Three-Track System Aims to Ease Rail Delays
Assistant General Manager A J Hustis described a push to complete a three track system to improve timekeeping on the line. Freight demand strains capacity as track work progresses with nine miles of new span planned across East Chatham Richmond Furnace Pittsfield Dalton and Rensselaer Van Hoesen segments.
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A. J. Hustis
Post
Mr. Hustis
F. FE. Stone
Springfield
East Chatham
Richmond Furnace
Pittsfield
Dalton
Albany
Iowa
Rensselaer
van Hoesen
Separate maintenance case ends with custody and support
In Blais v Blais in Brockton Probate Court Judge Chamberlain awarded $5 weekly support and $30 in counsel fees after Anna Blais alleged desertion by Williston Blais on Sept 10, 1906. Testimony described injuries and a heated confrontation including a knife incident. Ernest Blais 19 and Fidele Blais 13 were cited as minor children.
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Fall River
Anna B. Blais
Williston
Blais
Chamberlain
Brockton
Ernest Blais
Fidele
American Mormons Expelled From Germany
Three American Mormons were expelled from Germany after warnings to stop proselytizing river baptisms and conversions. They were arrested and escorted to the frontier, in Dresden Saxony.
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Dresden
Saxony
Germany
Cuticura Remedies Help Infant With Severe Skin Sores
Mrs Frances Rizzo of Philadelphia reports her two month old baby suffered from itchy head and face sores with running matter. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the condition improved quickly. she used multiple cakes and months of treatment and recommends publishing the letter to help other sufferers.
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Frances Rizzo
Dickinson St
Philadelphia
Penn
Legal Stamps-The Popular Kind Under Construction
Alterations progress smoothly as shoring up the building continues and steel girders are installed. Dividing walls are removed and improvements promise continued growth and better service, with plans to unveil the updated store soon.
Big Building for Trust Co in Boston on Court Street
The Old Colony Trust Company plans a flagship banking block extending from the Ames building at Washington and Court to Franklin Avenue, back toward Cornhill. The three six story brownstone structures now housing firms and offices will be razed after April 1 to make way for the new site near historic printing shops and the Long Room Club.
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America
Court Street
Old Colony Trust Company
Ames
Washington and
Court Streets
Franklin Avenue
Cornhill
Boston
James Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
New England Courant
Long Room Club
New Route to the North Pole Reported by Explorer
An 1907 message from explorer Frederick A. Cook, received in New York, announces a new route to the North Pole via Buchanan Bay Ellesmere Land and Nansen Strait. Cook claims abundant game and native dogs to support the expedition and expresses optimism about reaching the Pole.
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New York
Etah
Herbert J. Bridgman
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Buchanan Bay
Ellesmere Land
Nansen Strait
Polar Sea
Two Train Officials Convicted of Manslaughter in Hartford
Engineer Jerome Wilson and Conductor David C. Maroney were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to nine months in jail each by Judge Curtis. They led the passenger train that collided with a work train on June 28 in Hartford, killing 19 and injuring 40.
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Hartford. Con
Jerome Wilson
David C. Maroney
Criminal Superior Court
Curtis
Wilson
Maroney
George Washington Indicted for False Swearing in 1760
Fairfax county grand jury reportedly indicted George Washington in 1760 for false swearing on a tax return as part of Virginia's property list law. The note claims Washington and others were charged for unlisted taxable property under old procedures.
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Washington, D. C
George Washington
Grand
Fairfax County
Virginia
House of Burgesses
Hague Rebuffs British Pact At Peace Conference
The Hague report notes the British delegation demanded belligerent warships may stay no more than 24 hours in a neutral port to coal for their next port. The proposal was rejected by a vote of 11 against.
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The
Hague
Farmers plan showdown with Boston milk contractors
Worcester county milk producers feel encouraged ahead of a Monday meeting at Horticultural Hall to adopt plans for a major confrontation with Boston milk contractors. Proposals include direct delivery to independents and large consumers to bypass intermediaries and push prices down, and placing milk on sale in Boston stores at seven cents per quart.
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Worcester
Worcester County
Horticultural Hall
Boston
Remarkable article by Professor G Stanley Hall urged readers
The Sunday Post Magazine will feature an insightful piece by Professor G Stanley Hall of Clark University. He urges fathers mothers and all interested in the future of the race to read the article and consider its implications.
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G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
The
Sunday Post
Devotion to Books Claimed Pittsburgh Boy's Life
Harvey J. Lynch a 13 year old boy died in Pittsburg after a two week illness described as a severe headache He insisted he was not ill and refused to rest his devotion to studying was blamed for neglecting warning signs and delaying medical care The case is noted as a tragedy of overemphasis on study leading to fatal brain fever.
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Pittsburg
Harvey J. Lynch
Roy Norton's War Between Nations Serial Installment
The second instalment of Roy Norton's strange and wonderful story unfolds a war between the United States and Japan. The magazine promises a tale with the wonder and scale not seen since H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds in a Sunday Post Magazine feature.
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Roy Norton
Wonder
United States
Japan
H. G. Wells
Sunday Post
Yore Held on $1000 Bail for Chinatown Shooting
Clement Yore, 37, of 136 St Botolph Street, arrested by Officers Murphy and Sullivan on a charge of shooting James E Downey of Engine 6 on Jeverett Street in Chinatown. Case continued to Thursday. Downey reported out of danger. Yore says he is a St Louis broker and Missouri bar member with a Winthrop permit to carry a gun.
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Clement Yore
St. Botolph Street
Murphy and Sullivan
Station 4
James E Downey
Boseman
Engine 6
Jeverett Street
Chinatown
Sullivan
Downey
Yore
St. Louis
Woman attends funerals record holder retires
Pottstown Pennsylvania October 4 Rebecca Wentzel an octogenarian who has attended 3092 funerals since youth must stop her pastime due to age and illness. her longtime habit drew local attention as she observed burials with interest.
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Pottstown
Penn
Rebecca Wentzel
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Portland
Inch Prince
BIG Building For Trust CO
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