Eight injured in Worcester railroad collision at Barber's Crossing
Eight persons were injured when a head on collision on the Worcester Nashua and Portland division of the Boston and Maine railroad at Barber's Crossing caused $10,000 damage to rolling stock and freight and delayed traffic for hours. A cloud of smoke and steam obscured a semaphore signal, officials said.
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Worcester
Worcester, Nashua & Portland
Boston & Maine Railroad
Barber’s Crossing
Loss in cash highlighted at coal hearings
Attorney Sughrue summarized findings from the finance commission's coal hearings at the State House Room 426 claiming that favored seller W. K. Niver Co pressed to suppress loading bills. He warned such practices could allow city fraud in quantities, urging strict purchasing methods and independent seller scrutiny.
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Finance Commission
State House
Michael J. Sughrue
Commission
Harvard Address Urges Studious Life and Marriage
President Eliot told the Harvard class of 1911 at the faculty reception to look forward to marriage and fatherhood, work for a solid moral life, and use Harvard’s freedom to build character. He urged foresight, service, and personal initiative within a democratized university. citing Roosevelt’s race danger and democracy.
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Eliot
Harvard Union
Roosevelt
Harvard
Harvard Made to Hustle in Early Football Roundup
The season opens with Harvard beating Bowdoin by a touchdown and no goal. Yale edges Wesleyan 2 to 0 in New Haven. Penn defeats Villanova 16 to 0, Carlisle crushes Villanova 10 to 0, Dartmouth and Vermont tie, Brown tops the Aggies 5 to 0, Cornell crushes Hamilton 25 to 0, Annapolis wins 26 to 0, St. John's 91 to 0 over Susquehanna. Detroit leads Philadelphia pennant race. Sweden yachtsmen eye America's Cup. Murphy leaves Holy Cross for Dartmouth. Sewell wins Mercury stake at Brighton Beach.
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Princeton
Cambridge
Harvard
Bowdoin
Maine College
Yale
New Haven
Wesleyan
Elis
Connecticut Boys
University of Pennsylvania
Villa Nova
Carlisle Indians
Dartmouth
University of Vermont
Vermonters
Hanover Lads
Brown
Massachusetts ‘‘Aggies
Johnnie Mayhew
Providence Collegians
Cornell
Hamilton
Annapolis
St. John’s College
Susquehanna College
Foxeter
Williston Academy
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Detroits
Philadelphia Athletics
Jennings
Philadelphias
Phillies
Washington
Chicago
New York
Sweden
Murphy
Holy Cross
Sewell
Mercury
Brighton Beach
Collision Injures Nine As Worcester Nashua Trains Crash
A passenger train from Worcester to Nashua and a freight train collide near Barber's Crossing. Injured include Mrs Anna A Kind of Southbridge, Mrs Anna L Avery of Manchester, Mrs Louise Wiggin of Manchester, John G Leith of Lowell, J G Bowers of Nashua, Arthur Portlance of Worcester, John W Howes of Worcester, Herbert D Smart of Nashua, all taken to a surgical ward. Freight crew uninjured. Portlance says semaphore signal obscured by smoke and steam.
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Worcester
Nashua
Anna A. Kind
Southbridge
Anna L. Avery
Manchester
N. H
Louise Wiggin
John G. Leith
Lowell
Mass
J. G. Bowers
Arthur Portlance
John W. Howes
Herbert D. Smart
Portlance
Barber’s Crossing
Boy in Dorchester Attacked by Horse
A six year old boy, Anthony Ryan, was kicked in the head by a horse while playing in a field behind 7 Gordon Street Dorchester. He was taken to City Hospital with a severe scalp wound and brain concussion and his condition is feared critical.
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Gordon Street
Dorchester
Anthony Ryan
City Hospital
Church Furor Shapes Divorced Remarriage Debate
At the Protestant Episcopal Church’s 40th triennial convention in Richmond the remarrying of divorced persons sparks clash over a stricter canon and possible prohibition of remarriage by clergy. Debate also weighs a church court of appeal while London bishop Winthington-Ingram urges a future church marked by active love and free salvation.
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Richmond
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rutherford Mansion
Episcopal Church
Holy Trinity Church
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
England
Colonel Robert Cox Dies in South Boston
Colonel Robert Cox a longtime leader in Boston politics died at his home 44 N street South Boston after a complication of disease. He served as health commissioner and for many years as chairman of the Democratic city committee.
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Robert Cox
Boston
N Street
South
Cox
Democratic City Committee
Westboro Farm Loot: Eight Men Seize Livestock
In Westboro eight men seized cows horses wagons and gear from Herman Hollander's farm valued at 8390. The haul reached Hopkinton before Ada Hollander learned of it. Warranted arrests followed and livestock was returned. Several men, including Duval and his son, faced grand larceny charges. Hollander was fined 15 for assault in District Court.
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Westboro
Herman Hollander
Ada
Hollander
Hopkinton
Worcester
John W. Slattery
James S. Duval
James S. Duval, Jr
Revere
William C. Cole
Chelsea
John J. Girdorff
Jamaica Plain
Henry Co
Fellows
Boston
George Duval
John Madden
Robert H. Carlin
Duval
Arrest Warrant Issued for Mrs May Pepper-Vanderbilt
New York Oct 2 A warrant is issued for the arrest of Mrs May Pepper Vanderbilt a Brooklyn spiritualist medium in a suit by Miss Minerva Vanderbilt daughter of a reputed spook bishop. Lawyers Rosenberg and Arnstein seek evidence to press criminal charges after the jury verdict.
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New York
May Pepper-Vanderbilt
Brooklyn
Minerva Vanderbilt
Spook Bishop
Rosenberg and Arnstein
Miss Vanderbilt
Mrs. Pepper-Vanderbilt
Fair and Warmer Weather Forecast for Boston Area
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Thursday fair and warmer with light southeasterly winds. Friday will be generally cloudy with a chance of rain. The outlook for New England and eastern New York includes warming Thursday and Friday with light variable to southeasterly winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Whitney Delegates Bolt Rival Tickets In Brooklyn District
In the second Norfolk district convention rival tickets were chosen for Bartlett and Whitney. Folan and Darling named chairmen for Senator, Darling and Lynch for State committeeman. Walter S. Glidden won the fourth councillor district nomination over Cox Burrill and Innis. Prohibitionists in Bromfield Street nominated a full State ticket led by Professor Hervey S. Crowell for Governor.
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Norfolk
Bartlett
Whitney
Folan
Darling
Lynch
Oldham
Toomey
Walter S. Glidden
Cox
Burrill
Innis
Daniel F. Buckley
Prohibitionists
Bromfield Street
M. E. Church
Hervey S. Crowell
Ashburnham
James My Folan
Norwood
G. Grenville Darling
Dedham
Whitney campaign chair threatens fight at Springfield
Chairman Buckley informed Whitney delegates that if Bartlett supporters persist at Springfield the Whitney camp would contest its own chairmanship.
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Norfolk
Buckley
Whitney Campaign Committee
Whitney
Bartlett
Springfield
Rival Norfolk Conventions Whitney Delegates Walk Out
Delegates loyal to Whitney refuse to follow Kiley's ruling and depart the meeting. They convene a separate convention in Norfolk to express their stance and maintain organizational continuity.
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Whitney
Kiley
Bartlett and Whitney feud over Norfolk senatorial nomination
A split in the second Norfolk district unfolds with two rival Bartlett and Whitney tickets. Each side accuses fraud, files ballot-law claims, and contests credentials as they clash over delegates and control of the State committee for next year.
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Bartlett
Whitney
Norfolk
State Ballot Law Commission
Daniel J. Kiley
Mr. Kiley
State Committee
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Salerno
Julius Tannen
Bhuumet Devoy and Co
the Finneys
Swor Bros
Marguerite and Her Horses
Gardner and Stoddard
Mrs. Mark Murphy
Diamond and Smith
WM. Alprecht
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Glidden
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