Professor Watson of Tech Dead
Professor William Watson a mechanical engineering and descriptive geometry professor at Technology died yesterday at his home 107 Marlboro street in his 82nd year. He was born Nantucket January 19 1834 son of William and Mary Watson. He graduated Harvard 1857 with B S and won the Boyden prize for mathematics.
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Professor Watson
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Mary (Macy) Watson
Harvard
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Ecole Nationale Des Ponts Et Chaussees
Paris
Notable 19th Century Engineer Professor Watson Biography
The text outlines Professor Watson’s marriage to Margaret Fishe in 1873 and details his extensive professional career. It notes his European study from 1860 to 1863 informing a MIT organization plan in 1874, his roles at MIT from 1865 to 1878, commissions to Vienna in 1873 and Paris in 1878, and honors including honorary president of the Paris Congress of Architects in 1878 and vice president of the 1889 international construction congress. It lists memberships in multiple national and international engineering societies and his authorship of numerous books.
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Augustus H. Fishe
Boston
Watson
Europe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Paris Congress of Architects
International Congress of Construction
French Society of Civil Engineers
American Order of the Same Society
French National Academy At
Cherbourg
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association For the Advanceent of Science
Colonial Club of
Massachusetts
St. Botolph Club
The
Round Table Club
Mathematical Club
Junk dealer fined for interstate receipt of stolen railroad brass journals
Joseph Friedman a Springfield junk dealer was fined 500 by Judge Morton in a U S District Court for receiving brass journals stolen from the Boston and Albany railroad while in interstate commerce He plans to appeal through his counsel Guy A Ham
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Springfield
Morton
United States District Court
Boston & Albany
Guy A. Ham
Friedman
Foss Libel Case Delayed by Judicial Appointments
The criminal libel case with defendant Eugene N. Foss and Dennis D. Driscoll is postponed to October 21 as two judges appointed by Foss and a third recused themselves. Judge Dowd suggested the chief justice decide seating. Mr. Feeney and Mr. Johnson debated selection.
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Dennis D. Driscoll
Trades Union Liberty League of Massachusetts
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Johnson Seeks Recusal Over Inverse Ratio Claim
Attorney Melvin M. Johnson, counsel for Mr. Foss, asked Judge Dowd to recuse himself after noting his name had been proposed for a judgeship during Foss’s governorship but was not appointed. Dowd ruled he could not sit, delaying the case three weeks to allow another justice.
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Mr. Foss
Dowd
Foss
Liquor Cases Go On File in Cambridge
Eight cases charging violation of the liquor traffic laws were placed on file by Judge Raymond in the Superior Criminal Court at East Cambridge yesterday on the motion of Assistant District Attorney Frank P. O'Donnell. Four defendants were Cambridge men and four were Malden residents. The filing followed evidence gathered by private detectives, one of whom had been convicted of a charge in court.
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Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Frank P. O'Donnell
Cambridge
Malden
Counterfeiters Given Jail Sentences in Fall River Case
James Holden and Robert Parker pleaded guilty to making and passing counterfeit half dollars in Fall River. Judge Morton sentenced Holden to five years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta and Parker to two years in Greenfield jail. Parker is also known as Parks.
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Parks
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Harvard Freshmen Face 1919 Rules From Upperclassmen
Harvard freshmen receive a light set of 1919 do nots from The Harvard Lampoon with tongue in cheek guidance. The rules mock freshman rituals and advise against large gatherings, posing as upper classmen, and misusing stationery while hinting at punishments by the Student Council.
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Harvard Lampoon
Lampoon
Road Monitor Idea for Highway Traffic
Lawrence G. Brooks of the Highway Safety League urges citizen road monitors to assist traffic enforcement. He cites New Jersey’s program of unpaid inspectors and proposes a statewide network of monitors to report violations, believing widespread public participation would improve highway safety.
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New Jersey
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Boston
Dumba and Wife Leave Lenox for New York
Austro Hungarian ambassador Constantin T. Dumba and Mrs Dumba depart Lenox by car for New York. Ambassador Dumba is to sail aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam from New York on October 6 bound for Rotterdam, it was announced.
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Rotterdam
Grain Export Trade Booms As Demand Surges
Local grain exporters report the biggest boom in months with over 2,000,000 bushels booked for October to December, as European demand rises. Dardanelles prospects push steamship rates from 26 to 36 cents, with Boston bookings yesterday for 800,000 bushels and expectations of large shipments through the port in three months.
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Dardanelles
Boston
Graduation Day on Ranger Training Ship
Graduation exercises today aboard the Massachusetts Nautical Training Schoolship Ranger will celebrate 20 cadets receiving diplomas. The ship arrived after a four months voyage with calls at Cuban ports the canal and major Atlantic ports.
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Massachusetts Nautical Training
Mystery of Behind the Bolted Door Revealed Next Sunday
The Next Sunday Post Magazine promises a $500 reward for solving the mystery Behind the Bolted Door. Readers are invited to submit clues and theories ahead of publication.
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Sunday Post
Warns About Possession of Firearms by Aliens
Chairman George W. Field of the Fish and Game Commission urged citizens to enforce the law banning firearms by aliens without a license. The commission notes gaming season brings violations and calls joint action with police to seize firearms from foreign-born residents.
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Fisheries and Game
Commonwealth
Action Picture Promised for Sunday Post Page
A dramatic image is planned for Everybody's Page in the next Sunday's Post. Readers are urged to look for the action shot and share any related clippings.
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Next Sunday Post
Visit California Expositions by Burlington Route
Travel on a Personally Conducted Burlington Route party with through Pullman cars and a special guide. Save money and see everything in safety and comfort. Free pictures maps and a descriptive folder available from agent Alex Stocks at 264 Washington St Boston.
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America
Pullman
Alex Stocks
New England Pass
Washington St
Boston
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