol and Pilocarpin that claims to destroy scalp germs, nourish follicles, and revive hair growth. It offers a trial under a personal guarantee with no cost if unsatisfied, noting it works unless hair roots are dead.
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Rexall
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Boston College Students Hold Their First Social
Boston College students gathered at the Young Men’s Catholic Association on East Newton Street for the first college night of the academic year. William A. Cronin chaired the event, with Hugh McGrath delivering a lecture on athletics. The gathering looked forward to the varsity football clash with an alumni team.
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Boston College
Young Men's Catholic Association
East Newton Street
William A. Cronin
Hugh McGrath
Chamber of Commerce Adopts Reciprocity Resolutions
Boston directors vote to urge reciprocal treaties with foreign nations and send a telegram to Congressman Mee Call urging tariff reductions on coal lumber pig iron and hides. Resolutions also press consular service improvement reciprocity with Canada Sherman act amendment uniform bill of lading and limited publicity by pure food officials.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
MeeCall
Ways and Means
Canada
Braman Flees Friends After Dramatic Boston Elopement
Hammond Braman the Boston banker who eloped from New York in a 3:30 a.m. ceremony with Miss Rosie O Neil of Malden then fled a noisy greeting on State street. Jack Montross officiated as master of ceremonies in Stamford and Braman plans a Westward home after business talks in Boston and New York. Mrs Braman stays in New York to cancel her Gay Musician contract. Braman, Harvard graduate, is prominent in banking and Boston club life.
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Hammond Braman
Boston
New York
Rosie O’ Neil
Musician’ Company
Stamford
John B. Montross
Hollis Chambers
Jack’’ Montross
Braman
Mr. Braman
Post
Gray
Mrs. Braman
Wensmere
Massachusetts Avenue
Mr. Montross
New Bedford Man Freezes to Death in Alaska
Private William A. Bonney of the Signal Corps died on a five days hunting trip near Minto Alaska eight miles from Minto his frozen body found the day after he departed from the lonely post. He had served less than a year and was the son of William Bonney of New Bedford Massachusetts.
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Washington
William A. Bonney
Signal Corps
Minto
Alaska
Minton
Bonney
William Bonney
New Bedford
Mass
Democrats Elect Mayor at Franklin N H
Enos K. Sawyer a Democrat defeated Republican Elmer D. Kelley by 77 votes to become Franklin New Hampshire mayor. Sawyer age 29 to be among the state’s youngest mayors.
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Franklin, N. H
Enos K. Sawyer
Elmer D. Kelley
Sawyer
Backache blamed on kidneys and Dean's Pills touted
A health ad argues a bad back signals kidney trouble and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure. It cites symptoms such as headache dizziness and fatigue, explains urine clues, and features a Boston testimonial by Mrs. Ellen Lawlor praising lasting relief after three years without kidney issues.
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Dean
Ellen Lawlor
Meridian Street
Boston
Mass
Man Shot Threat Fails as Strike Breaker Is Apprehended
Daniel Kelleher was forced to halt by a Dodge Brothers factory strike when a man, later named Joseph P D Peto, pressed a revolver toward him and warned to shoot. Police arrested the suspect, who claimed prior work at Dodge Brothers Boston and Roxbury plant shop.
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Newburyport
Daniel Kelleher
Dodge Bros
Joseph PD. Peto
Broad Street
Boston
Roxbury
Roosevelt Refuses to Change World Cruise for Fleet
President Roosevelt rejects Senator Flint of California's request to keep the Atlantic battleship fleet in the Pacific. Roosevelt says there is no reason to divert the fleet from its current around the world voyage and to finish the trip as planned.
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Washington
Flint
California
Roosevelt
Pacific Ocean
Roosevelt Nearly Missed by Colored Boy on Busy Sunday
Washington dispatch reports Gilbert Boyer a colored youth nearly struck President Roosevelt with a bicycle as he walked to church last Sunday. Boyer was arrested on a charge of not having a suitable bell on his bike and released after posting $4 collateral.
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Washington
United States
Gilbert Boyer
Miss Sadie J Elston to Wed Wendell E Dunbar
Miss Sadie J Elston daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Elston of Charles town will wed Wendell E Dunbar formerly of West Weymouth tonight at the bride’s home 65 Baldwin street. Rev Philo Sprague of St John’s Episcopal Church will perform the ceremony.
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Sadie J. Elston
George W. Elston
Charlestown
Wendell E. Dunbar
West Weymouth
Baldwin Street
Philo Sprague
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Surveyor McCarthy Praises Political Foresight in 1908
A Boston port surveyor J J McCarthy wrote to James Sherman predicting a New Yorker should be chosen for Vice President before the 1908 Republican convention. The letter from Utica NY dated June 2 1908 outlines McCarthy's view and support for Taft with Sherman as VP potential.
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J. J. McCarthy
Boston
James S. Sherman
McCarthy
Sherman
New York
Mass
James
Utica
Ind
Sir
Washington
General Banks
Reed
Apsley
Hudson
Ninth
Taft
Long
Roosevelt
J. 5
M'Carthy
N. Y
Mr. McCarthy
Sherman thanks for kind words on vice presidency
A letter from JS Sherman expresses gratitude for the favorable words about the vice presidency. He says he is not confident he will be nominated and does not regard himself as a candidate, while appreciating the kind spirit behind the message. The signer signs as J S Sherman.
Great Barrington Mills Return to Full Time Schedule
The Monument cotton mills resume full time this week after months of short time shifts. Four hundred workers are employed. The Rising paper mill, with 350 workers, also returns to full time after a year or more on short schedules.
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Great Barrington
Navy
Monument
Samuel Adams Wilson Dies in East Boston at 39
Samuel Adams Wilson 39 of 67 Maverick Street East Boston died at home Monday. Born and educated in the North End he began work at age 14 with William Hodnett shipping agents and later joined the Savannah Steamship Company where he remained until his death. He is survived by a widow and a 17 year old daughter.
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Samuel Adams Wilson
Boston
Maverick Street
Mr. Wilson
North End
William Hodnett
Savannah Steamship Company
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