Chandler Fined $50 for Blocking Car in Cambridge
Byron Chandler a Reading millionaire was fined $50 by Judge Almy in Cambridge District Court for obstructing a car on the public highway. He was cleared of drunkenness and operating under the influence. The arrest occurred July 17 after he blocked an outward bound car on Massachusetts Avenue near City Hall for about 20 minutes.
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Byron Chandler
Reading
Almy
Cambridge
Chandler
Massachusetts Avenue
City Hall
Silver set for Vermont presented to battleship at Charlestown Yard
At 2 PM the state of Vermont will present a 14 piece hand engraved silver service and a silk flag to the Vermont named battleship at Charlestown Navy Yard. Comfort bags for sailors will accompany the gifts. The silver includes a punch bowl and ladle, two candelabra, pitchers, bowls, dishes, and serving pieces.
Milestone $236 000 Lost and Found Question
New York report on Mrs. G M Mason of New Rochelle and $236 000 in cash and jewels lost recently. Miss Lillian Norris says they have been recovered while Mrs Mason denies recovery and claims the money and jewels remain missing. A $380 000 reward was paid.
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New York
G. M. Mason
New Rochelle
Lillian Norris
Benjamin Norris
Man Dies After Mogul Locomotive Accident
Worcester Oct 3 Arthur J McFnaney a sand man for the Boston and Albany railroad was crushed under a mogul locomotive at the Worcester roundhouse tonight and died after 40 minutes. He leaves a wife and daughter.
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Worcester
Arthur J. McFnaney
Boston & Albany Railroad
Worcester Roundhouse
Moroccan ruler visits holy tombs. bull sacrifice recorded
Sultain Abd- El-Aziz, accompanied by Marabouts, visited the Tombs of the Holy Men near Rabat. A white bull was killed and its blood offered as a sacrifice during the ceremony.
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Rabat
Morocco
Sultain Abd- El-Aziz
Robbery on the Common Leaves Edward O Connor Injured
Edward O Connor, 27, of 59 Northfield Street, was struck with a baseball bat on the Common yesterday evening, robbed of a gold watch chain and $27. Michael J. Mulcahey, 35, of 157 Warren Avenue, is held at Back Bay station on charges of assault. Patrolman Murphy helped capture Mulcahey as he hid behind shrubbery in the Public Garden with about 50 pursuing youths watching the chase.
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Edward O'Connor
Northfield Street
Michael J. Mulcahey
Warren Avenue
Back Bay
O’connor
Murphy
Station 16
Mulcahey
Rockefeller Eludes Reporters At Grand Central Stop
John D. Rockefeller arrived at Grand Central Station with Mrs. Rockefeller and a retinue, wearing a loud green waistcoat. He stepped off the Lake Shore Limited and, after leaving Cleveland, his train paused at Tarrytown where he eluded a crowd of reporters and photographers.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Grand Central Station
John D. Rockefeller
Lake Shore
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
King Edward
Express
Methodists lend church to Catholics in Fair Haven
The parish of St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Fair Haven, New Haven, offers free use of their chapel to St. Andrew's Catholic Church until a new church is built. The Catholics have accepted the offer.
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New Haven
Conn
St. Andrew's Methodist Church
Fairhaven
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Val entine Cotrel Sentenced Over Louvre Mutilation
Paris records a Rouen woman Val ente Cotrel jailed for six months after she damaged Jean Auguste Ingres’ painting Pius VII in the Louvre. The act at the museum triggered a security response and a court ruling.
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Paris
Valentine Cotrel
Rouen
Jean Auguste Ingres
Pius VII
Sistine Chapel
Louvre
Twin Sisters 73 in Health Through Duffy's Malt Whiskey
Emma Shively of Big Clifty Kentucky and Belle Beatty of Louisville Kentucky, both 73, credit Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as their health tonic. They cite renewed strength, few pains, and years of use, with Sham photographs showing vitality. Emma Shively dated February 28 1907.
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Emma Shively
Belle Beatty
Duffy
Big Clifty
Louisville, Ky
Big Cliffy
15Th St
Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted as Absolute Medicine
A historical advertisement touts Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as an absolutely pure malt tonic and medicine. It claims health benefits, warns against drugs, and urges buyers to seek genuine sealed bottles labeled with the Old Chemist trademark. Price listed as $1.00 with promotional booklet available from Rochester, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
Daffy Mult Whiskey Us
Rochester
N. Y
Teachers Pay and Financial Juggling in Boston Schools
Mrs. Julia Duff, candidate for the Boston School Board, charges the reform committee with delaying teachers salaries to fund a $261,292 balance sheet. She cites missed September pay, pressure from money lenders, and moral concerns over financial juggling affecting teachers and students.
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Julia Duff
Boston
Reform School Board
Reform School” Board
Reform School Committee
Over 200 Boys Turned Away from Mechanic Arts High
The School Board faces crowded conditions at Mechanic Arts High School with more than 200 boys denied entry and over 400 after hours students due to lack of space. Plans for 288 first year openings and a $1,000,000 appropriation collide with delays after Mayor Fitzgerald questioned the project and Finance Committee review.
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Mechanic Arts
Mechanic Arts High School
Charles W. Parmenter
Fitzgerald
Committee On Finance
Tolstoi Seeks End to Financial Requests
A St Petersburg letter from Count Tolstoi asks that requests for aid sent to him be stopped. He explains he surrendered his property to heirs 290 years ago and now has only occasional foreign contributions he distributes locally.
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ST. Petersburg
Fortunata Held for Jury on Perjury Charge
Joseph Fortunata, a Deer Island inmate, was brought to respond to a perjury charge linked to Lorenzo Perkins’s Deer Island trial. He conducted his own defense, was not represented by counsel, and is held on $2000 bond for the grand jury.
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Joseph Fortunata
Deer Island
Lorenzo Perkins
Fortunata
John Mitchell III At Home In Indianapolis
John Mitchell III president of the United Mine Workers of America is confined to his room in Indianapolis Indiana after a wound from a recent operation failed to heal. He hopes to be out in a few days.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Memorial meeting for Archbishop Williams at Boston College
The St. Vincent de Paul Conference plans a Sunday 3 pm meeting in the Boston College music room as a memorial to Archbishop Williams who introduced the conference to the diocese in 1861 while rector of St James Church and vicar general. Archbishop O Connell is expected to preside.
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St. Vincent de Paul
Boston College
Archbishop Williams
St. James’ Church
Archbishop O'Connell
Fire at Framingham store causes heavy damage
A blaze at Concord street and Union avenue in Framingham South destroyed part of a two story building owned by Fitts Bros. grocers and general store. The loss is estimated at about $20,000. Local fire units fought the flames today, preventing further spread.
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South Framingham
Concord Street
Union Avenue
Fitts Bros
O Leary Reaches Sixth Hundred Mile Milestone
Cincinnati Ohio October 3 Dan O Leary pressed toward 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours by noon he had logged 600 miles after starting the trek. He planned to continue walking through the day aiming for the total.
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Cincinnati
Hagegard
Dan O'Leary
Doherty Boy Seeks Father in New Brunswick Letter
Joseph Doherty, 13, of Albert county New Brunswick, asks the Post via Mrs. James Flood for help locating his father John Doherty last heard of in 1904 as he planned to leave Boston for New York. Messages may be sent to Mrs. James Flood at 79 Centre Street Roxbury who met the boy last summer.
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Joseph Doherty
Albert County
New Brunswick
James Flood
John Doherty
Boston
New York
Centre Street
Roxbury
Navy seeks bids for 6 million pounds food supplies
The Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts opened bids for 6 million pounds of food and related items to be delivered to the Brooklyn navy yard. Proposals covered 73 of 76 classes with shortages in tinned peaches and string beans. Awards will follow after proposal review and sample testing.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Department
Potato Crop In Aroostook Falls Short Of Normal
The potato crop in Aroostook county will be less than half the usual size this year and of poorer quality than last year, despite the region typically producing the world’s largest harvest.
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Houston
Aroostook County
Sherwin Lays Open Phone Company Books
The adjourned hearing on the Post petition for lower rates and better service from the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company was resumed. General Sherwin ordered limited book examination and proposed an investigative panel to review 1904 and 1905 records with counsel. The hearing adjourned, subject to the chairman's call.
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Post
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Powers
General Sherwin
Telephone Company
Public Service
Sherwin
Highway Commission
Albree
Williams
Whitman
George Albree
Concord
R. A. Patterson
E. W. Longley
Women 10 Fight For Pure Milk Campaign
Chicago October 3 An extensive campaign to improve millk supply and sanitary conditions in markets and stores will be carried on nationwide this winter by club women. The General Federation of Women's Clubs backs the effort through its pure food committee led by Mrs Walter McNab Miller. White lists will name grocers and butchers meeting standards, encouraging patronage only of clean floors counters and screened goods.
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Chicago
United States
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Pure Food Committee
Walter McNab Miller
Columbia
Pittsburg Firm Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
H. J. Mc Cracken and Co a longtime Pittsburg wholesale produce commission house filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S Court with liabilities of 245 887 47 and assets totaling 166 200 reflecting a severe balance sheet imbalance at the firm based in Pittsburg on October 3.
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Pittsburg
Penn
H. J. McCracken & Co
United States
Pianola sales pledge across city stores cited
The passage notes a single store in every city including Boston selling Pianola and Pianola Piano. When customers ask other shops if they stock Pianola, salesmen must reply affirmatively that they do not.
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Boston
Secret tasteless odorless teratment discovery aid
A new tasteless odorless discovery can be given secretly by any woman in tea coffee or food. Unheartily endorsed by temperance workers. It works silently and surely reclaiming the drunkard even without his knowledge. Many have been cured in a single day.
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Vermont
Green Mountain State
Rob
Edward O’connor
Methodists Lend Church
Hale and Hearty
Duffy’s Pure
Duff
Lamprey
the Post
Commercial High School
Tolstoi
John Mitchell III
Williams Memorial Meeting
Framingham
O’leary
Jos. Doherty
NAVY
Pacific Cruise
Thre
Fatterson
Stone & Webster
Longley
Aeolian Co
New England
M. Steinert & Sons CO
BIC
Jerome Hi. Remick & CO
Tremont Row
Smith
Miss Nichols
Elberon
M. J
Henrietta Nichols
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
de. J. W. Haines
Glenn Building
Ohio
The
Seup
Washington ST
Weybosset Street
Providence
Main Street
Fall River
Williams Street
New Bedford
Philadelphia
London
Eng
N. B
Tremont Painless Dental Rooms
Tremont Street
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