Fails to Identify Pictures in Estate Case at Melrose
The man claiming half of Daniel B. Russell's $500,000 Melrose estate swore he cannot identify a photograph as the Jim Rousseau he knew. David Patterson of Messina New York, familiar with the Rousseau family, said cabinet photos fail to prove identity. He added a tintype looks closer but cannot be sworn as the picture. Harvard yard will host a landmark inauguration today as A Lawrence Lowell is named president elect. European and American educators will attend, with delegates from England Germany and France joining many US universities in Cambridge.
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Cambridge
James Rousseau
Daniel Blake Russell
Daniel B. Russell
Melrose
Rousseau
David Patterson
Messina
N. Y
Jim Rousseau
Harvard Yard
Europe
America
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
England
Germany
France
United States
Harvard University to Inaugurate New President in Grand Ceremony
Eminent scholars and educators gather as Harvard hosts delegates from sister universities. Preparations are complete for a morning exercise in University Hall with an expected 15 000 attendees. The event will feature academic traditions and colorful decorations as a spectacle of ceremony and pageantry.
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Harvard Union
University Hall
Central Bank Proposal Advocates Public Stockholders and Government Guarantee
A proposal outlines a bank owned by the people with government guarantees on stock investments, life appointments for officers to resist political control, and eight year supervisors. It calls for government funds in non national banks, notes backed by business credit, and a coin reserve. It envisions gold and silver reserves with solid real estate mortgages supporting circulating notes while rejecting personal deposits.
National central bank proposed to solve post panic funding
Washington dispatch notes the coming Congress faces a 1907 style crisis. Clearing house certificates may need replacement or permanent enactment. Among proposed solutions, a national central bank is highlighted as a key project to stabilize government finance and business interests.
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Washington
Congress
America
National Central Bank
Doctor Cook Hindered by Peary Feud Report
A fragmented item notes Dr. Cook faced obstruction from Peary with a letter written last May indicating belief in success. The piece preserves names and a dated communication while avoiding sensational detail.
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DR. Cook
Pole Discoverer accuses rival of greed
Dr. Frederick A. Cook writes Captain Bernier accusing Commander Peary of using Cook's supply depot to parter with natives to satisfy Peary's commercial greed. He claims he plucked the polar prize and notes Captain Bernier's arrival after wintering near Melville Island.
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Quebec
Frederick A. Cook
Joseph E. Bernier
Arctic
Peary
Cook
Bernier
Melville Island
Dr. Cook
Captain Bernier Informed Of Cook Pole Feat Earlier
Captain Bernier, vice-president of the Arctic Club of New York, had known of Dr. Cook's polar triumph before the public announcement. He had long desired to attempt drifting to the pole through the Behring Strait and was among the few who anticipated the news.
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Bernier
Arctic Club of
New York
Pole
Behring Strait
Dr. Cook
30 Miners Die In Explosion At Welling Colliery
Nanaimo British Columbia October 5 thirty lives are known to have been lost in an explosion that entombed more than 450 men in the extension mine of the Welling Colliery Company. Twenty five were rescued though a spreading fire stopped further entrance. Eight bodies were recovered as rescuers fought to save any possible survivors before the flames consumed the levels. All rescued men are badly injured and the workforce on Vancouver Island is described as well paid and well housed.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Welling Colliery Company
Vancouver Island
Henson Dines in Club on Roosevelt Dinner Night
Matt Henson, Peary's black servant, was honored as a guest at a Union League Club dinner in New York. Officers and Roosevelt staff attended. host Charles F. Cox. Peary was absent in Maine, declining public honors until the Cook-Peary dispute is resolved.
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New York
Matt Henson
Peary
North Pole
Union League Club
Fifth Avenue
Roosevelt
Charles F. Cox
New York Academy of Sciences
Maine
Yankee pilot likely winner in balloon race
Zurich Oct 5 Edgar W Mix, American balloonist, is the only one of 17 starters to not report a landing after the race began Sunday. He is considered to have an excellent chance of being declared the winner.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Edgar W. Mix
Mix
Vice-President's Son Is Married in Utica
Utica October 5 Richard Updike Sherman second son of Vice-President James Sherman and former secretary to the collector of the port of New York married tonight to Miss Eleanor Millar of Utica.
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Utica
N. Y
Richard Updike Sherman
James 8. Sherman
Port of
New York
Eleanor Millar
Edward W. Dixon Jr dies at 30 after lingering illness
Edward W. Dixon Jr son of Senator Dixon of this city died at his home 240 Leyden Street East Boston early today after a lingering illness He was 30 years old and had been connected with his father in the liquor business at 1 Atlantic Avenue.
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Edward W. Dixon, Jr
Edward W. Dixon
Leyden Street
East
Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Boston Teams Headline Busy World Series Weekend
Attendance at the World's Series events is set to break records as games unfold. The Boston Red Sox shut out All-Waine 2-0 in an exhibition, Miss Adams of Boston defeats title holder Miss Harley in a national golf tourney, the Boston Doves win the final Brooklyn game 5-3, and young Corbett loses a boat race to Dave Deshler.
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Boston Red Sox
Miss Adams
Boston
Miss Harley
Boston Doves
Brooklyn
Young Corbett
Dave Deshler
No Alcohol or Injurious Drugs Father Joan's Medicine cures colds
An old advertisement proclaims Father Joan's Medicine as a cold cure promising relief without alcohol or harmful drugs. It targets readers seeking a simple remedy and asserts safety for general use.
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Joan
Hunt Girl and Her Abductor Hunt Girl and Her Abductor
Boston police issue a general alarm for John H. Burnham 22 sought for two weeks in connection with enticement abduction assault and larceny Detail alleges he entered Mrs Florence Higgins Roxbury home chloroformed bound and gagged her and forced her 15 year old daughter Mildred to dress before absconding with the girl and 220 dollars
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Boston
John H. Burnham
Dover Street
Florence V. Higgins
Holburn Street
Roxbury
Night of terror in Dudley Street mystery ends in unknowns
Mrs. Higgins described a harrowing night as fumes left her unconscious and her daughter Edna summoned help. She suspects Mildred Higgins was taken to New York by Jack Burnham, who used multiple aliases and had prior work in Boston area eateries. Police lack trace of the couple or Burnham after they left Holburn Street residence.
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Higgins
Edna Higgins
Dudley Street
Holburn Street
Burnham
Mildred
New York
Jack Burnham
Thomas Kenny
John H. Hanson
Jack Harris
Washington Street
Revere Beach
Bath
Mildred Higgins
Albert Cottage
Mystery in Death of Woman in Manchester
Roxie Baker, 40, found dead with a rope noose in her Elm Street apartment in Manchester. Police consider possible suicide or murder. autopsy pending. She had recent liquor conviction and fine, with no money found. Room described as disordered with bloodstained garments and two rings present.
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Manchester
N. H
Roxie Baker
Upton
Elm Street
Baker
Bomb Explodes Shocks Copp’s Hill in North End Chaos
More than 300 people including many women and children in Copp's Hill rush to safety after a bomb blast at Snow Hill and Hull streets near 730 PM. Four story tenements lose first floor windows within two blocks. lamps and crockery broken 70 feet away. A woman fainted and remained unconscious about half an hour, still nervous at her Snow Hill home by midnight.
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Copp’s Hill
North End
Snow Hill
Hull
Snow Hill Street
Bomb Explodes On Snow Hill Street Shaking Boston Neighbors
A mysterious blast rattled Snow Hill and Hull streets drawing a thousand residents within minutes. Italian residents speculated it was the Black Hand while others feared a gas tank explosion near Prince Street. Windows shattered in two four story brick blocks as bystanders fled in panic. Mrs Crowe and two children were present on the first floor when the blast struck. Continued on Page 14-Fourth Col.
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Copps Hill
Hanover Street
Snow Hill
Hull
Joseph Crowe
Cleveland Place
Snow Hill Street
Rosie Simone
Marie
Rosie Varech
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