Odd Fruit and Vegetables From Many Growers
A parade of unusual harvests arrives from numerous growers including C. J. Bryden of Somerville with a five inch by five inch apple and a 13 inch circumference giant. West Roxbury’s Mas ter Earl Spear shows a seven pound tomato grown in a ten by five kitchen garden. Dorchester and Dorchester’s Mrs. F. E. Walsh present two oddly shaped baby potatoes. Woburn’s C. W. Stetson exhibits an eight and a half foot radish from a 30 foot square plot. Gloucester’s George R. Parsons sends a quirky tomato bearing five apparent offshoots.
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Berwick
Nova Scotia
C. J. Bryden
Walnut Street
Somerville
West Roxbury
Earl Spear
Lagrange Street
FE. Walsh
Pope Hill Street
Dorchester
C. W. Stetson
Woburn
George R. Parsons
Gloucester
Two Steamers Hit on Rocks at Rockport Port
The steamers Catherine and Boothbay collided with Birch Island rocks on a Camden run. Catherine was towed to Camden for damage assessment after a broken propeller and Boothbay assisted. Delivery No 2, a Standard Oil tank steamer, was freed from ledges at Medomak and towed to Portland with a bow hole.
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Rockland
Catherine
Eastern Steamship Company
Camden
Birch Island
Boothbay
Standard Oil Company
Medomak
Portland
Man Charged in Charlestown Woman Shooting
Mrs Emma J Young widow, living with her 20 year old son at 85 Brighton street Charlestown, shot in left hand and neck. Brother in law Samuel D Kennison arrested on charges. Found by Mrs Young in City square while returning from Relief Hospital where wounds were treated. Budapest bread bakery to reach 60000 loaves daily capacity.
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Emma J. Young
Brighton Street
Charlestown
Inlaw
Samuel D. Kennison
Kennison
City Square
Young
Relief Hospital
Wickendon Named Assistant Professor At M I T
W. E. Wickendon, senior instructor at the University of Wisconsin, is appointed assistant professor of electrical engineering at M I T to succeed G. E. Shadd who resigned to head the electrical department at the University of Kansas. He will arrive in Boston tomorrow to assume duties. Wickendon is a Dennison University 1902 graduate with BS in mathematics and physics. He studied physics at Wisconsin earning an MS and has taught in physics and electrical engineering since 1905. He has conducted research in physics and authored books on photonomy and illumination.
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W. E. Wickendon
University of Wisconsin
G. E. Shadd
University of Kansas
Boston
Wickendon
Dennison University
Rochester
N. Y
Atheneum
Wisconsin
Electrical Engineering
Somerville School Board Graduation Plan Backed
Approves idea to abolish elaborate graduation exercises in Somerville public schools. Superintendent J. H. Caffrey says simplification serves best interests of all involved.
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Wakefield
Somerville School Committee
Schoo’s
J. H. Caffrey
Maude Fealy Wins Secret Divorce in Denver
Denver actress Maude Fealy obtained a secret divorce from Lewis Hugo Sherwin, a former Denver dramatic critic, after a secret July 15, 1907 marriage. The case drew on family opposition led by Maude’s mother, with Rafello Cavallo objecting to the match. Sherwin, then in New York, had been connected to Denver as a dramatic critic.
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Maude Fealy
Denver
Lewis Hugo Sherwin
Margaret Fealy Cavallo
Rafello Cavallo
Warships to Visit Boston After Hudson Fulton Fest
Boston plans a naval show following New York’s Hudson Fulton celebration. The Missouri New Jersey Vermont Salem Birmingham and New York will sail in a stately pageant. Marine observers expect thousands to greet the fleet as they arrive.
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New York
Boston
Hudson
Uncle Sam
Navy
Robert Fulton
Missouri
New Jersey
Vermont
Salem
Birmingham
Close Call in Balloon
H Helm Clayton completed his second ascent alone from Fitchburg Massachusetts at 257 this afternoon landed at 518 tonight in Kensington New Hampshire five miles from the ocean and 55 miles from Fitchburg The balloon Boston struck a tree near Aero Park tearing branches before detaching aided by a sand bag loss He passed over Manchester at 4 pm then was blown toward the ocean causing the landing Highest altitude 6500 feet He plans another ascent Saturday and three more next week from Fitchburg to qualify as pilot under Aero Club of America rules.
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Kensington
N. H
Manchester
Clayton
Fitchburg
Aero Club of America
Maine Floods Recede Across State Amid Lumber Loss
In Milo Maine on September 30 the rivers fell with limited danger. A log jam blocked the Ban Gor and Aroostook branch at Brownville halting trains while the Pleasant River bridge is unsafe for pedestrians. Crews recover millions of feet of logs from flooded lowlands along the Piscataquis and Pleasant rivers and plan moving the boom to Old Town or Bangor. The flood ruins the county's potato crop and threatens other harvests.
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Milo
Brownville
Bangor & Aroostook
Pleasant River
Piscataquis
Pleasant
Oldtown
Bangor
Auto trap planned for Haverhill Main street hill
Haverhill will install an auto trap on Main street hill to deter speeding. City Marshal Mack plans officers at both ends with stop watches and a telegraphic signal system to trigger arrests for fast driving along the ascent.
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Haverhill
Main Street
Mack
Post Letter Box Q and A on naturalization and taxes
Readers inquire about voting age for US born and naturalized parents, poll tax obligations, and exemptions. Answers cover US birth right not requiring naturalization, poll tax due at age 20 with no exemption thereafter, copyright filing steps and fees, a Boston navigation evening study option at Franklin Union, and the weekday for March 11, 1852 as Thursday.
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Boston
Franklin Union
Berkeley and
Appleton Streets
Weymouth Man Struck by Team at South Weymouth Station
Benjamin F. Richards, 70, of Weymouth Heights, is in serious condition at the Relief Hospital after being struck by a team at South Weymouth station yesterday afternoon. He was rushed to Boston by special train and treated for multiple injuries. his name was not yet listed on the dangerous list.
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Weymouth
Benjamin F. Richards
Weymouth Heights
South Weymouth
Boston
Boston Customs Dues Rise Despite Tariff Revisions
Customs receipts at the Boston Custom House climbed to 581 674.64 last week, surpassing the prior year by 150 754.84. Year to date receipts reach 22 595 209.80, up 6 521 570.63 from the same period last year.
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Boston Custom House
Five Years in Jail for Firing Building
Rockland Maine Sept 30 John Elwell jailed five years for burning the Odd Fellows building at Tenants Harbor on May 25 after a Supreme Court conviction. The sentence was handed down in Thomaston State prison.
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Rockland
John Elwell
Supreme Court
Odd Fellows
Tenants’ Harbor
Thomaston
Develop Bust and Firm Neck and Arms Routine
An old patent style remedy promises bust development and firmness. It instructs mixing glycerine tinctureeadomene compound borax rose water then applying to neck arms and bust twice daily for weeks to months until absorption.
Stop speeds near school crossings urged in letter
To the Editor of the Post MAX HENRY NEWMAN urges the Boston Elevated to slow trains at school exits to prevent accidents. He notes police are often needed to direct traffic as many children cross in large numbers and motormen will not stop without officer signals.
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Boston
Max Henry "Newman
Woman Found Safe After Disappearance Near Dover
Mrs. William H. Roswell, reported missing from Haverhill, has been located with friends in Dover New Hampshire. She is returning home tonight and will rest at her sister’s house in Lawrence. Her nervous condition prompted the family to seek care. a Dover telephone tipped her location.
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Hfiaverhill
William H. Roswell
Dover
N. H
Lawrence
Dover Friends
Somerville Plan Favored in Simple Graduation Reform
Melrose and Somerville school leaders back eliminating elaborate graduation ceremonies. Superintendent E C Anthony argues simple exercises reduce jealousy and rivalry, cut expenses, and avoid ostentation in both grammar and high school graduations.
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Melrose
Somerville School Board
E. C. Anthony
Anthony
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