Laurier Speaks Briefly on Reciprocity in Campaign
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of the Dominion, delivers a key campaign speech in Montreal Oct. 10. He mentions reciprocity only briefly, accusing the Conservative party of preaching the doctrine in the Canadian West while denouncing it in Ontario and Quebec during a cross‑country tour.
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Montreal
Wilfred Laurier
Dominion
Conservative
Canadian
Ontario
Quebec
Premier's reaffirmation speech amid petitions from trip
Sir Wildrid opened at ten and spent two hours attacking the Conservatives and M Bourassa, the Nationalist challenger to the Premier, while defending the government naval policy amid his trip observations and addressed addresses.
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Wildrid
M. Bourassa
Curtis Dues Here Today For Boston Investigation
James F. Curtis, assistant secretary of the treasury, arrived in Boston to supervise an eight year overdue investigation of the Boston customs service. Special agents Parker, Wall, Cullom, and Chandler will lead the inquiry. Curtis seeks new sugar weighing methods and will attend Harvard Alumni Association events before departing Saturday.
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James F. Curtis
the Treasury
Washington
Boston
Boston Customs Service
Parker
Detroit
Wall
New York
Cullom
Baltimore
Chandler
Department of Justice
Curtis
Harvard Alumni Association
Tavern Club
Old Maid Teachers Narrow in Views Says Tufts Head
Frederick W. Hamilton president of Tufts College argues that women’s colleges rely on elderly unmarried female teachers, creating a cloistered atmosphere. He promotes co-education without co-instruction, with separate women’s colleges beside men’s, to develop broader, more inclusive womanhood.
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Tufts
Frederick W. Hamilton
Tufts College
Hamilton
Bette
Woman's College
Fach
Gibbons Held on Assault With Intent to Kill
George A Gibbons of Kingman was brought to Bangor and jailed on $1000 bond awaiting trial for assault with intent to kill. The warrant alleges he tried to kill his brother Edward K Gibbons over a rifle dispute after a Saturday quarrel.
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Bangor
George A. Gibbons
Kingman
Edward K. Gibbons
Forest Fire Devastates Beaudette and Spooner Region
A vast forest blaze roared through the Beaudette and Spooner area leveling miles of bush and burning timber yards. The fire’s path, driven by high winds, left charred bridges and earth, with a special Canadian Northern train reinforcing bridges and rescuers aiding residents as War Road and Sprague face a separate large fire but remain guarded.
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Beaudette
Spooner
Shevlin Mattieu Company
War Road
Sprague
Department stores near Boston to close for Columbus Day
In honor of Columbus Day celebrated across Massachusetts, all Boston department stores will close tomorrow and grant employees the entire day off. Many male workers will join the great parade.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Esther Quinn testifies in Peck breach of promise suit
Miss Esther Quinn of Boston, suing Professor Harry Thurs ton Peck for 59000, faced a preliminary examination in New York. She denied knowing many named men and places, admitted some family ties, and recalled Peck’s alleged marriage proposal with a wary, evasive tone.
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New York
Esther Quinn
Boston
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Daniel O'Reilly
Park Row
Peck
Miss Quinn
William Francis
R Fancis
Mr. Francis
Mr. O'Reilly
Professor Peck
Six Months For Book Thieves
Cambridge men Charles Brown and Charles Cramer used a false sided dress suitcase and a bottomless pasteboard box to shoplift three books worth 14 dollars from Guy A. Jackson’s Pemberton Square bookstore. They were arrested after Little, Brown & Co. provided the stolen details, and Judge Wentworth sentenced them to six months.
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Charles Brown
Charles Cramer
Cambridge
Guy A. Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Pemberton Square
Little, Brown & Co
Carey
Wentworth
Flanders Retired as B M Railway Passenger Chief
Dana J. Flanders longtime passenger traffic manager of the Boston and Maine was retired at a Saturday directors meeting and the office was abolished.
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Dana J. Flanders
Boston & Maine Railroad
Miss Rose Fitzgerald Dines With Cardinal Vannutelli Crowd
Mrs John F Fitzgerald and her daughters Miss Rose and Miss Agnes with Mrs Henry V Cunningham attended a banquet at the Somerset on Saturday night for Cardinal Vannutelli. The ladies enjoyed the event and were invited to an impromptu reception. Rose Fitzgerald spoke animatedly in French with Count Vannutelli, the Cardinal's nephew.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Miss Rose
Agnes
Henry V. Cunningham
Somerset
Cardinal Vannutelli
Miss Rose Fitzgerald
Count Vannutelli
Wedding Wrecked by Sister in Northbridge
Johnn T. Moran a weaver at Paul Whitin Manufacturing and Miss Delia Miller of Northbridge were to marry last Monday. Moran bought a new suit and paid for a dinner sent to the Barron farm on the Upton turnpike where the wedding was to be held, but the plans fell through.
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Northbridge
Johnn T. Moran
Paul Whitin Manufacturing Company
Delia Miller
Wedding Plans End With Garden Rake Assault Suit
Moran sues Mrs Barron after attempting to enter Barr farm for a wedding dinner prep. A garden rake injures his left arm as he claims Barr struck him. Moran says he kept money with Delia for the wedding and Miss Miller provides no comment on the case.
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Miss Miller
Barron Farm
Mr. Moran
Mrs. Barron
Well Dressed Seaman Drowned on Voyage
A well dressed man who gave the name Henry Griffiths from Washington, D. C., shipped as crew on the schooner KE R Marvin. The Marvin arrived at Sydney after a voyage to Prince Edward Island and reported Griffiths was accidentally drowned a day last week. His reason for becoming a seaman is unknown.
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Sydney
C. B
Henry Griffiths
Washington, D. C
KE. R. Marvin
Halifax
Marvin
Prince Edward Island
Griffiths
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Molly Make Believe
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Aldrich
Marjorie Dan
Florida
Walter Tittle Price
the Century CO
Portland
Boston & Mt. Maine Central
Grand Trunk
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Peggen
Flander’s
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